It’s hard to believe that ten years ago everything started. Ten years of memories I can still laugh at via the logs I still have for some reason. I know this past year has been rather dead for us… and I had every intention of closing up shop, but for some reason I just keep chugging along… dropping and adding more projects in a fashion worse than ever. I guess part of me is still hellbent on delivering a bunch of unfinished series since /m/ and what not harps on them time and time again. Plus, I now have that reputation for not finishing anything. Whoopsie!

It’s been a rough journey, full of emo rants/closings/dropped projects/spats and everything else under the sun. But, the community has always been there and receptive of what I’ve managed to crank out over the years. It’s been a solo project for quite a while. I guess that is why it’s so hard for me to keep up sometimes. I have ADHD when it comes to finishing one particular series. One day it’ll happen! Until then, always many great things in store. But more on that later. Here’s a somewhat extensive, yet not all inclusive list of people I’d like to thank:

Special Thanks

Zanejin
KumaGichou
mchicken
Zanku (Ashitsuki)
Aoi
Jeid
AirMaster
BAMF
Blackthornhiei
Kira/Auel/Dalek/Dan
Derringer
RedTail
Martin
RaoGaiGar
Lt Walker
Newtype
Section9
phage80
HEDGESMFG
Zero_Wing
Konst
groan77
ZakuII
ChronoZeroX
Black_Comet
Mad_Barber
SirEzhnoLothairMorreaux
MagnaKaiser
Andy^
Point Blank Sniper
Darth Blade
HCPS1
Vekou
brinkmanship
Nathan

Many of those names are from IRC so god knows what name they go by now. Ah, I have so many fond memories of IRC and my early college years of screwing around online instead of heading to class. To the many friends I’ve made over the years, thank you for your help! To the staff that tirelessly worked on my projects: I’m still indebted. To the fans who continue to donate to see these projects come to light: you are what keep me going. Don’t ever give up. Without you I don’t even bother.

I keep saying I’m going to hang up my dictionary and uninstall Photoshop as a means of saying farwell, but I guess it just isn’t my time. As the clock ticks and I get older, I suppose the wise old sage in me says “keep going, correct the fallicies!” One day I can retire in peace! 😛 I know most of you expected a massive Gundam dump here for the anniversary, but work has been rather hectic and drama filled on my end, so I will definitely spread it out over the course of the month. Then again, I quipped on Twitter that it’d be a year long endevor. Yeah, that sounds about right 😉

I will definitely have some stuff out shortly. There’s a plan in place. One that will hopefully get my ass caught up once and for all… by that point I probably wouldn’t know what to do with myself.

Here’s to continuing to keep the light burning. Cheers to 10 years. God help me if I’m doing this again in another ten!

Deacon Blues

P.S. It’s only been three years since the last CDA release. Oh god. Little did I know that my joke of, “I guess we’ve filled the quota for the next three years.” would be true! D:!