After one last time trying the game out, I’m just not sure if it’s right for me anymore. It’s not because I’m bad at the game (I’ve achieved victory in 3 dynasties after all) or anything about the current dynasty that I don’t like. I’ve looked back at my past gameplay, and I realized that my go-to strategy was finding somebody better at the game than me (and was willing to put in more effort than I was) and trying to get a win percentage or two, figuring that over time I’ll pick up wins here and there as a result. I now realize that I just don’t see that as sportsmanlike behavior, and I tried in a couple of dynasties to break away from that. While that did result in a win, it was only because I was too stubborn to stop taking game actions and enter a metadynasty, leaving at the end to a dice roll. While I do enjoy thinking long term and finding strategies such as trying to get at least a small slice of the win in every dynasty, I have realized that I don’t enjoy that as much as I used to. My attempts at conventional achievements of victory have also made me realize that I am frankly subpar at the actual meta game of BN, often working through the game mechanics and leaving the true power of proposals either completely untapped or very clumsily utilized. What finally made me realize this was the fact the the current dynasty has no comms enabled, which took away my main plan of victory and made me realize that I really am not equipped with the skill to try and deliberately set up a victory in any other way. While I’m not saying that I’m gone for good from the blog, I am unidling without intentions to return in the near future. I love the community here and will still be active on the discord, but I have finally come to the conclusion that (at least for the time being) the game of Blognomic is not right for me now that the era of Covid is long gone and I have more options for activities in my life. This (much longer than usual) idling message is not meant to air grievances, point fingers, or otherwise call out any one thing or person in particular. I just wanted to share the reasons behind why I am idling at this particular time and perhaps provide context for an action that is typically done quietly, where a person simply disappears and does not return. It’s been great playing with all of you! Maybe in the long-term future I may be back, once I have acquired some actual strategical skill beyond “ally with strong player and maybe win”.