I like the idea of leaving him the mod of GA.

hey man  see you later, visit much.

Medieve!

You were always a cool guy and I really like your art so come back and visit if you do some arty stuff!

Permission denied. Sorry Medieve, you're staying.

Hahahaha. After that Skype conversation I have no idea whether to believe this.

With Chef here. Medieve is banned from going. Richard Tran has to stay inside. You're grounded, buddy.

Oh right, esh brings up something else I need to explain...

"Medieve" is actually three (four till last month) people using the same account. Richard aka "Me" is the primary account holder.

Give it to Nessiah... We need a girl down here.

Even if someone likes something they'll pretty much just say "I like this but not really, how about you guys?".

I agree with most of what you're saying but what? just the other day Truth completely and non-ironically posted about how much he loved the Backstreet Boys. no one acts HIPSTER CHIC in GW, at least to any real harmful degree. there are a few things I like that I know I shouldn't, like PRISON BREAK but those examples are few and far between.

medieve NOOOOOO D:

you have always been my favorite member. seriously. medieve, you've been modding GA since i was a little 8-year-old girl, and you have helped me mature as an artist SO MUCH. i can't think of a single person who was more helpful and friendly in dealing with my art, online or in real life. Graphic Arts will just not be the same. but bro, i promise you that i'll try my hardest to bring GA back to life, as you've tried to do for so long.
but you know, i'm going to get an account on conceptart too. i really want to keep following your work because i think it's pretty much AMAZING. so i guess i'll see you around there.
still, i'm gonna miss you around here Medieve. i don't know if you realize it, but i really look up to you. you're one of my most important artistic inspirations. :> thanks for teaching me so much about art.
bye-bye Medieve! :3

R.I.P. Richard Tran, best mod ever
(p.s. he better be put into the "fallen heros." group.)

fyi I didn't say this but this actually makes me upset. you've been an actual staple of GW, and not in one of those IM A TIRED OLDBIE WHO HAS A HIGHER OPINION OF HIMSELF THAN HE DESERVES. like I think you're a weird little fucker but...but you're our weird little fucker...

basically if I could convince you to stay I would but I know little about GA so I can't lie and be all ITS NOT THAT BAD because if anyone knows GA its you and idk Chainer who has been around about as long. I never knew you used GW as a primary art source though, and if I had this wouldn't surprise me.

I actually have grown to like you and your idiosyncracies, even if you warn NO ONE EVER FOR ANYTHING (unless its me) so this kind of blows! I hope you're overexaggerating and you come back like so many others but...its medieve...he sticks to his guns.

It's always a sad time when one of our friendlier members decides to leave. I admit GW has gotten edgier and harsher as time as go on, but that's why it's so important for there to be more relaxed and non-cynical people around to balance the scales.

I remember the golden age of the GA forum - looking at art from Chainer, Medieve, participating in the Great Sheep War between Grindie and 4DSheep, participating in events with the other artists even though I didn't consider myself to be a true artist - but that didn't matter. People accepted your style and everyone got along kindly even throughout the feuds. They were more friendly than spiteful. Nowadays it does seem like people take things personally and that there's no longer a sense of community cohesion between people. It's like everyone is out from themselves.

I don't know why I stopped visiting Graphical Arts.... I can't even remember. But I do have fond memories of the place as I'm sure others do as well. I'm going to strive to return to it to at least give feedback and comments to people if not participate myself. I urge others that have stopped visiting it to return as well. We probably won't ever get back to that same feeling of unity there, but it's worth a shot!

I wish that you would reconsider staying Medieve. I too share your personal vision of getting GW6 to become more of an artist studio place where people can post their work, but this is very idealistic and difficult to achieve. Once we do get the basic functions of the site up we'll need to re-evaluate our direction and see if this is a doable possibility. It certainly is a grand thing to strive for, but unfortunately out of our reaching at the moment coding-wise. But yeah, I'd love for you to stay and hold on, but if that's not something that you can do unfortunately, I wish you all the best of luck.

yeah, i remember regularly posting in GA back in the day. i stopped because a lot of cool artists left and the forum just kinda vaporized itself. heres to you GA *sips flirtini*

like corel, you must spread your wings and fly old friend.

I actually did want the kind of change that would push GW's priorities towards the concept you invisioned. Just thought I'd let you know there is more than one person who would love for GW to someday strive for those kinds of aspirations.

Man, you brought some real class to the GA forum aswell. Not even in that "Hey I'm a mod" sense either. I don't know how well the GA form will be able to manage without you (and not in that "Hey I'm not a mod anymore" sense either). I guess I can't say much, since I never really do anything to bolster activity around GA, and I hardly ever contribute, but you were one of the only guys who gave me inspiration to try. I'm sure you did that for a lot more people aswell.

Oh yeah, and your worst fears are coming true. I am really close to thinking about leaving just because you left. GA was one fo the few things I could get into around GW, and it wasn't until this topic came about had I even begun to think about how many reasons there are to keep interest (Hint: it's less than alot, by a degree of... alot).

Just don't forget about us man.

I don't often comment, as it takes me about 2 good hours to think of the right things to say, but I'll change that this time...

This is surprising news to me really, though maybe its because I don't really pay much attention.
While I never really talked or got to know anything about you I always felt, from just looking at your posts, that you were one of the most friendly and open members around here.  And of course very talented in the arts.
There was always an effort to keep that GA alive from you, which was quite fantastic, and it makes me feel terrible that I hardly participated in these events. And I'm sure the other members always appreciated your great efforts.
I always liked how you provided some helpful criticism to other artists in a way so different from the normal smart ass comments which run the place. It was really refreshing, and made GA just a little bit more comfortable.
In the end, I appreciate the things you did for GA, you were indeed quite an inspiration.

Perhaps this might inspire some of us to bring back life to GA.

I wish you the best of luck man.
Take Care.