Our world is ending. Take one last lingering look, people. Look at who you shared it with. Remember their names. Some come to our minds easier than others, but as we leave we realise none are easy to forget.

Our world is on the brink of an apocalypse and we are only moments from impact. The amazing, fun-filled world we shared for so many years, is over. The world we always fell back into when real life had nothing left to give us that day. The world where we didn't have to work, we didn't have to toil, where we had no responsibility, where whole chapters of our life were - literally - written with effortless joy, and where a laugh could be found in every one of the many diverse and wonderful bars and cafes of this strange but enchanting cyberverse.

The world where we could meet people we'd never find in our own communities - rich or poor, of all political persuasions, any religion or none, jock or nerd - and, unlike anywhere else, here we could co-exist on equal terms. The world which we couldn't share with anybody from beyond its confines, because outsiders simply wouldn't get it. The world that was built in our image, not theirs. The memes were ours and ours alone. They were our dramas, our friendships, our adversaries, our battles, and our victories. They were our laughs and any attempt to explain any of this to the uninitiated would almost certainly have been met with an arrogant eye roll. Yes, you really did have to be here.

The irony is that as it grew strong and proud and independent, it was its fragile, terrified creator - like Dr. Frankenstein - who decided it couldn't be allowed to live. But just like the myths of old, the creation will live on, if only in our harddrives as pictures, screen-caps and Word docs and, of course, in our hearts. Censorship will not win, its victory is only ever temporary, for we will always find a way to make ourselves heard. Self-expression is too powerful an urge for soulless corporations to resist. You cannot fight passion with process. This was our world, not theirs, no matter how much they tried to take control of it. And now, because of greed, fear and protectionism, we are being annihilated because their only means of victory is to cut off their nose to spite their face.

This world was rich and plentiful and left us without want, but that bounty has now been taken from us and our time here has come to an end. But we don't leave empty handed. We can slip back into the real world knowing that we have been awakened to a truer meaning of life. We have experienced something profound here and we have each discovered that self-expression is a necessity the human soul simply cannot flourish without.

For some, a place like this is not reality. But we know it is. This place allowed us to be us, without the pantomime of conformity and the absurdity of political correctness holding us back. This world was real, self-policed and honest. The reality. The real us, or at least some part of us that was unable to express itself in our everyday lives. Here, we were more free than we can ever hope to be beyond its borders, and that is what we're going to miss. As this place releases us and encourages us to move on to discover new worlds, we are once again, temporarily at least, imprisoned by the constraints of the real world. We have escaped, but our liberty has been taken away.

Some people I fear are only just getting it now, as it's too late, but they have at least got it. Some of course, never will, but they aren't many in number and the relaxed posture of their jaw, the dimness in their overly round eyes, and the dungarees they've been so lovingly dressed in will tell you who they are. They cannot be helped and they should be pitied. Please be gentle with their innocent soul. Brush their hair with kindness and tell them of worlds lovingly created by their fellow loungers of 4ct, rich in friendships and content, but don't speak of how the omnipotent overlords that created those new worlds will not allow them the freedom we found here.

In here you were allowed to be the you you wanted to be. You had every opportunity. Some of you came here to put on a mask and play silly games, but some of you brought with you the fears that constrained you in the outside world. In the end, all that matters is that you were here and you saw how much fun a world can be when it's left to carve its own path. I'm so sorry if you're only just learning this now.

Everything must end, my friends. Everything. And when you wake up to that reality you have to realise that the only thing to do with this life is live it the way you want to live it, where you want to live it, and to live it with the people you simply cannot bear to be without.

Go to those people now and give them your time. Don't waste any of it. It's your most precious resource and love and the pursuit of happiness are the only things you should ever spend it on. Please realise that before it's too late.

I love you all, and I will miss you all, but I don't leave with a heavy heart. I won't be thinking about what I'm being forced to leave behind, I'll only be thinking of what I am taking with me.

I came here with nothing. I'm leaving with everything.

God bless you all.

I came here with nothing. I'm leaving with everything.

Well, I'm not sure who you are... but it was a good speech!

Best of luck to you! I'll save a seat for you at Dorsia.

Great oration, God Bless you.

Now are you gonna live steam it when you top yourself?

Cry harder.

ALLRIGHT I AM THE MESSIAH! NOW FUCK OFF

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You're mother was a hamster and you're father smelled of elder berries.

Because you can make your life your own. You can be better than the system you hate.

Making money is easy. Drugs, sex, deviance will make you happy, entertained but they'll not leave you content. The years will creep and you'll get older and find yourself in destructive states of mind. However, make your life your own and you will know peace.

Just kidding, this shit is garbage.

I could make it better for everyone but it's so difficult I struggle to find the motivation. It's easier (and much more entertaining) for me to just watch you idiots flop around fucking each other's day up.

I'm bored. Need a new game to play with new people.