Greetings, fellow BatMUD netizens.

This is going to be a long post, feel free to skip this first part
if you wish to and are not interested in sob-stories.

As some of you may have noticed already, a beggar bunny has been living
on the web-pages of my BatMUD-related projects for some time now.
(Mainly the PupuMaps pages and GgrTF homepage)

What I have not made clear, however, are the reasons for this
"beggaring". This is mainly because I've been very reluctant to take
this route to begin with, and explaining myself has felt even harder.
But since I feel I owe an explanation of some kind, I am writing this
newspost to do just that.

I am a crappy person. Sure, I have my good qualities - I like working
on projects like my BatMUD maps, GgrTF, BatWiki (as a contributor) and
numerous other things many of you have used but are not acutely aware
of. I've also worked on and contributed to several Free Software / Open
Source projects, and have headed such projects myself. With a good
Google search you may find some of the things I've touched.

But neverthless, I have my flaws. I suffer from occasional bipolar
depression, and this is something that has messed up my life more than
few times. I do not seek pity or comfort from anyone due to that, I
have learned to live with it during last few years, though it still
sometimes makes my life go a bit wonky.

There are other reasons too, but due to the above and certain unforeseen
developments, I have managed to mess up my monetary situation at least
until autumn. I have not been able to find a summer job either, and am
very reluctant about going to the social services, because the process
is like getting a financial anal probe. I am sure some of the Finnish
mudders here know what I mean.

[...] Continues in next post.