Nyghtfall3D
Executioner
VoD.net Closing 10/31/23 - Sick Wife, Real-World Job Stress, and AI
My wife and I have been married for 29 years. She's been permanently disabled for the last 23 of them. Unfortunately, her health has taken a turn for the worse, and we're trying to figure out what to do. That's all I'm going to say on that matter.
I've worked in the banking industry since I was 22. My job stress has significantly increased in recent weeks, and I don't see it letting it up anytime soon.
I had never heard of AI art until someone asked if it was allowed on VoD shortly after we launched in February. As the tech continues to improve, the number of people favoring it over 3D art is growing. I don't blame them, nor do I regret banning it on VoD, but we can't compete with it, either.
The combination of these issues has driven the joy out of being a forum admin and running VoD.net, which sucks because I finally have a much better handle on things than when I closed VoD.com in 2020.
In making this decision and writing this post, I couldn't help thinking of the old adage, "Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me." The last thing I ever intended was to make any of you feel that way, and I sincerely apologize for doing this. I was genuinely looking forward to a minimum 10-year run, and completely understand that this was my only shot at redemption. Rest assured, I will never make a third attempt to run a 3D art board, or any other kind of forum.
Incidentally, I'm not turning VoD over to anyone. The process of transferring my forum license and the domain to someone else would be too much of a headache than I want to deal with.
With that in mind, I've disabled the registration process.
Thank you.
My wife and I have been married for 29 years. She's been permanently disabled for the last 23 of them. Unfortunately, her health has taken a turn for the worse, and we're trying to figure out what to do. That's all I'm going to say on that matter.
I've worked in the banking industry since I was 22. My job stress has significantly increased in recent weeks, and I don't see it letting it up anytime soon.
I had never heard of AI art until someone asked if it was allowed on VoD shortly after we launched in February. As the tech continues to improve, the number of people favoring it over 3D art is growing. I don't blame them, nor do I regret banning it on VoD, but we can't compete with it, either.
The combination of these issues has driven the joy out of being a forum admin and running VoD.net, which sucks because I finally have a much better handle on things than when I closed VoD.com in 2020.
In making this decision and writing this post, I couldn't help thinking of the old adage, "Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me." The last thing I ever intended was to make any of you feel that way, and I sincerely apologize for doing this. I was genuinely looking forward to a minimum 10-year run, and completely understand that this was my only shot at redemption. Rest assured, I will never make a third attempt to run a 3D art board, or any other kind of forum.
Incidentally, I'm not turning VoD over to anyone. The process of transferring my forum license and the domain to someone else would be too much of a headache than I want to deal with.
With that in mind, I've disabled the registration process.
Thank you.