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Jk April fools

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Time to stop existing again lol

Hello everyone, I just wanted to announce that I'm going to be officially leaving newgrounds. Dont expect me to be online at all after this point. I will be here for a day or two answering questions you can ask below. Here's some things I want to clear up

Are you ok/safe?

Yes I'm safe and ok. I'm not leaving because of a situation impacting my life or something like that.

Why are you leaving?

I'm leaving because of burnout I've had with stuff on here and I've lost passion to be contributing on here. Worrying about this all the time has effected personal time and relationships. So I'm cutting this out to work towards better relationships with the people I really care about.

Will you still use discord?

Yes but not in the way you'd like. I made a new private account that I use instead of the taka account. I login every now and again to see if anyone messaged but don't expect much. I wont be giving out my new discord account.

Why a new account on discord?

Same reason for newgrounds kinda, remembering the drama and bad relationships I've had on there. It's cluttered and harder to reach out to people. So I made a new one. Start fresh

What will happen to your characters?

Any original character I've made I will not be taking with me in the future. If you want to use any of my characters or borrow elements from any of them. Go for it! I don't expect anyone to do that but now it's out there! Go wild!

Do you still love newgrounds?

Of course I do! I've learned so much from this site and met the most amazing people. Some bad people too but we don't talk about that lol. Newgrounds is important to me and I'll never not defend it.

Will you delete this account?

No, I will keep it up to archive everything.

Will you still attend irl events for newgrounds?

I'm really not sure, don't bet on it but it's possible. I do want to attend toomanygames again if y'all are able to again!

Will you come back?

Probably in the future, far far future. Years and years. Don't count on the days lol

Thank you all, this site has helped me through so many things and mad me met so many people that I still talk to, to this day. I even met my girlfriend on here! So I hope you all have great lives and keep making cool shit and maybe one day, we'll see each other again.

-Taka

Do you ever just think to yourself that people think you're weird? Almost everyone is so kind and nice to me and it feels great but every now and again I look back and think "do they actually think I'm weird?". I'm not the most normal human being, I'm 17 and 6,6, I have autism a.d.d and a.d.h.d, I have niche likes and such. Idk, I just feel like people actually think I'm weird. I bring this insecurity up because recently the "thatjohnnyguy" situation happened and im not getting into it at all but after that stuff got uncovered I hear people say that even before they knew what happened they thought he was weird and I agree. Do people think of me like this and just don't say anything? I feel like I definitely deserve it after being too "clingy" to people and such. I don't feel this way about people close to me, not at all it's more like acquaintances and such. It's nice to get that off my chest. Thank you for reading and have a good day

Hello newgrounds! It's me Taka! Remember me...?

To be honest here for a second I've shifted a lot of my interest away from newgrounds. I still check this site every day and all of that but it's just not the same. It's hard for me to talk in newgrounds servers and all of that. I still love this community with all my heart. I just haven't been able to make art and games like I used to. I really wanna thank you for everything newgrounds. I won't leave or delete my account and I'll still be around but don't expect anything big or anything like that. If you have any question I'd be happy to answer. If you are wondering I am doing great and life is amazing. Love you all and see you around

I made some Photoshop album cover like stuff and thought I'd post them here so I can put something out there :3

Hello newgrounds, I notice I haven't been as active as normal for awhile now but next on the 30th is my last day of school and I'll finally have more time to spend with my wifey @cerealgutz and also making stuff for you guys! I got some nice stuff planned so be excited:3

Trust me you won't regret following @cerealgutz

Amazing artist and animator, go follow her!

Hello newgrounds! I thought I would update you on what's going on with me and things going on in my life currently! I haven't been the most active on newgrounds so I hope this explains it a bit lmao.

CLOSURE OF BBS GENERAL + FORUMERS REALM

The closure of BBS general was very sad for the group of newgrounders I call "forumers". So after that my girlfriend @cerealgutz suggested that I revive my old forums server known as "Forumers Realm" and it's been doing good ever since! It's private invite only so if you'd like to join ask me and all approve or denie it.

DISCORD

I've been spending a lot of time on discord because it's easier to use during the day. Please reach out if you'd like to talk!

THE HELL WE CALL "SCHOOL"

School has been keeping me busy and using a lot of my energy lately and I haven't had the motivation to work on projects more here on newgrounds HOWEVER there are some projects being worked on! I only have 19 days left of school so when that happens expect me to be online and making stuff more often!

ANIMAL COLLAB 2??!?!?

If you remember back in August I announced the cute cat collab and that came and did what it was meant to do but it came with it's criticism, mainly that it wasn't actually animated. Later on in the year @midgetsausage released the friendly frog Collab which was animated and did well so I'm proud to say that me, midgetsausage and cerealgutz will be working together the next animal Collab that will be announced this August!

CEREALGUTZ

People in the forumers realm I mentioned earlier this year will say that I don't shut up about her lmao. @cerealgutz is my amazing girlfriend, and I could go on and on about how much I love her and how amazing she is, but I'm sure that's not why you are here. Me and her have been spending a lot of time with each other and plan to spend a lot of time over in the summer so if you are wondering what I'm doing if I'm not active some days, it's because I'm spending time with the most beautiful girl in the world.

MENTAL HEALTH

Ive never really had trouble with my mental health but school has been giving me burnout and I'm ready to LEAVE THIS PLACE lmao. Besides being exuasted from school I've been doing great especially getting the weight off my shoulders from closing my private server after some drama which I will not explain. Just know that mentally I'm doing great just more unmotivated from school I guess lol.

QUESTION!

(yes that was a system of a down reference)

If you have any questions about me and what I'll be doing in the future or anything really, please don't be afraid to ask :3

Love you guys and I'll see you around the newtgrounds

I am proud to say that me and @cerealgutz are now dating! She's an amazing person and I couldn't be more happy right now <3