So, after reading Dave's efforts in the Tharkad thread, which have been phenomenal and better than anything I could have written, I confess that I'm excited about the game and reconsidering...
The situation was that, because of some major schedule shuffling by the powers above me, I had four days to write two papers and an abstract for a conference that is really important for my CV. Suffice it to say, I was not in a happy mental place. I chose to walk away from the game because I was liable to blow up at a couple of other players for reasons I realized even then that were entirely undeserved.
I realise that my behavior was not the best way to handle this, but I at least console myself saying that I decided, however prematurely, to leave in order to not throw my unrelated anxiety at other players who had warranted no such thing.
If you guys will have me, I'd be pleased to return; I'd understand if I caused enough alienation that that's not an option.
