Hello fellow clan members. Most new member (and there are quite a few as far as I can make out) probably don't even know that I gave birth to this clan, but honestly, I am glad it is that way. My contributions in the last 4 months were nothing compared to the active participation of General Balls and -616-. In my absense I thought again and again about the fate of the clan, and I thought it was defunct. But now, hooking up to Steam for the first time in the last 150 days I see it grew almost three times as much as it was before - a feat I could of never hoped to accomplish.

Nevertheless, I want to apologize for my absense. The last 4 months were kinda hectic. Starting with graduation, going trough constant travel and finally ending up in University of Toronto - these 150 days were, using the now-common word of Canadian kids, intense. I will not say that I had no connection to Internet. In the beginning I didn't but sooner or later I had it. Though most of the time it was with a laptop and not my ueber-PC I still had the opportunity of at least stopping by and saying hello. I never did. And the reason is, I had a gnawing feeling of guilt in front of the clan. I mean, I kinda vanished during the summer without elaborating on what I was doing, which obviously didn't feel right. Guilt stopped from visiting the clan, and as time went by, the guilt grew and grew. (If it makes you feel any better and also hate me more, the clan wasn't the only thing I've avoided. General Balls would know that I was a mapper for the mod HL Shot Stories - and I had big plans about it for the summer. I was planning to finish all my mapping during the first month off school. But then I vanished and much more than 1 month has passed and I haven't done anything, not even made a comment on the forums explaining the situation. My feeling of guilt - and also fear - made me avoid it.)

A week ago or so, however, I read about the upcoming demo for L4D - and instantly remembered about the clan. I've fought my fuilt and fear - thus here I am, bash me at your will. So much was made while I wasn't here that I don't think I am the leader anymore - I am sure General Balls would accept the position most gladly. I do, however, want to fix my mistakes. Over the upcoming weeks I'll be updating the Freewebs site with the latest info and links. I will also be giving access to the site to GB and -616- - so they can update the site too. Other suggestions are welcome.

There. I haven't preordered the game yet, so I didn't play the Demo yet. I think it would be a great idea if a good writer would give a kind of an overview - or maybe just a simple comment - on how much they like the game. Sned in your creative stuffs at subliminal_824@hotmail.com . I will upload the best on the website.

There you have it. Enjoy the demo those who have it. I think it would be awesome if the Chat room could be used more - perhaps to share experience, although I guess this idea could be a wee bit too unrealistic.

-Vcool

PS: If the whole post was at places incoherent, or I was repeating things over and over - I haven't slept last night since I was doing homework. ^_^