[Wil]

Well, that's it. Life as we all know it is over. Times of trouble are over the horizon, and nasty dreams will populate the masses. Yes - my mum is cutting off the phone line.

From the end of the month, ntl will deny us access of our phone line, and because mum caught me downloaded a game demo today, she has threatened not to renew our account.

So, this is the end of Max the Mug at the Oddworld Forums. And, also, of the Oddworld Encyclopedia. And you can throw away any speculation of my website too. You'll never see me on Fan of the Month, or hear another witty reply from me, or listen with fasination to my tales of being abducted by aliens and hearing ghost speak through my computer, or have a razing row with me about why Slig and Glukkon are/aren't related. I shall never again be able to regail you with the story of my very first post at the GT Forums asking what a Greeter was.

And that's that.

For me, it's just as bad. I'm no longer to be known as 'Lugnut' to the Crash Bandicoot fans of online, never to get the latest Mike Oldfield news at tubular.net, or argue with that bloke about matter/anti-matter power plants.

Never again will I be able to do my homework. Mum hasn't figured that out either, so there's still a chance. She also doesn't realise that we won't get email, or be able to use the television. Oh, and guess what, we get cable TV. Mum will never again be able to watch Star Trek: The Next Generation when she gets home from work. Ha ha ha! Revenge is best served when you don't tell the victim what's going on.

So, to the people and things of Oddworld Forums, my friends, I'm handing in my notice, a lot earlier than expected, but I am. I'll still hang around until November, and I'll keep my account open just in case.

And since ntl has a very bizarre idea about when one month end and another begins, I'm saying again:

Goodbye.