I was afraid this would happen. Fully agreed, while this is a big feature upgrade, it didn't need to sacrifice the site's identity and user expression. You're the first I've seen to go, and I'm sure you won't be the last.

Hope to see you again if you ever change your mind. I'll be sure to pop into your website from time to time.
Best of luck on the NES challenge, "see you next mission!" 👋

Had to double check the date of your comment to see if it was posted on April 1st or not.

Sad to see you go, but I understand.

Goodbye, we'll miss you

"Hidden gem" I see what you did there.

BitRot, you were something special. It's hard to find people out there who around my age who were just as knowledgeable about the NES as I was. I'll definitely miss chatting with you. You're gonna miss me talking about how great Rockman 4 Minus Infinity will be. The new site could more or less make me not come on as much, so I definitely share your pain.

Hello friends,

As the site remake is right around the corner, I will no longer be using The Backloggery. That one of last true hidden gems of the Internet is going to look and feel like every other site out there soon enough is something I've tried to get used to, but simply can't. The unique social aspects and visual identity of the current site were truly unlike anywhere else out there. I'm going to miss it a lot.

I don't use social media or chat clients, meaning this is most likely goodbye. I'll still be chipping away at my NES challenge until the end of time though, so you can always find me hollering about those games on my site.

I'll truly miss talking to all of you super cool people about weird old games at such length. Thank you for being friends!

Take care!