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DM_Kev
17-10-2004, 22:51
As of this Wednesday coming (20th October), I will be away for at least 2 weeks, possibly more.

Some of you are already aware of this and the fact that I have a medical condition which requires surgery to 'cure' my problem. I will be admitted into hospital on the Wednesday and will have the operation the following day. I will then be staying in the hospital for (I have been told) at the minimum, 2 weeks, but I am to expect longer as im apparently a bit of a tough case :P. So lets call it 2/3 weeks.

As you can expect, I have no intention of dropping this great community which is destined for great things come the new year with UTT2 well in the works as I type this. I am making arrangements for the management of the community to continue in my absence and for development work to continue whilst im away.

As of Wednesday, Avalyn will be in complete control of MERP UK for the duration of my absence. Please direct any major queries and ideas, etc to him and he will make decisions/make note of them for later. He will bring me up to speed on things once im back. I do ask that you be patient with Avalyn and any other MERP UK staff whilst im away; I have been fortunate to have a lot of spare time for the community, but they may not have as much time to spare as I have. Much of their time is already consumed producing great work and ideas for UTT2 :)

On my return, I really have no idea how i'll be, but I sure hope to get back into the swing of things on the run up to the new year to get UTT2 up and running. I've been told its going to be 4 months at home to fully recover from the operation being waited on hand and foot by people...so I guess I can recover in front of this computer and do what I enjoy most; working on all this :)

A few things which will hopefully happen whilst im away:

- CEP 1.5 and server patching to 1.64

- The server upgrade! New server installed and current server to be kept so we have 2 servers!

- A large chunk of the MERP UK PRC will be completed. More juicy details to come from Avalyn.

Well thats enough from me for now. I will be posting in here again just before I go. Thankyou to all those who have already offered words of support, it's been a great help to me. And also thankyou to everyone who has supported and participated in the community, wherever your from or however long you've been here, thankyou. Im already looking forward to getting out of hospital and feeling better and bringing you your dream Middle Earth gameworld :)

Talen Greymarck
18-10-2004, 00:57
Kev, my thoughts and prayers will be with you while you're away. You are a first class lead for MERP UK and I've been nothing but impressed with all your work. All the best to you!

Barking_Mad
18-10-2004, 01:47
Lets hope its a speedy recovery :) or Avalyn may have taken over the world by the time you return ;)

Fasin
18-10-2004, 02:03
Originally posted by Barking_Mad
Lets hope its a speedy recovery :) or Avalyn may have taken over the world by the time you return ;)
OK now you are making me nervous...

right... im officially nervous. Add that to agog and may god have mercy.

All the best Kev, grope me a nurse. :naughty:

Avalyn
18-10-2004, 08:39
Muahahahahahahaha.

This coming wednesday, YOUR SOULS ARE MINE!

Nah, although people find the terms Avalyn and taking over the world to be linked in some way, that isnt the case. (I just want a big part of it :P)

I will hopefully be on hand a lot of the time to handle any things that require attention, and you certainly need not worry about the condition of UTT2, progress will still be made. *grabs his whip and goes into the staff room*

Im sure we will all be lost without Kev, but the show must go on. :)

ghost81
18-10-2004, 10:12
All the best Kev, hope it goes well and you recover quickly.

*mutters* Note to self, stay on Avalyn's good side.

Argon Balros
18-10-2004, 10:35
get well soon

Galdor_Niphredil
18-10-2004, 17:54
Best regards to you Kev
Hope to see you on the server and forums soon..:)

Ulfur
19-10-2004, 16:46
Best wishes about the surgery and your recovery going well, Kev!...:)

Ursa
Thorgrim Orcbane

Tupilaq
19-10-2004, 18:01
Hope you recover quickly Kev, weŽll miss you whilst you are away.

Azmar
19-10-2004, 18:52
I join with all the others wishing you the best Kev!

DM_Kev
20-10-2004, 00:49
So here's my last post for a while...

Hope you all have fun the next few weeks. Once im feeling with it again in hospital, i'll probably be scribling down ideas for my return :)

Thanks for your support once again and i'll catch you all later. WreckSC may well be visiting me so hopefully he will be able to keep you informed of my progress :)

Fasin
20-10-2004, 00:57
buy a laptop :)

all the best mate

morez
21-10-2004, 13:30
Best wishes and quick recovery to you kev!
i hope i isnt any serious and to see you soon in cyberspace!

WreckSC
21-10-2004, 16:18
Yup, I have Kev's folks number so I'm going to give them a ring after the weekend and find out when I can go visit Kev.

I'll post up when I find out what day I can go, so if folks put up any new messeges I'll pass them all on to the old bugger :P

Cheers

Wreck

Fasin
21-10-2004, 16:38
If Kev's an OLD bugger then there really is no hope for me :P

*Veld rubs knees*

Just tell im to get back quick before all th power goes to Avalyn's head... too late...

Avalyn
25-10-2004, 15:24
power gone to my head? I think not, in fact, Ive been ignoring you. muaha.

Fasin
25-10-2004, 17:23
I'm hurt... ;(

Seriousy, hows Kev doing, has Wreck got any news ?

ghost81
25-10-2004, 17:24
Hello hurt, nice to meet you, I'm ghost

WreckSC
26-10-2004, 16:00
Ill be phoning his folks up tonight to try and find out Fasin

I've been away a few days so I haven't been around and I'm off on my holls tomorrow night for a long weekend. If I can't get to see him tomorrow, it'll be monday, but hopefully I can get some info tonight :)

Cheers

Wreck

WreckSC
26-10-2004, 21:28
Ok good to go for visiting the sickly one ;)

I'll be off to see Kev tomorrow evening, so anything you want to pass on or ask and let me know.

If there are any forum posts you think would make good reading for him, post it up and I'll print it out for him to read.

Cheers

Wreck

ghost81
26-10-2004, 21:58
Just pass him my best wishes for a speedy recovery

WreckSC
27-10-2004, 20:55
Well, Kev seems to be doing well. He has an entire hareem of Nurses at his beck and call and thanks you all for your kind words :)

True to Kev, he has been making notes for the new module and is in good spirits. I took him a couple of reference books, so that should give him a few new evil ideas too.

Right folks, off on my holls, see you all next week, good news :)

Cheers

Wreck

dsan1
28-10-2004, 13:34
I've been away for six weeks due to some major holidays i finally could take so i post this one with a slight delay:

GET WELL SOON!

Hope it's not too boring in hospital!

This Server rocks!

Best wishes from Munich, Germany!

Dsan1

DM_Kev
03-11-2004, 19:51
And good it feels to be back too!

The operation went very well indeed and I was in hospital for a shorter time than I had expected. Thanks to all those who sent on their best wishes and to Wreck for dropping by one night to visit me.

Also a big thanks to Avalyn for all his hard work over the last 2 weeks in keeping the community running and working on material for UTT2.

At present I am in a particularly frail state, so im unsure how much work I can take on at the moment, but I do hope to be about here a lot of the time. It is my goal to get UTT2 online for xmas/new year time still, so the majority of my time will be spent working flat out on UTT2.

Thanks again for all your support.

Barking_Mad
03-11-2004, 20:03
Welcome back :)

ghost81
03-11-2004, 20:21
Welcome back indeed. No doubt see you in the IRC channel soon.

*Breathes sigh of relief that Av didn't follow through on his threat to go into the server vault and turn everyone into penguins*

Avalyn
03-11-2004, 21:06
You got lucky this time, but Ill be back, mark my words!

Fasin
03-11-2004, 21:34
welcome back kev
glad to hear it all went well