Otto officially retires from noobsalad

[ottobohn]

Well folks, this comes to no surprise and I did mention that when my baby girl comes, I'll have to hang up my gaming hat. It's not a choice I want to make, but I had to decide between most personal hobbies and my family.

I didn't know at first if I wanted to write a 10 page retirement letter or a sweet quick read. A majority of this would be thanks for all the support instead of what I did here. I started my career here a few years ago and we've come a long day, not because of what I did, but we did as a team. N00bsalad to me has become a place where people of all stripes and colors can socialized in a premium gaming environment. I think we've achieved that facebook with guns experience here.

I want to thank first, the original co-owners here for giving me a chance to become a co-owner. I gave everything I had to the original set of goals while there was worry that I wasn't the real deal. Thank you Gramps, Makoto, Comfortably Numb, and Supersalad for allowing me to serve the folks of noobsalad. Guys and gals, these are the true heroes of noobsalad. If it weren't for them, I wouldn't have had a job here so my thanks goes to them.

It would be 10 pages if I had to thank everyone that I wanted to. I thought it was important to thank the folks who did give me a job here. I want to thank the development team that took my vision into reality. Noobsalad has the best server development team in the CSS world. I stand by their professionalism and if I owned a company, I'd hire them all. Thanks to them for their self-less support.

N00bsalad has changed me for the better. Yes, even I came into this place and grew thanks to the people. I've gained probably a bit more than people would expect as I defined my leadership skills here. I'm not stranger to leadership, but this place really allowed me to excel and develop new methods safely. N00bsalad was a safe place for me to invest my personal time as my wife was on deployments due to the US Navy. Instead of being in the gutter or the bar, I played in a safe healthy place. Thank you.

Some say that there will be a hole formed here when I'm away, I think otherwise. This place has had new great leadership since I stepped down from decision making back in September? October? We all here share the same vision and know what needs to happen. That's why I feel very comfortable leaving to take care of my family.

Yes, it absolutely hurts and I do cry when I type, but I'm happy for my new daughter to be here. My life has rewarded me with a healthy baby girl and a healthy loyal wife. I guess I couldn't have asked for more when it comes to family. How long will I be gone? I have no idea. But I won't be coming back into the leadership of this community as it's time for new players to take the torch. Family is important to me.

If I can give one paragraph of advice to all you players out there, let competition bring the best out of you. Competing keeps your standards high as you strive to be best you can in life. The best get rewarded with the best opportunities as that's what life gives to me. I have a job interview on Monday because of this and trust me, this is the dream job for me. Rational thought has been my best weapon in planning and execution. Taking a non-biased and biased look at the goal I want to accomplish is important. I think inside the box, outside the box, and both at the same time. This allowed me to make the best decision as I would guess the cause and effects of all decisions. Stay in school. A degree will truly set you free. I hammer everyone to get a degree in something as this economy and future of the US will become more difficult for those w/o a degree. It's a piece of paper that says you can be trained, that's all. Play the game. Each credit is a round of CSS. 120 rounds and you complete a degree that opens the doors to higher paying jobs. Last, be yourself. Don't be someone you're not. Your self-esteem relies on you being a master of yourself. If you have problems, seek help. Always, find a way to forgive yourself so you can move forward in life. The first step in any problem with self-esteem is to forgive yourself for any mistake or miscalculation. If you combine doing the best you can, fighting to finish your degree, using rational thought to make the best decision possible, and have a positive attitude, you're at the peak of your abilities. I make mistakes all the time, but I have to fail a few times to get things right. Yes, I have forgiven myself for those mistakes to have the best in life. I hope this template helps those who understand it at the time they need it most.



To n00bsalad, keep this place the best gaming experience and a family-oriented place away from home for those who need it as well as the best facebook with guns out there. Good luck. Thank you for everything.

Otto Bohn

[Shadow]

Otto,

I must say I for one hate to see you go, but as we all know you 99.9% of the time made the right choices, this one being 100% right with no regrets!

Trust me she will have you wrapped around your finger in no time, and you will never feel complete if your not able to give your wife and child 110% of your ability to them.

They will need you more now then you will ever know...you might not understand that right now..............but in time you will!!

When I see you holding your baby, I don't see you at all being unsure if you made the right choices about having a child, you look confident and proud!!

It is your job to introduce that bundle of joy to the WORLD! and your job will be full time no days off!! (hehe)..........you will not be able to come and go as you please.

With all that in mind, I wish you all the best with your new family I have no doubts you will not come back with a better mind of how do change a diaper lmao.

I will miss you and your fun little posts and the way you took care of NS

I will be happy to see you grow in a different direction in your life, but cant wait to see the little up dates that you will leave us, with the lack of sleep you will have lmao lol

It is going to be grate and you will learn to love it!! those will be the memories you will have for the rest of your life!

Anyways Otto, I truly do mean WE will miss you and I truly mean I wish you all the best, what a way to come into the new year for real!!

Shadow

[Snapzilla]

Well Otto,
I haven't known you long (maybe 3 months). But with all the support you get from
NS, I wish you the best of luck with your new baby girl. I hope you drop by from time to time to give us an update on when she starts doing her "firsts".
I will miss the strat runs, and the great encouraging words to move are butts and
win the game. I think I speak for all of us by saying, we will most definitely miss you!

Snapzilla

[khaotik]

Take it easy Otto.
A family is a load of work, but I'm more than sure you can keep in the swing of it all.
I'm told Parenthood is a wonder way to advance your personality as well, and a way to develop yourself, I'd ahve to agree.
See you around on the forums, when you log in.

[Aliean]

Otto, I'm sad to see you leave NS, since you've done such an amazing job. NS improved everyday from your decisions, and constantly fought off threats while you kept all of us informed with updates.

However, family does come first, so take care.

~Aliean

PS. From making important decisions for NS, to Office garage rushes, your leadership skills are awesome (sorry..don't know how to end this..)

[SERIAL KILLER]

man you make me cry otto what we do now i hate this things happen when some 1 leave unbreak my hearth say that you love n00bsalad hehe i understand him

[methodicaleddie]

hey man,

you probably don't know me very well and i don't know you very well, but i do know that you did a lot for this community and you, including the other co-owners, made this an "e-home" in the sense that we feel at home when we come to these forums and when we play in these servers... anyways, best of luck with your family, and i hope you get your dream job, it's always great to be doing something that you love AND get payed for doing it.

eddie

[Ling Ling]

Good luck with everything Otto! Best wishes to your new family!

[abstract1337]

Otto, I'm not sure exactly when we met but all I remember is that you were the ONLY one who seemed to care about my being banned from NS servers. You probably don't even remember it, but I do. It was a few years ago and I was soo frustrated that I was banned from all of NS's amazing servers, and you stepped in and took care of it like it was nothing.

I know I don't wear the NS tag, but I still like to hop around the servers and on the forum. It was the first impression that you gave me that kept me connected to this community for the past 3+ years. Maybe sometime in the near future I'll officially join back up and work my way towards becoming an admin

Thanks so much for everything you've done! You've made this community a better place to game. Peace man

[TAS]

Good luck Otto, and congrats on the new baby. With the new dynamic your family is taking let me say the best advice this old man could give you is read books, and read several on how to deal with the upcoming challenges. If you think the baby will be the biggest challenge, think again it will be the wife! For the first few years, we as fathers have to meet all the other needs for both and figuring those out can be mind boggeling.