Moose Out 4-6 Weeks, L&S Postponed Indefinitely!

[IamMOOSE 361]

Dear VHL Community:

 

In an attempt to fill some time this week and give a little explanation for the absence of The Long & Short of It I wanted to be open and transparent about the initial goals of this project, what it meant to me for this league, and the future of the article. In this week’s edition, we’ll dive into it at best I can by addressing things individually before putting the full picture together.

 

            To begin, I want to discuss the origins of this article and why we’re here, what the point was to begin with. For the most part, I wanted to write detailed articles that showcased history and personality for our spotlighted pick, originally meant to be just players. But once we started to dive into it, the realization became clear that we could do any variety of topics and make compelling reading for the viewer. It was never going to capture the imagination of this community as a weekly segment but we wanted to build a foundation that could that off weeks to make something special, while still honoring those that we chose for the piece. As a writer for this article, I want to reach out to give people the comfort to answer questions and leave comments freely without their words being misrepresented. It’s an important fundamental of this series that we leave any and all responses from our guests unedited. In the original vision, and still to this day, we want to have control on who we review. That’s why you’ll likely never see a poll or a forum to ask who wants to be in it. The idea is to build prestige around it as something everyone will clamor to be a part of. With that, we’d hoped to push out an article every Wednesday, barring for large spotlight articles like you’ve seen with the VHLM feature.

 

            There have been some setbacks I’m personally not proud of. Time constraints and a few mistimed responses have pushed The Long & Short of It into panic mode to get something out there. It was something I didn’t want and unfortunately, it’s happened twice now. First with @DarkSpyro, who unfortunately we just never got the finishing touches on a piece for Jimmy Spyro, something we’d love to explore again down the road. This led to our piece with Gumballs. In this series of L&S articles which includes five pieces, @JigglyGumballs's is the article I’m the least proud of personally. I feel I didn’t do enough service to Jiggs and it is 100% in the cards to remedy that personal failure down the line if he’s up for it. It was a piece that I feel I may have rushed to meet and unrealistic deadline and for that I apologize.

 

            Where we’ve fallen off is my dreamed schedule of a Wednesday weekly release. I’ve attempted for a third time to get on a consistent schedule for this series and have failed on every front. Where time and life concerns tore me away previously, this time it’s a legitimate injury. Over the weekend recently I helped my sister move and during the move I picked up an injury and for now, I have a little less mobility in my left arm. Recovery time is looking like 4-6 weeks. For that reason, I’ve delayed The Long & Short of It as a series, giving out the proper time to work articles. Once I am healed up and it doesn’t pain me to write long articles like this we will be back for the return of The Long & Short of It. For now, however, The Long & Short of It must be postponed indefinitely, and I will be moving to doing strictly podcasts and short article stuff as I recover. I thank everyone for the support on the previous articles and hope to be back strong soon.

[Mr_Hatter 1,608]

All the best; hoping for a swift recovery  

[bigAL 2,176]

Hey man, go easy on yourself. Your series is excellent and unique and well-done. It’s obvious you’re not just pumping stuff out for the teeps and that makes all the difference. Give yourself the time and compassion to build up to perfect, no one starts there with any project. Take this time to heal and brainstorm and research, and I can’t wait to see what genius comes out in 8 weeks from now. 

[Doomsday 4,130]

You do you, bud. Take care of yourself, and pick it back up when you're able and willing. It doesn't happen without you healthy, so take care of that first.

 

All the best for your recovery!