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Okay, not quite.
I freely admit my plans were a bit more ambitious when I set out to revive the Fort a year ago. I was hoping I would be able to keep a closer look at the general tendencies and opinions within the community. I also thought I would be able to make the site a bit more known and attract a wider audience. I guess my plans and expectations were subconsciously still grounded in my experience with the previous reincarnation of the Fort, which was (kind of) part of PlanetFortress, one of the oldest TF-Sites and quite popular in its heyday. All of which made it easy to draw some attention.
Well, not anymore. Today the Fort is just one site amongst many, and – let’s face it – for all intent and purposes it’s rather a blog than anything else. Not that the Fort ever was more than that (though the term ’blog’ was uncommon back in those days). And there’s nothing wrong with that, basically. The Fort has always primarily offered opinions, commentary and the occasional cynical ass-kicking.
The failure of my ambitions (to date) are simple and can be summed up by stating that I haven’t invested enough time and effort into the site. Or more precisely, into anything surrounding the site. I truly hope that the content has shown the time and effort invested into writing/creating it. Though even here I would wish I could/would do more.
But anything beyond that – making connections, read and communicate on other sites, public relations, etc – has missed out. Time has always been too tight a commodity 
I have always (secretly) hoped to attract a couple of fellow warriors to join in. Not only would it have taken off the pressure to come up with read-worthy content alone, but it would also have broadened the perspective and opinions represented on the site; something I feel is desperately missing. In that regard I’m immensely grateful for the few stints by Junta and Hzza, which did provide some welcome change from the usual Teatime-created drivel 
Given the circumstances launching a sideshow like Radio TF2 was probably not the brightest idea, either. Though I still think this project has huge potential on a greater scope than it is visible from the previous treatment. But what really bugs me is that tapping into that potential would probably require a different mind and a different writing style than my own.
So looking back at one year of the Fort it’s easy to see that it has turned out just a shadow of what I’ve wanted it to be, of what I might could have been (and yes, theoretically what it still could be). But frankly I doubt Year Two would go any better than Year One did, and lately I’m having trouble to enjoy the game.
I don’t quite know what’s the cause of it. Despite all the bigger and smaller changes presented by the class updates it’s still the TF I love. But my patience is thinner and I find myself ragequitting all the time. Perhaps that’s just a phase which will pass. Time will tell.
But for now I’m not quite sure how extensively I will carry on with the Fort ...
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