Apparently the universe is not without a sense of humour as I heard that for Doug's final game it was against his longtime practice buddy Commander Scrappy. What a way to go out.

It was a pleasure to meet you Doug at Worlds this year and I hoped to play across from you in at least one round but it was not to be. Good luck on your lego startup and enjoy your retirement and family time.

This is absolutely true. CommanderScrappy and I started playing this game together back in Fall of 2012. He only lives a mile from me, so he would come over and we would play against each other a lot. It was against him that I developed my opening moves for Worlds 2012. He often joked about getting a t-shirt made up that said "Doug's playtester" on it.

And it was a pleasure to meet you as well. I have seen your posts on here for a long time, and it was good to put a face to the name and get to talk with you a bit.

I don't know you personally but I have been on these forums for a long time and enjoyed your posts whenever they came up. You'll be a missed part of this community indeed. I hope the best for you and your new adventure and hopefully someday we'll see you back here again. Take care man.

You want to build up a bussiness and you go for it wholeheartedly. Respect.

To quote the Achean ambassador from he old computergame Fragile Allegiance:

"....we wish you well in your endeavours"

PS. Cudos for the one who knows the ambassadors name

Doug Kinney at Worlds 2015

Check out the neat shirt.

For those of you not on my Facebook feed, I thought I should let you know now.

One week from today is going to be my last major tournament.

For the past three years, I've spent a lot of time and money on this game. I have traveled to a lot of venues, I have played a lot of good games, and I have had a lot of fun. But most importantly, I have met a lot of great people. You.

I love this community and all that it does for others, including Chad Hoefle's Twin Suns Charities and the Campaign Against Cancer events, Sunny Ravencourt's HOTH tourneys, Neil Amswych's Biggles donations, among many others. I have believed since day 1 that this is the greatest gaming community out there, and I still do today.

But for me, it's time to move on. I need to focus on getting my business off the ground and out of my basement. That means the time and money that I spend on xwing needs to be going toward my future. So after Worlds I'll be mothballing the fleet and moving on.

(If this part gets edited by a mod, that's fine) My business is called Ankeny Construction Toys, and you can find my inventory on bricklink.com. Basically I buy and sell LEGO bricks and sets. I will be working toward having a fully functional website within the next year, and possibly a brick and mortar store within the next 5.

So that's what I'm going to be doing. I want to thank all of you for being good sports and great people. I love and have the utmost respect for all of you.

For my Let em Fly campaign, if I don't receive addresses to send the ships I currently have by the end of worlds, I will likely send what's left to the USO and hope they keep the ships together. Again I thank all of you who donated items or money to the Campaign. I know it brought a lot of joy to those serving overseas.

And to all of you out there, please remember that this is just a game. It's meant to have fun. So please keep that in mind. Have fun, make new friends, and as always, fly casual.

May the Force be with you, always.

It was awesome to meet you at world, and to hang out with you in the Aussie party shack.

Stay cool, champ, and I hope to see you again down the road.

Only just saw this but thank you for everything you've done! I think you're a big part of the reason this community was so welcoming when I joined up. Now of course we're going to need an Imperial champion to bring balance to the force. Best of luck with the business!

Thanks for all you've done to develop the spirit of this game... You will be missed.