(( Ladies and gentlemen, it is with a heavy heart that I officially put an end to Ask Spike Da Dragon.



I have begun to reach the point in my life where I can no longer update the blog as much as I have in the past, and even though I could keep you all waiting months on end for another update, I think it would be for the best to end it now while I have the chance.



I started out this blog for a number of reasons, way too numerous to count and address in this farewell note without getting wordy. However, I firmly believe that out of those many reasons and goals I had when I started this blog, I have accomplished all of them and so much more. Rather than beat something down to the ground that I am honestly starting to tire writing for (I’ll probably never get tired of drawing Spike though), I believe it would be best to end it now while the blog is on a high note and I feel good about what I have accomplished. As Bill Watterson once said, “It’s always best to leave the party early.”



I have said this many times over and over, but I thank each and every one of you from the bottom of my heart for your support. Your words, advice, critiques and heartfelt letters have made this blog truly one of a kind to me, and I would have stopped running this blog months ago and never met all you wonderful people had it not been for your support. I also apologize to everyone that has sent in a question to me but never had it answered. It was pretty easy at first to answer the few questions I had when I started, but it’s pretty hard to completely answer another 1,800 questions I’ve received over the time I have run this blog, and I apologize for that.



Now, before I head off, there’s three more things I want to address that some of you might be wondering:

I will not delete this blog or give it to someone else. I told myself before I even started the blog that I would never delete it, and I’m sticking to my word. And why in the world would I give it to someone else? IT’S MINE, YOU UNDERSTAND?! DOWN DOWN DOWN! GO GO GO! MINE MINE MINE! MUHAHAHA!!!



Although my days of running an ask blog (and hanging around Tumblr) are almost done, I plan to continue running a spin-off ask blog, “Ask Sonic Da Hedgehog” for a while longer at a much less frequent schedule, since I feel there’s still more I can do there. If you wish to continue reading my works and want to let out the inner Sonic fan within your warm, beating guts of glory, feel free to come on over. As for my artwork and animations in general, I usually hang around my DeviantArt, YouTube channel and my personal Tumblr account, so stop by there as well if you’d like to continue following what I work on. I would appreciate the company, that’s for sure. :)



Those things Spike mentioned are all real attempts by me to end the blog with a “bang.” (The first one is a collaboration with Ask Spiiike, another awesome Game Maker user in the Ask blog community, and the second one is a collaboration with Statue Discord Replies; a big thank you to them for letting me post their concept art for it!) If ya really really REALLY want to, you can play what I have made of the Super Spike sequel (be warned though, it’s got quite a few bugs in it and has only one working level) over here. There were plans to feature 10 other blogs in it, but Filly Twilight, Hot Blooded Pinkie Pie and Ask Captain Pipsqueak were the only ones me and Ask Spiiike ever managed to get in before we canned production. So, maybe you might find some enjoyment in blasting 8-bit parasprites as HBPP or shooting a Filly Twilight placeholder sprite with an old shotgun as Captain Pipsqueak. Or maybe you’ll even play as Super Spike himself, but we all know no one would play as the main character because that’s boring!

With that all said, I think I am about done here. I’ll leave the ask box open for a few more days for any questions or responses for me, then I will permanently close them and take a nice long break from Tumblr and the MLP community as a whole. Again, thank you all for your incredible support, and I hope you enjoyed reading this blog as much as I did making it.



Best of luck to all of you reading this, wherever you choose to go or whatever you choose to do! ))



-Nick Kalmar

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