**OUR LIQUIDATION AUCTION DATE HAS BEEN SET FOR SATURDAY JUNE 6TH AND WILL BE HANDLED BY SUPER AUCTIONS.
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A lot has happened in the past 24 hours, I just received notification minutes ago, that everything has been finalized and our liquidation is happening on **SATURDAY, JUNE 6TH. The company handling the auction is: SUPER AUCTIONS. **
I should take this opportunity to thank Super Auctions for helping us. We are in a miserable, desperate situation and Super Auctions is doing everything they can to help us, I won’t go on and on about the heartbreak and sadness as we all know how we feel about this sad reality that TGA is closed, but if I may be permitted to do so I will say this:
This Auction will be the last thing I will be able to do as a community leader. After this, everything on my side ends, the past six years officially comes to a close and my life changes forever. As such I’m going to give it every ounce of energy I have and make sure it is a success. My definition of success is as follows…
The community benefits by the auction: By this I mean that everyone in the community has a chance to bring a part of TGA home with them, to keep with them forever. The community then continues to move forward and move on. I want everyone to keep in contact with each other, and keep moving forward. The reality is that things WILL change in the community because of TGA’s closing, but hopefully, hopefully, somehow something good will come out of this. I’m hoping that EVERYONE will now move forward as leaders and organize meet ups, tournaments, events, game nights, let’s use this closing at Summer Drive as a rebirth, and starting all over again. All the wonderful messages you have posted, all the E-mail and PM’s have showed me that you are true leaders and doing everything you can to keep the community strong. Also your personal words of encouragement have been keeping me strong, thank you!!
After the auction is over, I will explain what will happen to me and what will become of my life, and how my family will change because of all this. My family has been devastated by this and our world has been turned upside down. The debts we owe will have payments due stating immediately, so I’m in the process of trying to set up employment, but more about that later.
Because of the gravity of the financial situation we are in, this auction has to succeed financially. I don’t want anyone to think for a minute that I’m happy about doing this, I’m as depressed, sad and miserable as ever, but I have no choice but to do this. So please don’t misinterpret my dedication to this auction as enthusiasm. This is a duty that comes with my office as company president, so I’ll take this task like a man and give it my best shot, even if I dread every step along the way. I promise that I’ll keep a straight face and move forward and not get emotional, I will be strong so that we can all be strong together.
Also please remember that I will hold every day of the past six years as a treasure in my heart. Every smile, conversation, all the laughs, the tears, all the hugs, the excitement of getting a new machine, playing our first sets of new songs on an upgrade together, our fighting game matches together, breaking bread together, hearing “that was delicious” after serving you a meal, the excitement of close heated ranking battle match, seeing the gleam in your eyes when you reported your first “A or AA or AAA” in a song, when you passed a song for the first time, well, I guess I should save this reminiscence for a later time, when it’s appropriate.
I guess my point in all this is that I want to say thank you for letting me be a part of your life. These scenes will play over and over again in my mind forever and keep me worm through this cold and dark period.
I’m sorry for making everyone read that, but I want everyone to know what’s going through my mind and realize how delicate and fragile this whole situation is mentally. So now that, that is out of the way, I guess it’s on to business.
I want to make sure that the core of TGA as an establishment, the GAMES, are taken care of and are given a proper home and will be cared for. I want to make sure that the community will have access to the machines and that the community will continue to benefit.
I know there are going to be tons of questions that people have, I don’t know everything, but I’ve been briefed on how things are going to work and I will do my best to answer any questions. If I don’t know the answer, I will put you in contact with someone who does. This whole thing is now somewhat out of my hands, well not somewhat, it IS out of my hands. Although it is painful to accept that TGA is out of my hands, I will accept it.
What makes this tolerable is that I know Super Auctions will do their best for the community and the TGA members.
Remember that EVERY LAST PIECE OF TGA HAS TO BE SOLD. Although it’s not officially necessary, I’m going to do my best to make this memorable and special by offering very personal and special items like, the cash trays, official paperwork, a staff shirt, TGA dinnerware sets to eat at home, small things like the giant pen at the front desk, and and special items like the sealed envelope with the official identity of Richard Bagman, things for everyone to remember TGA by.
Even if you just want to pick up a pair of chopsticks that were a part of TGA, some tokens, the clock on the wall, the speakers, there’s something for everyone. PLEASE feel free to come by. You don’t have to spend a lot of money to get a part of TGA, I guess that’s one good thing we can get out of this is that everyone can bring something home. All the keychains and merchandise will be auctioned as well, all the posters, arch stands, even the bowling balls and shoes. Although it kills me to let TGA go, It would make feel better to know that YOU will care for YOUR part of TGA, you will appreciate it and treasure it because whatever part of TGA you hold, you hold a part of me. I know you will use it for the benefit of the community, your family and the people you love and that is what the spirit of TGA is all about.
I guess maybe it would be best to let this information settle in for a day or two, then, I’ll start posting more information and start some discussions.
One more thing to chew over, is that we should have an official going away banquet, maybe we can have some awards and speeches and stuff. I don’t know the schedule is yet, exactly, but maybe after the auction ends we can do it? I don’t know, maybe we can do it AT TGA, I don’t know but I’ll find out.
Oh, another thing is that since I’m away from home, I will have limited computer access, so if you are one of the people who were generous enough to help promote this on a website, please feel free to start doing so. I should have an E-mail sent to you by Monday. If you haven’t contacted me and would like to promote it or have any ideas, please send me an e-mail or pm. If you send an E-mail to the administrator it will come to me directly. I apologize in advance if there is a delay in my response as I have limited internet access right now.
I think it would be best for everyone who is interested to go to this page and read the FAQ which should answer most questions.
http://www.superauctions.com/pages/buyers.htm
Thank you everyone, again, for everything. Lots of love to everyone from Chie, everyone in my family and yours truly.
Respectfully,
Andy
