{"id":3901,"date":"2025-12-31T16:49:47","date_gmt":"2025-12-31T15:49:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mechstrategen.de\/official-apology-at-the-turn-of-the-year\/"},"modified":"2026-01-01T08:19:22","modified_gmt":"2026-01-01T07:19:22","slug":"official-apology-at-the-turn-of-the-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mechstrategen.de\/en\/official-apology-at-the-turn-of-the-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Official apology at the turn of the year"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Official apology at the turn of the year<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"559\" src=\"https:\/\/mechstrategen.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMG_0471-1024x559.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3899\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mechstrategen.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMG_0471-1024x559.png 1024w, https:\/\/mechstrategen.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMG_0471-300x164.png 300w, https:\/\/mechstrategen.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMG_0471-768x419.png 768w, https:\/\/mechstrategen.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMG_0471-1536x838.png 1536w, https:\/\/mechstrategen.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMG_0471-2048x1117.png 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n<p>Dear mechstrategists,<\/p>\n\n<p>Before we welcome the year 2026, I need to get something off my chest. It&#8217;s heavy on my heart, but I have to apologize to you. <\/p>\n\n<p>I&#8217;m truly sorry for bothering you with countless rounds of <strong>BattleTech<\/strong> and <strong>Halo Flashpoint<\/strong> this year. I know it was an imposition to confront you with <strong>crystal clear rules<\/strong> <strong>and campaigns<\/strong> instead of letting you sink into chaos. And most of all, I apologize for all the <strong>gameplay<\/strong> &#8211; I know it was almost unbearable.  <\/p>\n\n<p>  I hope you can forgive me this excess of good entertainment. However, I fear I will continue in exactly the same way in 2026. <\/p>\n\n<p>Slide in well!<\/p>\n\n<p>Greetings S\u00f6ren from Mechstrategen<\/p>\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Official apology at the turn of the year Dear mechstrategists, Before we welcome the year 2026, I need to get 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