“Saddest day for all of the Skyrim community.”

Shirley Curry, the 89-year-old YouTuber affectionately generally known as “Skyrim Grandma,” formally retired from making Elder Scrolls content material. In a video uploaded to her channel on Sept 29, Curry advised followers that she was able to cease recording Skyrim gameplay after practically 15 years of adventures in Tamriel.

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She defined that she merely wasn’t having enjoyable anymore. “Good morning, grandkids. I don’t exactly know how to start this,” she mentioned within the video. “First of all, I will say that I am no longer going to be uploading Skyrim.”

Although she nonetheless appreciated her longtime followers, she famous that the majority of her present viewers gave the impression to be youthful youngsters. “All I get is, ‘Hi, grandma. I love you, grandma.’ That isn’t what I was spending my time on making and uploading videos for,” she mentioned.

Curry displays on her lengthy journey and group

Throughout her announcement, Curry remained calm and considerate. She mirrored on her early days on YouTube and the relationships she had constructed along with her older viewers. “Those I will still appreciate hearing from,” she added, encouraging longtime followers to remain in contact by means of her vlogs or e mail.

She additionally reminded gamers that her legacy lives on inside Skyrim itself. “Some techie guys made me an actual person in the game that you can get as a follower,” she mentioned. “If any of you older ones that I really want to talk to don’t have me or didn’t know I was in this game, there you are. You can go to Nexus and type in Shirley Curry and you will get a listing of all the different things.”

Even although she deliberate to cease importing Skyrim content material, Curry mentioned she intends to maintain her YouTube channel lively. “Once in a while, I might give a Bible verse that either has me confused or that I think is really interesting,” she defined about her spiritual weblog. She invited her “older ones”—teenagers and adults who often engaged along with her content material—to proceed becoming a member of her there for conversations.

In the identical video, Curry admitted that she had run out of inspiration for Skyrim tales. “Every time I come up with a new idea of how to play a story in Skyrim, I may make one or two or three with a new characte,r and then I’m just bored again,” she mentioned. “I’m tired. I’m not having any fun with it anymore.”

Fans react and look to the longer term

Although Curry had “retired” as soon as earlier than, this time seems to be extra remaining. Earlier this 12 months, she briefly tried Oblivion Remastered however discovered it irritating. And with Elder Scrolls VI nonetheless years away, Curry mentioned she was prepared to maneuver on.

Fans crammed the feedback with appreciation. “The end of an era. Looking forward to your next upload,” wrote the official YouTube account. Another particular person mentioned, “Saddest day for all of the Skyrim community.”

“The YouTube algorithm has failed me!  As a woman in my late 40s who recently discovered Skyrim over the last year, I would have loved to have found you sooner!  I guess that just means I can binge your VODs.  🙂  Also, to see a community here of folks closer to my age is warming.  Hi to all the old fart gamers!  💟” wrote an older gamer.

Supporters additionally reminded her how a lot she mattered. “Nearly 370,000 people have downloaded the mod that adds you as a follower in Skyrim. That’s amazing,” one fan wrote. Another added, “You are loved and inspiring to lots of people that watch your content.”

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