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A Final Goodbye

Posted by JBlaze on January 24, 2010, 12:58:38 PM

Most of you here most likely know me. I was a big support spammer back in the day when I first started (March '09), and somehow made it onto the Team here. I must say, I was completely shocked and surprised to get an invite to the team. It was a great honor and pleasure to have helped so many people whether it be in support or customization or wherever I could help.

I have evolved personally with this project. Many people here have helped be get through some tough times in my life, and it absolutely kills me to have to leave. I have made some great friends here, including JimM, Fustrate, Nas, Arantor, SlammedDime, LexArma and many others. I actually blame them for letting me stick around :P

Well, to get to the point, in short I am leaving SMF for good. There are just some things here that I don't completely agree with, and can't in good conscience stick around. It has been a great pleasure getting to know you all and help you out, and you are one of the best communities I've had the pleasure of being a part of.

Adieu,
JBlaze

Comments

Runic on January 24, 2010, 12:59:49 PM said:
i know you and i have rarley seen eye to eye but shame to see you go...
hadesflames on January 24, 2010, 01:01:33 PM said:
A shame to see you go. =/
Fustrate on January 24, 2010, 01:03:28 PM said:
Hopefully we'll keep in touch :) I've still got 5 days to wait for my badge change, so I can still pester you for a few more days.
Dzonny on January 24, 2010, 01:07:09 PM said:
A shame to see you go. =/
+1
:(
adbrad on January 24, 2010, 01:08:25 PM said:
shame another good support member is leaving what is going to happen to smf support
Shadow82x on January 24, 2010, 01:09:30 PM said:
Sorry to see you go. See you around.
Owdy on January 24, 2010, 02:12:28 PM said:
Good luck JB, and thank you for all what you have done for this community :)
vbgamer45 on January 24, 2010, 02:13:36 PM said:
We will miss you JBlaze I hope that you still check back every now and then. Thank for you for your contributions.
Arantor on January 24, 2010, 02:15:14 PM said:
Sorry to see you go, you were one of the main reasons I joined the team in the first place :(
Costa on January 24, 2010, 02:15:42 PM said:
Good luck JB, and thank you for all what you have done for this community :)
JBlaze on January 24, 2010, 03:00:11 PM said:
Thanks folks :D
busterone on January 24, 2010, 03:02:59 PM said:
Man, I really do hate to see you go. Thanks for all you have done for SMF. Best wishes on whatever you find yourself doing.
Arantor on January 24, 2010, 03:05:36 PM said:
* Arantor resists the urge to say something naughty.

As long as you do what you do, enjoy doing it and it works for you, it's all good.
Alpay on January 24, 2010, 03:23:06 PM said:
Good luck JB, and thank you for all what you have done for this community :)
Dismal Shadow on January 24, 2010, 03:26:47 PM said:
Another Team member fading in the shadow.  :(
Kat on January 24, 2010, 03:52:22 PM said:
If the pleasure's gone, I guess it's only right that you do, JB.


Bummer, though.



ethankcvds on January 24, 2010, 04:10:53 PM said:
Good Luck JBlaze. Will miss seeing you as part of the team yet again.  :(  :-[  :-X
Gidget Claire on January 24, 2010, 04:52:12 PM said:
Good luck in your future endeavours. Will see you around,  ;)
wildebeast on January 24, 2010, 04:56:18 PM said:
best wishes mate!
DrHouse on January 24, 2010, 07:13:26 PM said:
Thanks for all, man, hope to see you soon :)
Yahmez on January 24, 2010, 07:57:23 PM said:
Good luck JBlaze, we'll miss ya around here!
Cassiel on January 24, 2010, 10:44:31 PM said:
You were one of the many staff members that I looked up to. I think you might have even helped me out with support back in the day. ;)

I wish you the best of luck wherever life takes you, and I hope that you take care. :)
LC on January 24, 2010, 11:07:27 PM said:
And I had just welcomed you back...fine.. traitor.  ;)

Seriously though, sorry to see you leave. :(

Good luck on anything you do in life.
JBlaze on January 25, 2010, 12:30:36 AM said:
And I had just welcomed you back...fine.. traitor.  ;)
I was writing this very post when I got banned lol :P
Nas on January 25, 2010, 12:47:06 AM said:
Sorry to see you go, JB. I take it you're leaving the oven intact and unlocked for me? ;)
JBlaze on January 25, 2010, 12:48:27 AM said:
Sorry to see you go, JB. I take it you're leaving the oven intact and unlocked for me? ;)
Crap. Forgot about that. I think LC stole it so you'll have to ask her :P
Nas on January 25, 2010, 12:52:34 AM said:
Oh bummer, how could you?

* Nas hunts down JBlaze with a sledgehammer
* Nas looks around
* Nas runs after LC

:P
JBlaze on January 25, 2010, 01:05:27 AM said:
* JBlaze pokes Nas in the back
Spoogs on January 25, 2010, 01:34:47 AM said:
:o no more drunk coding :(
sheeesh its getting a little depressing around here.... anyway good luck with all ur endeavors man, i know what its like to walk away due to circumstances.
LC on January 25, 2010, 04:10:23 AM said:
I is scared.

* LC hides from Nas


* LC watches Jblaze

Give me cookies  and I will be a happy camper.  ;)
JBlaze on January 25, 2010, 04:37:11 AM said:
* JBlaze gives LC some lolcookies
Nas on January 25, 2010, 08:34:51 AM said:
Give me the oven back and you can have Nas-cookies :P
Ha² on January 25, 2010, 10:11:21 AM said:
You, your work, and your sarcastic remarks will be sorely missed. :(
Arantor on January 25, 2010, 01:15:13 PM said:
* Arantor can only wonder what mods MMMMMMMPHPHRG-shut-yer-mouth will receive... :P
JBlaze on January 25, 2010, 02:13:24 PM said:
IPB? :P
Arantor on January 25, 2010, 02:16:35 PM said:
I wasn't going to spoil the surprise, but yeah...
JBlaze on January 25, 2010, 02:22:14 PM said:
I wasn't going to spoil the surprise, but yeah...
It's no surprise. I think I've told everyone and their mother already lol :P
Fustrate on January 25, 2010, 02:33:22 PM said:
You keep raving about it in IRC, I think even the gremlins gnawing on the underground cables know :P
Royalduke on January 25, 2010, 03:39:33 PM said:
This is very sad. JBlaze was one of the few that gave me support along with Arantor. When ever I ask for support, I never receive it from anyone with the support badge(Either they ignore me or they don't help).

JBlaze is gone and if Arantor decides to leave, then I swear I will convert to another forum script.
live627 on January 25, 2010, 04:37:50 PM said:
All those good byes... can I EVER say Hello? :P
Kat on January 25, 2010, 04:39:35 PM said:
* Kat says "Hello!" to live627.  :)
live627 on January 25, 2010, 04:42:52 PM said:
Helo kitty kitty  kitty.... :D
Arantor on January 25, 2010, 04:43:26 PM said:
Hey live627 :)
Kat on January 25, 2010, 04:44:49 PM said:
* Kat sticks his tail in the air and goes to sleep in his basket.
JBlaze on January 25, 2010, 04:45:05 PM said:
* JBlaze slaps live627 around a bit with a large HELLO!!!!
Kat on January 25, 2010, 04:49:44 PM said:
* Kat hopes JB will rejoin as a sockpuppet...
Labradoodle-360 on January 25, 2010, 04:51:24 PM said:
Hey Jblaze, I'm sorry I didn't get to know you better, but I am very sorry to see you leave.

THANK YOU for all of your contributions to SMF.

I hope things go well for you outside of SMF,
Labradoodle-360
Kat on January 25, 2010, 04:54:48 PM said:
I don't. I hope everything goes really shitty, so you come back.
JBlaze on January 25, 2010, 05:21:42 PM said:
Well right now, I am studying up on the innards of IPB in the hopes of expanding my OOP knowledge. Who knows, maybe I'll come back someday. Can't say I will now.
Kat on January 25, 2010, 05:28:45 PM said:
Never say never again, eh?


Good lad. ;)
Arantor on January 25, 2010, 05:29:56 PM said:
Never say never again, eh?

Don't remind of that evil film.
Akyhne on January 26, 2010, 08:40:18 AM said:
Sad to se you go, JB.
SoLoGHoST on January 26, 2010, 09:29:46 AM said:
Hey JBlaze, Good Luck!  Was nice chatting with you on SMF irc chat.  And reading your posts.  You're a genuine person and always courteous.  Will miss this the most.
Royalduke on January 29, 2010, 02:17:40 PM said:
Have fun with IPB, the worst looking forum script.
Ha² on January 29, 2010, 05:43:59 PM said:
Have fun with IPB, the worst looking forum script.
Worse looking than this? http://www.nextbbs.com/do_main looks like a terrible IPB imitator to me.
Dismal Shadow on January 29, 2010, 05:53:42 PM said:
Ewww...
live627 on January 29, 2010, 06:07:06 PM said:
Ewww...

* live627 echos that
Owdy on January 30, 2010, 05:13:36 AM said:
Why Jb doesnt have gray badge?
JBlaze on January 30, 2010, 05:15:16 AM said:
Why Jb doesnt have gray badge?
I asked for it that way. Wouldn't be fair to those who have had theirs removed for doing something "bad" here now would it?
Owdy on January 30, 2010, 05:16:22 AM said:
You havent done anything bad.
Owdy on January 30, 2010, 05:16:51 AM said:
Shit, this ship is truly sinking....
JBlaze on January 30, 2010, 05:17:15 AM said:
You havent done anything bad.
I was banned, wasn't I?
Dismal Shadow on January 30, 2010, 08:34:26 AM said:
Even worse...the badge's not showing.
Yahmez on January 30, 2010, 11:47:07 AM said:
You havent done anything bad.
I was banned, wasn't I?
So?
Being banned does not equate into having done something 'bad'.

Like Kindred said, "but on the banning... they were banned because people reacted emotionally and illogically.  Once people got back into a logical mindset, in the cold light of day (so to speak), the ban was reconsidered and removed."
"the banners reacted instead of thinking and asking."

http://www.smf-friends.org/index.php?topic=342.msg11030#msg11030
http://www.smf-friends.org/index.php?topic=342.msg11046#msg11046

Any way you slice it though, you will surely be missed JBlaze.
Kill Em All on January 30, 2010, 09:49:28 PM said:
Good luck JBlaze, wish we could have talked some more.
hotchildxox on January 30, 2010, 11:17:32 PM said:
I'm not quite sure what has happened, but I am totally surprised and quite shocked
to be honest.  JBlaze is leaving?  It seems impossible, he is one of SMF's arms, a part of the
body of SMF, when you come to this community and post, he is always there, always a
great part of the structure.   As I said I don't know the details of this, and am in total
confusion...   Could you explain JBlaze (forgive my ignorance of the situation) what would
be so incomprehensible, that your choice would be to leave.  When obviously there is
such a big community that not only needs your help daily, but also admire and respect
your work here? 

                       Thanx
                         O:)
                   hotchildxox
Kcmartz on February 01, 2010, 10:59:07 PM said:
* Kcmartz starts bawling his head off.

Don't go! Then support for questions will be slower to get answered!!!
Kcmartz on February 01, 2010, 11:06:06 PM said:
Have fun with IPB, the worst looking forum script.
Worse looking than this? http://www.nextbbs.com/do_main looks like a terrible IPB imitator to me.

This is the worst forum script, in my opinion:
http://www.arborwood.com/awforums/show-forum-1.php?fid=8112
adbrad on February 02, 2010, 05:03:00 AM said:
Have fun with IPB, the worst looking forum script.
Worse looking than this? http://www.nextbbs.com/do_main looks like a terrible IPB imitator to me.

This is the worst forum script, in my opinion:
http://www.arborwood.com/awforums/show-forum-1.php?fid=8112

they are both pretty awful to be honest
Labradoodle-360 on February 02, 2010, 09:27:03 AM said:
They are awful, but they're very old...I'm sure.