A Final Goodbye

January 24, 2010, 12:58:38 PM Posted by JBlaze on January 24, 2010, 12:58:38 PM in A Final Goodbye | 78 Comments
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


Deaks 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

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
Quote from: Owdy on January 24, 2010, 02:12:28 PM
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
Quote from: Owdy on January 24, 2010, 02:12:28 PM
Good luck JB, and thank you for all what you have done for this community :)

~DS~ 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!

DoctorMalboro 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
Quote from: LC on January 24, 2010, 11:07:27 PM
And I had just welcomed you back...fine.. traitor.  ;)
I was writing this very post when I got banned lol :P

Marcus Forsberg 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
Quote from: Nas on January 25, 2010, 12:47:06 AM
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

Marcus Forsberg 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

Marcus Forsberg on January 25, 2010, 08:34:51 AM said
Give me the oven back and you can have Nas-cookies :P

Nick Whetstone 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
Quote from: Arantor on January 25, 2010, 02:16:35 PM
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

rd 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...

Matthew K. 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
Quote from: Kat on January 25, 2010, 05:28:45 PM
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.

rd on January 29, 2010, 02:17:40 PM said
Have fun with IPB, the worst looking forum script.

Nick Whetstone on January 29, 2010, 05:43:59 PM said
Quote from: Royalduke on January 29, 2010, 02:17:40 PM
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.

~DS~ on January 29, 2010, 05:53:42 PM said
Ewww...

live627 on January 29, 2010, 06:07:06 PM said

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
Quote from: Owdy on January 30, 2010, 05:13:36 AM
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
Quote from: Owdy on January 30, 2010, 05:16:22 AM
You havent done anything bad.
I was banned, wasn't I?

~DS~ 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
Quote from: JBlaze on January 30, 2010, 05:17:15 AM
Quote from: Owdy on January 30, 2010, 05:16:22 AM
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.

StarChildxox 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

KensonPlays 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!!!

KensonPlays on February 01, 2010, 11:06:06 PM said
Quote from: Ha² on January 29, 2010, 05:43:59 PM
Quote from: Royalduke on January 29, 2010, 02:17:40 PM
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
Quote from: Kcmartz on February 01, 2010, 11:06:06 PM
Quote from: Ha² on January 29, 2010, 05:43:59 PM
Quote from: Royalduke on January 29, 2010, 02:17:40 PM
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

Matthew K. on February 02, 2010, 09:27:03 AM said
They are awful, but they're very old...I'm sure.

lucas-ruroken on May 13, 2010, 01:48:28 PM said
Good Luck!  ;D

Joker™ on May 14, 2010, 01:40:36 AM said
Quote from: lucas-ruroken on May 13, 2010, 01:48:28 PM
Good Luck!  ;D

why bumping this topic now  ???

Adish - (F.L.A.M.E.R) on May 14, 2010, 01:41:46 PM said
He really wants to sent JB to go away from SMF :P

Yahmez on May 14, 2010, 10:49:19 PM said
Missing the irony completely? Priceless.

live627 on May 14, 2010, 11:30:25 PM said
Since JBlaze is NOT gone yet, can someone lock this thread?

Acans on May 15, 2010, 03:08:07 AM said
Quote from: live627 on May 14, 2010, 11:30:25 PM
Since JBlaze is NOT gone yet, can someone lock this thread?

JB left, but rejoined the team a few weeks ago.

live627 on May 15, 2010, 01:02:44 PM said
Hence my question :D

JBlaze on May 15, 2010, 06:41:17 PM said
Locked ;)
Advertisement: