Sad news. Wish you all the best w1zz

Like many and myself have said if W1z leaves that maybe it over, the mods could move on and the sites face could change attracting different types of members, the last of the old members will move on; so basically it could all go arwy.

Ive been coming on less myself, maybe its time to move on and let whoever wants to stay chill here with the new scheme.

TPU got its name on some products for its reviews like the NZXT Tempest has a TPU badge on the box.

And now is the moment where W1z comes back and says "Wow 15 pages, guess you'll really miss me. Ok I won't go!" And then we'll start to sing and dance in celebration. And then he's gonna come in and be all like "Gotcha suckers! April fools I'm not coming back! Instead I'll sell the site to Microsoft for bazillion dollars. Then I'll buy a beer factory with green and red Umpalumpas!" Oh dang wait, sorry, that last one was my own dream...

MilkyWayLike many and myself have said if W1z leaves that maybe it over, the mods could move on and the sites face could change attracting different types of members, the last of the old members will move on; so basically it could all go arwy.

Ive been coming on less myself, maybe its time to move on and let whoever wants to stay chill here with the new scheme.

TPU got its name on some products for its reviews like the NZXT Tempest has a TPU badge on the box.

Exactly, TPU has been seen internationally without someone even getting on the web by having our label on products from reviews. I myself don't want to leave. But i mean what kind of changes are going to take place? Is the structure of how the forums are laid out going to stay the same? Will rules change? will the new company be willing to allow us to B/S/T? god this is like upsetting actually. I plan to be a Computer Hardware Engineer and wouldn't have chosen this major were it not for TPU. You know its an amazing website when it helps dictate one's future, as it has mine.

I'm sure the rest of us are wondering this also, is w1z just removing himself from ownership of TPU? or is leaving the website completely even as a member? and if so...he's a crazy computer junkky just like alot of us...so he's gonna have to go somewhere :D i propose we follow w1z to which ever forum he decides to spend most of his time after this lol. W1z(i hope anyways) will get his bank for selling the website, and then we'd all leave and the company would fail with the website haha

DrPepperAfter all that crap in the fermi thread I'm not suprised. Everyone should be ashamed of themselves because w1z has given us the best forum on the internet, best reviews and software and some of you threw it in his face. I'm glad w1z has decided to do what he wants and I wish him luck.

I'm not surprised either. I dont want to chime in just yet on the Fermi thread, but I'm downright appaled at some comments made there. FFS, I know people tend to be hard-asses when on the internetz, but christ, credit where credit is due for someone who takes time out of THIER LIFE just to bring you a review. There was effort put in to benchmarking a shoddy product which I'm pretty sure no-one would want to do - yet W1zz made a stab at it and brought us a great review which showed us the good side of Fermi too.

btarunrI don't do reviews myself, but as someone who makes content for this site, I can understand what it's like to put in effort into something and then facing destructive criticism. Fermi review wasn't all of it, it just pushed the apple cart off the cliff. I'm shocked at this and I hope we in the staff can pacify him. W1z to TPU is like Steve Jobs to Apple.

THIS. Bta, I agree 100%. I've worked on websites in the past and I've gotten the same bull-S. Haters, if you want a review done the way you piss-talk about how it should have been done, then do it yourself.

BingePart of why I came to TPU was because of W1zzard's reviews. Some people may find that hard to believe, idiots, but he does a seriously thorough job. With as much whining as I saw and personal attacks it seems like there's a bunch of trolls who are hell-bent on being right no matter what the cost. So a special thanks to you sacks! Your efforts weren't for naught! (you know who you are)

Binge, I dont have much to say about your post, but I feel it has to be reposted again, I agree with you.


W1ZZ - I wish you the best of luck. If you go and this site continues to degrade along with the attitudes of some people here, I'm not coming back here either. I really hope you'd stay - I havent spoken to you much here, but every post and review I have read from you is a wealth of knowledge I'd like to continue learning. Jesus, you helped a guy recover a 5970 from a 7800GT bios flash.... you created GPU-Z. You gave a fair, non-biased review on Fermi (Which I know is hard to do - its hard not to flow with others negative attitudes towards nVidia right now). I've spent years working with computers, and theres only certain people I would like to learn from, and one of those sources would be your input to this community.
However, to continue on my first sentence of the paragraph above, I wish you the very best of luck in the future. Be sure to pop around to TPU sometime, you're always welcome.

I'm sure my words convey what a few others here would like to say.

As for the idiots, I hope you're bloody happy now. Theres no emoticon for me smacking you in the face.

-Mick.

W1zzardHowever, I have no idea what's going to change in the long run but I'm sure it will be for the best.

This is the part that worries me most.

W1zzardFurther info and a more detailed schedule will follow when I have a better idea what will happen with my software projects and other internals of the site.

I'm esp nervous about this part. Like this is way more unnerving than waiting for the Fermi review...which i f'ing appreciated. Once again making it clear i'm def not mad at w1z, but just the situation. man's gotta do what a man's gotta do.

SIDENOTE: if i could deck the people that truly got to w1z and made him feel unappreciated i'd do it in a heartbeat...disrespect to the ponit that it pushes w1z to remove himself from his own website that he's been incharge of for a long ass time is uncalled for.

roastW1ZZ -
I'm sure my words convey what a few others here would like to say.


-Mick.

theres allot more then a few who feel the same my friend

I hope at least he come back to visit us some time

I risk having my comment vanish into the masses, but think I'll pay my respects nonetheless...

I've been with TPU for 5 years now and I can just say that it's by far the best forum I've joined. W1zzard has done something monumental and I applaud him for it! His reviews are always fair and unbiased and he tells the whole story.

I'll be sad to see him leave but can understand his views and respect it.

Well done it W1zzard! And all the best for the future :toast:

erockerI don't blame W1zz for leaving, I've been thinking about doing the same myself. The past few months have been pretty dreadful around here with people's behavior, rudeness and the most noteworthy a sense of false entitlement. Perhaps this is just the evolution of the internet and society as we all just sit in our fake leather chairs in front of a monitor and be dicks to one another. All I know is there is much more to life than that.

PVTCaboose1337Ok now that I have realized it is not April 1st in Germany I think he might be serious, but I hope not.

It is true that lots of old members (such as myself) have disappeared, gone off to do other things and are not as active, and therefore this place does not have the kindness around that it used to have. The new users don't know correct conduct, maybe we need more mods, maybe we just need to teach the next generation respect and and proper way to speak. Maybe us, the users are at fault. The internet is evolving, maybe to a more mad, angry and social unaccpetable society.

I joined when I was 15. I can originally for the ATITool software, found the forums, asked a question, and stayed once you yourself answered it, along with many other friendly responses. I quickly found the community was amazing for helping me build a computer, I could not have done it without them. They helped me pick my parts, overclock, and more. I have been here for a little over 4 years. I have learned a lot about computers, technology, software, hardware, and surprisingly about society and how to interact socially and maturely. If I don't have this place to come to anymore, if I don't have W1z around anymore, it will make me very unhappy.

W1z, you have done nothing wrong, we enjoy your presence, your software, your contributions to tech and our community. You will be greatly missed. Please reconsider, and think about what you are doing before you take this huge step. You built this community from the ground up, and watched it grow.

Maybe you don't need to change, but we do. PM me if there is anything I can do.

I agree with both of these posts . . . TBH, the drama is a big reason why I seem to "disappear" for a few months at a time recently. I'm active, run into a lot of drama in a few threads, get fed up and take a break . . . repeat.

I don't blame any of the mods or admins, they have no control over it - as well, "baby-sitting" is a full time job. There's nothing anyone can do about the immaturity, and it does get old rather quick.

Personally, I do my best to avoid it, and/or not contribute to it (can be hard to do sometimes, though) . . . at the very least, I make sure my "discussions" never turn into childish behaviour . . .

But, as much as there's some issues, there are a lot of highlights that still make TPU an outstanding community. For one, things never seem to get "out of hand" like they do on other tech sites. We have a vast number of extremelly knowledgable individuals who are always more than willing to help and answer questions as best they can.

W1zzardthat's another piece of drama .. lol .. apparently that key (given to me by nvidia) has already been used according to steam .. i may have to end up buying metro out of my own pocket just to give it to the lucky winner

You shouldn't have to, man - if things don't get straightened out, seriously let me know . . . I'm more than willing to buy someone a copy, instead of you having to pay for it out-of-pocket. The game is a breath of fresh air in a rather stagnant FPS world, and I'm more than willing to do what I can to help support little-known EUR game developers.

w1z - no matter what your final decision is, do what you feel is best for yourself. You've been an absolute monolith in this community, and in the tech realm in general. This site you've created and which has steadily grown over the years is priceless, IMHO. The reviews have always been superb and thorough, and are more concise and presentable than the majority of reviews and articles found else-where.

I know it's just a thought, but if you're really feeling that burnt out by the site, perhaps taking a vacation from it all would be in order? Surely there are those whom you trust that could run things until you're ready to decide one way or the other?

Sadly, though, I fear that if you were to permanently leave the community, and this site, things would deteriorate rather quick - it wouldn't surprise me if a lot of the long-time users and regulars follow suit and move on from here.

I, for one, am amoungst those who would prefer to see neither happen - especially your departure from the site. The choice is ultimately yours, though, and no matter what your choice is, know that you'll always have support from many of us within this community . . . myself included.


As well, should there ever be anything I could do or help you with, do not hesitate to ask!

Take it easy, man, and best of luck to you! :toast:

Wow, this is one of the best run websites out there. I love the reviews, the forums, W1zz's software. It's all second to none really.

Good luck on you future endeavors although I'm sure that it isn't needed. :toast:

There are many wizzards out there.








































But there is only one TRUE W1zzard.

Wow I left for a few days and missed a lot. I have a lot of catching up to do to understand this situation.

From what I understand there was some drama over a review and W1zzard wants to be be done with the community because of it. I'll miss the man greatly, but I understand why he's leaving. The community here is more light-hearted than most, but you guys can still be super harsh and unforgiving of even trifling things. I prevented myself from logging in here for almost 6 months once because I got so sick of dealing with it. You can say it's weakness of character to let it get to us, but I say we're only human and even trifling abuse gets to a person eventually. That's all I have to say for now until I take the time to update myself.

i think it would be best for Wizzard to take a Hiatus for several months and come back. TBH a website is hard to run especially if your the only person reviewing products. Max PC and CPU Mag have several reviewers. I think we should as well.

This has to be a april fools joke!:laugh:

w1z isn't the only guy doing reviews. Don't quote me, but I think he only handles the video cards. Fitseries, Darksaber, Frederik, and other people also review for TPU.

Verlassen Sie nicht uns Herr. W1zzard! Wahrheitsgemäß traurigen diesen Tag!:cry:

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But there is only one TRUE W1zzard.
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just an FYI original members remember our gretest member with this avvy



only it was a blue cloak. same exact one though. man that post brought back memories.

Well then we need to have each reviewer take a video card then instead of just W1zzard. Aka a Cycle Per Se.

Already in the holiday spirit I see.:)

WTF, f NVIDIA and f the GTX480 this is our w1zzard the person who made the official program in the world for graphic cards read properties, this is the TPU proud man, and the reason who sign me in is him genius reviews which is more than most 10 popular games and benchmarks in the world, and the first one adviser Exemplified in performance per dollar section which is Unique test in all sites reviews, my dear friend tpu proud w1zzard i was thinking to get an gtx480 but i promise if you change your mind i never think about gtx480

Shame on whomever acted so childish...

Your work is top notch W1z, sad to see you leave... To me, you're the face of TPU!

Sad to see you go. Been a fan of your reviews for quite some time, and i hope the new owners maintain the high standards you have set.

MK4512Shame on whomever acted so childish...

Your work is top notch W1z, sad to see you leave... To me, you're the face of TPU!

Very true, W1zzard: the face of TPU. sig worthy

Shit no, dont go!

I hope this is an early April Fools joke, W1zz. Youre the man here and you founded TPU. It would be a real loss to this site for you to leave. :(

If you set up shop somewhere else on the net, I hope youll let us know where.

Anyway, a big, hearty thanks from me for all youve done in giving us this great site! :toast:

BTW, the apostrophe has just stopped working on my keyboard lol.