Wall of text but I think this may be one of the most important posts iv made
I can't bealive this. I get back from watching a movie someone hits me on MSN i well here it is.
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nameless: TPU got sold
Solaris17: hahaha o ya?
nameless: w1zzard made a news post
Solaris17: WTF?!
My heart in all honesty hit the floor. I made it to the beginning of page 2 before I couldn't handle it. This forum its populous and the site have been my home for the past 5 years. This is not a normal community. This is not a normal site. the site is clean. Relatively simple and has a sense of style. The members are incredibly well behaved on most of the time. Which imo is a incredible feat.
The fact is regardless of how well you may mean it, and how well the staff means it. This place will turn into nothing more than a 3rd rate tech site after you go. You have commanded the respect of other administrators and company's. I absolutely love your awkward sense of humor and the reviews are so detailed I aspire to be like you. When I review I make sure to try and be as thorough as possible. You are the best damn journalist I have ever had the pleasure of having a few brief conversations with.
I feel betrayed and sad all at the same time. It is uncontrollable and somewhat of a surprise even to myself that I can have this kind of attachment to an inanimate object if you can call it even an object. The fact is the atmosphere around here is created by the first person. You were him and you won't be here. That being said the site will never be the same. It is exactly like a falling empire and I don't think anyone will ever persuade me differently.
I will probably edit this. Not because I am ashamed or remove what I have posted. Instead I will probably edit this because I just cant concentrate enough to post exactly how I feel. It's like im lost honestly. I consider everyone here family as ridiculous as it may sound I haven't seen any of your faces yet you are my friends we talk laugh etc. So wouldn't that mean this is a type of home? Or school, or public park? A place were like minded people can come together? The front page of techpowerup a familiar and friendly face when I first open my browser?
I could care less if they managed to keep up with your quality of work. I could careless if they managed to add company's to the point they could review products for every company in the universe. They will never replace you. This is were I stand on the matter if I got ahead of myself and skipped what I was trying to say completely. If you do leave I can honestly say it will probably be a bad day IRL for me. As such if this actually follows through and you really are leaving. I will not be returning to TPU. The day you leave this place will be the day this website dies and the day I no longer have a place to call home.