I will be leaving TPU!

[ste2425]

Signed as well.

got it working i signed

 

[brandonwh64]

 

[dhoshaw]

i've been doing this tech website stuff for so long now .. it kinda gets boring .. hey i remember when i was excited to see 50 registered users on the forums .. then it was 50 registrations a day .. then 50 users online at a time .. 500 .. 1000 .. now we're often at 6000 online and there is no more "kick" in it for me.
same with hardware ... hell was i excited when i went to my first cebit .. now i really hate going to tradeshows .. same old POS every time .. meeting people is great though .. maybe i'm just getting too old .. i dont know.

W1z, everyone should enjoy their jobs as much as you obviously used to. Maybe it is time for you to take a vacation from the site; take some time off and get remotivated. Don't let the comments of the spoiled juveniles (whatever their age) ruin your legacy. Whatever you decide to do, I will respect your decision; but I sincerely hope that you will stay.

Best of luck,
Dave

 

[FreedomEclipse]

http://bourbonbirdredux.files.wordpress.com/2009/10/com.jpg

man that dude in the pic looks exactly like my old DT teacher in highschool - except less muscular. he was awesome till he decided to leave.

Mr Wescott FTW

then we got a tall lanky ass called Mr Hales who smoked so much he spent more time in hospital & off sick with bronchitis & chest infections then in school teaching kids.

then we had an evil tosser called Mr Chalmers who was an old whinge bag that use to shout ALOT like a real fucking lot & he'd shout so loud that half the school would know some poor kid was getting grilled by him.

 

[ik694]

Signed

+1 Bump

 

[H82LUZ73]

Don`t really now why your leaving,Maybe burnt out from the negative fan boy wars or what,But all I can say is THANK YOU for your hard work and totally unbiased reviews.Hope you have fun in your new job.Man this place will not be the same without you.Will you still work on GPU and what is going to happen with that contest now?

 

[dr emulator (madmax)]

if you leave this happens

 

[Solaris17]

if you leave this happens

http://img.techpowerup.org/100401/net gets cut off.jpg

nooooo!! not the whole internet!!!

 

[newtekie1]

W1z

It was a total shock for me to read it and to realize that it 's not an April Fool joke. And it is really sad to see that forum trolls crowd almost succeeded in destroying everything you were doing all these years. I can perfectly understand your motivation on leaving TPU, I'm often being under the same skin and get pretty close to saying "I'm done with that" myself, but I also perfectly know that it is really hard to kill something you do with passion, even if it annoys you and eats your nerves. That's why I've highlighted the word "almost", I really hope that you'll calm down and reconsider after a few weeks/months of vacation and rest.
You know, before we met about 7 years ago during 9500 to 9700 softmodding era, I absolutely couldn't imagine good relations between developers designing competing products. You changed that point of view drastically, because I've met incredibly honest, polite, unbiased, professional and absolutely not profit oriented person. There are not so many developers, whom I can trust that much. There are not so many competitors, whom I can call my FRIENDS. And damn, call me egoist, but I ABSOLUTELY don't want to lose such friend on GPU tools scene. So have a good rest and come back to your tools and articles full re-fueled please.

I felt this needed to be quoted and remembered, but I also think it is important because of who is saying it. IIRC, Unwinder went through a similar situation a while ago. He released Rivatuner 2.0 Final, then said he was leaving developement most likely forever. His passion and love for Rivatuner and the GPU/Tech world drew in right back in very quickly, it seemed like only a few months before he was back releasing new versions of Rivatuner.

Unwinder deals with a lot of drama, every release of Rivatuner he makes slight changes to existing functions to improve Rivatuner, and every release the forums are filled with people bitching and moaning because he "broke" something, and he has to spend huge amounts of time explaining to them the change, even though it is documented right in the changelog if they just bothered to read it. And yes, I've been quilty of this myself actually... And of course, if there isn't a new version of Rivatuner out quick enough, the forums get filled with people moaning about that too...

 

[raptori]

THE review was perfect for me ..... and I'm always trust TPU and W1zzard and rank the reviews as THE BEST ...... wishing the best for you W1zzard and TPU.

 

[punani]

signed

 

[a_ump]

guess it isn't april fools,

 

[jessicafae]

looking more and more real. signed petition just in case it helps change his mind.

 

[TotalChaos]

signed also

 

[Sasqui]

guess it isn't april fools,

Perhaps there's still hope.

 

[Tatty_Two]

Signed!

 

[overclocker]

Gunna miss yea wizz. Have a good life and God bless.

 

[Black Panther]

Keep quoting the petition link so that people won't have to dig through the pages to find it:

http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/W1zTPU/

 

[JATownes]

I assumed when I got to work this morning I would see a big APRIL FOOLS banner or something. It appears that is not true. I am very sad now. This place will still be my home on the web until things start to change drastically.

W1zz, you are an inspiration to us techies, and for that I thank you. Enjoy your future endeavors and check on us every now and then to make sure we are all still OK. You will be missed.

 

[jessicafae]

well it's april 2nd in Japan now, but I think it is still April 1st in Stuttgart. I guess I will see tomorrow morning. a little hope he will change his mind....

 

[mafia97]

tpu reviews are always the best
my brother and i relied on tpu before making a hardware purchase
no other site reviews come close to it
best of luck wizz for future we will miss u

 

[csendesmark]

Keep quoting the petition link so that people won't have to dig through the pages to find it:

http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/W1zTPU/

signed

 

[ZenZimZaliben]

Well this is a bummer. Just found out off DomainTools.com that "techpowerup.net" has been listed for sale. Also ran some stats on techpowerup.com. I was thinking maybe the community can get together and purchase the domain/site. After seeing the stats I doubt we can pull together enough funds.

Global Rank = 6800
US Rank = 5300

So a top 10K website with pretty low bounce rate, and excellent time on site, and 30%+ search engine traffic. I think we are looking at a very substantial amount. Also why are the site stats blocked at Quantcast? If your selling it knowing the pure traffic can only help come to a solid price.

There is a huge chance that a private party will purchase this domain and having no interest in running the forums. Rather using the TPU name for pure ad revenue. In fact I can see that happening. Why waste the resources on the forum when top level traffic is the traffic that pays.

My estimate based off traffic, years in service, branding.. $150K - $300K, depending on how this site will/could be split up.

So can we scrounge together that much cash?

W1zzard you should just stay!!

Also--Signed petition.

TPU could be in a death spiral after this happens. Do you want to see your baby get flushed down the toilet!??!

 

[aquariuz]

signed as well, and yes everyone please keep carrying the link to the petition throughout the pages, possibly put it in your signature section so everyone can see it as well. Spread it to all your other sites as well. Im very sure a lot of people on other sites know who W1zzard is and will hate losing him. So ask them to sign as well, we still need many more to achieve the goal.

http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/W1zTPU/

btw, just a note to the original poster, typo on the spelling of appreciate? hehe

 

[aquariuz]

Well this is a bummer. Just found out off DomainTools.com that "techpowerup.net" has been listed for sale. Also ran some stats on techpowerup.com. I was thinking maybe the community can get together and purchase the domain/site. After seeing the stats I doubt we can pull together enough funds.

Global Rank = 6800
US Rank = 5300

So a top 10K website with pretty low bounce rate, and excellent time on site, and 30%+ search engine traffic. I think we are looking at a very substantial amount. Also why are the site stats blocked at Quantcast? If your selling it knowing the pure traffic can only help come to a solid price.

There is a huge chance that a private party will purchase this domain and having no interest in running the forums. Rather using the TPU name for pure ad revenue. In fact I can see that happening. Why waste the resources on the forum when top level traffic is the traffic that pays.

My estimate based off traffic, years in service, branding.. $150K - $300K, depending on how this site will/could be split up.

So can we scrounge together that much cash?

W1zzard you should just stay!!

Also--Signed petition.

TPU could be in a death spiral after this happens. Do you want to see your baby get flushed down the toilet!??!

True about the death spiral. But I've seen parents abandon their kids once they cannot take it anymore, all the pain and suffering. I can feel how wizzard is feeling right now when all his hard work and his "baby" is being run over by ungrateful trolls who just bashes all his time and effort. Hopefully he can get his cool back and dont end up regretting his decision later.