Good bye to everyone!
 

As many of you may have noticed already, there are a lot of changes going on lately. And here is the next one: I will leave the vbulletin.org Staff as Administrator.

Some of you have already noticed, that i didn't spend much time here during the last month, as i got very busy with RL. vb.org was my hobby, my heart was deeply in this site, but you have noticed, that changes are proceeding. There is a thread on vb.com's site feedback, where someone posted that the whole volunteer aspect doesn't work anymore. That might be correct, the site has deeply changed it's clients, from coders only to a big community which wants professional support and takes a lot of administrative effort...

Unfortunatelly i do not have the time anymore to do those big changes which are requested by a lot, and additionally i don't want to do so anyways. I have been a visitor of vb.org since the day it was founded (and i was even a visitor of the old vb.org before Chen was here...). Since that day a lot has changed on this site, i won't say it got better or worse, just different. It's not the old community anymore, and i don't think it will ever be anymore. I don't want to sound negative. It can be a possitive change as well, but i am a fossil, i miss the old times quite a lot, and i don't want to change vb.org into a direction i won't like it anymore.

I always wanted to be a coder, and i took over the Admin job by Chen to be able to make vb.org a worthwile stay for coders like myself, but i am browsing sites on the internet since a long time now, and i know that no site will stay what it was... Each site evolves with users joingin and leaving.

It would be nice to see vb.org evolving further, but regarding to personal issues at university and the rest of the real life (yeah i have such a thing as well ^^) i cannot continue to do so as an administrator, because that would mean a lot of time spending into coding and everything, hey you know the things ;)

With those changes in progress now i think it is the best time for a leave, thanks to all of you, who have worked with me in the past or made my job here as worthy as possible!

Stefan

I'm sure you'll be missed Xenon. Hope everything works out for the best. To be honest, this is neither Jelsoft's nor Chen's site, it's yours, Erwin's, etc. for putting so much time in! I'm sure this will impact vb.org a great deal.

Stefan, it's been a pleasure having you here leading vBulletin.org and it's an honor having you around leading this community.

You will be missed greatly! :)

I step forward, two steps back

Good luck with rLife, we all need it :)

Good luck Xenon. It's been a pleasure learning from your examples.

Thanks for your contibutions Xenon....

I was waiting to read about the announcements from Boofo, instead i see your name leaving v.org.
I am in chock.
Hope everything works out for the best fore you Xenon.
Im shure you will be missed.

*sigh* this is a very sad day indeed.
All the best to you Stefan.

Thank you for all of your hard work and I wish you the best with life! Good Luck to you :)

Good luck to you xenon...your impact on this site will be felt for a long time to come I'm sure.

It's been great working with you Stefan, and I wish you the best and I hope to see you around IRC. :)

You already know that I will miss you buddy :)

It's been a pleasure to work with you, have a good laugh with you and develop a friendship over the years - I wish you the very best of luck in the future and I do hope you will return every so often and [s]annoy us[/s] bless us with your presence :D

Chris

:( I'm going to miss you

I hope you'll be back :)

contibutions Xenon, tony and boofo

I never even noticed that Tony left too :confused:

Stefan, you will be greatly missed!! More than you know, haha! :) Best of luck.

- Dani

Hope everything in the future goes well Xenon :)

Now go and celebrate Germany's win in the football! :D

All good things must come to an end one day. Take care of yourself.

oh no, i don't want em to win anything ^^

goodbye xenon and thanks for all the help u have given me in the past.
Shame to see people go who are basicaly part of the board but i suppose times change etc and real life comes before the net so best of luck in the real world and with any other projects u take on.

Its been fun. See ya 'round :)

Goodbye Stefan, that the way is sweet and long for you :)

Goodluck to you stefan, you will be missed............

Damm Stefan, you will be missed. I've learned ALOT from you alone. Take care and don't forget about us.

You're a class act, Stefan. Thank you and take care. :)

All the best Stefan. Take care of yourself and I'll see you around from time to time.

Good luck Stefan.

Bye Stefan!

Thanks for all the effords you put in this site. Good luck and all the best in real life!

Thank you for everything Xenon. Although I did not have the chance to get to know you, you seemed like a very nice guy and a great coder. Be sure to come back and visit us. :)

Good luck to you. You will be missed.

I agree with you Stefan. Unfortunatelly, all people from old school are gone.
I learned so much from those forums... and I developed friendships that will stay always.
Stefan (you), Scott, Chen, Sinecure, DirectPixel, Neo, Freddie, Boofo and many others who know me well...

I simply hope you will still be here, I will visit the forums for sure to see what's new.
All the best and good luck with your future plans.

Floren

Goodluck :)

You will be missed Stefan. Thank you for everything over the years!

Cheers to you, Stefan. It's very sad to see you go.

All the best ... :bunny:

Xenon it was your original 'Advanced Editing Options For Mods & Admins' that gave me the tools which made dreams come true. Thank you, and all the very best for the future.
Mark

Good luck Xenon!

We are a dying breed :(

Chris

Bye to my dear Stefan, you were such a great administrator to me! :(

Best of luck!