iNcog wrote:When I left the site some time ago, part of the rationale behind leaving was that with _H2O, Mitoe, 91, Goodspeed and Musketeer925, ESOC was probably in a damn good spot. I personally felt that my contributions compared to those people were quite light, so I decided to leave instead of holding an empty title. When I left, I was thinking that with the team I mentioned above, things probably couldn't go wrong. ESOC was in safe hands and going in the right direction.
_H2O, though I did not agree with all of his decisions, has a 95% approval rate from me nonetheless. He was really good at putting projects into motion and getting things started (don't underestimate this part). I have a healthy amount of respect for what he has done for ESOC: backend for the site, setting up new servers, managing database, paying up the ridiculous amount of money proboards scammed from him, managing ASC with mitoe. Thank you, _H2O.
Mitoe, thankfully is still here. He's done a great job at managing ASC with _H2O. He's reliable and friendly and above all, bring stability to the team by since he's always so damn friendly, as well as a good listener. Running a tournament with cash money on the line is no easy responsibility and I think that Mitoe has been very good at doing that. Thanks Mitoe; you better stick around though.
Goodspeed, the driving force behind the patch. Cannot be understated. Enough said, if I go too much into it people will call me out for saying good things about a friend ("get off his dick, you cock-sucker"). Thanks mate, you also better stick around.
Musketeer925 has done so much in terms of web development and patch development. Above all, he figured out how to protect the community from the infamous moesbar hack. He's invested a LOT of time and energy into things: patch launcher, web development, modding the patch changes, linking the patch with our server, the list just goes on and it would take a while for me to list it entirely. A very, very friendly and calm person, excellent insight and attitude. The volumes of things you've brought to the table, not just for ESOC but for the AoE3 community, is quite enormous. Thank you; but also stick around please.
91. So similar to Musketeer925. Friendly, excellent insight, all that good shit. You're a damn good guy 91 and you've done a lot of web development for the site itself. The forums look better and have many nice functionalities now thanks to you. I'm unsure of the exact details of what you've done; only that you together with Musketeer925 just brought this site up to standards excellently and helped out so much with site migration. ESOC would not be where it is today without you.
Thankfully we still have Mitoe and goodspeed on board, but ESOC has just been dealt a HUGE blow. Really sad to see that, but I guess that this project does ask for a non-trivial investment of time.
Thanks guys, for all you've done. Regardless of what anyone may say, it's truly added value for the AoE3 community.
Reading this one left me teary-eyed :'(
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