Clansdancer announces they and Hydro will leave Torn after ten years
In September 2016 Admin -Clansdancer [65306] said they and Hydro would leave at the end of March 2017, named Marc [24377] as staff manager, and got farewells, jokes and one brush-off.
Involved: -Clansdancer [65306] , HavokGDI [133687] Moderator , bogie [148747] Admin , mug [553318] Committee , Scruffy [1835702] Committee and 9 more
An announcement in General Discussion
On 05 Sep 2016 -Clansdancer [65306] started the thread "The time has come..." in General Discussion. The opening post said that after 10 years they would leave at the end of March 2017, and that Hydro would leave with them.[1][2]
The opening post drew 314 likes and 7 dislikes. By the last archive fetch the thread had 175 replies and 5,421 views, with 153 different players posting.[1][2]
Memories and a change of staff
-Clansdancer listed some notable memories: the database crash, the stock market hiccup, and the news year hack. They wrote that the hack had them rebuilding accounts item by item for nearly 4 months solid. Participant claim[1]
-Clansdancer wrote that their job would be split between a few people. Ched would take over the donations, and Marc [24377] would become the new staff manager, dealing with staff-related issues only. Participant claim[1]
Farewells from staff and players
bogie [148747], listed as Torn staff (Admin), called it the end of an era and thanked -Clansdancer and Hydr0 for their work over the past decade. They then joked that Marc had already been trying to take over their faction. Joke[3]
Officers and committee members Stretch [1846075], mug [553318] and Dolfwagos [1900418] wished the pair well. mug wrote that if Marc could do half as good a job, Torn would be in good hands.[4][5][6]
Forum moderator HavokGDI [133687] added memories the opening post had left out. They wrote that -Clansdancer once took Torn offline for a few hours by accident, and that a change on IRC ended with everyone banned. Participant claim[7]
Officer Scruffy [1835702] replied on 08 Sep 2016 with a hashtag asking for a Bugatti to be given back in 2017. Joke[8]
Champion [1927067] wrote that they would have thanked -Clansdancer but did not see their own name on the cool people list, so: bye. Proxima [1879587] thanked -Clansdancer for a quote, "Sell it or use and I will delete you." Joke[9][10]
bl0ndie [179706], poptop [1355657], Passie [936578], Senhawk [585795] and others posted thanks and good wishes. poptop and bl0ndie also welcomed Marc.[11][12][13][14]
Not every reply was warm. On 11 Sep 2016 the account 1695358 [1695358] wrote that no one cared and that -Clansdancer should leave sooner. On 20 Mar 2017 DeathPulse [1676439] wrote that there were too many copies of this post around Torn already.[15][16]
Later posts and a 2018 question
Replies continued into March 2017. On 21 Mar 2017 swisss [561164] thanked Hydro for being a good trader for them. Participant claim[17]
On 17 Feb 2018 -BC-M16 [1002535] asked in Questions & Answers where the admins had gone. Stewie [1494547] answered by linking this thread and saying -Clansdancer and Hydr0 quit about two years earlier.[18][19]
Timeline
- 5 Sep 2016 -Clansdancer announces they and Hydro will leave at the end of March 2017; Marc named staff manager.[1]
- 5 Sep 2016 bogie, other staff, and players reply with farewells and jokes.[3][7]
- 11 Sep 2016 1695358 tells -Clansdancer to leave sooner.[15]
- 21 Mar 2017 Last post in the thread, from swisss.[2][17]
- 17 Feb 2018 Stewie links the thread to answer a question about where the admins went.[19]
Original sources 19
- Post by -Clansdancer [65306] in "The time has come..." ·
- Thread "The time has come..." (General Discussion) ·
- Post by bogie [148747] in "The time has come..." ·
- Post by Stretch [1846075] in "The time has come..." ·
- Post by mug [553318] in "The time has come..." ·
- Post by Dolfwagos [1900418] in "The time has come..." ·
- Post by HavokGDI [133687] in "The time has come..." ·
- Post by Scruffy [1835702] in "The time has come..." ·
- Post by Champion [1927067] in "The time has come..." ·
- Post by Proxima [1879587] in "The time has come..." ·
- Post by bl0ndie [179706] in "The time has come..." ·
- Post by poptop [1355657] in "The time has come..." ·
- Post by Passie [936578] in "The time has come..." ·
- Post by Senhawk [585795] in "The time has come..." ·
- Post by 1695358 [1695358] in "The time has come..." ·
- Post by DeathPulse [1676439] in "The time has come..." ·
- Post by swisss [561164] in "The time has come..." ·
- Thread "What happened to Clansy, Hydro and Wolfeh?" (Questions & Answers) ·
- Post by Stewie [1494547] in "What happened to Clansy, Hydro and Wolfeh?" ·
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