It's been a great ride

This post will go live on LowEndBox in a couple of hours.
After well over two years of managing LowEndBox and LowEndTalk, and having spent time before that writing tutorials, it's time for me to give up my position to someone else.
My decision to give up my position had two major contributing factors. The first one is the difference of vision between me and ColoCrossing on where to go with these sites. The second one is the amount of time I have available, which no longer matches the amount of time the sites require.
I've had a great time running the websites for the past two years and I couldn't have had that without the amazing community we have here. There are a number people in particular who have helped out a lot; Spirit, vedran, Lee, AnthonySmith, Nekki, jcaleb, mikho and jarland have all done an amazing job in helping me out and I'm extremely greatful for that. I'd also like to thank Alex and Jon from ColoCrossing, who have trusted me to run their sites and have supported me where appropriate.
It is with pleasure that I can announce my successor: @Jarland! Truth be told that two years ago I never thought this would ever be possible ;-) I can't think of anyone else to better succeed me than him though, and I wish him all the best.
I will still be around in my current capacity as I transition everything to him/ColoCrossing and will remain a normal member after that. I absolutely look forward to enjoying these sites as a normal member once again!
Maarten
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Thanks mpkossen, good luck
Not another one...
Wish you the best, and enjoy your Christmas!
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Thank you for all the fish, your efforts and time! :-)
Welcome back to the infantry, have a cookie and enjoy the show!
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Sad day for LET. Good luck you will be missed
Different.
Thanks for your good work Maarten!
Also, just for you:
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Thank you for your years of effort on LET! Wishing you the best
Sorry to see you stand down, but thanks for all your time
Is it too late now to say sorry?
Different.
Welcome @Jarland
I don't really think so
Sad to see you go, but couldn't agree more, you have been replaced well, @Jarland is a great guy.
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Thanks for all of your contributions @mpkossen.
Congrats to @jarland
There's only a few more ways to say nicer "About time."
What about you Maarten?
Will you stay to poke around or will you be gone to ipv6 and ssl forums?
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There's no doubt that running LEB/LET is difficult and frustrating (as well as rewarding). To be put in that position means that some will love you, some will hate you, both will make it very apparent and certainly one of those groups will try to get under your skin. Maarten has handled it gracefully the entire time, and that I have a lot of respect for. Certainly, it serves as an example for myself in how I need to be in many ways.
I don't mean that to make the community sound bad at all, we have an awesome community here and quite frankly it's why I always stuck around...too many great people
So... DigitalOcean now owns LET/LEB! Share your conspiracies here
Just kidding. Congrats @Jarland!
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This is a great day for LET/LEB! Am sure @Jarland vision will give LET/LEB a new tempo and not let it die. Am really happy for Jar.
Well done @Jarland but more kudos to @mpkossen for not playing the game any more.
Thanks @mpkossen. Hope to see you around!
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Salutes
Here lies Nekki. He loved massive amounts of storage, K-Pop and calling people cunts.
In the short amount of time I've seen @Jarland around, I can't think of anyone better to take the LET batton onwards and upwards.
Thanks @mpkossen for all the work you have put in. I wish you all the best wherever you may end up. I do hope to still see you around in IRC and on the forums every so often.
@jarland is definitely a good choice.
See you around, @mpkossen
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Jarland is the best choice to guarantee that this community will not go downhill. Congrats and may the force be with you!
As of Maarten, he was one of the best administrators in any community I have ever been a part. It is sad that you are leaving the show, hope you will contribute to discussions here!
Best of luck to both @Jarland and @mpkossen
@Jarland
Maybe it's time to give us discount on beer or vodka?
Welcome aboard!
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Kossen is gonna go spend that cc money
But seriously, thanks. And I think jar is a good choice also.
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@mpkossen Sad to see ya go I loved ya as an admin! I wish you luck on your future adventures!
Sorry to see you go, @mpkossen. Thank you for your work.
@jarland, congratulations, you deserve it
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Thanks @mpkossen for your tutorials and wealth of contributions. All the best on your next venture.
Thanks & good luck @mpkossen. All hail our new overlord
Thanks for the great service Maarten! Well done, despite all the haters. I hope you'll stay around
So long and thanks for all the fish!
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CC before, CC now, CC in the future... can always change some people in between but the result and source stays the same.
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Conspiracy theory: DO now owns CC? ;-)
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Remembering the trolls @jarland , you have made your way to be the devil's advocate.
How about saying vpsboard now owns let
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Congrats @jarland and thanks Marteen for steering the almost broken ship at that time..
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Good luck, former leader!
I have 100-150 hosting plans with CC and will eventually let them expire. They have way too much crap on their ranges that they pose a risk to anything I host there.
The extremely principled @Jarland hates that online marketing and SEO palaver, to the point where he states that they are scammers. Maybe that's just naivety in not having repercussions dealing with low end zombies, I don't know. Anyways, odd principles considering even the simplest analysis of "what's hosted" on Colocrossing. Whenever I come across spammed out expired domains, CC is one of the popular sources of junk links.
It'll be interesting to see what direction this place goes......from a safe distance.
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oh wow, this is unexpected, I did like few of the changes you made @mpkossen , brought more structure. Nevertheless, change is inevitable welcome @jarland
after a very long time it feels like LET is returning to its roots though still under the guise of CC .
One of the changes I want to see is the returning of @Spirit & @serverian , maybe you can work on this jarland.
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Sad to hear that but wish you the best @mpkossen
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Sorry to see you go @mpkossen but hope we can still see u active here...
Congratulations @jarland !
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Thanks mpk
Congrats jar
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Best of luck to your future ventures @mpkossen!
(Though @jarland probably needs all the luck he can get as well...)
On a more serious note, how many mods are left to run this place? It's hard to keep track with all the changes as of late.
thanks for your service, @mpkossen.
and congrats @jarland!
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@mpkossen best of luck in the future.
Taking a hiatus.
Mr. kossen, you are fired.
All joking aside, have a good one!
Best of luck to you and your future endeavours @mpkossen.
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Aw, now we only have @jarland left. *sniff
Thanks for great work done, and good luck in whatever you choose!
@mpkossen
you are a pretty cool guy, its sad to see you step down. do stick around with us!
@mpkossen
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Goodbye @mpkossen
Though I never knew you at all
You had the grace to hold yourself up
While those around you crawled
They crawled out of the woodwork
And they whispered into your brain
They set you on the treadmill
I hear they made you change your name
Thank you and good luck