| Subject: Resignation |
Author:
C.G. Andy
[ Edit | View ]
|
Date Posted: 19:24:49 08/15/02 Thu
(c-66-41-122-95.mn.client2.attbi.com/66.41.122.95)
Let me tell you a story. Sit back, slouch a little, it's pretty long.
Ok, about a year or so ago this 12 year old boy (we'll call him Andy) was at his friend's house. His friend was showing him a site he made on something called Expage. Andy thought this was really cool and decided to begin his own Expage life... (for those who still haven't gotten it, this story is about me)
So I decided to begin my own site, and my goal was to get more hits than my friend, who at the time had a little over 500. I made a site called TheBEAVER, and wrote a little story about a BEAVER and a hippy (eh, this was last year). Once I got to 100 hits TheBEAVER picked up pace a little. By now it was September, and I finally figured out how to make a link. Soon, TheBEAVER had a few links, and a fan club with over 30 members. My site grew faster (I had a birthday), and I gained a lot a really nice friends on Expage. But if you have friends, you always have enemies. One day I found the Anti-BEAVER up, and I was PISSED. I got a bunch of people on my side, and one of my fellow Expage friends contacted Expage and the site was removed. Then TheBEAVER got it's 1,000th hit. Now I began to see people copying me. It started out small, same ideas, same layout. But it progressed, and no one ever listened to me if I asked them to stop. I wished there was a way to protect all of my ideas from those stupid copycats. I looked for awhile for a site that could help me, but I found nothing. So, last resort, I made a page with an easy remembered name that got my message through, The Page Police. My main goal was to protect any Expagers page and all of their ideas at the expense of one little link back. It was really nothing in the beginning, no layout at all. But Page Police seemed immediatly successful. Weeks past, and I soon got busy with school and bored with Page Police, so I didn't update it for a couple months. Now I'd say it must be April, although I don't really remember. But I read my guestbook, and there were actually people saying their sites were being copied! It was my first case. I had a few, 4 or 5 probably, and every one ended peacfully with the owners happy. I'd joined Expage Alliance before, and that clique was my first ever. But after it shut down, I joined Expage Nation. I was the very first member to join EN. I thought it was really cool, but things got weird after awhile. Page Police seemed to be drawing more attention, and EN was talking about "hackings" and stuff. Then I had an idea, if I opened Page Police up to members like a clique, I would have a bunch of people to fight against bad sites! It was a success from the beginning. Though there were those who thought we'd never make it, there were more who didn't. We gathered a ton of members, some active and some not. But it didn't matter, Page Police could finally do what I always wanted it to.
Then I went and worked on TheBEAVER for a little. Not too much, but I just kinda put a layout on. Now it was May.
End of May, early June, I was planning on shutting TheBEAVER down because I never updated it because I was too busy with Page Police (now I had over 6,000 hits). But, my friends convinced me to keep it open, so how could I let them down? Page Police kept getting larger and larger, until one day hacking became popular on Expage. I'd never even heard about hackings on Expage when I was just running TheBEAVER, but all of a sudden there was Demon Haunting. I was really scared, and when EN was "hacked" I feared even more for my sites. But, those good ole members of Page Police always got it done, and DH was gone. The FireSt0rm came, and we sorta got to where we are now. All of a sudden, I found my self spending my time trying to know every move of a "hacker" so other pages would be safe. A few copying cases would come, but I was still to motivated on hackers that I paid very little attention to most. And for the past 2-3 months, I haven't had time to really have fun on Expage, or to work on TheBEAVER. But wait, why was the reason I made Page Police again? To protect TheBEAVER and other Expage sites. If I don't have time for TheBEAVER, why did I make this!?!? So this all comes down to the following; despite my new reputation on Expage (I pretty sure it's good) and the great support for Page Police, I believe that it is my time to step aside. I resign my title as Commanding General.
However, I am a man of my word. A long time ago Timba told me something about how he didn't want Page Police to be shut down, and I told him "if I ever did have a reason to quit Page Police, I'd leave it to someone instead of shutting the whole thing down". And I plan to do just that. I would like to leave the entire Page Police site to someone. However, I do not know who would fulfill this job best. I don't even know if we'll survive now. You members seem to be in a Civil War between each other. If you guys and gals can't be friends and work together then we don't have a clique. I dunno...
I really hate doing this. I've spent countless hours working on Page Police, but somewhere along the line I wandered from my goal (one goal I made was getting more hits than my friend! ha ha in your face you-know-who!). But, I would like this site to belong to someone else who can carry it for another go. According to the rankings, Alyssa would be entitled to the site. And Alyssa, it's all yours if you accept; I'd never force someone to run this thing. If Alyssa does not wish to have Page Police I will start a Commanding General Search, and possibly interview Captains to be C.G. I will keep my title until I am sure this site is in good hands.
Well, that's my story (omg my fingers are sore!!). I'm sure this will draw some attention all around Expage, but that's cool. I just would like to be remembered as someone who was trying to help and make Expage a little bit better. I would just like you to know that my resignation has ABSOLUTELY NOTHING TO DO WITH ANY OF OUR MEMBERS. I made this decision awhile ago, I just had to decide when to announce it. Please continue to contact me; I usually don't wander far...
Later
-your former C.G. Andy
| | Replies: | |
|
Feedback: 