Library hours

Whizbang Dustyboots · Posted: Wed Nov 17, 2004 2:16 pm Post subject: Library hours

For the forseeable future, the new mistress of the budget at Chez Dustyboots wants us to limit ourselves to one MMORPG at a time, as part of belt-tightening measures -- Pedi has decided we're going to stop dicking around about saving for a house downpayment, and get serious about it.

As a result, Whizbang will be entering extended library hours in his hidden office in the Ak'Anon library (where the necromancers used to study, back in EQ beta) starting on 11/19. No gear is being given away, no characters are being sold. On each and every "come back, we miss yooooou" free week SOE sends me via e-mail, I'll be back.

Granted, I haven't been around a lot for the past six months or so, due to my job (covering the election, especially, took a lot more out of me than I expected -- there's only two of us in this branch office, and I caught 99 percent of the very contentious campaign coverage myself), but it would be impossible to overstate how important this guild is to me.

And here's a secret about the three years I was guild leader: It was mostly a trick.

Leading the Walkers is a simple equation: It's 50 percent the quality of people, 49 percent smoke and mirrors while you let the Walkers realize what the right thing was to do anyway (and the guild always knows, you just have to let them chew through the thought process as needed) and 1 percent actual leadership.

It is impossible to overstate the quality of the people in this guild, past, present and future. There will never be another guild like the Walkers, and I am humbled to have walked under its banner as long as I have. The reflected honor from you all has served to make me strive to be worthy of it. Thank you.

I have a chunk of guild funds in my bank's gold slot I need to turn over to an officer sometime between now and Friday morning. I'll pop on and see who I can find.

I will see you soon.
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BonlainyT · Member Joined: 08 Jan 2003 Posts: 3942

It was an honor Whiz, very odd knowing Mr Dustyboots will be holed up in a small dark room and not out blowing stuff up. Thank you for everything you did to make Walkers what it is, and STFU you did more than anyone. When you finally do come up with your plan to blow up the Bazaar I want to come watch. Twisted Evil

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Bonlainy Trueheart(retired) Lord Protector of Walkers

Riverdane · Member Joined: 21 Nov 2001 Posts: 1434

To paraphase something a gnome posted on my goodbye post, "I'll be seeing you around, so this isn't goodbye."

Nice job, George Washington. I actually apped a democratic guild with you tending ship. See you on the other side.

Where I'm still tall.

And you're still short.

Whoever said art imitates life was on crack....=p
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Jenny · Member Joined: 23 Mar 2004 Posts: 2916

In the Universe we know.
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"Enough about me, let's talk about my dress."

Phinneas · Posted: Wed Nov 17, 2004 4:46 pm Post subject:

Whizbang,

Thanks for all that you have done for the Walkers. You will be missed. Enjoy WoW and good luck in RL! May you and Pedi get a great house!

Phinnie
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carmelle · Member Joined: 08 Nov 2003 Posts: 378

Good luck to you and Pedi on getting your a house. I hope you get the one y'all have always dreamed of. Will miss seeing you in EQ though.
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Jenny · Member Joined: 23 Mar 2004 Posts: 2916

Oh. I can't say for sure right now.
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tenri · Member Joined: 15 Sep 2003 Posts: 939 Location: Chicago IL

Whiz it was and all ways will be a honor to have play EQ with you at the wheel as guild leader

Best wishes to you and the wife on that huge house you 2 want
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Ya Ya i know shut up skinny necro boy Twisted Evil

Kaosmos Tunebane · Posted: Thu Nov 18, 2004 9:07 am Post subject:

/salute

Be well, old friend.
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Herbert Dypp · Posted: Thu Nov 18, 2004 10:08 am Post subject:

thanks Whiz and Good Luck Smile

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"I think I need a deeper algorithm"

Cirrobin · Posted: Mon Nov 22, 2004 2:35 pm Post subject:

Good luck and happy house hunting Sir.

It has been a pleasure from the first moment Bon and Zah Ninja invited me into the guild to share its prestigious tag with you.

I hope SoE send me those free week invites...perhaps that nagging quest in PoHate can be completed.

Bon wrote:

Jakhamma · Member Joined: 13 Oct 2003 Posts: 290 Location: Nashua, NH

Good luck to you and Pedi on the house hunting. I hope some day we hunt again. Thanks for the great time Whiz.
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Jenny · Member Joined: 23 Mar 2004 Posts: 2916

NO problem.
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Magestica · Member Joined: 13 Jan 2004 Posts: 251 Location: Felwithe

I hope I speak for everyone when I say this, but Damn Whiz you were the Greatest leader of the Greatest Guild that ever walked Norrath. I am glad that I joined Walkers when I did. You brought the greatest people together under one name, and together we all became known for our honorable actions. We are now legend, and that will live forever.

Thank You, Whiz, for everything. I can't really think of the words to say to express my gratitude.

Damn, that Bard Husband Roksta gave me the best engagement gift ever...LOL...he gave me Walkers. =)

/SALUTE Whizbang!
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Abinsuran-Autishzaar · Member Joined: 20 Feb 2004 Posts: 14

Wish I caught this post sooner!

Since I see you all the time in WoW, this isn't a goodbye but a hearty /salute of all the time, tells, and tenaciousness you displayed in EQ. Even when I was in my powertripping, superlevelling, guild-hopping worst you were always a friendly voice and never came down hard on me when I probably deserved it for being an idiot in the early Walker days.

Nothing will replace those old Walker days from our first raid to Unrest to making our in-roads in Velious! it was a grand time and I'm so glad I was there for most of it.

/salute