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This is even better than an iPhone.
When I said I wanted to stick around forever, I meant it. And when I said I wanted to do great things for ZU, well, I meant that, too. In that spirit, I am incredibly proud to announce that I am ZU’s new owner.
No, this is not a joke, a hoax, or a scam. It’s not April, so it can’t be April Fool’s either – and if you’re surprised, I’ll have you know that I’m just as surprised as you are. If you’re not surprised, that’s fine, too. But above that, I’m excited; not just bouncing up and down excited, but spring-out-of-your-seat excited. ZU has been a part of my life for nearly four years (will be four this coming February), and for about two of those years I became accustomed to seeing ZU owned by so-called “silent owners,” who in and of themselves are absolutely wonderful people (Yusuf, ZU’s previous owner, was and is a joy to work with), as well as mad geniuses. However, over that time I also came to wish for something, as I think other people did: An owner that not only kept the site together and kept it clean and nice, as Lee and Yusuf did, but that was active in the community. A person who had been around a long time, who a lot of people knew, who could be there and really do his part in the site. And so, after much thought, and I mean quite a lot of thought, I went ahead and bought the site from Yusuf. It wasn’t a small sum by any means, and certainly not less than what Yusuf bought it for, but I won’t mention the actual price. All that matters to me, right now, is how I can make ZU better. And you'll see, in the future, some of the things I have in mind for ZU. A lot of it deals with getting a bit closer to Nintendo (ZU seems to have little relationship with Nintendo nowadays, whereas it was quite strong in Lars's days), and making the site far more community friendly, speedy, and efficient. I've got things planned beyond that, oh yes, but you won't hear of them for a little while! A lot of sites are trying to mimic “web 2.0”, but I think ZU needs to go beyond that. ZU needs to overshoot everything, and go straight to web 5.0. Because we’re the best Zelda community on the web – probably one of the best communities period, and I’ll be damned if I’m not the proudest person in the world to own ZU after these nearly four years of being a newbie on the place, growing up, learning to write, becoming staff, becoming webmaster. It’s almost like this is a new hello altogether for me... I’m in for a totally new experience, and I can’t wait (well, technically I don’t need to wait, since I’ve got the site already, but you get the idea). So please, wish me luck! I hope, however, that I won’t need it! And know that ZU isn't going anywhere - it is no longer for sale; not now, not ever! ![]()
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Congrats GC.
You'll do great. :]
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heheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee...1s t POsT!
EDIT: darn iT!!! :0( Even spamming I couldn't get in the first post...I shouldn't have read that first paragraph ... I didn't realize I was the potential 1st-poster until I got through that one. *sighs* Ah well. 3rd POsT! :0P' Somewhat lacklustre, but still... Glad you're in the driver's seat, now, Jay. ZU doesn't have anything to worry about anymore.
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Woot, a post!
Congratulations, Rosie. :3 May you live long and have ZU prosper.
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Nice. even in my two months of being here, I've wished that ZU had an active owner. Congrats. I'm glad to see w ebmaster who will actually write content, and show up on the forums.
I can't wait to see what's in store for the future! I'm hoping to see more friendly zelda based template. |

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I'm flabbergasted. To have the actual reigns of the site and the community back in the hands of a contributing member. It's all so confusing!
Congratulations, dear sir! This is some really big and exciting news, and I really don't know what to say. I guess it's a good thing I erected that Jason statue when you first came back to us...and that all those offerings have been paying off.
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Nice job J roc. I hope you manage the site very well. Now, could you please fix the broken buttons at the top? xD
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CONGRATUMALATIONSES..ES...es...
I hope you know that the time it took me to write that, I gave up the 11th post to lugeasilver. 11 being ym favourite number and everything...
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OMG congrats Goldenchoas! cant wait to see what your leadership leeds to!
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You never have been and you never will be. You can wear all the mascara you like but we still won't take you to the prom. You're Chaos, but you sure ain't Golden. Peef out. Last edited by Peefy; 08-11-2007 at 04:26 PM. |

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