Time for me to say goodbye

[Captain_WD]

Dear all,

 

It is with great regret that I must inform you I am moving away from this position in Western Digital and Captain_WD will no longer be representing the brand nor it will be associated with WD.

It's been quite the ride for over two years and it was a great honor and pleasure to share and gain knowledge in the Linus Tech Tips community. You guys form an amazing community which has made my job fun, enjoyable and has enabled me to take pleasure in doing it each and every day that I have been here. I have also learned a lot of new things here from you guys so a huge Thank you for that.

 

I will truly miss being a part of this community, help people and interacting with each and every one of you. 

 

My role will be taken by @Boogieman_WD who I'm sure will do an excellent job helping people and offering solutions to whoever needs them. He has quite the experience throughout other communities so I'm sure he will be an excellent consultant. Please, treat him well and refer all WD and Storage related questions and troubles to him. 

 

If you have any questions or comments for me or for my colleague, please feel free to share them here.

 

Cheers! 

 

Captain_WD.

[aeroencychris]

Thanks for all the help you've given, you will be missed

[Enderman]

Bye  thanks for everything!

You're awesome.

[Spork829]

Am I missing something? Why do you have to leave the forum just because you're no longer representing the company? You can always make a new account  

[rn8686]

I loved that cat profile pic, shame to see you go. Thanks for all the help you provided here, you will be missed (Alot). If you wish though, you can just create a normal account (Not trying to pressure you or anything). Ah well, good luck with whatever you move on to doing there. 

[Electronics Wizardy]

Bye

 

 

[GDRRiley]

you can always make a new account.

[Captain_WD]

Thanks guys! I'm sure @Boogieman_WD will take a good care of you! 

 

I could create another account but I won't be associating it with this one in any way. 

[Aytex]

5 minutes ago, GDRRiley said:

you can always make a new account.

Lol

 

 goodbyte, you will be missed 

[GDRRiley]

no one cares you still know a lot about hard drives

[Boogieman_WD]

Hi guys,

I know that @Captain_WD will be missed here just as much as we'll miss him at WD. I'll definitely have big shoes to fill, but I'll try to do my best to help out with whatever I can. So don't spare me

I hope we'll be able to build the same kind of relationship and have some fun from time to time as well, among the more serious topics.

Cheers!
Boogieman_WD

[rn8686]

2 minutes ago, Captain_WD said:

Thanks guys! I'm sure @Boogieman_WD will take a good care of you! 

 

I could create another account but I won't be associating it with this one in any way. 

Thats fine, obviously WD wont be in the name or anything (Can you still make it known its still you?). I wont pressure you too much, goodbye for now. You're more than welcome to come back anytime if you wish, just know your help has been appreciated here. 

[comicsansms]

Thankyou @Captain_WD, thankyou for helping me with non-WD related storage queries, I really appreciate it.

 

Create another account, I am sure you have opinions and knowledge about storage which you could not have said when you were representing WD, and we like having you here.

[SCHISCHKA]

um replacing a captain with a boogieman? you couldnt call yourself major_WD or colonel_WD?

[kameshss]

Farewell, Captain!

 

Have fun!

[Guest]

Sorry to see you go.  You've been such a good help and so friendly as well. It's sad to see you go. I appreciate you leaving us with another WD member to keep things moving. 

 

Best of luck! 

[ImBleu]

Wow Cap you've been here since I can remember and we've had many long conversations from anything storage related to even topics outside of simply Western Digital and you still kept a friendly attitude. I understand you'll be leaving your post at WD but hope you consider staying on at the LTT forums casually giving your amazing advice as a user like the rest of us.

 

You're a really cool guy and best of luck to @Boogieman_WD. You have some enormous shoes to fill.

[Starelementpoke]

Farewell @Captain_WD, I Salute You!

 

[alpenwasser]

Well then, it has been fun. Farewell, captain!

 

 

And welcome Boogieman!

[PlayStation 2]

Sucks to see our profilific Western Digital sponsorman leaving.

Hope you find success elsewhere, man.

[Captain_WD]

Thank you guys for the great words. This serves once again as proof of how truly amazing this community is. It was an honor and a pleasure chatting and helping here. 

[dalekphalm]

On 2016-11-24 at 2:46 AM, Spork829 said:

Am I missing something? Why do you have to leave the forum just because you're no longer representing the company? You can always make a new account  

Well the idea is that if he creates a new account, we won't know it's "Captain_WD" - which is a good thing. His "Captain_WD" account was strictly related to his role at WDC. As his role has now changed, any account he has on the forum should be personal only, and not affiliated with WDC.

 

@Captain_WD I would suggest PM'ing one of the Mods if you intend on creating a personal account, just so they know it's you, they can close down your "WD" account, and there won't be any issues with breaking the rule on alt accounts.

[Spork829]

2 hours ago, dalekphalm said:

Well the idea is that if he creates a new account, we won't know it's "Captain_WD" - which is a good thing. His "Captain_WD" account was strictly related to his role at WDC. As his role has now changed, any account he has on the forum should be personal only, and not affiliated with WDC.

 

@Captain_WD I would suggest PM'ing one of the Mods if you intend on creating a personal account, just so they know it's you, they can close down your "WD" account, and there won't be any issues with breaking the rule on alt accounts.

I think he could still inform people on his new account that he is the same person as the one behind Captain_WD, and that wouldn't cause it to be affiliated with the company. Maybe I'm wrong, though.

[dalekphalm]

9 minutes ago, Spork829 said:

I think he could still inform people on his new account that he is the same person as the one behind Captain_WD, and that wouldn't cause it to be affiliated with the company. Maybe I'm wrong, though.

You might think so, but no, that would be a bad idea. It would still introduce bias. People would think "Oh he works (or used to) for WDC! He must know what's going on!" even if he posts a strictly opinion based post.

 

Also there's the fact that if he says something positive about Seagate (or negative about WDC) in his new account, it could reflect badly on him if this new account is known as being tied to the old one.

[Unhelpful]

On 11/24/2016 at 2:40 AM, Captain_WD said:

Dear all,

 

It is with great regret that I must inform you I am moving away from this position in Western Digital and Captain_WD will no longer be representing the brand nor it will be associated with WD.

It's been quite the ride for over two years and it was a great honor and pleasure to share and gain knowledge in the Linus Tech Tips community. You guys form an amazing community which has made my job fun, enjoyable and has enabled me to take pleasure in doing it each and every day that I have been here. I have also learned a lot of new things here from you guys so a huge Thank you for that.

 

I will truly miss being a part of this community, help people and interacting with each and every one of you. 

 

My role will be taken by @Boogieman_WD who I'm sure will do an excellent job helping people and offering solutions to whoever needs them. He has quite the experience throughout other communities so I'm sure he will be an excellent consultant. Please, treat him well and refer all WD and Storage related questions and troubles to him. 

 

If you have any questions or comments for me or for my colleague, please feel free to share them here.

 

Cheers! 

 

Captain_WD.

 Cya Captain! It's been fun.