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Tom, you need to throw Ross a going away party at the Trocadero and have newgrounders send him off... he will be so sad that he will stay. And if he doesnt we can just hold him hostage.

k thats a plan. gogogogo

We will miss you Ross

Farewell ross. You will be missed.

At 3/25/08 08:35 PM, Afro-Ninja wrote: ROSS+BOB = ROB

with their POWAS COMBINED!!!

but yeah, im bummed ross is leavin'.

from just a casual user of newgrounds since 2001, thanks for all the tremendous hardwork and effort you and the rest of the team put into the site to make it enjoyable for all of us. it's greatly appreciated.

best of luck and cheers man.

At 3/25/08 07:32 PM, TomFulp wrote: And now... Some BIG news that I've been putting off announcing. Ya know that job posting we made, looking for a PHP / MySQL pro? It wasn't because we're expanding... It's because ROSS IS LEAVING! For those of you who aren't familiar with Ross, he is the programming wizard behind the NG user system, the Flash Portal and a large portion of the redesign we launched last July. Ross had originally left NG at the end of 2001 and Liljim, once just a dandy NG user, took his place. Some time around July of 2006, we were ramping up to do the redesign and had the good fortune of Ross rejoining the team!

Nooooooooooooooooooooooooo..... ROSS GONE... AGAIN?

Ross lives in the NYC area nowadays, though, and working from home loses its charm after a while. Ross has accepted a position with Yahoo, where he can work locally and gain all sorts of new experience.

The news made us all real sad, but it's a great opportunity for Ross and we wish him the best of luck. Yahoo just gained one of the best programmers on the planet!

And yes, we found someone new. Rob will be starting this Monday!

Hooray Rob, then!

But.... wait, what if Yahoo makes Ross relocate from NY to Cali if he wants to keep working for them? It could totally happen. Ross is NOT a West Coast guy, right? HE'LL NEVER MAKE IT.

Or what if, even worse... the rumours from the past few months come true and Microsoft buys Yahoo. Ross could end up in REDMOND, WA. Well, that'd be pretty cool, actually. Microsoft... Nintendo... Beoing... land of the high-tech and the coffee-addled.

Anywho. Just some issues with the instability of current Yahoo employment I think are fair to raise, based on the economy, stupid.

At 3/26/08 03:22 PM, Ragnarokia wrote: Hahahaha I just checked up on the calander and the first of April is on the tuesday, as I was thinking it might actually be a very ellaborate April Fools joke.

Ah, good eye, good eye.

Yeah, the way Tom Fulp says "this Monday" on 3/25 to deflect attention to that/suspicion of an early prank.... instead of just saying "end of the month" or "3/31" or any terms that might tip us off as to the fact that the day of the week he's referring to is APRIL FOOL'S EVE, OMG.

Well, all I have to say on the matter is this:

If it's NOT a prank, then I certainly hope the other admins introduce Rob to the idea of "minimal stat gathering," because as it is now, Rob's profile is the saddest thing I've seen in some time. No offense, Rob. #;-}>

At 3/25/08 07:49 PM, RageVI wrote: Somebody get this Rob guy a new icon and convince him to post. The "Mysterious, elusive staff member" position is already taken up by Tim.

I used to call him "Two post Tim", and that was valid for a while. He ruined that, though.

Oh hell yeah. I remember Tim when he had two posts. Hell, I remember him more from back then than I do from lately. Didn't he go up to 6 or 7 posts for awhile after that? And then yeah, he hit 20 or so and just kept going and ruined it from there. #;-}>

Ross has always been great for responding to issues, it will be sad to see him go, I can understand the urge to expand into other things.

Yea I was wonder when this would all come out.
I'm sure Rob will do a knock out job.

DEAR ROB,

Don't fuck up

Rob seems like a strapping boy.

Y'all need to do Zune Marketplace things too. I fucking have iTunes & iPods.

Is there gonna be one for PSP?

Maaaaan... Rob's got some big shoes to fill...

Best of luck to Rob, Newgrounds--and most importantly--Ross.

WE GON'A MISS Y'BOIII!

If we see Newgrounds as a sponsored link for all possible search phrases within the next month...we know why. ;]

You know you wanna, Ross.

Bye Ross!

Question:
Will he still be active on NG, or is he gone for good?

hey tom thax for the info i got a lot of ng stuff on my ipod shit my i ipod could be all of ng anyways i am a long time reader first time writer and nice job on the website man and keep up the good work man thax for reading :)

At 3/26/08 07:38 PM, Luis wrote: Tom, you need to throw Ross a going away party at the Trocadero and have newgrounders send him off... he will be so sad that he will stay. And if he doesnt we can just hold him hostage.

Party at the Troc? Shit son, I'm there.

We'll get him to stay...

...one way or another...

Newgrounds podcast better get off the ground and running this time; I need to have Blockhead, Smash/Bowser's Kingdom and other great Newground series on my iPod, not to mention many classic flashes from NG ("Dad's Home", anybody?)

At 3/26/08 09:44 PM, gfoxcook wrote: Yeah, the way Tom Fulp says "this Monday" on 3/25 to deflect attention to that/suspicion of an early prank.... instead of just saying "end of the month" or "3/31" or any terms that might tip us off as to the fact that the day of the week he's referring to is APRIL FOOL'S EVE, OMG.

...You mean it's a prank? That makes me sad.

Well, all I have to say on the matter is this:

If it's NOT a prank, then I certainly hope the other admins introduce Rob to the idea of "minimal stat gathering," because as it is now, Rob's profile is the saddest thing I've seen in some time. No offense, Rob. #;-}>

Yeah, he needs to at least be introduced to the concept of the Flash portal, so he knows how it operates normally. Admins need to know if something's fucked up, so they can put it right with their mighty tool kit...

At 3/27/08 04:57 AM, q13qew wrote: The comic is so cute hahah funny too

You are such a great alt

At 3/27/08 06:06 AM, ZekeySpaceyLizard wrote: You are such a great alt

Over 1000 posts of comedy.

Rob vs. Ross I like Rob more.

Goodbye Ross. We'll miss you!

Aww, it's sad to see Ross go. I just hope Rob will fit in with the Newgrounds community. Welcome, Rob.

hmm I hope this new guy is up to snuff.. and poor ross - he will be missed..

Can I download MGA2 in .mp4 format for my PS3/PSP from Newgrounds if I don't have an Ipod?

Can Rob fill Ross's massive codpiece?
Tune in next week to find out!

we got our eyes on you rob.
don't let us down for a second and welcome to the home of the "cock joke"

Cool, I already saw the castle crashers devblog.
i wish I had an iPod.
MGA on your iPod sounds AWESOME.

At 3/25/08 07:34 PM, BananaBreadMuffin wrote: Is rob going to get his own special icon?

most likely.

I hope he can do a good job!

I'm excited to hear all this except for the stuff about Ross leaving! He was one of my favorite bloggers on the site! :( I'll bet Rob will cool, though.

I'll definitely subscribe to the NG podcasts!