Thread: SysOp of What.CD Steps Down

Today whatman the sysop of what.cd has decided to leave his position here is the notice on what.cd

..Is a long time on the Internet. In that time, I've watched this site grow from a tiny tbsource site, buckling under the load of a few dozen users. to its current form - a record-breaking Internet juggernaut with over a million torrents. I've been with this site as it's moved country due to copyright threats, thwarted database crashes and hacking attempts, developed two cutting-edge codebases from scratch, hosted thousands of independent releases from artists worldwide, and passsed milestone after milestone, carving its way into BitTorrent fame. It's been one of the greatest experiences of my life, to not just watch this development as a passive observer, but to play a central role in it.

Unfortunately, times change. I've always been willing to give all of my free time to this site, but as of several months ago, free time has become a luxury of the past. The less time I spend here, the less qualified I am to decide the future of the site and lead it in that direction. In these past few months, these duties have been impeccably overtaken by the current management, and I feel entirely comfortable leaving the site in their more than capable hands. It is thus, with great regret, that I have chosen to resign from my long-standing post as sysop of this site.

To all the current and ex-staff: Even though we've occasionally differed in opinion, you guys are some of the nicest and most intelligent people I've ever had the good fortune to meet and work with. I'll miss all of you.

To the users: From the casual downloaders to the hardcore rippers and uploaders, this place is an ecosystem that needs all of you to survive. We couldn't have gotten anywhere without you.

To anyone I've ever insulted, hurt, or ignored (I hope there aren't too many of you): I extend my deepest apologies. I've always tried to maintain a level head, but I'd be lying if I said that the stress, responsibility, conflicting requests from different camps, and huge volume of PMs didn't get to me at times.

I'd love to write more, but this has been hard enough already. If nothing else, I guess, I'd like to be remembered as the badass who coded ocelot.

It's been a hell of a ride, What. I know you'll do fine without me.

--WhatMan

I wonder who will replace him hope it is for the best and the site does not go downhill from here hopefully it is for the best will just have to wait and see

Sad day indeed. This man is a genius.

/respect.

woww not good not good

we will have to wait and see what the future awaits for what. good or bad only time will tell.

I don't know the history of What that deeply, can anyone shed some light on the two codebases WhatMan wrote?

Let's hope for the best.
Everyone's time will come someday.

Originally Posted by Jschro14

I don't know the history of What that deeply, can anyone shed some light on the two codebases WhatMan wrote?

I think he was referring to the Gazelle codebase which the staff at what.cd developed

Originally Posted by VectorKing

I think he was referring to the Gazelle codebase which the staff at what.cd developed

And also the Ocelet tracker software that he supposedly wrote on his own

Thanks WhatMan. You'll be missed

The wiki has some staff interviews, there you can find some more about Whatman, also, here is the topic at What's forums that explain about Ocelot:

Code:

what.cd/forums.php?action=viewthread&threadid=109616

The bittorrent lost one of his great coders today, but i doubt Whatman would step down without choosing someone good enought to replace him or making sure the current staff could handle one of the biggest private trackers.