A Familiar Face Returns to the LES Staff Team…

Mason · February 16

Some returns feel special... and this is one of them.

We’re excited to announce that Anthony Smith @backtogeek, the original founder of LowEndSpirit, is officially rejoining the LES Staff team.

Ant was instrumental in shaping LES from its humble beginnings (even prior to the forum it ended up being): establishing the culture, values, and standards that helped make this community what it is today. His vision laid the groundwork for a forum centered on fairness, transparency, and giving smaller providers and enthusiasts a place to thrive.

Having him back on staff brings both experience and perspective, and we’re looking forward to working together as LES continues to evolve.

Please join us in welcoming Ant back home.

SocksAreComfortable · February 16

Welcome back!

Any $7/year dealz?

Ympker · February 16

Welcome back, man! Happy to have you

AnthonySmith · February 16

Thanks, I left my speech in my other trousers, sorry.

But nice to be of some use again.

tl;dr

Had to step away initially due to a conflict of interest, which no longer exists, and then I did not come back to much due to ongoing health issues, which are still ongoing, but i have some time.

Might change my username back to the more familiar @AnthonySmith ??

Give me 5 to find my feet

Ympker · February 16

@backtogeek said:
Thanks, I left my speech in my other trousers, sorry.

But nice to be of some use again.

tl;dr

Had to step away initially due to a conflict of interest, which no longer exists, and then I did not come back to much due to ongoing health issues, which are still ongoing, but i have some time.

Might change my username back to the more familiar @AnthonySmith ??

Give me 5 to find my feet

Fan of your og username AS. Probably also because it took me forever to notice BTG is you haha

Chievo · February 16

Congrats

Not_Oles · February 16

Yaaay!!! ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

WSS · February 16

Another one fell off the wagon. Remember when we used to have a less shitty forum than vanilla?

AnthonySmith · February 16

@WSS said:
Another one fell off the wagon. Remember when we used to have a less shitty forum than vanilla?

My first action as a mod with no actual access will be to convert this to phpbb

MichaelCee · February 16

@backtogeek said: My first action as a mod with no actual access will be to convert this to phpbb

You have my vote

Ympker · February 16

@MichaelCee said:

@backtogeek said: My first action as a mod with no actual access will be to convert this to phpbb

You have my vote

We can already go back to creating Newsgroup on Usenet for discussion lol. And setup irc, mumble/teamspeak for nostalgia.

terrorgen · February 16

I enjoy some yahoo groups

AnthonySmith · February 16

@Ympker said:

@MichaelCee said:

@backtogeek said: My first action as a mod with no actual access will be to convert this to phpbb

You have my vote

We can already go back to creating Newsgroup on Usenet for discussion lol. And setup irc, mumble/teamspeak for nostalgia.

I have been thinking a lot about the good old days recently haha.

Ympker · February 16

@backtogeek said:

@Ympker said:

@MichaelCee said:

@backtogeek said: My first action as a mod with no actual access will be to convert this to phpbb

You have my vote

We can already go back to creating Newsgroup on Usenet for discussion lol. And setup irc, mumble/teamspeak for nostalgia.

I have been thinking a lot about the good old days recently haha.

_MS_ · February 16

Welcome back, @backtogeek.
I believe you/your spot was never really gone.

AnthonySmith · February 16

MS said:
Welcome back, @backtogeek.
I believe you/your spot was never really gone.

thanks!

I found this in the staff section.. I don't even remember writing it, from many years ago:

I just want to be absolutely clear, I am 110% not precious about any of this so while I think I have said it a few times now, just to drive the point home I absolutely do not care how you guys do any of this, I consider myself completely out of the picture already at this stage operationally.

I did mean it, and I have never claimed any special privileges here since I hope, but time flies by, and here we are, it feels right.

imok · February 16

@backtogeek said:

@WSS said:
Another one fell off the wagon. Remember when we used to have a less shitty forum than vanilla?

My first action as a mod with no actual access will be to convert this to phpbb

Oh I miss phpbb

AnthonySmith · February 16

@imok said:

@backtogeek said:

@WSS said:
Another one fell off the wagon. Remember when we used to have a less shitty forum than vanilla?

My first action as a mod with no actual access will be to convert this to phpbb

Oh I miss phpbb