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    ZOMG! So long, farewell, au revoir, auf wiedersehen and good night.

    Four score and something like ten long years ago an elite commando unit was formed by some Eyes on members by the names of Bou, Loony BoB and Roogle with the sole mission of bring together all the knowledge contained within the triforce of EoFF into one place that anyone could just do an internet search for and be enlightened. That group was called Site Staff. Over the years it had many victories and brought much needed light to an internet without it. Many comrades fell in the battle to bring you everything you needed to know about your favourite series, but now this chapter of their venerable history is drawing to a close.

    I would personally like to thank you all (even BoB) for your efforts over the past times and without each and every one of you we wouldn't have even half of what we have now, I'd also like to give a general thanks to every member who contributed something, no matter how small or large, every bit of help was appreciated.

    However times change and people move on, the Site Staff crew has become small and over-whelmed, along with this new, bigger, and better things are coming and as such myself, BoB and Roogle has agreed that now is the time for us to go quietly into the night. Therefore it is with regret I announce that the Site Staff group is disbanding but fear not my friends for as I said, new and bigger plans are afoot!

    I guess this also means no Ciddie for me this year ;p?
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    I'll have to think over how to deal with Ciddies based on any progress in our discussions regarding how to proceed with the site, but if the Ciddies were tomorrow, I'd probably include everyone who made up the final group of site staff.

    A massive thankyou to anyone who ever got involved.
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    Oh, noes!

    Thanks, guys!

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    I dont understand... What's going on?
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    I'm guessing this means the admins are the sole maintainers of the site now

    It was a long and wondrous run though. You guys did great and thankless work over the years



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    no, what. you can't do this. how will I ever make site staff now?!

    Thank you for all your hard work over the years, guys and gals. Although we didn't appreciate it outwardly, I'm sure we'd have been smurfed if not for your tireless efforts.

    Now site staff will really do nothing. And the joke's not even funny anyway.

    They see me rolling. They hating, patrolling.
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    Anyone who does not think that a well maintained front site is beneficial for forum traffic is fooling themselves. So thank you site staff for all your hard work. We all appreciated it, even if we rarely said so.

    Proud to be the Unofficial Secret Illegal Enforcer of Eyes on Final Fantasy!
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    Thank you former SS.

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    The Site Staff of Eyes on Final Fantasy were always an underappreciated bunch. A single joke was continually repeated: Site Staff do nothing. While those outside the group found it humorous, those involved did not, and with good reason.

    The effort needed to maintain the front site was great, and only with a dedicated team could it be maintained and improved. The Site Staff, occasionally known as Cid's Technicians, were this team.

    They fixed what was broke and what wasn't broke just so that it looked nicer. The Site Staff were not paid to do this, and they invested many hours into the site without ever asking for recompense.

    The Site Staff were heroes, and will forever have their mark stamped upon EoFF.

    Who will help me when I have Wiki problems now?

    They see me rolling. They hating, patrolling.
    Trying to catch me riding dirty.


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    Thank you, site staff, for posting your own farewell since the forum staff could not be bothered to make an announcement.

    Your toils were appreciated and will be missed.

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    I hate the front site

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    You know what else. I'm still going to be finishing the content for 358/2 days.

    And I did manage to steal the best SS ciddie from you last June

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    Thanks guys for all your hard work!

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    All of your questions as to who will do what going forward for the frontsite will be answered once we agree on a new process/setup/whatever. It's in the works, people, and you will definitely be informed... we'll probably need people to help contribute again in due time!
    Bow before the mighty Javoo!

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    After hundreds of hours invested under the title and many many sleepless nights this is a really sad loss
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