Honoring Retired Staff

So I think we should have a post/thread honoring retired staff so newer people know a little about the history of the site and who these people were and what they did. I'll probably write some stuff up later but for now I'll just post this and anyone who likes can write stuff up and I'll update the thread as we go. Try to keep it mostly related to the site but we can throw in other sites and LR contributions if it's relevant.

Hoping I got everyone! Let me know if I missed anyone who doesn't have an account on wrtl. I also tried to put them roughly in order of when they became staff.

@TechDawg
A myth, woven into the very fabric of Line Rider itself.
Founder of IRTL, Head Administrator, Designer of Line Rider 2: Unbound, Administrator of linerider.com
The man who inspired more people to play Line Rider than anyone. His blockbuster hit, "Make Believe" was released in March 2007, a month after the opening of I Ride The Lines. Make Believe's introduction contained an ad for the IRTL, which was the chief reason for the site's success. TD was far ahead of his time in scenery up until 2008, when he was hired by InXile as the chief level designer for Line Rider 2: Unbound. After this point, his videos shifted towards Unbound, where his impressive colored shading was never matched. TechDawg's interest in line rider and the site slowly tapered off, until WRTL was born and rabid squirrel became lead administrator.
line rider legend

@Shadoninja
made the mario linerider and the switch linerider
first/most popular edited line rider tracks
mod briefly near the beginning of the site

LRC
first admin other than Techdawg

@LineBeast
Dude was a beast in all the right ways.
longtime admin

@Flagpole
admin at .org and mod here for a bit

@ganoderma
good at graphics and was a big proponent of the graphics section back in the day.

@InsaneDevan
Cool guy

@CHiH
the name that no one knew how to pronounce.
the guy who has always been around and always level headed.  Even as a retired staff would pop in when you least expect it.  Someone that everyone respected.  He also wrote his own book and had it published on amazon!
famous for Line Raider (aka that secret agent track)
started the Tournament of Champions tradition, ran ToC, ToC2, and ToCC

@DaPoe
#overlyobsessed
made millenium which won original ToC
buddies with rabid back in the day

xRider
promoted the same time as rabid, mod for a few months

@SigiL
goofy guy that everyone loved. Always managed to put a smile on your face.

@TheLRD
most parodied avatar of all time

@Z_N-Freak
a great guy, and amazing track maker.
Most famous for LOVE, EVOL, EPIC, KING, Battlefield
More recently has been owning at contests post-retirement
line rider legend, has more holy shoes than anyone to date

@Charlie Bone
mysterious

@Binglinerider
At six-foot-one-inch, weighing in at 205 pounds, is the legendary Binglinerider. His furthest golf drive is 212 yards. An old and respected member, Bing was a skilled trackmaker, a great moderator, and a funny guy. Bing served as moderator from 2007(?) - 2011 and was always a respected member of the team.
Created Ingenuity

@stefan
previously known as stefan lance, nottud

@LineKirby
blufantasy

@Hedgehogs4Me
was an epic dude who helped whenever and wherever he could
Fastest promotions, wasn't he?
Created Lilac Wine, Vision, The River, and other celebrated quirk tracks
credited for boiling quirk down to a science and taking multiple-contact-point fling work to the next level (asdfs and the like)
line rider legend
admin

@LineRiderGjert
basically owned every scener ever
creator of Breathtaking Silence
line rider legend

@Purtle
super longtime member
cross country runner
made an all X-axis scenery track
had an impossible to remember leetspeak name on the old site

@Fauxfyre
Previously known as shotoku
edited lots of videos for people
ran a ton of contests back in the COTM heyday
made some great tracks 2013-2015 - smile, angel, and metropolis run.

@Commandercoke
epic scener - creator of the mysteria series, happily ever after, and a ton of minitracks
scenery style makes use of organic curves and white space
head of thorn clan, one of the longest-running clans in existence
ran line art of the week for a long time
line rider legend

@ACwazHere
an admin who swore all the time
made flatsled tracks because he didn't give a fuck
...and they were actually really good
sang badly on the stream
famous for doing the ban raffle
and for the bros clan
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/69384259/TW3RK%20IT%204U.mp3

@Wolf_Spirit
ran MOTW for about 2 years
ran a good number of contests
did a lot of poll of the day stuff
widely regarded as one of the nicest and most popular admins
made some great line art and scenery shorts

Stefan (he had several name changes i think right?)

Ha very cool! Thanks for the recognition!

ah i remember hedgehogs4me, was an epic dude who helped whenever and wherever he could

putting that temporarily in for lolz

Bing is golfing it up in heaven right now ;_;.

I forgot InsaneDevan was staff. Cool guy.

I always forget Hedge is retired. I miss that guy.
And CHiH, the name that no one knew how to pronounce.
And ZNF, a great guy, and amazing track maker.

I remember most (All but stefan?), I was active when many of them were, but those 3 really stood out. Especially Hedge. Fastest promotions, wasn't he?

Darkness wrote:Bing is golfing it up in heaven right now ;_;.

what?

If it's possible, having them in order of promotion would be cool. Dunno how feasible that is though.

Purtle wrote:If it's possible,  having them in order of promotion would be cool.  Dunno how feasible that is though.

already did that as best I could

Techdawg: A myth, woven into the very fabric of Line Rider itself.

Bing: Ask AC for anything about this handsome devil.

eFrAzAbLe: lrg: basically owned every scener ever, including votale

DaPianoKid: DaPoe - #overlyobsessed

TechDawg: also founded the site
Shado: made the mario linerider and the switch linerider
Flagpole: admin at .org and mod here for a bit
DaPoe: made millenium which won original ToC
LineKirby: blufantasy

TechDawg - Founder of IRTL, Head Administrator, Designer of Line Rider 2: Unbound, Administrator of linerider.com

The man who inspired more people to play Line Rider than anyone. His blockbuster hit, "Make Believe" was released in March 2007, a month after the opening of I Ride The Lines. Make Believe's introduction contained an ad for the IRTL, which was the chief reason for the site's success. TD was far ahead of his time in scenery up until 2008, when he was hired by InXile as the chief level designer for Line Rider 2: Unbound. After this point, his videos shifted towards Unbound, where his impressive colored shading was never matched. TechDawg's interest in line rider and the site slowly tapered off, until WRTL was born and rabid squirrel became lead administrator.

Binglinerider
At six-foot-one-inch, weighing in at 205 pounds, is the legendary Binglinerider. His furthest golf drive is 212 yards. An old and respected member, Bing was a skilled trackmaker, a great moderator, and a funny guy. Bing served as moderator from 2007(?) - 2011 and was always a respected member of the team.

TheLRD - most parodied avatar of all time

does anyone have it? it's his face, he's in a car and is wearing sunglasses and earphones

bump in case anyone wants to add anything

I will flesh these out as best I can soonish

I'm happy I'm one of the only names with no description—it makes me feel mysterious and cool. People that don't remember just assume I was just the coolest and most BA guy around. At least that's how I imagine it

Edit: OH MY GOD THESE SMILES. RIGHT IN THE FEELS
Sorry I'm having major flashbacks to... 6 years ago? Wow

charlie bone: now has a description

Charlie Bone wrote:I'm happy I'm one of the only names with no description—it makes me feel mysterious and cool. People that don't remember just assume I was just the coolest and most BA guy around. At least that's how I imagine it

I just honestly couldn't think of a good way to describe you. You were just an awesome friggin dude.

So...since I just retired (Hi!). What do people think of me?

Purtle wrote:

Charlie Bone wrote:I'm happy I'm one of the only names with no description—it makes me feel mysterious and cool. People that don't remember just assume I was just the coolest and most BA guy around. At least that's how I imagine it

I just honestly couldn't think of a good way to describe you. You were just an awesome friggin dude.

So...since I just retired (Hi!). What do people think of me?

i like you

Well your first comment on my intro thread was about my tri-force avatar, so that must've left some sort of lasting impression for that memory to stick around that long.

Oh I will write a nice long paragraph about you. Things to include: X scenery, looooong time elite, ridiculous impossible to spell name on old site, chill dependable guy who has always been around for basically the entire site's existence

rabid squirrel wrote:Oh I will write a nice long paragraph about you. Things to include: X scenery, looooong time elite, ridiculous impossible to spell name on old site, chill dependable guy who has always been around for basically the entire site's existence

♥

Reminded me that I had started/made progress on a better all X track that. Too bad I never finished it.

You inspired me to go for that sort of restricted styles, Purtle.
#technicalMotivator

Purtle : smash64, running