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When Ed Bellis left the board after VGMC7, he made the obvious decision to pass the contest off to me - after all, I'd been around since the first contest and had helped fill in for him on multiple occasions. I figured it wouldn't be all that difficult to handle - after all, I'd already been at the helm, and the rest of it couldn't be too bad, right?

VGMC9 may have been a disaster - 20 vote matches, uninspiring retirement choices, 48 hour days just to prevent songs from winning without hitting double digit votes - but I can handle disasters. The other parts of hosting, though, were simply too much for me - in my two years as host, I only did any substantial work on the bracket once, and even then I only did about half of it. I was in way over my head. So naturally, I decided to bail and basically unceremoniously dumped the contest on azuarc, who I felt was the only real alternative as the host of BOST. I'm not sure how he saw it, but I've always felt a bit like I forced him into it. Sorry about that!

I haven't always agreed with azuarc over the years, but you know what? He lasted more than twice as long as I did, and I respect that. So thank you, azuarc, for sacrificing far more time and energy than I was willing to. You weren't perfect - not that any of us could ever hope to be - but you were a far better host than I ever was.
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thelefty for analysis crew 2008 imo -transience
I have a third degree burn in flame-o-nomics -Sir Chris