Well...now that I've stopped pondering this moment, I am ready to type a final goodbye, to a very, very special friend. :)
Hypo, you and I almost always had an awesome and friendly relationship, from the moment we both joined (on the same day, haha.) Although we became closer after my promotion (I am also honoured to be the first Operator you ever met, according to the post you made in the Blocktopia Poll :)) in February of 2012, I knew you a little before this. Ever since then, you've just always been a great person to talk to, and I thank you for this.
I know this sounds extremely corny and clichéd, (I almost considered not posting it), when you tagged me in your thread, I immediately felt, well, sad. Prior to Classic's shut-down, the idea that you'd leave so soon would have made me laugh, however, after the last month's events, I'm not so surprised. Hanging out with you on ZS, the forums, IRC, the whole lot, was awesome. You even speak my language! (What're you having for tea?
Inside joke, for those who don't get this). We had awkward times, hilarious times, serious times, but that didn't matter, because you were awesome anyway. (And I have some crack-up logs of you, which I'm keeping, I can assure you). I really do hope you stay on the forums, (even if you only check 'em occasionally).
I have some great logs of us in our signature, (for some reason it wouldn't let me post them on here, because they exceeded 2,500 characters) of us from last year, back when the server still had a stable playerbase.
So long, friend. o/ :)