Wow, Sil i am very sorry to see you go. Quite simply imo you turned AO around bringing more content and more fun to a game that was looking decidely stale after the previous two Game Directors who seemed to have rather limited contact with the community and even less interaction. To lose you to AoC, a game i have little or no interest in (after 24 years of D+D ive had my fill of fantasy RPG's) makes it worse. Good luck though and i hope you bring the same fresh perspective to that game as you have to AO.
However i cant imagine a better replacement than Means, a man who has driven me to distraction many times with his sadistictly inventive Playfields, Often while sitting at reclaim trying to figure out wtf i am supposed to do in this new pf i like to imagine him as a Bond Villian complete with white cat wearing a diamond collar, watching teams of players dying in his latest deathtrap while laughing evilly.
Well Means, it looks like you achieved World Domination after all, congratulations and i look forward to many more challenges in future.