I do not doubt FS or Smoosh's ability to be an administrator of a forum. I do, though, doubt their ability to be administrators of THIS forum. Too many people have issues with FS's decisions of the past few months, and it would take a LOT of time to right his wrongs. I haven't even heard anything of Smooshable the past few months, but oh well. This community is, for the most part, un-satisfiable. Ever read a story that goes like this..?
If you give a mouse a cookie,
its going to want a glass of milk.
If you give a mouse a glass of milk,
its going to want a napkin.
So on and so forth.
The moderators care about this forum. No matter what we do, you guys poke holes in every possible spot. You never highlight the positive stuff we do. You guys ever look in the For Admin section? Do you know how many issues we forward to the game admins, and to Jason himself? As of late, the combined issues of school and this **Filtered** have limited my actions, but in the past months I've done so much work for you all its not laughable.
I moderated these forums because I wanted to give back to the community after sitting here for months upon months doing nothing. I felt that I enjoyed the game so much, that I could help out with stuff. Hell, I even emailed Jason asking what I could do to help out. I tried helping with the wiki, but the co-admin was pretty hellbent on having things his way, and had the wiki closed. So much for that idea. So, I ended up joining as a moderator.
During the summer, I attended nearly every meeting. I brought bugs/hacks/suggestions to Jason. I helped out a countless number of people. Thats when I realized, this is a thankless job. After all this time, I've received all of 2 thank you PMs. That was so long ago, too.
Just in the past week or so, I suggested an idea in the mod forums. My idea was, that people who helped out beyond what most people do, would get a little ribbon to display in their signature. My example was Lucky Star. He has a several-page long topic going in the For Game Admin section, and is (was?) posting lists upon lists of IDs that were suspected of being multis. No user is REQUIRED to do so, but he dedicated his free time to take it upon himself to do it.
What did I get? I got people saying its a good idea in theory, but it wouldnt work out in practice. The other mods said it would just widen the gap between mods and users because it could be considered favoritism. The ingame titles were brought up as proof.
I would like to give thanks to all that have been here to talk and to help me. That list includes Forum/Jason, Pookie, Bazsy, Hensenshi, Zeratul, Teal'auc, FreeSpirit, and Lord Nequeal (sorry if I didnt spell it right, you and your crazy name :
)So in conclusion, this community keeps digging itself deeper and deeper into the ground. You can all see daylight for now, but there will be a point in time when all you will see is darkness. Then, it will be too late.
By the way.. I hate writing, in general. I only write long posts when I feel very strong about a certain subject. For me, this is a long post.
Thanks all.
Posting on this account for the last time,
DaDigi.
