Posted on 11 February 2016 - 09:04 PM
I love typing stuff up, so if you have any thoughtful or interesting questions to ask me, I'd gladly write up a mini-essay just for you. Answers are absolutely guaranteed, so you can ask whatever you like, be it anime recs or face ratesPosted on 11 February 2016 - 09:54 PM
Who did you look up to in the staff team when you were a staff and what have you learned from being a staff on Badlion?Posted on 11 February 2016 - 09:57 PM
Why'd you retire?Posted on 11 February 2016 - 09:57 PM
What was your position before retiring?Posted on 11 February 2016 - 09:57 PM
What was the biggest impact you did to badlion?Posted on 11 February 2016 - 09:58 PM
Are you good at pvp?Posted on 11 February 2016 - 10:03 PM
SporkHandles wrote
Posted on 11 February 2016 - 10:19 PM
Tortured wrote
I dunno if there's anyone who I really look up to in the staff team, but I do have a lot of respect for the older mods. It's freekkiller who comes directly to mind when I think of a good staff member. I didn't always agree with his decisions, but I liked, and still like, the way he operated: this is becoming an area of concern, so let's tackle the problem.
This sort of ties into your second question. I used to work a lot like that, especially in my first year of moderation, where I'd take over other mods' appeals and make a lot of decisions by myself to keep the system moving. I learned a lot about organization, management, and efficiency during my time as a mod, and I developed a lot of administrative skills moderating the kitpvp servers.
But I think most of all, I learned how to deal with people. I learned how to handle my private messages: how to approach people, how to answer them, how to resolve their problems and how to understand my own. The staff team also used to be very tight-knit and familiar, and I learned how to adapt to the environment, debating and discussing when needed and socializing whenever in the mood. It was a great bunch, was just a fun group to be around. Eventually though, the staff team grew distant and all these people from different communities started to come in, and I found myself out of place. I'm pretty sure I was the oldest mod left on the staff team besides JacobArnold, and he's pretty much gone too. I lazed around for a couple of months before finally deciding to leave, but I don't really think I regret it.
Posted on 11 February 2016 - 10:21 PM
Morsinius wrote
Tortured wrote...
I dunno if there's anyone who I really look up to in the staff team, but I do have a lot of respect for the older mods. It's freekkiller who comes directly to mind when I think of a good staff member. I didn't always agree with his decisions, but I liked, and still like, the way he operated: this is becoming an area of concern, so let's tackle the problem.
This sort of ties into your second question. I used to work a lot like that, especially in my first year of moderation, where I'd take over other mods' appeals and make a lot of decisions by myself to keep the system moving. I learned a lot about organization, management, and efficiency during my time as a mod, and I developed a lot of administrative skills moderating the kitpvp servers.
But I think most of all, I learned how to deal with people. I learned how to handle my private messages: how to approach people, how to answer them, how to resolve their problems and how to understand my own. The staff team also used to be very tight-knit and familiar, and I learned how to adapt to the environment, debating and discussing when needed and socializing whenever in the mood. It was a great bunch, was just a fun group to be around. Eventually though, the staff team grew distant and all these people from different communities started to come in, and I found myself out of place. I'm pretty sure I was the oldest mod left on the staff team besides JacobArnold, and he's pretty much gone too. I lazed around for a couple of months before finally deciding to leave, but I don't really think I regret it.
You weren't kidding when you said short essays O.o
Posted on 11 February 2016 - 10:26 PM
SporkHandles wrote
I no longer fit in with the new bunch. I don't recognize 80% of the names on the staff page anymore, since they're all randoms who migrated from different communities. But there's a bigger underlying reason, and that's the fact that I lost my motivation. Believe it or not, the only motivation I ever had was my post count, and I could get that up through answering appeals. Funnily enough, you'll notice that my activity completely dropped once the appeal system changed. It's ironic because I was the one who complained the most about appeals adding to forum post counts; I only started doing that once I got close to gberry's post count though. I guess I just wanted to maintain my lead.
But yeah, I pretty much quit because I stopped being a good mod, and I stopped being a good mod because I couldn't internally deal with my number not going up so easily anymore
Last edited on 11 February 2016 - 10:33 PM by Morsinius
SporkHandles wrote
I was a senior mod, and I was one for a pretty long time. I think I was the oldest senior at the time I left, although Jioska joined the staff team about a month after me from what I remember. I was the sixth senior recruited though, alongside McNerdx. There were the first three: viprite, falcon, and niquex, then qazzy got demoted from admin to senior, then freek got senior, then it was me and nerd. qazzy/freek might have been switched though, my memory's fading with time.
I was briefly a faction admin in the summer, and I've been tourney advisor from the start as well. I once had all three tags simultaneously…that was kinda nice
Posted on 11 February 2016 - 10:33 PM
How'd you become a bow God?Posted on 11 February 2016 - 10:33 PM
Are you out of college?Posted on 11 February 2016 - 10:33 PM
What did/are you major in?Posted on 11 February 2016 - 10:34 PM
What is your job?Posted on 11 February 2016 - 10:34 PM
With your OG skills, could you kill Doe and Hivlik?Posted on 11 February 2016 - 10:34 PM
Are you an overachiever?Posted on 11 February 2016 - 10:35 PM
Will you come out of retirement?Posted on 11 February 2016 - 10:35 PM
How did you feel after resigning?Posted on 11 February 2016 - 10:37 PM
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