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Post by TCM on Aug 15, 2015 12:21:18 GMT -5
I'd thought it would be rude to just make it seem like I've fallen off the face of the Earth considering I have a role given to me regarding the forum, so that's why I'm making a post in the Spam board. I've had a lot of difficult things going on in my life over the past year and a half of sorts, regarding not finishing school and eventually wanting to but having to do so much later than planned, coming to grips with my own personal mental health (or rather the idea I might actually suffer from something) and just a lack of stability in terms of a future or even a plan of one since the one I had didn't quite pan out.
With that said, I'm not saying I'm permanently leaving or even wanting to relinquish my duties as a mod, just that I'm going to take a break from some of my online stuff because I need to re-prioritize things. A leave of absence if you will.
I'll likely pop up from time to time, so it's best described as an indefinite reduced level of activity (kind of like lately, only popping in here and there but not spending more than a couple minutes at a time at the most though with my current feelings, that itself will be few and far between). At least until I feel like I have some semblance of my life together again. Maybe it's just how I'm feeling at the moment and I'll snap from my current funk and it'll be a couple weeks, could be a few months, I don't know, but I guess that's part of the point. Giving myself the time to figure that out. So, I guess I'll see you around.
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Post by thatoneuser on Aug 15, 2015 14:32:58 GMT -5
Totally understandable. Once everything gets sorted out we'd be glad to welcome you back. Good luck and God bless.
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Post by Philip on Aug 15, 2015 15:43:56 GMT -5
Lol, p****. Anyways, why making a thread to tell everybody that you are taking a break? That's attention w**** -stuff and i hate it. Why would you post this on the forums, let alone to a mod. rip in pepperoni milk's account |
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Post by TCM on Aug 15, 2015 16:08:37 GMT -5
Lol, p****. Anyways, why making a thread to tell everybody that you are taking a break? That's attention w**** -stuff and i hate it. I didn't want to make a post, but I did so just so that people didn't think that any upcoming inactivity was ignoring the forum considering I'm sometimes the first responder for posts that need immediate attention (whenever its needed) and for people to halt from directing users to me in PMs about site stuff and to try other staff in terms of a timely answer. So the compromise was to do it in the Spam board, which doesn't count in your post totals. In other words, a courtesy post. Courtesy, as in "the showing of politeness in one's attitude and behavior toward others," which you lack. As a mod, I'm going to refrain from my opinion on the post that was inevitably reported since that would showcase bias. But from a general user to another, I really hope you have a better attitude in real life, because you seem like the person who would go through life without anyone actually giving you a reality check and giving you a good crack in the jaw because being a douchebag should have those repercussions. But people don't, because we should pity immature people with childish attitudes who think trolling is actually funny. And if that was a genuine thought, then it's just even more sad. In other words, f*** you. And yes, that wasn't very courteous. Because I no longer waste energy in being courteous to people who aren't worth any more of my time than I give, and I've given way too much towards you. |
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Post by arsenette on Aug 16, 2015 15:06:29 GMT -5
Lol, p****. Anyways, why making a thread to tell everybody that you are taking a break? That's attention w**** -stuff and i hate it. Because a Mod going on vacation is vastly more important to be notified that a member going on vacation.. especially when it leaves it to ONE active mod on board during the off-season. That's important whether you like it or not. |
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Post by supremekai on Aug 16, 2015 15:10:53 GMT -5
Lol, p****. Anyways, why making a thread to tell everybody that you are taking a break? That's attention w**** -stuff and i hate it. Because a Mod going on vacation is vastly more important to be notified that a member going on vacation.. especially when it leaves it to ONE active mod on board during the off-season. That's important whether you like it or not. Sorry to sidetrack but what happened to all the old mods? I'm aware of Sheep but what happened to the rest is a mystery to me |
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Post by Badalight on Aug 16, 2015 15:33:07 GMT -5
And before we knew it, g4fan slowly faded into obscurity - just like his namesake.
But seriously, all the best man.
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Post by Anshin on Aug 16, 2015 19:27:16 GMT -5
Because a Mod going on vacation is vastly more important to be notified that a member going on vacation.. especially when it leaves it to ONE active mod on board during the off-season. That's important whether you like it or not. Sorry to sidetrack but what happened to all the old mods? I'm aware of Sheep but what happened to the rest is a mystery to me As noted by this thread, TCM will be taking a backseat role, so we'll be down one mod for awhile while he takes care of himself; but Sheep is the only one that isn't around anymore. blt024, scnoi1217, TCM, yamfriend, and myself are all still around. It might seem like we're all gone, but at the very least, we lurk the boards, keeping an eye on things. We're all busy with life a lot more than we have been in the past, so we don't post nearly as much or catch nearly as many forum rule violations as we used to before they get reported; but we're still around, and we try to take care of the reports in a timely manner. |
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Post by Amber on Aug 16, 2015 19:41:44 GMT -5
Sorry to sidetrack but what happened to all the old mods? I'm aware of Sheep but what happened to the rest is a mystery to me As noted by this thread, TCM will be taking a backseat role, so we'll be down one mod for awhile while he takes care of himself; but Sheep is the only one that isn't around anymore. blt024, scnoi1217, TCM, yamfriend, and myself are all still around. It might seem like we're all gone, but at the very least, we lurk the boards, keeping an eye on things. We're all busy with life a lot more than we have been in the past, so we don't post nearly as much or catch nearly as many forum rule violations as we used to before they get reported; but we're still around, and we try to take care of the reports in a timely manner. Sheep? Supersheep? Whatever happened to him? |
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Post by Anshin on Aug 16, 2015 20:08:06 GMT -5
As noted by this thread, TCM will be taking a backseat role, so we'll be down one mod for awhile while he takes care of himself; but Sheep is the only one that isn't around anymore. blt024, scnoi1217, TCM, yamfriend, and myself are all still around. It might seem like we're all gone, but at the very least, we lurk the boards, keeping an eye on things. We're all busy with life a lot more than we have been in the past, so we don't post nearly as much or catch nearly as many forum rule violations as we used to before they get reported; but we're still around, and we try to take care of the reports in a timely manner. Sheep? Supersheep? Whatever happened to him? Sheep is the only one that isn't around anymore. I personally don't know where he went, maybe blt024 or scnoi1217 do if they've had contact with him. |
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Post by skythenewark on Aug 16, 2015 20:55:51 GMT -5
Understandable with what's going on in TCM's situation. I would be in a same way if I was him. Good luck and hopefully things will get better.
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Post by arsenette on Aug 17, 2015 9:04:49 GMT -5
It also shows how much people need to report the violations (there have been a LOT lately) instead of compounding the issue by writing another post calling out the violation. Now that we have few people who actually read the boards but only moderate what has been reported, it's extremely important to report the threads to have them resolved in a more timely manner. I hope in the off season the amount of violations finally chill out. It's really getting out of hand with the new crop of newbies. Hope to see you back TCM when you aren't buried in RL.  |
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Post by yamfriend on Aug 17, 2015 13:18:19 GMT -5
As Anshinritsumai and Arsenette mentioned, it's not the #1 priority in the staff members' lives to look at every single thread and post on a daily basis. We do what we can, but real-life commitments and problems must come first. For example, I'm headed back to college next week, so it'll be more difficult for me to track everything here as much as I have been in the past. Case in point, if other forum members see issues that need to be taken care of by the admins/mods, it is important to report them so we can attend to them as soon as we can.
In terms of TCM's temporary absence, we wish you the best with everything that's going on. As I've mentioned to you before, let us know if we can do anything to help you out. Best of luck man!
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Post by gt4dom on Aug 17, 2015 18:34:54 GMT -5
Good luck TCM, hope everything ends up well for you and we all hope to see you again when you are feeling better |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 17, 2015 19:22:11 GMT -5
Hope you get everything sorted out. I'm kind of a little busy myself so I know what you're going through.
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