Post by tomackze on Jul 1, 2012 14:08:38 GMT -5
As you can see... The month of June was a bit tough on most of us. Especially the Upper Staff. We just want to give a shout out to the mods in general and all individually because of all the hard work and dedication they put in to help us out. As honestly we can not do anything without them.
Now let me start with talking a little about what modding is all about. As a mod, you are basically volunteering to put other threads above your own to keep the site active. Sometimes mods will have their threads go over 24 hours because they have to focus on other people, and give their own threads a back seat. Why do their post counts go up so much from being mod? Because of all the work they do for others. If it weren't for mods, no one would ever be able to get anywhere in Cheyenne. We the upper staff try to reward them for it, but honestly what we do is nowhere near enough for how much time and effort they put into their own work.
And a lot of the mods go beyond that. They go beyond 20-25 mod posts and do so much more. They are always in cbox to help others. They are super friendly. They are someone you can talk to. They help newbies with suggestions and sometimes even PD and stuff so that their RP in Cheyenne can be even more enjoyable. And they really do care a lot about the members which we love to see. They are an amazing group and we are so lucky to have each and every one of them. Love them to death! There is a reason why the Mods are usually the people who have previously won MOTM and often are up there for other categories each and every month. Because they are the best of the best. The ones we choose to represent Cheyenne and we believe they are doing a great job.
Edited: And I forgot to add this before but I will now. People sometimes do not understand how hard it is to be a mod and what these people have to go through. Unlike role playing yourself where you can go with the plot and do whatever you want, the mods have to be adaptable. They share the threads with other people so they always have to follow with someone else's plot and not confuse people too much. It is so much harder to mod than to RP actually because the plot isn't always fresh in your mind. Most of the times, you have to figure out what people are doing and that can take 10-15 posts that you have to read unlike your own threads where you can just read the latest because you already know what is going on. It is hard work but they are all so gracefully volunteering to do it and help us out.
Now to each mod specifically.
Steve: What more can I say about you? You have taken on the duties of Ace to help Draa and I out. You are always there when I need some help. You are super friendly to all the members and always so helpful. You also mod a shit ton. Like seriously, without your mods we don't know where the hell we would be. Thank you so much for everything. You are such an easy person to talk to and definitely someone we know we can entrust anything to.
Kassy: Kassy, Kassy, Kassy... Seriously where do we begin? You add so many of your beautiful pictures to our board to make it better. The HP thing was incredible. You are always also SO FRIENDLY. And whatever free time you have you always try to mod and also try to RP with others. You are working 2 jobs and still find time to be up there in mod posts every week and also RP with others and get to know them. And you try to help us out whenever we need help, volunteering for anything and everything. Shoot you even volunteered to do Shadow and Jade Pokémon when we honestly didn't need it but could use it. That is just the person you are. You are there for everyone, and always helpful, always kind. You know I don't sign on Skype... But I do to talk to you
Appa: You are relatively busy except on the weekends and we can not thank you enough for it because most of us are busy on the weekends. You are also very friendly and very open to us about anything and everything with your life. I am very glad I got a chance to meet you because you are awesome. You are also very dedicated, I still remember when you judged the contest and you were so scared about how I would feel after reading your comments. I thought yours was the best of the bunch. Seriously it was so well written and so beautifully critiqued. You did a fantastic job! Above and beyond anything I even required. Things like that are reasons why you are so awesome. And she even megamodded when we were a bit low on mod activity at the time. Things like that make her who she is.
Grimm: I feel like I don't even have to add anything for Girmm because people know how much I love her. She was one of the main reasons why I have stayed on the board for so long and she knows I always have her back no matter what because she was one of the people who won me at hello. She has been a mod as long as anyone else here and has always been wonderful at it. I always feel she is like the leader of the mods right now as she has the most experience, but she is always so friendly and welcoming to everyone. She never tries to make herself elitist or put herself above anyone else. And she always comes up with great ideas for us to use. Best of all, she is willing to give her ideas/suggestions to others. She is willing to hand off duties to other people if she sees how dedicated they are to it, even though it was hers to begin with. She is also a Guardian of Ace, that was easy. I had wanted this done since the formation of Ace because I knew I could trust her. Simply put, she is Grimm. Jeffica. One of of a kind. Amazing.
Wolfbane: She was gone for a bit of June because of exams but she has definitely come back with a vengeance. I love how kindhearted she is and helpful she is to everyone in Cheyenne. She is always readily available in the cbox and she also helps others out and looks to be there for others. She has been here for a year and still has no badges/ribbons. That just explains the type of person she is. Even as mod she puts her threads as third priority over modding and helping others out in the chat box. She was gone for a bit but we are so glad she is back now. Because she's definitely a superstar.
Skippy: Last but certainly not least. I love how Skippy always gets so scared to read my pm's because they are always nice things to say to her. She hasn't made a mistake yet so I don't know why she is so scared. She has been amazing and definitely one of my favorite characters. It is clear why she was promoted, and why she won MOTM. She is super friendly, super helpful, always there for others in the cbox. Always with a smile on her face and never sharing her problems. And she also puts others over her own threads all the times. She is willing to not reply to her thread for days/weeks in order to mod others. Those are the people we look for. And she fulfills it.
Now let me start with talking a little about what modding is all about. As a mod, you are basically volunteering to put other threads above your own to keep the site active. Sometimes mods will have their threads go over 24 hours because they have to focus on other people, and give their own threads a back seat. Why do their post counts go up so much from being mod? Because of all the work they do for others. If it weren't for mods, no one would ever be able to get anywhere in Cheyenne. We the upper staff try to reward them for it, but honestly what we do is nowhere near enough for how much time and effort they put into their own work.
And a lot of the mods go beyond that. They go beyond 20-25 mod posts and do so much more. They are always in cbox to help others. They are super friendly. They are someone you can talk to. They help newbies with suggestions and sometimes even PD and stuff so that their RP in Cheyenne can be even more enjoyable. And they really do care a lot about the members which we love to see. They are an amazing group and we are so lucky to have each and every one of them. Love them to death! There is a reason why the Mods are usually the people who have previously won MOTM and often are up there for other categories each and every month. Because they are the best of the best. The ones we choose to represent Cheyenne and we believe they are doing a great job.
Edited: And I forgot to add this before but I will now. People sometimes do not understand how hard it is to be a mod and what these people have to go through. Unlike role playing yourself where you can go with the plot and do whatever you want, the mods have to be adaptable. They share the threads with other people so they always have to follow with someone else's plot and not confuse people too much. It is so much harder to mod than to RP actually because the plot isn't always fresh in your mind. Most of the times, you have to figure out what people are doing and that can take 10-15 posts that you have to read unlike your own threads where you can just read the latest because you already know what is going on. It is hard work but they are all so gracefully volunteering to do it and help us out.
Now to each mod specifically.
Steve: What more can I say about you? You have taken on the duties of Ace to help Draa and I out. You are always there when I need some help. You are super friendly to all the members and always so helpful. You also mod a shit ton. Like seriously, without your mods we don't know where the hell we would be. Thank you so much for everything. You are such an easy person to talk to and definitely someone we know we can entrust anything to.
Kassy: Kassy, Kassy, Kassy... Seriously where do we begin? You add so many of your beautiful pictures to our board to make it better. The HP thing was incredible. You are always also SO FRIENDLY. And whatever free time you have you always try to mod and also try to RP with others. You are working 2 jobs and still find time to be up there in mod posts every week and also RP with others and get to know them. And you try to help us out whenever we need help, volunteering for anything and everything. Shoot you even volunteered to do Shadow and Jade Pokémon when we honestly didn't need it but could use it. That is just the person you are. You are there for everyone, and always helpful, always kind. You know I don't sign on Skype... But I do to talk to you
Appa: You are relatively busy except on the weekends and we can not thank you enough for it because most of us are busy on the weekends. You are also very friendly and very open to us about anything and everything with your life. I am very glad I got a chance to meet you because you are awesome. You are also very dedicated, I still remember when you judged the contest and you were so scared about how I would feel after reading your comments. I thought yours was the best of the bunch. Seriously it was so well written and so beautifully critiqued. You did a fantastic job! Above and beyond anything I even required. Things like that are reasons why you are so awesome. And she even megamodded when we were a bit low on mod activity at the time. Things like that make her who she is.
Grimm: I feel like I don't even have to add anything for Girmm because people know how much I love her. She was one of the main reasons why I have stayed on the board for so long and she knows I always have her back no matter what because she was one of the people who won me at hello. She has been a mod as long as anyone else here and has always been wonderful at it. I always feel she is like the leader of the mods right now as she has the most experience, but she is always so friendly and welcoming to everyone. She never tries to make herself elitist or put herself above anyone else. And she always comes up with great ideas for us to use. Best of all, she is willing to give her ideas/suggestions to others. She is willing to hand off duties to other people if she sees how dedicated they are to it, even though it was hers to begin with. She is also a Guardian of Ace, that was easy. I had wanted this done since the formation of Ace because I knew I could trust her. Simply put, she is Grimm. Jeffica. One of of a kind. Amazing.
Wolfbane: She was gone for a bit of June because of exams but she has definitely come back with a vengeance. I love how kindhearted she is and helpful she is to everyone in Cheyenne. She is always readily available in the cbox and she also helps others out and looks to be there for others. She has been here for a year and still has no badges/ribbons. That just explains the type of person she is. Even as mod she puts her threads as third priority over modding and helping others out in the chat box. She was gone for a bit but we are so glad she is back now. Because she's definitely a superstar.
Skippy: Last but certainly not least. I love how Skippy always gets so scared to read my pm's because they are always nice things to say to her. She hasn't made a mistake yet so I don't know why she is so scared. She has been amazing and definitely one of my favorite characters. It is clear why she was promoted, and why she won MOTM. She is super friendly, super helpful, always there for others in the cbox. Always with a smile on her face and never sharing her problems. And she also puts others over her own threads all the times. She is willing to not reply to her thread for days/weeks in order to mod others. Those are the people we look for. And she fulfills it.