Staff changes

[Superbus]

We have a couple of staff changes to announce.

First off, Twilkitri, despite still holding the badge, is retiring from his moderator duties. Thankfully, he's agreed to keep the rank until a suitable replacement can be found.

Secondly, Blacky Wacky has been released from his webmaster and moderator duties. Togieduo will become our new webmaster, and I'm giving myself a crash course in PHP as well. Once permissions are changed over (if it's possible to), Togieduo will also become the chat administrator.

I do wish to personally thank both members for their contributions to our forum while on the staff; Twilkitri has been rock solid for our community since joining our staff three whole years ago, while Blacky Wacky is almost solely responsible for FESS5 as we know it. On a personal note, when the incident at FESS4 with Jet and Zephyr happened, there were four people I asked to take modship to clean up the mess: Dale, Togie, Samuraiter and Blacky Wacky. Those were the four people I trusted the most to come in, have my back and kick some ass. There's not much higher praise.

This is not an opinions thread, so keep them out of this thread. If you have opinions, PM me. Don't ignore me on this one.

We are currently considering replacements, and a virtual overhaul of certain aspects of our staff. Anyone we're considering will receive a PM tonight.

This topic is open for discussion.

Jovian Edit: Update, new mods. Click here to read.
Jovian Edit 2: Update, CrazyDitto promoted. Click here to read.
Jovian Edit 3: Update, CO Raptor retired. Click here to read.

[Ya know, your avatar looks like a retarded Mew upside down.]

Thanks to twinkie for his hard work.  I guess even bots become obsolete. D:

I would now like to restart my Nightmare for Mod petition.

[I Fell In Love With Judas, then I got Herpes]

Good run guys; can't say much about you, Twilkitri, as the only conversation we really had was about Warhammer and happened at least a hundred years ago. But you've done well, and I hope you enjoy checking one thing off your list of places to worry about.

But Blacky Wacky: It's going to be hard to recognize you in that blue badge of yours. Frankly, it's hardly as sexy as that pirate badge of yours, but hey, we all knew there wasn't a single part of you that was straight. All I've got to say is "ORT ORT ORT", or something. Maybe, I guess, possibly...?

Seriously, though, good run mate. COUNTDOWN TO MODSHIP ON ARS, EH?

[i am a raging faggot who loves big dicks]

Seriously, though, good run mate. COUNTDOWN TO MODSHIP ON ARS, EH?

I wouldn't want it. But I'm begging Ken for the chance to write an article for 'em.

I'll still be around as much as ever.

[ArmorDragon]

Hopefully retirement from the staff does not mean retirement from FESS, as is the case with most FESS retirees.

Cheers to Blacky Wacky and Twilkitri.  And good luck to those that get the nod.

[camus the dark knight]

Oh no, Twilkitri! Who's going to bring logic in to discussions now!

Anyway good luck to those leaving their modship and congrats Togie.



Yes I know I haven't been around much... but I still lurk  like in the days of ancient FESS...

[Togie Togs]

One small "erratum": Steve thought it was better for him to have the chat founder status. And so I've handed it over to him and he'll have the much "coveted" tilde.

[Pukachi]

This is not an opinions thread, so keep them out of this thread. If you have opinions, PM me. Don't ignore me on this one.

it is of my personal opinion that they totally did an awesome jorb
does that count

Good work bot-modding us Twinkie and also, good luck with all that webmastering Bus and Togs~

[Togie Togs]

it is of my personal opinion that they totally did an awesome jorb
does that count

Good work bot-modding us Twinkie and also, good luck with all that webmastering Bus and Togs~

If you want to be a smartass, do it elsewhere.

And thank you.

[Crystal Shards]

Regrettable to see them leave, but change can often be good, if utilized correctly. Good luck to everyone.

~Crystal

[BlackFire]

The Vet medal looks good on Blacky Wacky.

Congratulations to Togieduo and good luck finding replacement for the retiring guys.

[YokaiKnight]

Happy retirement to Blacky Wacky, CO Raptor and Twilkitri (hope to see the bot around more), and good luck to Togieduo in his new position, though as far as I know it's all stuff he's done before. 

And good luck to all the potential new staffers, too.

[Superbus]

OK... now the GOOD news.

We still have two more people to iron out details on, but here are some promotions:

* Mr. Bitches, also known as YokaiKnight, has been promoted to General.

* Jovian, also known as Konata Izumi and Aerfall, has been promoted to General.

* MageKnight404 has been promoted to General.

* Shadow of Chaos has been promoted to Lieutenant of the Coding and Hacking board.

Let's give congratulations to the new moderators! This is the largest bit of promotions we've had in awhile.

[aznswordmaster1]

Oh congtrats new mods!

Just out of curiosity, how do the uh, board leaders determine who is able to do moderating or admin duties?

[Superbus]

Ancient Chinese secret~

[Sword Saint]

Oh congtrats new mods!

Just out of curiosity, how do the uh, board leaders determine who is able to do moderating or admin duties?

We sacrifice a few virgins to Slaanesh and promote based on the coagulated blood pools.

Uh.

Ancient Chinese secret. 

[Derpicane]

Congrats, you guys.

Ancient Chinese secret, huh? I could have sworn before you guys said it had something to do with swimming naked through a frozen river.

[I Fell In Love With Judas, then I got Herpes]

That's just one of Sword Saint's more disturbing hobbies. It's got absolutely nothing to do with the selection process.

EDIT: Oh, and 

[Tiltyu]

Congrats, d00ds. : o

[quanta]

Congrats to all. Aerfall especially. I <3 you.