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  1. Double posting but I'm on my phone so I don't want to edit this in. This post is a very long way to, in what seems to me, type "I told you so". While people may have seen writing on the wall or noticed the community was dwindling and had ideas or ways to fix them that went unheard, this entire post is unhelpful. My assumption to you sticking around and posting something so long winded and filled with animosity, is that you still care. I think you should lead with that part of your emotions next time you post, so that it can constructively build a solution to the current situation. Whether you saw it coming years ago or not, the present cannot be fixed with anger for past events. That being said, I've been away for many years and have no knowledge of what all transpired to leave SG in the state it is in now. However, your sarcastic retelling of events points to signs I remember well, and caution I hope also recognizes. Stagnation in positions of power leading to inactive leadership. It's not easy to entrust people with leading your beloved community that you've been part of forever. In times of activity and population, it's easy to go years without promoting a BD since the decisions have been made to make things successful, so relish in the success and take some time away from the community while popping in to give input on direction and decisions. However in times like now, aggressive expansion and removal of cogs not running should be heavily considered, emotions, friendships, and seniority aside. I have demoted people who I used to be lower rank than, and I've demoted people who have been here years longer than me. When we realized the trouble the community was in, it was down to harsh decisions for the betterment of the community. You lose many friends, and gain even more enemies. People should work towards the common goal, improving the community, or their positions should be replaced with people willing to do so. In a population that is dwindling, you need the people still around and active to all be leaders and decision makers, and not shy away from giving newcomers a chance to help where they can. Revenga was a regular when he went straight to TA because we needed it, not because he had earned the favor of the community. He did earn it though, and absolutely one of the best gamble decisions I feel I've ever made. He helped us tremendously then, and continued to do so years after. I just had to go for it and give him his chance.
  2. It's been many years, but one of the most effective ways I got information of how the community is feeling and hearing feedback from players, was just playing in servers. Obviously, servers being dormant appears to be a problem, but just sitting idly in an open discord channel would be good too. The idea of weekly BD open door sounds nice, but also comes across a bit "gracing you with their presence". Just chill more in public channels and make the policy that discord dms are welcome and stuff will flow to you. The BD that is most active in the discord and servers will always know more about what's going on. Ask questions to players, I used to ask for players feedback all the time and get good results. Just asking if people are having fun gets the conversation going, ask questions to why they feel a certain way. It helps inform faster than meetings and forum threads.
  3. What an L for the community bro. This is not very cash money of you at all. I told myself I wouldn't sign in here anymore, but I wanted to say I hope life is good to you. The memories of this place are always going to be a wave of mixed emotions, but hopefully the new ones you make in life will be just as good as the ones you've left here. This place was my escape from life several times over the years, whenever things got bad in my life I would come back here for comfort and familiarity that I could escape my thoughts into. I'm an old boomer now, but my most memorable teenage years were right here, in this community, and you were always there, playing a part of it with me. The laughs we shared and the shenanigans we got into together are core memories of my youth that I sometimes retell to irl friends and family that have no idea how much they matter to me. You were once a great friend to me despite our many differences, and I will remember our friendship and the things we did here together for my entire life. This post is the only one here for as far back as I can remember that is making me tear up. I hope you go far and try to always find happiness in life, old friend.
  4. Good to see you around man. Hope all is well.

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      XeNo

      Thank you! It is, and I hope the same for you! Good to see you too, old friend.

  5. Interesting. A feeling of nostalgia to this. Thinking on it more, I did like the decision to separate the role into two parts. While there's certainly people who can do both with maturity and capability, it limits upward growth in the community to a requirement for both. Many people fall into the two categories to varying degrees, but you limit yourself the possibility of having good mature management by forcing responsibility of servers, and you also limit your quantity of valid individuals by how many servers you have. While simpler in terms of ranks, it stunts growth of a mature/capable leadership team. I think many other ranks warrant squishing down into one rank, but I rather liked the decision to have this role into two equal ranks, with differences that allow more people to qualify and fulfill leadership positions.
  6. I thought BJ came back from retirement and we were throwing a party for him. This is cool too!
  7. Congrats to all of you!
  8. I can see the admin section now. Thank you Liam!
  9. I think they said that doesn't work because Primary and Secondary ranks on the new forums are wonky.
  10. Can you create a hidden Legend rank that has permissions to see the Admin sections so I don't have to accept 'Senior Administrator' as my rank to view them? If not I'll just chill at my rank for now.
  11. big man on campus is back

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      XeNo

      Lmao, I don't know about that.

  12. Is the main forum page supposed to look like it's zoomed in to 150%? It seems like my mother's browser defaults.
  13. I like the new forums, it looks sleek. Where are my rep buttons at, tho?
  14. $20 in your name, spend them credits

  15. I don't think Dom will take it to heart. He knows full well what I think of his time at SG, after numerous years of knowing him over time. I was being light hearted, if it's offensive to Dom I apologize. I was not trying to deter from his time at SG or demean what he said. Edit: I will simply delete the post as to not offend anyone. I did not have ill intentions towards Dom or his time at SG. He is one of few people I had high hopes of doing great things, and I think he achieved that in his short time of being BD. I could not be more proud of him and his journey through the community, and I can only hope he inspired more people to follow in his path.
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