Forum Leaders

by Crazy Ivan

If you're a member of our forum, you already know this, but as of today we are welcoming two new moderators to our online message board.  Two very dedicated and deserving members of the forum, Rotscale and DGH, have graciously stepped up and offered their help in keeping our forum clean and running smooth.

Much like my recent 5000th post, this landmark has left me thinking about how far the forum has come in the years we've operated it.  There was a time in recent memory when it was relatively easy to moderate the forum by myself (or with occasional help from Kid Myach).  Now I can't imagine biting off that sizable task alone.

But it's also cool to reflect on the individual journeys from fresh faced Myachi maniac to ful blown forum leader.  rotscale has been in the game for a long while and though his forum presence has had its peaks and troughs, he's been a stalwart for years.  He's always been quick to diffuse the tension when things get heated and he's always been a bastion of maturity when things start to get out of hand.

DGH has not been on the forum as long, but I think most of us recognized right away that this dude was destined for high ranks.  He joined the forum a little over a year ago after meeting Bones at TRU and to this day Bones considers teaching DGH to be one of his proudest moments in Myachi.  DGH quickly became an integral part of our community and has repeatedly taken on obligations above and beyond the duty of the typical forum-ite.

But of course, as with any promotion, there are other, equally deserving names that had to be passed over.  It's the sad truth that whenever you promote one person you have to choose them over another.  The honest truth is that there are at least 3 other members who have really earned a place as Forum Leader as well.  We couldn't promote everyone who deserved it, of course, or we'd end up with a village full of chiefs and no indians, but I'm sure that comes as a small consolation to those who were overlooked for the promotion.

To those people I urge patience.  It's never long before we need to add more muscle to our enforcement team so I'm sure that the other names that were floated will earn their stripes soon.  Until then I simply ask that they remind us how much we want to promote them by taking the disappointment with maturity and supporting our new leaders with the kind of respect that they would want if/when they get a similar promotion.

The forum is one of the most tangible ways that I measure Myachi's growth over the years and if it's any indicator, Myachi has shifted into high gear.  Hopefully, with the help of these two new leaders and our accomplished team of veteran mods that we can continue to make the Myachi Forum a fun and inviting place for every new member that arrives.

... assuming we can all agree on the lolcats.