Originally Posted by steve
If you find me on IRC, I'll be glad to participate.
I've been in every usergroup excluding admin and clan admin.
Of course. You'd be perfect after hanz0.
Also, hanz0.
[13:39] <@ChrisDom> Yo hanz0, how's it going bro?
[13:40] <+hanz0> Decent. Got off of work early, ate an otter pop.
[13:40] <@ChrisDom> sounds awesome
[13:40] <@ChrisDom> to start, you've been around for a long time right?
[13:40] <+hanz0> Not as long as most of the staff, actually
[13:40] <+hanz0> I joined in, uh, February 2008
[13:41] <@ChrisDom> that's it? I thought you were MUCH older
[13:41] <+hanz0> Making me a newfag by most/all standards. :D
[13:41] == rittu has changed nick to ijoinedinthesamemonthandyear
[13:41] <@ChrisDom> well ok.
[13:41] == ijoinedinthesamemonthandyear has changed nick to rittu
[13:41] <@ChrisDom> If I remember, you were a market mod right?
[13:41] <+hanz0> Correct
[13:41] <@ChrisDom> And today, you are an admin.
[13:42] <+hanz0> Yep. An exciting rise, etc.
[13:42] <@ChrisDom> Tell me about the jump.
[13:42] <+hanz0> Well.
[13:42] <+hanz0> I was promoted to local mod in Market back when it was a single, awful, cluttered board
[13:42] <+hanz0> (More awful than it is now!)
[13:42] <@ChrisDom> (oh wow)
[13:43] <+hanz0> After trying to deal with that for... a day, at most, I decided that a restructuring was seriously needed
[13:44] <+hanz0> I had veb (or whatever alt he was going by at that time) set up the basic Art/Textures / Items / Torishop Discussion setup that we have now
[13:44] <+hanz0> And then took a few hours to move all the threads to where they were.
[13:44] <@ChrisDom> You went through the whole board, and sorted it?
[13:44] <+hanz0> With the help of GenX000 (Who I had recommended as an assistant), yep.
[13:45] <@ChrisDom> Lot of work man. Good job
[13:45] <+hanz0> One of the less pleasant experiences, along with the time Mosier and I went through all of the local mods and removed IP viewing abilities
[13:45] <+hanz0> As far as jumping from local mod to smod, that was in large part to me being unable to handle a lot of the issues in Market with what I had as a local mod.
[13:46] <+hanz0> I was reporting a huge number of posts on a daily basis that needed infractions, etc., and eventually they decided to just give me smod instead. >.>
[13:46] <@ChrisDom> That's really great hanz0.
[13:46] <@ChrisDom> You just may be my new favorite person
[13:47] <+hanz0> :D.
[13:47] <@ChrisDom> Now, as an admin
[13:47] <@ChrisDom> What exactly do you do?
[13:47] <+hanz0> Well, the majority of my workload is still in the Market
[13:48] <+hanz0> The members of the Alpha Team each have their own specific focus (e.g. Delaid's clans, I'm Market, etc.)
[13:48] <@ChrisDom> ah.
[13:48] <+hanz0> Somewhat recently I (and the Market Squad) undertook scam reports as well
[13:48] <+hanz0> So those now get redirected from Support to our Scam Reports thread
[13:49] <@ChrisDom> So, market and support are really close now
[13:49] <+hanz0> Somewhat, yeah
[13:49] <+hanz0> Support is now (to my knowledge) more focused on technical stuff
[13:49] <+hanz0> Whereas we handle player misbehavior and the like
[13:50] <@ChrisDom> Player misbehavior?
[13:50] <@ChrisDom> in market?
[13:50] <+hanz0> Eh
[13:50] <@ChrisDom> I thought you would basically be tied to scamming
[13:50] <+hanz0> Scamming's the major one
[13:50] <+hanz0> Occasionally I get a hacking case
[13:51] <@ChrisDom> Ah ok.
[13:51] <@ChrisDom> About how many reports do you go through in a day?
[13:51] <+hanz0> Well
[13:51] <+hanz0> Since I'm working during the week (and had school, previously), I tend to go through scam reports over the weekends
[13:52] <+hanz0> steve's been able to help me recently, which has been really awesome
[13:52] <@ChrisDom> steve is awesome
[13:52] <+hanz0> ... As the sheer volume of scam reports we get can get to be quite overwhelming at times
[13:53] <+hanz0> For example...
[13:53] <+hanz0> This is my summary of reports handled when I got back from a one-week vacation: http://forum.toribash.com/showpost.php?p=2895860&postcount=740
[13:53] <+hanz0> (Should be noted, however, that that's including reports stretching back for about 3-4 weeks, as I was extremely busy with final exams and such)
[13:54] <@ChrisDom> Wow.
[13:54] <@ChrisDom> Does the market squad help you with that?
[13:54] <@ChrisDom> or is it just you and steve?
[13:55] <+hanz0> For the most part, it's just us, but every once in a while I'll throw a tedious task (e.g. making a list of items stolen) at them
[13:55] <@ChrisDom> Ah that's mean hanz0.
[13:55] <+hanz0> We've been criticized for "inefficiency" in the past, but let me tell you, it's hard to be extremely efficient when you're trying to track 30+ items being bounced between dozens of accounts
[13:56] <@ChrisDom> But you guys all pull it off
[13:56] <@ChrisDom> right?
[13:56] <+hanz0> Eventually, yeah. Without going insane, too!
[13:56] <@ChrisDom> Awesome.
[13:57] <@ChrisDom> Any last words hanz0?
[13:57] <+hanz0> Hrm.
[13:57] <+hanz0> Mostly, I'd like to remind people (Yet again) that the staff's not able to dedicate every moment of our lives to their needs
[13:58] <+hanz0> We get a lot of needy people that apparently feel that they need to be at the top of our priority lists
[13:58] <@ChrisDom> And that won't happen.
[13:58] <+hanz0> Right. I'm working, just graduated from a college-level high school program, going to be in college next year, and many of the staff are in similar positions.
[13:59] <+hanz0> Skul's really the only one that does this 'full-time' (And how he manages that, I have no idea)
[14:00] <@ChrisDom> Since skul works "full-time"
[14:00] <@ChrisDom> He has it harder on him right?
[14:01] <@ChrisDom> do you know what he manages?
[14:01] <+hanz0> Not entirely, no
[14:01] <@ChrisDom> Do you have an idea?
[14:01] <+hanz0> However, I'd definitely say that he does the most work out of the volunteering staff
[14:02] <+hanz0> Apart from the stuff on the forums, I believe he also monitors the support email
[14:02] <+hanz0> Which I don't have access to, but I'm sure it's full of all sorts of exciting stuff
[14:02] <@ChrisDom> Pretty tons more hacking
[14:02] <@ChrisDom> TONS of it.
[14:02] <+hanz0> Yep
[14:02] <+hanz0> I'm not really sure how I'd measure workload, really
[14:03] <@ChrisDom> You said you are a busy guy
[14:03] <@ChrisDom> Do you think you'll be quitting soon?
[14:03] <+hanz0> That's something I've been thinking about quite a bit
[14:03] <+hanz0> The past couple years have been an interesting balance between school and moderating
[14:04] <+hanz0> However, I was in an advanced (often college-level) program, so I feel like I should be able to transition over to college fairly smoothly
[14:04] <+hanz0> So I expect there'll probably be a month or two where I'm settling in, but after that I'm hoping to continue with this
[14:04] <+hanz0> Maybe not as much stuff, but what I can do.
[14:05] <@ChrisDom> and in college, do you think you'll have less time?
[14:05] <+hanz0> That's a bit of a conundrum (HA HA I USED THAT WORD), actually
[14:06] <+hanz0> My schedule will probably be much more loose just due to how college is, but that might be offset by a higher academic workload
[14:06] <+hanz0> And I'm still trying to sort out extracurricular stuff
[14:06] <+hanz0> (I do taekwondo at the moment, but don't know how actively I'll be able to continue that)
[14:07] <@ChrisDom> so time will tell
[14:07] <@ChrisDom> if you quit or not?
[14:07] <+hanz0> I doubt I'll outright quit, really
[14:07] <+hanz0> Again, I'm not hugely concerned about the transition over to college, so I expect the most will be a reduced workload
[14:08] <+hanz0> Which I'm sure the Market Squad can pick up. :P
[14:08] <@ChrisDom> Well. that's all I have for you hanz0
[14:08] <@ChrisDom> any more last words?
[14:08] == siku [[email protected]] has joined #interview
[14:09] == siku has changed nick to HANZ0_UR_OVER
[14:09] * hanz0 waves at siku.
[14:09] <+hanz0> Hm
[14:09] <+hanz0> I'd make a comment regarding the wonderful hatemail I get on occasion, but I feel like that might border on offensive. :D
[14:10] <@ChrisDom> Do it
[14:10] == steve [[email protected]] has joined #interview
[14:10] <@ChrisDom> well give me an example of the hate mail
[14:10] <@ChrisDom> are we talking
[14:11] <@ChrisDom> "WHERE MY ITEMZ I HAET U HAND0!!"
[14:11] <@ChrisDom> or something else
[14:11] <+hanz0> More often it's in relation to me infracting them or banning them or somethin'
[14:11] <+hanz0> And I'm quite fond of when they assume that I've got a personal vendetta against them
[14:12] <@ChrisDom> K thank you hanz0[10:17][10:50] <diskimage> Where can I find the Toribash license?
Originally Posted by ChrisDom
Of course. You'd be perfect after hanz0.
Also, hanz0.
Market has always been hardcore. I guess.[13:39] <@ChrisDom> Yo hanz0, how's it going bro? [13:40] <+hanz0> Decent. Got off of work early, ate an otter pop. [13:40] <@ChrisDom> sounds awesome [13:40] <@ChrisDom> to start, you've been around for a long time right? [13:40] <+hanz0> Not as long as most of the staff, actually [13:40] <+hanz0> I joined in, uh, February 2008 [13:41] <@ChrisDom> that's it? I thought you were MUCH older [13:41] <+hanz0> Making me a newfag by most/all standards. :D [13:41] == rittu has changed nick to ijoinedinthesamemonthandyear [13:41] <@ChrisDom> well ok. [13:41] == ijoinedinthesamemonthandyear has changed nick to rittu [13:41] <@ChrisDom> If I remember, you were a market mod right? [13:41] <+hanz0> Correct [13:41] <@ChrisDom> And today, you are an admin. [13:42] <+hanz0> Yep. An exciting rise, etc. [13:42] <@ChrisDom> Tell me about the jump. [13:42] <+hanz0> Well. [13:42] <+hanz0> I was promoted to local mod in Market back when it was a single, awful, cluttered board [13:42] <+hanz0> (More awful than it is now!) [13:42] <@ChrisDom> (oh wow) [13:43] <+hanz0> After trying to deal with that for... a day, at most, I decided that a restructuring was seriously needed [13:44] <+hanz0> I had veb (or whatever alt he was going by at that time) set up the basic Art/Textures / Items / Torishop Discussion setup that we have now [13:44] <+hanz0> And then took a few hours to move all the threads to where they were. [13:44] <@ChrisDom> You went through the whole board, and sorted it? [13:44] <+hanz0> With the help of GenX000 (Who I had recommended as an assistant), yep. [13:45] <@ChrisDom> Lot of work man. Good job [13:45] <+hanz0> One of the less pleasant experiences, along with the time Mosier and I went through all of the local mods and removed IP viewing abilities [13:45] <+hanz0> As far as jumping from local mod to smod, that was in large part to me being unable to handle a lot of the issues in Market with what I had as a local mod. [13:46] <+hanz0> I was reporting a huge number of posts on a daily basis that needed infractions, etc., and eventually they decided to just give me smod instead. >.> [13:46] <@ChrisDom> That's really great hanz0. [13:46] <@ChrisDom> You just may be my new favorite person [13:47] <+hanz0> :D. [13:47] <@ChrisDom> Now, as an admin [13:47] <@ChrisDom> What exactly do you do? [13:47] <+hanz0> Well, the majority of my workload is still in the Market [13:48] <+hanz0> The members of the Alpha Team each have their own specific focus (e.g. Delaid's clans, I'm Market, etc.) [13:48] <@ChrisDom> ah. [13:48] <+hanz0> Somewhat recently I (and the Market Squad) undertook scam reports as well [13:48] <+hanz0> So those now get redirected from Support to our Scam Reports thread [13:49] <@ChrisDom> So, market and support are really close now [13:49] <+hanz0> Somewhat, yeah [13:49] <+hanz0> Support is now (to my knowledge) more focused on technical stuff [13:49] <+hanz0> Whereas we handle player misbehavior and the like [13:50] <@ChrisDom> Player misbehavior? [13:50] <@ChrisDom> in market? [13:50] <+hanz0> Eh [13:50] <@ChrisDom> I thought you would basically be tied to scamming [13:50] <+hanz0> Scamming's the major one [13:50] <+hanz0> Occasionally I get a hacking case [13:51] <@ChrisDom> Ah ok. [13:51] <@ChrisDom> About how many reports do you go through in a day? [13:51] <+hanz0> Well [13:51] <+hanz0> Since I'm working during the week (and had school, previously), I tend to go through scam reports over the weekends [13:52] <+hanz0> steve's been able to help me recently, which has been really awesome [13:52] <@ChrisDom> steve is awesome [13:52] <+hanz0> ... As the sheer volume of scam reports we get can get to be quite overwhelming at times [13:53] <+hanz0> For example... [13:53] <+hanz0> This is my summary of reports handled when I got back from a one-week vacation: http://forum.toribash.com/showpost.php?p=2895860&postcount=740 [13:53] <+hanz0> (Should be noted, however, that that's including reports stretching back for about 3-4 weeks, as I was extremely busy with final exams and such) [13:54] <@ChrisDom> Wow. [13:54] <@ChrisDom> Does the market squad help you with that? [13:54] <@ChrisDom> or is it just you and steve? [13:55] <+hanz0> For the most part, it's just us, but every once in a while I'll throw a tedious task (e.g. making a list of items stolen) at them [13:55] <@ChrisDom> Ah that's mean hanz0. [13:55] <+hanz0> We've been criticized for "inefficiency" in the past, but let me tell you, it's hard to be extremely efficient when you're trying to track 30+ items being bounced between dozens of accounts [13:56] <@ChrisDom> But you guys all pull it off [13:56] <@ChrisDom> right? [13:56] <+hanz0> Eventually, yeah. Without going insane, too! [13:56] <@ChrisDom> Awesome. [13:57] <@ChrisDom> Any last words hanz0? [13:57] <+hanz0> Hrm. [13:57] <+hanz0> Mostly, I'd like to remind people (Yet again) that the staff's not able to dedicate every moment of our lives to their needs [13:58] <+hanz0> We get a lot of needy people that apparently feel that they need to be at the top of our priority lists [13:58] <@ChrisDom> And that won't happen. [13:58] <+hanz0> Right. I'm working, just graduated from a college-level high school program, going to be in college next year, and many of the staff are in similar positions. [13:59] <+hanz0> Skul's really the only one that does this 'full-time' (And how he manages that, I have no idea) [14:00] <@ChrisDom> Since skul works "full-time" [14:00] <@ChrisDom> He has it harder on him right? [14:01] <@ChrisDom> do you know what he manages? [14:01] <+hanz0> Not entirely, no [14:01] <@ChrisDom> Do you have an idea? [14:01] <+hanz0> However, I'd definitely say that he does the most work out of the volunteering staff [14:02] <+hanz0> Apart from the stuff on the forums, I believe he also monitors the support email [14:02] <+hanz0> Which I don't have access to, but I'm sure it's full of all sorts of exciting stuff [14:02] <@ChrisDom> Pretty tons more hacking [14:02] <@ChrisDom> TONS of it. [14:02] <+hanz0> Yep [14:02] <+hanz0> I'm not really sure how I'd measure workload, really [14:03] <@ChrisDom> You said you are a busy guy [14:03] <@ChrisDom> Do you think you'll be quitting soon? [14:03] <+hanz0> That's something I've been thinking about quite a bit [14:03] <+hanz0> The past couple years have been an interesting balance between school and moderating [14:04] <+hanz0> However, I was in an advanced (often college-level) program, so I feel like I should be able to transition over to college fairly smoothly [14:04] <+hanz0> So I expect there'll probably be a month or two where I'm settling in, but after that I'm hoping to continue with this [14:04] <+hanz0> Maybe not as much stuff, but what I can do. [14:05] <@ChrisDom> and in college, do you think you'll have less time? [14:05] <+hanz0> That's a bit of a conundrum (HA HA I USED THAT WORD), actually [14:06] <+hanz0> My schedule will probably be much more loose just due to how college is, but that might be offset by a higher academic workload [14:06] <+hanz0> And I'm still trying to sort out extracurricular stuff [14:06] <+hanz0> (I do taekwondo at the moment, but don't know how actively I'll be able to continue that) [14:07] <@ChrisDom> so time will tell [14:07] <@ChrisDom> if you quit or not? [14:07] <+hanz0> I doubt I'll outright quit, really [14:07] <+hanz0> Again, I'm not hugely concerned about the transition over to college, so I expect the most will be a reduced workload [14:08] <+hanz0> Which I'm sure the Market Squad can pick up. :P [14:08] <@ChrisDom> Well. that's all I have for you hanz0 [14:08] <@ChrisDom> any more last words? [14:08] == siku [[email protected]] has joined #interview [14:09] == siku has changed nick to HANZ0_UR_OVER [14:09] * hanz0 waves at siku. [14:09] <+hanz0> Hm [14:09] <+hanz0> I'd make a comment regarding the wonderful hatemail I get on occasion, but I feel like that might border on offensive. :D [14:10] <@ChrisDom> Do it [14:10] == steve [[email protected]] has joined #interview [14:10] <@ChrisDom> well give me an example of the hate mail [14:10] <@ChrisDom> are we talking [14:11] <@ChrisDom> "WHERE MY ITEMZ I HAET U HAND0!!" [14:11] <@ChrisDom> or something else [14:11] <+hanz0> More often it's in relation to me infracting them or banning them or somethin' [14:11] <+hanz0> And I'm quite fond of when they assume that I've got a personal vendetta against them [14:12] <@ChrisDom> K thank you hanz0
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I also just want to say, this is a really good thread idea. :3
(oh yeah and I joined in the same month and year)
Last edited by rittu; Jun 28, 2010 at 11:28 PM.
Originally Posted by Litto
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I also just want to say, this is a really good thread idea. :3
(oh yeah and I joined in the same month and year)
Well, I did it last year. So meh.
Also, Steve
[14:32] <@ChrisDom> sup steve.
[14:32] <+steve> whats going on dom?
[14:33] <@ChrisDom> You say that you have been in EVERY user group besides admin
[14:33] <@ChrisDom> right?
[14:33] <+steve> yussir
[14:33] <@ChrisDom> Where did you start?
[14:33] <+steve> PT :V
[14:33] <@ChrisDom> And how was that for you?
[14:34] <+steve> it was a pretty good time
[14:34] <+steve> the PT was a fun bunch
[14:34] <+steve> when I started, the PT actually meant and did something
[14:34] <@ChrisDom> Yep, PT was fun at the beginning
[14:34] <@ChrisDom> Did everyone in the PT have different jobs?
[14:35] <@ChrisDom> or was it collective?
[14:35] <+steve> i started in PT as an event host
[14:35] <+steve> people were allotted different jobs that pertained to their talents
[14:35] <+steve> art, dev, hosting, events
[14:35] <+steve> stuff along those lines
[14:35] <+steve> also
[14:35] <+steve> to make rittu happy
[14:35] <@ChrisDom> :>
[14:36] <+steve> he supervised the first tourney I hosted
[14:36] <+steve> which was a shitstorm :D
[14:36] <@ChrisDom> Of course
[14:36] <@ChrisDom> rittu sux.
[14:36] <+steve> yea
[14:36] <+steve> so then I was PT for around 3 months
[14:36] <@ChrisDom> but what exactly made PT die?
[14:36] <+steve> as far as I know
[14:36] <+steve> we dumped too much tc into the economy
[14:36] <+steve> when not enough was leaving
[14:37] <@ChrisDom> Good job.
[14:37] <+steve> and thats just to start :v
[14:37] <+steve> when PT was killed, there was around 40 members
[14:37] <+steve> i don't even want to go into how many of those people were lazy and inactive
[14:37] <+steve> basically, it became nostalgia central
[14:38] <+steve> oldfaegs got to keep their positions because they were oldfaegs
[14:38] <+steve> and the leaders were to hesitant to remove people who contributed alot in the past
[14:38] <@ChrisDom> so after PT
[14:38] <@ChrisDom> What did you do?
[14:39] <+steve> before PT died
[14:39] <+steve> me and Fnugget were approached by commander hanz0
[14:39] <+steve> to be the new moderators for the flame sub forum
[14:39] <+steve> then soon after I was promoted to PT lead
[14:40] <+steve> then me and hanz0 came up with the idea for msquad
[14:40] <+steve> which was born soon after
[14:40] <+steve> then PT was tanked
[14:40] <@ChrisDom> so is this way you and hanz0 have a good relationship
[14:41] <@ChrisDom> fathers of the market squad and all
[14:41] <+steve> I guess you could say that
[14:41] <+steve> ;v
[14:41] <+steve> so thats still been going pretty well
[14:41] <@ChrisDom> then what did you do after PT lead?
[14:42] <+steve> after PT was tanked, me, phail, and slipanc were put in charge of the new GK usergroup
[14:42] <+steve> but then we realized
[14:43] <+steve> that since the dramatic lack of ~ ingame would be bad
[14:43] <+steve> kitfox started up the new tori-agents
[14:43] <+steve> with me second in command I guess
[14:44] <@ChrisDom> And how was GK?
[14:44] <+steve> its pretty nice
[14:44] <@ChrisDom> I bet you guys didn't have a ton of problems
[14:44] <+steve> still running smoothly
[14:44] <+steve> well
[14:44] <+steve> the main problem we had to and still have to face
[14:44] <+steve> is all the excess tc in the economy
[14:44] <+steve> we want to give out spectacular prizes
[14:45] <+steve> but we can't flood the economy like PT did
[14:45] <@ChrisDom> You guys can't raid old accounts and recover tc?
[14:45] <@ChrisDom> people like riseagainst quit with millions
[14:46] <+steve> its not just sitting there, it has been ingrained into the economy
[14:46] <+steve> its like uh
[14:46] <+steve> grinding a cookie into a carpet
[14:46] <+steve> it stays
[14:46] <+steve> people are used to being wealthier
[14:46] <+steve> tc is worth less
[14:46] <+steve> 5 tc per win used to mean something
[14:46] <@ChrisDom> I see...
[14:46] <+steve> 100 tc used to mean something
[14:47] <@ChrisDom> and what is the mod team doing to help the economy?
[14:47] <+steve> now 10k means almost nothing to most players
[14:47] <+steve> we've got something big coming up ;)
[14:47] * steve pokes hanz0 in the eyes
[14:47] <@ChrisDom> Hmmm
[14:48] <@ChrisDom> Mysterious <3
[14:48] <@ChrisDom> So, what did you do after GK?
[14:48] <+steve> i still lead GK with slipanc
[14:48] <+steve> I spend half my forum time with the GK
[14:49] <+steve> and the other half doing moderating and resolving scams
[14:49] <+steve> and brainstorming on ways to improve the community and whatnot
[14:49] <@ChrisDom> would you say...
[14:49] <@ChrisDom> that the forum has been in a "dry" period?
[14:50] <+steve> well
[14:50] <+steve> what do you mean by "dry"?
[14:50] <@ChrisDom> boring.
[14:51] <+steve> well there is always stuff going on
[14:51] <+steve> if you look for it
[14:52] <+steve> events in particular
[14:52] <+steve> GK has stepped up their game alot recently
[14:52] <@ChrisDom> hmm
[14:52] <@ChrisDom> compared to last year
[14:52] <@ChrisDom> Does it seem dry to you then?
[14:52] <+steve> well
[14:53] <+steve> all my main TB acquaintances fall under three categories
[14:53] <+steve> 1. staff
[14:53] <+steve> 2. oldfaegs/ircfaegs
[14:53] <+steve> 3. quit
[14:53] <+steve> most of them rarely go ingame anymore
[14:54] <+steve> rittu: what your email faggot
[14:54] <@ChrisDom> Well, I don't know if ingame has a huge part in it.
[14:54] <+steve> well of course not
[14:54] <@ChrisDom> Last year had much more going to fun.
[14:54] <+steve> but the toribash forum revolves around the game, I guess you could say
[14:54] <@ChrisDom> Goons invade
[14:54] <@ChrisDom> Phoenix clan.
[14:54] <@ChrisDom> Stuff like that
[14:55] <+steve> lol
[14:55] <+steve> people are lazy
[14:55] <@ChrisDom> Can't argue with that.
[14:55] <+steve> I guess if we "organized" more stuff like that
[14:55] <+steve> it would be more fun
[14:56] <@ChrisDom> good
[14:56] <@ChrisDom> good...
[14:56] * steve nostalgias frugoosoft invasion
[14:56] <@ChrisDom> Errr
[14:56] <@ChrisDom> (LOL)
[14:56] <+steve> xD
[14:56] <@ChrisDom> What did you do to get to smod
[14:56] == rittu has changed nick to he_was_on_pt
[14:56] == he_was_on_pt has changed nick to rittu
[14:56] == rittu was kicked from #interview by ChrisDom [wibble]
[14:56] <+steve> well I applied
[14:56] <+steve> and I guess my application was looked upon favorably
[14:57] <+steve> being as I worked hard enough to earn the position that i have now
[14:57] <+steve> and continue to work to keep it and whatnot
[14:57] <@ChrisDom> in a few months, can you see yourself as an admin?
[14:57] <@ChrisDom> You have tons of experience.
[14:58] <+steve> I could see myself as an admin
[14:58] <+steve> and I would be grateful to be able to act as one
[14:58] <@ChrisDom> hint hint
[14:58] <+steve> only if the almighty overlords look upon me with favor
[14:58] * steve pokes hanz0 in the eyes again
[14:58] <@ChrisDom> 1 more question.
[14:59] <@ChrisDom> After Gman80 left, It looked like you took over his job
[14:59] <@ChrisDom> is that right?
[14:59] <+steve> well, I wouldn't put it that way
[15:00] <+steve> I guess you could say that I want to re-ignite the economy with new items
[15:00] <+steve> give the people a reason to spend TC again
[15:00] <@ChrisDom> Mmmk.
[15:00] <+steve> whatever hampa makes for the game, I try to uh
[15:01] <+steve> advertise, I guess
[15:01] <@ChrisDom> Anything you want to add?
[15:01] <+steve> hmm
[15:01] == siku has changed nick to steves_penis_is_small
[15:02] == steve has changed nick to steves_giant_dick_ravages_univ
[15:02] <+steves_giant_dick_ravages_univ> fff
[15:02] <+steves_giant_dick_ravages_univ> close enough
[15:02] <+steves_giant_dick_ravages_univ> nothing I can think of atm
[15:02] <@ChrisDom> ravages univ huh
[15:02] == steves_giant_dick_ravages_univ has changed nick to steve
[15:03] <+steve> I was going for universes
[15:03] == steves_penis_is_small has changed nick to siku[10:17][10:50] <diskimage> Where can I find the Toribash license?
Double posting to keep the interviews laid out.
Phail
Phail
[15:10] <@ChrisDom> Yo phail
[15:10] <+Phail> I'm going to pretend I'm not still reading up on my own personal information so I don't get it wrong
[15:11] <+Phail> hello
[15:11] <@ChrisDom> You are an smod right.
[15:11] == hanz0 [[email protected]] has left #interview []
[15:11] <+Phail> It's true
[15:11] <@ChrisDom> What did you do before you were an smod?
[15:11] <+Phail> this is like, by rittu's books
[15:11] <+Phail> I was promo-team first
[15:11] <+Phail> then I was a market moderator for a month and a half
[15:12] <+Phail> (well, I was a promo-team lead of ingame tournaments and trainees)
[15:12] <@ChrisDom> And then it was just a matter of applying?
[15:12] <+Phail> (am I allowed to say things about kitfox)
[15:12] <+Phail> :p
[15:13] <@ChrisDom> yes.
[15:13] <+Phail> oh ok
[15:13] <+Phail> so there was this one day where he messaged me asking if I wanted to be an smod
[15:13] <+Phail> and I was like
[15:13] <+Phail> yeeaaah okay
[15:13] <+Phail> and he was all like
[15:13] <+Phail> you'll have it by the end of the weekend
[15:13] <+Phail> needless to say, I didn't have it by the end of the weekend
[15:13] <+Phail> about 2 weeks later I was considering applying
[15:13] <+Phail> and talked to my 'ol buddy bdo about it
[15:14] <+Phail> he told me to flip a coin on it
[15:14] <+Phail> so I did
[15:14] <+Phail> got heads and went for it
[15:14] <+Phail> good choice, I got it pretty soon after
[15:14] <@ChrisDom> If you didn't flip that coin
[15:14] <@ChrisDom> do you think you would be smod today?
[15:15] <+Phail> hm
[15:15] <+Phail> I think I would've applied for it sooner or later
[15:15] <+Phail> or possibly might've been recommended for me
[15:15] <+Phail> (I remember at one point novitech was going to give up his admin position to try and get me into smod)
[15:15] <+Phail> that was kinda funny
[15:15] <@ChrisDom> novitech was kinda...
[15:15] <@ChrisDom> weird to me
[15:15] <+Phail> by admin I mean A-team
[15:15] <+Phail> I think
[15:16] <+Phail> Novitech is hated by a lot of people, but I really liked him
[15:16] <+Phail> he was very good to my clan and I
[15:16] <@ChrisDom> I didn't hate him, I never had a reason to
[15:16] <@ChrisDom> But he was just
[15:16] <@ChrisDom> ...
[15:16] <@ChrisDom> off
[15:17] <@ChrisDom> Anyway.
[15:17] <@ChrisDom> How long have you been an smod?
[15:17] <+Phail> god
[15:17] <+Phail> uh
[15:17] <+Phail> I don't know
[15:17] <+Phail> I didn't get far into researching this when you were ready >_>
[15:17] <+Phail> stupid lack of search function
[15:17] <+Phail> about a year now I think
[15:17] <@ChrisDom> Do you enjoy your job
[15:18] <+Phail> I do
[15:18] <+Phail> it's pretty good fun sometimes actually
[15:18] <+Phail> and it's a nice thing to do when you're bored
[15:18] <+Phail> I think I'm generally one of the nicer smods tbh
[15:18] <@ChrisDom> Who are the less nice mods?
[15:18] <@ChrisDom> (besides jalis)
[15:18] <+Phail> I mean, I always type out paragraph long infraction reasons that usually have please in there twice at least
[15:19] <+Phail> god that was a pointed question
[15:19] <+Phail> I dunno, chac is improving
[15:19] <+Phail> uh
[15:19] <+Phail> let me think of who is still an smod who is not nice
[15:19] <+Phail> RedDevil can be a bit mean
[15:19] <@ChrisDom> Really?
[15:19] <+Phail> I love you reddevil
[15:20] <@ChrisDom> I think he's just a be aggressive.
[15:20] <+Phail> yea sometimes
[15:20] <@ChrisDom> bit*
[15:20] <+Phail> well
[15:20] <+Phail> I sort of put him and shin-ryuu in the same boat
[15:20] <+Phail> they like to have fun when moderating I guess
[15:20] <+Phail> and I guess that means being mean a bit or whatever
[15:21] <@ChrisDom> And are you ever mean?
[15:21] <+Phail> uh
[15:21] <+Phail> I dunno if you would say 'mean'
[15:21] <@ChrisDom> are you.
[15:21] <+Phail> but sometimes I am not as nice
[15:21] <+Phail> (I only say please one time)
[15:21] <@ChrisDom> RedDevil-ish
[15:21] <+Phail> haha
[15:21] <+Phail> nice adjective
[15:21] <@ChrisDom> I try
[15:21] <+Phail> this makes it seem like I hate reddevil
[15:21] <+Phail> dammnit
[15:21] <+Phail> I hate you too
[15:21] <+Phail> I mean
[15:21] <+Phail> I just hate you
[15:22] <@ChrisDom> :D
[15:22] <+Phail> well
[15:22] <+Phail> you know
[15:22] <+Phail> I try to steer away from letting what I think of someone show when I infract them
[15:22] <+Phail> (sometimes there are no pleases!)
[15:22] <@ChrisDom> no warnings.
[15:22] <+Phail> oh well
[15:22] <+Phail> you know what I mean
[15:22] <@ChrisDom> mmk
[15:22] <@ChrisDom> And what do you think of the current mod team?
[15:22] <+Phail> I also don't really like the warning thing that much and tend to verbally warn people most of the time
[15:23] <+Phail> oh, I think the current mod team is pretty great
[15:23] <+Phail> we are getting a fair lot done
[15:23] <+Phail> so much so that I often look for reports and they're all done
[15:23] <+Phail> :C
[15:23] <+Phail> but you know
[15:23] <+Phail> the smods, admins and ninjas are all good
[15:23] <@ChrisDom> Everyone is pulling their weight?
[15:23] <+Phail> but I'm still a bit iffy about some of the local mods
[15:23] <@ChrisDom> Like who?
[15:23] <+Phail> yeah, in one area or another
[15:24] <+Phail> unless they have a reason to be excused
[15:24] <+Phail> you and your pointed questions that make me feel like a horrible person
[15:24] <+Phail> :(
[15:24] <+Phail> uhh
[15:24] <@ChrisDom> (I can think of a few locals)
[15:24] <+Phail> I dunno, I don't like mentioning names
[15:24] <+Phail> but I'll just say some of the ones in the more recent batch
[15:24] <@ChrisDom> ahh ok.
[15:24] <@ChrisDom> I see what you did there.
[15:25] <+Phail> (this is a clever way to hide that I actually don't even know their names)
[15:25] <@ChrisDom> What does being a mod mean to you?
[15:25] <+Phail> (I just think, man that guy with the <insert colour> avatar, I hate him)
[15:25] <+Phail> mean to me?
[15:25] <+Phail> uh
[15:25] <+Phail> it means quite a lot to me, actually
[15:25] <+Phail> I've only had the internet for like
[15:25] <+Phail> 2 and a half years now
[15:25] <+Phail> and this was my very first online game/forum
[15:26] <+Phail> so it's really quite nice to have achieved something
[15:26] <@ChrisDom> Awesome phail
[15:26] <@ChrisDom> Anything you want to say?
[15:26] <+Phail> yeah, I've got a peice of advice for other people being interviewed actually
[15:27] <+Phail> for god's sake, say less in one line
[15:27] <+Phail> scrolling across in the code is so damn annoying
[15:27] <+Phail> !
[15:27] <@ChrisDom> :>
[15:27] <+Phail> although I have no doubt I totally said too much in one line
[15:27] <@ChrisDom> lol thanks phail[10:17][10:50] <diskimage> Where can I find the Toribash license?
Originally Posted by ChrisDom
Well, I did it last year. So meh.
Also, Steve
Where is this tc? IT'S EVERYWHERE.[14:32] <@ChrisDom> sup steve. [14:32] <+steve> whats going on dom? [14:33] <@ChrisDom> You say that you have been in EVERY user group besides admin [14:33] <@ChrisDom> right? [14:33] <+steve> yussir [14:33] <@ChrisDom> Where did you start? [14:33] <+steve> PT :V [14:33] <@ChrisDom> And how was that for you? [14:34] <+steve> it was a pretty good time [14:34] <+steve> the PT was a fun bunch [14:34] <+steve> when I started, the PT actually meant and did something [14:34] <@ChrisDom> Yep, PT was fun at the beginning [14:34] <@ChrisDom> Did everyone in the PT have different jobs? [14:35] <@ChrisDom> or was it collective? [14:35] <+steve> i started in PT as an event host [14:35] <+steve> people were allotted different jobs that pertained to their talents [14:35] <+steve> art, dev, hosting, events [14:35] <+steve> stuff along those lines [14:35] <+steve> also [14:35] <+steve> to make rittu happy [14:35] <@ChrisDom> :> [14:36] <+steve> he supervised the first tourney I hosted [14:36] <+steve> which was a shitstorm :D [14:36] <@ChrisDom> Of course [14:36] <@ChrisDom> rittu sux. [14:36] <+steve> yea [14:36] <+steve> so then I was PT for around 3 months [14:36] <@ChrisDom> but what exactly made PT die? [14:36] <+steve> as far as I know [14:36] <+steve> we dumped too much tc into the economy [14:36] <+steve> when not enough was leaving [14:37] <@ChrisDom> Good job. [14:37] <+steve> and thats just to start :v [14:37] <+steve> when PT was killed, there was around 40 members [14:37] <+steve> i don't even want to go into how many of those people were lazy and inactive [14:37] <+steve> basically, it became nostalgia central [14:38] <+steve> oldfaegs got to keep their positions because they were oldfaegs [14:38] <+steve> and the leaders were to hesitant to remove people who contributed alot in the past [14:38] <@ChrisDom> so after PT [14:38] <@ChrisDom> What did you do? [14:39] <+steve> before PT died [14:39] <+steve> me and Fnugget were approached by commander hanz0 [14:39] <+steve> to be the new moderators for the flame sub forum [14:39] <+steve> then soon after I was promoted to PT lead [14:40] <+steve> then me and hanz0 came up with the idea for msquad [14:40] <+steve> which was born soon after [14:40] <+steve> then PT was tanked [14:40] <@ChrisDom> so is this way you and hanz0 have a good relationship [14:41] <@ChrisDom> fathers of the market squad and all [14:41] <+steve> I guess you could say that [14:41] <+steve> ;v [14:41] <+steve> so thats still been going pretty well [14:41] <@ChrisDom> then what did you do after PT lead? [14:42] <+steve> after PT was tanked, me, phail, and slipanc were put in charge of the new GK usergroup [14:42] <+steve> but then we realized [14:43] <+steve> that since the dramatic lack of ~ ingame would be bad [14:43] <+steve> kitfox started up the new tori-agents [14:43] <+steve> with me second in command I guess [14:44] <@ChrisDom> And how was GK? [14:44] <+steve> its pretty nice [14:44] <@ChrisDom> I bet you guys didn't have a ton of problems [14:44] <+steve> still running smoothly [14:44] <+steve> well [14:44] <+steve> the main problem we had to and still have to face [14:44] <+steve> is all the excess tc in the economy [14:44] <+steve> we want to give out spectacular prizes [14:45] <+steve> but we can't flood the economy like PT did [14:45] <@ChrisDom> You guys can't raid old accounts and recover tc? [14:45] <@ChrisDom> people like riseagainst quit with millions [14:46] <+steve> its not just sitting there, it has been ingrained into the economy [14:46] <+steve> its like uh [14:46] <+steve> grinding a cookie into a carpet [14:46] <+steve> it stays [14:46] <+steve> people are used to being wealthier [14:46] <+steve> tc is worth less [14:46] <+steve> 5 tc per win used to mean something [14:46] <@ChrisDom> I see... [14:46] <+steve> 100 tc used to mean something [14:47] <@ChrisDom> and what is the mod team doing to help the economy? [14:47] <+steve> now 10k means almost nothing to most players [14:47] <+steve> we've got something big coming up ;) [14:47] * steve pokes hanz0 in the eyes [14:47] <@ChrisDom> Hmmm [14:48] <@ChrisDom> Mysterious <3 [14:48] <@ChrisDom> So, what did you do after GK? [14:48] <+steve> i still lead GK with slipanc [14:48] <+steve> I spend half my forum time with the GK [14:49] <+steve> and the other half doing moderating and resolving scams [14:49] <+steve> and brainstorming on ways to improve the community and whatnot [14:49] <@ChrisDom> would you say... [14:49] <@ChrisDom> that the forum has been in a "dry" period? [14:50] <+steve> well [14:50] <+steve> what do you mean by "dry"? [14:50] <@ChrisDom> boring. [14:51] <+steve> well there is always stuff going on [14:51] <+steve> if you look for it [14:52] <+steve> events in particular [14:52] <+steve> GK has stepped up their game alot recently [14:52] <@ChrisDom> hmm [14:52] <@ChrisDom> compared to last year [14:52] <@ChrisDom> Does it seem dry to you then? [14:52] <+steve> well [14:53] <+steve> all my main TB acquaintances fall under three categories [14:53] <+steve> 1. staff [14:53] <+steve> 2. oldfaegs/ircfaegs [14:53] <+steve> 3. quit [14:53] <+steve> most of them rarely go ingame anymore [14:54] <+steve> rittu: what your email faggot [14:54] <@ChrisDom> Well, I don't know if ingame has a huge part in it. [14:54] <+steve> well of course not [14:54] <@ChrisDom> Last year had much more going to fun. [14:54] <+steve> but the toribash forum revolves around the game, I guess you could say [14:54] <@ChrisDom> Goons invade [14:54] <@ChrisDom> Phoenix clan. [14:54] <@ChrisDom> Stuff like that [14:55] <+steve> lol [14:55] <+steve> people are lazy [14:55] <@ChrisDom> Can't argue with that. [14:55] <+steve> I guess if we "organized" more stuff like that [14:55] <+steve> it would be more fun [14:56] <@ChrisDom> good [14:56] <@ChrisDom> good... [14:56] * steve nostalgias frugoosoft invasion [14:56] <@ChrisDom> Errr [14:56] <@ChrisDom> (LOL) [14:56] <+steve> xD [14:56] <@ChrisDom> What did you do to get to smod [14:56] == rittu has changed nick to he_was_on_pt [14:56] == he_was_on_pt has changed nick to rittu [14:56] == rittu was kicked from #interview by ChrisDom [wibble] [14:56] <+steve> well I applied [14:56] <+steve> and I guess my application was looked upon favorably [14:57] <+steve> being as I worked hard enough to earn the position that i have now [14:57] <+steve> and continue to work to keep it and whatnot [14:57] <@ChrisDom> in a few months, can you see yourself as an admin? [14:57] <@ChrisDom> You have tons of experience. [14:58] <+steve> I could see myself as an admin [14:58] <+steve> and I would be grateful to be able to act as one [14:58] <@ChrisDom> hint hint [14:58] <+steve> only if the almighty overlords look upon me with favor [14:58] * steve pokes hanz0 in the eyes again [14:58] <@ChrisDom> 1 more question. [14:59] <@ChrisDom> After Gman80 left, It looked like you took over his job [14:59] <@ChrisDom> is that right? [14:59] <+steve> well, I wouldn't put it that way [15:00] <+steve> I guess you could say that I want to re-ignite the economy with new items [15:00] <+steve> give the people a reason to spend TC again [15:00] <@ChrisDom> Mmmk. [15:00] <+steve> whatever hampa makes for the game, I try to uh [15:01] <+steve> advertise, I guess [15:01] <@ChrisDom> Anything you want to add? [15:01] <+steve> hmm [15:01] == siku has changed nick to steves_penis_is_small [15:02] == steve has changed nick to steves_giant_dick_ravages_univ [15:02] <+steves_giant_dick_ravages_univ> fff [15:02] <+steves_giant_dick_ravages_univ> close enough [15:02] <+steves_giant_dick_ravages_univ> nothing I can think of atm [15:02] <@ChrisDom> ravages univ huh [15:02] == steves_giant_dick_ravages_univ has changed nick to steve [15:03] <+steve> I was going for universes [15:03] == steves_penis_is_small has changed nick to siku
People should read this, I'm a pretty cool guy.
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