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Era of of SS-Administration Edition
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Era of of SS-Administration Edition

Mainly because I got bored, this is like the other one, but for the Administration of the Forums(mods, admins, ect.)

First Era (Around from the creation of the Forums, and the first mod/admin other than Soul)

The Era of Identity: The board faced it's worst trolls and spammers, and forged it's heart and message through the posts that cut through the spam. (Special thanks to Vatman)

Era of Relitive Harmony (From around the First Era's End to the time Thunder left)

Era of Darkness (From the end of the Era of Harmony to whenl Soul removed all mods/admins excluding herself)

Era of Soul (From the end of the Darkness Era to when xcriteria became a mod)

Era of New Harmony (From the end of the Era of Soul to when Me, DoA, and Night became Mods)

Era of The New Order (Current Era. Began upon the modding of Me, DoA, and Night)

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RE: Era of of SS-Administration Edition

(04-21-2014 06:54 AM)Chanku Wrote:  Mainly because I got bored, this is like the other one, but for the Administration of the Forums(mods, admins, ect.)

First Era (Around from the creation of the Forums, and the first mod/admin other than Soul)

Era of Relitive Harmony (From around the First Era's End to the time Thunder left)

Era of Darkness (From the end of the Era of Harmony to whenl Soul removed all mods/admins excluding herself)

Era of Soul (From the end of the Darkness Era to when xcriteria became a mod)

Era of New Harmony (From the end of the Era of Soul to when Me, DoA, and Night became Mods)

Era of The New Order (Current Era. Began upon the modding of Me, DoA, and Night)
1.) Congrats on the 1k posts
2.) What ever happened to the previous mods?

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04-21-2014 07:14 AM
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I didn't even notice that that was my 1000th post....go figure.... and soul removed them from power.

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(04-21-2014 07:16 AM)Chanku Wrote:  I didn't even notice that that was my 1000th post....go figure.... and soul removed them from power.

I meant after that. Thunder, I know left on his own terms. What about the rest?

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RE: Era of of SS-Administration Edition

..wut?
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After Thunder left, I'm not sure what goes on in between, however sometime between that (and sometime during the shutdowns of the forums most likely), soul removed all mods and admins excluding herself.

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RE: Era of of SS-Administration Edition

Id suggest writing some neat story for each era like a historian.

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Quote:After Thunder left, I'm not sure what goes on in between, however sometime between that (and sometime during the shutdowns of the forums most likely), soul removed all mods and admins excluding herself.
That happened at the same time that I shut down the forums completely. Figured I wouldn't be needing mods if the forums are down. Razz

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Thank-you soul

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Good work so far, but I'd prefer a history of the IRC.
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The IRC history is quite lulzy indeed

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RE: Era of of SS-Administration Edition

There is an era you are missing, between the first and second era...where people like JUSTIN attacked the forums, and there was over 26 moderators at one point. During that time, Darthmat made like 10,000 posts in the span of a year, and Wildfire did almost 8000 herself. That was the era of Kirby and Wolfe's Brilliance, and happy campers wit. It was when we decided against allowing porn, and my events that may or may not have destroyed the forum.

That era could be called

The Era of Identity: The board faced it's worst trolls and spammers, and forged it's heart and message through the posts that cut through the spam.

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If anyone knows our history, it's people like xcriteria and Vatman.

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(04-23-2014 06:56 AM)Vatman Wrote:  There is an era you are missing, between the first and second era...where people like JUSTIN attacked the forums, and there was over 26 moderators at one point. During that time, Darthmat made like 10,000 posts in the span of a year, and Wildfire did almost 8000 herself. That was the era of Kirby and Wolfe's Brilliance, and happy campers wit. It was when we decided against allowing porn, and my events that may or may not have destroyed the forum.

That era could be called

The Era of Identity: The board faced it's worst trolls and spammers, and forged it's heart and message through the posts that cut through the spam.

Quite interesting stuff. I wonder how we'll be perceived in the future(hoping that the site exists till then and beyond)

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i remember the pretty acp

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