Meganium
[i]memento mori[/i]
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Quitting staff the first time.
As some of you may or may not know, I was a moderator back in 2011-2012, way before I took over Fan Clubs. I was only 20 and extremely clueless on what the heck I was doing for the first couple of weeks. I was even warned several times for my "strict" actions. lol. I was modding The Welcome Lounge at the time, and to be honest, that section was like a forever home to me. It was a hard section to mod in simply because you have to be 100% on top of what new members need/want. These new members that enter the doors of PokeCommunity will look up to you, as you are the very first person they'll see! Other than throwing ROM hacking members to the ROM hacking section, assisting members and pointing them to the right direction was my absolute favorite thing to do.
It was also the tenure period when I was able to lift off the PokeCommunity Adoption Center. Originally the idea was made by Larry (Hiidoran), who was my mod partner at the time. We had plans on kicking it off before the end of 2011, but several things got in the way to the point that he ended up resigning. I went ahead and continued on with the Adoption Center proposal, keeping him in credit for the idea. I started off with hiring a few mentors, finding a new mod partner, and then finally opening the Adoption Center in February of 2012. It continues to run today, thanks to Shawn.
Summer of 2012 came around and I started to get really busy in real life. After losing a mod partner for the second time, things were beginning to get extremely difficult for me, and my addiction to role playing at the time wasn't helping. Dealing with family problems at the time, I started losing track of what I wanted to do on PC, let alone the Welcome Lounge altogether. I knew I would have asked h-staff for another partner, but instead I took a different direction. I ended up resigning.
After I resigned, Sheep took over. I stayed around to help her as much as I could, but eventually she caught up very quickly. As you can see, without my support, she wouldn't even be on staff...let alone be in the current position she is in right now. <3
I began to feel some regret in me because not only I was so used to seeing the staff boards, or my name in bold, but most importantly how I'm approached to members, especially new members. People look at me as just another blue-colored italicized member who looks like she may need help herself. I tried to actually help members even as a regular member, but they see me as intimidating. As if I'm planning to mock them. One time I had a new member telling me to not talk to them via PM, because they think I'm being mean to them. I was only trying to point them to a Pokemon discussion thread. :/
Not gonna lie, I was tempted to ask for my position back right after I resigned. But after watching Sheep do a wonderful job with The Welcome Lounge, and my course load for my college semester, I decided to simply move on with the regret instead. I told myself that I could do fine without dealing with an extra set of responsibilities for a while. My time management at the time was very awful, and I also had life responsibilities to attain to. The Welcome Lounge would do fine without me.
Even as a current Fan Clubs & Groups moderator, I still visit my old section from time to time. Shawn (and past mod Synerjee), did a great job running the place. I'm currently a mentor at the Adoption Center, which I'm proud to have given life to. Would I ever return as a TWL mod? The answer is yes. But honestly, I've done my time there. It was fun and you will learn so much in that position. If you become a mod in that section in the future, rest assured that you will have one hell of a good time. :)
As some of you may or may not know, I was a moderator back in 2011-2012, way before I took over Fan Clubs. I was only 20 and extremely clueless on what the heck I was doing for the first couple of weeks. I was even warned several times for my "strict" actions. lol. I was modding The Welcome Lounge at the time, and to be honest, that section was like a forever home to me. It was a hard section to mod in simply because you have to be 100% on top of what new members need/want. These new members that enter the doors of PokeCommunity will look up to you, as you are the very first person they'll see! Other than throwing ROM hacking members to the ROM hacking section, assisting members and pointing them to the right direction was my absolute favorite thing to do.
It was also the tenure period when I was able to lift off the PokeCommunity Adoption Center. Originally the idea was made by Larry (Hiidoran), who was my mod partner at the time. We had plans on kicking it off before the end of 2011, but several things got in the way to the point that he ended up resigning. I went ahead and continued on with the Adoption Center proposal, keeping him in credit for the idea. I started off with hiring a few mentors, finding a new mod partner, and then finally opening the Adoption Center in February of 2012. It continues to run today, thanks to Shawn.
Summer of 2012 came around and I started to get really busy in real life. After losing a mod partner for the second time, things were beginning to get extremely difficult for me, and my addiction to role playing at the time wasn't helping. Dealing with family problems at the time, I started losing track of what I wanted to do on PC, let alone the Welcome Lounge altogether. I knew I would have asked h-staff for another partner, but instead I took a different direction. I ended up resigning.
After I resigned, Sheep took over. I stayed around to help her as much as I could, but eventually she caught up very quickly. As you can see, without my support, she wouldn't even be on staff...let alone be in the current position she is in right now. <3
I began to feel some regret in me because not only I was so used to seeing the staff boards, or my name in bold, but most importantly how I'm approached to members, especially new members. People look at me as just another blue-colored italicized member who looks like she may need help herself. I tried to actually help members even as a regular member, but they see me as intimidating. As if I'm planning to mock them. One time I had a new member telling me to not talk to them via PM, because they think I'm being mean to them. I was only trying to point them to a Pokemon discussion thread. :/
Not gonna lie, I was tempted to ask for my position back right after I resigned. But after watching Sheep do a wonderful job with The Welcome Lounge, and my course load for my college semester, I decided to simply move on with the regret instead. I told myself that I could do fine without dealing with an extra set of responsibilities for a while. My time management at the time was very awful, and I also had life responsibilities to attain to. The Welcome Lounge would do fine without me.
Even as a current Fan Clubs & Groups moderator, I still visit my old section from time to time. Shawn (and past mod Synerjee), did a great job running the place. I'm currently a mentor at the Adoption Center, which I'm proud to have given life to. Would I ever return as a TWL mod? The answer is yes. But honestly, I've done my time there. It was fun and you will learn so much in that position. If you become a mod in that section in the future, rest assured that you will have one hell of a good time. :)
