Chris Posted January 1, 2008 Share Posted January 1, 2008 First of all, a happy new year to you all, most of you are now in 2008! This topic is here to inform you about some of the changes we're making based on some of the ideas which have arisen recently from other staff and indeed regular members of TGTAP. The first of those to speak about is some changes to the staff lineup. No demotions, only promotions Sky has been promoted to administrator, being one of the most trustworthy and longest standing super mods. He's someone else I can rely on making good decisions and implementing changes we might discuss etc, even if it's just to help me out. MrLlamaLlama and rockstarrem have been promoted to Super Mod, as well as Spaz who we've given back his position. These people can now help moderate the entire forum to keep it running smoothly. Finally, MishoM and Lord Voldemort have been given more individual forums to moderate. The rest remain unchanged. The next change I'm going to talk about is the creation of the General GTA forum. This is something I never really saw the point of having, but it's clear that a number of you wanted it, so we've made it. The forum is for those topics which are about GTA, but which might cover several of the games in the series. Or, they might not be about a particular GTA, just about the series in general, perhaps future games etc. Inside this forum I have moved our GTA Classics and GTA Advance subforums, as although these are still needed and occasionally posted in, they aren't particularly active, it seems a sensible place to keep them out the way. The other major change is the removal of our infamous Warzone forum. While many of you might think this not to be such a great idea, I'll explain why I am personally doing such a thing. Firstly, the amount of topics being made there has been increasing a lot. It seems like everytime someone gets annoyed by another member theygo straight into the warzone and flame them - then, everyone else joins in, sometimes even if they aren't involved whatsoever. Granted, there were some popular and legit topics there, a couple of which are now in the Fun and Offtopic forum due to demand. For the most part, the warzone was an outlet for everyones anger, but which often spilled over into other parts of the forum, which is the opposite of what it was originally made for. Since we want to move away from all this negativity, we suggest that if a member is annoying you to the point where you feel the need to be vocal, try to settle your differences via PM. I'd like to point out that the PM function does indeed have a Block facility, so if someones tries harassing you, you can simply block them from sending you anymore PM's. Though if they tried harassing you you may want to inform an admin as we don't condone this. As I mentioned above, the Fun and Offtopic forum is the new name for fun and games. I also wrote a new description for it to better describe the content. It's a forum that some don't like, but others love. I'm keeping it because I think everyone still needs a forum where they can go to let their hair down so to speak. To get away from all the seriousness of the rest of the forum and go crazy or whatever. We'd like to see people not use this forum so much though, and aim to post more in the GTA forums since that's what we're all about. There will be more incentive to post there with more possible changes on the way though, which you'll hear about at a later date. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gerard Posted January 1, 2008 Share Posted January 1, 2008 Glad to see these changes being made at last. Kudos on the positive attitude, but there are still a lot more changes we need to at least discuss. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sherman Posted January 1, 2008 Share Posted January 1, 2008 Nice to see I had a little bit of influence in that (; Though I do feel like kings of the cattle now. Congrats to the rest of you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Posted January 1, 2008 Author Share Posted January 1, 2008 Kings of the cattle? Lowl. Yeah anyway discuss the rest of what you want done in your topic, Gerard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrLlamaLlama Posted January 1, 2008 Share Posted January 1, 2008 Heh, i was just about to go to bed... Congrats to Rockstarrem, you deserved that dude, like, relly deserved it. Also, well done to Sky, know you'll make a kick - ass admin. Thanks to Chris, hopefully i can justify that promotion. Thanks also to, just, well everyone really. You've all been great, weird to think i've only been here a little over a year, you all rock! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas. Posted January 1, 2008 Share Posted January 1, 2008 Good luck with the jobs guys. I think you all deserve it (Especially Sky being one of the members who has been here the longest). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MishoM Posted January 1, 2008 Share Posted January 1, 2008 Congrats to rockstarrem, Sky, MrLlamaLlama, Spaz, Lord Voldemort, and me. I know we're all going to kick ass at our new jobs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highwire Posted January 1, 2008 Share Posted January 1, 2008 Great changes. Here in Canada its still only 9:00 so there are 3 hours left. These are great changes for 2008! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockstarrem Posted January 1, 2008 Share Posted January 1, 2008 I come home from New Years, make a post, look at the side and say "fuck, I'm a Super Mod" and get all excited. I'm not drunk but feel it, like, I'm over over tired. I'll start super moderating when I wake up, I promise! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NSanityHD Posted January 1, 2008 Share Posted January 1, 2008 Congratulations!!! To Sky, MrLlamaLlama, rockstarrem, MishoM, and Spaz. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GTA Don Posted January 1, 2008 Share Posted January 1, 2008 Congrats to everyone who got promoted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TM™ Posted January 1, 2008 Share Posted January 1, 2008 Well, it seems that things around here will be different from this year, but I guess we'll be seeing some positive stuff come from this, not negative. And yes, congrats to the moderators that turned to Super Mods and the others that turned to forum mods (Aww, I thought I was going to be promoted... Oh well, lol. ). But this will definitely be good for us and I guess the future can turn even more brighter if we keep adding more changes. But yeah, seems that now we're getting back on track, let's hope the new members give a good impression on us! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Connor Posted January 1, 2008 Share Posted January 1, 2008 Congrats to everyone who got promoted. It's a good idea removing the warzone, since now, if someone wants to flame, they go to the warzone, it's not there so they can't do it, therefor making flaming disappear. It's a weird way of putting it, not many people would understand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red_91 Posted January 1, 2008 Share Posted January 1, 2008 Nice changes here, should get more members that will actually stay active now. Anyway congratz to all the promotional people. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark Lord Posted January 1, 2008 Share Posted January 1, 2008 Cool. Congrats to the New Super Mods! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slayer Posted January 1, 2008 Share Posted January 1, 2008 First of all, congrats to all of the promotions, make us proud . Second, I think the removal of warzone is a great move, yeah, it was always taken too far and too wide. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrLlamaLlama Posted January 1, 2008 Share Posted January 1, 2008 Sorry tp the people i missed off... Real tired, drank too much, etc. So, Well done to JayD, Mishom, Spaz. And thanks to everyone who said well done, thanks etc. I come home from New Years, make a post, look at the side and say "fuck, I'm a Super Mod" and get all excited. I'm not drunk but feel it, like, I'm over over tired. I'll start super moderating when I wake up, I promise! Hehe, the first i knew was TEC's PM. I just finished a game of SAMP, my computer was still all laggy and stuff, and, i read the PM, and was like... wha? Like, 4 MSN windows flashing at me that weren't responding... Meh. At least i got my 10+ hours' sleep since then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Bossman Posted January 1, 2008 Share Posted January 1, 2008 Nice work Chris, excellent changes made. I'm glad the Warzone went, it just made people more negative towards each other TBH, and it got dragged into other topics which wasn't really acceptable. Congrats also to Sky, Spaz, Llama and rockstar, continue doing the great work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Urbanoutlaw Posted January 1, 2008 Share Posted January 1, 2008 Congrats on the promotions guys. The only problem I see w/ removing the warzone would be people flaming in open forum, but I see what you're getting at & hope it promotes a more positive attitude. I remember a couple warzone topics spilling out & found it annoying at best. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hansui Posted January 2, 2008 Share Posted January 2, 2008 congrats to everyone who got promoted, I hope you'll use your privileges wisely... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Artur Posted January 2, 2008 Share Posted January 2, 2008 Congrats to everyone. Some wise decisions made by removing the War Zone, everyone good luck in their new positions! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ivan Posted January 2, 2008 Share Posted January 2, 2008 (edited) Congrats to everyone that got promoted, these are positive changes but let's just hope that members will change also, I know I will. Edited January 2, 2008 by IVAN ALEXANDROV Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NSanityHD Posted January 2, 2008 Share Posted January 2, 2008 Lets just hope we don't get more Spammers We need good and active members Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YellowJacket Posted January 2, 2008 Share Posted January 2, 2008 Aww, no more warzone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott. Posted January 2, 2008 Share Posted January 2, 2008 Congrats to everyone who's gotten promoted... Do your jobs well.. or get pwned . Joking, congrats super mods and admins. I think getting rid of the war zone is a good idea, people, well me, I like to see the forum being a happy place, not people flaming each other as soon as they get angry. Good decisions Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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