Gerard Posted July 10, 2006 Share Posted July 10, 2006 Now we finally have an honour for The GTA Place's oldest and wisest members - the Veterans. The Staff have selected 13 members who have been here the longest, posted the most and understand these forums more than any others to be Veterans. Veterans have certain privileges on the forums such as being able to remove the "edited by" line when editing a post, and being able to change their vote in polls. They also have lighter restrictions on things like flooding and search limits, and greater PM and upload storage limits, and the ability to delete their own posts. Veteran status is NOT a job - we have issued these privileges on the basis that these members are ones we can trust and rely upon, and it is intended to make their life easier. This group will be the first place we look for gang leaders and new forum moderators. They will also be consulted on important issues, and help decide some things we do on the forums. So congratulations to: Mother Theresa, Caitaiko, tommy vercetti guy, Slayer, biggamer132, Slavik Von Stockholm, Bryzed, Genocide, aemboy15, Oscar, crazychicken17, smallpancake and Chrisman. If you want to be a Veteran, you simply have to be active on the forums for a few months, and if you have been a leading member of the community, contributed a lot, and not done anything too stupid, then we might make you a veteran when we do the next intake. There are certain criteria that have to be fulfiled before we can make anybody a veteran, so don't be disappointed if you aren't one straightaway. Gerard and Chris have the final say in any individual case. We will add to this group in the near future, yet we don't expect to have to remove anybody unless they actually do something wrong. Hope this gives our new and recent members something to look up to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Artur Posted July 11, 2006 Share Posted July 11, 2006 (edited) Sounds cool, I hope to stay here for a long time and maybe one day become a "Veteran" too. Congratulations to the new veterans! Edited July 11, 2006 by ArturKim21 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tommy vercetti guy Posted July 11, 2006 Share Posted July 11, 2006 woo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Posted July 11, 2006 Share Posted July 11, 2006 Congrats to all the veterans, I thank you all for staying loyal to us for so long Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tommy vercetti guy Posted July 11, 2006 Share Posted July 11, 2006 Sorry for being off topic, but, whos Gerard? Now that you can change your username... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gerard Posted July 11, 2006 Author Share Posted July 11, 2006 Me? I'm Xenon. And I'm still undecided on which name to use Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tommy vercetti guy Posted July 11, 2006 Share Posted July 11, 2006 I remember Xenon, I thought he dissapeared, seems he just had a name change :/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C.O.D Posted July 11, 2006 Share Posted July 11, 2006 TVG, so you thought that Gerard Boyers is not Xenon/Zino all along? Will there be a list (like the Moderator List or the Staff List) concerning these veterans? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gerard Posted July 11, 2006 Author Share Posted July 11, 2006 Nope, I've been here in stealth View Veterans Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tommy vercetti guy Posted July 11, 2006 Share Posted July 11, 2006 God, you were Stealth too?!?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C.O.D Posted July 11, 2006 Share Posted July 11, 2006 Noooo... (...maybe) He's disguised as 'Gerard' for quite a long time. But you did not see it! So yeah, he's been in stealth... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gerard Posted July 11, 2006 Author Share Posted July 11, 2006 Haha, no My real name is Gerard Boyers (see my sig and avatar), although online I've been going under the name "Xenon" for a few years. I have been stealthy and hiding under my new name. Nothing to do with the member "Stealth". Although I did put "formerly Xenon/Zino" in my sig until a week or two ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C.O.D Posted July 11, 2006 Share Posted July 11, 2006 That's what I've been trying to say. Anyways: What if a Veteran member becomes inactive? Maybe they can get demoted? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gerard Posted July 11, 2006 Author Share Posted July 11, 2006 We've decided not to enforce that, simply because there aren't that many members who've been here ages, have loads of posts and still come on here regularly. Most of the ones that do are staff. So we've had to keep the Veteran criteria fairly loose, and we've decided that (for now), once a veteran, always a veteran. That is unless you do something bad like spam/hack/die. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neto Posted July 11, 2006 Share Posted July 11, 2006 (edited) yeah I been here since 2003 but only I didn't register until 2004 but then I lay low for a while, then I registered again in 2006 and posted so does that make me a veteran? Edited July 11, 2006 by Neto Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tommy vercetti guy Posted July 11, 2006 Share Posted July 11, 2006 You shouldnt have typed that... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neto Posted July 11, 2006 Share Posted July 11, 2006 why? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tommy vercetti guy Posted July 11, 2006 Share Posted July 11, 2006 U arnt suppose 2 make multiple accounts foo!11one!11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neto Posted July 11, 2006 Share Posted July 11, 2006 I didn't it just didn't worked after I stopped using the other one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tommy vercetti guy Posted July 11, 2006 Share Posted July 11, 2006 den y u say u g0+ baned!?!? EDIT: Omfg, you edit your post so it didnt say that you were banned Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gerard Posted July 11, 2006 Author Share Posted July 11, 2006 Well he hasn't caused trouble yet, we'll let it slide. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C.O.D Posted July 12, 2006 Share Posted July 12, 2006 Looks like your question has been answered, NETO. No, I don't think they're gonna make you a veteran. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steven Posted July 14, 2006 Share Posted July 14, 2006 sweet im gonna try to be more active so i can have a chance Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pandora Posted July 15, 2006 Share Posted July 15, 2006 sinsce I've only joined a few months ago I'l never become a veteran, *sig*. owel buy the way, hasn't mother teresa left the forums? and wy did he anyway? sinsce I've only joined a few months ago I'l never become a veteran, *sig*. owel buy the way, hasn't mother teresa left the forums? and wy did he anyway? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slavik Von Stockholm Posted July 16, 2006 Share Posted July 16, 2006 Didn't even notice this topic until now. This forum seems to have gone a bit inactive/uninteresting lately, but I still check every now and then. Woot for veteran status! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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