Moderator appointment: Aquinas

[Aquinas]

By now many of you know already that I have been appointed to serve as a Moderator. It promises to be an interesting ride and I am looking forward to learning the ropes and getting down to business. I owe thanks to Wouter for giving me the opportunity, and to Amazeroth who put in a good word for me. I also want to thank our former Mods TheNewGuy/Zanz and Liu Che, who have very kindly made themselves available to me as sources of advice/technical assistance. As a novice to this, I am probably going to make a few mistakes (if I haven't made any already!), so be patient with me. We will get there, I promise!

You may be familiar with me already, as I'm a regular on the forum (have I *really* made more than 2000 posts?). At the moment I'm playing a feminist party in Selucia, though I've been here there and everywhere in my time. But probably more in Dranland than anywhere else (no Dranland jokes, Lukas!).

You will all be wondering about Amazeroth. I understand contact has been made with him. He has had some issues which have gotten in the way of Particracy for a while, but his return is expected. And may I say from my point of view - eagerly looked forward to! I well appreciate the frustrations with the backlogs over the last days. Never forget, though, that Particracy volunteers are just that - volunteers. There are times when "real life" gets in the way. Amazeroth is a busy person and can't always get on as much as he would like to, but I have no hesitation in saying he believes in Particracy. Over a number of years he's been a massive contributor to the game, both as a player and a Moderator, and there have been moments when I think it might be no understatement to say he's held the whole thing together. So please let's go easy on Amazeroth. We owe him, trust me!

Now for some not so good news: I will be out of the country from 6th to 16th June and I can't guarantee that I'll have good access to technology. This was all planned over a year ago, when I had no idea of what would be happening right now in Particracy. I will do my best to get on, but I can't promise anything, so if there are absences in that period, you know why. And please behave yourselves (please, begging, pretty please!...).

On another subject, I have decided, at least for now, not to make decisions on Cultural Protocol changes until Amazeroth's return, as I'd really rather work through those issues together with him. I appreciate this will be frustrating for those of you who have got plans in the making and are looking forward to the RP that surrounds exciting demographic changes. Don't worry though; if things go on, I will begin making those decisions myself.

Anyway, it's gone 1am here in the UK, so this is about enough from me for now. I'm really looking forward to getting to know you all and having fun. I love you all (honest!).

And one last word, whatever the cynics say...Particracy is the online political simulation game.

[Polites]

Congrats Aquinas, and good luck!

[CanadianEh]

Congrats!

[TheNewGuy]

I also want to thank our former Mods TheNewGuy/Zanz

Stop, don't make me look decent in public, you're ruining my street cred.

[Siggon Kristov]

I will be out of the country from 6th to 16th June and I can't guarantee that I'll have good access to technology. This was all planned over a year ago, when I had no idea of what would be happening right now in Particracy. I will do my best to get on, but I can't promise anything, so if there are absences in that period, you know why.

Yeah; you can't be bashed for this.

[Theoden]

Good to hear. Good luck.

[Kubrick]

Congrats, Aquinas! A well-deserved time sink for you.

I also want to thank our former Mods TheNewGuy/Zanz

Stop, don't make me look decent in public, you're ruining my street cred.

Oh, by the way, don't bother showing up at the clubhouse this weekend. Things changed.

[TheNewGuy]

Congrats, Aquinas! A well-deserved time sink for you.

I also want to thank our former Mods TheNewGuy/Zanz

Stop, don't make me look decent in public, you're ruining my street cred.

Oh, by the way, don't bother showing up at the clubhouse this weekend. Things changed.

look at what you did, Aquinas.

[Siggon Kristov]

you're ruining my street cred.

Oh, by the way, don't bother showing up at the clubhouse this weekend. Things changed.

look at what you did, Aquinas.

You had no street cred. Kubrick was going to kick you out of the clubhouse 2 weeks ago. He only let you in because you had that cool Talmorian action figure, but one of the arms got broken off so it doesn't mean anything anymore.

[TheNewGuy]

Oh, by the way, don't bother showing up at the clubhouse this weekend. Things changed.

look at what you did, Aquinas.

You had no street cred. Kubrick was going to kick you out of the clubhouse 2 weeks ago. He only let you in because you had that cool Talmorian action figure, but one of the arms got broken off so it doesn't mean anything anymore.

This is the WORST day.