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[blut wump]

I'm not here today so am unable to comment.

This has been an automated response. kthnxbye.

Good look, Mr. God, sir.

 

[Anthrax Invasion]

 

[silver_shadow]

Agreed. There's no point making a non-training forum regular a mod in the training forum.

I'm sure Needsize is a great guy, but he doesn't post in here.

NS doesn't post much these days, coz he and his wife just had a kid i believe

 

[blut wump]

Seomthing to bear in mind is that we don't need a guru as a mod. We have plenty around and likely always shall. What we need is someone who is here regularly, knows enough of the regulars to be able to point anyone in the right direction whether they be newbie or elite and is willing to put in time to keep the stickies in order so that everyone can find needed information. They don't even need to be the one who writes the stickies so long as they can keep them in order with everyone's help. A thick enough skin to handle some expected abuse is probably needed, too.

Anything else, really, is just a bonus, including closing polls.

 

[Protobuilder]

Anyone know if its even possible to give someone mod powers over just one forum? Someone said it is possible but has that been verified? Just curious.

Second, how the hell would we go about picking the "right" person? We've got a handful of solid regulars that could handle the job and I don't wanna' see it get ugly.

 

[stilleto]

Who is it up to?

We got ourselves a nice new training vault sticky. Why not try to get ourselves a new regular mod?!

its up to admins and it is being discussed.
the training sticky btw- you guys should thank cynical simian for that. He's responsible for putting it together- i just did some fixing up and stuck it.

 

[The Shadow]

Agreed. There's no point making a non-training forum regular a mod in the training forum.

I'm sure Needsize is a great guy, but he doesn't post in here.

I have said this 10,000 times.

the REASON that more folks/mods/vets DO NOT post here these days is the general attitude of a lot of the members. Do a search for myself, bfold, spatts etc. There was a notable dropoff in posting production because every high schooler and his cousin were trying to be tough guys and arguing with every other fucking post.

You guys bitch about wanting a mod on this board - with the general attitue - Im not sure who would want it

 

[blut wump]

I have said this 10,000 times.

the REASON that more folks/mods/vets DO NOT post here these days is the general attitude of a lot of the members. Do a search for myself, bfold, spatts etc. There was a notable dropoff in posting production because every high schooler and his cousin were trying to be tough guys and arguing with every other fucking post.

You guys bitch about wanting a mod on this board - with the general attitue - Im not sure who would want it

We've not had any of that type of grief here for a very long time. It was disappearing about the time I joined and the Bill Starr 5x5 trend was taking over, courtesy of Madcow2. These days we pretty much all just get along, concentrating on training for functional strength. The HIT guys are long gone and all that's left here are the powerlifters, a couple or so Oly lifters and lots of guys who just want to concentrate on gettng stronger with a few who are a little more concerned with what the mirror shows.

Mostly we're all cool here. I think the general attitude amongst most of us is that we don't particularly want to mod but there are various things that a mod is needed for and so someone has to do it and a goodly handful are reluctant but willing.

Ideally, we'd have a couple of mods.

 

[needsize]

I have said this 10,000 times.

the REASON that more folks/mods/vets DO NOT post here these days is the general attitude of a lot of the members. Do a search for myself, bfold, spatts etc. There was a notable dropoff in posting production because every high schooler and his cousin were trying to be tough guys and arguing with every other fucking post.

You guys bitch about wanting a mod on this board - with the general attitue - Im not sure who would want it

that is one of the reasons, having someone with a few months training experience, telling me I didnt know what i was doing, and that kind of crap happening all the time, sort of dampened my enthusiasm for posting..I used to post in this form every day...that was when most of the vets disappeared...I also do have a two year old son who takes up a lot of my time too

 

[The Shadow]

that is one of the reasons, having someone with a few months training experience, telling me I didnt know what i was doing, and that kind of crap happening all the time, sort of dampened my enthusiasm for posting..I used to post in this form every day...that was when most of the vets disappeared...I also do have a two year old son who takes up a lot of my time too

Yep....and while I appreciate Blut's posts - I'm not sure I entirely agree with the current state of the board....but - its just a difference of opinion.

I passed along to admin those whom I think would do a great job as mods....assuming they would accept.