New Administrator / Moderator

[redbones]

Hi Everyone,

We now have another administrator / moderator who is going to give us a hand around here.

His name is Bo1, everyone give him a warm welcome.

Thanks :-)

[Kos-Mos]

Hola Bo1 and redbones!

[zzzaacckk]

Welcome Bo1 will you be replacing DR and be a very active admin or another behind the scenes guy?

[monkus]

Welcome to Tactics Arena Bo1.

[Utamaro]

Good god...

[actgfin1234]

I can only pray that one of you will be a little more active with the community than your counterpart over there.

[CRX687]

Wo0t! Cheers for Bo1 :D

c'mon guys, no need to be so pessimistic already... sure we've been let down by a few ppl, but if anything, now's the time to have faith... hopefully Bo1 won't let us down :)

[Dark*Demon]

whoooooohoooo new admin time to get back on the chart

[Megabyte]

any info about the mod or intro he'd like to make of himself to the community?

[Medemia]

**Interrupting the Playboy Channel, much to the dismay of Walrus (especially since he was watching the scrambled signal), a "Breaking News" banner fills the screen previously filled with something a little more seductive**

We are down here today at TAO Square where near riotous conditions for the previous month have made it nearly impossible to cross the square to visit McBottles. Riot squads have tried to break up this crowd every day, brandishing banning batons and flaming clubs, with little success. But it looks like the crowd is calming because Redbones is coming out of the balcony at TAO Towers. (Whoa, is that what he looks like? I didn't really think he existed!)

I'm trying to hear over the crowd, yes, Redbones is introducing the new moderator/administator... he says his name is... Boone? No, Bow1... Bo1? Oh, thanks. The crowd looks up in anticipation at the entrance of this new boss of the kingdom... and looks... (dead air).... ummm.... (dead air) (http://homestarrunner.com/sbemail120.html)

Well, we'll get back here as soon as they start fishing out the bodies. Now back to your regularly scheduled.... entertainment.

(Breaking News banner back up, then down to the credits of the previous show.)

[King 6]

Hello bo1 this is from the dawg pound to......We all say hi to you.

[dark cobra]

hello, please come in and injoy your stay at TAO Inn :D

[max2k106]

Howdy Bo1. Warm welcome from all the members at KoTR . . . hopefully you will get more done than others. :rolleyes: :rolleyes:

[Thargor]

It will be nice to meet Bo1....when said administrator appears. As it is...heya Redbones!

[Office_Shredder]

Good god...

My sentiments exactly

[gryph89]

welcome Bo1

[cs_zero]

Welcome. :) :)

[Majestic]

Is he the silent type ? Or is he just uttlery shy ? :rolleyes:

[(Alpha)]

welcome to TAO

[Lord Shinok]

Ah shit. Oh well, hopes it all goes well! Welcome Bo1!!

[Wolfman]

Bo1... welcome...

hope to get to know ya soon.

wolfy

[Krome]

Hey Bo1 welcome to tao and hope you can give us some decent help.

[Duffman]

I think the most important question is: Will Bo1 have the same avatar as Bills and redbones. The suspense is killing me :p

Welcome aboard Capitan.

[thewiz]

Oh..this should be fun...

[Krome]

thewiz, are you by any chance lord shinok? Coz you both go on about pink quite a lot.

Edit: I think that bills is Bo1. But hey if he aint, then welcome aboard bro.

[_Thunder_]

Hello bo1.. Im sure you will do more good than some people. :rolleyes: :rolleyes:

[Krome]

Hello bo1.. Im sure you will do more good than some people. :rolleyes: :rolleyes:

Yea I wonder who you mean.

[DeathWish]

thewiz, are you by any chance lord shinok? Coz you both go on about pink quite a lot.

Edit: I think that bills is Bo1. But hey if he aint, then welcome aboard bro.

They are two toatally different people...

[Bo1]

hey everyone thanks for the warm welcome if any one has any questions about the forums or anything else feel freee to message me. thanks and have fun

[theburning]

hey everyone thanks for the warm welcome if any one has any questions about the forums or anything else feel freee to message me. thanks and have fun

Hey. Just wondering if you could define what your role around here will be?

Will you be more PR than redbones and Bills? (Which is sort of what we need.)

Nice to have someone new around. :)

[Zeratul]

Hopefuly he'll be the answer to our problems... ;)

[zig]

Welcome Bo1.

[Jonspen]

Errr.

As one of the TAO Vets.

We need to explain a few things.

Golds have needs to you know.
I am god.
Why dont you be??
Welcome.

[Bo1]

TheBurning: I will be more on the forums doing admin stuff if you need anything feel free to ask

[Jonspen]

He's posted!

Ok, if you promise to be a good boy, I'll give you a rep.

Also, I'm going to pm you regarding some pressing gold issues.

And TB, I sent you some e-mail tourny matches.

[theburning]

TheBurning: I will be more on the forums doing admin stuff if you need anything feel free to ask

So you'll mainly be working on the forums?

You won't have the ability to take care of spammers etc. in-game?

[Jonspen]

Hopefully that is what he'll change.

We're really looking for some ingame improvements, rather than forums.

Moderators can try and keep a watchful eye over this place.

[lostandconfused]

Thnk God. Hopefully this will finally fix some things around here.

[Jonspen]

I know this is kind of off topic, but needed.

Lost, we'll need to play on rev for tourny matches later..k?

[Thargor]

So you'll mainly be working on the forums?

You won't have the ability to take care of spammers etc. in-game?


...and that is the area that needs the most attention IMO.
edit: srry i meant INGAME is that which needs the most attention....
The Mods can do most of what needs doing on the boards, but they cannot ingame.

oh and......AAAAAHHHHHHH! :eek: Three Agent Smiths! is this Matrix 2?

[Jonspen]

Which area?

Forums are ingame?

In my opinion, I think ingame is more important.

Having a working community is all handy-and-danndy, but when you get down to it. The game is what people come here for, and pay for. You can tbe a contributing member if you havent played the game either.

So if the ingame and gold account set up is fixed, that is the first step to two things.

A) More money Income because of better service
B) More people coming to the game, thus inflicting Option A again.

[theburning]

In my opinion, I think ingame is more important.


It's the only area that is currently needed.

Also, the Agent Smith thing is a little bit freaky!

[Jonspen]

Agent...Smith?

Also, check the taoleague@hotmail.com, I had a few recent wins that need adding!

[Krome]

We need a person who will take care of the crap thats happens in the game of tao. Like spammers etc.

[Megabyte]

join the gold union to help make that possible ;)
(see siggy)

[Poop Slinger]

Okay can't resist.. Is the BO in reference to how much things stink and your here to clean up?? :) :)

[Lord Shinok]

thewiz, are you by any chance lord shinok? Coz you both go on about pink quite a lot.
lolz...nah i'm not him. i guess we both like pink alot! :)

[T3 Terminater]

Dude, where did you come from?

[Cuathon]

welcome bo1. maybe well finally get some improvemnets around here.

[Twelve]

Welcome. I'm going to take CRX' lead and choose to be VERY optimistic.

12

[Megabyte]

*gives twelve some vicadin* it helps

[S_K_O_F]

huh...i totally missed this announcement

on behalf of myself...i welcome you :) :D

[Glamdring]

ditto.

It may take you a while to figure out some of the nuances of the community around here... many of us have been here 8 months or more, and quite a few have been around for at least a year. So if someone says they want to be band like bottle, don't ban them, eh?

Personally, I'd suggest getting the aim and/or msn addresses of all of the mods, because they know this place better than almost anyone. Pretty soon you'll figure out who knows what they're talking about, and who's making up gossip.

That's my advice: don't trust what you read at face value, because in this place, there's always a back story. It usually goes back several months, too, and you can only find so much with the handy-dandy search feature.

That said, welcome, and good luck.

[drakonfire]

wow, i totally missed this until glam and xy started talking about it in the IRC room... welcome Bo1

and i agree, the agent smith thing is kinda freakish

[actgfin1234]

I've only got one thing to say.



WHERE THE HELL DID TWELVE COME FROM????!??!??!?!?!?!

[SlipknotiCX]

I've only got one thing to say.



WHERE THE HELL DID TWELVE COME FROM????!??!??!?!?!?!

I second that motion...

And, Welcome Bo1.

[Krome]

The person on 12 could actually be wack-head or nomar, but if it is 12, then when you come back?

[Bottle]

Welcome bo1, we are all looking to you to herald a new age of prosperity in the forum, so not much pressure there. :)

[Jonspen]

Dude.

Nomar and wack only go on Wack's account INGAME.

12 pops in on his laptop from a library or something just to give us a heads up.

So no, he isnt coming back.

[drakonfire]

WHERE THE HELL DID TWELVE COME FROM????!??!??!?!?!?!


he crops up every once in a while for no particular reason far as i can tell, he'll vanish again before to long and then come back, hes kinda like a ghost, just haunts the forums every once in a while ;)

[Bottle]

Incidentally, bo1, could you check your PMs please? I have sent a matter of some urgency to you.

[Amaroth]

hey everyone thanks for the warm welcome if any one has any questions about the forums or anything else feel freee to message me. thanks and have fun

Great. Our new administrator never took first grade writing class.

Writing like that doesn't look too professional.

[sub the hendrix]

True Ach, but im gonna hold back on any kind of flaming for now. So welcome Bo1, my arms are open... for now.

[T3 Terminater]

I haven't seen bo1 on yet.

[Krome]

I think Bo1 is bills. is he someone from fps to?

[Bottle]

Bo has been online, he just hasn't posted. Which is wise, considering the reaction he's had so far (ie. criticism of his grammar). He's getting to know us first by reading the forums before making snap judgements.

On the other hand, he still hasn't replied to my (3 day old) PM, which disappoints me.

[Jonspen]

Yet another dissappoitment.

But I'll sit and follow 12's and crx's lead, and choose to also be optimistic about our situation.

[mushroom_girl]

Welcome Bo1, hopefully you will do a much better job than Bills. And who cares about your grammar, mine sucks too. So post more! :)

[devast8]

He shouldn't be criticized due to his grammar. As long as he gets the message across and does his job then he's welcome in my eyes.

[actgfin1234]

I hate to be bitter, but people like bills just leave that bad aura lingering. He hasn't done any job, as far as I know, yet. Until I see something; he's just a guy with a red name.

[Megabyte]

He shouldn't be criticized due to his grammar. As long as he gets the message across and does his job then he's welcome in my eyes.

what message?

i know i usually avoid making bitter statements...but i couldn't help it here

[T3 Terminater]

FAce it, TAO admins suck.

Besides DR.

[Lord Shinok]

FAce it, TAO admins suck.

Besides DR.
Well, Bo1 hasn't exactly done anything here YET, he just wanted to introduce himself to us. He's probably getting ready to moderate the forum and ingame if that's his job too.

[Chingy]

If he does a good job and keeps us happy, he's welcome. :) :)

[imagination]

dont you remember when we didnt like dr ... doesnt he seem like a godsend now *flashback to the good ol days

[***Duo***]

Hey. Just wondering if you could define what your role around here will be?

Will you be more PR than redbones and Bills? (Which is sort of what we need.)

Nice to have someone new around. :)

Until he slowley dissapears like Bills and Seed.
Though, that remains to be seen.
Welcome, Bo.


-Duo

[devast8]

what message?

I was referring to his grammar and quite possibly, what some would say, his spelling as well. As long as he gets the message across, grammar shouldn't matter.

[Glamdring]

dont you remember when we didnt like dr ... doesnt he seem like a godsend now *flashback to the good ol days

I don't know about you guys, but I thought he was a godsend then. Having been involved in many other communities online, I thought his service was incredible. And it was. He was on almost every day upgrading accounts, fixing weird things, settling things, giving the mods guidance when they had questions, but he did it all in the background. I get the feeling bills is just now beginning to realize just how much DR did around here, and it's not fun stuff.

[Lord Shinok]

^^ Word.

[monkus]

I definately miss DR, and I too always thought he was an excellent person.

Concerning grammar,

It's one thing if you're a simple gamer that plays Tactics Arena for fun and posts on the forums too. But for an administrator who is handling our money, controlling our accounts, and has a job in the business, it should be expected for him to write with proper grammar and sentence structure. If I just got a job as a car salesman, I'm not going to walk into work on the first day in baggy black clothes with a hat on backwards and an obscene shirt on and tell my customers "Yo, w'sup in da hizzo?", because it just isn't setting a good impression. I think bo1's decision to disregard proper english and writing techniques is a sign of the effort he plans on exerting in the future.

[DeathWish]

I definately miss DR, and I too always thought he was an excellent person.

Concerning grammar,

It's one thing if you're a simple gamer that plays Tactics Arena for fun and posts on the forums too. But for an administrator who is handling our money, controlling our accounts, and has a job in the business, it should be expected for him to write with proper grammar and sentence structure. If I just got a job as a car salesman, I'm not going to walk into work on the first day in baggy black clothes with a hat on backwards and an obscene shirt on and tell my customers "Yo, w'sup in da hizzo?", because it just isn't setting a good impression. I think bo1's decision to disregard proper english and writing techniques is a sign of the effort he plans on exerting in the future.

Mispelling a couple words and a few typos on a tao gaming forum is far different from the salesman example you gave, get off him, i for one want him to just fit into the community....

[Jonspen]

You know,, he might not be english/american and has trouble translating?

[Bottle]

I suspect he's probably American or Canadian. When I first came here, I was really tempted to just type quickly like I do in chat on the game. But I decided to type properly. Maybe Bo is just going for speed posting.

And Bo, if you read this, please check my post in the Ticket System thread. I can't use the ticket system, unfortunately. Should I email goldaccounts instead? I thought that was rendered defunct with the departure of DR.

[theburning]

Concerning grammar,

It's one thing if you're a simple gamer that plays Tactics Arena for fun and posts on the forums too. But for an administrator who is handling our money, controlling our accounts, and has a job in the business, it should be expected for him to write with proper grammar and sentence structure. If I just got a job as a car salesman, I'm not going to walk into work on the first day in baggy black clothes with a hat on backwards and an obscene shirt on and tell my customers "Yo, w'sup in da hizzo?", because it just isn't setting a good impression. I think bo1's decision to disregard proper english and writing techniques is a sign of the effort he plans on exerting in the future.

I guess that depends on what sort of image they want to display?
I'm pretty sure these guys are just a bunch of computer nerds like most of us and don't have a degree in business management etc.

I'm pretty sure that all of them do know how to speak and type properly but just don't bother to do so on the forums.

[Jonspen]

FEEL MY CHESS CLUB DOMINANCE WRATH!

I'll have you know, we prefer to be called "educationally enanced"

[orlandy]

lol jonspen. oh and as for you .. some proper grammer posting person.. uhh... dont give people crap on spelling please lol i cant spell for shit and i doubt.. us other.. *nerds* can too lol now weres this bo fellow lol id like to have a tal kwith him :-D find out if hes going to be anygood or not lol but on a pluse side. it only took a day for the new gold accont of mine to be a gold. *that has to be a good sign* lol

[ricardu]

hahaha jonspen. nice avatar... and wt do u all have against who have a lot of problems with english and english grama eh? =P

[ArcPaladinZero]

Hmm, I'm just now getting around to noticing this thread. Welcome.

[OHNOITSKALAMADY]

Hey guys!! Isn't it great that we have 3 admins that have 0 grammar skills!?!?! Isn't it great that we have 3 admins, but shit still doesn't get done around here!!! WOOT FOR TAO!!!

[Jonspen]

lol jonspen. oh and as for you .. some proper grammer posting person.. uhh... dont give people crap on spelling please lol i cant spell for shit and i doubt.. us other.. *nerds* can too lol now weres this bo fellow lol id like to have a tal kwith him :-D find out if hes going to be anygood or not lol but on a pluse side. it only took a day for the new gold accont of mine to be a gold. *that has to be a good sign* lol

How many times do you have to say lol? :cool:

And Kal, shit does get done around here.

Your ass gets banned.
My ass gets banned.
As orlandy says, gold account features are improving.

[OHNOITSKALAMADY]

How many times do you have to say lol? :cool:

And Kal, shit does get done around here.

Your ass gets banned.
My ass gets banned.
As orlandy says, gold account features are improving.


You got banned? Lmao.

[Bottle]

What you're doing is called pettiness.

Go away.

I'm still wondering what you hope to achieve by coming back repeatedly and making a fool of yourself.

[Jonspen]

You got banned? Lmao.

Nope.

Just wanted to make you look like a pillock!

It worked it worked *insert dance here*

[OHNOITSKALAMADY]

What you're doing is called pettiness.

Go away.

I'm still wondering what you hope to achieve by coming back repeatedly and making a fool of yourself.

Pwnage.

[Bottle]

Well, what a shame, he's banned. I wonder what exactly he thought he was *pwning*...

[Jonspen]

lol....He got banned....Haha.....

I yet to see the day when I actually will get "banned"

[Kyir]

is there a chance for the faq to come up ever?

[nooki]

How do u find thse people to become a Mod I mean I never seen these people around :confused:

[nads]

lol....He got banned....Haha.....

I yet to see the day when I actually will get "banned"


Ironic that I use the search function to try to find out why Jonspen was banned and this is the first thread I find...

[Blind Panda]

lol, very nice

[apollo7]

Well as far as I can see bo1 has posted 4 times, two of which were in his welcome thread. I don't really know if that's a good sign, but my magic 8-ball says that signs are pointing to no.

[Office_Shredder]

lol....He got banned....Haha.....

I yet to see the day when I actually will get "banned"


I'm sorry, but I think this is pretty funny given its timing :)

I had to post even if someone already brought this up

[_Thunder_]

Ya i saw that I was like hmm...lmao

lmao = laugh my ass off :)

[AssassinOfLords]

Wasn't it a three day ban? Hasn't it been three days?

[Office_Shredder]

it was five days I think.... and it has been five days I think.... (at least that's what jonspen tells me :) )

[Spit_101]

Welcome to the TAO community Bo1! Sorry for the late welcome, hopefully you will be a more social admin than the rest of them. :rolleyes:

[Jonspen]

4 posts...

Seems not....

[zzzaacckk]

I think he is doing the faq section because I got a PM from him asking to use my strategic compilation thread for it. I hope he finnishes it soon.

[Bottle]

Hmm. I wonder why he didn't ask me to use mine... mine is better :p

[Jonspen]

^_^

[greendaybum5]

I was just searching through the forums and saw this thread....I've never seen you online Bo1 wondering what server you go on.
-PhillySoul29 formally known as Greendaybum5

[cs_zero]

I think he is just a forum admin.

[zzzaacckk]

He is the admin organizing the FAQ section.

[Krome]

cool.