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Can you hear that? That's the sound of mah ROFLCOPTER SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI APRIL FOOL'S!111½½½§§§§§§etcetc.... Man, I haven't had this much fun on Basil since tomorrow. Love you all! Now all the people who hated me still hate me and all the people who didn't hate me now hate me. I'm so good at this :D Props to those who figured out the strange correlation with the date and the quitting phenomenae. Also, many thanks to those who got worried, I mean really, that's what keeps me going through the dark hours of my life. Not really, but in a bit milder way yes. TYVMkthx yo. panther101 if I had a million mesos I'd give them to you for being the first (and only) to notice the Prince of Bel-Air reference. Stalk me in Scania any time for 10 mesos, I'll be on from now 'till never. Oh I'm so gangster right now. Happy April 2nd everyone! PS: I told Mindstormer to reply like that. He's a cool guy, always. ------------------------------------------------------- Dear Mr. Basil, I am writing this as an open letter because I feel that the community has equal rights to know what is going on inside of me right now. My heart is beating, my muscles are hurting and my veins are being clogged up with cholesterole, but those are not things I would write letters about. Emotions, those states of mind which drive man into creativity, boredom or insanity, are what keep me up at night. Roughly a month ago surprise hit me in the back of the head and said BasilMarket would be recruiting new moderators. The hit was hard. As I lay on the floor, unaware of anything that was not part of my brain's electric impulse system, I started asking questions. Questions I did not know the answer to. Neither did I know who would, so I asked them from anyone and noone, without a response. Why would we need new moderators? Are we not sufficient enough? What will happen to me, to Mindstormer, to the rest of us? Days and weeks passed, summer got closer and everyone was chilling out, relaxing, and shooting some B-Ball outside of the school. Everyone but me. I watched, quietly, as the new moderators were selected. A shiny and glamorous team full of stars such as EenRite and Suama emerged from the depths of the internet, the pages of the Basilmarket forums. Like the sun rises higher up into the sky each day so did the new moderators. What used to be countless of hours of browsing the forums and deleting offensive posts from every other thread had suddenly become a walk through a ruined city where every thug, criminal and drug dealer vanishes as soon as you see them. If you see them. You may have seen the Rugrats Movie, where Chuckie tells Tommy that when a new baby is born into a family the older child turns into a dog and is left outside in the rain, alone. When you purchase a new computer its predecessor has its information transferred to the immigrant and is then moved into the corner to collect dust. That is what happened to me, to Mindstormer, to Omar, Elu and Syko. We no longer feel appreciated, important and that our work is worth something. Instead despair and frustration drive us to the edge of depression. IRC users may be aware of the phrase "Basil makes me lose faith in the internet" which mostly describes my feelings. Having Basilmarket as my homepage, seeing full caps thread titles posted by xXxAzZNSinzzXXx asking how many girls wear pink shoes is not how I want to start off a session of surfing on the waves of data and information. Occasionally it takes hours to convince users that is not Sparta, this is madness. I cannot take this anymore. I hope that I do not offend you or anyone in the community with what I've decided, but either way I quit. Your's sincerely, Misacorp New Video: Best COD 4 montage ever!
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Mindstormer said: " Beat the alternative of just picking a few other active-posters and seeing how things went." I don't have anything against it. I'm more than okay with the choices that were made. @ greenslayer6: I'm sure it was discussed. xXSyKoXx himself recommended EenRite. I know this because I am friends with Een. If Misacorp was included in the discussion; that I don't know. New Pic: 24 Hours
I have absolutely nothing against the new mods, they are doing a helluva job from what I can tell. I just think that the previous mods are really being overshadowed by the new ones when they are doing their jobs like they always have, but probably don't receive as much recognition for their efforts. Heck, the only tech question I ever asked had a mindstormer post in it. I would be saddened to see the previous mods leave.
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greenslayer6 said: "I have absolutely nothing against the new mods, they are doing a helluva job from what I can tell. I just think that the previous mods are really being overshadowed by the new ones when they are doing their jobs like they always have, but probably don't receive as much recognition for their efforts. Heck, the only tech question I ever asked had a mindstormer post in it. I would be saddened to see the previous mods leave." I honestly couldn't care less if the older mods (excusing Boku) left. New Pic: 24 Hours
The mods right now are great. I honestly don't think that if we lost ONE mod, that I have never seen, wouldn't matter much. Seriously, as someone said this was to dramatic, It was. Jesus man. I dun like that Mr. Basil would care much either >_< nor would the users of Basilmarket.
Is this an April Fool's joke?
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Xtesy said: " I honestly couldn't care less if the older mods (excusing Boku) left." So you wouldn't care if elu, mindstormer, syko, misa, and mrbasil all left? Even if you meant Mr. Basil, you would be fine with half of the mod crew just leaving. Do you really think it would be the same around here? Even if the new guys are doing a heck of a job right now in their inaugural times, will it still be the same level of moderating in a month? Two months? A year? I think not. New Blog: Shameless Self Promotion
IcHiGo9o9 said: "Is this an April Fool's joke?" I JUST REMEMBERED TODAY IS APRIL 1ST. LOL. If this is fake I am going to slap myself in the face. @greenslayer6: Seriously, I wouldn't care if all the old mods left. New Pic: 24 Hours
April fools! :O
Odds are this is an April Fools joke, especially with the Mindstormer posts afterwards, but I am pretty certain the levels of apathy here wouldn't help the case for them staying around.
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MindStormer, wouldn't quit right away though...
As for Misacorp, whether he quits or not, it wouldn't matter to "most" of the community. New Blog: DIE BASIL, DIE!
I call April fools! =]
April fools day joke?
Mindstormer said: "Looks like you've made up your mind, well, not like you've been much of a help anyway so I guess it won't make too much difference. Anyway, I've been wondering what I'm here for lately too." OWNED foo! I'm kidding, I love you.
A little overreaction, but whatever. And you can't blame the new mods for your lack of appreciation, if you haven't noticed all the latest bickering has been towards us, not you. I'm constantly seeing complaints about how the new moderators aren't doing there job and we're useless, with every problem in the forums lately has been projected on the 'inexperienced immature wannabe mods' such as myself. You've been along long enough, you know the huge respect people have for you here, there is no possible way you can deny that the majority of the community appreciates your presence. Regardless, everyone has bigger responsibilities in life, and I don't blame you or Eric for your decision. However, I hope you're aware that with your absence creates an even heavier burden on the rest of us.
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