- Chris Cornell (The only rock singer I ever wanted to be [R.I.P.])
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Whaddup, proud citizens of the internet’s greatest forum?
My Gramma used to tell us, ‘ya hafta take the bitter with the sweet’, and today’s object lesson of my Gramma’s truism is the two-part announcement I bring on behalf of the GB mod team.
The first part is a little bitter for me, though I’m sure it’ll be sweet for some of y’all (particularly those who feel Chris’ words above about being ‘long on things to say’ are apt to describe me): I’m retiring from all moderation duties here at RealGM.
I’ve greatly enjoyed my time on the mod teams, and all of y’all have made it fun and interesting as hell. THANK YOU to all whose paths have passed mine— you make this forum great and special, and you did the same for my time as a mod. I’ll still be on the boards and I hope you’ll keep in touch when you see me around.
To those whom I’ve frustrated, upset, or made enemies of over the years, I hope there’s no hard feelings; even if you disagreed with some of my decisions or I just rubbed you wrong, I hope you’ll believe that my intention was always to advance RGM's best ideals and make it nicer for everyone in this community. Though I’m certain I fell short of that goal many times, if you can forgive me those failures, maybe we can be pals after all.
My reason for steppin’ is pretty straightforward: the real world prevails for me right now, and though I plan to be back when I’m able to devote more time to it, I love RealGM too much to be a half-time moderator while talented folks wait in the wings to do it better; thus, the second, sweeter part of our announcement.
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Join the GB mod team in welcoming on Harry Garris as our newest RealGM General Board moderator!
Harry Garris has been a RealGMer for a little over four years, and in that time, he’s consistently made solid contributions to the discourse here, in addition to being an ambassador of the kind of good will and constructive dialogue we love to see. He’s made a positive impact across the site and on the community at-large, and although every time I look at him, it seems like he’s getting another haircut, I know he’s going to be a great asset to the forums going forward.
Won’t you float him a heartfelt ‘congratulations’?
So along with bisme37, that’s two excellent new moderators to serve at the pleasure of RealGM’s General Board community, and one giant idiot with a weird mask fixation stepping down; what a time it is to be alive.
Thanks for reading this, and as always, hit up any of the moderators or forums administrator Howard Mass if you have questions or need help with anything. Big love and happy trails to every last one of y’all!
