Hi everybody, my name's Brock and I'll be part of the team taking over the site

[muntjack]

We'll never know. But in all seriousness, I'm happy for Tim, and I hope that the old gang stays active while a bit of new life is breathed into the site. Good luck with the takeover. I'll be here regardless.

[Brock Beauchamp]

We'll never know. But in all seriousness, I'm happy for Tim, and I hope that the old gang stays active while a bit of new life is breathed into the site. Good luck with the takeover. I'll be here regardless.

And seriously, if you ever see me doing something you don't like, PM me and I will *always* respond. This is a group effort. Sometimes our goals will align, sometimes they won't. But I'll listen every single time and give my own reasoning for any decision.

 

Obvi, that applies to everyone reading this.

[Ding Dong Johnson]

I’m never going to like any of the new people. But I never liked any of the old ones either so it’s all good.

[Sosa21MVP]

Bringing my old avatar for old time's sake.

[Brock Beauchamp]

I know some of it comes down to moderation effort from volunteer mods, but I think social has always had a great beat to it.

To bring this back to moderation a bit, as part of our core mission of community we try to keep moderators interested and active. We encourage moderators to "roll out and take a break" for a year or two if they lose interest and are welcome back at any time. No harm, no foul. Go live your life, we all need to.

 

As incentive to stay on and be active, we offer yearly gifts to all of our moderators across all sites. Frankly, I've never heard of other forums doing this regularly but at the behest of me personally, we've done it the past two years. Last year, our moderator gifts over two sites tallied a bill of about $2,000.

 

I'm not trying to blow my own horn here, just pointing out that I REALLY believe in community and taking care of it. A bunch of Brewer Fanatic mods, many of which tried to decline saying "they didn't deserve it" or whatever, were just thrilled to finally get something for all the work they've done over the past two decades.

 

It's a trifling when you get right down to it but it speaks to how truly important I personally feel legacy communities are to the world and the people they impact on a daily basis. I'm a snarky, irreverent bastard but also deadly serious about things I feel are important: I do not believe in exploiting free labor and I really try to do right by people who make a community great.

 

Every moderator got one of these last year (obviously, not this team...) and we will continue to do this going forward because it's important to remind people that you notice the labor they commit to something, even if they expect nothing in return:

 

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[CubinNY]

You think you can buy Twitter next?

[jersey cubs fan]

I always thought of the idea of this as a “family” board to be hilarious. Like Brandon or gooney is sitting around after dinner reading threads to his kids before they go to bed.

I read them to your mom

[SouthSideRyan]

It’s the internet, you should not feel welcome

 

None of us know each other, and that’s the best part.

 

One time someone referenced something they had seen on my facebook page and I locked that horsefeathers down *so fast*

 

would it worry you if i told you i knew the name of your editor in northd dakota?

 

Levin Black?

[Banedon]

Every moderator got one of these last year (obviously, not this team...) and we will continue to do this going forward because it's important to remind people that you notice the labor they commit to something, even if they expect nothing in return:

 

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I bet it was real awkward when you gave Cubs mugs to the Twins and Brewers board mods! :D

[Ding Dong Johnson]

I hope Brandon gets a Brewers mug

[Bull]

We'll never know. But in all seriousness, I'm happy for Tim, and I hope that the old gang stays active while a bit of new life is breathed into the site. Good luck with the takeover. I'll be here regardless.

And seriously, if you ever see me doing something you don't like, PM me and I will *always* respond. This is a group effort. Sometimes our goals will align, sometimes they won't. But I'll listen every single time and give my own reasoning for any decision.

 

Obvi, that applies to everyone reading this.

 

I’ll lurk daily for 20 years and post once a month, contributing nothing but a quip that three or four people find funny and everyone else ignores. This I promise you.

 

Oh and pictures of Cardinals fans with Nazi tattoos.

[jersey cubs fan]

We'll never know. But in all seriousness, I'm happy for Tim, and I hope that the old gang stays active while a bit of new life is breathed into the site. Good luck with the takeover. I'll be here regardless.

And seriously, if you ever see me doing something you don't like, PM me and I will *always* respond. This is a group effort. Sometimes our goals will align, sometimes they won't. But I'll listen every single time and give my own reasoning for any decision.

 

Obvi, that applies to everyone reading this.

 

I’ll lurk daily for 20 years and post once a month, contributing nothing but a quip that three or four people find funny and everyone else ignores. This I promise you.

 

Oh and pictures of Cardinals fans with Nazi tattoos.

 

[Bull]

And seriously, if you ever see me doing something you don't like, PM me and I will *always* respond. This is a group effort. Sometimes our goals will align, sometimes they won't. But I'll listen every single time and give my own reasoning for any decision.

 

Obvi, that applies to everyone reading this.

 

I’ll lurk daily for 20 years and post once a month, contributing nothing but a quip that three or four people find funny and everyone else ignores. This I promise you.

 

Oh and pictures of Cardinals fans with Nazi tattoos.

 

 

2016. It’s been 7 years since I’ve contributed anything to this board. 2016 is also the year I started my masters. I graduate with my doctorate in May. Perhaps I’ll have more tattoos for you once the writing is done.

[UMFan83]

Can't remember if this was mentioned before but to Brock: are the NSBB archives also coming along to the new site? Or at least remain archived and available online? Need to know if I should be making one last trip down memory lane and relive some of my most brilliant posts.

[wvcbxl]

Late to this party, but I welcome the possible return of the seemingly endless megathreads about the One Trade that matters to put the team over the top. 8-)

[David]

Can't remember if this was mentioned before but to Brock: are the NSBB archives also coming along to the new site? Or at least remain archived and available online? Need to know if I should be making one last trip down memory lane and relive some of my most brilliant posts.

Iirc Tim mentioned at some point that the plan is to merge them all together

[Brock Beauchamp]

Can't remember if this was mentioned before but to Brock: are the NSBB archives also coming along to the new site? Or at least remain archived and available online? Need to know if I should be making one last trip down memory lane and relive some of my most brilliant posts.

We're not sure of anything quite yet but we're pretty confident the archives will be folded into the new install and once again become part of the forums as a single installation.