Lady Vulpix has been promoted.

[Katie]

I can't help but be curious about the adminning process... Something needed to be done that only an admin can do, but rather than contact the other 2 admins you go to the webmaster who literally hasn't posted in like 7 years (who didn't respond to you for several months anyway) ... ?? What about LP and Chris? Where the hell is Chris anyway, I just looked and he had a grand total of 7 posts in 2008, and none in 2009. I dunno, I like Chris and all but it seems like based on what has happened a replacement would have made more sense. But it was more likely a "bah, eff it. here." response from Kevin which seems pretty in character for him.

I dunno what I'm rambling about, this is what happens when neopets goes down.

PS there is way too much pink font in this thread I'm getting confused.

[Zak]

I can't help but be curious about the adminning process... Something needed to be done that only an admin can do, but rather than contact the other 2 admins you go to the webmaster who literally hasn't posted in like 7 years (who didn't respond to you for several months anyway) ... ?? What about LP and Chris? Where the hell is Chris anyway, I just looked and he had a grand total of 7 posts in 2008, and none in 2009. I dunno, I like Chris and all but it seems like based on what has happened a replacement would have made more sense. But it was more likely a "bah, eff it. here." response from Kevin which seems pretty in character for him.

I dunno what I'm rambling about, this is what happens when neopets goes down.

PS there is way too much pink font in this thread I'm getting confused.

It's not something an admin can do. The "something" that needed to be done was the admin control panel was messed up and broken, and Suzie was unable to do a lot of things. I mean, still able to ban people, but not able to change big things like modding/demodding people, as well as other things. That's why we've had so many inactive mods for a while lately, like who you were asking about the other day. I'd reckon Chris probably couldn't have done anything either even if he was around and/or active (he probably could have figured out the root of the problem), unless the problem was exclusive to Suzie's account.

So from what I understand, one day Gabi decided to contact Kevin on AIM (I think he was online for the first time in ages, I saw him online recently too and I remember it was weird seeing him on), so she explained the problem to him and he was able to fix it, and adminned her. I don't think she even asked or anything.

[Master Rudy]

PS there is way too much pink font in this thread I'm getting confused.

Then allow me to add to the problem ^_^
lol j/k


In any case grats to LV. Having an active, long time member become a new admin could be very helpful as far as getting things done. Chris hasn't been around for a long time and I myself have lost count on the number of inactive mods that really need to be shuffled around to make room for some folks that are more active.

In regard to the critics I fail to see the big problem here. I admit I myself have had little to no interaction with LV over the years but let's put it this way. On the extreme oppose side of things if Kev had every intent to give TPM a big fuck you as some of you are claiming he did then he could have looked at a list of banned members who enjoy chaos, reinstated them and then sent them a message saying "Go wild and have fun!" Not saying you guys can't have an opinion on the matter but I personally feel anyone making a fuss this big about it in public should just leave the site. Don't let the door hit you on the ass on your way out ^_~

On another note in regards to Shazza......
That avatar is creepy and is making me feel like I'm having a bad trip. Thanks for fueling my nightmare tonight. WTF IS THAT?!

In any case grats again!

[Lady Vulpix]

I can't help but be curious about the adminning process... Something needed to be done that only an admin can do, but rather than contact the other 2 admins you go to the webmaster who literally hasn't posted in like 7 years (who didn't respond to you for several months anyway) ... ?? What about LP and Chris? Where the hell is Chris anyway, I just looked and he had a grand total of 7 posts in 2008, and none in 2009. I dunno, I like Chris and all but it seems like based on what has happened a replacement would have made more sense. But it was more likely a "bah, eff it. here." response from Kevin which seems pretty in character for him.

I dunno what I'm rambling about, this is what happens when neopets goes down.

PS there is way too much pink font in this thread I'm getting confused.

Why does pink font confuse you? I'll type my reply to you in white and then go back to pink.

Like Zak said, none of the admins could do the necessary modding and demodding until the bug was fixed, and fixing the bug was something only the webmaster could do. It required fixing some configuration files on the server. Suzie and Chris were both aware of the problem but couldn't do anything about it. And I don't know what Chris is doing right now, the last e-mail I got from him was in March (and all he said in that e-mail was that he couldn't fix the bug).

When I contacted Kevin about the problem, I was expecting he'd just fix the bug and let Suzie take care of the rest. He decided that I should do it instead, probably because I was already there talking to him and telling him what needed to be done. My promotion came as a surprise to me as well.

Now back to pink. Thanks, Zak, Becca, SR and Alex. I hope activity does pick up. Old members seem to be returning, so that's probably a good sign. Of course, their presence here isn't my doing and I'm not going to take credit for it, but I'll try to do my part to keep up the activity on the forum, and if everyone does the same things may start picking up.

I think that if Zak has made it to the main site through the banner, others may do the same. I think Jeff had a good idea. And I like how the chat has now become active. Oddly enough, no one seems to have followed the link on the navigation bar, but that link may have served to remind people that the chat existed, and then they started inviting others.

I think the main site could use some more content. I wish I could help more with that, but I don't even own the games. In any case, if there's anything I can do to help, please let me know.

[Telume]

Why does pink font confuse you? I'll type my reply to you in white and then go back to pink.

Like Zak said, none of the admins could do the necessary modding and demodding until the bug was fixed, and fixing the bug was something only the webmaster could do. It required fixing some configuration files on the server. Suzie and Chris were both aware of the problem but couldn't do anything about it. And I don't know what Chris is doing right now, the last e-mail I got from him was in March (and all he said in that e-mail was that he couldn't fix the bug).

When I contacted Kevin about the problem, I was expecting he'd just fix the bug and let Suzie take care of the rest. He decided that I should do it instead, probably because I was already there talking to him and telling him what needed to be done. My promotion came as a surprise to me as well.

Now back to pink. Thanks, Zak, Becca, SR and Alex. I hope activity does pick up. Old members seem to be returning, so that's probably a good sign. Of course, their presence here isn't my doing and I'm not going to take credit for it, but I'll try to do my part to keep up the activity on the forum, and if everyone does the same things may start picking up.

I think that if Zak has made it to the main site through the banner, others may do the same. I think Jeff had a good idea. And I like how the chat has now become active. Oddly enough, no one seems to have followed the link on the navigation bar, but that link may have served to remind people that the chat existed, and then they started inviting others.

I think the main site could use some more content. I wish I could help more with that, but I don't even own the games. In any case, if there's anything I can do to help, please let me know.

Oddly enough some of the people I invited followed that Navbar link . But Hey, don't be disappointed no one followed it. It helped.