New Moderator?

[A Pathetic Writer]

Since

a) There is no moderator for this forum

and

b) There is a sudden influx of sometimes not-nice newbies (welcome, newbies! :party )


I recommend we get a moderator for this forum. I think the one person best qualified to bridge the gap between old and new members, and the one with the best, most sound advice around, would be Hamboogul.

What do you think, Jenna.

Oh, and I can't seem to get into the moderator forum to discuss this. My password doesn't work.

[Hamboogul]

As someone who came here before this supposed "Hamboogul Horde invasion," I consider myself one of the older posters.

Yes, I am very alarmed by this new influx of posters. And while I try to do my best, I feel that my efforts will be like my screenplays: trite, annoying, and full of lesbian shower scenes.

So I appreciate the nomination but I have to decline. Thank you very much. :)

[absolutewrite]

Hey APW. Actually, I had my eye on you... and Optimus... for the job. :grin

Our former moderator went into med school last month. He was a fine, fine fellow and we miss him. I have been restructuring the forums lately and am hoping to name a new mod soon.

By the way, I've banned maia.

Just thought you might be interested. Let us not speak of her again.

[A Pathetic Writer]

My work here is done. |I

Hi-ho Silver.... AWAY!

[A Pathetic Writer]

(and let me add... I'd be a GREAT moderator!)

:kiss

:hug

(I'm a uniter, not a divider)







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[Optimus Maximus]

Dclary would be horrible.

And, although I know you were joking, grad school doesn't offer me enough time to moderate. To meddle around and waste time posting nonsense? Yes. But actually moderate and contribute something useful? Yeahnotsomuch.

And, banning maia might've been a bit harsh, unless she's done other things of which I'm not aware.

Anyway, technically my first post here (and on Bill Martell's Script Secrets board) was over a year and a half ago, so that makes me more of a veteran than Hamboogul, therefore my opinion should count more.

;)

I think this board works fine un-directly-moderated as long as certain people stop posting stupid crap. *cough!*mdbftp*cough!*

[absolutewrite]

banning maia might've been a bit harsh, unless she's done other things of which I'm not aware.

Opti: Yes. For quite a long time. I've been practicing turning a blind eye for ages. Straw that broke the camel's back and all that.

Really do appreciate the productive advice you two have given here, if I haven't mentioned that.

[Optimus Maximus]

Really do appreciate the productive advice you two have given here, if I haven't mentioned that.
Hey!

I take exception to that!

I have NEVER posted ANYTHING even remotely productive!

And, from reading both his posts over the years and his scripts, I know for a fact that APW never has either!

[A Pathetic Writer]

I have a productive cough right now, but that's about it.

Actually, I have given good advice on occasion. But you have to dig through a lot of horseshit to find a pony, if you catch my drift.

[scripter1]

Can I cast a vote?

Haven't been here in a while, moving and all that. Not sure what my rank would be.

What about Dpaterso? Aka Derek.

He always seems to have very sound advice and he's usually quite nice and diplomatic.

[absolutewrite]

Scripter: I don't think Derek's here-- just on the DD board.

Opti and APW: Sorry if I tarnished your troublemaking images. Bad Opti and APW! They're nothin' but trouble, I tell ya! Incorrigible! >:

(Was that convincing?)

Seriously, I do have a screenwriting mod in mind-- you haven't met him yet but he's a member of my writing group. Will bring him by and get him aquainted here soon. Meantime, you're stuck with me. Auntie Jenna. The cruel dictator.

XOXOX,

[love2code]

Let me mod for a week, so I can hurry up and ban Ham and APW aka dclary aka 250 other screen names.

[A Pathetic Writer]

/looking for the "quivering in my boots" emoticon...

:p

[xtz]

If Maia = mammamaia...

its your board and you can ban who you like but she was one of the good folk of the forum, always trying to be helpful and making an effort for people... that's worth an awful lot.

[PipeWriter]

What about Dpaterso? Aka Derek.

He always seems to have very sound advice and he's usually quite nice and diplomatic.

I stand by my sig.

[scripter1]

I know he was here a couple of months ago. Always responding to posts in very positive ways and often asking people to stay on track and not get into petty arguments.

Dpaterso isn't a pro yet and may have somewhat limited experience but he doesn't deliberately lead writers astray.
His intentions are good.
I don't really want to drag up what earned him the sig line.

But, I guess if he doesn't come here anymore there isn't much point.

If he starts showing back up though Jenna, take a look over his posts. I think you'll see that he's all right.

[absolutewrite]

xtz: I truly don't want to badmouth anyone behind their backs. I like Maia and always felt her intentions were good. But I've gotten countless complaints about her since the board began, from people I trust, mostly about the harsh/condescending treatment of people who came to her for free mentoring. I couldn't endorse her advice and couldn't feel good about sending new writers her way on this board. I came to believe she was doing more harm than good here.

I'd prefer to not say any more on the topic, because again, I do believe her intentions are good and I do believe she's helped many writers. This is something I've been on the fence about for a long time, but couldn't ignore anymore.

More info: p197.ezboard.com/fabsolut...D=81.topic (http://p197.ezboard.com/fabsolutewritefrm21.showMessage?topicID=81.topic)

[writerscut]

You do have your reasons, and we have to respect it...though as I've said before it's a shame when so many people found your website because of maia...she is harsh, true, but you can't expect anything else when you choose a business this difficult. Anyway, we all move on...

[dpaterso]

Amazing, I look away for a couple of days--

Jenna, wow, banned Maia... thought you were joking... but obviously not. You must've had your reasons, shrug.

scripter, thanks for the kind words, but even if I dropped in more often than every other day, and assuming that Jenna knew me well enough to trust me, which alas isn't the case, I can't see myself being swept to moderatorship on a tidal wave of popularity! Though I'm positive I'd have PipeWriter's and Apathetic's votes.

-Derek
-----------------------My Web Page - naked women, bestial sex, and whopping big lies. (http://hometown.aol.co.uk/DPaterson57)

[writerscut]

An election would be nice...;)

[NikeeGoddess]

elections are just popularity contests. they rarely merit the one who would do the best job. but, that is the american way :p

anyhoo - honestly, i'm not sad to see momma go. i do believe she did have her best interest at heart but, she drove anyone away who professed to be more helpful and experienced than she and insisted that they were trying to cheat or rob newbies of their hard earned cash, regardless of their intentions. to me she was just looking in the mirror and not liking what she saw - the similarities. unfortunately for her, i know she was chased from another screenwriting board last year. :shrug

write on!

[absolutewrite]

Hey Derek! Well now I feel sheepish for not knowing you were here. I haven't hung around the screenwriting board in a looong time because I had a great moderator here (Foxfire) until a few weeks ago, so I spent most of my time on other boards. Looks like I came back just in time for the excitement. :party

[dchapma123]

Oh, you know what happens when one of your coworkers becomes your boss. It changes everything. Suddenly you don't feel comfortable telling dirty screenwriting jokes while you're supposed to be working on that second draft.

Better the new moderator be someone who has never posted here before. Or at least pretend to be.

Dave...

[dpaterso]

Dave, I'm surprised no one suggested you or xtz, you both post here more often than I do and offer friendly sane advice.

But, judging from the edit in the "please read this everyone!" thread, aka eraser just rode into town on a tall horse.

-Derek
-----------------------My Web Page - naked women, bestial sex, and whopping big lies. (http://hometown.aol.co.uk/DPaterson57)

[Hamboogul]

i nominate EggMcMuffin. He seems to know Hitchcockian paradigms and seems to be carb friendly.

[dchapma123]

All hail aka eraser!

[aka eraser]

No, nope and nuh-uh. :)

I don't mod any particular board. I, along with rt and Betty are Jenna's "Black Riders." We kind of oversee all the boards; dousing the occasional fire and stifling our own natural urge to start one.

Jenna has someone in mind for this board and I expect the announcement will be made as soon as he/she is crazy enough to accept. :)

[writerscut]

I think I remember reading on a thread that she has a friend or someone in mind for the job, one from her writing group...hm...Reminds me of that scene in Return of the King..."Sauron has yet to unleash his deadliest weapon." Unleash it Jenna...we're ready...

[refriedwhiskey]

The funniest part of this thread was when somebody suggested dpaterso would be a good moderator!

http://www.legiontotalwar.com/forums/html/emoticons/post-21-1079631563%5B1%5D.gif

[dpaterso]

The funniest part of this thread was when somebody suggested dpaterso would be a good moderator!

refried, sometimes I think you understand me better than anyone else. I'd last maybe 5 minutes as a moderator before someone pulled the plug on me. The temptation to nuke non-contributing trolls would be overwhelming.

-Derek
-----------------------refried, how is that life you're living of the ugly stupid, guy going? as i've said, listening to gotham is like listening to the third canidate, his only supporters are the ugly, stupid guys with not enough sense to know the issues. ~vig
You are as dense and clueless as they come, refried. ~Gotham
-Friendly banter from Done Deal

[EggMcGuffin]

what's a hitchcockian paradigm? :wha

[dpaterso]

Egg, do a web search for "hitchcock macguffin" and you'll discover why your userid echoes Hitchcock.

Here is but one of many links:

www.screenonline.org.uk/t...tour6.html (http://www.screenonline.org.uk/tours/hitch/tour6.html)

-Derek
-----------------------My Web Page - naked women, bestial sex, and whopping big lies. (http://hometown.aol.co.uk/DPaterson57)

[writerscut]

Nobody likes trolls Derek...wasn't there a time when trolls were cute little naked beings with funky colored hair...;)

[refriedwhiskey]

http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0764308637.01._SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg

[writerscut]

Where have the good ones gone!

[writerscut]

Jen...it's been a while...where's that new moderator you were talking about?