~Bunbunmaru News~ > Letters to the Editor
Tell Me Why I Should Remain Your Head Admin
Edible:
If I didn't want you to stick around, I would have stopped supporting you, and this site, a long time ago.
And that's all I feel I need to say on the matter.
Chainsaw Guitar:
Okay, I don't think there is anything I can say that can possibily convince you to stay as I am not a good speaker. But I love listening to what other people have to say, no matter how idiotic it may be. Hell, there are some users here that are rightfully banned that I miss. So please don't go. Like others have said; just take a break from your responsibilites, and post here as a normal member. Avoid the IRC for a while too. I know from personal experiance that that IMs are not a good place to be when you're stressed out or whatnot.
Drake:
I'm also not going to respond with loads of text. In this situation I feel that it would just be a waste of time reading the same things over and over.
If anything, you posting this huge wall just solidifies my belief that you're a rational admin who I would continue to support. I like having you as an admin, and I was quite disappointed when it was revealed that you were really leaving after the prank was over. I am going to say that having added a few extra admins might reduce your load by a lot (though being the runner of the site is still stressful). I definitely do not want you to leave, but if you do need a month or whatever to recuperate I can totally respect (and encourage) that decision. Even saying this, I can tell just how much of a blow the responses from the prank must have done. It's not like you're a robot or something, admins have feelings too. I would not be surprised if you did in fact just leave. You're probably right in that your disposition towards many of the members here has changed and might not ever recover. But regardless, I would be devastated if you would leave, just as I would by any of the mods here (except maybe Edible, don't see him doing much lately; maybe being promoted will change that, dunno :P).
Please stay.
Nobu:
Do what makes you happy TSO. Anything else I could say has probably already been said. And the amount of text in this message is not indicative of the amount I care (if anything, the amount of text in our regular disputes is indicative of that. :V ). Didn't want to retreat to the books without saying something at least. Stay a while.
Ghaleon:
I personally enjoy the site, and the staff. Honestly I'm pretty upset with the people who were bashing TSO during April first. I can appreciate and respect their distaste for the joke (If I had to scramble and backup a buncha art or fan-stories, or whatever just IN CASE it wasn't a joke, I'd feel like my whole day was wasted). But it's just a bad joke. I saw some (key word some, not many, so fret not TSO) acting like doing such a thing would be typical behavior on your part. Like you were some kind of monster. I asked several times WHY they thought so little of you OTHER than April first, and they all just repeated april first over and over. GG
So honestly, I don't really think anybody has a legitimate reason to hate you TSO, and I think the reasons why people appreciate you are obvious. Reading your post I see you mention that you do this, and don't get a thanks, or how you never get people just wanting to talk to you. I just want you to know that I think it does happen, you are just being blinded right now because you're upset like any other reasonable person would be after what happened.
The thing is you ARE the admin, and it is VERY difficult to compliment you without being seen as a suck-up, I've tried to in the past with my letters to the editor post (not you personally but the people managing the site, I don't think I even k new you were admin at the time). I've even sent you a PM or two in the past about stuff unrelated to your duties as an admin. You responded yes, and I appreciate it, I understand you must get alot and be pressed for time. But I'm just saying that you can't say the effort is not being made, and I sincerely doubt I'm the one exception in the whole community.
I also recall you seemed to post more often when I was a new member, I remember one thread about Advance wars, and you drew us a loli-brenner or something, that was epic. Anyway, I'm not saying this to criticize that you aren't "there" enough for us. But that the few times you can be, people enjoy it, that's why you should say.
As for being admin, I'm not staff, so I don't know all the mechanics and whatnot. I think asking non staff that isn't really something they can answer fairly. All we can do is say we love the site, and that staff as a whole seems to do a great job maintaining it. Whatever is being done now is clearly being done right. So changing things is probably not a good idea.
I personally have oodles to say, and I'm quite upset that talking about April first is a no-no. I think it's important and that people should discuss it. I think the drama that might ensue should be said. People don't like people talking being their backs, so why keep these issues under a rug?
I wish the people who had a problem with TSO, or any staff member can really say why in a constructive way. I can appreciate people not liking them for personal reasons or whatever, but I think people should be mature enough to know that they work for the benefit of the site and the community, so constructive criticism will help a helluva lot more than personal angst.
The people who bashed TSO, you know who you are, honestly I hope you feel ashamed. But notice how you haven't been banned, or snowballed. Please take the opportunity to collect your wits and really say your grievances in a mature manner so we can resolve this. I don't want to lose TSO, nor do I want to lose Letty (where's letty? wahh), or videogamer (err..wait. nm >=P) or any other (real)member because of this whole fiasco.