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| Shadoweh:
Obligatory how did you find MotK? Obligatory how did you become a staff member? Obligatory what DO you do here as staff? What's a Gensokyo Cop? What's your official type staffly duties? My questions sound much better then some Mima faker. :P Why do you consider a General Forum to be more important then TARC considering MotK is a Touhou forum? Why Letty? |
| Furienify:
Why are you so universally reviled? It's as though you hold the least likable opinion on every subject anyone ever cares about. |
| Letty Whiterock:
--- Quote from: Kilgamayan on June 08, 2011, 04:11:35 AM ---So where are you these days, anyway? --- End quote --- [Letty] I've been trying to survive. It may be foolish of me, but I live in an apartment with two (formerly three) unemployed people in which I cover most of the expenses via the income from my dead-end, minimum wage job. They're my friends, so I want to do my best to help them. I mean, they do help out when they can. At the same time, however, I can't seem to save money for myself and the things I personally need. It's a frustrating situation, but I soldier on. --- Quote from: Kips McKipzerson on June 08, 2011, 04:37:43 AM ---Why is your title different from the rest what makes you so cool WHY SO BLUE TEXT :V In all seriousness though, What is your favorite hobby? Favorite game, And what brought you to this forum? Also, What made you into a mod? Clearly being an ice-cream flavour cant just give you the rights to modship the second you log in, correct? --- End quote --- [Letty] I guess I'll answer these in order! Being Minty isn't easy, but if you're wondering how I got there in the first place, it all started when an old forum I went to got temporarily shut down and was replaced with a small refuge forum. I registered the name "Trick Master Mint," named after my favorite Galaxy Angel character and her spaceship, and ran with it. After that, it just stuck. So I'm not actually named after an ice cream flavor but after a character who is named after an ice cream flavor! [Letty] As for the rest of these things! I have a different title because I needed access to the staff forum without being given any other positions of power. Did you know that "aqua" is not one of the listed font colors but still works? Quite well, in fact! My favorite hobby? Any sort of rhythm gaming. Music is my passion. I want to become an electronic artist, but I need to save up for the equipment. Also, I like writing! I don't remember how I found this forum or how I became a mod, but I can attribute the latter to wanting to see this place thrive and not wanting the rest of the world to see it as a joke. Sadly, some still do. --- Quote from: Jes Isaive on June 08, 2011, 05:31:47 AM ---Why does the userbase hate you? :< I'll ask the question I meant to ask everyone else but didn't. How did you find out about Touhou? --- End quote --- [Letty] It's not my fault they don't know any better. I discovered Touhou in my search for free vertical shmups on the internet. They are among my favorite games ever, starting with the games Axelay and S.T.G. Strike Gunner for the SNES. Eventually, I just found mirrors of various doujin shmup demos, Touhou included. Some time later, I was attending a LAN party and discovered someone playing IaMP. We became friends, and from there, I was introduced to the world of Touhou. In short, I liked it before I even knew what it was. --- Quote from: N-Forza on June 08, 2011, 07:43:59 AM ---What does it feel like being named after the worst Galaxy Angel? --- End quote --- [Letty] I'm sorry, but my name isn't Ranpha. --- Quote from: Shadoweh on June 08, 2011, 10:35:22 AM ---Obligatory how did you find MotK? Obligatory how did you become a staff member? Obligatory what DO you do here as staff? What's a Gensokyo Cop? What's your official type staffly duties? My questions sound much better then some Mima faker. :P Why do you consider a General Forum to be more important then TARC considering MotK is a Touhou forum? Why Letty? --- End quote --- [Letty] My given duties here are debatable, but I began as a global moderator. I lost this position when I went Maverick and banned someone who attacked me without actually discussing it with the rest of the staff first. Since then, however, TSO and crew consider my input something worthwhile, so they keep me around. Now, I moderate the CPMC off-shoot "Letty Explains It All" AKA "This is where the Rage Thread is now." My "Gensokyo Cop" title is defunct; it was put in place just so I could still maintain access to the staff forum. [Letty] It's not so much that I think a general discussion board is more important than a Touhou-centric board on a Touhou forum. It's that TARC runs fine as it is. It serves its purpose without gimmicks and provides a place for Touhou discussion. Our GD board, however, has been all over the place for the past months. We've been changing which board falls into the category, getting rid of other boards entirely, setting up mechanisms, and all sorts of stuff I find crazy. I've been forum-going for nearly half my life, and I find that a normal GD board is important. Many of the problems with our general discussion is that CPMC became GD due to our cliquey userbase, and rather than nip it in the bud, we didn't want to rock the boat and let it go. It just went out of control. In short, TARC doesn't need my focus, because there's nothing wrong with TARC as a board. GD, however, needs work. [Letty] "Why Letty?" is a good question with a humorous story behind it. In the early days of #shrinemaiden, there was a quiz system in place. It would ask a question, Maullar would type it before anyone else, and points were awarded (to him, because he's a jerk with a desk job). Eventually, I picked a random character, which happened to be Letty, and would copy/paste her name as the answer, no matter what the question. The one time I did not do this, "Letty Whiterock" was the answer, and I was awarded a point out of pity. I then just changed my name to Letty Whiterock to continue the joke. I eventually just adopted it and discovered that Letty really is one of the best characters in the series. Can't argue that! --- Quote from: Furienify on June 08, 2011, 11:41:06 AM ---Why are you so universally reviled? It's as though you hold the least likable opinion on every subject anyone ever cares about. --- End quote --- [Letty] No doubt my vitriol has a lot to do with that. I have/had rage issues. I include "had," because I've taken a lot of friendly advice to heart and tried to better myself as a person. This, of course, includes not being the ball of hatred and spite many of you have come to know. Interestingly enough, I'm really only that way online (for the most part). Outside of the internet, I only get that way I feel like a lot of unnecessary pressure is being put on me. This happens a lot at work when I'm constantly having to pick up the slack for other people's laziness. It frustrates me very easily. The other thing that has a lot to do with it is my argumentative nature. I tend to play Devil's Advocate more than I should. I really need to learn how to choose my battles. [Letty] Let's be frank here. For one, people take things way too seriously sometimes. dustyjo, I'm calling you out here. Calm down. It'll be okay. Same for you, HakureiSM. I know we don't get along, but it's not a big deal. Two, I often feel that many decisions made here at MotK, on both the user and staff levels, are foolish ones. I'm very opinionated, but at the same time, I'm also well-informed (and willing to admit I'm wrong) on the subject of running an internet forum. I'm not perfect, but I know what I'm doing. Sometimes, I don't feel the same way about my colleagues. They can be quite stubborn at times, and more often than not, there are people here I don't think should be on staff and users that I don't think we should keep around. In addition, unlike many of them, I'm not afraid to speak my feelings and argue my points into the core of the planet, even though I know it usually won't amount to anything. [Letty] This is the biggest reason people aren't fans of me. I'm brutally honest and can be damn harsh at times. There are times, though, when you have to be. People test your patience, and the only way they'll hear you is if you yell at them. Combine this, my argumentative nature, and my frustration with people and life as a whole, and you make enemies. I'm getting better, I think. I just wish people would listen to me more often. I don't want to seem arrogant, but more than once, I called the failings of CPMC's direction before it actually occurred. It hurt to be ignored, but it hurt more to watch my friends and colleagues scramble and play damage control. I really do care about this place and the people in it, even if they frustrate, sicken, or disturb me. In the end, you're people too, and my tyranny is all for the benefit of everyone. [Letty] Also, Snowball Challenges need to come back. Sorry, but when someone screws up bad enough to warrant one, they need to made examples of and work for their salvation. Some of the best content comes from when they succeed, and afterward, you say "Ha ha, you're alright" and have strengthened a bond within the community. |
| Rin Kagamine:
Why do you make the worst songs ever? Why are they such garbage? Why do you insist on continuing to make such awful music? |
| Letty Whiterock:
--- Quote from: Rin Kagamine on June 08, 2011, 12:30:04 PM ---Why do you make the worst songs ever? Why are they such garbage? Why do you insist on continuing to make such awful music? --- End quote --- [Letty] Most of them are your fault. I do, however, take full responsibility for this, because it's awesome and you know it. |
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