So, for those of you curious. Yeah, I got promoted tonight. I'm pretty excited about it, but at the same time I am really humbled by this.
I came back to this site a few months ago, early summer to be specific. I remember throwing out a feeler to the staff and offering a hand in helping with reviews on the site. The response I got was fair enough, they wanted to see me "reintegrate" back into the site and wait a few months. I waited, and waited, and in the meantime, continued to help struggling users along the way as best I could.
Tonight, though, I was goofing around on IRC and hey, I got an invite to volunteer/work as a Reporter! It's a nice little job that I'm kind of really looking forward to. It's actually not as bad as my previous stint on another media based website.
All in all though, I never really expected to end up where I am today. I've been a member here since 2008, and I'm pretty sure I've lurked several years on top of that. I remember always being jelly a bit at those cool user tags, colors, and titles. This was fourteen year old me. Now, I'm twenty, and I'm looking at myself, and I'm like, DAMN, I can't believe I ended up here. It definitely feels like I left a small footprint on the GBAtemp site. It wasn't even about the reward for me, it was more a chance to me to increase my knowledge about certain subjects, and I can say that of all the websites I've joined GBAtemp is the one that seems to have stuck with me. It's pretty awesome actually, that I spent most of my teenage years growing up and learning on this site. I've definitely met some goofy ass people here, too, which makes the experience all the better.
When I made those silly mistakes all the way back when, it was kind of like, why did I do that? It was more of me pulling a Walter White and putting my ego first, and I ended up paying a price for that. It wasn't worth it, and lately my ideology was to help and basically do so knowing that I made someone's day a little bit easier. I didn't really care too much about what people thought of me, because I knew that I wanted to be me, and not someone that I was being pressured to be. I'm glad to see that some of that mentality paid off, and I certainly did not think I would be a goldenrod so soon. The response, admittedly, felt like not getting a job you were applying for. It was more of a "We'll contact you if we need you" type response, at first, and now I'm shocked and really happy that they wanted me to come aboard.
I'll do my best to maintain GBAtemp's good name. I've been entrusted with a hell of a lot, and I'm not going to betray that trust that I have been given. It's crazy to believe that I'm one of the very few on a site of a couple hundred thousand users that will be helping keep the site on its feet. I'm honored that I can work alongside you guys (staffers), whom I have spent watching get your green and purple titles since my teenager years. I am looking forward to the days to come.
I came back to this site a few months ago, early summer to be specific. I remember throwing out a feeler to the staff and offering a hand in helping with reviews on the site. The response I got was fair enough, they wanted to see me "reintegrate" back into the site and wait a few months. I waited, and waited, and in the meantime, continued to help struggling users along the way as best I could.
Tonight, though, I was goofing around on IRC and hey, I got an invite to volunteer/work as a Reporter! It's a nice little job that I'm kind of really looking forward to. It's actually not as bad as my previous stint on another media based website.
All in all though, I never really expected to end up where I am today. I've been a member here since 2008, and I'm pretty sure I've lurked several years on top of that. I remember always being jelly a bit at those cool user tags, colors, and titles. This was fourteen year old me. Now, I'm twenty, and I'm looking at myself, and I'm like, DAMN, I can't believe I ended up here. It definitely feels like I left a small footprint on the GBAtemp site. It wasn't even about the reward for me, it was more a chance to me to increase my knowledge about certain subjects, and I can say that of all the websites I've joined GBAtemp is the one that seems to have stuck with me. It's pretty awesome actually, that I spent most of my teenage years growing up and learning on this site. I've definitely met some goofy ass people here, too, which makes the experience all the better.
When I made those silly mistakes all the way back when, it was kind of like, why did I do that? It was more of me pulling a Walter White and putting my ego first, and I ended up paying a price for that. It wasn't worth it, and lately my ideology was to help and basically do so knowing that I made someone's day a little bit easier. I didn't really care too much about what people thought of me, because I knew that I wanted to be me, and not someone that I was being pressured to be. I'm glad to see that some of that mentality paid off, and I certainly did not think I would be a goldenrod so soon.
The response, admittedly, felt like not getting a job you were applying for. It was more of a "We'll contact you if we need you" type response, at first, and now I'm shocked and really happy that they wanted me to come aboard.I'll do my best to maintain GBAtemp's good name. I've been entrusted with a hell of a lot, and I'm not going to betray that trust that I have been given. It's crazy to believe that I'm one of the very few on a site of a couple hundred thousand users that will be helping keep the site on its feet. I'm honored that I can work alongside you guys (staffers), whom I have spent watching get your green and purple titles since my teenager years. I am looking forward to the days to come.
He Row. Is that Michael rowing that boat ashore? 