JPH

[Sonicslasher]

Well, thanks for the explanation. Only reason I want to know so much about it before was because every time I asked about it on IRC, some of the staff told me be quite. This of course made me more curious. And of course my mind wandered to GBAtemp conspiracies, death of lagman, etc.

Pro tip: In the future, if someone that is well known gets banned and people start asking questions, just open up this kind of thread.

 

[NeSchn]

Man, I thought it was going to be something cool he was banned for. Now who is going to be the head of Mag. Staff?

 

[Splych]

Wows.... I never knew JPH much but who knew some people can be like that. And NeSchn, I would vote science. He seems to be into these kind of things, and he is really friendly to both staff and members.

 

[x-mah-D]

 

[Sonicslasher]

Man, I thought it was going to be something cool he was banned for. Now who is going to be the head of Mag. Staff?

Pretty sure that the Head of Mag Staff position was created after JPH got demoted from being a mod.

 

[Toni Plutonij]

JPH was a member of staff, staff have to conduct themselves differently from regular users. What might just be warn worthy for one of us is completely different, and more serious if its involving a staff member. You cant be staff here and make threats, whatever those threats may be. :/
Exactly, everything is a bit more strict with the staff, as we can't afford to flame insult or behave in any way that could set a bad example!
We were all asked to join the staff because we have proven to be trustworthy and good members..however, most of the times, people change with given "power", in some cases that change is good in some is bad..but you never know how someone will react until it actually happens..

QUOTE(NeSchn @ Apr 9 2009, 12:13 AM) Man, I thought it was going to be something cool he was banned for. Now who is going to be the head of Mag. Staff?

No it wasn't anything cool at all..

And about Head Mag. Staff, well, I don't think there will be anyone with that title, actually there is no need for it, JPH was given the title because he was demoted from Mod duties (but he had a bit more power than ordinary mag. staff)..Now that he's banned, I don't think they'll keep that title at all..

I'm sad that it turned out like that, but JPH was acting weird lately, so I actually don't know what happened either..

EDIT: ....aaaand Sonicslasher gives the answer before me!

 

[mthrnite]

Head of Mag Staff wasn't just a token position, that was not my aim. J was good at what he did, and I was entertaining the notion that the position would help JPH to help us in a productive way. I would like for there to be another head of mag staff, but that, like everything else around here, will be discussed amongst the staff.

 

[redact]

Head of Mag Staff wasn't just a token position, that was not my aim. J was good at what he did, and I was entertaining the notion that the position would help JPH to help us in a productive way. I would like for there to be another head of mag staff, but that, like everything else around here, will be discussed amongst the staff.

not trying to do your job for you but can i nominate another world for the position if you decide to fill it? he works his ass off posting homebrew news and in the short time he's been mag staff, he has posted over 460 files to the downloads section

 

[Minox]

Head of Mag Staff wasn't just a token position, that was not my aim. J was good at what he did, and I was entertaining the notion that the position would help JPH to help us in a productive way. I would like for there to be another head of mag staff, but that, like everything else around here, will be discussed amongst the staff.

not trying to do your job for you but can i nominate another world for the position if you decide to fill it? he works his ass off posting homebrew news and in the short time he's been mag staff, he has posted over 460 files to the downloads section

As mthrnite said, this matter is being discussed. And although the post of "Head of Magazine Staff" is empty there may never be anyone who'll fill that place.

 

[NeSchn]

JPH was a member of staff, staff have to conduct themselves differently from regular users. What might just be warn worthy for one of us is completely different, and more serious if its involving a staff member. You cant be staff here and make threats, whatever those threats may be. :/
Exactly, everything is a bit more strict with the staff, as we can't afford to flame insult or behave in any way that could set a bad example!
We were all asked to join the staff because we have proven to be trustworthy and good members..however, most of the times, people change with given "power", in some cases that change is good in some is bad..but you never know how someone will react until it actually happens..

QUOTE(NeSchn @ Apr 9 2009, 12:13 AM) Man, I thought it was going to be something cool he was banned for. Now who is going to be the head of Mag. Staff?

No it wasn't anything cool at all..

And about Head Mag. Staff, well, I don't think there will be anyone with that title, actually there is no need for it, JPH was given the title because he was demoted from Mod duties (but he had a bit more power than ordinary mag. staff)..Now that he's banned, I don't think they'll keep that title at all..

I'm sad that it turned out like that, but JPH was acting weird lately, so I actually don't know what happened either..

EDIT: ....aaaand Sonicslasher gives the answer before me!

Sorry, I should have phrased that differently. I ment banned in a more interesting way, like trying to hack the site, hijack the board, or scam someone. Just by getting banned the way a regular person gets banned is not interesting.

I was hoping that all this time, he would just do something no one would expect him to do. Kinda like that Admin I talked to from another board. Sure they are all bad things to do, but when a Mod or Admin gets banned its usually for something worse that just doing it the way some regular member gets banned.

Hope that cleared things up a bit.

 

[Ferrariman]

Whohly shit.

 

[War]

"With great power comes great responsibility."

JPH couldn't handle the power of Spider-Man Head of Staff.

Joking aside, I was pretty shocked about him being banned, but I'm sure there was a good reason for it. I don't know all the details, but I know the gist of it.

 

[Prophet]

I'm not happy he got banned, but it was probably for the best. It's not really healthy the amount of time that he once poured into this site. Especially for someone his age, it definitely wasn't productive for his own life. On top of that a lot of people did treat him like shit, members and some staff included.

And about Head Mag. Staff, well, I don't think there will be anyone with that title, actually there is no need for it, JPH was given the title because he was demoted from Mod duties (but he had a bit more power than ordinary mag. staff)..Now that he's banned, I don't think they'll keep that title at all..

And in lieu of this tidbit about the unimportant, made up position, created to appease him while rendering him impotent... well yeah I think that he's better off. I wish him the best and I hope he takes this change in stride instead of letting it crush him like some so obviously hope it will.

 

[Toni Plutonij]

I think I expressed myself wrongly as well, I didn't mean to say that Head of the Mag.staff was a "charity" title, on the contrary..He was demoted, but still left with more power then ordinary Mag. staffer, that's why his Head of the mag. staff title was created..

There is no talk that JPH wasn't good at his job, and that he wasn't helpful, the thing is, he made some bad calls, and in the end, it turned out that he's a bit "too much" at this point..

NeSchn, I understood the first time what you meant, and even tho we're not going into the details, he could qualify for the "cool reason" for getting banned, even tho he didn't do anything special or shocking as I already said..

 

[zidane_genome]

I personally am glad he's gone... get rid of the trash! He gave me warnings and even banned me before, and 90% of it was overturned by real staff members...

Now if I can just get that last 10% warn from him removed, I'll be happy!

peace out JPH! you won't be missed here!

 

[DeMoN]

We'll miss you Puc- er... "JPH."

 

[NeSchn]

NeSchn, I understood the first time what you meant, and even tho we're not going into the details, he could qualify for the "cool reason" for getting banned, even tho he didn't do anything special or shocking as I already said..

Haha, yeah I hear you. I just wanted to clarify myself so I didn't look like a total dick.

 

[VVoltz]

Once again my beloved site shows great lidership among the admins and mods. Kudos to Ace for opening this thread to discuss the matter in a serious way.
JPH has done a lot of great things for this community and I believe his life in general isn't a bed of roses. In particular I believe he had just the regular ammount of immaturity totally normal for his age, I never had or will have anything against the guy.
But if it things have come this far it must be for a reason and who better to judge than the admins and mods of this site.

Let's respect JPH and also remember all the good things he has made. Hopefully we'll read him soon even as a regular user.

Edit: Posting from iPhone, hate when it crashes.

 

[Salamantis]

I wasn't here when he got banned, I have no idea of what happened, but I'd like to know why he got banned, it must've been bad for all the news/releases he's posted on this site...

I've had some arguments with him over his abuse of power, but I guess it was alright afterwards. Oh well, good luck with everything.

 

[Sonicslasher]

Once again my beloved site shows great leadership* among the admins and mods. Kudos to Ace for opening this thread

Sorry, it's a bad habit of mine to correct someone's spelling. :]