I retired as the forum admin for a community (many months ago to focus on a new job) but have been so trusted and valued for my contribution that they have retained me as a casual member of the current team. I have a continued input on the health of the community and do a little bit of work behind the scenes where I provide material for events that run around geek holidays and general holidays. The upcoming event is about Pirates vs Ninja so I have been charged with creating user ranks for the rival usergroups that will be created for its duration.

Events like this are really fun, the community get really involved in the roles and very rarely take it too far with each other. They also enjoy the effort the team have made to break the forum year into little glimmers of madness and laughter, with competitions rewarding user input in many creative areas. The best moment is when a user remarks ‘They don’t do anything like this on the other domains!” because it tells the team they’ve made it an event. The rivalry aspect is a strong part of most events, we normally have two temporary usergroup factions battling each other out in the competitions and threads, it encourages the users to work together to try and out fox the rival faction.

I can sometimes be very bad at sharing work and activities that occupy my time, leading to silence on this blog… often it is an element of secrecy or because I feel the entry needs a considerable bulk of text rather than just a gallery in isolation. I will try to be less TOP SECRET about everything in the future.

-Tom

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