Do you want to be a moderator?

[Echo 7-7]

Yeah, alright. After spending all this time I here I'd like to give something back to the community. Considering the amount of time I spend on the forums, too, I could certainly spend them being useful rather than wasting time.

Who am I?

*points to profile link* I'm one of those infamous ANZLAGgers who you love to hate (while PvP'ing). Technically speaking, I've been here since 2006, when I first made this forum account after being suggested to do so by a player in game. That was v4.79 IIRC. I played for a few months before trying out other mods and eventually getting bored of Freelancer. I took a rather long hiatus until the start of 2011, when I dug out my Freelancer CD once again and found a rather different version of Discovery - it's grown a lot since then!

What do I do here?

For those who don't know me personally, you will have seen me around the Comms Channels doing things for Ageira and HF. I'm the current faction leader of Ageira|, and have been so for about a year now. As for the Hellfire Legion, I'm the third in command (along with ChillerMiller). However, until such time as our First and Second in command stop being AWOL, I am effectively the faction leader. Late last year I was attempting a revival of the |Maquis faction, but that didn't work out so I've since moved on. Other factions I've dabbled in include [C], DHC-, and |IDF.
I've got some indie characters too, but they're not particularly well known.

As part of an initiative to develop a better game environment, I helped bring the Big Three (Ageira, DSE, USI) in with the Liberty Lawfuls in order to set up a well-rounded house Government. That's been fairly successful so far. At the moment I am admininstrating the Liberty Bounty Board in its entirety (registration and payments).

Why should I be a Moderator?

- While I have no issue with expressing my opinions on a particular subject, I know when to draw the line and to separate personal feelings from business.
- I have a strong knowledge of the forum and server rules.
- I'm a native English speaker (some might even call me a "grammar nazi"), plus I'm fluent in Ukrainian and know some basic French.
- Never been sanctioned.
- I'm an organisational nut. It pains me to see threads placed in the wrong subforum when it could be easily corrected by some Mod guidance.
- You don't have a lot of Mod/Admin coverage in my time zone, which is unfortunate. I could remedy that.
- I've got an "itch" for contentious threads. I reckon I can pick a lock coming from a mile away...
- I would like to make Discovery a better place for all the players here. It's one of the reasons I got involved with the infocard-writing team for 4.86 development, and I'm learning how to design bases as well.

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There was a sig here, once.