Hey there. Some of you guys might remember me - I'm Xavius, back for a third (fourth?) attempt at poking my way into Kintsugi's community. For anyone who doesn't remember, I'm a former moderator, albeit one who held the position briefly - I believe I was only in for two or three months before resigning. Stress was running higher on here than my bills, and I couldn't justify the extra strain after a while during a period where I was jumping from medication to medication and attempting to ensure my own stability. So is my stability ensured? Well, with the political situation in the United States right now, no. Not really. There are a few other contentious events in my life going on, but I'm probably not going to talk about them all that much. I was always one for keeping my business to myself. Before my departure, I wasn't really active much of anywhere besides where staff presence was required, which is why I've introduced myself as such. I'd like to get involved somewhere else in the site this go-around, but the fact is that I don't much enjoy embroiling myself in pretty much the entirety of Fine Imported Drama or the lower Advice section of the forums (I do not often have good advice for people, I feel), so I'll have to figure out where I can chill. Still, I missed you guys. Looking forward to dipping my toes back in the pool and seeing who I can connect with. I might try to do a Let's Play or something if I feel up to it, or involve myself in (public? private?) roleplays. Maybe make a thread to catalogue my DnD escapades if nobody cares about that infringing on the already-present DnD thread. Who knows? I don't think I'm going to be interested in staff work for the moment, though if I remember right, Seebs may have left the door open...and it is still something I'd like to do when I feel more shipshape. By year's end I should know if I'm looking at relative stability or not, and if I am, you bet your bottom dollar I'll want to help out the community however I can again.
Hey Xavius! It's good seeing you again, and I hope that things are less stressful this time around. I'm pretty sure no one will mind another DnD thread for your own storytelling, and I'd certainly enjoy reading it. :P
Oh hey, welcome back! It's cool to see you again. I hope things stabilise for you, and I'll look forward to seeing you around wherever you decide to join in.
It's so good to see you again, Xavius! I hope you don't feel like you have to resume staff responsibilities to contribute meaningfully to the community. Moderation is incredibly important and I'm grateful to the people who put their time and effort into it, but there wouldn't be anything worth moderating without users doing things like posting content and connecting with each other. I think a Let's Play or a DnD thread would be awesome.
I don't feel obligated to moderate so much as I enjoy management positions. I'm a person who delights in fiddly details and making sure things run in tip-top order for the benefit of others, so moderation has naturally appealed to me in other places. I'm still doing it on a few other sites and enjoying myself, but I'm just not suited towards conflict resolution, which seems to be quite important here. That said, I appreciate the well-wishes. It should be fun trying to do something different for a change. I like building up places' content as much as I do tinkering with them anyhow.
This...is a lot more people than I expected to see in the whole thread, let alone within an hour. I mostly just intended this as a little announcement. It's good to see all of you too!
it is jsut like when dbz comes back for the 80th time i am grinning It's good to see you back. I said it before but it is ok.
