I find it tricky to believe that I've actually been on the staff team for a year now.
I didn't know where having being a part of the staff team on Mineplex would take me. Here I am, in the new year, in 2016, and I'm amazed that I didn't decide to resign before this anniversary. Far more has motivated me to stay here that goes beyond my personal enjoyment of my work - I'm standing as a "survivor" of my batch, with a much-changed purpose on the staff team that has kept me up here until this date. When I look upon my history and my original Helper (as it was called back then) application, I found a strong emotional connection that, honestly, has nothing to do with my tags, but with what I can do to truly do for this community (as if I couldn't stress community enough).
I find myself very fortunate to have been granted this experience to go on a long journey to discover where I can apply myself here, and just what needs serious attention that I must continue to emphasize to you guys - yes, you guys. As I've said before, anybody who truly understands community, staff or non-staff, and can assess it with a set level of maturity, work ethic, and honest,
respectful praise or criticism alike will find truth, and extraordinary things will result from it.
Congratulations to my other surviving batch buddies who made it this far, as well. You're all terrific batch buddies who I'm very glad to be working with to this day:
AlexTheBlock
Beta_1123
DietCookiez
Charcoal_Inc
ΔP
Matamex
RES SophiaRose
Theminerscode
xJordan_ (sorry about the last 3 - ran out of tags ;c)
I would also like to give personal thanks to
Wanderer . Not only is he a friend of mine, but perhaps no single person that I have ever met had been able to express the potential of a community more than he has. Both a diligent, multi-talented worker and a man of sincerity and dedication in a way that I understand fully, he has truly gone above and beyond in sharing the ideologies about the forums that I share. I speak from the bottom of my heart, Wandy.
Everybody else here to this day, and every other batch buddy of mine that has departed from the staff team, deserves equal thanks as well of the dedication that they've shown over the course of a year, if not to this date.
Expect me to stay on the staff team doing what I love for as long as I can. Thank you all!