Greetings community,

It's been a memorable year here at SteamGifts and I felt I've helped out a bit around here. I've made a lot of friends in the process and tried to stay active in the community while moderating. Unfortunately, the activity over the last few months has truly been exhausting for just one person, and I haven't been able to keep up. A few dedicated users in the community have been promoted to (Support) to assist with tickets, but it's only helped with organizing a backlog of tickets in the hundreds.

Fortunately, those Support members will eventually be promoted to moderators on the site and we'll have a full blown staff. We hope this helps many issues plaguing the site, such as requests taking too long or suspicious activity not being dealt with in a timely manner. The FAQ has the new staff listed and this will be updated accordingly to reflect their new positions when the system is ready. As many have noticed, support already received categories to better organize tickets.

The admin is currently working on other helpful updates that will greatly aid the new team. They'll be loaded with features that will make a more robust and efficient bunch than this dinosaur. While I will be stepping down, I won't be leaving the community or abandoning the newly appointed mods when they're just starting. I'll try to remain active and share with them my experiences after moderating SteamGifts solo for a little over nine months, but I will no longer be the primary moderator.

I volunteered to assist moderating SteamGifts when Cult was still boss during the fall of 2011, but due to personal reasons, he had to drop out of the community. I loved the community and what we do around here, so I've dedicated a lot of time and effort in keeping things in order. When I could no longer remain on top of the increasing demands of the community, I decided to step down for the same reasons. It's best for the community and will give me time to start knocking out my gaming backlog. I'll finally be able to start on those purchased during last year's Summer Sales. ;)

Best regards,
loko

12 years ago*

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Sad to see you go, loko. Hope for the best!

12 years ago
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Sad to see you step down, you did a great job. I have no idea how you managed to do the job solo for so long, but I can only imagine that you do not require sleep, and you feast on tickets for sustenance. Have fun discovering all the video games you missed!

12 years ago
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I can't quite believe how long he ran a one-man show, considering that this site has roughly 25,000 or more users.

12 years ago
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Nice try. Since I've been here, the site's gained over 75,000. loko went crazy long, long ago.

12 years ago
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Damn, loko. I'll miss your bans D:

Good luck, man. Hope to see you around here, at least trolling the forums with us :)

12 years ago
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Thanks for everything loko, all of the good luck to you

12 years ago
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Thanks, lokonopa.

thokonopa.

12 years ago
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Oh...so that's what you meant.

Lokonopa, I never got the chance to personally meet you, but from a distance I watched you handle those Support tickets like the awesome mod you are. I still have that screenshot you showed me bookmarked, and I will look back at it once in a while if I ever feel like Support is not responding to my tickets, and be reminded of the backlog y'all have.

Thank you so so much for all that you've been done for the community and myself, and best of luck in playing all those games. You'll catch up some day, then we'll be there to spam you with games like Horrid Henry all over again.

<3

12 years ago
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Thanks for the understanding. <3

goes back to playing Horrid Henry

Also, if you're ever in the Metro-Detroit area in Michigan, give me a heads up. :D

12 years ago
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Crap, I just realized I capitalized the "l" here...I won't change it. :P

Sure thing! :)

12 years ago
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Thanks for all your work Loko, I bet it'll be a relief to not have to worry about all those support tickets.

Just don't leave the community

...cuz I'll find you.

12 years ago
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It'll be like a sexy parody of Taken.

12 years ago
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Have a good time, you deserve some time off with all the work you've done for everyone.

12 years ago
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thanks for all the help

12 years ago
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NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO ;_;

Well, you deserve the break. It's a shame to see you leave though. So much change. :/

Hope you enjoy your time now. <3 I know it was probably insane before.

EDIT: So you will not be head mod but a co-mod?

EDIT2: *This was good... wasn't it?** ;_;7 (Don't read comments if you haven't played the series yet)

12 years ago
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I won't be the head mod, I don't think, I'll just be around. ;)

jams out

12 years ago
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Thanks for your part in making this so wonderful!

12 years ago
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thank you for all your hard work lokonopa!

12 years ago
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<3

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<3

12 years ago
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You dun good. Rest easy now. :)

12 years ago
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I am happy as long as i get my hugs!

12 years ago
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Thank you for being there when we needed you, and best of luck to you, and happy gaming :D

12 years ago
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Thanks for all your moderating loko!

12 years ago
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Thanks for everything and enjoy your well-earned rest.

12 years ago
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Good luck, loko. You were a good mod.

12 years ago
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Thanks for making this place a great place to eat at

12 years ago
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loko, i dont post but once in a blue moon but wanted to tell you thanks for your service

12 years ago
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Thanks loko for all that job you have done. Also i think everyone understand's why you're stepping down. Have fun with your games and with your life.

12 years ago
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All I have to say is thank you and good luck in those naughty gaming marathons!! :D

12 years ago
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ill miss looking for topics were you had snappy comments about ban-hammering someone D;

12 years ago
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Maybe we can have a "best of" collection somewhere... hmm, except that might count as calling people out. Maybe if we anonymize the comments it'd be fine. :D

12 years ago
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Closed 12 years ago by lokonopa.