... but Gaffi jumped out from the bush and announced retirement first πŸ˜‚

Long story short: I decided to step down from being a moderator. No giveaway, as I was ending my "handover" till today, and I forgot to look for any games to give away. 😢 I notified other mods a few months back (I did post right before 1st of April, and people thought I'm in a different time zone and it's a joke πŸ˜…), and since then focused on the moderator queue and other bits that had to be done.

I joined support 6 years ago, when I was unemployed university graduate. And had a lot of time on my hands. I remember I waited for so long after Pete poked me about joining the staff that I gave up. And then, 30 min after I wrote that I withdrawn my application, I get a reply they will be adding some staff soon(TM) and if I'm still interested. And I was like ok. Life is unpredictable.

Fast forward 6 years, and I'm no longer unemployed graduate with too much time. I am quite short on time (well I have a bit more, since I no longer do 4h commute to work... but still), and a lot of it was spent on SG. I could not be the most visible mod (especially now when I did none of "simple" re-rolls and deletions), but there can be quite a lot going on in the "background". And I know that if I don't leave entirely, I will go back to "work" here. Can't function in this half-suspended state, where I jump in to solve a few tickets each few months and "forget" otherwise. I learned a lot here and met some amazing people. I even played Mass Effect 3 multiplayer for nearly 300h with another SG user. It was like 7-8 years ago, and it helped me to be more social as an introvert. I was too shy to talk back then, so we were typing through Origin chat to comment on mission progress 🀣

I won't leave entirely, and surely not delete my account. I do want to make more biology puzzles when I have some time, but will need to look for another hosting website. It'sTooHard died a few years back. Do you remember ITH? Or konrad? Or F5 giveaways? I do feel old. 2004 was 10 year ago, right?

So thank you "old mods" for guiding me, "new mods" for picking up the slack now, and community for being.

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Which pokemon is the best (totally not biased)

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Ditto (this one is pink)
Shiny ditto (this one is blue)

Right, you did make biology quizzes O.o My brain seems to associate this information with your name. I did solve at least one for them. I think we have been part of one of Jeff's puzzle pyramids. Is that possible?

As for the ITH, I know the "pain". I have several old threads where I wonder what questions I actually asked and can't even check the quiz anymore ^^' On the hosting front, there is a solution though:

https://2solve.me/
https://www.steamgifts.com/discussion/blkBO/2solveme-solve-create-your-own-quiz-and-jigsaw-puzzles-paused-project-development

It originates from a SG user and has - as far as I can tell - the same functionality. Though, I am shocked that you don't seem to know this. I thought, someone carrying the title of Ultra Moderator knows and can recite every SG thread ever in existence.

When a Ditto can transform into any pokemon, can it transform into a shiny ditto? Can it transform into other shiny pokemons? Or do I need a shiny ditto to transform into other shinies? I never bothered with Ditto's outside of breeding ^^'

Thanks for your service; maybe we will see each other at your next quiz.

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https://2solve.me/

Nice, thanks :D I was not aware of it. My presence on the forum was mostly... control mode for the past years.

I think we have been part of one of Jeff's puzzle pyramids. Is that possible?

And yes, now I remember there was something like this. Where each person was making one part of the puzzle. I think it was this?
https://www.steamgifts.com/discussion/Xl0x3/world-landmarks-event-1-europe-1-schedule-and-trains-access-oct-jan2018-300-gas

I totally forgot about it. Thanks for reminding ;D

Also I'm bad at names / usernames. I know you talk about "user with avatar that has dog, bubble around dog head and blue background" xD Took a bit to find them on the list of users

When a Ditto can transform into any pokemon, can it transform into a shiny ditto?

That would be cheating :thinking:

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Funny that about you and Graffi I've heard only as moderators XD, and both of you are stepping down from ierarchy.
Thanks for all the help for the site/community, and good luck in further plans/projects!

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Happy Retirement and Happy Cake Day! Thank you for all the hard work you've done.

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More like a graduation than retirement!
Congratulations!

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Thank you for your service! And happy cakeday! :)
And thank you for intervening in conversations by solving small problems and misunderstandings.

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And on your Cake Day no less. Let this be a wonderful start to new things. Best wishes!

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Thanks for all your hard work and happy cakeday!

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Happy cakeday ! :-)
... and enjoy transitioning to being a regular user again.
Mission progress was not the only topic of our chats, regardless of them being on Orign or elsewhere. ;-)

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:D

People may not like N7 Shadow for spam of range electric attacks, but I loved it. If BW would just fix the error that did not allow me to stealth hit Atlases it would be perfect. Best moments when there is only Atlas left on the map, and I just run around as I can't attack it. Leave it to others πŸ˜‚

I did beat ME Trilogy on Steam to have 100%. And it did bring back memories of multiplayer, as maps are re-used for N7 SP missions.

Bonus point when I'm the only left on Platinum or Gold against Atlas πŸ˜…
Looking for those gifs reminded me how much I wanted to unlock N7 Eagle, and then complained to you it's worse than I hoped xD

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Happy factory day and happy retirement :)

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For the longest time I've been more of a lurker but I've been around for a long time and was around when you got mod, enjoy retirement and thanks for all your work! Also happy cake day :)

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Thanks for all the hard work as a moderator. Can't have been easy to handle this madhouse :P

Also, Squirtle is obviously the best pokemon, just look at how cute it is!

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Just vote shiny ditto, it's blue 😁 Like Squirtle

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Happy cake day and thanks for everything!

Happy retirement!

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You just reminded me of this unresolved ticket. Anyway, thank you for your service.

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All the best MSKOTOR!
That's been a long time of service, you totally deserve to spend your free time with more ME MP xD other things :3

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They killed ME3 multi in Trilogy on Steam, even when it was client-based. Bastards!

Thanks :D

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Yeah, I know. I had such a blast with a friend. But nooooo, let's just shut down the servers D:

Happy Cake-Day :3

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Thanks for your service and happy cakeday!

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Happy retirement!

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You were an awfullly amazing member of staff. I can't be happier knowing you're stepping down feeling grateful, fulfilled, and happy with your time as a member of the staff.

You won't be on staff anymore, and I'm sure you'll be missed by everyone there since you were such an amazing asset to the team.

All jokes aside, enjoy the well-deserved retirement! 😎

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Your message reminds me of the first thread I made here. It had a lot of spoilers as well πŸ˜‚

Thanks :D

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Second's not so bad...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nRix2xdIKXA

Thank you MSKOTOR!

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i'm also gonna add that chosen Category is plainly wrong. this shouts to be in General.

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I put mine in Puzzles/Events, so....

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io ti adoro, perchΓ© sei un amante del linguaggio.

anche.

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this calls for a ticket....

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LOL

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I'm sad to see you go, but I'm happy you're making money :)
Enjoy retirement

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