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Tako

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From: Memphis, Tennessee, USA

Joined: 2015-08-10

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An open letter to the EE community:

Five years ago this month, I joined the EE community. I remember those days fondly: I was tired of the five-minute games on Kongregate and sought out something a little more substantial. I wandered into the multiplayer section (which consisted of just a couple dozen games), and stumbled upon a strange game by someone named QRious, a game whose name made no sense and had little Facebook emoticons on its avatar. I wandered further and further into the tunnel and before I knew it, I was trapped inside.

Every day I would come home from school and do virtually nothing on Everybody Edits for hours on end. I remember enshrining Iraka's worlds for their popularity and copious amount of diamond blocks, and then EX Crew's levels for their incredible attention to detail and difficulty. I remember my obsession with RavaTroll: his funny way of punctuating sentences ( ! ) and landscapes that were as fantastic as a science fiction novel, and BEE whose art resembled reality in a way I had not imagined was possible using the extremely limited palette of the time. I saw these people, and in my brief and inhibited experience of the world, I immortalized them. They were the most amazing people I knew. Like kids awaiting the next TV show or video game, I anxiously awaited the next great EX level or Chris's next update.

It took me a while to discover ee.forumify.com, and probably for my own good. As you can see from my severe post count, these forums sucked me in faster than EE itself did. When I joined the forum, it was a bustling city with hundreds of prolific crews (MG, MX, EX, TI:1, to name a few) all competing to be the best. I was sucked into a crew nobody cared about (appropriately called NoName), and then slowly but surely I began to produce instead of play. I made levels of all sorts and for the first time in my life I made friends that I genuinely liked and respected (Supa, JadElClemmens, Chimi, Shift, Different, and Coldstormers). Together, we just had fun and grew.

I give you this lengthy backstory in order to give credence to the following sentence: Everybody Edits has changed my life for the better in a fundamental way. It was this forum that sharpened my ability to write. It was this community that pointed my life in the direction of Computer Science. It was this forum that pointed me away from a religion that was poisoning my life and preventing me from accepting my sexuality. It was this forum that kindled an appreciation for community and the individual that will follow me for a lifetime. It was this forum that taught me how to respect and lead people through being moderator. A "thank you" is in order.

Thank you for being so much more than a silly flash game with stolen graphics.

Thank you for not giving up on Chris even though he completely broke the game a few times and then seemingly died.

Thank you for simultaneously accepting me and challenging me to grow and mature.

You've been an incredible first chapter in my life.

Sincerely,
Takoda

P.S. nostalgia

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Yeah, well, you know that's just like, uh, your opinion, man.

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From: Binary by 0 and 1

Joined: 2015-08-19

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Re: An open letter to the EE community:

no, thank u

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Abelysk

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Re: An open letter to the EE community:

I nominate Tako to be the second mod alongside Zoey2070.

Insanity

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From: Douchebag Island

Joined: 2015-03-07

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Re: An open letter to the EE community:

I nominate Tako to be the second mod alongside Zoey2070.

i dont need more people deciding I need to get banned nty pls

edit: lmao you forgot different55

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Creature

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From: The Dark Web

Joined: 2015-02-15

Posts: 9,658

Re: An open letter to the EE community:

I nominate Tako to be the second mod alongside Zoey2070.

Back to the days where going off-topic is an instantly warning.

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This is a false statement.

Tako

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From: Memphis, Tennessee, USA

Joined: 2015-08-10

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Re: An open letter to the EE community:

I nominate Tako to be the second mod alongside Zoey2070.

Back to the days where going off-topic is an instantly warning.

I think if you can at least attempt to link it to the original then it's more acceptable than just going off on your own tangent. For example: one of the happiest moments in my life (no I am not exaggerating) is when Cyclone (if anyone remembers him) asked if I wanted to be a moderator.

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Yeah, well, you know that's just like, uh, your opinion, man.

Different55

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Joined: 2015-02-07

Posts: 16,575

Re: An open letter to the EE community:

I nominate Tako to be the second mod alongside Zoey2070.

i dont need more people deciding I need to get banned nty pls

edit: lmao you forgot different55

Excuse me, but I'm an administrator. I killed a lot of people to get this title, I deserve to be called such.

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Bimps

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Joined: 2015-02-08

Posts: 5,067

Re: An open letter to the EE community:

I nominate Tako to be the second mod alongside Zoey2070.

some guy that says ee helped him doesnt mean he should be a mod. in that case over half of the current active members would be mods

Hexagon

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Joined: 2015-04-22

Posts: 1,213

Re: An open letter to the EE community:

I nominate Tako to be the second mod alongside Zoey2070.

some guy that says ee helped him doesnt mean he should be a mod. in that case over half of the current active members would be mods

We should have a yearly vote of who should be moderators. Each user could provide a sample of how they contributed to the community, or why they would like to still be a moderator/would like to become one. This includes to-be moderators and people who are already moderators.

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Creature

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From: The Dark Web

Joined: 2015-02-15

Posts: 9,658

Re: An open letter to the EE community:

I nominate Tako to be the second mod alongside Zoey2070.

some guy that says ee helped him doesnt mean he should be a mod. in that case over half of the current active members would be mods

We should have a yearly vote of who should be moderators. Each user could provide a sample of how they contributed to the community, or why they would like to still be a moderator/would like to become one. This includes to-be moderators and people who are already moderators.

We don't need more moderators.

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This is a false statement.

Hexagon

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Joined: 2015-04-22

Posts: 1,213

Re: An open letter to the EE community:

We don't need more moderators.

We'd be keeping the same amount. New moderators could replace older ones if they don't get enough votes.

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Creature

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From: The Dark Web

Joined: 2015-02-15

Posts: 9,658

Re: An open letter to the EE community:

We don't need more moderators.

We'd be keeping the same amount. New moderators could replace older ones if they don't get enough votes.

What is wrong with Zoey2070?

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This is a false statement.

Abelysk

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Re: An open letter to the EE community:

I nominate Tako to be the second mod alongside Zoey2070.

some guy that says ee helped him doesnt mean he should be a mod. in that case over half of the current active members would be mods

It's just that Tako was a great mod on eeforumify.

Tako

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From: Memphis, Tennessee, USA

Joined: 2015-08-10

Posts: 6,663

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Re: An open letter to the EE community:

It's just that Tako was a great mod on eeforumify.

I'm actually shifting my focus towards "Supreme Dictator of the Universe" but I'll use this in my résumé.

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Yeah, well, you know that's just like, uh, your opinion, man.

Mait

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From: Estonia

Joined: 2015-08-10

Posts: 516

Re: An open letter to the EE community:

I nominate Tako to be the second mod alongside Zoey2070.

i dont need more people deciding I need to get banned nty pls

edit: lmao you forgot different55

Excuse me, but I'm an administrator. I killed a lot of people to get this title, I deserve to be called such.

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you killed me.... wait oops

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Let's get to 5000.

Cyral

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From: United States

Joined: 2015-02-15

Posts: 2,269

Re: An open letter to the EE community:

Everybody Edits has changed my life for the better in a fundamental way. It was this forum that sharpened my ability to write. It was this community that pointed my life in the direction of Computer Science.

I barely ever come here anymore but this hits so close to home. If it wasn't for EE I may have never learned programming or learned at such a young age. I've not touched any code related to EE in years but my experience in writing crappy bots years ago led to so many new experiences that I owe entirely to EE and the community here.

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Player Since 2011. I used to make bots and stuff.

Pugmatt

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Joined: 2015-04-10

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Re: An open letter to the EE community:

Haven't came here in like 4 years but this definitely brings back old memories. Definitely remember  some cool (and the cringy ) experiences I had on here, and the knowledge gained in programming with... well crappy EE bots. A lot of thanks can go to this game, and the community that's with it.