SytheMonthly - October 2013 Edition

ZippyGFX · Oct 31, 2013

Welcome everyone to October's edition of Sythe Monthly!

This month's news:

A new rule has been put in place. Sythe has made it clear that knowingly accepting stolen gold is against the rules.
The gold is returned if possible to the person from whom it was stolen, and the parties to the trade are banned accordingly.
For more information visit the thread here: http://www.sythe.org/sythe-org-news...-gold-against-rules-schedule-punishments.html

zuzel111 - zuzel111

Congratulations to Zuzel who is the newest OMM after his 3rd application was accepted. He really showed his true character prior to his hacking and repaying the numerous users who were hacked. Good on ya Marcin.

MoonGlare - MoonGlare

After a lengthy tenure as graphics moderator MoonGlare has resigned. He was planning to reboot the signature of the month (SOTM) competition prior to resigning and this has been taken up by Lvl 75 Def. It can be joined HERE.

Quatakai - Quatakai

This was the second time Quatakai had been a moderator. Hopefully you aren't gone for as long as you were after your first tenure!

Malakadang - Malakadang

This famous SFA lurker is no longer on staff. Apparently this is due to having to focus on study. Best of luck in your future endeavours.

video - video

Our formally known as Global moderator video, is no longer apart of the staff team. We hope to be seeing you back at it soon.

Current events:

With Halloween soon approaching, the community development team has put together a wide variety of Halloween events to raise your spirits.
Visit the thread here: http://www.sythe.org/community-gene...rizes-sythe-halloween-festival-cdt-event.html

The graphics section has been long over due for a contest. Lvl 75 Def has brought back Signature of the Month.
Visit the thread here: http://www.sythe.org/graphics-gallery/1640371-sotm-1-freestyle-theme-100m-prize-pot-free-enter.html
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Notable user changes & accomplishments
By: Jack Goff

Congratulations to everyone below and to anyone that has been omitted on your accomplishments.
We appreciate each and every one of your contributions to the Sythe community.

Post Count
13000 Posts - Superman
11000 Posts - Plznate
5000 Posts - Sellerman
4000 Posts - Zuzel111
3500 Posts - -Ryan
3000 Posts - Heads447
2000 Posts - Ziggily
1500 Posts - ZippyGFX
1000 Posts - I_LOVE_LA, moes6223
250 Posts - wae55

Vouches
1200 Vouches - Divica Sales
900 Vouches - zuzel111
300 Vouches - I_LOVE_LA
250 Vouches - Adamsgoldshop
200 Vouches - Johng1208
100 Vouches - ZippyGFX
50 Vouches - Superfluous

Donor Status
$500 Donor - Elena
$300 Donor - Divica Sales, bogdan123
$200 Donor - fcpl0x, moes6223, Drento
$100 Donor - l0llyp0pster, vitalemontea, Stickly, Chronic24, Alex12345
$50 Donor - crankynurse, Just, theamberleaf, wae55, Violent
$25 Donor - j0j0r

Tenure
5 Years - l0llyp0pster
4 Years - I_DONT_BOT
1 Year - johng1208, Direchampion

Sellerman has brought in 2 new LoL verifiers
Congratulations to Heeatz and LolSmurfin who are now the League of Legends Boosting Verifiers for the EUW and NA Servers.

Jack Goff -

Jack Goff received the cool cat rank he had sought after for so long. It was a belated reward from the 2012 sythe awards as he won the overall, member of 2012.

Govind & Delta Squad -

I'm guessing they received this rank because... they can code c++?

Dialatic -

I'm guessing Dial knows a thing or two about PHP to have received this rank.

Roary -

Roary received the legendary fun rank. ~~Blatant power abuse!!!!!111111111111111~~ After all that he's done for the site, a legendary fun rank is the least he deserves. Congratulations.

If you wish to be included in next month's sythe monthly make some noise about it! PM any member of the Community Development Team found HERE, post in the donor lounge or on this new thread found HERE which is specifically for sharing any achievements you have.
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Staff Member Questionnaire
By: ZippyGFX

Q1: What is the most difficult thing about being staff?
Q2: If you possessed a super power, which one would it be?

Q1: Probably dealing with people all the time and trying to keep everyone happy. Some people think we're superhuman (which is ironic given the next question) - but at the end of the day we all have lives too. Also a lot of people like to take their misfortune out on us and tend to be aggressive and rude - it can be hard at first to just take it on the chin but you get used to it.

Q2: I used to watch this show when I was a kid called "Bernard's Watch" about a guy who could freeze time and was still able to do what he liked. I always thought it was awesome when he pranked people by moving them around and unfreezing them - not to mention I could get all this outstanding coursework in on time.

Q1: That would probably be...having to close a report for lack of proof when OP was clearly scammed.

Q2: If you possessed a super power, which one would it be?
I don't need super powers, I am already the supreme leader of my own little world.

Q1: Either dealing with assholes or when we research into a difficult scam report.

Q2: Mind control.
It's not an obvious one, so the government wouldn't get me and if they did find out, I'd mind control them to forget. I'd pretty much get what I want..

Q1: For me personally, I'd say it would be trying to keep my attitude in check. Although I've never really had a problem with anyone while on staff, there can be times when certain people can get the best of you and you have to just sit back and be the bigger person.

Q2: The ability to manipulate time (stop, slow down, reverse)

Q1: Dealing with people who thrive to create drama. We argue with them endlessly and get nowhere, but if we ignore them they accuse us of not doing our job. These events happen a few times a year and its a complete pain in the ass.

Q2: As for the second question, I choose not to answer it as I really don't see how that question relates to SYTHEmonthly haha.
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Sythe Member Interview
By: Sellerman

Interview with Laptop65
Q1: Starting with the basics, how did you find Sythe and what were your intentions upon joining?

A: I initially joined for a few reasons. The main one was finding another RuneScape based community after I had resigned from the Player Moderating team on RS (I was fed up of how it was being run and the system had become that if you don't know any current P-Mods as your friend then 9/10 you would never get it). I found the whole thing stupid and unfair so I just resigned. The other reasons were mainly there were other things on the site (i.e. off topic) that interested me and I had been lurking on Sythe for a few months so I just decided to make an account. I didn't really have any goals or anything upon joining aside from just posting around and getting involved with people.

Q2: You've been around for a while now. What has kept you around all these years?

A: I'm not really sure to be honest. I originally came in around March 2010, but didn't really start looking at the site until December 2010. I pretty much sat through the whole Finn + Spyike drama at the time as I didn't really know anyone back then. Late 2011 - Early 2012 I become a lot more active within the community and was posting around a lot more. I decided to donate $5 and get an custom avatar + signature off Kina for a few $. I suppose up until that point it was mainly just talking to people and posting about in the community that kept me here. The SF was very different back then, it was very rare to see a hate thread pop up and people just tended to fool around in a friendly manner before all "faggot" posters started to arrive. In February 2012 I was promoted to staff, had a good run and got demoted for trust reasons around 2 - 3 months later. I would expand on the rest but everyone knows the story anyway. Recently I'm not sure what's kept me around. I've had a lot of friends ----> dicks within the past year and only really talk to close friends on here now.

Q3: What did you think when you were first promoted?

A: I thought "oh shit!". Ryan (n4n0) was essentially the reason I had gotten it in the first place. I've technically been demoted twice as there was a security issue with my staff account when I was promo'd, I won't go into details but I had partially thought it was a giant troll until Govind re-did the promotion. I enjoyed being a moderator even though I only had a short run, I don't know if I'd do it all again, though. It tends to eat up a lot of your time if you're not careful.

Q4: What are your main interests outside of Sythe? What do you enjoy doing?

A: I enjoy swimming, role-playing, gaming, reading books and most importantly sleeping I also do Go-Karting occasionally with friends.

Q5: Do you work at the moment or have any sources of income?

A: I've just finished a temporary work placement as an office administrator. It was fun but it got boring after a few months just sitting in an office and going through paper work all day long. I do a paper round as well currently but that doesn't bring a lot of £. I may consider going on Job Seekers (basically a scheme where the UK government give you around £50 a week while you look for a job) if I don't have any luck finding a job.

Q6: Describe yourself in three words?

A: Funny, misunderstood and (uncontrollably) annoying.

Q7: What was the strangest thing that has happened to you?

A: Can't think of anything.

Q8: Alright, I'll wrap it up now. Any last words?

A: Thanks for the interview!
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Quotes & Pictures
By: Lvl 75 def

johng1208 said:
No prizes. I don't see a TwC yet -.-

johng1208 said:
damn looks like i am getting a twc </3 lame123.

Jack Goff didn't really agree with some people about reese's:

Jack Goff said:
To all you amerifags that recommended Reese's... U WOT M8?????????????

I bought one since all you cunts liked 'em so much, it was a peanut butter cup thing. I didn't even eat the second one in the packet, tasted so bad. It's just like eating peanut butter straight and the peanut butter doesn't even taste good.

Jack Goff said:
you just make me think of those fat kids on movies that have peanut butter all over their face from trying to eat it straight from the jar without any utensils. It was that disgusting.

Wizardzgame outsmarted us all:

wizardzgame said:
What if you stole gold from someone, and then sold it back to them? You would be giving the gold back to the person from whom it was stolen..