Scott
District 13
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Hello!
Recently, I have been putting some thought into something I thought I would never do: resign. After giving it some thought and taking a look at everything, I have come to the conclusion that it would be in my best interest to step down from my moderator position here at MCGamer. I have talked to many people about this, and I have weighed the disadvantages and advantages of this decision; however, the advantages for me outweigh the disadvantages for me and the network. The reasons why are outlined below, if you wish to read.
Lack of time.
I don't know if any of you know, but I have recently gotten a small job. This job takes up 3-4 days a week's afternoon days. In addition, I want to spend more time with my family and outside instead of spending hours a day on the internet. If I continued to take part in moderating, I'd only be able to do it for less than an hour daily, which is very little in terms of getting actual work done.
Stress.
A lot of people think being a staff member is all fun and games, but it's not. It's stressful. With people constantly poking you on TeamSpeak, direct messaging you on the forums, messaging you in-game, and pretty much trying to get in contact with you about everything at once it gets overwhelming. There's hundreds of hackers on any region at any given time, and sometimes only 10-15 moderators online, meaning we each get 3+ hackers to catch in a 10 minute time area before more people want to poke you. Additionally, there's too many tasks to do. With TeamSpeak moderation, the concern about community events I am involved in (it was my choice), chat moderation, forums moderation, and catching hackers, to get the job done, and get it done right, we'd all have to put in 4-5 hours of work daily.
Lack of motivation.
After doing the exact same thing for almost 400 days, you don't feel like doing it anymore. In most professions, things will change on a daily or weekly basis, but with moderation it's the same thing all over again. Doctors have different patients each day, lawyers have entire new cases each day, and businessmen have different things to deal with on a daily basis. The repetitiveness of this has made my motivation go away.
Those 3 are the main reasons, and there are much more; however, it would not be professional for me to go on about those. Now, I would like to take anyone who made my stay here even better: Braden, Col_StaR, Razzledgirl, PleaseTeamIFan, Giggity69Goo, AlpakaWhacker, Nephilim, Frazzli185, Lively, Jodimo, Ceroria, KitMencha, Jimmer, duckluv321, Jon | Ycleped, Axanite, BadgerPig, jtmboy, Kraken, KellieBreanne, Sebastian, TotalDramaTony, and sooooo much more. I know I am forgetting people, and I am sorry to those people. It's been so long I cannot remember everyone.
Once again, thank you and goodbye.
Recently, I have been putting some thought into something I thought I would never do: resign. After giving it some thought and taking a look at everything, I have come to the conclusion that it would be in my best interest to step down from my moderator position here at MCGamer. I have talked to many people about this, and I have weighed the disadvantages and advantages of this decision; however, the advantages for me outweigh the disadvantages for me and the network. The reasons why are outlined below, if you wish to read.
Lack of time.
I don't know if any of you know, but I have recently gotten a small job. This job takes up 3-4 days a week's afternoon days. In addition, I want to spend more time with my family and outside instead of spending hours a day on the internet. If I continued to take part in moderating, I'd only be able to do it for less than an hour daily, which is very little in terms of getting actual work done.
Stress.
A lot of people think being a staff member is all fun and games, but it's not. It's stressful. With people constantly poking you on TeamSpeak, direct messaging you on the forums, messaging you in-game, and pretty much trying to get in contact with you about everything at once it gets overwhelming. There's hundreds of hackers on any region at any given time, and sometimes only 10-15 moderators online, meaning we each get 3+ hackers to catch in a 10 minute time area before more people want to poke you. Additionally, there's too many tasks to do. With TeamSpeak moderation, the concern about community events I am involved in (it was my choice), chat moderation, forums moderation, and catching hackers, to get the job done, and get it done right, we'd all have to put in 4-5 hours of work daily.
Lack of motivation.
After doing the exact same thing for almost 400 days, you don't feel like doing it anymore. In most professions, things will change on a daily or weekly basis, but with moderation it's the same thing all over again. Doctors have different patients each day, lawyers have entire new cases each day, and businessmen have different things to deal with on a daily basis. The repetitiveness of this has made my motivation go away.
Those 3 are the main reasons, and there are much more; however, it would not be professional for me to go on about those. Now, I would like to take anyone who made my stay here even better: Braden, Col_StaR, Razzledgirl, PleaseTeamIFan, Giggity69Goo, AlpakaWhacker, Nephilim, Frazzli185, Lively, Jodimo, Ceroria, KitMencha, Jimmer, duckluv321, Jon | Ycleped, Axanite, BadgerPig, jtmboy, Kraken, KellieBreanne, Sebastian, TotalDramaTony, and sooooo much more. I know I am forgetting people, and I am sorry to those people. It's been so long I cannot remember everyone.
Once again, thank you and goodbye.
