Locke wrote:This is the first post I've made in a long time, and it will be the last post I ever make on Halomods. Now, since I'm not worried about the consequences I will be perfectly honest.
Its a Small world.
1. Tural, you need to grow up. Plain and simple. I can't fathom you ever having a job that would require you to communicate with people above being a Walmart greeter. Have you ever had a boss before? Have you ever had a job? The answer from what I've seen is no. You have a problem with authority. Let me explain a little bit about the real world. If your boss tells you to do something, you do it. When the company makes a drastic change you roll with it. You have to put your own issues aside and listen to what the man in charge has to say. You don't quit the company, you don't complain, you just stick with it. You need to be a team player even if you hate what the team does. That's has you keep a job. That's how you excell. That's how you suceed. You don't give up because of a small change. Instead of quitting why not get onboard with SourceGuy and use your knowledge of the forum members to improve the site. A forum change is not the end of the world. Don't be an idiot. Embrace the new Admin and quit your bitching. Deal with it. Lastly, you don't have to be a *** to the members here. You will never be a good leader if you treat the people below you like they are not worthy enough to shine your shoes.
What you say...does have truth. He is a Robot after all...but...
2. To the Halomods staff members that quit because of a new look and change of leadership. A lot of what I said about Tural applies to you as well. Don't start yelling to abandon ship. You are the crew and the members are the passengers. They trust you. Try to save the ship before you jump overboard. If you tell everyone it's time to leave by being the example, everyone will leave and the ship that has been your home for years will sink. Take charge of the situation and don't panic.
Depends on the individual.
3. How many times has the forum changed? I would say atleast 3 times since I've been a member on this site for roughly 5 years.
It has been 3, the first was in between, second that ever lovely dark blue, the third bright baby blue. This is the forth. Every time a major one happens, you complain. But guess what? A month from now you won't care.
I never liked the Bright baby blue...and every time I got a chance, I spoke about my distaste. No one cared...so I begrudgingly moved on and poked every now and again. Look towards the future and stop just seeing today. Also, you can repaint a house and everything inside will still be the same. Just because of a new look you assume that everything has changed. Yes, changes where made but your friends are still here. Halomods is a community. Start acting like it.
Rawr.
4. Halomods is branching out. Including other games into the forums is a great idea. It's what this place needs to continue to grow. Let me give you an example. There was a club that only accepted members who worked at a particular place in a particular year. The job they had no longer exists. It took them 30 years to figure out that the only way their club would survive is if they took away a lot of the limitations for member ship since the current members would eventually grow old and die. This forum has to expand beyond Halo if it is to stand the test of time. Halo will not be around for forever. Without branching out, I would give this forum a year or two at most.
This is the one thing I have been silently pondering for quite some time now. Halomods exists because of the Homegrown tools. We need more. I personally think that the other games should be part of a sister site. I know why it probably won't happen though. Each part with its specialty. This thought is still ongoing...
5. Lastly, accept SourceGuy because he is one of the few people that actually wanted to step up and take on the role of leading a forum that everyone says is dead. It is an amazing challenge. Instead of sitting around complaining how the forums are rotting away he is actually doing something about it's current situation. He is taking action.
He just proceeded the action incorrectly. It will involve a lot of trial and error and I honor him for the commitment he is showing to a cause that appeared at one point lost. Do not fight him but fight along side him and save Halomods.
Why I? Why We? Why not Us? This is how we shall make progress.
I wanted to end with something inspirational but instead I would like to explain a few things about myself. I have been here at Halomods and a staff member at Halomods for 5 years.
As an Admin. I know. I am resigning because I will not be able to contribute anything more to this site. I work full time and am shipping out into the military in less than three months so it is pointless that I stay.
Semper Fi? That being said, I would like to come clean. Since I got to bash Tural, it is only fair that I critisize myself. When I became staff back in 2004, I was an idiot.
No matter how old you get... you look back two years and can say the same thing...always. I recieved the staff job because I knew which strings to pull and when to pull them. I'm not a great guy in any way shape or form. I've lied to everyone here multiple times and any claim to fame I had is largely in part to me ripping off someone elses work. I've stolen more source code than I want to admit, and most tools I've created were someone elses work with modifications. The things that I created were not real most of the time. There was a reason I really didn't release anything and that was because it was all a shell meant to fool the general public. It looked nice but it never did anything. Almost everything I've claimed to have discovered is and was a lie. Sure I've figured out a few things because I'm ocd about finding codes and patterns and figuring out how stuff works. But a lot of the time my "findings" were ripped from my friends. And for that I am truely sorry.
I forgive you I say this because none of it matters. I am being open an honest because none of this matters.
No...It all matters. It Is Mistake that you made. Discarding it like trash only makes you backwards. Stop taking the internet so seriously and learn to hang out and not complain about most stuff because none of it matters. Now can everyone just quit this ***, work together, and keep Halomods alive?
Waiter....Check please.
Do you take PayPal 
-Locke
(No offence intended, but I think it kind of died.) Oh, and finally, even though I doubt he'll read this... Grenadiac, good luck. Thanks for developing such a wonderful community. I wish you and your family the best.
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