Seeing this lovely thread made me start thinking just about how the staff team has changed since my early days as a member. Wayback Machine doesn't go all the way back for the Staff Member List back when I started; the earliest picture here is from April 21st, 2017, which is about 8 months after my first promotion to helper. It's baffling to me how different things were back then. Obviously, the team was bigger, but that was because the server was bigger as well and needed more staff! Nothing to be ashamed of with the lesser number now, absolutely nothing. Scout's thread just got me curious, that's all. A ton of names I recognize from the first list; most, if not all, actually. It is sad to know a bunch of them don't play here or check in any longer, one of them being myself (although, I still do check in from time to time, but I rarely play MC anymore). I suppose that's a part of growing up, always has been, always will. I remember back then, April or a lil bit after that, sometime in that period was when I really started tryharding for Mod+. I remember being so mad that it took so long! So many great memories here. For current and even past staff, what are some of your best memories as a member of the team? Also, just look at my old profile picture from back then. This was from two days prior to the first staff list screenshot. Crazy how I got staff right after I turned 15....and now I'm 18. God, I'm old. Spoiler
Seeing your name is very nostalgic. I'm glad that you were able to experience this moment. :) You're awesome!
Only 4 People heave stayed staff that entire time, not counting the owners. Myself, along with @Ezzerland, @Darkstorm77 and of course, @Netherr
Honestly, I find threads like this really weird. If I go back to when I was first staff - which to me doesn't seem all that long ago, there's literally only one person (apart from the owners) who has been staff that entire time (guess who it is lol). There's still a part of me which misses all of that, but in reality, the staff team today is different from that one (not a negative thing necessarily). Like I remember most days you'd wake up and there was like 200-500 messages in the Off-Topic Skype chat, but that certainly hasn't been the case for years. It's also kinda sad seeing those people on there that you used to talk to most days, and who were always fun and interesting to talk too, but they haven't been seriously active here in years. I guess it's all part of growing up, but it's still a shame to no longer have those people here.
Seeing all of my old friends being there really fills me up with nostalgia. I've been here since 2015 and sadly never got staff but I have had some awesome times with most of those old staff members :D Hopefully, this server can have it's glory back and make new memories as we have had over the years, Cheers!
me?? in the mod listing??? damn that's rare as hell i don't even have screenshots of me as mod at all lol
The old days were the best man, seeing all the names on that list bring back memories and I honestly miss those people. I've still got contact with a few but we rarely talk, it's quite sad. It's cool to see some people come back and rejoin the staff team though, even if the server and community isn't exactly what it used to be.
Even since you resigned things have changed a ton. We regularly see 5+ staff members in the staff VC now, staff OT is used more and more daily. It's honestly become a core part of my day to spend time with the staff team and hang out. It honestly feels like we're going back in time, imbued with future technology. I saw a forum thread that described this. Nostalgia is the new thing, lol.
ngl this kinda makes me miss it I've said this before but the biggest reason I stayed as long as I did was the community interaction. Having that outlet with my fellow friends as staff members, etc. I haven't even used discord, as a service, regularly as a whole since I resigned. Again, can't lie, but I have contemplated re-applying in the past few days or so. It's something I'll have to put more thought into cause if it happens I don't want it to be primarily for the nostalgia trip. A part of me still cares about this place and its well-being, even though my activity has not shown it. This is still my first bookmarked tab, and it is still the first server in my Minecraft server list. If it happens, I want it to be because my desire to help the community has grown strong just as it was in the past.
