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A beautiful OC and drawing style. 10/10 no doubt.

Call me a little work-shy here, but I'm not going to attempt to justify any of the concerns brought up in this thread just yet. Most (if not all) of the factors that people have brought to the table - from concerns regarding complete and utter overkill to moderator bias - are completely understandable, and to toss them aside would be a half-baked decision to say the least. However, to act solely on conjectures wouldn't be the best move in the world either. While I can't speak for the other moderators or administrators, throughout the next week or so, I'll be working with the new mods to make sure they delete content only when necessary, ask the rest of the team when they find themselves uncertain as to whether content should be removed or locked, and ensure that they don't go around deleting posts out of context, consequently causing another jimmy rustling session like we've seen today. Personally, I find posts such as these to be perfectly fine, and I can completely agree that small light-hearted posts are fine to stay. It's only posts that contribute absolutely nothing to a given conversation that I give the flick, such as your stock standard "lol", "this" or "tl;dr". Admittedly, the line between content that's considered acceptable, and content that's deemed out of context tends to become a little grey as the number of individuals moderating the forums increases. Conversely however, now that we have focused team available to compare and contrast their opinions on content, we can aim to have collective decisions made about what stays and goes, as opposed to relying on a single individuals discretion, which more often than not leads to some rather thorny difference of opinions. Everything considered, it's still early days. Just like our first batch of moderators, please be so kind as to give us a few days to a week to get everyone settled, on the same page and working with each other, and if we're still having major issues, we'll work openly from there.

Do I win?

Laxatives and sleeping pills. inb4Ininjasomone.

Hey, another post-rock fan! When I'm not listening to electronic music, post-rock is pretty much all I listen to, seeing as I tend to enjoy instrumental music moreso that your stock standard vocal music. Can't say I have a favourite artist, though If I had to share a band, I'd say Caspian have a handful of quality tracks. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_dP0-Lr8VxQ

The hang has to be one of the most underrated instruments out there. [media=] [/media]

There's a been a handful of wacky moments around here, that's for sure. A couple that stick out to me would be. Our first major troll attack back sometime in November/December. Nobody with moderator powers was online for hours. Chaos ensured.When Finest and Lurpy went through their mass-posting rampages. Simultaneously. This monstrosity.Some of the Skype roleplays I managed to stumble into, and couldn't stumble back out of. Every argument I ever had with Shadrahk.The day Feld0 chained me to a desk and made me start filing reports.

Blue's older recolour of Peter Nguyen's "The Conductor" has to be one of my favourites. Jonke's old avatar using Sererena's Fluttershy image is up there too. Oh, and Crispy too for pixel Pabst.

O here. Unsure as to whether I'm Rhesus positive or negative though - most likely positive. Regardless, huzzah for possibly being a universal donor and all, though I don't actually qualify for donations unfortunatley. =

I suppose it's dependant on what you're aiming to create. If you plan on drawing ponies with a style similar to that of the show, want to resize your final image, or don't have a graphics tablet to work with, then you're probably best off working with a vector based format. If you're looking to draw in your own style however, and are going to be working in large resolutions anyway for the sake of detail, then opting for a raster format should do. Or you can use a combination of both as you see fit, which is what I tend to do.

In light of recent events, Neikos has proven to no longer be fit for the position of moderator; and he has consequently been demoted. While we cannot disclose the exact details, this is a decision that all of the staff and Neikos himself have agreed upon. We appreciate the time and effort that Neikos dedicated to helping out around the forums during his time as a moderator, and wish him all the best.

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