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Alas, our long-serving and beloved Senior Game Mod Sirocco has decided to resign from his post, citing the need to turn his attention to something called "real life". We are not sure what this is, but wish him all the best with it nevertheless.

Over three years Sirocco has been one of our most active mods. In particular he's edited 86 of the daily issues, which is over half of all issues in the game.

Thank you, Sir Rocco!

..And thus the darkness begins...

Hope you won't be a stranger all the same, neh? As with others who have gone before, Thank You for the time and effort you've invested in trying to make the game a better place - a pastime often otherwise known as cat-herding. ;)

http://blogs.zdnet.com/images/herding%20cats.jpg

Thank you for your time and effort sir. The game wouldn't work without people like you.

Sirocco, we'll miss you.

I'll have start editing issues again.

Does this mean I can finally be a mod? I mean..erm um...
hah.

Sorry to see such a hard working mod leave us. Thanks for you contribution to the site, and good luck with that "real life" thing :)

Bye Sirocco!

You will be missed. :(

Thanks for all you've done as a Senior Game Mod!
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Good luck Sirocco - thanks for all of your hard work over the years. :)

Sirocco, we'll miss you.

I'll have start editing issues again.

I'm sure you can poke some of the other mods with sticks and get them to do all of the hard work for you. *nods*

:eek:

Sirocco, you will be well remembered!

Bye Sirocco, and good luck.

I'll have start editing issues again.

With grammar like that, it might be best if you leave it to someone else. ;)

Goodbye Sirocco.

But first, what is real life?

Best of luck, Sirocco -- and don't be a stranger, 'k? :)

Goodbye Sirocco.

But first, what is real life?

I don't know, but it sounds scary! :eek:

Good Luck, Sirocco.

The purple flying hippo is leaving? :(
Farewell, Sirocco.

We will certainly miss you, Sirocco. Hope you'll still keep writing on your blog.

See ya, sirocco, have fun with that real life thingy.

(I just hope it isn't contagious.)

Blast that real life thing, is there no cure? Good luck Sirocco!

Farewell, and good luck!

Blast that real life thing, is there no cure? Good luck Sirocco!

There doesn't seem to be. Not even NS has cured me of it, despite a valiant effort.

The purple flying hippo is leaving?
They're flightless hippos, L. The wings appear to be non-functional.



(Though given the circumstances of his newly broadened worldview, perhaps he discovered that they're not flightless after all. If so, "good luck, and good flying, Rocco.")

I think they've learned how to fly now and took off with Sirocco...

So long, and thanks for all the fish... I mean issues :)

The purple flying hippo is leaving? :(
Farewell, Sirocco.
Yes, what a shame. :(

Farewell, Sirocco!

Thanks for all the effort Sirocco!

Farewell Sirocco. Will you keep making your little NS videos and portraying the adventures of King Siroc? We'll miss those.

And thank you for putting in all this effort these three years on our behalf -- we are, as always, deeply grateful to our moderators for putting up with all of this, um, faecal matter produced by male bovines, that their positions force them to -- in addition to performing such tasks as editing and coding issues. I hear Euroslavia may be taking this task up soon, however.

Sirocco made NS videos? Where?

Cheery-bye!

Sirocco made NS videos? Where?
They're around here (http://siroccothemod.blogspot.com/).

Farewell Sirocco (even if it is a kick in the face to those who got more active since going to uni...) and thanks for all your hard work for NS.

Farewell Sirocco,best of luck with all that you find and see in the Big Real World! We will miss you and your editing and what not! Thanks for all that you have done for the Game to make it such a fun place to visit!:fluffle:

Why "farewell" if this is a "resignation" and not a "retirement"? Thanks for a job well done, Siroc.

And Salusa, you'd better get to doing them issues!

Well, good luck with this "real life" thing...lemme know how that turns out...dibs on his DVD player! Oh wait, he's not actually leaving NS? **slinks away sheepishly** **stuffs the DVD player in my coat pocket**

Damn, Sirocco did a ton of great work around here, but more importantly, he's a really nice guy. :(

In honour of his long service, though, I give you King Sir with some of his admirers. :D

http://www.redders-daleks.com/Graphics/JPG/POTW%20Emperor%2011a.jpg

Gonna miss seeing that winged hippo, mate.

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We'll miss ya Sirocco. Hope everything goes well with you.

I'm sorry Sirocco, but you CAN'T go.

Tought luck. We won't let you go :P

*Ties sirocco to a pole*

Sniff...gonna miss you. You were always the mod that was nice to me in the mod cave:P

This R/L bug has taken another of our best and brightest. This Real Life thing must be stopped! We must have no lives!

Why "farewell" if this is a "resignation" and not a "retirement"? Thanks for a job well done, Siroc.

On Sirocco's blog he explained that he's leaving altogether -- retiring from the game, not just the moderation team. I think. Too lazy to check right now, however.

On Sirocco's blog he explained that he's leaving altogether -- retiring from the game, not just the moderation team. I think. Too lazy to check right now, however.

yes he is leaving altogether

Goodbye to the only mod icon that made me laugh! :)

So, was the HotRodia hiring a pre-emptive strike or is there an opening?

Goodbye to the only mod icon that made me laugh! :)

So, was the HotRodia hiring a pre-emptive strike or is there an opening?

HotRodia was hired before we knew Sirocco would be retiring. And no, we are not looking for new moderators.

We'll let you (collectively) know when we need more moderators.

HotRodia was hired before we knew Sirocco would be retiring. And no, we are not looking for new moderators.

It's not like I could feasibly replace a GM with that kind of expertise in issues anyway. It takes a long time to develop that.

HotRodia was hired before we knew Sirocco would be retiring.We'll let you (collectively) know when we need more moderators.It's not like I could feasibly replace a GM with that kind of expertise in issues anyway.Posting because it's cool to have 4 mod posts in a row for no particular reason.

Hmm... Shame I haven't seen Sirocco around that often, but from what I have seen he is, correction, was a good mod. I can't remember how often I've encountered him. It's a dark day when we have an over all popular moddie leave us.


(Hey! I broke the mod chain of posts!)

EDIT: C'mon HR... Let Fris have a bit of fun every now and then ;).

Thanks everyone. I may pop into IRC now and again once (or if) we've managed to successfully lobby the university into giving us internet access in our rooms...