I've struggled to decide what exactly I should say in this post, and yep, this is a long one. After staffing EscRes for 5 years straight, and being a member of the forums since 2012, I've became rather attached to this community. However, in the end, it is the people that have kept me here through all this time, through the fun and the not so fun, and so I reckon it's best to dedicate this post to the people, who make this community what it is.
On October 30th 2013, I passed my BuildBox staff trial. I was a bit of a twat back then, and looking back on my posts from then, it's cringeworthy. Once, I was raging in staff chat at Jube, and accidentally leaked some of it into the main chat! I did a fairly awful job of covering it up as well. Sorry Jub. Since then though, I've grown. Along the way, I've met plenty of people on my time at Create, from Natsubros and the old BB team at the start, to the current Create staff and community today: Hex, Jack, Pink, Arch, Bhyl, Jen, Rob, all the roleplayers... the list goes on and on. It has been fantastic to work with Create throughout my time here. As you know though, there has been another server I've been involved with.
Back in 2016, we were looking for a new plan for RoF, and that required a developer. Unfortunately, all the competent devs like Tnm and CompGuy were taken up, so unfortunately for the admins, I was the only option left. From there, I've worked with a constantly evolving team to maintain one of the longest-running server concepts in Minecraft, one that our community stakes its name to to this day. I've worked alongside hugely-dedicated admins, and also friends, in Robo, who kept RoF development alive, Wimali, who for a long time was Mr. RoF, and Psycho, whom RoF would not exist today without. I've been lucky to have what I believe is the best staff team in EscapeRestart, with shout-outs going to (but not exclusively to) Tamzies, Hoogilan, Superhalo, Raizzan, Kaito, and everyone else I've been with on this journey. Working on RoF has been my favourite part of my time at EscRes in part thanks to all these people I've mentioned, but most of all, the users that have played on our server, appreciated our work, turned up to events. It's quite humbling, really.
I was a CA too, but I was crap at that, so we won't mention it. What should be mentioned though, is our incredible staff team. I've regretted the departure of so many admins in the past, and whilst there are too many staff to mention, I'll talk about our current staff (although Arelic and Mulb come to mind as past admins who deserve a massive shout-out). I've already mentioned Robo; Later's a great guy; Danni's dedicated as hell and has helped keep us going; Inffy's been a great, stable voice over the years; Comp deserves better as AoD is far better presented than RoF; Jolt and Ref don't seem to be admins according to Discord but they're still cool; the lights wouldn't stay on without Nill; and Hex gets a hell of a lot of shit but has a lot of guts to keep going and does a huge amount of stuff.
Your staff team is fantastic and should be appreciated. Don't stray from offering feedback and advice, or challenging them when something isn't right, but equally, don't be a dick. Don't consider yourself higher than anyone else because you believe you're better or the status you possess, and don't consider yourself lower because of what anyone may say to you (presuming you're not a dick). We are all equals. For the staff, stay true to the people and orientate what you do towards them, upholding the community values we have had for so long. They are what keep us together.
Today (at 8:14pm), it is 5 years since I passed my trial, and although it's been a hell of a ride, 5 years is enough. It's time to pass on the baton. Thank you everyone for what you have done. I'll still be around for a bit I think, but I'll probably start to fade sooner rather than later, so it's best I make my farewell now. It's been a blast EscapeRestart. Do me proud.
-SirC
On October 30th 2013, I passed my BuildBox staff trial. I was a bit of a twat back then, and looking back on my posts from then, it's cringeworthy. Once, I was raging in staff chat at Jube, and accidentally leaked some of it into the main chat! I did a fairly awful job of covering it up as well. Sorry Jub. Since then though, I've grown. Along the way, I've met plenty of people on my time at Create, from Natsubros and the old BB team at the start, to the current Create staff and community today: Hex, Jack, Pink, Arch, Bhyl, Jen, Rob, all the roleplayers... the list goes on and on. It has been fantastic to work with Create throughout my time here. As you know though, there has been another server I've been involved with.
Back in 2016, we were looking for a new plan for RoF, and that required a developer. Unfortunately, all the competent devs like Tnm and CompGuy were taken up, so unfortunately for the admins, I was the only option left. From there, I've worked with a constantly evolving team to maintain one of the longest-running server concepts in Minecraft, one that our community stakes its name to to this day. I've worked alongside hugely-dedicated admins, and also friends, in Robo, who kept RoF development alive, Wimali, who for a long time was Mr. RoF, and Psycho, whom RoF would not exist today without. I've been lucky to have what I believe is the best staff team in EscapeRestart, with shout-outs going to (but not exclusively to) Tamzies, Hoogilan, Superhalo, Raizzan, Kaito, and everyone else I've been with on this journey. Working on RoF has been my favourite part of my time at EscRes in part thanks to all these people I've mentioned, but most of all, the users that have played on our server, appreciated our work, turned up to events. It's quite humbling, really.
I was a CA too, but I was crap at that, so we won't mention it. What should be mentioned though, is our incredible staff team. I've regretted the departure of so many admins in the past, and whilst there are too many staff to mention, I'll talk about our current staff (although Arelic and Mulb come to mind as past admins who deserve a massive shout-out). I've already mentioned Robo; Later's a great guy; Danni's dedicated as hell and has helped keep us going; Inffy's been a great, stable voice over the years; Comp deserves better as AoD is far better presented than RoF; Jolt and Ref don't seem to be admins according to Discord but they're still cool; the lights wouldn't stay on without Nill; and Hex gets a hell of a lot of shit but has a lot of guts to keep going and does a huge amount of stuff.
Your staff team is fantastic and should be appreciated. Don't stray from offering feedback and advice, or challenging them when something isn't right, but equally, don't be a dick. Don't consider yourself higher than anyone else because you believe you're better or the status you possess, and don't consider yourself lower because of what anyone may say to you (presuming you're not a dick). We are all equals. For the staff, stay true to the people and orientate what you do towards them, upholding the community values we have had for so long. They are what keep us together.
Today (at 8:14pm), it is 5 years since I passed my trial, and although it's been a hell of a ride, 5 years is enough. It's time to pass on the baton. Thank you everyone for what you have done. I'll still be around for a bit I think, but I'll probably start to fade sooner rather than later, so it's best I make my farewell now. It's been a blast EscapeRestart. Do me proud.
-SirC
