surprised to see my name? I kinda am, too. Not surprised because I didn't want to run for the position. Surprised that Hinote is stepping down. Maybe it's time for change again. If you've been around as long as most of us have, you know that this isn't an infrequent thing here in POTS.
i can't believe that it's already been three years, and I'm not even the one who has been here the longest.
i've dedicated almost three years to this place. Most of the crew has. I've seen the ups and downs. I was here in 2010, when the threads moved so fast that I had to refresh the page every minute just to keep up with everyone. I participated in the Chuunin Exams before I killed off my character for personal reasons. I was here when Mistah came and took POTS by storm, here for the zombie-themed Halloween mini-arcs, here during the low points when no one was posting much. I was here when TUP opened and everyone fled POTS and it nearly broke my heart. POTS is where I made my first RP post ever. Was it terrible? Absolutely. But it's where I got my start. And I could honestly say that this guild is solely responsible for how I have grown as a writer since that day.
i've been crew for about a year now, established as such while Zane was captain last summer. (Summer for me, at least.) When I became crew, the sight of the Crew forum almost made me headdesk. There hadn't been a single new post in months. Looking back on it, I can tell that he brought me in to kick the rest of the mods into action. There were nights that Zane & I would stay on the phone for hours, bouncing ideas off of one-another, debating back and forth, trying to restore POTS to what it was originally meant to be. That's how the decision was originally made to shut down Otogakure again. We came up with ideas for arcs, so it wouldn't seem like the village just suddenly disappeared again. Systems were discussed, archives were reorganized, and it seemed like POTS was salvageable once more. And then, due to personal reasons, I had to take an extended hiatus. When I came back, it seemed as if nothing was the same, the ideas that Zane and I had created were tossed aside. The guild had hardly moved in several months. There was a little down time, a little drama with the crazy ex-captain, and POTS has since been in Hinote's very capable hands.
i respect the real-life reasons that Hinote has for stepping down as Captain. You can't not respect his reasons. He did an excellent job of being captain. Would I love to see him continue doing that job? Absolutely. But everyone has a time in their life when POTS can't be priority #1, and it's nothing short of respectable that he's doing it in a responsible, organized manner. Maybe it's fate trying to tell us that it's time for some fresh meat, some new blood, a change.
i want this guild to be on the same level as it was when I joined: new posts coming in every thirty seconds, rather than every day or two, run by a fair crew, full of creative, intelligent people who love Naruto and love to roleplay. I think POTS has been lacking all of those things for a while now. All of that needs to change if POTS is to survive the trying times. I hope to restore all of that, whether it's done by thread overhauls, recruitment contests, crew inspection, or all of the above.
i know that I haven't been the most active member of POTS for personal reasons. I know that I don't post 80 times a day and spend all hours on my computer. But a day doesn't go by that I don't check on POTS four, five, or six times. The guild is always pulled up in a tab in Firefox. Always. Even when I don't post, that doesn't mean that I'm not here, watching, listening, reading. I post as often as I can, especially when I feel like I have something important to contribute to the topics at hand.
the bottom line? I love this guild more than any one I have ever been in. Period. I am willing to do anything within my power to make this place awesome again, or to keep it awesome. It kind of depends on your view of POTS in its current state. And I want it badly enough to fight for it.
& if you've known me for 10 minutes, you know that I never give in once I start fighting for something.
Hinote, I'm sorry that you were offline when I started writing this up. That's why I didn't use the skeleton you gave us. It wasn't personal enough. I want people to understand what I'm say and where I'm coming from. I want everyone to understand why I love this guild so much and that I'm willing to do anything and everything within my power to keep it alive. I'm not telling anyone to vote for me. That isn't the point of a campaign. The point of a campaign is to determine who the best candidate is for the job, to determine who will love this guild and everyone in it, who will dedicate the time and effort it needs to keep it running. If you want me to go back and redo my campaign post using the skeleton, I will, but the answers are all in there.
i can't believe that it's already been three years, and I'm not even the one who has been here the longest.
i've dedicated almost three years to this place. Most of the crew has. I've seen the ups and downs. I was here in 2010, when the threads moved so fast that I had to refresh the page every minute just to keep up with everyone. I participated in the Chuunin Exams before I killed off my character for personal reasons. I was here when Mistah came and took POTS by storm, here for the zombie-themed Halloween mini-arcs, here during the low points when no one was posting much. I was here when TUP opened and everyone fled POTS and it nearly broke my heart. POTS is where I made my first RP post ever. Was it terrible? Absolutely. But it's where I got my start. And I could honestly say that this guild is solely responsible for how I have grown as a writer since that day.
i've been crew for about a year now, established as such while Zane was captain last summer. (Summer for me, at least.) When I became crew, the sight of the Crew forum almost made me headdesk. There hadn't been a single new post in months. Looking back on it, I can tell that he brought me in to kick the rest of the mods into action. There were nights that Zane & I would stay on the phone for hours, bouncing ideas off of one-another, debating back and forth, trying to restore POTS to what it was originally meant to be. That's how the decision was originally made to shut down Otogakure again. We came up with ideas for arcs, so it wouldn't seem like the village just suddenly disappeared again. Systems were discussed, archives were reorganized, and it seemed like POTS was salvageable once more. And then, due to personal reasons, I had to take an extended hiatus. When I came back, it seemed as if nothing was the same, the ideas that Zane and I had created were tossed aside. The guild had hardly moved in several months. There was a little down time, a little drama with the crazy ex-captain, and POTS has since been in Hinote's very capable hands.
i respect the real-life reasons that Hinote has for stepping down as Captain. You can't not respect his reasons. He did an excellent job of being captain. Would I love to see him continue doing that job? Absolutely. But everyone has a time in their life when POTS can't be priority #1, and it's nothing short of respectable that he's doing it in a responsible, organized manner. Maybe it's fate trying to tell us that it's time for some fresh meat, some new blood, a change.
i want this guild to be on the same level as it was when I joined: new posts coming in every thirty seconds, rather than every day or two, run by a fair crew, full of creative, intelligent people who love Naruto and love to roleplay. I think POTS has been lacking all of those things for a while now. All of that needs to change if POTS is to survive the trying times. I hope to restore all of that, whether it's done by thread overhauls, recruitment contests, crew inspection, or all of the above.
i know that I haven't been the most active member of POTS for personal reasons. I know that I don't post 80 times a day and spend all hours on my computer. But a day doesn't go by that I don't check on POTS four, five, or six times. The guild is always pulled up in a tab in Firefox. Always. Even when I don't post, that doesn't mean that I'm not here, watching, listening, reading. I post as often as I can, especially when I feel like I have something important to contribute to the topics at hand.
the bottom line? I love this guild more than any one I have ever been in. Period. I am willing to do anything within my power to make this place awesome again, or to keep it awesome. It kind of depends on your view of POTS in its current state. And I want it badly enough to fight for it.
& if you've known me for 10 minutes, you know that I never give in once I start fighting for something.
Hinote Tosatsu
Hinote, I'm sorry that you were offline when I started writing this up. That's why I didn't use the skeleton you gave us. It wasn't personal enough. I want people to understand what I'm say and where I'm coming from. I want everyone to understand why I love this guild so much and that I'm willing to do anything and everything within my power to keep it alive. I'm not telling anyone to vote for me. That isn't the point of a campaign. The point of a campaign is to determine who the best candidate is for the job, to determine who will love this guild and everyone in it, who will dedicate the time and effort it needs to keep it running. If you want me to go back and redo my campaign post using the skeleton, I will, but the answers are all in there.
