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==Info== | ==Info== | ||
I am a scummer who joined on January 22, 2007. My two favorite games are '''{{plink|t|7625|iPick}}''' & '''{{plink|t|8222|Space Monkeys}}'''. I have so far moderated only a few games, mostly in the Newbie category. As of 2017, I play rarely if at all, and usually only if | I am a scummer who joined on January 22, 2007. My two favorite games are '''{{plink|t|7625|iPick}}''' & '''{{plink|t|8222|Space Monkeys}}'''. I have so far moderated only a few games, mostly in the Newbie category. As of 2017, I play rarely if at all, and usually only if asked relentlessly. | ||
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I am one of the site's current '''[[Technical_Admin|Technical Administrators]]''' alongside '''[[Thesp]]''' and formerly '''[[Mr. Flay]]''', '''[[chamber]]''' & '''[[jeep]]''' and have been so since April 27, 2011. I joined the Omertà team on June 21, 2010. I was also a member of the Scummies Sterring Committee from its founding on June 25, 2009 until April 23, 2012. | I am one of the site's current '''[[Technical_Admin|Technical Administrators]]''' alongside '''[[Thesp]]''' and formerly '''[[Mr. Flay]]''', '''[[chamber]]''' & '''[[jeep]]''' and have been so since April 27, 2011. I joined the Omertà team on June 21, 2010. I was also a member of the Scummies Sterring Committee from its founding on June 25, 2009 until April 23, 2012. | ||
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My primary responsibilities include building new features, fixing old bugs, performing upgrades, and recovering from crashes. Perks include a pretentious red name and access to hidden forums. The two '''[[Crash|site crashes]]''' for which I am best known for recovering from are '''[[Great_Rollback|The Great Rollback]]''' and the '''[[The_Great_Encryption|The Great Encryption]]'''. The fatigue of these two crashes along with increasing political strife caused me to go on an abrupt and unannounced hiatus between December 2012 and April 2013. | My primary responsibilities include building new features, fixing old bugs, performing upgrades, and recovering from crashes. Perks include a pretentious red name and access to hidden forums. The two '''[[Crash|site crashes]]''' for which I am best known for recovering from are '''[[Great_Rollback|The Great Rollback]]''' and the '''[[The_Great_Encryption|The Great Encryption]]'''. The fatigue of these two crashes along with increasing political strife caused me to go on an abrupt and unannounced hiatus between December 2012 and April 2013. | ||
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In the real world I am a | In the real world I am a 30 year old former landscaper turned programmer. I grew up in Maryland and have lived in San Diego(Pacific Beach), Boston(Cambridge, Beacon Hill & Somerville) & Manhattan(Wall Street). I am currently back in Maryland. | ||
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Interested in contributing to the site? Send me a '''[https://forum.mafiascum.net/ucp.php?i=pm&mode=compose&u=5932 private message]'''! Questions? Feel free to spam my '''{{plink|t|19286|GTKAS}}'''! | Interested in contributing to the site? Send me a '''[https://forum.mafiascum.net/ucp.php?i=pm&mode=compose&u=5932 private message]'''! Questions? Feel free to spam my '''{{plink|t|19286|GTKAS}}'''! | ||
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===Ongoing Projects=== | ===Ongoing Projects=== | ||
* ''' | * '''phpBB 3.2 Upgrade''' - The board currently operates on phpBB 3.0.x. We are well overdue for an upgrade! | ||
* '''[[Site Chat|Site Chat]]''' | |||
** '''New Features Notification''' - Despite announcing new features, users often times aren't aware of them. We'd like to build in a mechanism for making new features apparent to users within the chat application itself. | ** '''New Features Notification''' - Despite announcing new features, users often times aren't aware of them. We'd like to build in a mechanism for making new features apparent to users within the chat application itself. | ||
** '''New Message Notification''' - If you're offline when someone sends you a direct message, you may not receive it. This is a pretty critical bug. | ** '''New Message Notification''' - If you're offline when someone sends you a direct message, you may not receive it. This is a pretty critical bug. | ||
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* '''Post Masking''' - An option that you can set on a per-game basis that will allow any posts made by your primary account to be placed under an alternative account. | * '''Post Masking''' - An option that you can set on a per-game basis that will allow any posts made by your primary account to be placed under an alternative account. | ||
* '''Automated Queues''' - We're dabbling with the idea of automated queues run outside of the forums. The initial release would allow users to browse & join games. Moderators would be able to accept/reject players and begin the games. This project would greatly reduce the workload of [[List Moderator|List Moderators]]. | * '''Automated Queues''' - We're dabbling with the idea of automated queues run outside of the forums. The initial release would allow users to browse & join games. Moderators would be able to accept/reject players and begin the games. This project would greatly reduce the workload of [[List Moderator|List Moderators]]. | ||
* '''Fixing Old, Broken Posts''' - A bunch of posts made prior to the 2010 phpBB3 upgrade are broken. This is the result of the new board not recognizing the new bbcode format. Mith & I did a fair amount of work on this already in 2010, but there are still a bunch out there that need to be fixed. | * '''Fixing Old, Broken Posts''' - A bunch of posts made prior to the 2010 phpBB3 upgrade are broken. This is the result of the new board not recognizing the new bbcode format. Mith & I did a fair amount of work on this already in 2010, but there are still a bunch out there that need to be fixed. | ||
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* '''{{plink|t|23598|Friends & Foes}}''' - '''Primary Contributor: [[kunkstar7]]''', this feature was modified to work only outside of Mafia games. The lack of this separation is the main reason the feature was disabled. | * '''{{plink|t|23598|Friends & Foes}}''' - '''Primary Contributor: [[kunkstar7]]''', this feature was modified to work only outside of Mafia games. The lack of this separation is the main reason the feature was disabled. | ||
* '''{{plink|p|7879941|Autolocking Topics}}''' : The ability for moderators to enter a date and time at which their topic will automatically lock. Particularly useful for moderators with deadlines. | * '''{{plink|p|7879941|Autolocking Topics}}''' : The ability for moderators to enter a date and time at which their topic will automatically lock. Particularly useful for moderators with deadlines. | ||
* '''HTTPS''' - Upgrading the site to utilize HTTPS, a more secure means of communicating with the MafiaScum servers via encryption. The wiki & main site have already been upgraded, but a few lingering issues with the forum(notably image tags to insecure sites) are still being worked out. '''[[ConnorJC]]''' & '''[[borkjerfkin]]''' are helping out with this. | |||
==Playing History== | ==Playing History== | ||
Latest revision as of 14:42, 22 February 2023
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I am a scummer who joined on January 22, 2007. My two favorite games are iPick & Space Monkeys. I have so far moderated only a few games, mostly in the Newbie category. As of 2017, I play rarely if at all, and usually only if asked relentlessly.