As you may know, last week I was feeling rather pissy, and decided to make known a couple of the ways I felt so I could get the feelings out of my head and on paper and warn people I might have to go for a while.
Ironically, I have just been granted SouthEast modship by the DDRFreak people. I am now replacing mouse as the second mod in SE DDRFreak.
Below, I shall recant the points and how I think I have gotten over them.
1. I'm having fun again.
Well, I actually got on the damn pad and played last weekend, DD:Recall sheet in hand, and I got a whole bunch of AA's. I figure if I, you know, play the game rather than just show up tourney time going "my feet huuurt", I'll have a better time of it
2. What Atlanta community?
It's probably at AtlantaBemani, where I left it, and where I can post telling everyone "hay, lets meet for DDR at [location, time] and get it all back together. There was a mega tournament in the works, I should keep tabs and get everyone re-enthused.
3. I felt invisible.
I felt invisible until lots of people came to remind me they would miss me. And, that I would probably have to be more adventurous at tourneys and talk to people if I wanted to have fun. Next time, if I don't have the time to protect cookies, that doesn't stop me from going "well, I'm afraid they all got eaten, but how have you been?" and striking up a conversation. Better yet, I can say "well, you see that really cute guy over there? He ate them all, and I think we need to sneak up on him and steal his shirt for revenge!"
4. I don't feel nice anymore
And, as we all have our lows, we have our highs. After lots of people got back to me saying "well, you have your cantankerous moments, but otherwise, you seem like a generally sweet guy". That, and now that I am a mod I will be much less tempted to get into stupid arguments with people because that's just tacky. I have a vested interest in behaving myself, and now I feel like I get to contribute to the DDR community.
5. Discoman got the nominations for S.E. moderator by SE.
Well, apparently I was considered heavily by the actual admins of the site. In the meantime, I would happily listen to Discoman, or any of the other SE regulars if they thought someone was being particularly abusive or otherwise wanted me to put the smack-down on somebody.
So yea, shortest flounce evar
