As many of you will have noticed, we've had a number of changes to the Community Team over the past month or so.  

Welcoming people in to the LSPDFR Team and seeing them integrate with what is essentially one big family, while becoming more and more of an integral part of what we do here as time goes by is just one of the many awesome things that I've been able to experience here as a result of what we've made with LCPDFR and LSPDFR.  The work that the Community Team is astounding, especially for a team of volunteers who owe nobody anything at all, and generously give up their own time to help us all here.  

In this respect, it'd be great if we could keep hold of all of the fantastic people that have worked with us on the team over the years, but sadly this just isn't the case, and we unfortunately do from time to time have to say our goodbyes.  

A little while ago now, Iconography retired from his position as the Community Manager.  Iconography was, like many who worked alongside him in the team, a 'normal member' for a number of years here.  With countless valuable contributions and having been a part of our community for ages, it only made sense to offer Icon the chance to become more involved as a member of our team.  Starting of as a community moderator, Icon was quick to impress me with his wit, his ethic and his intelligence.  Eventually taking on a more senior role within the moderation team, Icon then proved to also be a great hand for the newer members of our staff team.  In 2013, when the opportunity to be a much bigger part of everything we do arose, watching Icon take on the challenge and commit himself to being a part of the Management Team was honestly one of the best moments I've had here.  From making countless improvements to the way that we manage things, to coming up with great ideas like the Store, Icon's impact on LCPDFR.com just can't be overstated.  He boldly took on the challenge of day-to-day management of a 200,000 member community, and he had an amazing run.  I can honestly say that being able to both know and work with Icon was both a pleasure and an honour.  If there was a Mount Rushmore of LCPDFR, you can bet that Icon would be on it.

On a similar note, Illusionyary has also taken the decision to retire from the Community Team in his position as a Community Moderator.  Illusionyary joined the team in mid-2013, and with just under 3000 moderation actions to his name, was an instrumental part of maintaining and administering our community.

Additionally, Prophet has stepped down from his role as our first ever Content Editor, to focus on his own media channels.  While he'll forever be remembered for the infamous words of "this isn't going to be the preview of 0.3" on our livestream a while back, Prophet was a great help behind the scenes in organising the event, and really contributed to making it a truly special occasion - one that we'll be sure to do again!

I'd like to take the time to very personally thank Iconography, Illusionyary and Prophet for all that they've done for our community, and hope that everyone will join with me in doing so.  Our Community Team really are the best, and it's been great having you guys on-board :)

Finally, the eagle eyed among you might have noticed that we've just now welcomed a new face to the Community Team in Brant.  We'll have more to say about that soon.

Sam.

Illusionyary. Illusion-nya-ry

There's @Sam's inner otaku speaking.

Edited March 12, 201610 yr by Lundy
one nyaa too many~

37 minutes ago, Lundy said:

Illusionyary. Illusion-nya-ry

There's @Sam's inner otaku speaking.

http://www.lcpdfr.com/profile/899-illusionyary/

1 minute ago, willpv23 said:

http://www.lcpdfr.com/profile/899-illusionyary/

w0w. He changes his name but doesn't even tell me.

;-;

33 minutes ago, Lundy said:

w0w. He changes his name but doesn't even tell me.

Your fault for being dense. You even visited my profile beforehand so how you didn't notice I don't know.

Thank you for the kind words Sam. While we all had our ups and downs and drama within the community, I'm glad I got to experience what it was like moderating on LCPDFR firsthand and working with my fellow moderators. It was a challenging and fun experience and it's going to be hard to give up certain aspects of it. I'm constantly checking the website for reports still haha.

Damn, seems like everybody is leaving :|

Hopefully the management will find worthy successors to you guys :)

On 12/3/2016 at 2:30 PM, Lundy said:

Illusionyary. Illusion-nya-ry

-Snip-

There's @Sam's inner otaku speaking.

I was puzzled as well, until I scrolled down.

Sad to see you guys go, hope to see you around here in the future. 

Welcome Brant!

Well if I may say, I really do appreciate the work these two have done. I made an account with this community a while back and I'm now just getting my foot through the door with using the great mod you guys have made. But I would still log on from time to time to see what going on and you all have really done yourselves a great deal with this community. It's a fantastic community and I'm glad to be apart of it. Sad to see you two go but hey, things happen and you have to move on at some point. Good thing is, your hard work and dedication to this community will not be forgotten. To Brant, congrats on your new role. As I continue to get more involved in this community, I look forward to working with you and everyone else here.

LSPDFR is the best mod on the market in the 21 century.

It is said to see you guys go your own way. 

Thank you for the incredibly kind words @Sam, I can't possibly respond in a way that would fully express how much they meant. It's been a very fun few years. 

Good luck everyone who is pursuing other paths! Also congratulations to Brant on getting on the Community Team.

Good luck to Iconography, Illusionyary and Prophet, thank you for your time and effort! Welcome Brant! This is such a strong and developing community, looking forward to working with you!

On 5/27/2016 at 9:02 AM, dk89 said:

Good luck to Iconography, Illusionyary and Prophet, thank you for your time and effort! Welcome Brant! This is such a strong and developing community, looking forward to working with you!

True, :D