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New team structure and more changes

Posted: Thu Oct 23, 2025 9:12 am
by Hunchman801
Hi all,

In order to better reflect the evolution of our community, we have taken the decision to restructure its team. Here is a summary of the changes:
  • The French and English moderators groups will be discontinued and all of their members will become global moderators, allowing them to deal with spam across all sections and ban offenders instantly.
  • Our current global moderators, Steo and boomboleros7, will become senior global moderators, a new role with additional user management permissions that will allow them to perform more tasks in the day-to-day management of the forum. While they may focus more on a particular section of the site, they will no longer be specifically assigned to one.
  • Administrators will be mostly unaffected, save for the fact that they will also no longer be assigned to a particular section.
  • Local moderators (e.g. modding and utilities, German and Russian sections) will not be affected.
We are confident that this new structure will allow the team to manage the site more effectively. From now on, please be sure to direct all inquiries to the global moderators group (and, as a reminder, not to individual moderators).

In addition to this, I would like to announce two changes to the team:
  • ItzalDrake, a member of the English moderators team since September 2023, will step down from his role due to a lack of free time. While we are sad to see him go, he will stay on the forum and remain in close contact with the rest of the team, providing whatever help his schedule will allow him to.
  • Reese Riverson, formerly known as Hoodcom, will rejoin the team as an administrator, a role he occupied from March 2017 to August 2019. Prior to that, he was an English moderator from May 2006 to April 2008 and June 2013 to June 2014, and a global moderator from June 2014 to March 2017. He brings a combined 8 years of previous moderation experience on Pirate-Community and, in addition to standard administrative duties, he will continue his tremendous work on the styling of the wiki, the forum and the site in general. Welcome back, Reese!
I hope you'll join me in congratulating both new, current and former staff members for their invaluable contribution to our community. :coeur:

Re: New team structure and more changes

Posted: Thu Oct 23, 2025 9:25 am
by Pirez
Congratulations to everybody.

Does that mean I have to be nice to Steo now?

Re: New team structure and more changes

Posted: Thu Oct 23, 2025 10:23 am
by Hugo
Thank you to all the moderators for keeping the streets (port?) of Pirate Community a safe and fun place to be!

Mixed feelings because it's sad if we'll see less of ItzalDrake but it will be nice to see more of Reese Riverson again.

Grateful to everyone for your dedication!

Re: New team structure and more changes

Posted: Thu Oct 23, 2025 10:31 am
by Steo
Thanks guys! Congrats to the others. and all the best to Itzal.

Welcome back Red Reese Riverson! :mrgreen:
Pirez wrote: Thu Oct 23, 2025 9:25 am Does that mean I have to be nice to Steo now?
Haha, you weren't being nice before? :mrgreen:

Re: New team structure and more changes

Posted: Thu Oct 23, 2025 12:03 pm
by Pirez
I was, but because you're swell.

Now I'm going to have to be nice out of obligation. This changes everything.

Re: New team structure and more changes

Posted: Thu Oct 23, 2025 12:11 pm
by Greengoop
Congrats to Reese! And farewell to Cut and ItzalDrake. Anyway, this new system is great and I’m glad to see it get put in place. :)

Re: New team structure and more changes

Posted: Thu Oct 23, 2025 1:37 pm
by Reese Riverson
Thank you guys, it's good to be back onboard fully.
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I am sadden to see Itz go, but I definitely understand when life gets in the way. I'm hoping for a bright future for him though! :mryellow:
Steo wrote: Thu Oct 23, 2025 10:31 am Welcome back Red Reese Riverson! :mrgreen:
Think I could convince Hunchman to change the administration team color? :bad:

Re: New team structure and more changes

Posted: Thu Oct 23, 2025 3:09 pm
by Steo
It's great to have you back here! :D

I also echo your sentiment regarding Itz.
Reese Riverson wrote: Thu Oct 23, 2025 1:37 pm Think I could convince Hunchman to change the administration team color? :bad:
Blue is the new red! :mrgreen:

Re: New team structure and more changes

Posted: Thu Oct 23, 2025 8:19 pm
by PluMGMK
Welcome back to the red team Reese! :mrgreen:

Re: New team structure and more changes

Posted: Thu Oct 23, 2025 8:48 pm
by Steo
Boo! Go team green! Boombo and I have got this! :mrgreen:

On a serious note, it's great to have 3 reds again! :hap:

Re: New team structure and more changes

Posted: Thu Oct 23, 2025 8:53 pm
by Master
Congratulations on the promotions, and a fond farewell and best wishes to Itzal and Cut.

Re: New team structure and more changes

Posted: Thu Oct 23, 2025 8:53 pm
by WPTheModder
Congrats to Reese!

And, I'm really sad to see Itzal leave... but thankfully not from RPC as a whole! :oops2:

I hope everything goes well for him, and for the Pirate-Community. Cheers! :mrgreen:

(also, I'm cheering on Green team aswell... :bad:)

Edit: Farewell to Cut, sorry I missed you! :hap:

Re: New team structure and more changes

Posted: Thu Oct 23, 2025 9:00 pm
by Steo
Thanks Master!

I also forgot to mention it, but best wishes to Cut also.
WPTheModder wrote: Thu Oct 23, 2025 8:53 pm (also, I'm cheering on Green team aswell... :bad:)
Hooray! :mrgreen:

(what have Plum and I started) :lol:

Re: New team structure and more changes

Posted: Thu Oct 23, 2025 9:02 pm
by EdgyRabbid
I like the green! Just be thankful the entire website isn’t in comic sans! That’s way scarier! :P

Re: New team structure and more changes

Posted: Thu Oct 23, 2025 9:03 pm
by WPTheModder
EdgyRabbid wrote: Thu Oct 23, 2025 9:02 pm I like the green! Just be thankful the entire website isn’t in comic sans! That’s way scarier! :P
That reminds me of that one dream I had about RPC where everything looked like this:
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It is really scary. :shock:
Steo wrote: Thu Oct 23, 2025 9:00 pm (what have Plum and I started) :lol:
You've started a great thing. Probably. :bad:

Re: New team structure and more changes

Posted: Thu Oct 23, 2025 9:05 pm
by Reese Riverson
Pirez wrote: Thu Oct 23, 2025 9:25 am Does that mean I have to be nice to Steo now?

Oh, and Pirez... just start calling him Señor Steo, it'll be hilarious. :mrgreen:
Master wrote: Thu Oct 23, 2025 8:53 pm Congratulations on the promotions, and a fond farewell and best wishes to Itzal and Cut.
WPTheModder wrote: Thu Oct 23, 2025 8:53 pm Congrats to Reese!
Thank you guys!
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Re: New team structure and more changes

Posted: Thu Oct 23, 2025 9:06 pm
by EdgyRabbid
WPTheModder wrote: Thu Oct 23, 2025 9:03 pm
EdgyRabbid wrote: Thu Oct 23, 2025 9:02 pm I like the green! Just be thankful the entire website isn’t in comic sans! That’s way scarier! :P
That reminds me of that one dream I had about RPC where everything looked like this:
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It is really scary. :shock:
My eyes!! What am I looking at?? :sad:

All jokes aside, congrats on finding something more functional for the website Hunch!

Edit: got ninja’d

Re: New team structure and more changes

Posted: Thu Oct 23, 2025 9:12 pm
by Steo
Reese Riverson wrote: Thu Oct 23, 2025 9:05 pm Oh, and Pirez... just start calling him Señor Steo, it'll be hilarious. :mrgreen:
Ah I see. I'm senior global moderator Steo, aka Señor Steo. Clever! :P

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I'd also forgotten to respond to this:
Pirez wrote: Thu Oct 23, 2025 12:03 pm I was, but because you're swell.
Thanks! :mrgreen:
Pirez wrote: Thu Oct 23, 2025 12:03 pm Now I'm going to have to be nice out of obligation. This changes everything.
Ah yes, forced niceness is never the same as genuine niceness. :bad:

Re: New team structure and more changes

Posted: Thu Oct 23, 2025 9:32 pm
by Μaster
Blimey, Señor Steo is a SGM now!

Re: New team structure and more changes

Posted: Thu Oct 23, 2025 9:55 pm
by DaveRattlehead
So can I finally speak in Spanish?

Congratulations, Reese! The red team had to make a signing because they needed someone cool, but no matter how much they try, they'll never beat the orange team...

And I'm really sorry that Itzal had to give up his position. He was unlucky not to have enough free time, but his dedication and passion for the community is undeniable. I hope things go well for him!