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This whole mod gig is not always what it's cracked up to be. I'm sure this is not a surprise to any of you with a functioning neuron or two, but there's a particular subspecies of irritation that's not as immediately obvious: People who are-- or at least try to be, thankfully I can separate real life from Gaia easily-- emotionally manipulative or abusive. The people that call me into situations all righteously indignant, forgetting to tell me that they've been just as/almost as bad as the offending party, then treat me like a Bad Person for doing my job and handing out warnings across the board. I get people PMing me to work around the report system a lot, and they somehow feel like they're above the crowd, or that they're "in" with me, whatever that means. They feel that I won't touch them, or that I'm on their side, or some kind of convenient thing like that. Sorry. No, wait, I'm not. I'm impartial. I've smacked people I know and talk to when they've been out of line, because that's what I'm supposed to do. If you break the rules and I see it, I will tell you. That's how it goes, and ironically every acquaintance I've had business-type dealings with has admitted it, apologized, and knocked that s**t off while remaining friends. Would you prefer me impartial, or emotional and prone to modding based on revenge and favoritism and my current mood rather than anything solid? I hate this guilty feeling people want me to have for doing my job, and I hate that they think they can get away with more by being the first to tell me half the story. Lucky for me it doesn't work, and that any guilt someone else wants to hurl at me doesn't stick. pirate

P.S. If you know where my title comes from, you are m hero. Unless you Googled it, in which case I admire your resourcefulness but Google is my hero. :'D