Board Thread:News and Announcements/@comment-4423426-20160725012731

I didn't want to make this thread. Like I said, I wanted to hold out on threads like these for a while, but lately I have felt so pressured into moderating the chat after the events of the adminstration issues threads, that I am actually missing meals, not getting enough to drink and overall could probably die all over trying to moderate for this Wiki. Had the thread had not been created, I would have probably started going to sleep early like before. It would just be normal. I wouldn't have to make this thread, because I wouldn't feel like I have to moderate. I haven't felt like that since the year 2013. Usually, I go on the chat not specifically to moderate but because I feel compelled to. When I'd log on at nights to unwind after gaming for most of the day, I'd go there at my lesiure-- not because I felt forced to. It was routine, but it didn't feel forced. Now it feels that way because what I dreaded happening has finally happened-- when I actually go to sleep early or don't sacrifice  going to College early for this Wiki, people begin to notice a lack of moderation. Particularly at night time. So far I've always been on at night time, but during holidays since I'm not going to get in trouble for sleeping the day away, that's exactly what I end up doing, but at least in previous holidays I'd wake up at about 5 PM, and still have time for one major meal, and I'd have a cup of tea and warm milk at night(winky leeeel xDDDD 2 hours 2 drinks xDDDD get out of my laboratory also r8 british innit m9) but now it's gotten ridicolous with me waking up at about 8 PM. Not only do I miss the chance to do other things in the day(like play PS3 or Wii downstairs-- haven't done that in like 6 days) but I keep falling asleep on the keyboard in chat, because my sleep pattern is that messed up. Last night I was on the chat, but a spammer was there for around an hour and I was asleep. I kept being notified but I never saw it, until later on when I finally awoke and then saw that JTF had banned them when I scrolled up on the chat log(I read the entire chat log after I have fallen asleep usually) and then again on the same day Stick's friends ended up invading the chatroom because in a printscreen he had sent, they saw the chat tab open. Stick didn't purposely invite them, but that's how it happened. What makes this different is, I wasn't even on the chatroom then. I hadn't even logged into it, so since the events of that Adminstration Issues thread, most nights nothing has actually happened and I've just been permanently logged into my PC(I'd play Steam and such but I'd be more locked in my own bedroom than ever and believe me-- I am locked in there a lot as it is.)  My main fear with taking a break has always been things changing on the Wiki while I'm gone, without my say-so(the thread ZIM made is a prime example of that. I was already considering a break before that, and I winded up being glad I didn't, and sort of re-validated why I feared taking one in the first place) That's right-- I'm thinking of taking another break. My last one failed, I know, but believe me-- it worked for a week. I had perfect College attendance that entire week, but then I  started trying to balance both the Wiki and College. Unfortunately, I found it difficult to pull away from the chatroom during the late hours of the night, so I ended up regressing in my sleep patterns. After that, the usual happened. Towards the final few College weeks, I did go there a whole lot more, and at early times, even after staying up late on the chat. It's just very difficult balancing both the Wiki and the chat, and if this continues during September when I start College again, I may have to consider either leaving or demoting myself because I don't want to  end up resenting my time on the Wiki, because of messing up my future. It wouldn't be worth it. Like before, my break can be any time within one month. I can return at any point. The cut-off point is a month making it the 25th August, that I'll be back by. But let's be real, I'll probably  be back quicker than that. That's just my estimated cut-off point though. 25th August is when I'll officially return, if not earlier. I know that leaving still has the problem the other thread presented, but I feel like stll-- admins aren't what's needed. It's chat mods at this point. I will still be around for moderation on the main site, and will have my say in community votes like this, but the user who I feel I can trust to be there, and active the most on chat is Csillagfény(once known as PMeTheDankMemes) Not only has he had his say in community votes, including that of the adminstration issues thread(which actually benefitted him more because now he knows what happens if a mod becomes inactive, and he's seen it first-hand) but he's on chat a lot, and I've already talked about this with him for weeks. I kept having doubts though, but they have been quelled. Any worry I've had about him as mod, has been addressed in PM's and guess what? He's the one who kept notifying me about spammers and trolls in the chat. I feel he has earned this position. I know a few nights ago there was an arguement in chat, but we've both said that  both of us said some hurtful and untrue things that we regret. Including me yelling about how I'd never make him mod. I'm sure this thread will look weird after that-- I understand. I would have made this earlier, but I knew what the reaction would be based on that situation, but I'm definetely not going to let moderating a wiki make me miss out on meals, and drinks and I feel like if I'm to take a break, we need someone else to follow in my stead. I seriously trust that not only will Csillagfény be great with moderating, but he will also be active in chat a lot, and has told me that he will notify  if he actually has irl things to do. Not only is this thread about my break, but also about voting for Csillagfény, so vote away.

'''TL;DR: I'm taking a break with a cut-off point of at least 1 month. I feel forced to moderate now, and I miss meals, so I think Csillagfény should be made mod while I'm away. ''' 