supermod

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Supermod is an administrative-level group on the ABS Forums, separate from the root admin group which is reserved for AB, though functionally identical. Mercutio once described them as "a squabbling bunch of pompous aristocrats." Memorable uses of supermod accounts include Overlord taking over Melindhra's account and making most of the forums invisible on August 22, 2004, and the events of April 2, 2005.

[edit] Past supermods

• mrWoot was the first member of the old forums, presumably because he installed Invision Power Board for AB, and would often use this to push his agenda. He left after accusations of rape, pedophilia, and general creepiness. Currently hangs out on #albinoblacksheep, Equivocal Haven, CultureStorm, and Cythnet.

"I'm a realist and I would never hurt anyone. I don't even hunt. I couldn't cause intentional pain to someone/thing."

• Dark_Nugget was an uppity British faggot who would fly off the handle at the slightest provocation and make decisions without consulting anyone else. He created the comic known as "All Kinds of Wrong", which is fortunately no longer in existence. Nobody had the heart to tell him he was really bad at drawing, which made it even funnier. Completely devoid of logic and typing skills. His whereabouts are currently unknown.

"no, the problem is the current members, not the newbies."

• TYGA (formerly known as TYGALILI) was another British faggot. Man, AB really has a knack for that. She is known to have met with Melindhra and cythrawll on various occasions, possibly for orgies. Also an "artist" and model, excellent occupations for people who can't use a keyboard. Currently hangs out on Equivocal Haven, CultureStorm, and Cythnet. Visible on the left in the 7/17 Memorial Loop.

"think about it;if ALL they relied upon to make a modding decision was the votes of some members ALONE,with no other thought put into it,then the place would be in COMPLETE ruins,you HAVE to be objective about those things,otherwise youre just shooting yourself and everyone else in the foot."

• mtxchimera (also known as MTX or Sinner) was often hated for actually enforcing the forum rules, but was generally considered to be a fair moderator. He was driven out of ABS in March of 2004 after cythrawll and mrWoot accused him of harassing female members for naked pictures. Once ran a server for LCIRC, but later used it on LuniticFringe. Last seen on CrypticEdge.

"stop your fucking retarded attitude, if your going to start to try to claim you know shit, first get a little thing called education, then, learn the actual process, not claim shit..."

• Kotik appeared rarely and was eventually removed due to inactivity, but also provided avatar hosting services for the forums. His first uploader was located at 120by80.com, then romshack.us, and eventually became Imageshack. He also hosted rmuser's website until emptv.com was purchased. AB once blocked Imageshack from the forums after an unknown disagreement with him. Known to be a furry, but still cool. Currently hangs out at the SA Forums.

"New! Send your images to ImageShack via email!"

• Sera was a cool cat who would undo cythrawll's actions whenever he did something stupid. In November of 2003, AB told her that he was considering closing the forums. Currently hangs out on 17chan and Equivocal Haven.

• cythrawll was even stricter than mtxchimera and infinitely more stupid. He rewrote mtxchimera's forum rules and wrote the mid-2004 moderator guidelines, which included a clause stating moderators shouldn't reverse each other's actions. This ended up working against him when Cryonodisney banned him. His apathy toward users was the reason rmuser left ABS in 2004. Currently runs CultureStorm and Cythnet. Visible in the middle of the 7/17 Memorial Loop.

<Overlord_45> <cythrawll> I have taken her to places where no woman has gone before

<Opeth> his bedroom

• Cryonodisney made surprisingly intelligent posts until he became a supermod, at which point he tried to run the forums "like a business" and became a compulsive liar. One of the only good things he did was banning cythrawll, which was promptly reversed by RaIn despite the no-reversal rule that cythrawll himself had written. After disappearing for a while and being demodded, he came back and made several attempts at backseat moderating, demanding that Jaur and Tenebrae Vision be demodded. This resulted in him being laughed off the forums. Last seen on Equivocal Haven.

"Cyth... I swear to god if we ever meet in person, I'm going to break your f**king face open. Got that, bitch? I don't put up with bullshit. Talking about how you're the only mod who does shit... like I said, check the mod logs. I've done easiliy over 6 times as much as you, proof positive. Like to talk shit about people? See how many times you get your teeth kicked in when you join the real world."

• RaIn (formerly known as RaIn420, currently known as Rad) is possibly a bigger drama queen than mrWoot, although that's comparable to faster-than-light travel. Her extremely high postcount was a result of ceaseless grabassing. In late 2003 she went to meet her e-boyfriend SPudDog, which didn't end well and resulted in a 6-page thread of hilarious drama. She is best known for constantly yelling at people for no reason, claiming she's changed, and then doing it again. At this point, not even Equivocal Haven falls for it. Other notable events in her history of psychotic behavior include rigging a poll for the moderator of Image & Graphics, and immediately unbanning cythrawll after Cryonodisney banned him, in defiance of cythrawll's no-reversal rule. She quit her mod position and came back several times until that didn't work anymore. Afterwards, she spent most of her time in the Dumb Philosopher section flirting with her e-boyfriend X'el'toth. She left after DP was removed, but eventually came back under the username Rad.

ForgedReality: Why you gotta f----ing make accounts so you can f---- up polls?

murderous_rain: sh--

murderous_rain: erm

murderous_rain: so that throwaway shitty couldn't win

ForgedReality: its not cool at any rate

ForgedReality: mmas is a fuckin asshole too

murderous_rain: why couldn't you just say yes?

murderous_rain: you love photoshop

• kyrigo was an entirely unmemorable moderator who did his job so well that nobody really noticed him. Rarely making controversial decisions or getting involved with drama, he left because he was too busy with life to moderate. Currently hangs out in #albinoblacksheep.

• Melindhra became a supermod because she was cythrawll's girlfriend and a super-op in #albinoblacksheep. She was demodded after her account was compromised on August 22, 2004 and decided not to come back. At one point, she actually agreed with rmuser when he said stupidity should be bannable on the forums. Visible on the right in the 7/17 Memorial Loop. Deceased.

• Jaur was promoted from Chat & IM Conversations moderator after writing a winning application. Both loved and hated due to his intolerance of stupidity, Keridwen and JugglingWolves unsuccessfully attempted to get him fired on multiple occasions. Helped make rmuser a mod. He was banned after the events of April 2, 2005. Currently hangs out with DESTROYMAN.

• Keridwen probably became a supermod just because mrWoot was her e-boyfriend at the time. She liked to play favorites and post secret Staff content on other forums along with Dove. Eventually, that just wasn't enough, and she conspired with JugglingWolves to get Jaur fired by compiling a list of his ultimately trivial misdeeds and then quitting. As expected, their complaints were easily dismissed, and left with no moderator position, she went on to create Equivocal Haven, where she resides to this day. Once claimed over 10,000 people were using EMPTV's IRC channel on August 22, 2004.

"honestly, I don't know if she would come back. over half the forum was in #emptv talking about her. said some really mean things too."

• rmuser browsed the forums an average of 16 hours per day, and used this time to attempt to fix the rampant stupidity. After a series of failures spanning three months, and unresolvable disagreements with Dove and Karma, he decided to take out the Dumb Philosopher section and leave on April 2, 2005.

"You're a bunch of worthless idiots and I hate you all."

[edit] Current supermods

• Tenebrae Vision was a Chit-Chat and then global moderator before being promoted. Possessing a seemingly infinite reserve of patience and never letting personal beliefs get in the way, she has claimed to be the best moderator ABS ever had. This is quite possibly true, considering she singlehandedly moderated the entire forums for 4 months after April 2, 2005. Others have called her Chit-Chat's Dove for how often she removes posts deemed off-topic.

Nefarious Divine (5:35:59 PM): Juggling Wolves is an attention whore and a bitch.. Keridwen is a conniving backstabber, rmuser is a punk kid who thinks he's better than everyone else.. Zeshin & Jaur are assholes to everyone they deem stupid.. and then go into "ur a dick.. you're a penis.. you're a cum gobbler" oh yes, such WIT!

• wanderofys, formerly known as pacahmyhead, is some faggot who was selected for no apparent reason.

"One day I plan to rule the world.

I'm not kidding."