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[Elrond of Rivendell]

So have you ever been nervous talking to other members or staff? Online sites such as BZ are great, but sometimes you just don't know the emotions of other members or staff. I personally get a little nervous after asking Nuju Metru to approve masks. It's sometimes like talking to a god, If you don't know how the're feeling. So have you ever been nervous talking to anyone on BZ?

[Daiker]

Not really. I treat everyone the same here. Same goes with things in school- people with higher authority don't scare me. As long as you know you've done nothing wrong, there's no reason to fear. But I usually can't help from getting nervous when getting a PM from a staff member

[You just lost the game]

No, I don't see any reason to be nervous talking to anyone.

[fishers64]

I'll be honest and say that bonesiii and Black Six inspire a bit of nerves.

[HAZMAT]

I get nervous when I talk to myself because I'm staff

[bonesiii]

I'll be honest and say that bonesiii... inspire[s] a bit of nerves.

Fear not. I'm nothing to be afraid of. I'm probably one of the most patient people on the planet, heh.

OT: I did before I was staff (loooong ago in a galaxy ), so I can relate to that and have always kept that in sharp focus as best I can in how I relate to non-staff.

[Makaru]

It is hard to be nervous when you're the tallest guy on BZP.

[Elrond of Rivendell]

I'll be honest and say that bonesiii... inspire[s] a bit of nerves.

Fear not. I'm nothing to be afraid of. I'm probably one of the most patient people on the planet, heh.

OT: I did before I was staff (loooong ago in a galaxy ), so I can relate to that and have always kept that in sharp focus as best I can in how I relate to non-staff.

You never scare me. You're one of my more favorite forum leaders. B6, however, makes me a little nervous. He makes me think, "Grim Reaper of dead topics." I've never even heard his opinion on anything before. I appreciate him as the moderator, but it's hard to think of him as anything but ruler of Bz.

-Bane

[Makaru]

You never scare me. You're one of my more favorite forum leaders. B6, however, makes me a little nervous. He makes me think, "Grim Reaper of dead topics." I've never even heard his opinion on anything before. I appreciate him as the moderator, but it's hard to think of him as anything but ruler of Bz.

I can personally verify that Sixboss is a big silly doofus just like the rest of us who likes Halo a lot and is forever my designated Brickfair drinking buddy.

Edited by Makaru, Apr 09 2012 - 07:01 PM.

[Architect]

I don't get nervous around members or most staff. There are a few of the higher-ups who are somewhat intimidating on occasion, though. Black Six, for some reason, is not among them--to me at least. I don't know why.

Sorry B6. :b

Edited by Architect, Apr 09 2012 - 06:54 PM.

[Applejack]

Nope.

Only if I disagree with them on something, then I think I'm gonna lose proto.

[Cederak]

I felt intimidated by the staff members at first, but when I got older, I realized that staff members of any site are nothing to fear. They're people like you and me - they simply choose to commit a bit more of their time to a website than the rest of us. Nothing wrong with that, and nothing nerve-wracking either. If they really had these fearsome, negative, bitter dispositions, would they really be in charge of a place like BZPower in the first place? Unlikely...

-Ced

[Captain Lavender]

I mean, I think I've slept with about half the staff by now so it's hard to be intimidated by any of them.

[Wind Elemental]

I'm nervous to talk to people on this site. There's always that feeling that when you say something, you might lose your proto.

[Peach 00]

No. When I talk to staff members, I'm pretty laid back because if I act any different, they'll consider me overreacting and nervous, which is not the impression I want to give. Whenever I approach other members as well, it's for the reason that I want to talk to them more often, thank them for something, or want to be friends with them. In any of these cases, I'm not nervous.

[The Inquisitive Automaton]

I'm not a confident person. Not in real life, not on here. I'm nervous when I talk to anyone, one on one. :/

Edited by The Wretched Automaton, Apr 09 2012 - 08:41 PM.

[Eeko]

I'm very much intimidated when talking to the staff.

Then I realize that's dumb because the staff are all real people.
Then I stop being scared, and start being awesome.

True story.

Edited by Eeko, Apr 09 2012 - 08:19 PM.

[Akuna Toa of Sonics]

I don't think I've talked directly to a staff member much.

[Cederak]

I'm very much intimidated when talking to the staff.

Then I realize that's dumb because the staff are all real people.
Then I stop being scared, and start being awesome.

True story.

I'm sure becoming a staff member had to, on some level, immediately humanize the individuals running this place, right?

-Ced

[Ballom]

Talking to staff members? Well, I'm generally okay with it as long as I have my pepper spray nearby.

...






(Accurate reaction for my first year or so on here. Now, not so much.)

~B~

Edited by Ballom, Apr 09 2012 - 08:36 PM.

[Eeko]

I'm very much intimidated when talking to the staff.

Then I realize that's dumb because the staff are all real people.
Then I stop being scared, and start being awesome.

True story.

I'm sure becoming a staff member had to, on some level, immediately humanize the individuals running this place, right?

-Ced

Not really, I already talked to most of the bloggies, as well as Wind on a semi-regular basis.
Granted, becoming staff does alleviate some of the fears of the higher-ups.
But it also creates a lot of new ones.

[fishers64]

I'll be honest and say that bonesiii... inspire[s] a bit of nerves.

Fear not. I'm nothing to be afraid of. I'm probably one of the most patient people on the planet, heh.

Oh no. That's what I get for generalizing. Different types of nerves active there. B6 insipires the "Am I wasting this guy's time? If I say this wrong, will I get in trouble?" type.

bones inspires more the "Do I have my facts straight? Am I saying too much? Do I really need to say this?" nerves. It's positive; it keeps me on my toes and improves my posts.

[T.B.O.C]

I get scared anytime anyone says my name, because I'm just a normal member. Though was cool the one or two times that Bonesiii addressed me in a S & T topic.

[Bambi]

Since this a yes/no question, shouldn't it be polled?
Back on topic, not really. It mostly depends on the subject.

[Randy Disher]

I'm nervous to talk to people on this site. There's always that feeling that when you say something, you might lose your proto.

I agree.

[Velox]

I'm very much intimidated when talking to the staff.

Then I realize that's dumb because the staff are all real people.
Then I stop being scared, and start being awesome.

True story.

Automatic WIN for How I Met Your Mother reference.


Aaanyway yeah I used to get nervous sometimes talking to the higher ups. Except not much any more, mostly because I've talked to them more (or even met them) and know they're awesomely nice people.

[Toa Smoke Monster]

No, not really. I'm always myself when I talk to other members.

[Sumiki]

Oh, of course I had that phase when I was a young member. You never knew exactly what dastardly powers that the evil ranks of the Staff were hiding in their shadowy midst. Even as I BZ-matured, I didn't know exactly how the process worked, other than that they handled everything in a precise and timely manner.

Mainly, my awe of the Staff subsided after I began sending sig reports to Screenguy, then to SPIRIT, and eventually to whoever was the FA nub. Believe me, SPIRIT was just as funny in his PMs as he was in his posts - same with Turakii. (Don't report sigs this way nowadays, folks - the profile report button is where it's at. Also how come all the funny topic closers have been claimed by real life ;_

Now that I can count myself in as part of them and not refer to them as a homogenous and reclusive cult group outside the realm of the normal membership base, I can say for with 100% certainty that they are neither evil* nor even a homogenous group, just a bunch of members that happen to help out with the site's operation.

*Except for Smeag. He terrifies me just like he terrifies everyone else.

Edited by Sumiki, Apr 09 2012 - 11:28 PM.

[ZHX]

Only somewhat. Black Six is somewhat intimidating, but Nuju Metru feels evil, and scares me more than B6. Please don't kill me!

[Tekulo the WindWriter]

When I was new here I was around... 12 years old? So, yeah, back then I was intimidated by pretty much everyone.

Currently, I'm intimidated by everyone aside from the staff and members I've chatted with. XDD
I normally think of the staff, generally, as people around my own age, so there's really nothing to be intimidated by (and for some of them I actually have fun ways of pronouncing their names. Like how I pronounce bonesiii (bone-zee) It's too adorable to be intimidated by. XP -sorry in advance because I know that's really not how it's supposed to be pronounced-).

With other members, though, I don't always know what age-group they come from, so I'm normally a bit on-edge. Plus I haven't been too active on the site in past years, so I don't know who is generally popular, or if there are certain cliques then I haven't taken notice of them. I don't really know who I'm talking to aside from a fan of Bionicle. ^^'

[Riglax]

I don't feel nervous or intimidated when talking to anyone. I used to be a little when I first join the site, but now I don't see the point in being nervous when talking to staff or member. I've sent B6 some pms to report some rule breaking or glitches without any problem, and talked to other staff without being scared or anything.

[Gatanui]

Of course I was afraid of some of them in my early days, but I think that fear was mostly gone after reaching full proto. Since I have been staff myself for even longer than I´ve been a normal member, there is no reason to be afraid anymore. Anyway, I think I´ve never significantly changed my behaviour even after joining the staff so I´ve always tried to act in a way that members don´t need to be afraid of me, or at least I hope so. Unless there is a really serious issue, then I don´t post with friendly emoticons and such as I usually do, but fortunately that rarely happens.

-Gata

Edited by Gatanui, Apr 10 2012 - 06:03 AM.

[Black Six]

Polled.

Fear my thread-closing wrath.