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| Welcome Kosh
paul  has been replaced as one of your forum mods by KoshVorlon , a longtime SETI cruncher for the site. I won't go into the reasons, some are publicly viewable and some were discussed privately between Paul and myself and cannot in good conscience be resolved. Thank you for your help as a mod, Paul, you're a good man.
Thank you, Kosh, for stepping up at an unsettled time to represent your team atop the forum and in the DCS. Thank you, Edward, for enduring.
This will now give this team 2 representatives in DCS. It will remain for the team to elect a rep, and for the mods to choose a rep.
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broadbandit
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join:2000-07-21
Morrisville, PA
clubs: | Thanks fatness. Paul, you are a good man, sorry to see you go as mod. Kosh, welcome. |
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KoshVorlon
B B R
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Hello all! Some of you may know me some of you may not. I figured I would give a little background info to get everyone on the same page.
I grew up and currently live in the Dayton Ohio area. I have worked for an Information Technology company based in this area for just over 10 years. I have been married for eight years and have three children, a girl that is 6.5, a boy that is 4.25, and a five week old girl. Two weeks before my daughter was born my dad was taken to ER. They found a tumor in the left side of his head. He has since been diagnosed with Lymphoma. He had his first Chemotherapy treatment Thursday evening. So, between work, a new baby, and supporting my dad you will see that I keep some crazy hours.
I found my way to DSLR just over seven years ago. DSL lines were new to my area and I was trying to make sure I was up on the news so that I could get my line installed a quickly as possible. Back then AT&T / SBC / Ameritech actually would release spreadsheets of the different streets and if they were live or when they planned on bringing them live. While here I also stumbled on a fledgling SETI club that had a non public release of the client. I think it was 2.07? A few of us at work had been running SETI since the day it became available for Windows. I had just gotten my new 1 Ghz machine and decided to join up. I still like to look back at those threads from time to time:
»The Vorlon Empire has joined the cause
»Argh I got crushed by Kosh
»Stats 10/8 to 10/14
Back then I hit the site a lot, justin had taken one of the servers that was relatively idle and set up two UT servers. He wrote some custom scripts for the servers and they became very popular. Counter-Strike was beginning to pick up speed and several members lead by shinjuru convinced justin to convert one of the UT severs over to CS. CS being new, having many updates and addons, with a DSLR supported gaming clan, not to mention a popular site that was gaining momentum every day started digging into justin idle time. After some discussions justin moved everything to a dedicated server and turned over administration of the game servers to me. Over the years we have added new servers and expanded our gaming clubs. At different times over the years we have had top CS, UT, and BF1942 servers and/or gaming clans.
I was also around when Zhen-Xjell and some others found another project, much like SETI. They tried it out and it took off which lead to the founding of our sister club Team Helix. I have seen members of this site try many different projects and devote their idle time to try and figure out many questions that linger over our daily lives. Each person gets involved for different reasons, but hopefully the work being done will be able to make a difference in some way at some time even if only to spread the awarness or give the personal satisfaction that you tried.
At work I have played many different roles, all around technical aspects of my companies customer facing systems/servers. I'm currently the SME ( Subject Matter Expert ) / Senior System Administrator for a customer facing hosted environment that has been gaining a lot of momentum lately. I prepare the environment for Major software updates, develop and maintain customizations that help us to automate things in the environment, and have meetings ( lots and lots of meetings ) about different things people want to do and how best to handle the request if access is granted.
So, that is a bit about me. I am aware of the things that have been going on recently. As with any situation I'm here to try and work through it and to try and make the best of the situation. All I ask is that you try to keep a level head and try and post information or ideas that you think will help contribute to a solution. I have seen a common tendency in forums and it is their greatest downfall. You can't get the feeling of the person writing the text. So, if you are mad, or hate the other person. They are writing to you in a mean tone. That is why we set up a couple of voice com servers. It really does help at times to get people to log in and just talk, like you are on a conference call. They hear the correct tone and it does help solve problems. The servers are up and running at BBG ( BroadbandGaming ) feel free to utilize them:
»gaming.broadbandreports.com/teamspeak |
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pudding
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join:2000-02-13
Calgary, AB
clubs: | reply to fatness
Welcome, Kosh.
I have the greatest respect for you, Paul, and all of your efforts to keep this forum a sane and fun place. Thanks.
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Mortis
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join:2001-12-07
Clearlake, CA
clubs: | I am still seeking photographic evidence that the Vorlon is real... |
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m00kie
Yes, Nurse Ratched
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join:2000-09-11
| reply to fatness
Welcome Kosh and good luck in your new position.
As to Paul... What can I say. You are probably the most easy going and fair minded person I've known at BBR. I'm going to miss you as a moderator and even more I will miss you as our rep. 
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MarkH
reserved for later use
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| said by m00kie :Welcome Kosh and good luck in your new position. As to Paul... What can I say. You are probably the most easy going and fair minded person I've known at BBR. I'm going to miss you as a moderator and even more I will miss you as our rep.
I'll second that. 
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Xaak
You'll find me at T S W B.org
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| reply to m00kie
Welcome Kosh.
Paul, I'm at a loss for words, and you know me, that doesn't happen very often.
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perryjay
One of the Ten
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join:2002-01-25
Daytona Beach, FL | reply to fatness
Not such a great time to join us Kosh but welcome anyway. Good luck to you.
Paul, you will be sorely missed. You've been great in here. |
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HFB1217
The Wizard
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join:2000-06-26
Camelot
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4 edits | reply to fatness
Best to you, your wife and the new Baby. Congratulations to your family and yourself.
Kosh great to see one of My old time Seti and MOD buddy back here and in the fray again.
Fatness choose a Good and Fair minded member both of the Team and the Site to represent us.
As always your consistency and presence of mind will add to the stability and growth of the BBRTeamStarFire.
You were here from the begging like myself and some others. You have seen and been a part of the growth and growing pains of the Team and the Site. Both of which have become very large and still a very good place to belong to. That is because of Justin and all of us original Members and Moderators who placed civility and open mindedness above all else, established a quality and care seen on very few sites at the time and still to the present.
This was due to you and us who spent a lot of personal time and effort to have this BRR/DSLReports flourish for everyone.
Paul I am sorry to see you go we may have had some philosophical differences but you always had my respect and High regard for you as a person and a friend to myself and the team. Just don't wander off please keep your presence in the forum and team activities up you were and are asset to the group.
Hank
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wapu
Broadband Ranger
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join:2001-09-05
Germantown, MD
clubs: | reply to fatness
Welcome Kosh! Do you have time for this forum?;) It has been a little busy here lately. |
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catdaddy63
Premium
join:2000-09-17
Tulsa, OK
clubs: | reply to fatness
Wow, a real blast from the past Kosh Vorlon! Welcome and good luck! |
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Jammy
be'suvwl
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Chula Vista, CA
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|  reply to fatness
Ambassador Kosh Naranek! Long time no see Kosh!
I must confer immediately with G'kar over this unexpected sighting of you.
I love the organic-ness of your ship.
A dream of a galaxy WITHOUT war.
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lagh lucharghlu'bogh HuH ghopDu'lIj lungaSjaj |
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TransitMan
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join:2000-09-05
Dayton, OH
clubs: | reply to fatness
Ambassador Kosh. Welcome. |
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Bahamut X
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Arlington, TX
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| reply to Mortis
said by Mortis :I am still seeking photographic evidence that the Vorlon is real... I would have to concur with Mortis here 
Never in the BBrCS forum was there a picture of the Vorlon...
Though one was rumored.
Anyway, good to see you again Kosh!!!
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BBR_InsUW
AA or NF thats my Game
Premium,Mod
join:2000-04-22
La Mesa, CA
clubs: | reply to fatness
Welcome |
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mig
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join:2000-10-26
Anytown, USA
clubs: | reply to fatness
Welcome Kosh! |
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MgKnight
Cancer Survivor
Premium,MVM
join:2000-08-04
East Freetown, MA
clubs: | reply to fatness
Welcome and congratulations on the promotion sir. It is indeed an honor to have you sitting up there. |
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leibold
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join:2002-07-09
Sunnyvale, CA
clubs: | reply to fatness
Welcome KoshVorlon . |
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CyberSchnook1
Disciple of Christ Jesus
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USA
| reply to fatness
Thanks for the yeoman efforts on behalf of the team, paul !!
Congratulations and condolences on getting stuck with one of the more thankless jobs around here, Kosh!
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