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themayorofsimpleton Short-Term Projects Herald | he/him from the Island of Koridai (Captain) Relationship Status: I won't say I'm in love
Short-Term Projects Herald | he/him
#5401: Dec 17th 2022 at 11:02:28 AM

Woah, wasn’t expecting that. Huge congrats Twiddler!

Works That Require Cleanup of Complaining | Troper Wall
Ultimatum Disasturbator from The Wiggle Room (Old as dirt) Relationship Status: Who needs love when you have waffles?
Disasturbator
#5402: Dec 17th 2022 at 11:08:43 AM

Congrats!

have a listen and have a link to my discord server
Irene (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: Crazy Cat Lady
#5403: Dec 17th 2022 at 11:15:30 AM

I honestly thought they were part of it with how much work I've seen them do. Or thought they did. Congrats!

Shadow?
skan123 Since: Aug, 2018
#5404: Dec 17th 2022 at 11:18:41 AM

Welcome aboard the train to responibility!

AlleyOop Since: Oct, 2010
CardboardBot from Saudi Arabia (Life not ruined yet) Relationship Status: Drift compatible
#5406: Dec 17th 2022 at 11:49:40 AM

About time. I'm gonna be honest, Twiddler always seemed like the mod type of guy to me. Well, now they are a mod.

Congrats.

Checking in on this account after leaving the site, MAN that is a cringy forum post history. Daaamn. Never again.
Parable Since: Aug, 2009
#5407: Dec 17th 2022 at 11:50:54 AM

Hope the scars from the Sacred Mod Trials heal soon. Congratulations!

wingedcatgirl mys. minty from the silly dimension from lurking (Holding A Herring) Relationship Status: Oh my word! I'm gay!
mys. minty from the silly dimension
#5408: Dec 17th 2022 at 12:07:01 PM

Congrats, Twiddler! 🎉

Suddenly I'm... still rotating Fallen London in my mind even though I've stopped actively playing it.
Cibryll ~Serra~ from Lightning Crest (she/her) Since: Feb, 2022 Relationship Status: Squeeeeeeeeeeeee!
~Serra~
#5409: Dec 17th 2022 at 12:07:21 PM

Congratulations on your ascension, Twiddler!

"Can you even read the blackboard written clear as can be?" / "Can you even read his mind? See that kid's lost fantasy?"
miraculous Goku Black (Apprentice)
Goku Black
#5410: Dec 17th 2022 at 1:13:19 PM

Congrats Twiddler.

"That's right mortal. By channeling my divine rage into power, I have forged a new instrument in which to destroy you."
alnair20aug93 🍊orange fursona🧡 from 🐾Furrypines 🇵🇭 (Long Runner) Relationship Status: Chocolate!
🍊orange fursona🧡
#5411: Dec 17th 2022 at 1:21:36 PM

Congrats Twiddler

ᜇᜎᜈ᜔ᜇᜈ᜔|I DO COMMISSIONS|ᜇᜎᜈ᜔ᜇᜈ᜔
Amonimus the "Retromancer" from <<|Wiki Talk|>> (Sergeant) Relationship Status: In another castle
the "Retromancer"
#5412: Dec 17th 2022 at 1:31:43 PM

Also congrats, actually.

TroperWall / WikiMagic Cleanup
Cutegirl920fire Player 222 from the Squid Games (Five Long Years) Relationship Status: Paris holds the key to my heart
Player 222
#5413: Dec 17th 2022 at 1:32:34 PM

Woah, didn't expect a new mod to pop up! Congratulations Twiddler!

CG for short
BlackFaithStar [Hiatus til March] from 🇲🇾 (UTC plus 8) (Less Newbie) Relationship Status: Longing for my OTP
GastonRabbit C'est la vie. (he/him) from Robinson, Illinois, USA (General of TV Troops) Relationship Status: I'm just a poor boy, nobody loves me
C'est la vie. (he/him)
#5415: Dec 17th 2022 at 3:26:20 PM

Ah, seems I slept through everything. Again. I kind of figured this would happen.

Edited by GastonRabbit on Dec 17th 2022 at 5:27:22 AM

I got a rock for Halloween.
WarJay77 It's NaNo, Bay-beeee! (8,356/50,000) from My Writing Cave (Troper Knight) Relationship Status: Armed with the Power of Love
It's NaNo, Bay-beeee! (8,356/50,000)
#5416: Dec 17th 2022 at 3:41:08 PM

Gaston, we all know you were cleaning up the forest where the mods sacrifice bad tropers to ascend a new mod. It's cool. tongue

Working on: Author Appeal | Sandbox | Troper Wall
Cutegirl920fire Player 222 from the Squid Games (Five Long Years) Relationship Status: Paris holds the key to my heart
Player 222
#5417: Dec 17th 2022 at 3:45:59 PM

[up] So all of those bounces were actually sacrifices in disguise?

Edited by Cutegirl920fire on Dec 17th 2022 at 3:50:45 AM

CG for short
GastonRabbit C'est la vie. (he/him) from Robinson, Illinois, USA (General of TV Troops) Relationship Status: I'm just a poor boy, nobody loves me
C'est la vie. (he/him)
#5418: Dec 17th 2022 at 3:49:10 PM

Well, at least the blue "MOD" indicator didn't take a day to get displayed this time (since it's coded separately from the actual mod tools for some reason), as seen from this ATT query, so it seems like everything's done. You know, assuming Twiddler didn't also sleep through the promotion, considering the lack of a response from them.

I got a rock for Halloween.
rmctagg09 The Wanderer from Brooklyn, NY (Before Recorded History) Relationship Status: I won't say I'm in love
The Wanderer
#5419: Dec 17th 2022 at 3:49:17 PM

Congrats.

Hugging a Vanillite will give you frostbite.
Bisected8 A casual tief of punk from Her Hackette Cave (Primordial Chaos) Relationship Status: Arm chopping is not a love language!
A casual tief of punk
#5420: Dec 17th 2022 at 3:53:20 PM

I thought I heard level up music in the distance!

TV Tropes's No. 1 bread themed lesbian. she/her, fae/faer
Redmess Redmess from Netherlands Since: Feb, 2014
Redmess
#5421: Dec 17th 2022 at 3:55:13 PM

Congratulations.

Hope shines brightest in the darkest times
Piterpicher Veteran Editor IV from Poland, for real (Series 2) Relationship Status: Armed with the Power of Love
Veteran Editor IV
#5422: Dec 17th 2022 at 4:07:42 PM

Impressive. Very nice.

Edited by Piterpicher on Dec 17th 2022 at 1:10:00 PM

Currently mostly inactive. An incremental game I tested: https://galaxy.click/play/176 (Gods of Incremental)
SatoshiBakura (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#5423: Dec 17th 2022 at 4:15:58 PM

Congratulations on your ascension, Twiddler!

GastonRabbit C'est la vie. (he/him) from Robinson, Illinois, USA (General of TV Troops) Relationship Status: I'm just a poor boy, nobody loves me
C'est la vie. (he/him)
#5424: Dec 17th 2022 at 4:23:05 PM

I added Twiddler to the Know the Staff page using the same "New hire" text used for the four recruits from November of last year.

Edited by GastonRabbit on Dec 17th 2022 at 6:23:42 AM

I got a rock for Halloween.
Excessive-Menace Time to SLEEP from the Velvet Cage (Fifth Year at Tropey's) Relationship Status: Dancing with myself
Time to SLEEP
#5425: Dec 17th 2022 at 4:49:50 PM

Congrats on your promotion, Twiddler!

SING TO ME, LEND ME THE SONG OF BLASPHEMY

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