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Edited by GastonRabbit on Oct 11th 2024 at 3:20:25 AM
I honestly thought they were part of it with how much work I've seen them do. Or thought they did. Congrats!
Shadow?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.Hope the scars from the Sacred Mod Trials heal soon. Congratulations!
Congrats, Twiddler! 🎉
Suddenly I'm... still rotating Fallen London in my mind even though I've stopped actively playing it.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?"Congrats Twiddler.
"That's right mortal. By channeling my divine rage into power, I have forged a new instrument in which to destroy you."Congrats Twiddler
ᜇᜎᜈ᜔ᜇᜈ᜔|I DO COMMISSIONS|ᜇᜎᜈ᜔ᜇᜈ᜔Also congrats, actually.
TroperWall / WikiMagic CleanupWoah, didn't expect a new mod to pop up! Congratulations Twiddler!
CG for shortOh awesome! Congrats Twiddler!!
When you're alone I'm reaching out to let you know that you're far from strangers, like the saviorAh, 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.Gaston, we all know you were cleaning up the forest where the mods sacrifice bad tropers to ascend a new mod. It's cool.
So all of those bounces were actually sacrifices in disguise?
Edited by Cutegirl920fire on Dec 17th 2022 at 3:50:45 AM
CG for shortWell, 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.
Congrats.
Hugging a Vanillite will give you frostbite.I thought I heard level up music in the distance!
TV Tropes's No. 1 bread themed lesbian. she/her, fae/faerCongratulations.
Hope shines brightest in the darkest timesEdited 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)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.Congrats on your promotion, Twiddler!
SING TO ME, LEND ME THE SONG OF BLASPHEMY

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