Nominee:
About my FSC-name … as stated in my title here at FST I'm Belgian and my FSC-profile and FS reflect my nationality too, so that narrows the possibilities. Moreover, when visiting my FS, people will notice I have the same pic as my avatar posted there and I like councilman Doug Wilson. If all this doesn’t ring a bell I’d be happy to PM Sear (if allowed) or if requested post my FSC-name here in the open.
I’m a member at FSC for some time now (thx to DV8). I'm not the oldest member around, but have been there long enough to have shown my dedication and love for FSC, in the form of leeching/seeding, forum activity, and more ().
When you have been into torrenting for as long as I have been and seen the amount of scammers/cheaters/liars/multiple account holders/traders/sellers you get rather paranoid. Therefore it takes quite some time, first hand experience, effort, talking and a strong ‘gut’-feeling before anyone becomes trusted in my book.
When I first saw this thread this morning three names popped up in my mind. Two of them already are FSC-members J so it’s not like it’s a big dilemma whom I should nominate, taking into account the ‘one nominator per nominee-rule’
So here I am to tell everybody, and FSC-staff in particular why I am willing to put my ass on the line for the guy I'm about to nominate.
Nominator:
He makes himself known to all by the name of bumrocks. He uses that name everywhere and therefore it’s rather easy to find or catch up with him.
I got to know him some time ago in another community and ever since that day he has done nothing but impress me. He isn’t afraid to tell what he thinks and he’s not a person that says things or doesn’t say things because he’s afraid people would disagree. He is straightforward, clever and educated, has a keen sense of humor and is dedicated to the places he is a member.
The question at hand is if bumrocks would be an asset to FSC …
I believe he certainly will be. You can wonder how I would know that before he even is a member. That is the advantage of knowing someone personally and being a decent judge of character. He has been a great friend and I’ve grown to know him as a mature guy who has brains and has the necessary interpersonal skills to participate in discussions and/or sharing his real-life/internet experiences with other people. He knows how to interact and discuss in a mature way, without the need to flame or joke around as many do on the interwebz.
I believe I am old enough and have enough intellectual capacities to be a pretty good judge of character and my membership at FSC makes that I am pretty well placed to know if he, with his character and attitude would fit into FSC.
I am certainly not the only one who knows him (here or elsewhere) and I am sure a lot of his/my friends would tell you the same about him.
Since FSC is also a tracker I will describe his attitude vis à vis ‘sharing’ files too. Bumrocks is a member of a number of trackers and is an "all-around" active member at his loved sites. If allowed, he uploads content to the tracker and isn’t to lazy to fill requests. He’s been into torrenting long enough to understand the importance of seeding and leeching properly. Neither is he a guy collecting memberships at numerous trackers, not to use them or just to show off with his memberships.
When looking at his current memberships anyone will notice his stats reflect his experience and torrent-knowledge gained during the time he has been into torrenting.
He maid the choice to participate in the ‘tracker-life/community’ of smaller trackers. He prefers the smaller ones because it allows him to get to know the people he’s "hangin out" with. He is the furthest thing from a spammer in the sense that if he has nothing to say besides "+1" or "I agree" he just doesn’t say anything at all. If he’s going to give input ... you will get his sincere input. He is also able and a willing donator for those sites that he values (you would notice donator stars next to his name in the profiles of various of his trackers).
I am convinced he would be a very active user at FSC … one that gets involved in as many areas as possible, one that is involved and appreciative ... one that will also respects the rules of the tracker. Some of these things mentioned, if not a lot, have been said to you before. Fortunately, his "history" and profiles will all tell you the same...Not to mention his many friends.
I vouch for bumrocks. Add to that my love for FSC and the chance I could be jeopardizing my membership by doing this and you can understand I wouldn’t do this if I didn’t trust this friend for the full 100%.
Amen
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Originally Posted by dpds
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