[Citizen] HigoChumbo (Patron: Aikanár) [PASSED]

[Aikanár]

Aik's bit

My fellow citizens,

I come before you today with a bad conscience. The reason for this is that I should've brought HigoChumbo before you much earlier. I also should have brought him in a time when I actually have time to introduce him in a proper way. Alas, it's how it is. Life is not all guns and roses.

So, please bear with me when I'm leaving you with this short introduction due to time constraints. HigoChumbo is a fine young chap who loves to discuss, especially in the Attila and Rome 2 forums, but he's no stranger in the Universitas Ludus Olympus either. If you don't know him, be prepared to be hit by some walls of text when you browse through his postings.

I came across HigoChimbo when doing some out of character moderation in the Attila forums. No, not his posts, but he participated in a few threads I had the, eh, fortune, yes, yes, fortune to moderate. I followed him for a while and what I found convinced me. His attitude is usually great, but sometimes his temper can get the better of him. However, he usually calm and friendly and some aggressive debating can't hurt every once in a while, can't it?

But enough of my words, have him in his own word:

Applicant's profile.

HigoChumbo's Application

Little bit about myself:

Well, I’m Spanish and 28 since less than a week ago. I “studied” Architecture for 6 years and also tried Computer Science for one. Last year I got a nice management job offering in a company dedicated to fertilizer sales on the condition that I finish Agricultural Engineering, so I came back from Germany (where I had been living for almost a year, fighting to learn the language), enrolled back at University, and that’s what I’m on currently, struggling every day to keep my evenings focused on the intricacies of the artichoke now that properly formatting forum posts has become my new, ridiculously time-consuming hobby.

I registered in TWC back in 2006, although I had been a guest reader for quite longer than that (I started playing Total War when Shogun came out in 2000 and mods rapidly became of interest to me after Rome). I was a member of the official Total War forums before joining TWC, and the main reason why I made the change is that I did not like how restrictive and ultimately unnatural they were. TWC seemed to be a better place to freely share one’s opinions and so far, almost 10 years later, it stands pretty much confirmed that I got that part right.

As for why would I like to be a citizen, well, I had honestly never considered it until I was suggested to by Aikanár (I actually thought that most of those badges were titles for modders and internal TWC staff), but it turns out that I would just be doing the same stuff I do now, which basically sums up to writing dauntingly long posts with lots of editing and plenty of wasted hours meddling with Photoshop and Excel (also known as procrastinating depending on who you ask).

Oh, and arguing as well. Boy I sure love arguing. I'm not fond of conventional, pre-established conceptions and because of that I like to question and relativize everything and not leave any stone unturned, something that annoys the hell out of my buddies since I often find myself defending points of view I do not share just to see what arguments they can bring forward against them. I use that as a way of learning (or making my ultraconservative flatmate reconsider whether she can judge stuff like promiscuity, Hitler's motivations or open bisexual relationships using absolute moral standards) and it is funny because, as cheesy as it might sound, debating in TWC is actually one of the things that has made me better at that (the other being growing up as an only child with an obstinate, single mother ). I do believe that the refuting arguments I got -and still get- from more mature users since I started delving into these forums as a teenager have had a lot to do with that improvement.

I guess that makes TWC a part of my day to day and therefore I'm honored to be considered for citizen (even when I have to admit that not one week ago I had no idea of what that was. I hope I'll be able see you guys once more as just some other posters with flashy badges written in latin instead of the whimsical, scrutinizing, godlike overlords who, I've come to think these past days, will read all this.

Cheers,

Nico. (I'll leave you with today's menu below)





My Contributions in TWC:

A few threads and comments I posted somewhat recently:

• Warhammer TW Wishlist. A thread to gather the most requested features and changes for the next TW game, as well as to try to keep people interested in it and make do for the lack of official info.
• General TW suggested features and fixes. A long post I wrote in the thread above (#136).
• Warhammer TW Miniature Wishlist. A thread with plenty of pictures destined to allow members to name which units they want to see in the game.
• Rome 2 pre-release complete factions map. There was no full political map of Rome 2 before release, so I made one in Photoshop, hoping to give members a more comprehensive overview of the whole campaign area.
• The dreaded Rome 2 “you got the sandals wrong thread”. Started as a light-hearted prank and rapidly grew out of control, ending up as a thread filled with graphic jokes about Rome 2.
  
  My own additions to that madness:
  
  • Blue Steel Suebi.
  • Keanu Reeves on sewers.
  • Pink Parthian Stalin.
  
  
• I also contributed to the upcoming Ancient Empires mod for Rome 2 and Attila, although I’m not a modder myself. I am listed with my old nickname (“nicolasete”). The information I gave them was scattered all over TWC and it took 6 PMs to send everything to the modding team, so I’ve just gathered all I wrote in this thread for convenience:
  
  The Iberians: http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showt...1#post14522741

As a side note on modding, I’m also (very) slowly learning how to create 3d models which I hope proper modders will be able to use some day.



A handful more miscellaneous posts:

• Giving newcomers a hand (I feel like I’m selling myself and I'd rather have you randomly stumble upon my comments and draw your own conclussions, but I guess this is the kind of thing you guys want to see in the application ) (post 2# onwards): http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showt...1#post14519168
• A poll for members to choose the factions they want to be in TW Warhammer and for me to de-rust a little bit my Excel skills: http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showt...1#post14510577
• A little bit of healthy trolling: http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showt...1#post14517280
• Mocking Rome 2’s siege AI:
  
  Spoiler Alert, click show to read: 

  
• An old portrait request from La♔De♔Da♔Brigadier Graham:
  
  Spoiler Alert, click show to read: 

  

Comments in some the subforums where I usually stroll around:

• General TW Discussion. A debate about the TW3 engine.
• TW Warhammer. A short reply about the state of the TW campaign system.
• TW Rome 2. On the possibility of Rome 2 being patched further.
• The Arts. Jazz recommendation - (another one, a Game of Thrones critique)
• Vestigia Vetutastis. Taking part in the "Name that historical figure" thread.
• Universitas Ludus Olympus. A conspiracy theory about Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk reaching the Europa League finals.

[Halie Satanus]

I've seen this hombre around, sense of humour and engaging.. Nothing really leaps out but.....

Like a doughnut left in the sun too long, a solid all rounder..

Yes..

[Iskar]

I like his style. The posts that are not humorous are well founded and elaborate contributions.

Motion Carried.

[Riverknight]

Those are some nice post.

[Flinn]

mmm overall I'm positive on this, but I'm not convinced yet.

undoubtedly he produced a lot of fun stuff and his great attitude counts a lot in my book, still I don't see that much contributions (but it just might be my limited understanding of what he did precisely). Also

be considered for citizen (even when I have to admit that not one week ago I had no idea of what that was.

that's not that nice to say for a 9 years old member..

[Halie Satanus]

mmm overall I'm positive on this, but I'm not convinced yet.

undoubtedly he produced a lot of fun stuff and his great attitude counts a lot in my book, still I don't see that much contributions (but it just might be my limited understanding of what he did precisely).

Not every citizen will have clear and specific contributions, in such cases we are assessing the whole picture.

that's not that nice to say for a 9 years old member..

I wouldn't hold that against any one, I'm sure there are thousands of members who never make their way to the curia and have no idea what awards/badges exist.....

[Flinn]

Not every citizen will have clear and specific contributions, in such cases we are assessing the whole picture.

Indeed. As I said overall I'm positive about this application, but in lack of clear and specific contributions I guess everyone comes with a subjective evaluation; my doubt is that I'm not still fully convinced, I will hear with pleasure from others though (the fact that Aik decided to patronize him and your support are already shifting the balance towards a yes anyway)

I wouldn't hold that against any one,

not holding anything against anyone, just pointing it; surely it is citizens duty to look around for potential clients and in no case the fact that someone is unaware of citizenship should injure his application, I fully concur.

[Veteraan]

I will skip this one due to me knowing next to nothing, nor being really interested in the parts of the forum HigoChumbo does most of his posting. Of course that says nothing about the quality of the applicant's posting and much about my rather narrow focus on some parts of this site.

I do like the Rome II map he made and the Iberian thread and it of course always nice to see a few instances of a member being helpful but that is not enough to base a vote on.

[Halie Satanus]

not holding anything against anyone, just pointing it; surely it is citizens duty to look around for potential clients and in no case the fact that someone is unaware of citizenship should injure his application, I fully concur.

In the past I have taken that stand too, maybe I'm getting soft in my middle years. I take the view that citizenship is not a one size fits all award. Some 'clients' are happy to get the badge and never have anything to do with the curia/patron/client system.

I will skip this one due to me knowing next to nothing, nor being really interested in the parts of the forum HigoChumbo does most of his posting. Of course that says nothing about the quality of the applicant's posting and much about my rather narrow focus on some parts of this site.

There are links to review the candidate's posts. I don't frequent many of the same forums but I had a poke around and liked what I saw. Wasn't blown away but I thought there was enough.

[Sir Adrian]

Yes from me. He looks like a decent enough candidate.

[Veteraan]

There are links to review the candidate's posts. I don't frequent many of the same forums but I had a poke around and liked what I saw. Wasn't blown away but I thought there was enough.

Yes, of course there are links although no that many. But due to my lack of interest in them and the total absence of knowledge about everything related to TW I can't really appreciate them properly even if they well deserve it.

This application could have benefited from a few enthusiastic testimonials from fellow citizens that do know about this stuff (as my own app did).

[Aikanár]

I don't like the use of testimonials. Apologies for not presenting this application in a manner that would spare people to at least invest 20 minutes of their time. Because that's pretty much all that is needed to find out about the quality of his postings:
- click profile
- click recent posts
- start reading
...

But maybe I'm simply expecting too muss. CdeC councillors would have done that, you know.

Also, apologies for providing no links in this post of mine, am writing from my phone.

[Veteraan]

It seems I'm being misunderstood, deliberately or not. And referring to that abolished institution is not very constructive at all in my view.
I suspect I spend more time on assessing this application than it took to write the introduction bit, but I never mentioned that as a negative factor.

Oh well, I better just do what I announced earlier and skip this one. Which is not the same as voting no I might add, as to hopefully avoid being misinterpreted.

[Aikanár]

I don't think I misunderstood you. It's fairly simple, go to the profile page, click recent posts and start reading.

[Bethencourt]

I think he is a good poster, good reasoning, promotes interest on the things he is around, WAAAAHG kind of things, very active.

And I like los higos chumbos very much, a lot of sweet fruit, many many seeds, and risk of sting. This last part is very pirate.

[Halie Satanus]

It seems I'm being misunderstood, deliberately or not. And referring to that abolished institution is not very constructive at all in my view.
I suspect I spend more time on assessing this application than it took to write the introduction bit, but I never mentioned that as a negative factor.

Oh well, I better just do what I announced earlier and skip this one. Which is not the same as voting no I might add, as to hopefully avoid being misinterpreted.

A, no worries Vet. Though maybe it's best to skip without drawing attention than spend more time skipping than it takes to review..

Beside you know Aik gets very emotional about these things...

And yes Aik, the CdeC would have reviewed, they might also have issued half a dozen censure's that none of them would admit too while doing it. But lets not kick the dead horse, hmm....

[Markas]

Posts are thorough and well thought out and he stands out in the TW game subfora as one of the best posters. Not wishing to damn with faint praise but that particular place needs all the decent posters it can get.

A yes from me.

[Sir Adrian]

I don't think I misunderstood you. It's fairly simple, go to the profile page, click recent posts and start reading.

I think what he's saying is that he can't objectively evaluate your candidate since he doesn't know much about the sort of contributions he's made and voting in an application he doesn't fully understand is against his principles.

[MIKE GOLF]

He seems very active in the forums having started many threads on a wide range of topics. If there are no disciplinary issues, than I will support.

[Aikanár]

^Nothing that would hinder his application.