First of all, I wanted to thank everyone for being so patient. We really appreciate everyone who applied, and we spent a lot of time deliberating over who would be the best choices for these positions. If you weren't chosen, it doesn't mean you don't have a chance in the future! There were a lot of good candidates, and these are the ones we really felt were ready.

So without any more hesitation, here they are:

People Staff
Nate (NoSex)
Betty (doiink)
Natalia (manny-the-dino)
Javonn (DoubleJ)

Design Staff
Thomas (doublehelix)
Christy (highwayto4355)
Natalia (manny-the-dino)

Congratulations!!

Congratulations Betty!

wow...some of this was really unexpected. wtf.

manny the dino are you f**king kidding me?

You guys are idiots.

Congrats to Javonn and Thomas. The rest of you I don't know, but congrats, too.

Seriously. What the f**k is that shit?

Congrats to those of you I like

Kinda like who was fawaz, huh?

Yeah, I don't really care about design staff, but you'd think at some point people would pick up on the pattern...

Those were not the best choices... LMAO Oh god. This is more like affirmative action for people who suck.

congrattzz onn summ..but moi don'tt knoww aboutt a fewww choicesess..

but whyy it tookk 3 weekkzz to pic dis..? moi expectedd morree betterr choicesss..

LMAO. It took 3 weeks? Three weeks for this trash. AH. I can't believe Nicki didn't get hired.

Or Tung! I'm not bitching because it's not me, I'm bitching because this is retaaaaaaaaaaaarded

Well, they weren't overlooked; they were purposefully not hired, so they had to settle for this shit. Ah, this is hilarious. I am surprised Melie didn't get hired, but I guess they only wanted to f**k with people staff.

wtf is a manny the dino. is this some trick

This is true, but I wanted to mention that this is not what helped make our decisions.

Thanks to all that wished me well, and congrats to the other staff members. With that being said, who is this manny person?

Exactly. Who the frick is Manny?


PEE-S, zomgggzz who would have guessed Nate and Betty!?!

me don't knowww know mannyyy...but mee noo some gurll dat she a tru mannhooee dat live near mee...

I mean, honestly Nate was an obvious choice. I am however shocked that Melie didn't make it.

^ why shockked...just goo check backsstagee hirringg thread o somethangg and see da responsse dey hadd on melie...and seee why she ain't chossin NUB.

and moi dinkk u need 1 moree desiggn staff to hirree. only personn on design stafff dat gudd is miyashu. she needd mo helppp.

seriously. you guys chose someone that no one knows for people staff. yeah. that's totally going to help bridge the gap between staff and members. good going there with that one.

actually manny - the- dino is very active on the forums, I always see her replies, mostly introductions, I think she would be great, but I personally though Melie should have have people staff and Manny get design staff . but thats just my opinion. :]

...are you f**king kidding me? i'm going to be really honest right here. manny-the-dino, the general community of cb has no idea of. but for those that have some vague recollection of who she is, she doesn't make an impression. fail right there. melie, while more people know her, she doesn't ingest criticism well nor does she get along that well with people. it's kind of a low EQ thing.

Hmmm....is this the jolt that cb needed?! Stay Tuned!

That's great, maybe I should spam the introductions too. Seriously, people just post there and never look back. That's great that you noticed. Want a cookie?

^ ey ey livee poorr skeetcumlite alonee..!!

..but moi wantt dat cookiee.!!!.

No wai. BTW I'm posting "a lot" now by posting in the introductions forum! lyk zomg i deserve admin status, mang!

mightt..as well hirree dat grifffindor-gurl wile we at it.....

On a serious note. how manny got hired is beyond ridiculous. i thought someone like nicki or even maybe janette should be on there.

here's manny's post stats

Most active in
Forum Games
34 posts / 17% of this member's active posts

It says she has 1600 posts. but those are from comments on cbspace, and graphics/layouts. shes only actually made 200 posts on the forum itself, and they are in the sandbox. >_> 34/200 posts = 17%

lol, Tung.

I thought they would hire more.


Manny-the-dino is Natalia, btw.


Congrats everyone!

And my friend comes out from hiding!

O_o

who's manny. sounds like some sort of fat woman's name ;x

Congratulations to all the new staffies. :)

congrats to everyone!!

to be completely honest, i thought manny would be hired as design staff because i really do like all the tutorials she's contributed. hmm.

congrats to everyone!
i may not know any of you, but i'm sure if you got to where you're at you deserve it.

Congrats guys

Why does everyone say Nate is an obvious choice? Because he makes clear, coherent posts? All the support that goes towards Nate is just because he has well thought out, long posts. Wow.

That's actually pretty funny, haha. 200 posts...and you get on staff...

anyway's congrats :] to EVERYONE :]

Congratulations, everyone. Sorry I haven't been around as much to see all this come completely to fruition (and for the delays as well).

manny-the-dino (whose real name isn't Manny, by the way <_< just like my real name isn't dreamstar) contributes a lot, and I mean A LOT, of tutorials. Have you seen the leaderboard? I mean, she's like five times ahead of anyone else. She also contributes a lot of graphics.

But for that reason, I was also surprised that she was hired for people staff; I thought she'd make a good design staff[er].

Contributing tutorials has nothing to do with your presence in the community center. No one knows her. All I know is that she has this annoying ass font, she doesn't seem very bright, and the mods tried really hard not to hire the better cantidates.

Right, that's why I said I was surprised she was hired as people staff, not design staff. I think she's pretty well-known in the resource center; I see her posting a lot in graphic help.

Wow. Not gonna lie, I'm pretty surprised too. Definitely not what I expected. Congrats to those who deserve it though.

Caution to the wind: this is more of a general address, I'm not trying to pick on you Elba.

I think the staff tried really hard to seriously consider all candidates. Frankly, I think a lot of people are being a bit unfair about this whole hiring process. First off, sometimes, when something is being done right, things take a while. Three weeks isn't a stupidly offensive period of time to be taken for consideration. We can all learn to be bit more patient, maybe. Secondly, the choices of the staff here, to me at least, don't seem misinformed or especially faulty. There were a lot of nominations, and, although not all the people I had in mind were hired, a lot of them were. We have to understand that our best friends won't always make the best mods. Further, it's a good idea to get differing perspectives on staff - of course you won't agree with everyone placed on staff (you shouldn't). Lastly, we can't judge anything prematurely. We're all on probationary periods right now and no one can truly be sure of how this is all going to play out. Hopefully things will be exemplary. But, obviously, that's in an ideal situation. What is good is that staff is appropriately preparing (at least) for a transitional period. The hired persons you aren't happy with have sometime before they can actually validate that dubiosity.

Let's just be patient. Let's see how things work out during this probationary period. If you believe the mods you are unhappy with actually underperformed, then at that time it would be wholly appreciated and appropriate if you made your feelings explicit. However, right now, any judgment is a bit premature. Let's just assume, for now, that the staff deliberated and considered all points seriously. Let's just assume that these choices were made in all sincerity and confidence. And, when problems arise, we can address them. But, seriously, this just seems a bit premature.

(P.S. Can Nicki be on staff?)

first off, i'd like to say congrats to everyone!
good job, guys!

and i'd like to address the comments people have been making about me & getting on people staff.
yes some of you probaby haven't even heard of me but maybe it's because you don't visit the "tutorials" section of cB that much to know that. i have about 70 photoshop tutorials. i also comment on new graphics i see get accepted on here. yes my total number of posts may be low as of right now but i am working on that. it does say that i am most active in forum games but that was a loooooooong time ago. i have stopped posting in the forum games. now i try & focus on the designer's cafe & graphics help sections. when i was posting in the forum games section of the forums, i did not have the intent to apply for staff. however, i was chosen & am happy & will therefore do my best to help out cB.

btw, my real name is not "manny" as stated in my username. it is Natalia. long story about how i chose my username.

Because staff loooooooves him, thats why it was an obvious choice...

I am very huggable.

Again, nothing to do with the CC.

I know nothing of anyone in the past or that sorta thing...seeing as where I am a new member... It is just I find it ironic the person I dealt with is here on this new staff list. Hmm.

who?

Christy (highwayto4355)