OK basically I'm going to a cadets (military youth organisation) camp for a week on the 1st of July for a week and immediately following that I'm going to America for 2 months. During that time I plan to travel around the states on greyhound coaches and generally imbibe the American culture as well as take in the sights, scenes and experiences which America has to offer.
Once I get back from America I then have (almost immediately) my freshers week at university where I'll be completely occupied by all things uni.

Clearly this means that I won't be on (most likely not at all) for those 2-3 months. You can expect to see me back around October, although this is no guarantee as I may have moved on to other things.

Either way I'd like to say a big thank you to all the people who help keep this server running for giving me a place to chill out and relax. There's definitely a very "special" group of people here.

I was browsing through a few popular classic servers the other day and amongst some other cool features I found this:

This is a suggestion for both classic and SMP but more SMP as I'm not sure whether it's something that can be implemented without code being required i.e. if one of the admins can do it.

So you'd have this list but with
Owner (Optical/1 player)
Admin (Relkeb & Nick3306/2 players)
Operator (7 players)
Moderator (29 players)
Trusted (x players)
Member (x players)
Guest (x players)

I know it isn't exactly top priority but it'd be a nifty little feature to have.

Name: Unholy_Gibbon

Age: 18 EDIT: 19

Location: UK

Timezone: GMT

Join date: 30th April 2011

Forum Join date: 5th March 2012

Current rank: Builder

Reason for application: I'll try to keep this brief as people do tend to waffle on and repeat themselves in these applications.
Although I have enjoyed the experience of working towards and achieving the rank of builder and the progress I've made on the building side of things, I do find myself getting more and more involved in the social aspect of this server. Getting to know the regulars and helping out newcomers as much as I can has been the side of things I've enjoyed most thus far.
Clearly, applying for operator was the obvious decision if I want to get more involved in the areas of this server that I enjoy most.
Almost all the other applications I've read mention the griefer issue so I won't delve into that other than saying that it is still a major problem and we're nowhere near the "too many cooks spoil the broth" stage yet.

Why you should become an operator:
I do think that this is to a certain extent covered by the previous paragraph as two of the most important things to consider when taking on a role are aptitude for that role in addition to an interest in the types of activities that role will include. The aptitude side of things I suppose I'll have to rely on members of the forum to support me as I haven't had a whole lot of contact with admins for them to gauge that.
Also, I think something worth noting is my desire to do a better job than many of the current operators. That statement isn't intended to be disrespectful as there are many operators who do a fantastic job (several of which I mentioned in my builder application).

Have you been temp-op before?: No

Extra information: I was part of the grief patrol assisting Kascas in his 100 bans in under 4 hours record.