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Aidan wrote:

I remember I had a dream that this thread was closed and andresmh was the last poster, saying, "Please continue this conversation here: (link to forum tpic in announcements)" and when I went there, it had my top candidates posted as the candidates.

You dream about the elections?
o_O

Chrischb wrote:

iCode-747 wrote:

gettysburg11 wrote:

The suspense of whether or not it's going to happen is killing me. 

Same.

*dies*

Not meh. >:D

Well... It's not like I'm gonna win, anyway. 

Jonathanpb wrote:

iCode-747 wrote:

Chrischb wrote:

Not meh. >:D

Well... It's not like I'm gonna win, anyway. 

Don't say that! 

I didn't even know iCode was running. How many people are trying to run this time around?

iCode-747 wrote:

Chrischb wrote:

iCode-747 wrote:

Same.

*dies*

Not meh. >:D

Well... It's not like I'm gonna win, anyway. 

What makes you think that? I don't see people gathering to say they won't vote for you... but then again I haven't been browsing that much. xP

I still don't expect that, though.

Ace-Of-Diamonds wrote:

Jonathanpb wrote:

iCode-747 wrote:

Well... It's not like I'm gonna win, anyway. 

Don't say that! 

I didn't even know iCode was running. How many people are trying to run this time around?

According to KalinaStar's Directory, 39, I think. I could have counted wrong, though.

coolstuff wrote:

rufflebee wrote:

Ace-Of-Diamonds wrote:

I didn't even know iCode was running. How many people are trying to run this time around?

According to KalinaStar's Directory, 39, I think. I could have counted wrong, though.

Wow - that's a lot.

Just remember that the voting won't begin until the Scratch Team have really narrowed it down to 8 or so.

It might actually be the reason why the elections are taking so long to start 

majormax wrote:

I had a dream where the elections were canceled.

*Waits for the lame, and very soon to be said "That would be a nightmare!" joke*

Ace-Of-Diamonds wrote:

coolstuff wrote:

rufflebee wrote:

According to KalinaStar's Directory, 39, I think. I could have counted wrong, though.

Wow - that's a lot.

Just remember that the voting won't begin until the Scratch Team have really narrowed it down to 8 or so.

It might actually be the reason why the elections are taking so long to start 

  GENIUS ^^

Well, I guess I'll post my speech here too 

Hey, guys. I'm antimonyarsenide. Many of you probably know me, but a lot of you probably don't.

For those of you who don't know me, I guess this speech alone will decide whether or not I have your support. But for those of you who do know me, well, I guess you'll have a little more background knowledge.
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I joined Scratch in late 2009, when one of my friends used it for a science project. I immediately became interested, and made several [not so good] projects. However, I mostly just browsed through other people's projects and gave feedback. Pretty soon, I had a small but close circle of friends on the website.
As I continued making projects and looking at other people's projects, I noticed the uneven distribution of attention. I wondered why people always looked at the same Scratchers' projects, and I wondered if a lesser known Scratcher like me could ever get on the front page.

Well, this isn't a speech about running for curator, so I'll just skip over most of that part. Basically, I somehow made my way to the front page during the summer of 2010. Getting curated by KalinaStar really helped me get some attention. And then, a few weeks later, I decided to try a different method to try to get on the front page- advertising in the forums.
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I made several threads for one of my projects, and basically stayed by those threads, bumping them every once in a while. Admittedly, it was probably a somewhat foolish thing to do, creating multiple threads. But that's not the point here. While keeping those threads in order, I somehow strayed into the miscellaneous forum, where I was met by a surprisingly large amount of respectable Scratchers. After that, I started spending more time on the forums, and eventually got to be known by other forumers.

During this time on the forums, I also noticed quite a few incidences where moderators played a very much needed role in maintaining order. I really respected the moderators, and wished I could help the Scratch community just like they did.

Unfortunately, the summer of 2010 soon ended, and school started. High school has been a big change for me, and I started spending less time on the forums, although I couldn't bring myself to really stop using them.

When election campaign time came, I didn't give it a second thought. Although I really enjoy helping fellow Scratchers, and wish I could be a mod, I felt that I didn't have enough free time, and I would only ruin another Scratcher's dream if I somehow got elected (which is unlikely) and didn't do anything.

However, recently, I started wondering if I really did have time after all. So I made a thread asking about how much time mods are supposed to spend modding, and the answers I got seemed to point me towards giving it a shot.

I know that I'm not entirely mature, and may often make mistakes. But if I'm elected, I promise to try my best to keep the forums a clean, safe, helpful, and happy place for everyone. Although I may not have much free time, I'll try my best. And I am very willing to learn.

So, I would appreciate it very much if you would consider voting antimonyarsenide for moderator. 

Thanks for reading 

gettysburg11 wrote:

coolstuff wrote:

Chrischb wrote:

  GENIUS ^^

Nah - the elections will probably be announced before they narrow it down, just like last time, so people who were waiting for the elections to be officially announced still stand a chance 

That's what I was thinking too; that the election would be announced before the candidate list.

Precisely! Now we're just... Ah, what's the phrase? I feel like there is some sort of a saying for this kind of situation. I suppose I'll just make one up: We're making a stew without any water. Lame, eh? The point is, we're all, uh, "stewing" over nothing at the moment. Nothing has been announced yet. 

gettysburg11 wrote:

coolstuff wrote:

gettysburg11 wrote:

That's what I was thinking too; that the election would be announced before the candidate list.

Precisely! Now we're just... Ah, what's the phrase? I feel like there is some sort of a saying for this kind of situation. I suppose I'll just make one up: We're making a stew without any water. Lame, eh? The point is, we're all, uh, "stewing" over nothing at the moment. Nothing has been announced yet. 

I know, right? It feels so strange to have all this build-up over something that might not even happen at all.

i'm pretty sure it will happen. i mean, maybe they weren't going to at first, but now with all this fuss about it, how would they survive with all those angry scratchers who spent hours on speeches?

coolstuff wrote:

emilypie wrote:

gettysburg11 wrote:

I know, right? It feels so strange to have all this build-up over something that might not even happen at all.

i'm pretty sure it will happen. i mean, maybe they weren't going to at first, but now with all this fuss about it, how would they survive with all those angry scratchers who spent hours on speeches?

Well - maybe that just goes to show that we shouldn't be going about making our stew without the broth. Not that I have anything against this - but really, this whole thing happened without any intervention with the Scratch Team. But I don't doubt that there will be an election - Lanie recently left the moderating team, and we'll probably need somebody to replace her.

Yeah, I thought we've all been jumping the gun too. The only reason I made a speech was because I didn't want to leave myself out in the cold because I waited too long to post one and people had already picked other candidates.