So... what?... fan->fanboy->guru->gawd->mod->newsposter->reviewer?

[ragejg]

How in the heck does HW enthusiast heirarchy work???

I try and try to figure this out by analyzing BUTTLOADS of forums (though my only HOME is here), but I can't put my finger on it!!

"wtf is he talkin bout?"

... i know, right?

ok, I'll attempt to make sense:

- I've grown up being a hw enthusiast.

[1992: first in my town with win3.1... had to up my 286 to 1mb RAM, and traded my ATI vidcard (640x480 max) for an Oak (so I could do 800x600)....]

- I left the "windows UI tweak enthusiast" community in 2k, and switched to gamer mode... spend much time learning @ anandtech & Tom's... got up to speed on HW (but not vidcards... I quit my addiction to them from 95-2k)...

- Since early 2k1, I've been reading/learning/posting every dang day... I feel that my knowledge base has grown quite a bit since I saw my first pics of antialiasing on the gf3 in the summer 2k1 PC Gamer mag (which also included stuff on sims-online, and screenshots of unreal2)...

and I'm confident that my online persona is polite and wordy, albeit slightly off the wall... I've never been banned, and can count on one hand the number of posts o mine that have been deleted...

So now I'm knee deep :D... and I spend many hrs a day here or at other forums learning (besides my 7-4 job, time wih gf/time with daughter/time building other ppl's pc's) ... and I'm lookin for what's next....

What can be next?

Half of me wants to call all gfx card companies begging for samples... :rolleyes:

---I CAN REVIEW PRODUCT---

...but how do I get to the point where it's a realistic consideration?

What, should I review all my own hardware, format and edit the content, throw the graphs where they need to be, and send the stuff out like it's a resume?

there's only a COUPLE of places I'd even consider contributing my time to... what, is it more realistic @ 2000 posts?

I don't have friends in good places, or a pm relationship with many mods...

Am I screwed because of this?

Do I have to graduate to "mod" somewhere else, and then "news poster" before I can think of any of this?

Heck, I'd review mouse pads if it'd get my foot in the door.

I just wanna help MORE somewhere, but have no idea yet of the proper steps to take from here...

Mods: any help?

MikeC: Any words of wisdom?

Dig: menthol cigarette, pleeze?

/help/me/ :confused:

[vampireuk]

Well you have to register your interest with the site, for example a long time back I applied to become a mod here. About a year and a half later here I am:D

The best way is to contact the owner and tell them you are interested in working for them, hang around on the forums to help people out and if possible do some independent reviews to show them that you are worth hiring for sure.:cool:

That or get a digital camera a 6 pack with a funnel and lower youself to the lowest level, and voila! Blackmail!:angel:

[digitalwanderer]

Oh man, I know EXACTLY what you're talking about. I wish I had a clue, I still haven't figured out how to make any money off this hobby of mine. :confused: (Then again, ATi sent me some cards and I count that as a big thing. :D )

I'd recomend you pick some stuff and write up a review/analysis/impression of it and submit it to the webmaster on a site where you think it's applicable. Site's are ALWAYS looking for some fresh content, and if you do a half-way decent job I'm sure they'll host it for you.

There's the first bit for yer resume. ;)

Seriously. I had a creative writing teacher who started the semester with a quote, "A writer is one who writes." and I've always found an awful lot of truth in it.

If you want to be a hardware reviewer, review some hardware. That's me next step in the ladder to whatever or wherever it leads. ;)

[ragejg]

what about that cigarette?

:D

[ragejg]

ok, thanks guys, I know 128.7779% more than I did like 10 minutes ago...;)

I appreciate your replies.

Megots thinkin to do...

[digitalwanderer]

Originally posted by ragejg
what about that cigarette?

:D
Sorry, quit again over the weekend and am back on 15mg patches. :(

[MikeC]

We might could use him Vamp. You know ever since DaveC quit to chase 'hoochie" girls in his new Mustang we sometimes are short handed. Not that DaveC did anything anyway. It was just a "brownie point" play until I bought him the car....and JuiceZ calls me an "Ole Fart". But anyway I kinda like ragejp you know wth those pipes and all. :) If the fanboys don't kill him we could prolly move him up to reviewer. Give me the cigarette.

[vampireuk]

Definatly worth a shot:cool: More people to post news while I plod along like a old woman on a zimmer frame with this review:D Shouldn't be too long now though :cool:

[ragejg]

:D:D:D

i don't know what to say.

I really don't.

If anything, thanx for the kudos.

:D:D:D

I'll be back shortly.

I need a BIG cigarette, now.

:)

[digitalwanderer]

Originally posted by ragejg

i don't know what to say.

I really don't.

If anything, thanx for the kudos.

:D:D:D

I'll be back shortly.

I need a BIG cigarette, now.

:)

[de><ta]

what the flang is it with ragejg and pipes???:confused:

ragejg are you hiding a pipe or some pipe from me???:wtf: :eek2:

[MikeC]

Awhile back he started thread about a deleted post on front page. He said if he was wrong or it was his computer he would put the crack pipe down. When I checked front page it was there. So when he put it down we all moved in. We decided to make him part of the staff. We like him. :D

[Sazar]

Originally posted by vampireuk
Well you have to register your interest with the site, for example a long time back I applied to become a mod here. About a year and a half later here I am:D

The best way is to contact the owner and tell them you are interested in working for them, hang around on the forums to help people out and if possible do some independent reviews to show them that you are worth hiring for sure.:cool:

That or get a digital camera a 6 pack with a funnel and lower youself to the lowest level, and voila! Blackmail!:angel:

geez you APPLIED to become a mod ?

I know a lot of sites would put that person right 2 the bottom of the list... :(

kudos though m8... I think you do a good job for the most part... :D (bleh... what can I say... I am moody)

[The Baron]

Hey waitaminute, I'm not a mod yet? WTF?! I mean, I am the Targeting Beacon for Mr. Flibble! (ah, the day when I sat on the forums and sent AIM messages to Vamp and told him to lock stuff.... that was fun :D )

So hmmmm.... guess we have somebody else to clean the toilets now. ;)

[de_telegraaf]

Originally posted by The Baron
Hey waitaminute, I'm not a mod yet? WTF?! I mean, I am the Targeting Beacon for Mr. Flibble! (ah, the day when I sat on the forums and sent AIM messages to Vamp and told him to lock stuff.... that was fun :D )

So hmmmm.... guess we have somebody else to clean the toilets now. ;)

You A MOD !!!????

:rofl :rofl :rofl :

I find myself very disgusted with your posts. I can tell your time is going to limited here unless you learn some social skills. Yeah its me again. MikeC

[ragejg]

Originally posted by The Baron
So hmmmm.... guess we have somebody else to clean the toilets now. ;)

thred crap does have a smell to it... :spongebob:

[de_telegraaf]

Originally posted by de_telegraaf
You A MOD !!!????

:rofl :rofl :rofl :

I find myself very disgusted with your posts. I can tell your time is going to limited here unless you learn some social skills. Yeah its me again. MikeC

I never have developed social skills. Perhaps I have lacked motherly love:D