Posted by Kim on June 10, 2019, 9:00am
After roughly nine years of devoted service to the RPR community, SeraphicStar is leaving our mod team today.He wanted me to tell you: "It's been almost a decade since I was picked to be a moderator for the RPR. It's been my pleasure and privilege to interact with this community as both a member and a moderator. I've met a lot of wonderful people I'm pleased to call my friends, and I like to think I've grown and developed as a person throughout these years.
But time passes, we're all getting old, and the responsibilities and challenges in my life aren't compatible with moderating the RPR anymore. It's been a good run, but our paths diverge here. It's sad, but it's for the best - for both the RPR and for myself.
I want to thank Kim for being our bright, headstrong, absolute gem of an Admin. You've been a joy to work for and with. Your love for your work and your empathy are inspiring.
I also want to thank the other mods - Darth, Copper, Ben, Loki, Heimdall, and Cass. You're all heroes, there's no other way to put it. You pour hours of your life into this so often thankless job, and your enthusiasm and love for it shine through every time. It's going to be weird to not call you colleagues anymore, but I'm glad I can still continue to call you friends.
And finally, of course, I want to thank the community for making my mod years an incredible learning experience. We've come far in the last nine years. Let's go further."
Please join me in extending sincere thanks to SeraphicStar for the incredible gifts of time, energy, kindness, and high-octane drama-untangling that he gave to us. He was one of the first people to join the RPR's mod team, and he's been with us through some incredible changes, highs and lows in both our lifetime as a site, and his own. He's definitely earned his retirement!
I'm certain that some of you reading this are already wondering who will replace SeraphicStar. The answer is of course: no one, because each mod is unique and cannot be replaced.
However, as our site expands, the mod team has been preparing to expand as well, and in light of this we're moving up the date. We'll be looking for some fresh faces to volunteer with us, and applications to join the mod team will reopen this Friday.
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Comments
Good luck!
Will Seraphic Star be remaining on RPR just as a normal user or are they leaving the site itself?
Thank you for your hard work. Enjoy your life and I hope everything goes well for you.
SeraphicStar
June 11, 2019
1:19am
Much thanks for your dedication and contributions to the site. They are the legacy you'll leave to the mod team, I'm sure. Always remember that you are one of the people who gave the users of RPR a home to come back to!
Best of wishes to you with your future endeavors henceforth!
Best of wishes to you with your future endeavors henceforth!
Thank you so much for your kind words, you will be missed. 
This community would not be where it is without your contributions. I look forward to continuing to see you around the site.
This community would not be where it is without your contributions. I look forward to continuing to see you around the site.
Thank you, Seraph! 
Thanks for your hard work and dedication!
You were a great mod! Miss yah!
iolhantheX
June 10, 2019
12:49pm
Awww! We'll miss you!
Wish you well in whatever new adventures you embark on!
Wish you well in whatever new adventures you embark on!
Thank you Seraph!
Wishing you well in the future, we will miss you and hope to hear from you in the future, even if its just to check in and let us know how you are!
Take care of yourself and all the best.
Thank you
Take care of yourself and all the best.
Thank you
LakotaSiouxWarrior
June 10, 2019
10:11am
Thanks for your dedication to RPRepository.
tear_ps
June 10, 2019
10:09am
Thanks and take care!
nightmqre
June 10, 2019
10:05am
Thank you for all you've done Hope life treats you well! ^w^
Hope life treats you well! ^w^
Thank you for all that you have done. Moderating takes lots of energy, time and heart and it has all been appreciated. You guys work so hard and have done so for so long. 9 years is a long time. I wish you the absolute best in your journeys to come, SeraphicStar. Venture forth well.
Starwarsfan
June 10, 2019
9:56am
Thankyou for serving RPR we will miss you!!!
You are going to be missed on the mod team, it's been great working with you all these years. Good luck and may the Force be with you
Libertine
June 17, 2019
1:25am