Sev has done a SHITLOAD of real hard work as an administrator, I saw it firsthand myself. He was the one who really dug into Xenforo's forum software and learned how to use it all himself, before anyone else had a clue what we were looking at. I've never seen him as a particularly techy kind of guy, so him doing that and amassing that technical knowledge showed the dedication AND was critically helpful
For the next long while whenever any of the rest of us couldn't figure things out it always ended in a "we will just have to wait for Sev to come back online..."
I always say one of the most important qualities in leadership isn't always having perfect judgment, but having the wisdom to consult others before you make decisions you
might fuck up. That's a really important quality that is shockingly hard to find, and I feel like Sev exemplified what it means to be a good leader in that regard: He's genuinely a really humble guy who is super willing to step up to the plate and sacrifice his own time and money, but also has the presence of mind to know when it's best to let another person tackle something.
In general, I have loads of respect for him as a very upstanding and hard working guy. He's a got a lot of integrity; having hung out in person, I feel that extra strongly. I hope the SRB2 community always has people as calm and reliable as him at its helm.
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