Sowing 02.01.18

Welcome aboard! Please be sure to shoutbox your support to those who earned a promotion.

Sinternet 02.01.18

rigged

kris. 02.01.18

scuro bloon blush and claire YAYYY congrats nerds

SteakByrnes 02.01.18

Ok but where is Ian at???? Congrats to all

hesperus 02.01.18

congrats all! well deserved promotions all around

foxblood 02.01.18

congrats

VaxXi 02.01.18

ayyy my boys bloon, blush, and claire getting the sick contribs

kris. 02.01.18

oh and also verdant!!!!!!!!!

Frippertronics 02.01.18

bruh

Sniff 02.01.18

congrats yall

luci 02.01.18

verdant, yes! glad they chose one of the most talented writers to emerge on the site in the past year. congrats friend

AlexKzillion 02.01.18

Who IS verdant?

guitarded_chuck 02.01.18

grats jack and scuro :]

SteakByrnes 02.01.18

verdant the realest dude you'll ever know

Sowing 02.01.18

verdant = landdiving

Spluger 02.01.18

Congrats everyone!!!

BobaFettyWap 02.01.18

SCURO my boy! Hard congrats. Obvs, the same goes for Frip & Verdant. As far as contribs all good choices, but I'm especially happy to see Brendan and Rob band in the fold.

Atari 02.01.18

congrats everyone! to those who didn't make it, ghost promotions really are a thing around here. don't let it get your spirits down

SteakByrnes 02.01.18

"ghost promotions really are a thing around here" Very true, it happened to my man butch

Sowing 02.01.18

and verdant as well I was a ghost promo back in the day (2010) as well. ah, memories.

Gyromania 02.01.18

Congrats to all!

TheSpirit 02.01.18

Congrats to everyone!

Atari 02.01.18

I was also a ghost promotion in 2013. The staff wildly protested but Jom's a swell guy

klap 02.01.18

nice

kris. 02.01.18

hi mr klapper

ZombieToyDuck 02.01.18

eh it was a shot in the dark applying maybe with time and as i frequent writing in the future here.

SteakByrnes 02.01.18

Zombie for staff when

ZombieToyDuck 02.01.18

lol not for staff steak just contrib

ianblxdsoe 02.01.18

congrats everyone!! maybe next year

ZombieToyDuck 02.01.18

congrats to all the people who got picked!

ZombieToyDuck 02.01.18

congrats to all the people who got picked!

clavier 02.01.18

Congrats everyone! Here's to a fruitful year.

dbizzles 02.01.18

Great choices here. All great users as far as I know. Congratulations to everyone, existing staff included. Sputnik just got some fine additions.

Toondude10 02.01.18

snubbed again congrats tho

AsleepInTheBack 02.01.18

congrats all. sad to see some didn't make it, but seems like a tight year.

ramon. 02.01.18

i was a ghost promotion to staff in mid 2018 too, but we dont talk about that one! my big boys scuro and verdant making me hard

Conmaniac 02.01.18

much earned to everyone promoted, excited to work with these fools (:

neekafat 02.01.18

:):

macman76 02.01.18

I was a ghost promotion cuz of my sweet reviews too

SteakByrnes 02.01.18

Nice and clean 0 reviews staffer, such a rare site

Sniff 02.01.18

your sweet reviews of numbers ya

TalonsOfFire 02.01.18

I was ghost promoted to staff in summer 2016. Bashing Periphery in my latest review at the time was my ticket in, or so I like to think. Congrats everyone!

SandwichBubble 02.01.18

Good job all

ChaoticVortex 02.01.18

Congrats everyone!

bloc 02.01.18

What's the cheat code to become Staff again

danielcardoso 02.01.18

Congratulations, friends :D

guitarded_chuck 02.01.18

"verdant = landdiving" lol

ianblxdsoe 02.01.18

what’s the cheat code to get ghost promo’d guys share me your secrets

bloc 02.01.18

Lmao are you seeing your own comment bro? I think you got the hackzzz down pat

kris. 02.01.18

i have the secret ian but i will only share with you for $20

RogueNine 02.01.18

Ha, does that make two fellas who were staff, left after a while, and are now climbing the ladder again?

ianblxdsoe 02.01.18

idk why apostrophes are acting up here on my phone lol ‘’’ weird

ianblxdsoe 02.01.18

anyways kris, will a reese’s cup and a $15 fandango gift card cover it or nah

Koris 02.01.18

Thanks everyone. And good job to the others who got picked =] it feels weird to have a tag again, but I'm grateful

Papa Universe 02.01.18

Let's be honest, clavier was long overdue for a promotion.

Trebor. 02.01.18

If you didn't quite make it, just keep grinding and good things will happen

JustJoe. 02.01.18

Congrats, even though I don't interact with any [of these] people!

butcherboy 02.01.18

big congratulations to everyone who got the nod and everyone who tried out!! cheers, guys..

ianblxdsoe 02.01.18

#butcherforghoststaff

Papa Universe 02.01.18

#butcherforghoststaff

butcherboy 02.01.18

#butcherforIPban

ianblxdsoe 02.01.18

#ianforipban

Koris 02.01.18

"Let's be honest, clavier was long overdue for a promotion." Agreed. She was already one of my favorite reviewers on here

Dedes 02.01.18

Congrats new staff and contribs i'll take you all to Applebee's to celebrate.

Koris 02.01.18

"Who IS verdant?" The person who made my favorite review on the entire site, the review of Watering a Flower by Haruomi Hosono

MO 02.01.18

nice nocte m/

Koris 02.01.18

Me and Nocte back in the contrib position? Feelin' a lot like 2013 'round here \m/

Koris 02.01.18

*m/ fuck

luci 02.01.18

i have no idea who clavier is

butcherboy 02.01.18

clavier is a municipality in Belgium..

Koris 02.01.18

and is also a kickass reviewer

GhostB1rd 02.01.18

Oh yea, well I was the only one who applied while serving a ban on my main.

BlackwaterPork 02.01.18

Looks like I failed congrats to all the promoted

bgillesp 02.01.18

Congrats everybody!

henryChinaski 02.01.18

Congrats!

Dewinged 02.01.18

Congrats everyone! Pleased to see a lot of good friends up there, keep it up!

Gnocchi 02.01.18

“Me and Nocte back in the contrib position? Feelin' a lot like 2013 'round here \m/” 2013 was a good year, thanks for bringing us back fabled staffers! As for the applicants that “didn’t” make it, sput history shows us the ghost round can have many surprises.

ScuroFantasma 02.01.18

thanks guys

teamster 02.01.18

Congrats on the promotions!

DoofusWainwright 02.01.18

When are the demotions?

Sowing 02.01.18

Already happened although there are always ghost demotions

Papa Universe 02.01.18

Am I being demoted to a observer?

Papa Universe 02.01.18

*an

Sowing 02.01.18

What's an observer

Papa Universe 02.01.18

What's below user?

butcherboy 02.01.18

someone who serves ob,, obviously..

GhostB1rd 02.01.18

"What's below user?" Sinternet

Sowing 02.01.18

Ah, lurker. No you have to get banned for that.

ianblxdsoe 02.01.18

am i gonna get demoted to a eunuch here too orrr

Sowing 02.01.18

I can't follow this conversation sorry

Koris 02.01.18

Heh, Eunuch Universe

Papa Universe 02.01.18

Papa Eunuverse

JustJoe. 02.01.18

A demoted user is a banned user.

Dewinged 02.01.18

The question is what is BELOW a lurker/banned/observant user?

JustJoe. 02.02.18

Ghost Lurker? Poltergeist?

rodrigo90 02.02.18

CONGRATULATIONS GENGAR GUY!

Dewinged 02.02.18

Nah Plane, Emeritus is like an ancient being that lurks from the sky in a bodyless form.

Frippertronics 02.02.18

"Gengar Guy" lmao forgot about that nickname

MrSirLordGentleman 02.02.18

Wasn't Soccer staff long time ago when he was Necrotica and then something weird happened?

verdant 02.02.18

thanks all, much love and congratulations to all the well-deserved promotions. i'm expecting a cutla ghosties sooner or later but i'm definitely not complaining with the ranks < 3

Koris 02.02.18

lol, basically

Rigma 02.02.18

grats to everyone!

Hawks 02.02.18

Congrats fuckers. m/

Winesburgohio 02.02.18

future's so bright i gotta wear shades -- deserved picks gents (and lass), can't wait to see what you concoct in future!!!

Gnocchi 02.02.18

Again congrats to the guys in the other time zones

Divaman 02.02.18

Congrats to all.

Lord(e)Po)))ts 02.04.18

I honestly barely know most of these people but congrats all especially fripp and scuro whomst are recognizable and also socceriot for earning a second chance and hopefully another name change!

Lord(e)Po)))ts 02.04.18

please ghost hire a staff or contrib reviewer who likes lots of electronic tho PLZ

Gnocchi 02.04.18

I’m hurt you don’t remember me Potsy

Lord(e)Po)))ts 02.04.18

i remember you nocte but we dont often cross paths no more. I mostly meant everyone here was from genre-corners that i dont really touch so i don't even know what most of these peoples reviews are like.

Frippertronics 02.04.18

"please ghost hire a staff or contrib reviewer who likes lots of electronic tho PLZ" you gon be surprised

Lord(e)Po)))ts 02.04.18

simply due to lack of musical interest cross-over

someguest 02.04.18

so many bleep bloop reviews you're gonna scoot out of your chair

Koris 02.04.18

"I honestly barely know most of these people but congrats all especially fripp and scuro whomst are recognizable and also socceriot for earning a second chance and hopefully another name change!" lol, my current name is a Daria reference, and I'll probably keep it for a while

Koris 02.04.18

"I honestly barely know most of these people but congrats all especially fripp and scuro whomst are recognizable and also socceriot for earning a second chance and hopefully another name change!" lol, my current name is a Daria reference, and I'll probably keep it for a while

luci 02.04.18

"please ghost hire a staff or contrib reviewer who likes lots of electronic tho PLZ" this. JOTS is the only one who's covering what's needed

Jots 02.04.18

will try to cover more bleep bloop goodness but yeah, lonely over here.

Flugmorph 02.04.18

congratulations to everybody sputtalk writers corner seems like a full success

EphemeralEternity 02.04.18

Guess i didn't make the grade. Congrats all who did, especially scuro! That was really unexpected! Not insinuating that you aren't worthy of it but wow I would not have seen that coming in a million years...what dirt do you have on the mods? haha I jest! good job!

Koris 02.04.18

Scuro's a cool guy

Voivod 02.04.18

Congratulations to all, much deserved promotions!

ScuroFantasma 02.04.18

Cheers everyone, I'll make you proud

RobertZDar 02.04.18

as if they didn't probably beg to be promoted to staff

Lord(e)Po)))ts 02.04.18

"you gon be surprised" is dev coming back from his dysentry leave?

Lord(e)Po)))ts 02.04.18

that would be so ledge

Gnocchi 02.05.18

You don’t beg.... you bribe

Lavair 02.20.18

Ah, I thought there would be a news article. I didn't realize this would be in the blog. Congratulations everybody!