Madsiur Appreciation Day

Who here hasn't been helped in some major way by our very own Madsiur? With every level of hacking from ASM to graphical modding, Mad has brought so much information and understanding to the conglomerate ff6hacking community that it's hard to believe there WAS a community before Madsiur came along! He is generally one of the first responders to just about any inquiry on the forum and he has been doing so for many years. This thread, Madsiur, is so the community can express how important you've been to all of us, and to hopefully give back, in some small way, a mote of what you have given us.

Madsiur joined ff6hacking.com in October of 2011. Since then he has made over 2000 posts, most of which offering insight into the game and furthering the community. A look at his "Thanks Received" is very revealing:

Total Thanks Received 228 (0.14 per day | 23.01 percent of total )

23% of ALL THANKS GIVEN on the ENTIRE SITE has gone to Madsiur. Nearly 10% of all his posts, on average, receive thanks. That's to say nothing of all the times he helped, and elaborated on other posts, and someone didn't hit the "thank you" button. Clearly, this is a person of influence. Countless hacks have been influenced, or even directly contributed to, by Mad.

And this is only the beginning of Madsiur's contributions! He has also done extensive work creating and improving existing editors, such as FF6 LE Rogue, FF6AE, FF6SE, and others. These tools are a legacy, something hackers for years to come will be benefiting from. There is always something new on the horizon.

FF6hacking.com has even more to thank Madsiur for. The site has changed hands multiple times over the last several years. Mad has stepped up into a leadership role on the site. Taking over site maintenance and management, he has held the community up when it otherwise would have withered. Even in the communities weakest times of growth and traffic, He has continued to improve the site he so dearly loves. There are few community sites out there as fine-tuned as this. With advances in the realms of site layout, forum features, and the new ff6hacking wiki; Mad has not only expanded the site functionality, but also kept navigation intuitive and visually appealing. Keep in mind, folks, this is an unpaid position. Mad does this because he cares for the site and for the community. I am literally in awe of Madsiur and his dedication and accomplishments.

This is where everyone else comes in. I can say with absolute confidence, there isn't a single person who hasn't posted with any kind of regularity that hasn't been immensely helped by Madsiur. What I want is for everybody to post something about Mad, or share an experience where you needed help and he stepped up. And that's to say nothing of lurkers who haven't posted but have gleaned much from his posts. I can't think of anyone I know on the site who shouldn't have something to say here. And even though this thread is labeled "Day", I expect this to continue through the week or month. We can't express how much you mean to us, Madsiur. Thank you for everything you do on, or behind, the scenes.

Happy Madsiur Appreciation Day!

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