User blog comment:Taldin/There are some setbacks that are really hard to recover from./@comment-27801131-20160224021421/@comment-25085701-20160224192850

I've been an editor a few years now, and what I've seen is that we have a pattern where people have a high burst of activity up front, while they're working on their first Scribe tier, and then real life tends to drag them off after a few months. Some of the folks who are on the Scoreboard were there when I got started, and while there's been a few new people on the ladder, so far there's never not been something to do. (Not to mention that many eager hands also make more mistakes.)

I've admittedly transitioned away from doing heavy writing like I used to in the beginning (I think when I was working on my Tier 2 I was the only one creating quest pages), but I am still enjoying helping and learning to take one step back and act as an editor/helpstaff/admin rather than as a 'I must write everything' mindset.

If you run out of things to do, we can definitely find something as a project for folks to work on (Tier 3 usually requires a substantive project to go with the points), so no worries!

(And yes.  The housemate has been going through cataract eye surgery in both eyes -- the choice was 'do this now or go blind', and I would be completely devastated if I ever lost my sight, but man, it's been a rough year and plenty of doctors office visits....)

Taldin (talk) 19:28, February 24, 2016 (UTC)