Hello Nexus!

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Thank you Robin, for the warm welcome! I'm Dave, your new Community Manager humbly reporting for duty!

I'm a lifelong mod enthusiast. Starting with ZZT as a kid, I’ve been fascinated with modding both as a consumable and as a creative outlet. I've had the privilege of dabbling with many game engines and interacting with the communities they inevitably spawn. From Doom to GTA V, if it's moddable, I've probably played it. Though as I'm sure some of you can relate with, I sometimes get so caught up installing add-ons that I forget to play the games! Ah, such is the life of a modder. Mods not only extend the life of our games, they allow us to personalize our experience and share our enthusiasm with others.

I view the Nexus, and I know Robin agrees, not as a mod repository but as a community. This is a testament not of the modding scene itself, but to the camaraderie you have shown in creating something bigger than the sum of it's parts, the Nexus. If you take a look at the network statistics offered at the bottom of the homepage, you'll be reminded of how strong your numbers are. Due to your efforts as modders, authors, and enthusiasts, the Nexus is well respected and you all deserve representation!

Supporting Robin and Paul, I'll likely be involved in many aspects of the operation working directly along with you the community to help ensure that we are catering to your needs. My focus will be ensuring that you are all well represented and will serve as a direct line of communication between you and the rest of the team here at the Nexus. Of course, that's not to say that Robin will be involved any less with the community! I'll simply be appending my involvement to his own.

Additionally, part of my job will be keeping an eye on the modding scene and the gaming industry in general. From indies to triple-a titles, I'll be evangelizing the Nexus amongst mod authors and their fans who may not already be part of the Nexus, bringing even more talent to your growing network. Of course your support with this will always be appreciated.

Going forward along with changes to the website design that are planned, I will be bringing new flavors of content that will highlight things going on here at the Nexus. Though the form these offerings will take is yet to be determined, I would like to provide them on a fairly regular basis. Perhaps something like short articles, user and mod author spotlights, videos, contests, and more. While I do have plenty of ideas, I look forward to hearing about your interests and will be very open to any content submitted by the community.

Though I've been an active user of the Nexus for quite a while as both a user and mod author, I owe it to you all to more intimately understand the community you have built. So initially with the help of the moderators, I'll be spending a lot of time simply trying to get to know you all better and understanding how things work around here. If you’re so inclined, you can always feel free to contact me personally via email with your questions, comments, thoughts, suggestions, complaints, or whatever! And of course, I'll be hanging out in the forums and the chat room often so feel free to stop by and heckle the new guy ;).

So, thank you all so very much for having me. I hope to serve you well!

Dave "SirSalami" Talamas
[email protected]

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  1. Huxiley
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    Welcome SirSalami ^^
  2. GPalenka
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    https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCP-cRXTZVgBPjRBWBPKebvA WELLCOME
  3. JawounGeorge
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    welcome dave !
  4. cascadesbiker
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    Cool thanks for having the best mod site on the webe. Keep up the good work
  5. Neoyoshi
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    Welcome Dave! Glad to have you on-board!
  6. simondent2
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    Hi guys an girls just letting you know that couple of time's Norton has reported this site as dangerous , not true never had a problem with Nexus or down loading safer to visit than any government site or news rag site .
  7. AbleOne
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    Welcome
  8. CrashMorra
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    Welcome to you!
  9. Muerdren
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    It's great to see this community staying alive and growing!
  10. Thandal
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    If you don't know the difference between constructive criticism and flaming, then it's probably best to just "get your mods and endorse."
     
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