Wow.  I love how I found out about my appointment.  I was approached about it some time ago (that time period is now in the digital graveyard thanks to the crash) and the next thing I know, Baghead is congratulating me on my new appointment.

First off, let me thank the staff here with trusting me with this job.  I have been a part of the community for several years now, first as a collector and light player, and now as a modder that goes to as many events as he can.  I'm honored that the M&A team trusts me to moderate NHQ with them.  I have been helping them out for quite some time now in the shadows, sending messages to new users that were wandering off the path to being a good contributor to NHQ, hoping to steer them back onto the right path before they got themselves banned.  Sometimes it worked, sometimes it didn't, but I did what I could without backseat moderating.  I tried to keep it out of the forums to prevent a flame war, though there have been times though that some people needed a good, swift kick in the face to wake up.  I hope to continue to do this, but now on the frontlines and not behind-the-scenes.

Now let me say this...I am a rules monger, but a fair one.  If you are underage and reading the forums, don't bother opening an account until you are 13 years old.  You will be found out and dealt with by the admins.  Read the forums and learn how to mod and post, then when you are 13, you will be welcome.  If you act like an ass here and post alot of useless crap and generally cause trouble, I will probably see it and I will let the admins deal with you.  I'm a cranky, old man that loves to have fun and really enjoys Nerf.  The forums are alot of fun for me and I've made many friends both here and at NH, so I hate it when people fuck up my favorite hangouts by causing trouble.

I'll be watching, so make the M&A team's jobs alot easier and just go outside and Nerf.  That is the whole point of this hobby.

Hello Nerf Internet Community World. Baghead here, with some exciting news.

As early as 2006 Falcon, Pilz and I began to muse about how cool it would be to take the Ultimate Nerf Road Trip, essentially traveling from Armegeddon to Apoc, making every possible stop along the way. As the years have passed, we began to realize that it was completely possible, and not only that, there was more than just a great quest set ahead of us.

What could be more exciting than taking the ultimate nerf road trip you ask? There's only one thing... turning our adventure into a film, that highlights every aspect of this Hobby as best we can.

The Idea of a Feature-length documentary about nerfing struck me as something the outside world hasn't even thought of doing. Our hobby is full of dedicated individuals across the globe who've come together by the power of the internet under one cause, shooting each other with foam darts. And we're going to do our best to Come To You.

And when there came time to Name this project... I could only think of one thing, Season Of Foam. Because that's what this film and trip will do, Turn one amazing summer into A nerf-riddled journey that every member of the Nerf Internet Community can get behind.

Now, I admit that the dream of spending several months on the road nerfing nearly non stop is highly unlikely, and would be far to costly for us to afford to do, currently we're expecting this to be at longest a 2-week long trip.  And sadly of course, this probably means we'll be constrained to sticking within the continental US, with a slight possibility of going into Canada. But That doesn't mean that we'll ignore our other international counterparts... I'll explain this further when the time comes. but who knows? if funding suddenly comes up, it becomes a bigger project.

So, coming Summer 2009 (or perhaps 2010) The Season Of Foam Team will be setting out to do what No nerfer has ever done before. But to do it we'll need your Help. This is an extremely ambitious project, and we're going to need all the help we can get if we want to make this happen.

So Nerf Internet Community? What Say You? Are you with me!?

Go to: www.SeasonofFoam.com For further information, updates and other fun stuff.

Now... of course this also brings up something else... as I'm currently taking on the bulk of the key production/marketing/organization work of this, and just transferred to UCI, I will Not have the kind of free time needed for someone who is expected to be a moderator of a Nerf Forum. As such, I'm stepping down from my position on Nerf HQ. An exceptional member of the community will be stepping up to take my place, Badger. Congratulations Badger, I know that I leave HQ in safe Hands.

So... Slap a "Senior Member" title on me and send me on my way boys!

-Baghead