New Moderator Introduction

Joshua Smelko

Ladies and Gentlemen,

I would like to take the time to introduce myself.  My name is Joshua Smelko, but feel free to call me Josh or Mahow (long story but I'm willing to discuss), and I am a new forum moderator here at Cigar.com!  I prefer a medium to full-bodied cigar, usually a complex blend filled with many different complexities to keep my palate entertained (I average about 3 cigars, maybe 4 a day depending, and that's during the winter months).  However, I am willing to try anything and found I do enjoy a mild blend as well, as long as it has flavor.  In my humidor you'll find Sol Cubano Cuban Cabinet, La Aroma de Cuba, tons of Gurkhas, 5 Vegas Classic and Miami, in addition to about 20 other brands including some Fuente, Montecristo, Tatuaje, 601 and Romeo y Julieta - so I'm all over the board in terms of flavor and strength profiles.  My current go-to in the morning is a Verdadero Organic or Rocky Patel Connecticut and my evening smoke usually consists of a heavy maduro, like Gurkha Titan.  Anyway, I'm here to help so if any of you have any questions, problems, comments, concerns, or simply just want to say hi - feel free to contact me at jsmelko@cigar.com. 

Smoke 'em if you got 'em!

 

gmill880

Glad to have your input Josh...Sounds like you enjoy a wide range of smokes. I'm sure we will have some questions from time to time ...the guys here do a tremendous job of policing the site so you may be kinda like the Maytag repairman...but thats just more time to concentrate on cigars right?! Anyways good to hear from ya - Gene

kuzi16

fantastic!

nice to meet you. im sure well get to know you over time.

dutyje

Hooray! A moderator! Welcome aboard Mahow!

vankleekkw

RUN THE 5-0 IS HERE!!!!!

j/k welcome aboard. Sit back, relax, and enjoy the ride.

urbino

Welcome, Josh.

kaspera79

Hey Josh, and welcome.

Luko

Ok, as I said before, I'm not all that computer savvy. I know what The Google is, but I'm not exactly sure what a moderator does. So, feel free to fill me in...If I write @ss to replace ass, are you going to show up on my doorstep.

zoom6zoom

Luko, think of him as a hall monitor. Except you don't need a pass to go the the can.

kuzi16

Luko:

Ok, as I said before, I'm not all that computer savvy. I know what The Google is, but I'm not exactly sure what a moderator does. So, feel free to fill me in...If I write @ss to replace ass, are you going to show up on my doorstep.

or you could just type "ass" like you just did....

im not 100% on what they mods here will be like but i suspect that since we have been unmoderated for so long they will take a "hands off" view. i mean ,we like this place because it is more or less an online smoke shop/lounge. however, the mods will probably keep cigar.com's best interests at heart and remove the competition's threads, address poor customer service threads, and any other issues that may come up.
that being said, i hope, though, that we get to know our mods.


nothing like having an insider at cigar.com

kaspera79

I kind of feel that things will be pretty much the same. With the exception of some of the more off color jokes that have been posted here, and maybe discussions that have to do with smaller island rolled cigars and how to obtain them, we will just have another member that shares our interest in cigars, and many other topics. We will see.

dep691

Welcome to the board, good to have you. Just a little advice watch out for a guy that posts under the name of Madurofan he is the trouble maker.

gmill880

I still think we'll be able to do our thing as before as long as no virtual reality fist fights or anything detrimental to ccom happens ...jmho...

kaspera79

dep691:

Welcome to the board, good to have you. Just a little advice watch out for a guy that posts under the name of Madurofan he is the trouble maker.

Hey dep, Josh is like santa, he's already got the list and checked it three times. I'm sure there's more than one name on the " members to watch " list. (JFK)

bbc020

welcome josh. please impart your wisdom as everyone else does. I find this forum to be very accepting and welcoming place. I hope you have similar experiences.

sane

Welcome Josh

laker1963

Hey Josh good to meet you. I agree with all that has been said prior to me in this thread.
In particular the comments regarding a certain Madurofan...in a word... trouble. Openly speaks of blowing up squirrel houses, and has been spending a lot of time here of late threatening various BOTL.
I might suggest that he be your first assignment

Dude Love

Does this mean no more dog fights and backroom gambling?

rusirius

laker1963:

Hey Josh good to meet you. I agree with all that has been said prior to me in this thread.
In particular the comments regarding a certain Madurofan...in a word... trouble. Openly speaks of blowing up squirrel houses, and has been spending a lot of time here of late threatening various BOTL.
I might suggest that he be your first assignment

I was speaking with Tim earlier and apparently Madurofan is the REASON they had to recruit a moderator in the first place... Apparently it's not limited to the forum either. From what Tim tells me, he's constantly emailing ALL of the ccom employees and harassing them... Calling them names like "Tutu poopoo head" and such...

I personally can't believe they haven't gone after this guy sooner...

gmill880

rusirius:

laker1963:

Hey Josh good to meet you. I agree with all that has been said prior to me in this thread.
In particular the comments regarding a certain Madurofan...in a word... trouble. Openly speaks of blowing up squirrel houses, and has been spending a lot of time here of late threatening various BOTL.
I might suggest that he be your first assignment

I was speaking with Tim earlier and apparently Madurofan is the REASON they had to recruit a moderator in the first place... Apparently it's not limited to the forum either. From what Tim tells me, he's constantly emailing ALL of the ccom employees and harassing them... Calling them names like "Tutu poopoo head" and such...

I personally can't believe they haven't gone after this guy sooner...

Don't worry Maddy we'll move ya from safe house to safe house ...they'll never find ya ...

Krieg

Welcome Josh, glad to have you...and that being said, I hope this forum doesn't change too much.

bbc020

rusirius:

laker1963:

Hey Josh good to meet you. I agree with all that has been said prior to me in this thread.
In particular the comments regarding a certain Madurofan...in a word... trouble. Openly speaks of blowing up squirrel houses, and has been spending a lot of time here of late threatening various BOTL.
I might suggest that he be your first assignment

I was speaking with Tim earlier and apparently Madurofan is the REASON they had to recruit a moderator in the first place... Apparently it's not limited to the forum either. From what Tim tells me, he's constantly emailing ALL of the ccom employees and harassing them... Calling them names like "Tutu poopoo head" and such...

I personally can't believe they haven't gone after this guy sooner...

I think he's been using multiple IPs....Virginia, KY, who knows where he is now. I don't doubt they've been trying to get him...he's just so elusive.

dep691

Madurofan is Josh the Moderator,,,,hmmmm.

kaspera79

Dude Love:

Does this mean no more dog fights and backroom gambling?

Not to mention the mail order Russian brides, home brew beer, and talk of politics. oh no I said too much.

kaspera79

dep691:

Madurofan is Josh the Moderator,,,,hmmmm.

Did anyone else notice you never see those two at the same time.. Busted !

rdnstn

What the heck is going on? I go away for a lil while and a moderator shows up on the board. I can't believe this. What have you guys been doing?

Seriously though, welcome Josh good to have you.

Oh yeah and definitely watch out for that Madurofan guy. His accomplice Urbino too.

kaspera79

Yeah Ron, Josh has a list of the usual suspects.. They are all in the time out corner right now..

Joshua Smelko

Exactly.   Actually, in all reality, I'm here to monitor Madurofan but that's neither here nor there.  Just kidding!

phobicsquirrel

Joshua Smelko:

Exactly.   Actually, in all reality, I'm here to monitor Madurofan but that's neither here nor there.  Just kidding!

he's a real sneaking one.... btw welcome!

madurofan

Joshua Smelko:

Exactly.   Actually, in all reality, I'm here to monitor Madurofan but that's neither here nor there.  Just kidding!

Oh this is wrong!!! I go away on business for a while and not only to we get a moderator(which for the record I was the most outspoken proponent FOR a moderator, even emailed Ccom about it) but everyone on the board rats me out as the cause of all the problems.

Gmill is the only one who is safe, the rest of you are on notice. This includes you Smelly(I'm sorry but you just gained a new nickname. In Ccom tradition we take your name shorten it and add a y or i). You better not give out your address if you like the way your front porch looks ....

kaspera79

...see what we mean. Calling name, threatening people, this guy just doesn't know how to behave. Back in the corner or we're calling the Nanny on you.