Side Effects of Being a CGA

Many of you know that the Custom Games Admins (CGAs) are appointed as representatives of this club, and are responsible for fairly basic yet vital tasks such as moderating the forums, creating arenas on the Variants server, and testing and reviewing variants. 

However, what many of you might not know is that becoming a CGA has many various side effects — some positive, others… not so much. These side effects seem to be virtually unexplainable according to great scientists like Isaac Newton or Albert Einstein (ignore that they’re both dead), so today I will show you what they are. 

Effect #1: Profile Views

Upon becoming a CGA, your profile views will be greatly multiplied. The multiplier can range anywhere from a measly 1.25x (like me) to an extraordinary 5x (like ChessMasterGS). This is because of two things: a) the fact that this club has over 10,000 members and that many of those members are definitely interested in random people’s profiles, and b) the shiny blue badge that CGAs get on the server, which leads unsuspecting Minihouse players to go “ooh whats that?”, resulting in your profile automatically getting clicked each time you play a game. 

Effect #2: 4PC Temptation

When granted with the shiny blue badge, you will feel extremely tempted to play 4PC whenever possible. Especially ones like War For Throne, Labyrinth 82, and Chaturaji. You will play more games of 4PC than you thought was previously possible, and you won’t even know it…

Effect #3: Variants Gameplay Strength

The moment you become a CGA, your previous variants strength will also be multiplied quite heavily. This multiplier seems to range anywhere from 1.5x to a shocking 3x (*cough* GS). You will beat opponents that you thought you could never beat. You will excel in variants that you never even dreamed of playing. You. Will. Conquer.

Effect #4: Custom Variants Material

Once you’re a CGA, you are doomed to check the club forums and variants.world at least 10 times a day. Why? So you can lock spam forums, delete weird comments, and actually look productive. Oh, and also so you can decline whatever gets submitted. Except whatever gets accepted. 

Effect #5: Lifestyle

Eventually, as a CGA, your life will instantly become twice as busy as it was before. Whether it’s writing a random 4000 word essay at midnight or attending a boring Zoom meeting that nobody cares about and really could’ve been an email, your life will not be the same. In fact, the NCV Testers might even pester you to test stuff, ignoring the fact that you just got your daily 15-minute break after a full 8-hour shift. 

Effect #6: Custom Positions

Finally, you WILL be tempted to rename your custom positions that you’ve saved. How? This is how.

Do you see that symbol next to the “Custom Title”? That means that only those with CGA permissions on the server can do that. Which means you can’t do that! Haha. So nah-nah-nah-boo-boo on you.

This has led to… very interesting game titles. I’ll leave those for you to find.

So yeah, those are some of the effects of becoming a CGA. I swear, I’ve felt every single one of these effects since the moment I became a CGA.

*Disclaimer: Don’t take this too seriously ;)

what does CGA mean

It says it in the first sentence

Sounds like a certain person

don’t worry, ChessMasterGS is actually a CGA, that was a joke by him lol

effect #7: e

I wonder who is do that

oopsh.

Chi Knees Grand Army

cooolchicken get abandoned

make sure to include self accepting variants

too easy ;P

"Sounds like a disease!" - Book

That Is A Real Variant, What Do You Mean???

ya well it's actual name is "Oprah Winfrey Variant", right?

That is not the “correct” one

But I guess it counts

lol

"pawn shuffle lol"

I think there was also a 'hippity hoppity' one

don't forget "oh no i cant see"

Hi BN

If you check my latest blog, there's a full list lol

shameless self promotion moment