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Telesphoreo is a former Developer, Executive Lead Developer, and Admin. He joined the community on November 13, 2013. He was known for trolling and crashing the server using WorldEdit. He spent a significant amount of time on the ProBoards forum, amassing one of the highest post counts there. He was accepted as a Super Admin in 2014, and subsequently became a Telnet Admin in 2016.

History

Super Admin (2014 - 2016)

Telesphoreo applied for Super Admin in October 2014. His application was met with mixed votes. He was TPaS'd by the player Godzilla (also known as ifeeloffended, formerly xNyanPanda).

Telnet Admin (2016-2019)

Telesphoreo applied for Telnet Admin on March 6, 2016. Reactions to his application were overwhelmingly positive, and it was approved on April 18, 2016. He applied for Telnet Clan on May 3, 2018 and his application was approved.

Senior Admin (2022)

In June 2022, Telesphoreo applied for Senior Admin. His application did not get many votes. For this reason, and the policy regarding applications, it was automatically denied with only one objection. He did not apply again.

Developer (2014 - 2023)

Telesphoreo began contributing significantly to TotalFreedomMod in June of 2018, helping scripthead with the 1.13 update and preparing API changes. He made other plugins such as Wave, which intended to be a permission system that worked with TotalFreedomMod's true OP system.

In mid 2020, scripthead gave him file access to the main server. During this short time, he made many changes such as adding the ProjectKorra plugin and making a custom version of CoreProtect that allowed operators to use the inspect command. Around this time, scripthead switched the forum backend from ProBoards to MyBB, which lead only to disaster. The MyBB forum was quickly scrapped. In its place, with much influence from Telesphoreo, scripthead installed Flarum, which met extremely mixed reactions. After the 2020 Server Deletion, a new owner had to be picked due to scripthead's exit. The new appointed owner was Wild1145, and on November 14, 2020, Wild1145 appointed Telesphoreo to Executive Lead Developer. However, he did not stay in this role for long due to disagreements with the way the infrastructure was setup. He made a thread detailing why the server should use the Pterodactyl panel, and after other disagreements, stepped down on November 20, 2020.

On October 24, 2020, the same day scripthead deleted the server, Telesphoreo teased a new plugin called Plex. At the outset, the plugin garnered controversy over its closed-source nature and secretive development. On January 25, 2022, Plex was open-sourced and the first beta was released. Throughout early 2022, many betas of Plex were released. The plugin was released on April 8, 2022, fully open-sourced, under the GNUv3 license.

Wiki (2023 - Present)

Telesphoreo is an Administrator of the TF Wiki. He has held the domain https://totalfreedom.wiki/ since August 13, 2023.

As of 2023, Telesphoreo is not an active Minecraft player. Nowadays, he is known for posting daily on the forum's Wordle thread.

The TotalFreedom Wiki was initially intended to serve as a learning experience with MediaWiki. However, just five days after its creation, the TotalFreedom Network was shut down, shining a light on the importance of historical preservation efforts.

SMP Server

Telesphoreo hosted the network's SMP server from early 2020 through November 2020.

Initially, the SMP server was a major success for the network, drawing a consistent 30 players at any time. The SMP boasted custom gameplay elements and custom enemies. Unfortunately, time and time again, the greater interest in the SMP server proved to be tied to its novelty factor. As the novelty wore off, the community's adoration and support for the SMP slowly dwindled. Initially, Fionn managed the day-to-day operations of the server, but eventually stepped down, leaving Telesphoreo as both Owner and Host. The SMP server was eventually transferred to other community members around November 2020.

Trivia

• Telesphoreo has had the same Minecraft skin since 2013.
• Telesphoreo maintains all of the infrastructure for the Scissors project.
• Telesphoreo's name originates from developer Jay Freeman's (saurik or saurikIT's) open-source APT implementation for Debian, called Telesphoreo.
  • This name comes from a real Greek word. τελεσφορέω, or telesphoreó (tel-es-for-eh'-o), is a verb meaning to bring fruit to perfection.