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Erich von Manstein (formerly known as "Manstein16") joined Total War Center in October 2004, following the release of Rome: Total War.  With the exception of a few brief reappearances, he was largely absent from the site until December 2006, following the release of Medieval 2: Total War.  He spent nearly 5 months on Staff as first a moderator and later an administrator.  On the 20th of July Manstein expressed his wishes to focus more on his personal life; however, on the 26th of September he announced his candidacy for the vacant [[Speaker of the House]] position.  On the 24th of October he was elected to the position, rejoining [[Hex]] after a 3 month break.  He remained in the position for six months but did not seek a third term.  On the 7th of January he responded to a request by [[Seneca]] to help clean up the [[Political Mudpit]] and rejoined Staff as a junior moderator following a 6 month break.
==Significant Events==
* In January 2007, following the buyout of TWC by imb39, Manstein was nominated for the rank of [[Citizen]] by [[Simetrical]] and was elected one week later.
* On February 28, 2007, Manstein was made a ''tribunos''.  He was ratified by the [[Curia]] a few weeks later.
* On March 19, 2007, he was voted the Fastest Rising Newb and was the runner-up in the Best Debater category for 2006.
* On April 3, 2007, he was nominated for the Patrician rank by [[the Black Prince]] and was elected one week later.
* On April 10, 2007, he was made a ''strategos''.
* On April 11, 2007, he was made a temporary Councillor of the CdeC; he was voted in on May 27.
* On April 15, 2007 he was made Deputy Chief of Moderation.
* On May 5, 2007, he replaced [[Soren]] as Chief of Moderation.
* On July 20, 2007, he resigned as Chief of Moderation.
* On October 24, 2007, he was elected Speaker of the House.
* On January 7, 2008, he rejoined Staff as a junior moderator.

==Criticism==

EvM's methods of moderating have been labeled by some to be "draconian", particularly after he suspended both [[Professor420]] (later commuted by [[Soren]]) and Ferrets54 in the same two-week period.  He has also been criticized for his inability to ignore his more zealous attackers during his tenure as Chief of Moderation, a shortcoming he has readily admitted to.

==Trivia==

* During his last 24 hours as Chief of Moderation in July 2007 he handed out 12 infractions, a record he later broke by handing out 13 infractions in his first 8 hours back on Staff in January 2008.

* He has also IP-banned 1/8th of all of Romania.

==Ranks Held==

===Present===

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===Past===

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