i nominate myself and Ghost101 =)
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i nominate myself and Ghost101 =)
i nominate Ghost101 and myself :)
jk, me and ISH can head the charge
I reallly do think Raptor would make the best mod...
Ghost for mod, that would be interesting. :cheer:
I nominate Precedent
NOOO raptor for mod and you get free cookies.
Cookies you say? Hmm, you give up the cookies first and I will say you should be a mod later after I make the cookies gone.
Your not from our server soooo No thanks.
on another note reason i made this thread was i remember the almost 3 month forum war that Boleslav dealt with when he stepped in to mod here. I think to avoid a repeat of that one of our own should step up to the plate somebody who is known on the S1 forums and that a decent number of people like.
keep in mind with the nominations the person has to be able to be impartial when necessary.
they must be active on the forums for more then a few minutes everyday
i would suggest they be a long time member of the community and not somebody who has just recently joined.
We both know he shouldnt have been banned they should reverse it and make him mod imo
oh and personally i don't think anyone who is actively playing should be mod.
If i get picked, which is prolly unlikely, well i satisfy all the req as i did retire a month ago and have shown to be unbiased in a legends poll at the least.... and i am the most active FROM S1
ill accept whomever becomes mod, as long as they are from S1
What's wrong with current players?
we just want to keep the players unbiased as possible when moderating our S1 forums. otherwise the people from S1 will think favoritism should a mod be playing and their alliance comes up in a thread... its all to make sure biased people are outta the picture and that the moderator is of course neutral
Moderator ghost101 is moderator ghost101:devil:
we want to be able to relate to the person in question
we believe that S1 is very very unique and hardcore ingame and on forums. we want someone who understands this. also as bole learned, a lot of us are friends and we argue friendly and playfully, but someone else from another forum may think we are flaming.
its like running for president of your class, you want someone from another school to be your class president? thats how we feel
you can ask Boleslav what happened when he came back and started modding S1, he had actually played on the server a couple of months before returning but his more recent time on N1 or 2 had made the majority of players for some time dislike that he was coming onto our forums and telling us what to do. having somebody from another server take over as mod is asking for a repeat of what happened with boleslav probably only worse
But is Bole not the most well liked now? I'm sure it would be the same with any new mod starting out that things aren't perfect but they change.
Yes your right things wont be perfect which is why we want one of our own to step up to the task so that the transition is as smooth as possible and we dont go back to 6-8 months ago when we had no mod and the forum was rampart with excessive flaming that made many of our community members turn away from the forums.
Well who of you is the most well respected, unbiased, sensible, and able to do the job that needs doing?
Moderator's server Ghost101 should be .....
I strongly disagree. Mods who play, arguably understand player frustrations greater than those who do not play. They see the players using glitches and exploits, and take it very seriously. Someone who doesn't play, can't truly understand those frustrations. It also helps Mods to identify and report issues much quicker than waiting for players en masse to complain on the forums. It therefore helps reduce complaints, and improves the speed in which matters are addressed. Its a slam dunk for me.
Moderators' powers are limited to the forums only. We also aren't allowed to fast-track any report because of our position. If I see a multi-accounter with all the evidence I can reasonably gather, and report it... it must be reported through the proper channels. If I report said incident to other admin/mods, I am scolded, and the report ignored because it was not reported in suitable fashion. If a friend has his account unfairly frozen, I can't help him. Mods have little power.
Likewise, I cannot moderate the server I play on, to protect me against claims of bias. I could infract/ban people on the forums who are from my own server, but my actions as a moderator are visible and reviewed in a timely fashion, by all other mods and admin. There are plenty of fail-safes to prevent what you are concerned about happening, not least of all a very careful and unanimous process by which mods are chosen.
I am yet to meet a mod I didn't think was appropriate for the job.
So a mod will never be allocated to moderate a server they play on?
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I wasn't talking about anything in game. I was speaking purely on the forums. I am sorry but someone who is active on server one becomes a moderator and is forced to decide how much one person can get away with on the forums vs another a factor in that will end up being what alliance they are in. There's no helping that. If someone opens a thread bashing said moderators alliance you don't think they would be more likely to suspend or ban or close the thread than if its bashing an alliance he has no interest in? I do on the other hand think that the person who moderates server 1 should be familiar with the players of server 1 because they will know better how to handle them and the situations involved.
Just my opinion of course.
When I was appointed a moderator, it was the very first discussion we had... about 5 moderators and 3 admin, and they determined I should not moderate my own server, for my own safety. I agreed with that. If a mod is ever allocated to moderate a server they play on, I believe it would be a mistake, and one that Dawnseeker or Valkirah would quickly rectify if brought to their attention. That is why I have not created an account on SS20-SS25.
The player on Server 1 who becomes a moderator is not put in a position of having to decide what a player can get away with. A different moderator who does not play on Server 1 would then have that responsibility. I play on server N1. I see N1 threads all day. I cannot moderate N1 threads. If I see a post I have issue with in N1 threads, I don't run to the moderator who can moderate, I report the post and it is dealt with in the usual course of the responsible moderator's duties, as if I were any regular player. That's the way it should work, and is indeed the way it does work. :)
I do not think they would be more likely to suspend or ban in such situation, since I have been in that position. Mods and admin do a good job in selecting mods who would not act so inappropriately. In fact, my vice (now host) and I created a thread entitled "I Hate DaFallen" for such people to gripe and moan about our alliance, so such comments from players outside our alliance on the same server had a place to culminate all such messages and not ruin the rest of our subforum. lol