Comments on Profile Post by DJBorbo

mod being a placeholder rank for composer?
or mod as in actually staffing the server?

If you say this shit, it won't happen.

hey, I didn't say it, other people did!

That doesn't matter. There are qualifications for being mod, and people just saying 'get mod because I like you' really just reduces your chances. Notice the Hoke4Mod scenario. He's completely shafted in the mod area, because of the 'little' campaign drawing so much attention to him, despite having little to no qualifications.

True, true, and I probably wasn't gonna get it to begin with.
Well, I can only hope.
And since I probably won't get it, having part of the community think I should is a decent alternative in my books!

I may have a more nihilistic view on things than you, but getting mod boils down to 5 things.
1) Being active ingame
2) Knowing someone who knows Grian
3) Not having a presence that is large*
4) Not acting like you own everything
5) Not using the shoutbox
*possible to be skipped

Well I have 1, 4, and 5 down pat, and 3 can be skipped...
That leaves 2...

Trust me, you don't have all those down.

Okay, 1 and 5.

Yes. That's right.

I can say that because I don't give a shit about the 'race to mod' you are all doing with each other.

It's a real thing. I see it. It's obvious. People try to hide it and it's sad.

I don't act like I own everything...
...Just a lot of things.
I'm not expecting to get mod anyways, I just like thinking about if it were to happen :p

It's not all that you think it is. Please, tell me what you think being a mod here entails.

Mainly getting spammed with reports from /report, banning and warning people that break the rules, having to sneak around in vanish and make sure someone is a hacker before you ban them, and answering ban appeals.

There's also the part where lots of people don't appreciate what you do for the server, people expect you to have the answer to everything, and the part where people ask you to read their ban appeal for the 49th time.

Don't forget not getting that much time to actually play the game!
Well, at least you get to warn people that disrespect you if they go too far with it, so that's nice.

Plus, I would just feel honoured at being able to ban the people that corrupt our community and the server.

And then there's always people who have the mod tag as a substitute for another tag, like artist or composer. Those people do their own respective jobs, but still end up with people asking them to read their ban appeal. Hooray!

I know a decent amount about being a mod, I used to be on a smaller creative server, so I understand the hate they get. When I go on there now, I get hate even though I'm not staff anymore, but I built a parkour on there so dang it I'm not gonna let those people scare me off.

My reaction to people that hate on moderators for doing their job: http://imgur.com/vP4BT25

Tl:dr Moderators put up with a lot of shit for no reward other than the knowledge that they are helping the server.

They also have to manage some stuff I'm not gonna talk about, and be in contact. That's the worst part. The communication required to effectively be a member of a moderation team on a large server that takes itself seriously is a fair amount.

It's fairly similar to what people don't expect when they take on a job in retail or a restraunt.

I know a lot of mods that use the shoutbox...

Hell yeah! Sword Kirby!

Also, Xavier doesn't act like he owns everything, as far as I can see.

About kirby, I was focusing more on his expression, but I guess the sword works here too XD

Ik, but sword Kirby is bae.

I prefer Missile
Or burning
Or bubble
Or bell
Or metal
Or wheel
Or archer
Or water
Or leaf
Or freeze
Or spark
Or beam
Or laser
Or LIGHTNING SWORD

One word. Cutter.

and cutter