I knew you'd do this... Anyway, yea I do want him back. At the time he was head mod I disliked the moderation team but ever since we've got this new team I've realised how good the old one was. I want machina reinstated and all the new mods demoted to mere mortals again. BOOM!

Soon my cadre will be in position.

It's almost October, you know.

Really not a shot in hell that he'd come back regardless of what's wanted I'm afraid. Just doesn't see the fun in this stuff anymore, and it's tough to blame him. Dealing with user complaints which is basically the entire job of head mod is like being in the complaint department at a Walmart. Just endless negativity that really makes it tough to enjoy.

i vote rolstoppable

~User was moderated for this post by happydolphin

:P

no for real I love Axum's coaching approach, but I also loved Machina, so I can't say. What I like about you is that you really care about this site, even if you get crap for it. Keep fighting the good fight Spurge. *hugs*

To your questions, I think becoming a mod gives the users a sense of responsibility and the tasks sometimes become a chore. Also, it's hard for them to be too close and keep the authority thing going. Boys (mods), correct me if I'm wrong, but that's kind of how I see it.

I think we will always want things to be perfect, but it's not really possible. Having spent some time away from the chartz, I think it's all going well to be perfectly honest. But complaints are part of the fun of vgchartz, kinda like flash mobs, so I won't stop ya.

Lets see... i was warned for being "too negative" and i reported a user who explicitly called posters undereducated, misinformed, psycopathic and even messaged two mods about it and got a response yet no mod action taken. So if he helps the mod team with consistency issues and actually repremands mods when they step out of line then yes. I would like tohave him

Padibullah has spoken

I made the exact same joke to Machina (about overthrowing axumblade) and he assured me he has no intention of returning to the forums, much less to return as head mod.

The problem of being a mod, at least that's how I see it, is that you no longer can avoid the trolls, discussions and/or problems of the site. Instead, you must search those behaviors and the users behind them to keep the site as clean as possible, and that's not the best way to employ your free time. Even less when most will always critizice your decisions.

And hell no to vote mods! It doesn't matter how good your intentions are, in the end, the more popular will get positive votes and the hated ones will get the negative ones. And with the amount of fanboys that are on the site, the popularity will not be based on how good or bad they do their job.

Yeah I know the feeling. I got banned for pointing out someone was acting childish in their responses but reported someone who called me an idiot and stupid because they didnt understand what I was saying and nothing happened to them

It seems the moderation here is selective at times. You want to make up sales data to trash a game? Not a problem.

You want to post an opinion with facts to back it up? Banned if mod doesnt agree with those facts.

It really seems like you can actively troll Nintendo topics and its okay but if you say something against Sony and have facts to back it up, you can be banned regardless.

I have seen Khan moderate some posts and they do seem honest about it but one of them is completetly immature, refuses to acknowledge anything they dont agree with and will even leave immature posts on your wall.