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DMeisterJ on 06 March 2009

I am still not giving up my bid for being a moderator. I am next in line!



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Euphoria14 on 06 March 2009
DMeisterJ said:
I am still not giving up my bid for being a moderator. I am next in line!

Psshhh. That is only because I respectfully declined.

Little do you know this thread was originally intended for me, but I was like "No thanks, give it to Torillian".



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chasmatic12 on 06 March 2009

Yay!
New mods!

Congratulations guys.



AkiraGr on 06 March 2009

Congradulations to both of you guys.



twesterm on 06 March 2009
naznatips said:

As you have probably already noticed two new mods have been promoted. These are all the mod staff changes I intend to make at this time. Congratulate our two new mods. I hope they will be of great service to the site.

 

Sweet, safe for another round of mod layoffs!

Congrats to our two new mods^^



 

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zexen_lowe on 06 March 2009

Congrats to you two, glad to see a Persona fan become a mod, and since nord is a mod now I know who I'll PM for every permission I need to ask (so, nord, every time I wanna create an official thread or something like that, you'll be the one who'll receive the PM, so I don't have to bother Benga )




outlawauron on 06 March 2009
Euphoria14 said:
outlawauron said:

I know you are.

But I'm glad I did my job spreading the word on Valkyria Chronicles!

As am I. It is approaching 400k copies sold and it is a SJRPG! Bring on a sequel!

 

I wonder who these two new VGChartz henchmen are going to ban first.

And FE was adjusted down 400k as well!

It could be the biggest SRPG this gen!



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Euphoria14 on 06 March 2009
outlawauron said:
Euphoria14 said:
outlawauron said:

I know you are.

But I'm glad I did my job spreading the word on Valkyria Chronicles!

As am I. It is approaching 400k copies sold and it is a SJRPG! Bring on a sequel!

 

I wonder who these two new VGChartz henchmen are going to ban first.

And FE was adjusted down 400k as well!

It could be the biggest SRPG this gen!

Not to mention very deserving of it as well.

To be up there with Fire Emblem while also being a new IP is quite the accomplishment.

 



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naznatips on 06 March 2009
Euphoria14 said:
Khuutra said:
Euphoria14 said:
naznatips said:

As you have probably already noticed two new mods have been promoted. These are all the mod staff changes I intend to make at this time. Congratulate our two new mods. I hope they will be of great service to the site.

To answer some questsions I have been getting via PM: I do not promote mods based on request. I pick the members who I feel are most suited for the position at the time based on time spent on the site, posting, timezone, and past moderations (i.e. if you have any you will not become a mod).

Aww man.

All I have is a sig length warning which was given because something changed on the site and my pictures dropped below each other and the other was a warning for trolling which was then later told was actually just off-topic and not trolling. Personally, I hate seeing the word "Trolling" in my profile. It bothers me.

I am so sad now.

 

Seriously though, congrats to both.

I thought Nordlead was a mod though. O.o

Refer to my sig sir.

More seriously, I'm going to bet that there's a lot more thought going into the decision than naz is letting on. I don't mean to imply anything sinister, of course, just that his criteria are actually higher than he's implying. I'm willing to bet that a moderator has to be someone who contributes to the site itself in a retty big way, not just someone who posts a lot in the forums, so that you've already proven your dedication to VGChartz above and beyond your personal connection to the community. That way you can ensure a degree of loyalty and even-handedness that you wouldn't get out of the average member, regardless of how clean their record is.

This is just a guess, of course.

I would except that when I am at work I turn off sigs in the forums because it slows down my work PC.

 

As for everything else, yes that is most likely how it works. To be honest the whole "past moderations" thing is the first time I have heard it being used as criteria.

For example when I use to frequent a different gaming site dedicated to consoles, handhelds and homebrew applications I was onced warned for linking to ROMS that someone needed, not knowing it was not allowed. I was warned and told if it happened again I was to be banned.

To make a long story short I was bored and decided to make a thread, I worked so hard on it and updated it weekly. It had all homebrew released for the PSP, emulator, apps, etc... my thread grew fast to the point where it had around 200-300+ programs on it. Eventually majority were added to a new section of the site, a Download section.

I was then asked to join the moderation staff, regardless of the fact that I had a prior moderation.

 

So I would say yes, it has much more to do with your contributions to the site and not just whether or not you follow the rules.

 

 

There are exception to the no moderations standard, but I didn't feel like typing them out. Mostly because there is no standard for the exceptions. Just whatever I decide. Sig length would probably count as an exception as long as you only got one warning for it. That said, my hiring methods are of course going to be different than those of other sites.

As far as my personal standards go for highering moderators, yes, they are complicated and detailed and I don't feel like typing them out. Nor do I want to tell everyone some "sure" way to becoming a moderator on the site.

I will say that making contributions to the site is certainly a big plus, and contributors and database administrators are therefor more likely to get the positions. This does not mean it's the only way to become a moderator though. Regular users often also make large contributions to the site by doing things such as maintaining important threads, organizing leagues, and yes, even just posting frequently and reasonably on the forums. Helping maintain the community is also an important part of contributing to the site.

Remember, I'm the Community Manager. So I'm here to take care of the community. You guys are what's important to me on the site. The other administrators keep track of sales, website and server updates, game database, press contacts, etc, but what I take care of is you. So to put it simply, what becoming a mod is about for me is people who really contribute both to the site, and especially to the community here at VGChartz.



DMeisterJ on 06 March 2009
twesterm said:
naznatips said:

As you have probably already noticed two new mods have been promoted. These are all the mod staff changes I intend to make at this time. Congratulate our two new mods. I hope they will be of great service to the site.

Sweet, safe for another round of mod layoffs!

Congrats to our two new mods^^

Dammit :'(