Forum Moderator Recruitment, Blue Post, TCG Art Gallery Update

MMO-Champion Forums Moderator Recruitment
Good news everyone! We're recruiting moderators for the forums! The amount of users and posts keeps increasing at a very fast pace and we reached the point where we need some help before the trolls take over and play Whack-a-Mod in the new Darkmoon Faire. I know it sounds fun, but I'm going to assume we don't want that.

The forum traffic keeps increasing at a rate of +100% every year, and I'd like to thank all the users contributing to our wonderful, friendly, and fluffy community.

Read this if you plan to apply
  • Please please please, do not apply if you're just super bored at the end of August before you go back to school/work. I'm not asking for a life-long commitment, but more than 2 weeks would be nice.
  • Do not apply if you only want to wave your banhammer at random people. Moderators are expected to post on the forums they moderate regularly, contribute, keep the sticky posts clean and updated, etc ...
  • You will be expected to be on IRC most of the time to communicate with the rest of the team. This is very important, and you're not getting promoted before you come and say hi. (We can tell you how that works, it's pretty easy)
  • If you apply to moderate a class forum, you will be expected to know how your class works.

I can do that! What do you need from me?
  • You will need a certain level of activity on forums over the past x days to be eligible to apply on a forum. I'm not going to go into details, but it will make the selection process much easier on our side if we can easily spot who is active and who isn't.
  • A reasonable amount of free time, but probably less than you think. If you're already an active poster (and if we don't screw up, you are) it will probably just 10 more minutes to your daily forum routine.
  • Don't be stupid. Realistically, it will be easy to figure that out by going through your post history, but if you got infracted 5 times over the past month, you're probably out.

How do I apply?
  • Fill this very simple form.
  • Your application will be listed and admins will review it. It should be slightly faster than in the past, since most of the data we used to gather on applicants is now obtained automatically. (Yes, we're going to stalk your forum life)
  • You will get a PM from our lovely Scrapbot if you're refused or accepted. If you're accepted, more instructions will follow, and cake.

Important
  • There is a 14 days waiting period before you can reapply after your application got rejected/accepted.
  • One of the "base" requirements to be eligible to moderate a forum is to have 100 posts in the past 90 days in that forum. A little over 1 post/day for a moderator doesn't seem excessive, and is required to have credible moderators.
  • The post limit might change in the future for some forums, the current limits are just a test and we'll see how things go.
  • Do not apply to another forum just because you're not eligible for the one you wanted in the first place. That's dumb, especially since limits might change soon. (Within a week)
  • It doesn't mean you'll get recruited on that, if we only see shitty posts in your history you're going to get refused so fast that it will feel like a saturday night with me.
  • The moderator application process will always be active from now on, don't rush your application thinking it will be your only chance, we'll now recruit very regularly.
  • Past infractions won't block you from applying or being a mod if they're small infractions. Obviously, if you did something incredibly stupid your chances to be a mod will be greatly lowered.


Blue Posts
Originally Posted by Blizzard Entertainment
Transmogrification Questions
Q: If you have armor and weapons on you person that are no longer available in the game can you use those skins?
A: Yes, you can -- assuming they fulfill the other criteria for eligibility.

Q: If I have a weapon that equips on the hip and I mog it to one that equips on the back, will it continue to equip on the hip (like the original) or will it switch to the back (like the one I used to mog with)?
A: The way a weapon sheathes is tied to its artwork, so the weapon will appear sheathed in whatever fashion the source item for Transmogrification did. (Blue Tracker / Official Forums)

Q: Will Main Hand only weaponry be 'Mog"ifiable to the offhand slot?
A: Mainhand can only be applied to mainhand, and offhand can only be applied to offhand. This is partially due to the restrictions on certain types of weapon art.

Again, these are our first tentative steps with Transmogrification, and there's room for modifying the rules later on after the system is introduced, and we see how things shake out. Heck, the rules aren't even quite set in stone right now, and might change further before the system is introduced.

Q: If WoW was designed to not be "silly" why have the items in the game in the first place?
A: World of Warcraft has a design aesthetic that limits silliness, not omits it utterly. We all like a laugh now and then. That's why we have so many fun novelty items, easter eggs and humorous quests. Still, with a handful of exceptions, there's been a pretty firm line drawn between what amounts to a novelty item (which we anticipate players showing off occasionally for a laugh, or to enjoy on a temporary basis), and items that we intend players to use in their day to day activities.

It's that handful of exceptions that are the sticking point. It's the items like frying pans, cleavers and rolling pins that we're not sure we want players running around with on a constant basis. The jury is still out on that.

I'm sure that there will be those that still find ways to make the most ridiculous outfits possible despite any precautions we take. We can't possibly anticipate every permutation of gear combinations that people will come up with, but we can strive to design the system so that there are fewer completely ridiculous looking characters running around. Yes, that's partially subjective. Yes, we also have a design aesthetic that, even with the introduction of the Transmogrifier, we still want to adhere to. No, I don't care if you personally think that any given tier set looks "silly"; that's not what's at issue. (Blue Tracker / Official Forums)

Transmogrification of White and Grey Quality Items
We're still discussing exactly what will or won't be available for transmogrification. So far, as others here have said, if it has stats and isn't a "silly" item such as a fish weapon, to my knowledge it will likely be available to transmogrify. However, as I said, nothing is finalized yet and things are subject to change before and after the feature has been released. (Blue Tracker / Official Forums)

So, about that button to disable transmogrification
The Transmogrify feature will allow players to customize the look of their character within reason. We've already stated that it's likely certain items will not be available to transmogrify, including fish as weapons, and other items such as frying pans, for this very reason. As you know, armor types will also be locked, preventing tanks in cloth dresses for example.

The rules will be tweaked as time goes on, but we're keen to keep the outlandish outfits to a minimum. What players wear while socialising in cities is up to them, exactly the same as now. (Blue Tracker / Official Forums)

Trading Card Game Art Gallery Update
The Trading Card game art gallery has been updated with ten new pieces.



This article was originally published in forum thread: Forum Moderator Recruitment, Blue Post, TCG Art Gallery Update started by Boubouille View original post
Published on 2011-08-24 02:12 AM
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  1. Antherios's Avatar
    I nominate Genn Greymane because he is always posting in the General Forumsdoesnt worh that way.. ahh ok
  1. Irony's Avatar
    13 infractions and 9 bans. I'm still eligeble right?
  1. Antherios's Avatar
    Shame there isnt a Spanish subforum, cause i would be all over that!You know, because my english grammar sucks :S
  1. Heppu's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by Tehfred View Post
    Are people seriously complaining about not being able to wear a dress as a plate class? People will cry about ANYTHING.

    Blizzard: "Hey guys we're releasing this cool feature people have been wanting for a long time!"
    Playerbase: "NOT ENOUGH NEED MORE. OMFG BLIZZ U SUCK."
    Are people seriously still complaining about people complaining? We should add like a bot that first whines about the new changes and then another bot that whines about people complaining. That way we can skip the mandatory QQ and get right on the real issue at hand, if there is any.
  1. mmoc3eb006e951's Avatar
    This transmogrify feature seems really boring... I don´t have time to play 24/7 so I play on raid nights and some occassional arena.. I don´t have time to farm gear as well, especially for crap I have already owned before. It´s no fun not being able to use other classes armors or different armor types, wich would let everyone create really fun and unique sets... And they won´t even implement inks for armors. I wish they would spend time working on the actual problems this game has and creating great raids like Ulduar. Instead we get a pile of troll manure expansion, TOC v2 (FL), bug fixes and class balance are in the toilet and a bunch of useless crap. This game is going down the shitter at ever increasing speed.
  1. Stuffs's Avatar
    Rooting for Resentful here for the mod thing, as the forums would be pretty much a clean place without question
  1. mmoc37672be2a3's Avatar
    I'd prefer 100000times an item recolor tool rather than this transmogrification thing. why should i farm old items ? I want to change the color of my t12 or choose dress instead of chest+legs etc..
  1. Eleveneleven's Avatar
    The 8th art doesn't fit WoW
  1. felix014's Avatar
    I would apply only for cake!
  1. Asrialol's Avatar
    Never mind this.

    Good luck to all applicants!
  1. Cows For Life's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by johnnyo032003 View Post
    Eh shouldn't matter really all you got to do is either inspect them or if your on a pvp realm either alt tab and armory them or have a second computer or tablet/ipad/ipod whatever to get online and look them up.
    Is it really that easy?

    Note: It looks ridiculous.
  1. Sunshine's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by Asrialol View Post
    Tiny edit, not entirely sure if I've made 100 posts in the same forum over the past 90 days, but at least close to it. I don't want to force posts, so, any idea how long the recruitment will be open?
    You can check how many posts you have in a forum by doing what I mentioned here: http://www.mmo-champion.com/threads/...1#post12873621

    Also, as mentioned earlier, recruitment will be up indefinitely, so there's no rush.
  1. Lysah's Avatar
    Good luck.
  1. mmoc6af618f320's Avatar
    I never really expected Blizz employees to be extra smart, that's after all why they do what they do but how can one completely miss the point about this question So, about that button to disable transmogrification?

    Quote Originally Posted by Sunshine View Post
    ...you can start participating more often and apply when you meet the requirements.
    I think I just found justification for the upcoming rise of posts such as "yea, good idea OP" by 500%.

    Quote Originally Posted by kintharis View Post
    ...Pile of useless bullshit taking up space on the internet... this concludes kinth's lessons in PVP basics 101
    Yea your lessons show you have absolutely 0 clue about PvP whatsoever, thank you for showing us.
  1. dustdog's Avatar
    nice, some manmeat in the fanart
  1. Baphomette's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by kintharis View Post
    i love pvp'ers crying about this.

    The pvp'ers that are crying about this are the ones that actively seek out lower geared players for easy kills instead of actually challenging themselves.

    yeh we all do it, if we see some PvE nabbins runnin around we kill on sight but who cares if we cant tell anymore makes pvp more interesting instead of watching wuss's leg it from people who actually have PVP gear, hey it might even mean some people will focus on killing healers now instead of trying to nuke little jimmy firelands.

    if your really desperate for easy kills because your too stupid to kill someone at the same gear level as you then look at their healthbars, if they have really low hp they are pve geared if they are at around 140k-150k hp they are pvp geared simples.
    Going to go out on a limb here and guess that your PVP experience is even more limited than mine. As of Cata you cannot estimate how much PVE gear someone is wearing from max health (in fact, current-tier heroic PVE gear has /more/ Stamina than current-season PVP gear). If they have low health they are undergeared, whether PVE or PVP. PVPers are unhappy because the skill cap includes recognizing what your opponents are wearing. In a lot of comps there is a correct choice of target to tunnel, and in those comps the other players are now free to swap in PVE gear in any slot because the resilience would be less useful against smart teams. Currently it is not feasible to use 4T12 in PVP because you can't hide the fact that you (un)do more damage and take more damage.

    The simple solution is to disable changing any item with resilience, or copying from any item with resilience. If they want to allow PVPers to rock some old sets they could allow PVE<->PVE and PVP<->PVP, but not PVE<->PVP, although that would be a lot more work to implement. Another simple solution would be to disable all active transmogs in BGs and Arenas, or at the very least all rated PVP.
  1. ZenX's Avatar
    Why does it request me to login endlessly when I use http://www.mmo-champion.com/modapply.php , are you phishing us Boub?
  1. Naoto's Avatar
    So I guess my bunch of infractions and two forum bans rules me out? This transmog thing sounds worse everytime I read new information about it, just let it be level 85 epics and gear, the game will be too retarded otherwise and even then, how won't it be retarded seeing someone wearing T12 yet running around in TBC greens? it's going to suck ass to be fair, people will get PVP gear and transmog it into average gear just to fool you.
  1. Pinky's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by felix014 View Post
    I would apply only for cake!
    The cake is a lie!
  1. Howard Moon's Avatar
    Good luck to all those who apply! (Assuming your IQ is above 100, otherwise I hope you fail!)
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