MMO-Champion Forums Moderator Recruitment

[Boubouille]

MMO-Champion Forums Moderator Recruitment
Good news everyone! We're recruiting moderators for the forums again! 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.

This time around we especially need people to mods for our forums for other games such as the SWTOR forums. We are always up for adding nice new mods though, so feel free to apply for the other forums as well.

Read this if you plan to apply

• Please please please, do not apply if you're just super bored during the winter break before you go back to school/work. We are 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

• 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. Bigger forums might require more posts (150 to 300)
• Do not apply to another forum just because you're not eligible for the one you wanted in the first place.
• If we only see bad posts in your history you're going to get refused right away. It's not worth trying to be nice after you applied, we automatically skip those posts to check the ones before your application. It's also the same for post activity, if you posted tons of stuff just to meet the criteria you will be instantly refused.
• 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.

[Pebrocks The Warlock]

I hope I get picked this time.

[Intropid]

Hmm - Good luck everyone.
Suppose....i'll apply? Lol.

[schippie]

If i was able to apply i would.

Anyways goodluck to all people that apply and hopefully we get some nice new moderators.

[Deleted]

i guess the spelling has to be readable too right?

[Tekloth]

Damn, still can't apply to the Rogue forums..

[Professor Oak]

Good luck everyone!

[Enhshamanlol]

Damn, still can't apply to the Rogue forums..

Same to any forums QQ. i'm on this site for like 14 hours day. well at my pc alt tabing looking at the site

[Magemaer]

Any monetary gain? Actually, any gain at all?

[Howard Moon]

Bah same as last time: "You don't meet the minimum requirements to post an application for any forum.
Please try again later!".

Bibi, haven't you heard the saying "quality is better than quantity"?

[Tekloth]

Btw, how long will the recruitment be open Bibi?

[Pengwinn]

/roll

/crosses fingers

[Blood Crusade]

Sadness, I haven't posted that much in the SW:ToR forums. Whoever becomes our new overlord, may you rule with an iron, but gentle fist.

[Hypro]

Yeah not enough post im guessing.. i cant apply... whats the min req then

[Wozarib]

Any monetary gain? Actually, any gain at all?

Cookies! And a crayon set.

[Xuvial]

Was always wondering if I should apply for the Computer forums but that place has so many mods already I lost count :P

[Wozarib]

Was always wondering if I should apply for the Computer forums but that place has so many mods already I lost count :P

A forum appearing to have a lot of mods doesn't automatically mean a "no". A lot of us are on different time zones so as an example, extra coverage is useful. There's no harm in trying!

[Rayzzer]

Cookies! And a crayon set.

Don't forget about free ego enhancement. Your typical nobody + moderation privilege = BOW BEFORE YOUR GOD, MORTALS!

[Deleted]

No wai! :P I'm a rebel! Have to fight the power and all that:P Still, good luck to everyone who is applying (not just saying it so they let me keep my smuggling operation alive if they get picked )

[Deleted]

Are these moderators unpaid?

If so, DON'T RECRUIT ANY (and ideally remove current ones too).

The most likely reason anyone could want to be a moderator without payment is ego gratification from abusing his ban powers, which is something that several of the current moderators obviously do, to great hindrance of the user base.

So, again, better to have a bit more bad posts, than having the power-abusing moderators you got and are going to get.