How do you become a mod?

The Aliens · Post by **The Aliens** » 2004-01-26 07:31pm

Lock it anyways, it's turning into a spam-fest.

To the n00b, don't call them, they'll call you.

Durandal · Post by **Durandal** » 2004-01-26 07:31pm

Lord Pounder wrote:Fuck who'd want to be a moderator here? Thhis place attracts trolls like flys to sticky paper. I'd never trust myself with modship. I have a tendency to take things with people here quite personally and i can think of a few members who might torture where i to have any power of them. As it is i get by with random insults at opportune times.

And more importantly, we'd never trust you with modship.

I don't know what everyone's talking about here. Being a mod is awesome. I love it. I get a cool thread-closing picture, can edit my posts in every forum, and I'm one of the inside guys. It's a great ego boost, and all of you know you want it, so stop playing these games and trying to convince yourselves that you're our equals. You are not. We are superior. MWAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHHAHAHAH!!!

Howedar · Post by **Howedar** » 2004-01-26 07:34pm

Durandal wrote:can edit my posts in every forum

Damn, I forgot about that. I wanna be a mod now!

If only because my typing is so bad.

Post by **Mr Bean** » 2004-01-26 07:37pm

Been a mod or been givin the title of modship at about every forum I regulary go to

Modship here was a combination of massive post count combined with the fact nearly(mostly, ok somewhat...) all of my posts were well meaning and insightful

And on occasion I toss out a real jem of Irony

Combined with the fact I had a job that required me to sit infront of a computer with a net connection and lots of spare time, I got alot of time logged on the board, towards the high points when we were undermaned at my last station, I was pulling tweleve hours at work and eleven to fourteen hours on the board

And thats every day but Sat, Sunday

As I remeber, David is the one who got me the modship after my many maaaanny PM's I sent to the veery few mods at the time to lock various threads that needed locking as the amount of Anarchy on the board was pretty bad at some points and mod vist'ed the board on occasionaly

And so with the blessing's of David and Wong, I assumed Power....

And my long reign of Darkness and Destruction began

(Odd Fact: By tracking I've locked over seven hundred and sixty threads, and deleted close to a thousand)

Delete is so much more permante

Since then Wong took away my delete button, Gave it back, Got deployed, moved twice, went through three failed relationships, one spectatularly so...

And thats the history of Bean

Admiral Valdemar · Post by **Admiral Valdemar** » 2004-01-26 07:43pm

Durandal wrote:
Lord Pounder wrote:Fuck who'd want to be a moderator here? Thhis place attracts trolls like flys to sticky paper. I'd never trust myself with modship. I have a tendency to take things with people here quite personally and i can think of a few members who might torture where i to have any power of them. As it is i get by with random insults at opportune times.
And more importantly, we'd never trust you with modship.

I don't know what everyone's talking about here. Being a mod is awesome. I love it. I get a cool thread-closing picture, can edit my posts in every forum, and I'm one of the inside guys. It's a great ego boost, and all of you know you want it, so stop playing these games and trying to convince yourselves that you're our equals. You are not. We are superior. MWAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHHAHAHAH!!!

I've already done the mod closure pic thing and editing posts willy nilly, so nuts to you.

What good is power if you can't abuse it?

Admiral Valdemar · Post by **Admiral Valdemar** » 2004-01-26 07:44pm

Howedar wrote:
Durandal wrote:can edit my posts in every forum
Damn, I forgot about that. I wanna be a mod now!

If only because my typing is so bad.

My typing is perfect thus showing that I need not that ability for I am not genetically inferiar like mods.

MWAHAHAHAHAHA!

RedImperator · Post by **RedImperator** » 2004-01-26 07:45pm

Durandal wrote:
Lord Pounder wrote:Fuck who'd want to be a moderator here? Thhis place attracts trolls like flys to sticky paper. I'd never trust myself with modship. I have a tendency to take things with people here quite personally and i can think of a few members who might torture where i to have any power of them. As it is i get by with random insults at opportune times.
And more importantly, we'd never trust you with modship.

I don't know what everyone's talking about here. Being a mod is awesome. I love it. I get a cool thread-closing picture, can edit my posts in every forum, and I'm one of the inside guys. It's a great ego boost, and all of you know you want it, so stop playing these games and trying to convince yourselves that you're our equals. You are not. We are superior. MWAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHHAHAHAH!!!

See, this is why Durandal is my favorite poster.

Admiral Valdemar · Post by **Admiral Valdemar** » 2004-01-26 07:46pm

RedImperator wrote:
Durandal wrote:
Lord Pounder wrote:Fuck who'd want to be a moderator here? Thhis place attracts trolls like flys to sticky paper. I'd never trust myself with modship. I have a tendency to take things with people here quite personally and i can think of a few members who might torture where i to have any power of them. As it is i get by with random insults at opportune times.
And more importantly, we'd never trust you with modship.

I don't know what everyone's talking about here. Being a mod is awesome. I love it. I get a cool thread-closing picture, can edit my posts in every forum, and I'm one of the inside guys. It's a great ego boost, and all of you know you want it, so stop playing these games and trying to convince yourselves that you're our equals. You are not. We are superior. MWAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHHAHAHAH!!!

See, this is why Durandal is my favorite poster.

Because he's an egotistical wanker?

With all due respect, I think the winning duo here is Durandal and RedImp. They rock my world!

Sarcasm and brute wit bound as ONE PERFECT PACKAGE!

AHAHAHAHAHAHA!

Okay, no more Vanilla Coke for me.

The Aliens · Post by **The Aliens** » 2004-01-26 07:48pm

Admiral Valdemar wrote:My typing is perfect thus showing that I need not that ability for I am not genetically inferiar like mods.

Emphasis mine. Intentional?

Howedar · Post by **Howedar** » 2004-01-26 07:49pm

Yes. His spelling is usually impeccable.

aerius · Post by **aerius** » 2004-01-26 07:50pm

RedImperator wrote:See, this is why Durandal is my favorite poster.

Seeing how you love him so much you might as well marry him.

Admiral Valdemar · Post by **Admiral Valdemar** » 2004-01-26 07:50pm

The Aliens wrote:
Admiral Valdemar wrote:My typing is perfect thus showing that I need not that ability for I am not genetically inferiar like mods.
Emphasis mine. Intentional?

Nope, I made a boo-boo. If only I was a mod, then I'd have the power to ed...

Oh wait, I can anyway. Crisis averted.

Dorsk 81 · Post by **Dorsk 81** » 2004-01-26 07:52pm

InnerBrat wrote:Take it up the ass.

(Well, I had to...)

If that were true then after our little EBC meet, me, Rye and LP would be mods...and that's at the very least!

Straha · Post by **Straha** » 2004-01-26 07:53pm

aerius wrote:
RedImperator wrote:See, this is why Durandal is my favorite poster.
Seeing how you love him so much you might as well marry him.

They will as soon as their GALE membership is approved, and Gay Marriage legalised.

Stravo · Post by **Stravo** » 2004-01-26 07:53pm

Mr Bean wrote:SNIP

Another cool Bean fact: He popped my mod cherry.

Admiral Valdemar · Post by **Admiral Valdemar** » 2004-01-26 07:54pm

Stravo wrote:
Mr Bean wrote:SNIP
Another cool Bean fact: He popped my mod cherry.

I hope he paid you back.

Spanky The Dolphin · Post by **Spanky The Dolphin** » 2004-01-26 07:55pm

He better have at least taken you out to dinner beforehand.

Tasoth · Post by **Tasoth** » 2004-01-26 08:00pm

I came into this thread, read it and was immediately visualizing a mob of goblins being rowdy, then Redimp walked, grabbed one by the neck and walloped it with a mallet. I can see that didn't slow anything down. *reads prior characters and scratches his head as he tries to make heads or tails* Works better as a visual I guess.....

Post by **Gandalf** » 2004-01-26 08:06pm

I could be a decent mod, I've been one before, all went well.[/plug]

I think we're well modded now anyway.

All hail Wong, and his glorious regime of terror!

Son of the Suns · Post by **Son of the Suns** » 2004-01-26 08:26pm

Queeb Salaron wrote:
RedImperator wrote:As for becoming a mod yourself, I wouldn't hold your breath. Right now the mod staff is fairly stable and there's already an informal list of deserving candidates for mod positions should a vacancy open up or a new forum be added.
Any talk of making this list public?

Hmmm actually I just went over that list and nearly everyone on it has either been made a mod, or has been offered the position and declined it. Don't get our hopes up though, the mods are in a fairly stable position right now.

of course, you can always buy a good set of knee pads.

Straha · Post by **Straha** » 2004-01-26 08:29pm

Son of the Suns wrote:
Queeb Salaron wrote:
RedImperator wrote:As for becoming a mod yourself, I wouldn't hold your breath. Right now the mod staff is fairly stable and there's already an informal list of deserving candidates for mod positions should a vacancy open up or a new forum be added.
Any talk of making this list public?

Hmmm actually I just went over that list and nearly everyone on it has either been made a mod, or has been offered the position and declined it. Don't get our hopes up though, the mods are in a fairly stable position right now.

of course, you can always buy a good set of knee pads.

What about those of us that do?

Post by **Ghost Rider** » 2004-01-26 08:36pm

Straha wrote:
Son of the Suns wrote:
Queeb Salaron wrote: Any talk of making this list public?

Hmmm actually I just went over that list and nearly everyone on it has either been made a mod, or has been offered the position and declined it. Don't get our hopes up though, the mods are in a fairly stable position right now.

of course, you can always buy a good set of knee pads.
What about those of us that do?

Open wide...and no teeth.

Master of Ossus · Post by **Master of Ossus** » 2004-01-26 08:40pm

Strange women in ponds distributing weapons form the basis of the SD.net system of government.

No, in all honesty Mike determines who is to be a mod. Usually this goes through the existing mods, first, and he then confirms that they are okay.

Straha · Post by **Straha** » 2004-01-26 08:55pm

Master of Ossus wrote:Strange women in ponds distributing weapons form the basis of the SD.net system of government.

Well I got a fork from a lady standing in the Duck Pond of Central Park once, does that count?

Post by **RogueIce** » 2004-01-26 09:12pm

Son of the Suns wrote:Hmmm actually I just went over that list and nearly everyone on it has either been made a mod, or has been offered the position and declined it. Don't get our hopes up though, the mods are in a fairly stable position right now.

Then my name should be somewhere around the top 50 by default then.

I feel so good!

As for the mod population being stable...we'll see about that.

And di someone mention the ongoing SEGNOR/BM War? Y'know, we've had a long truce recently. Maybe someone should stir some shit up? *sees evil glare from the Mod and Admin population* Or not...