New Moderators and Updated Forum Rules

[AJ_Impy]

Ave, Moderatorae Novae! Postaturi te salutem!

[Kobold-Bard]

Just saw a necro thread The_Glyphstone locked. It's weird seeing somone else posting in red

[The Glyphstone]

Tell me about it.

[KenderWizard]

Congratulations to the new moderators! (Especially to Zeb, partly because you were really nice to me in real life, and partly because "Grandpa in the Playground" is adorable. )

And thank you to all the moderators for making this forum such a nice place to be!

[Morty]

It sure is weird to see all those people suddenly become mods. o.o Congrats.

[Adumbration]

Fixed that for you.

Fhtagn! Fhtagn! Fhtagn...

... Huh?! Where am I? I was just reading from some weird book, and suddenly I'm here... It was something about 'eons' and 'death' and something about even death dying...

[Andraste]

To the new, congratulations, you all deserve it, and will surely be awesome mods.

To the old, while you were not around much recently, your work is still appreciated, and you will be missed. Thank you, and farewell.

[Cobalt]

Well, this is a pleasant surprise. Will mosey over to read the updated rules, then.

Congrats to the new Mods; Goodbye and thank-you to the old ones.

[Rae Artemi]

We're not dictators. We're more like policemen, galactic policemen, with rings powered by lanterns.

Although, I guess Sinestro was a dictator when he was a Green Lantern...

Anyway, we haven't even recited the oath yet!

In brightest day, in darkest night!
No rules violation will escape my sight!
Let those who disrespect forum rules might
Beware my power! Beige Lantern Light!

Kippy, you are now even more my favorite mod.

This has also helped my love of penguins grow even larger.

[skywalker]

I imagine the other areas of the forum are full of people I've never heard of before.

OOtS, in particular, has a very large community and very large turnover rate.

I'm honestly happy that I recognize everyone.

I'm further happy to see Mod posts that don't include red text. Calm down with the worship guys. Maybe we can go back to talking about mods in a manner other than "ZOMG Roland's banhammer! Don't speak of him as tho he's a normal human, you'll incur his wrath on us all!"

I'm proud to say I know exactly who Mark Hall is, and even tho I never would have thought to pick him, I must say I read that and thought "Huh? Yes. Yes, good decision."

Also, and finally, where is the appropriate place to ask for clarifications of the new rules? Here, or in another thread?

[Moff Chumley]

The official stance is "reread it yourself". *shrug*

[Froogleyboy]

That's so cool! I'm happy for all of you new mods!

[skywalker]

The official stance is "reread it yourself". *shrug*

No, no, I'm asking where we get the rules clarified. I re-read the rules, but I (of course, some might say) have questions regarding a couple of them. I was asking where the best place is to ask those questions.

[RebelRogue]

Just saw a necro thread The_Glyphstone locked. It's weird seeing somone else posting in red

I felt the same

Anyway, congratulations to all the new moderators. They seem like a good bunch of people for the job.

[Thufir]

I'm further happy to see Mod posts that don't include red text. Calm down with the worship guys. Maybe we can go back to talking about mods in a manner other than "ZOMG Roland's banhammer! Don't speak of him as though he's a normal human, you'll incur his wrath on us all!"

Meh. Rawhide already posted regularly in Random Banter.

As to the new rules, I'm confused. I re-read the rules, they looked pretty much the same as what I remembered.

[Kobold-Bard]

Meh. Rawhide already posted regularly in Random Banter.

As to the new rules, I'm confused. I re-read the rules, they looked pretty much the same as what I remembered.

They added a bit about former mods. If anything else got added I missed it, but I assume anything huge would have stuck out so I'm not too worried.

[Dr.Epic]

Congratulations!

Also, what's the process for becoming a moderator? Can anyone do it?

[Kobold-Bard]

Congratulations!

Also, what's the process for becoming a moderator? Can anyone do it?

You missed your shot. Give it 5 years or so and another generation should be needed, if you're expliary between now and then then maybe The Giant will send an envoy your way on the night of the full moon

Dunno, just be a good board member and if someone needs to leave the forum maye they'll recruit a replacement.

[Dr.Epic]

You missed your shot. Give it 5 years or so and another generation should be needed, if you're expliary between now and then then maybe The Giant will send an envoy your way on the night of the full moon

Dunno, just be a good board member and if someone needs to leave the forum maye they'll recruit a replacement.

Do they put up some sort of recruitment thread or something letting people who are interested know there's a position or something like that?

[PhoeKun]

They added a bit about former mods. If anything else got added I missed it, but I assume anything huge would have stuck out so I'm not too worried.

The rules were tweaked and streamlined. Although I don't remember enough of the specific details, I think the flaming/trolling rules had their severity markers dropped and got rolled into a single infraction type. I'm sure there's other things, but I'm not an authority on the subject.

There's no colossal shakeup going on, and everything seems to have remained in the spirit of what it had been before. You're unlikely as a poster to notice a difference in your day-to-day life.

While I'm here, a congratulations to all of our new mods, and a small note about how creepy it is that I know so many of you so well (or if not particularly well, we've at least had extended dealings in the past).

And also a very fond farewell to our departing staff. It's been ages since I've seen any of you around, but you did a wonderful job back in the day, and I hope you've all moved on to wonderful new things.

Do they put up some sort of recruitment thread or something letting people who are interested know there's a position or something like that?

No. It's not an applied-for position; it's something the staff will fill if they see a need for a new position and know/believe you to be appropriate for the job.

[Mina Kobold]

Congratulations from the residential artistic reptile to the new moderators, may their rightful justice shine bright and pave the road to glory!

And a heartfelt goodbye to the retiring mods, I never knew you and yet I wish you great fun in retiring and cheers for having paved the road before

I would write a long and detailed post about how much this both saddens me and bring me great joy but you already know that so I'll just end with a few words I want to say.

And here they are: Nitwit! Blubber! Oddment! Tweak!

[Dr.Epic]

No. It's not an applied-for position; it's something the staff will fill if they see a need for a new position and know/believe you to be appropriate for the job.

Aw man! With all my efforts to get into the Evil League of Evil I'll never be a moderator.

Any way, congratulations again to the new moderators and a fond farewell to those leaving.

[RabbitHoleLost]

The rules were tweaked and streamlined. Although I don't remember enough of the specific details, I think the flaming/trolling rules had their severity markers dropped and got rolled into a single infraction type. I'm sure there's other things, but I'm not an authority on the subject.

So that's what it was. There were some questions raised about flaming warnings on my facebook* status, and I was curious, but wasn't sure how to ask.

*(....Yes. Giant is THAT MUCH a part of my life that I made a Facebook status about the new mods << )

[kpenguin]

I'm glad we're important enough to make it onto your Facebook, RHL.

[CurlyKitGirl]

Hello new mods! *waves hi*
I recongise five of the new mods, it's quite strange.

I'd say something about new mods and their ebil powers, but it's cliched, so I'll iust ply you with cookies, and go back to my fun.

[RabbitHoleLost]

I'm glad we're important enough to make it onto your Facebook, RHL.

Especially you, kpenguin.
Especially you.

[Dogmantra]

Especially you, kpenguin.
Especially you.

All in favour of making RHL a mod just so she can get the custom title "Slightly Creepy in the Playground"?

[ApeofLight]

Hooray, welcome new mods!

We'll miss you retiring mods!

Yelling!

[averagejoe]

All in favour of making RHL a mod just so she can get the custom title "Slightly Creepy in the Playground"?

Just my opinion, but it's probably less creepy if everyone knows she's supposed to be.

[lord pringle]

This is my first post after becoming a moderator.

(Don't look at me! It's protocol!)

Hello Playground.

After being a proud member of this community for over three years, I am proud to now be part of the moderating staff dedicated to making this community a safe, fun, polite place for all.

Go kippy! my fellow NorCal-er and lantern fan became a mod!