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Are You Trusted? Putting in a Mod Application? Read This!

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ViperZeroOne:
First, yes this is a suggestion so it belongs here.   ;D  It's a suggestion to those who are applying for the position of Moderator.  A suggestion to truly consider what it means to be a Moderator before you apply.

Having not been a mod, and having been a mod, I've got some perspective on both sides.  Yes, as a Trusted you see mods flying about and building amazing things with water and fire but as they say "The grass is always greener on the other side".  I feel before you put in an application you should get a bit of a wake-up call to the life of a mod.  I suggest you read through this carefully before you make your application.

First and foremost, you have to be there for the players.  It doesn't matter if you're working on the best minecraft build of your entire life.  If someone yells "Grief" or "Water" you need to go to their aid.  You have to be willing to drop whatever you're doing, and occasionally not even get a chance to do what you want to be doing.  There have been times when it's taken me weeks to do a project I could have had done in an evening.

Mods do NOT get unlimited building materials.  I don't know where this rumor started, so I'm gonna put an end to it right now.  Mods have to gather, and sell, and buy, and do everything else that regular players have to do.  Sure, we have fly, and that does help with building, but the materials (which is what counts) are still all gathered by solid hard work.  If you can't gather enough materials/money as a Trusted, you're gonna have HEAVY issues doing it as a Mod just due to the added workload of being a Mod.

Being a Mod isn't a free ticket to do what you want when you want.  If anything, you have to pay even more attention to the rules and ensure you're following them.  How can you ban or warn someone if you're doing the exact same thing they're doing?  You have to keep your language in check, your manners professional, and know how to diffuse an angry player.  Mods don't have the right to abuse the powers they're given, so consider that carefully.  Yes you have the ability to look inside other's chests for security purposes, but that doesn't give you the right to take/put anything in them.  Yes you have the right to teleport players, but that doesn't give you the right to teleport innocent players around without their permission.  Yes you have the ability to place lava, but that doesn't mean you can go build endless waterfalls of lava or grief abandoned buildings with that lava.  With great power comes great responsibility, and you should be able to handle that responsibility.

Expect at times to get more flack than praise.  Players will complain if you're taking too long to respond to them, they'll lie (occasionally) to you about griefing, they'll get upset with you for banning their friend/relative, they'll yell at you for "spying" on them, they'll mistake you for a griefer and tell you to get out of their house (even if they called you there).  It's not all fame and glory.  Sometimes you'll even get flack from other mods/admins over something you've done.  You have to be able to handle that and either accept the criticism or defend your actions.

You need to put in the hours it takes to be a mod.  If you can only be online once or twice a week, maybe being a mod isn't a good idea for you.  I, personally, try to get on every single day for at least a few hours.  That might not be a reality for others.  Everyone's life is different, but you can loose the mod rank for inactivity, so truly consider how much time you can devote to the server.

Personally, I love being a mod.  Sure, it means my projects take longer and there are days when nothing gets done on them at all, but in helping others I get to see what they're doing and basically get a good look at what's going on server-wide.  Yea, I have a few more enemies than I did before I became a mod, but I've gained a few more friends too so it kinda balances out.






EDIT:  Due to recent mod abuse, took SalasCraft's suggestion and added a section (paragraph 5) about that.

SalasCraft:
I would like to suggest the advice of never EVER even think of power abuse. Even if you think they won't find out, you're wrong.




Strong Disclaimer: I am not speaking because of personal experience. (for those that might be wondering)

bigbeno37:
This is such a good post Viper. I do agree with your statement, although I cannot view it with your eyes as I am not a Moderator. Whether or not this will ever apply to me will be decided in the future. However, for the present, some people REALLY need to think about this. If they are a hopeless speller, don't go on *that* often and don't contribute very much to the overall community of Opticraft, then really they should take it within themselves to decide upon what the Operators will decide. If a person like this does try to join the elite class of the Moderators, they would get rejected ON THE SPOT. Being a Moderator can almost be considered an IRL job. You need to attend 'work' (Opticraft) every day and you need to put in the hours.

The Moderator rank is a very high privelige to obtain, so those Moderators better work their asses off for this.

Xeadin:
The only players that can "spawn" in anything are the Operators and above, but even then we cannot use that to our own personal gain. The chests in the Mod Lounge are what get refilled by us spawning in the items that the mods require for their duties.

Outside of that, do not expect us to provide anything else besides water/ fire/ lava, if all that is you're looking for (in fact, don't even ask us for anything else at all for free-- we're not vending machines)

ViperZeroOne:

--- Quote from: mini25252525 on May 25, 2012, 11:48:22 pm ---LOL is there a warp?

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When you become a Mod it becomes your /spawn

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