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Yay. I've decided to put my app in in Jan. next year if the applications are open.

This is really good advice to the new people applying for mod. It shows the trust of a mod, which is probably 30x more then if you have the rank, trusted. I think there are lots of moderators who get shame for being a new mod, not helping them within the first 5 seconds -.- And other stuff. I think people who really read through this, act like this, and can control their temper should get mod.

After reading this I've gotten a much better understanding of how OptiCraft ranks work.  I was trusted last week after playing for a year, so I don't expect to apply for mod for a long time.  I, however would also like to share my experiences being a member of a server's staff and the responsibilities that come with it.

After playing on a relatively small server for 2 years, I decided to apply for Moderator, hoping to be accepted.  To my delight, one of the mods had just resigned and a spot opened up.  The Owner asked if I was ready for this, and I eagerly said YES!  Little did I know that the time spent as Moderator isn't exactly paradise, as Viper mentioned.  It is extremely taxing and your personal MineCraft time on the server will go down by a lot.  This being said, it was one of my most enjoyable experiences in MineCraft, and I liked it so much that, 4 months later, I applied for Admin.

This server was rather small, and the 3 Admins it had weren't very active.  They left all staff duties to the Moderators.  I called the owner on Skype, and we had an hour-long discussion about the current server staff.  He agreed that the current admins weren't active enough (one of them, we realized, after an /ar check had been AFK for 2 months!), so he asked me and another Moderator, one of my friends, if we would like to step up and become Admins.  This had been a dream of mine, so my friend and I both accepted.  Being an Admin is difficult, I soon learned.  The weight of the entire server rests on your shoulders, and if you slack off even a tiny bit, then it all crumbles around you.

I learnt to enjoy being a member of staff, as I am relatively active and I very much like helping others, and in due time, I became a well-liked Admin.  I hope this post, along with this thread, will help others make the decision to apply for Moderatorship or not.

*One confession of an Admin*: I sometimes would use /vanish if I was alone, so someone wouldn't ask me for help :3 (of course, also to spy on new players to see if they are griefers    )

Wow thanks, this helps a lot not only for people that want to become mod, but also for everyone else.

I know that this Is a really old post. But I still want to thank you for the time you put into making this.