Moderators can also delete user comments and hand out merits.

is becoming a moderator the biggest achievement on armor games?

When you became a mod can you change the color of the letter to be your default color?

When you became a mod can you change the color of the letter to be your default color?

No, it is so that people know who the mods are. It cannot be changed.

Agreeing with Freakenstein, I sort of see striving to become a mod to be similar to striving to run for office.
It's something only suited people for the task can do, and not too many people will do it. Most of us are better off appreciating the top-notch mods we already have.

seems too complicated to be worthwhile what are the benefits of it

what are the benefits of it

You get to help out the Armor Games community by locking and deleting threads and deleting unnecessary posts/comments. Moderators can also give out merits. Aside from that, nothing much, except for getting your username on the about page and having shiny blue text and a title under your name in the forums.

seems too complicated to be worthwhile what are the benefits of it

The main benefit is that you get to take care of an internet forum you actually bother caring for. Serious forum moderation is not some sort of avocation you can go apply for in an attempt to enrich your own sense of self-satisfaction.

is becoming a moderator the biggest achievement on armor games?

It varies from person to person, but I would have to say no. If you're the most respected member of the community and you have no moderator powers, is that not a greater accomplishment than being selected by other people to earn a position you may not have even necessarily been trying to earn?

seems too complicated to be worthwhile

If you aren't willing to put in the effort it takes to be a helpful and respectable member of the community, you do not deserve the title. Which means you are clearly not worthy to handle the power to delete posts, or lock threads, or temporarily ban people (or type in blue).