Hey, haven't banned you yet, Invalid.
I have to say it is fun to be a mod. Then when people have stopped congratulating you (I think that took a good five minutes, people were never that interested in me), you realise what you said yes to.
Not to mention the mean look of the other mods as they take forth those pants made of ham and makes you run through the woods.
Not to mention that while people think we just press a button to delete a message or give a merit, we are actually out, naked, on a field, swinging a semi dead cat above our head and praying to the dark lord of moderation (or in Frank's case, usually the dwarfish overlord of manner and proper reward), which generally gives us a really bad reputation in the area where we live (unless you are Strop, then it is just a reputation).
In a more serious tone (but not much), it's not easy being green. Uh. Moderator. There is a reason most sane moderators take a hiatus for a year, or stop doing mod jobs besides little things every once in a while.
To go by this with quotes:
You still get to have a fun time on ArmorGames
No. Besides one game while I was writing my assignment, I rarely play flash games anymore. I hadn't written a game comment for over two years by then.
As for the forums, apparently the blue text disables you ability to make jokes as well.
the users who use AG well respect them
Rarely.
It's not respect, it is either fear, some sort of distant friendship or being looked down upon. I have yet to see anything else. Mods usually respect each other, but from there on, not much.
they don't even get paid
The admins feed us dried fish and stale milk.
I used to want to be a mod, then I took an arrow to the knee...
"I used to want to be a moderator, but then I came to my senses".
eat hot soup
Wait, you get hot soup??!
As a mod I would probably enjoy it even more knowing I could help get rid of spam/ spammers and such.
"Hi guys, I have just banned fifteen spammers and advertisers and cleaned all the spam from this new game!"
"Are you sure, there are three pages of spam on that game, and the users are complaining about the advertisers being everywhere and no one doing anything about them."
"Darn it to heck."
you'd be frowned upon if you left AG like Asherlee did
I doubt anyone is frowning upon Asherlee taking a hiatus. It is probably the more sane of the moves, and she already had a while of moderating under her belt.
Constantly getting messages about spam.
Two things on this:
Either you get annoyed you don't get enough reports when you are online.
Or.
You get annoyed that users are reporting stuff you take care of easily before even going to your comments, because it is easy to spot.
People in the support and suggestions asking a question that has been answered 50,000 times.
Not to mention people trying to help by linking to the help page instead of the FAQ thread. The help page isn't helpful.
I would rather be an Admin then a mod.
Apparently there is no such thing as promotion, even if we currently need an active community admin.
Also, I am sure the pay is better.
I think what Cen is doing is actually pretty good; closing down his messenger and staying in the forums more. That might work out better with most of the mods.
It is better for me, at least.
With the comments open, I got progressively more annoyed (and thus more snarky, mean spirited and likely to snap at people that might perhaps deserve it, but shouldn't be snapped at anyway). This way, I just pretend I am actually taking a break, while still doing the same thing I usually do.
Apparently my brain is easy to cheat.
After all, you get to ban users for not behaving like civilized humans.
Sadly not the case.
We can ban people for breaking the rules, but sadly not being a civilised human being is only grounds for a warning.
Or maybe it's just that Cen always does that to me.
Nah, I just frown upon your ability to come up with something that is outrageous or insulting, no matter how helpful the rest of what you are writing might be.
Not to mention going to my art thread and commenting on the first short post I have made in half a year gives negative brownie points.
Whatever Cen does, he probably has a good reason, and he's not the type to randomly do someone in even when he's that stressed.
However tempting that might be.
Nemo generally considers me too soft, because I would rather use days on explaining the rules to someone than just banning them and get it over with.
Either way, long post is not very short.
Might as well take this opportunity to mention my apprentice/intern ship next semester, which might very well mean my motivation to log on here will be quite low for that period of time, at least in regards of active moderator duty.
Not that I think any of you will miss me, but it just gives me further reason to keep my comments closed, ahaha.
