EPX For GM

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Originally Posted by Kain

so it would appear that I am late for this. but I'll let my opinion be heard

what EPX said about he being on as everyone sleeps is a good argument. if he's a GM he can handle whatever arises, if anything arises. this incident that occurred is a rare one. he may not need to perform his duties in anything this extreme again. I think he will make a good GM if he becomes one. however, I don't think he should be jumped to level 2. start him off at level 1. he just needs to be able to delete these posts when he needs to, and hold off until an level 3 or Admin gets on to ban the user.

I do feel that there are some mods a bit more qualified for GM then EPX, but they would have been offline at the time.

and EPX PMing Rob to get himself a promotion is not a bad thing. he saw a need and asked Rob if he can fill it. I did the same thing when Wumbo resigned. I sent Rob a PM to promote me back to full mod of Writer's Corner. since Chi is not always on anymore.

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I agree to everything you just said. And I agree with the GM1 thing as well. I'll talk to ERBoH about it

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Originally Posted by Kain

so it would appear that I am late for this. but I'll let my opinion be heard

what EPX said about he being on as everyone sleeps is a good argument. if he's a GM he can handle whatever arises, if anything arises. this incident that occurred is a rare one. he may not need to perform his duties in anything this extreme again. I think he will make a good GM if he becomes one. however, I don't think he should be jumped to level 2. start him off at level 1. he just needs to be able to delete these posts when he needs to, and hold off until an level 3 or Admin gets on to ban the user.

I do feel that there are some mods a bit more qualified for GM then EPX, but they would have been offline at the time.

and EPX PMing Rob to get himself a promotion is not a bad thing. he saw a need and asked Rob if he can fill it. I did the same thing when Wumbo resigned. I sent Rob a PM to promote me back to full mod of Writer's Corner. since Chi is not always on anymore.

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Huh, I always thought you were the full time mod, and I was a CMA or something.

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Originally Posted by Wumbo

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Originally Posted by Kain

so it would appear that I am late for this. but I'll let my opinion be heard

what EPX said about he being on as everyone sleeps is a good argument. if he's a GM he can handle whatever arises, if anything arises. this incident that occurred is a rare one. he may not need to perform his duties in anything this extreme again. I think he will make a good GM if he becomes one. however, I don't think he should be jumped to level 2. start him off at level 1. he just needs to be able to delete these posts when he needs to, and hold off until an level 3 or Admin gets on to ban the user.

I do feel that there are some mods a bit more qualified for GM then EPX, but they would have been offline at the time.

and EPX PMing Rob to get himself a promotion is not a bad thing. he saw a need and asked Rob if he can fill it. I did the same thing when Wumbo resigned. I sent Rob a PM to promote me back to full mod of Writer's Corner. since Chi is not always on anymore.

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Huh, I always thought you were the full time mod, and I was a CMA or something.

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nah you were full mod I think. I was a full mod but a while back I asked to move aside and have you or Chi Mod the section.

Well, that makes things awkward.

The jobs of section moderators and GMs are very different.
GM should not be thought of as a promotion from a Moderator, because its just a completely different job.

We expect section mods to try to keep the sections active and be a big part of the section.
Whereas GMs are expected to do things like move topics from one section to another, or give out warnings or manage bans.

So someone like cast who is very passionate about his work and comes up with good ideas would fit well as a section moderator.
Someone who generally doesn't get involved in fights and isn't very opinionated would be a good GM, since their job is largely to handle things without getting involved in them. Whereas the section moderator's job is the complete opposite, because we expect them to get very involved with their section.

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Originally Posted by ERBoH

The jobs of section moderators and GMs are very different.
GM should not be thought of as a promotion from a Moderator, because its just a completely different job.

We expect section mods to try to keep the sections active and be a big part of the section.
Whereas GMs are expected to do things like move topics from one section to another, or give out warnings or manage bans.

So someone like cast who is very passionate about his work and comes up with good ideas would fit well as a section moderator.
Someone who generally doesn't get involved in fights and isn't very opinionated would be a good GM, since their job is largely to handle things without getting involved in them. Whereas the section moderator's job is the complete opposite, because we expect them to get very involved with their section.

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Well now I'm really confused. Does that mean no mod is meant to be a GM?

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Originally Posted by ERBoH

The jobs of section moderators and GMs are very different.
GM should not be thought of as a promotion from a Moderator, because its just a completely different job.

We expect section mods to try to keep the sections active and be a big part of the section.
Whereas GMs are expected to do things like move topics from one section to another, or give out warnings or manage bans.

So someone like cast who is very passionate about his work and comes up with good ideas would fit well as a section moderator.
Someone who generally doesn't get involved in fights and isn't very opinionated would be a good GM, since their job is largely to handle things without getting involved in them. Whereas the section moderator's job is the complete opposite, because we expect them to get very involved with their section.

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You make it sound as if a Mod can never become a GM at that point.

GM = GLOBAL MODERATOR. It pretty much is a promotion because the responsbility has become that much more.

And no, it's not the Mod's job to keep a section active. It's their job to MODERATE IT, that does not entail keeping it active. That falls on the members to keep it active and going. Look at Pokemon/MLP. Are you going to blame the MODs for not keeping the sections alive? I wouldn't. Never ever have I ever been told that a Mod's job is to keep a section active. It's to enforce the rules of the forum and keep people in line. We aren't here to babysit a section to keep it active. It doesn't exactly help that there are NO set guidelines/rules.

A "case by case" basis doesn't work. Not on a forum. Have a set of rules, if they aren't followed, enforce whatever the punishment is. I'm rather tired of this insanely lax approach.

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Originally Posted by Adonis

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Originally Posted by ERBoH

The jobs of section moderators and GMs are very different.
GM should not be thought of as a promotion from a Moderator, because its just a completely different job.

We expect section mods to try to keep the sections active and be a big part of the section.
Whereas GMs are expected to do things like move topics from one section to another, or give out warnings or manage bans.

So someone like cast who is very passionate about his work and comes up with good ideas would fit well as a section moderator.
Someone who generally doesn't get involved in fights and isn't very opinionated would be a good GM, since their job is largely to handle things without getting involved in them. Whereas the section moderator's job is the complete opposite, because we expect them to get very involved with their section.

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This Man.

Is a genius.

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Except he his points counter each other, making it much more confusing than it needs to be.

So we leave it at Spartica 4 GM? I'm cool with that. :p