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data 98junkiee
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Posted: 28th Jan 2005 03:06
how do you become a moderator
CattleRustler
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Posted: 28th Jan 2005 03:34
not by asking "how do you become a moderator?"

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Posted: 28th Jan 2005 04:07
So that's the secret test...

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Posted: 28th Jan 2005 04:10
By havind a really original name and having 7000 on the end of it and also by having an overstretched mario avatar...

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Posted: 28th Jan 2005 04:10
Search "moderator" on the general talk board (yes, there are other boards than this one ).

The multitude of locked threads should explain everything.

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Posted: 28th Jan 2005 05:22
And it also pays not to be an a******e, which, thankfully, none of the mods seem to be here.

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Posted: 28th Jan 2005 05:26
*takes notes* ok, so what do i do after i mail the cupcake?

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Posted: 28th Jan 2005 05:36
Quote: "Final Step Must Be One Of The Following:
1. Be a personal friend / relative of Rich.
2. Mail a real cupcake to Rich's personal address.
3. Email a real cupcake to anyone(all will be impressed).
4. Rid of all other moderators out there so you are the only logical choice left."

5. Someone who has too much free time on their hands

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Posted: 28th Jan 2005 05:39
THAT's not a step!

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Posted: 28th Jan 2005 05:47
Yes it is!

(agreeing puts me one step closer to becoming a mod)

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Posted: 28th Jan 2005 05:59
No it isn't! Someone with too much time on their hands is not a step, it's more of a description.

Have too much time on their hands is a step.

(I can't believe I'm saying that)

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Posted: 28th Jan 2005 06:02
You forgot swimming across the amazon river wrapped in crocodile bait with cement bricks secured to your feet.

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Posted: 28th Jan 2005 06:14
Why it was in the DarkBASIC forum I will never know...

Anyway!
Am I right or am I just sounding like Rimmer from Red Dwarf in the episode where he gets a holo-virus?

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Posted: 28th Jan 2005 06:32
watch it stays at page one

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It's moved, haxorphreak, or didn't you notice? It's in General Talk now.

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I would have to go with dj_chainz,'Someone who has too much free time on their hands' is a step because if you haven't found out already all the mods spend much of their time here. Of course their are some exceptions to this, but if you want to be a mod this is one requirement of the job.


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Posted: 28th Jan 2005 06:42
Well, what about the a******e bit?

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Posted: 28th Jan 2005 06:47 Edited at: 28th Jan 2005 06:48
That is also correct, but a person who actually points this out is .................... Anyway, their are alot requirements to being a mod, and newcomers basically have no change of becoming a mod in their first year of the forums.

Another step:
6) Moderators are also very mature, and use proper spelling and grammar (for the most part)


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Posted: 28th Jan 2005 06:51
It seems something is seriously wacky with the arrangements here.

I locked a thread with 3 posts in called "how do you become a moderator" in the DB talk forum.

It then locked this thread, in General Talk.

Weird

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Strange

Rick, what kind of cupcake do you like?

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@ Plazmeh: Well...I don't think you are going to get on his good side by calling him the wrong name...

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Posted: 28th Jan 2005 07:07
Cattle nailed it. I don't think a single one of the current mods have ever started one of the many, many threads like this

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Posted: 28th Jan 2005 07:17
How to become a mod:

1) You must fall 50,000 feet without a parachute onto a mile long cement block head first while carrying on a conversation with yourself in ten dead languages

2) After you survive that, you must juggle a dozen Bomb-oms while beating Super Mario Bros...with your nose. Oh, yeah, and dropping a bomb-om sets it off, as does dying or blinking.

3) You must single-handedly beat twenty ninjas with a blind fold on,
with your hands tied behind your back, and cement on your feet in the Pacific Ocean.

4) You must steal the Mona Lisa and bring it back the next day.

5) You must survive AIDs.

Oh, yeah, and maybe knowing a bit about DarkBasic could help...

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Posted: 28th Jan 2005 07:24 Edited at: 28th Jan 2005 07:25
Quote: "1. Be a personal friend / relative of Rich."


That's not true, Rich is my arch-nemesis. We have regular duels to the death where one of us seemingly escapes whenever their life is about to be quenched. Thus allowing them to return to fight again next week with no carryover of injuries whatsoever.


Oh, and Chenak, I have deleted your post because it was just going to cause a lot of flaming. This thread is playful and we're all joking. What Ozzum said wasn't meant to be serious and it's hardly offensive.


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Posted: 28th Jan 2005 07:29
Quote: "5) You must survive AIDs."


Irrelevant to the conversation, but a funny story none the less. You see, one time I said something to the liking of "Sleep fixes all, so just go to sleep", well, unexpectedly, they said back "What about cancer and aids?".

Anyway, to become a moderator, you must be fluent in klingon and 1337.

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Posted: 28th Jan 2005 07:58
Quote: "How to become a mod:.........."

You missed the shortcut of being in that random singluarity a while back that caught users such as David T and Mouse and turned them into mods...

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Quote: " You forgot swimming across the amazon river wrapped in crocodile bait with cement bricks secured to your feet."

Since I'm in the area, remember to call me before attempting this. I want to be there with my camera.

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Remind me to buy a ticket there so I can push him in

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Posted: 29th Jan 2005 01:10
I think th modrators ar all hideing somthing here are the reasons
for me thinking this
1.thay lock threads that ask how do i become a modrator i bet it
will happen to me
2. Non will give me any helpfull advice
3. And no one knows how to become a mod accept the mods and there not telling
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and to add to that thay all tell me not to ask how do you become a mod AND... i think thay are being very secrative
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How many moderators have full time jobs? I don't understand how you can possibly get away with spending so much time on the forums...


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Posted: 29th Jan 2005 01:24 Edited at: 29th Jan 2005 01:25
Discover the search function, so you can read all the other threads that other stupid kids have started about "How to become a moderator".

Edit:
Also learn the basic grammatical rules:

1. Start sentences with a capital letter.
2. End questions with a question mark (?)

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My guess would be that atleast a couple of them are under age, possibly still going to school(the best time to slack off and come to the forums and moderate).

In any case, just to answer the question..

Be a good citizen on the boards, dont talk crap too much, and maybe one day they'll ask you to become one. I dont think you can simply apply for the position, there's recommendation involved from other mods, and you have to have helped lots of people already.

Oh, and if your a really attractive female, you could always send your picture to Rich.. I'm not sure he's seen one before, so he might just make you one for the fact of first contact and good relations.



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Quote: "Oh, and if your a really attractive female, you could always send your picture to Rich.. I'm not sure he's seen one before, so he might just make you one for the fact of first contact and good relations."


He is married you know .

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Quote: "He is married you know "


Are we sure it's a female though?



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Posted: 29th Jan 2005 01:31
Yeah. Rich is probably the luckiest guy on the friggin' planet .

Quote: "And no one knows how to become a mod accept the mods and there not telling"


As has already been explained, there is no process you complete to become 'mod applicant'. If Rich needs mods, he looks around and picks some people he finds trustworthy on the forums. That does not mean everyone trustworthy becomes a mod, because if they're not very active on the forums when mods are needed, they don't really apply. QED Philip.

Quote: "My guess would be that atleast a couple of them are under age, possibly still going to school(the best time to slack off and come to the forums and moderate)."


Two of us are under 18 I believe, and some others still attending college/university/whatever. I really don't spend more than an hour max a day on the forums anymore, though I s'pose that's still a lot, all things considered.

At the end of the day, for all its faults, I've never found a better online community than these forums. That's what it boils down to

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Quote: "Are we sure it's a female though?"


No, but why would he be interested in really attractive females then . Unless he's in it for the money...

*rediculously speculates some more*

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Posted: 29th Jan 2005 02:00
'it' is female and very pretty indeed. Hence my comment

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It's all in the position of your monitor, my desk faces the door and my monitor is positioned so you basically have to stand over my shoulder to see what I'm upto. I still get my work done, mostly - it does'nt pay to get things done too quickly anyway .


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Posted: 29th Jan 2005 02:08
Alright this is getting annoying: there thread thinks there are 3 pages...this must be to do with something like a deleted thread very annoying

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Probably has to do with people posting over unapproved posts, then said posts getting approved.

But the glitch always goes away as soon as someone adds a post

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Posted: 29th Jan 2005 02:13
Didn't until your post...unless I've gone on the approve list...which I know no reason for

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@ 1tg46

I have a damn good reason for pointing out the a******e thing!

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<sneaks in and grabs the Purple Snickers for Mod powers from David T desk>

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Posted: 29th Jan 2005 06:21
wait i figured out how to become a moderator!...
















...oh wait i lost it, too bad

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Here's one... know how to explain what you're doing wrong properly. Another thing the DB Forum mods are capable of. (You're getting praise here, BTW!)

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Thanks

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You're welcome.

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Posted: 29th Jan 2005 08:30 Edited at: 29th Jan 2005 08:31
@Mr. Pointless
Quote: " @ 1tg46

I have a damn good reason for pointing out the a******e thing!"


Notice that I did not finish my insult, I thought I would let you imagine the worst thing you could, but since I did not finish my insult <due to an unknown reason > then you should not be getting at me for what I said because I said nothing wrong. And also keep in mind that I also said
Quote: " That is also correct,"


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All in all, why would you want to become a mod? The fact that you want to become one says something along the lines of 'you want to be one to have a power over other members'. I'm sure the mods became mods just by being friendly and helpful to the TGC community. IMO being a mod brings a lot of responsibily, you can't post stupid things, you can't abuse your rights and must stick to the rules at all times. Remember, mods are the ones that act as role models for new users, not just to scrounge around and delete post here and there.

Well, thats my view on it, cheers.

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