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Would've worked if he didn't botch the names in the qoute :P

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Too bad I didn't apply. That, and the there's fact that I wouldn't really want the position, coupled with the fact that I don't exactly have a perfect record on these forums :-w . Believe me mate, whatever yours is it shines in comparison to mine :P

In the defence of the admins not posting, their workload far exceeds that of a mod, and is understandable to post rarely as a user. Mods on the other hand... :uhh: Don't get me wrong i'm all for staff moderating, but to what extent? The admin team is faceless enough without all staff following route. And I might add... the best way to effectively moderate (and to a lesser degree admin) a community is to always be part of it. The second you stop is the second you start losing touch with the community you want to make enjoyable. I think some of our admins could do this more often aswell.

I'm with Matt, I was a global mod for a long time, and i'm fully aware that it's our own time; and to be perfectly honest - if your time on the forum is consumed by moderating you are doing something wrong. Quit looking for it - relax and in the natural course of browsing, posting and generally just doing what you normally do as a user things which require you attention as a moderator present themself. First thing I did whenever I logged on (if I had no pm's) was start at the bottom of the threads with new replies, check the posts, the occasional sig if it look iffy, replied if i had something to say, moved onto the next topic. Then went to the next forum I frequented. When that was done (probably take 5-10 minutes) prune any topics in forums which needed it (marketplace at that time - another 5-10 minutes). Then when the "catchup" from the day before - or 5-6hrs - was done, i'd do my own thing for a while, and that usually included skimming new replies to topics. When I was done on the forum for the time being (this being after 2 or 3 hrs) i'd give it a break and do something else. Repeat the process the next time I was on. If you go looking for things requiring your attention, and there is none - you cause the decline in your activity as a community member - not the workload. The process may have changed, with more... standards and processes to go by, but the end result is the same - you're left browsing the forums removing the bad stuff. It shouldn't exactly remove you from the community if you are good at it. If your time is fully consumed by moderating then you really aren't active enough in the first place, or are doing something wrong. The only exception to the previous are admins, who essentially rarely post in public on anything other than official matters (like this). The few who did would be ForsakenMage, Grin_King, Albosky (not so much anymore, but originally it was different) and Silverion (while silv rarely posts to begin with he posts more often than most other admins given their activity compared to his).

Considering you ended up as an admin, that is perfectly understandable; but from personal experience that's not the case for most. There have been plenty of mods in the past (myself included) who never had any problems performing their duties while remaing active within the community. Login, check resported posts, deal with them if needs be, check pm's in required, then start browsing the forums like a normal user. In the course of doing that if you happen to run into something that needs attention, so be it; and shock-horror: post if you feel like it. And - I'm really going to stress this point - if daily moderator duties take up all of your time while on the forum, then you most likely aren't active enough in the first place. The two things (moderating and being a user) are practically intertwined.

I'm no good with naming pets unless I actually own it and get a handle on it's personality :-k

Lego, and I wouldn't really call it a toy, but my fishing rod. My dad and I went fishing a lot when I was a kid - fun times.

I can live without it, but tend to always have something in the background just for the sake of not living in silence.

I have a pretty big list since the last caravan, camping and touring expo was on... To start with.. - Creek to Coast Team - Great South East Team - Queensland Weekender Team Then there's Rove, Adam Hills, Savage Garden, every Australian cricket team member since 1999. The usual list of politicians, etc. Pretty standard really.

So... I dunno how it happened, I was testing my memory for errors again and all I was going was switching ram... hit the power switch, got a POP followed by that nasty smell of burning electrical and plastic. Fried mobo ftl yea :(

Where you get this "but but but

That's the only animie I have watched in almost 12 years which I have enjoyed. I've been tempted to watch others but I just can't be bothered, overall Animie doesn't appeal to me at all. The only reason I even watched Kanon to being with was because my sister got it off a guy at her work :-s

Yes it did.

I'm going to have to agree with this.

That was why I originally reported this topic... "need more moderators" half a dozen posts under it "moderator application thread" Well - duh? Makes me want to hit someone :uhh:

I'd put money on psu or ram. Perhaps video, but most likely ram.

Heheh - I watched that last night :

Live for what you believe in; die fighting for it.

I had it quoted to reply to, but then couldn't really think of something to say in regards to it.

So long as he knows the product base there shouldn't be a problem. My first job was in retail, and my massive bonus over a lot of others was 12 years practical experience with close to half the stuff we sell :P

I just throw in all staff as a matter of reasoning. I know they can't do anything, but they may have someone on their msn, aol (or whatever) who can :P