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Mod Catia

Jagex Mod

 

 

17-Sep-2009 21:14:20

Last edited on 17-Sep-2009 21:14:57 by Mod Catia

Jrhairychest asks:

 

Why did you change the focus of pmod selection from selecting the players the old way to the new way of volunteers? Were you actually getting the right sort of pmods that you wanted or are you after a different type of pmod?

 

Answer:

 

We were getting the right P Mods, but our search "area" was very narrow. Using the old system we have chosen really great P Mods, which continue to work with us and doing a fantastic job but we were more focused on reports.

 

With the Are you community focused thread we managed to open our horizons and give a chance to players that probably before were not getting that opportunity to become P Mods.

I'm merely asking what you think this post means. Just an opinion, not much else.

[Wachtwoord]

It means Jagex thinks more p mods are needed and the old system was too slow in getting new ones in, so they thought up a new system, with broader ranges to get more people. That's just easy right? I don't quite get the point of this thread.

 

But I like the idea of more P mods, maybe that'll finally stop them being treated as messiahs of our gods (Jagex) by lower levels and more as normal players.

[elucin8er]

It means Jagex thinks more p mods are needed and the old system was too slow in getting new ones in, so they thought up a new system, with broader ranges to get more people. That's just easy right? I don't quite get the point of this thread.

 

But I like the idea of more P mods, maybe that'll finally stop them being treated as messiahs of our gods (Jagex) by lower levels and more as normal players.

 

That's what I assumed also, though I think the original poster is asking the differences between the new and old ways of obtaining p mods. Correct? ( I have no idea )

[Alg]

Kind of. Just wanted to see what people here got out of it. Very simple, and also why I almost put it in questionnaires.

[jsboutin2]

I don't understand...Players can now volunteer to be p mods? Sounds like they will have a LOT of applicants.

 

At least they didn't publicise it all that much. It's impossible to find on the main website.

[Youmu]

I have a feeling that the new volunteers will turn out to be bad P-Mods... :-?

 

Personally, I do not care whether I become a P-Mod or not. If I do though, that will be great, so I can mute those godawful spammers in GE and FOG.

 

And look, Jrhairychest (a TIF user) asked the question.

[spooferfish]

It means Jagex thinks more p mods are needed and the old system was too slow in getting new ones in, so they thought up a new system, with broader ranges to get more people. That's just easy right? I don't quite get the point of this thread.

 

But I like the idea of more P mods, maybe that'll finally stop them being treated as messiahs of our gods (Jagex) by lower levels and more as normal players.

 

It could also mean we will get pmods that report for ridiculous things and make people angry at all pmods for no reason..Guess I'm neutral about it..

[Toad]

Yeah I don't care about PMods I care about the person I know plenty of nice players who aren't player mods doesn't matter if you have a crown or not, if you're community focused you might do more for community than a mod, such as big clan leaders etc.

[Shyla]

Neutral bout this issue. I just hope they choose the right people. Look at me, I turned out to be evil :twisted:

[Alg]

And look, Jrhairychest (a TIF user) asked the question.

Posting this here was his idea :mrgreen:

[Bladewing]

Hopefully it means there will be less wbms around.

[sees_all1]

I'm surprised that they took jrhairchest's question, tbh. Especially seeing what he's had to say on the topic of P-Mods, but I guess there's know way Jagex would know that.

 

I think the response jr wanted was more along the lines of, "Our Old Pmods only wanted glory from themselves, and were being complete jerkbags, which is why we started taking applications off of wbm."

Certainly not that same response.

 

Anyhow, I think it means that Jagex is tired of searching for mods, and would rather have resumes.

[elucin8er]

Only downfall of accepting "resumes" would be the massive flood of them Jagex would need to filter through. And it appears to me a successful P mod would be one that doesn't apply, although that poses the question how they are found.

 

So, how are they found?

[Laura]

I don't remember the last time I reported someone. There was an obvious problem apparent on the old system, but I'm not sure this is the answer. Not that it bothers me at all.

[Hobgoblinpie]

Obviously, it'd be hypocritical of me to attack an application system, but, I do think that it will not be beneficial to Runescape. Wannabe Mods have that name for the reason that they are not mods, so giving them power may not be the best option.

 

I have no interest in moderating in Runescape, I have issues with player moderators already, and that would just compound them. One benefit I can see is that Jagex are showing that they are putting focus on the community and feel that they can trust people to be sensible and mature.

[jimmy_jim]

To me what it seems is that : We now pick suck ups for mods only because the old ones were too hard internally.

 

I've noticed many people are becoming mods who know J-Mods quite well, and really try to be noticed by j-mods.

 

Even some of the high level players are now 'Jagex Brand' what's better than to have the most famous players in the game represent you?

[Wachtwoord]

Obviously, it'd be hypocritical of me to attack an application system, but, I do think that it will not be beneficial to Runescape. Wannabe Mods have that name for the reason that they are not mods, so giving them power may not be the best option.

I think Jagex is smart enough to not make the wanna be's moderators. At least, I hope so. Application doesn't automatically lead to wanna bes becoming mods.

[hohto]

Obviously, it'd be hypocritical of me to attack an application system, but, I do think that it will not be beneficial to Runescape. Wannabe Mods have that name for the reason that they are not mods, so giving them power may not be the best option.

 

In my eyes this is an attack towards the wannabe mods: if Jagex has a need for more pmods, this gives them a larger portion of people to choose from. In other words, they get a bigger pole of fish and can pick up the best ones instead of picking up the "least bad ones" from a smaller one.

[Hobgoblinpie]

Obviously, it'd be hypocritical of me to attack an application system, but, I do think that it will not be beneficial to Runescape. Wannabe Mods have that name for the reason that they are not mods, so giving them power may not be the best option.

 

In my eyes this is an attack towards the wannabe mods: if Jagex has a need for more pmods, this gives them a larger portion of people to choose from. In other words, they get a bigger pole of fish and can pick up the best ones instead of picking up the "least bad ones" from a smaller one.

 

I do see your point, and obviously I expect Jagex to pick the right people, but more than likely one person will slip through the net (as we're using fishing analogies).

[hohto]

Obviously, it'd be hypocritical of me to attack an application system, but, I do think that it will not be beneficial to Runescape. Wannabe Mods have that name for the reason that they are not mods, so giving them power may not be the best option.

 

In my eyes this is an attack towards the wannabe mods: if Jagex has a need for more pmods, this gives them a larger portion of people to choose from. In other words, they get a bigger pole of fish and can pick up the best ones instead of picking up the "least bad ones" from a smaller one.

 

I do see your point, and obviously I expect Jagex to pick the right people, but more than likely one person will slip through the net (as we're using fishing analogies).

 

Of course some bad fish will also find their way to the net. However I'd say that this reduces the amount of them, which is a good thing. In the old system mainly people who were in good terms with right people (jmods or certain pmods) or these wannabes were basically the only ones who could be seen. Now also "normal" people have the chance to get into the spotlight.

 

edit: Anyways I've been a pmod for several years and from my experience, there isn't exactly that big demand for pmods: my job for example is now a lot easier than in the past, due the fact that most of the p2p worlds are well filled. If something, I'd say that people using f2p or the "foreign" rs worlds should be chosen more often.

[Youmu]

The ONE thing that I hope that does not happen is WBM's turning into P-Mods.

 

So many players might be muted by things like typos.

 

Then again, we need more people to mute autotypers. I guess it's win-win. :???:

[Alg]

If anyone still cares enough to read this, check out the debate related to it going on in Debate Club. Quite relevant, but be sure to prove your points :P

[The Dark Lord]

Jagex still hasn't sent me a "yea" or "nay" about my moderator application. I applied during mid-summer. :?