I haven't looked through all 30 pages of this thread, but read a considerable amount and had some views to share. I, personally, am friends with several Player Moderators, and I'm going to have to strongly disagree if you believe that the players are in it for the status. True, there are probably a handful of PMods that are in it for the status, but this is not representative of all the PMods. Jagex has explained that players go through a rigorous process before being selected to become a PMod, and I daresay that many wanna-be-mods are "filtered out" (for lack of a better term) during this process. For those that do get through, then I say, so be it. Apparently, Jagex has put their trust in the PMods because they believe that they would be able to make use of the moderator tools properly and be a positive influence to the general gaming community. If they are really in it for the fame and whatnot, eventually they will slip up in their judgement and may just get demodded in the process, thus ridding these status-obsessed players. The mods I've interacted with or become friends with have certainly be friendly players with outgoing, cheerful personalities. I most definitely agree that Jagex knows what they are doing when they are picking out PMods. To refute your claim that soem players are becoming PMods for the status, I will reference a PMod friend of mine. She had been invited to become a player moderator more than 6 months ago, but had only recently gotten around to accepting it. Why? She read the message, but was still considering whether to become a PMod, but eventually forgot to do anything about it. Now, if she was in it for the fame, she would have grabbed the chance to become PMod as early as possible, rather than forgetting about it. The silver crown isn't a trophy or award of recognition for the players becoming PMods, but can be viewed as a tool to maintain a friendly environment. Some nonchalant players may be rude (or even abusive) to other players in everyday chatting. But when they see a PMod, they think "Oh, I better not cross the line here or I may just get muted by the PMod", which will aid in creating a better environment. A possible counter-argument is that if the PMod didn't have a crown, he/she could have caught this player breaking the rules, and duly muting them. However, I believe that unlike the first scenario, the second doesn't allow the rule-breaking player to reconsider their actions, and possibly turn over a new leaf. I don't believe it is correct to say that PMods give lectures than straight facts. I, for one, prefer elaboration over one-word answers most of the time. The extra information that you get in the "lecture" (if you can even call it that) could be quite useful, even if the player asking the question doesn't know it. You say that PMods instantly teleport or block a player when asked about how they became a moderator? I find it very difficult to believe you, considering how I've never seen this happen, and that "blocking" (muting) a player for such a reason is a grevious offence and would very, very rarely happen. Not to mention that using a mute to threaten someone is reportable and a serious abuse of power. Again, I've never seen this happen and find this very hard to believe. From your posts, phrasing, and tone, it seems to me that you might be one who constantly disagrees with many things, and creates an unfriendly player environment, and may result in a rebuke from a PMod. Forgive me if I'm mistaken on this part, tone doesn't communicate too well over the Internet. On your final point, it's not as if the purpose of PMods is purely to combat bots. They deal with all sorts of rulebreakers. Just my two cents on the issue :^_^: , hope you don't get offended or anything. Cheerios :)
