These Forum's moderators

[DoPo]

He says it's because the pubclub avatar size he now gets with his mod powers makes it look ugly. xD

Yes, what a convenient coincidence. So it has nothing at all to do with the fact that people spending more time on the forums (through being hypnotised by his avatar) means there would be more stuff for him to moderate. In fact, that's probably how he got the position - have the tetris avatar for a while, thus making the forums harder and harder to moderate, until the staff caves in and takes on more people (one of which is him). Afterwards, he just puts on a plainer avatar thus drastically reducing the infractions, not needing to moderate (well, almost not needing) and now he has both mod powers and lots of free time.

Spoiler: Sorry but I have to bring it to you

I'm also positive he was behind 9/11 and the fake landing on the moon. I have proof!

EDIT:

Yeah, I changed my avatar because my old one looked a bit too...

*puts on sunglasses*

Blocky

...OK, or it could have been that, I suppose

 

[ToastiestZombie]

Who are the new mods? I know Topaz is one, but there's others?

[user]EscapeGoat[/user] and [user]Copper Zen[/user] are the other new ones

By their powers combined, they are... an upstanding group of individuals?

Yeah, that works >.>

Well, good luck to 'em. With great-ish power comes great-ish responsibility.

Is it bad that I really want to become a mod? Just see how it is. I know the staff hate people wanting to become a mod. But still, I know I'll never get it because I really did fuck up with the whole Daystar Clarion thing last year. I went too far.

 

[PsychicTaco115]

[user]

Well, good luck to 'em. With great-ish power comes great-ish responsibility.

Is it bad that I really want to become a mod? Just see how it is. I know the staff hate people wanting to become a mod. But still, I know I'll never get it because I really did fuck up with the whole Daystar Clarion thing last year. I went too far.

There, there...

I think everyone has that feeling of wanting a little power

I think the tune goes a little like this...

 

[Pinkamena]

There's a reason I stopped watching the Pony Thread Simulators.

They ruined the Super Mario Bros 2 Overworld theme for me D:

Aaaaah, good memories, good memories.
The song mostly reminds me of the Moonbase Alpha video though.

Aeiou.

 

[Basement Cat]

Who are the new mods? I know Topaz is one, but there's others?

Topaz was placed over Off Topic, EscapeGoat was put in charge of Gaming Discussion, and I was put in charge of Religion and Politics. [small]Please don't pity me...there is power here in being one of the Escapist's Dark Lords.[/small]

Spoiler: The Ascension Ritual was the stuff of nightmares.

The three of us are limited in our powers to acting within our respective forums (for now) but anyone is welcome[footnote]Nay! Commanded! [/footnote] to PM us with any questions, problems, or your bank account information.

OT: You do a good job mods. You're the least inconsistent group of mods I've ever seen, and you all do your job really well.

Prrrr....

I still have a sneaking feeling the mods are a cult using the Escapist as a front to bring Cthulu from the deep and rule the world in a thousand years of pain and suffering though, but that's just a feeling. Nothing'll come from it.

Nice try, but we Mods are all well learned in the Evil Overlord's Handbook [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/EvilOverlordListCellblockA] which includes--and I quote:

Rule 109: I will see to it that plucky young lads/lasses in strange clothes and with the accent of an outlander shall REGULARLY climb some monument in the main square of my capital and denounce me, claim to know the secret of my power, rally the masses to rebellion, etc. That way, the citizens will be jaded in case the real thing ever comes along.

 

[sky14kemea]

Yes, each and every one of these mods are great!

Except for one...

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Dude! Not here! I said we'd talk about this at a better time.

_>

OT: Thanks for the nice thread, guys. I'm hoping this means the negative vibes around here are calming down a little bit. I missed the good ol' silly Off Topic.

 

[The Artificially Prolonged]

The mods are fine people, they get the unfair amount of blame for unpopular decisions, and while you could say they are not perfect the forums here would be worse off without these guys. It's nice that our mods are involved in the community also and not aloof, banning from on high.

So to our fine mods I say, keep up the fine work.

[small]There I said what you told me to say, please release my family. [/small]

 

[thesilentman]

Yeah, I changed my avatar because my old one looked a bit too...

*puts on sunglasses*

Blocky

Spoiler

Oh, me wants to use old avatar! Can I can I?

OT- The mods are awesome people and they deserve all the love and affection they get. I sure as hell can't do what they do, as volunteers! Okay, maybe after practice, but not as well as all of those guys. It helps that all of them are awesome people in general. ;-)

 

[The]

Thank you moderators for some of the greatest forums I've ever been to... And the Escapists themselves, but mostly mods.

 

[thesilentman]

Oh, me wants to use old avatar! Can I can I?

NO YOU CAN'T! It's copyrighted!

Seriously though, I made that avy myself, and built quite a bit of reputation on it. I'd quite like to keep it in reserve on the off-chance that I might want to use it again sometime.

But it's trademarked, not copyrighted...

Ah, I understand. I STILL cannot recognize you with that avatar, so I think you should change back. I miss Blocky... >.>

 

[JoesshittyOs]

A good majority of them have been here a long time through many different... generations of the Escapist, and have really never been inconsistent with the rules. Every time a new rule was introduced (which isn't that often), they try to make it pretty widely known.

Seriously guys. If you have a problem with the mods, you're doing something wrong.

 

[mfeff]

Not really sure I understand where the bitching is coming from other than bitching to be bitching (art for it's own sake)... as far as my own personal experiences with posting on the forums I got hit once for low post content... but other than that, I have found the moderation to be reasonable... "fair but partial" comes to mind.

 

[PedroSteckecilo]

I've been here for a really long time and I've seen a lot of mods come and go. The Escapist has never been big on picking bad folks for the job and considering I've known a lot of every set from their pre-mod days... yeah... they tend to pick good people who just want to make the site a better place.

 

[piinyouri]

I disagree, there is so much lunacy in these parts, the mods must be crazy.

 

[Evil Smurf]

Who are the new mods? I know Topaz is one, but there's others?

[user]EscapeGoat[/user] and [user]Copper Zen[/user] are the other new ones

By their powers combined, they are... an upstanding group of individuals?

Yeah, that works >.>

Captain Plant (of the nerds?)

I kid, I love those guys

 

[Zantos]

I think the mods are great. Which is why I have always done my diligent duty to inform others of the CoC, reported breaches of the rules, warned others about rules when they run the risk of breaking them, checked every day to see if there are new risk areas, logged on every day and posted that I wanted to be a mod. But they gave it to captain cerberus instead.

Congratulations TopazFusion. May your reign last days, and your death years.

Spoiler: Disclaimer

Zantos has nothing but the best of wishes for TopazFusion and the greatest respect for the mods. Zantos would send them complementary bottles of his pilsner, but due to the unfeasibility of such an act he is forced to drink them himself. Zantos thinks it's sharp taste is due to the addition of 100g brown sugar and a teaspoon of brewing yeast. Zantos encourages others to try it, it ends up enhncing the flavour and boosting the strength to around 5 and 3/4%. Zantos has forgot any original point he was making.

 

[Evil Smurf]

But it's trademarked, not copyrighted...

Ah, I understand. I STILL cannot recognize you with that avatar, so I think you should change back. I miss Blocky... >.>

Oops, my mistake.

And yeah, it'll need some serious reworking to get it looking good at the bigger size. I'll get around to it at some point

I remember when you had the commander keen avatar #hipster

 

[Soviet Heavy]

I don't care much for moderation on any site. And I'm not about to start sucking up to anyone here either. Being a mod does not make one immune to criticism or being a dick. I'd call the moderation here passable. I've seen a lot worse, but it's not the greatest either.

 

[Guffe]

Well I haven't noticed them breaking their boundaries or just warned people for fun.
Besides if you follow the rules you will most likely not have anything to do with them, except for the occasional chat in a thread, maybe.
So yeah, decent people, decent mods. I think this site is in safe hands.

 

[King of Asgaard]

snip

*sees new avatar, blue name and ban hammer badge*
Congratulations on becoming a mod!
I'll miss the old avatar, but the rotating Cerberus insignia is cool too.

OT: I have no qualms with the mods here. They've always ruled with responsibility for as long as I've been here, and strike only when it is absolutely necessary. When they do, they do so with a deadly efficiency I've not seen elsewhere.