Something that has bothered me before.

Question: Before my disappearance from the community 2 weeks ago, I had something very questionable about our staff system. I am putting this in the Q&A section of the forums because I anticipate a lot of drama that is about to erupt soon so here it goes.

Towards the end of June, kjhgamer is banned from the McBrawl servers for being an alternate account of the "infamous" JoeyMast99.

One crucial piece of evidence is how LuckyPop, a moderator of McWarZ as of now, released a video where he and Joey were on WarZ.

However, that video bothered me. If LuckyPop knew Joey wasn't supposed to reveal his identity around McBrawl, then why did he keep it from telling the staff. He KNEW it was Joey because in Joey's little explanation video, Joey mentions how he warned Lucky not to upload the video with audio or else Joey would be banned again. Furthermore, it even SAYS it right in the beginning of the clip.



Sooner after the second Joey incident of McBrawl, Lucky gets a promotion of being a WarZ moderator. Now I think Lucky is doing well enough to keep a healthy status as a moderator since he's been a mod for a few months now. However, the fact that he did not inform Brawl staff about who really is behind kjhgamer has bothered me for a good period of time now.

Not saying that LuckyPop should be demoted because after all, the higher ranked staff like Putty and Peas believe the "only way that an individual has changed is by achieving the rank of moderator" and etc.

I began to wonder about our staff promoting system after a smart fellow who we know as Skulduggery57 questioned how specknav became a mod. All this time had I known that Teamspeak is basically what it takes to become a mod.

Not the first person to point out Teamspeak on the forums. Tac did that 9-10 months ago. https://www.brawl.com/threads/4935/

I mean how else could our current WarZ mods achieve moderator at 100-200 posts? Just be active on Teamspeak everyday and make a large-ass application that nobody EVEN SOME MODS wouldn't bother reading every damn paragraph.

Anyways, here's my question. Is there any other way to become a moderator besides

?

 

Thanks Peas. At least Teamspeak serves a deeper purpose in the staff than I thought. However, I do see a future where we will have moderators. Moderators who most community members do not trust because they took advantage of using Teamspeak. If it weren't for the pyschic blue rooster, I wouldn't have questioned the McBrawl staff system.

Peas, do you ever read an application word for word? Because I usually just skim the "Were you banned from a server before?" questions and dump the rest. I feel bad for anyone who has to read the same crap over and over again like Putty who mostly does the promoting.

 

You and Peas stated this in melting's application.

 

Then why did both you and Sig state the length of melting's application must be longer? It's only what you two said before denying him.

 

What could be more detailed than a simple, yet concrete answer like this?


Do you always expect paragraphs of unnecessary information? That's one thing wrong with the forums community and that's how applications are bs. I even asked you if you bothered reading the application yet you haven't replied to it. If we allowed short, simple, but very constructed answers in a mod application, it'll save time for the author, the reader, and most importantly the one who makes the decisions.

Please answer this question once you have concluded a response Peas or Signatured.

You're on the forums right now Peas. Now may be appropiate for a response.

https://www.brawl.com/threads/20192/

See this? Skulduggery wrote a paragraph for every question there was in the application and it was still denied. The only reason for his denial was his level of maturity so typing up the application was pointless. Why should anyone waste their time typing apps that most staff will hardly ever read?

 

I very much doubt you actually read every application in which the applicant has put major detail into every answer. Maybe too much detail in fact. Sure you could tell something that the applicant has by reading his or her incredible application but it is pointless if there is hardly anyone that will read it. Do you even read applications by every word?

 

That's not the type of simple answer that gets directly to the point. To be more specific, I would prefer a few sentences as a direct response over a large paragraph which most of it's content could be unnecessary.

As an example, let me show you an application from Ollie that had very short responses yet he was still accepted.



Answers like these are what should replace responses that are 10 sentences in today's application (if applications will exist in the future). If we did not have applications that our current moderators made in the past, we could save hours or reading and typing and get straight to deciding who gets promoted.