Staff Apps

Which apps are you thinking of?
And remember, apps are not the only thing that counts - maturity and behaviour as well.

 

Yes, being well known in the community does help in getting accepted. On your part, however, your activity here on the forums leaves much to be desired.

 

First of all: Staff applications aren't based on popularity. It plays a role, I cannot deny that, but it isn't the main part.

If you compare the text ammount you have written on your staff application with apps, which has been accepted, you'll see that there is much more you could write. Moreover you were told what to improve. Noone, who has e.g. as less forum experience (27 messages) as you have, has ever been accepted, it has nothing to do with popularity.

You're wrong. There were a lot of people who didn't get a good poll, look for example at Overkill's , Nate's, Wario's or Eil's application. They didn't get "the best" poll, but were accepted because of their high potential.

Staff applications aren't a popularity contest. Of course the poll and the community's opinion play a role, but there are many different aspects which are important as well.

 

I have absolutely no will to "shoot something down". I think good criticism and a constructive discussion is always helpful. Please present some of your arguments and do also react on my argumentation. :/

 

OK, who had a good app but was not very popular that got denied?

 

You're the one, who compares other applications to your's :/
Anyway I also dislike the length of Graff's mod app. But as stated above there are many different aspects, not only one, which count. Moreover Graff has 800+ messages and has proofed himself in his job as a Wiki team member.

 

Pretty sure forums activity counts to that as well.

 

I'm sure you can get a staff position someday, but right now, 30 something messages and 19 trophy points isn't going to get you anywhere.

 

Popularity isn't what gets someone accepted. My app had more -1 then it did +1. Only players from war knew me but I still got accepted. Sure popularity helps. That just means you are active in the community and people respect you. There is also forums activity (as stated), maturity, and other areas that are also looked at.

Views and comments don't mean anything. Just says that more people have something to say about him.

 

I understand what you're saying, as I know of a few mods that became mod based on staff team bias, but for the most part, you need to be ready to be accepted. For example, before Wario got accepted, Canoodle said she wanted to accept him because he was her friend, but she denied him because he wasn't ready. He reapplied when he was ready, and got promoted. Same thing when I applied, I applied and got denied until I was ready to be promoted.

That's just how things work here.

Also, out of all the things you're working on, your Application should be in the middle, with maturity and helpfulness being on the top and activity being toward the middle/bottom.

Not sure if it's like this anymore, but applications used to be the main thing the staff team looked for. It's something I really looked for too. If the person were really serious about getting staff, they'd make an amazing application. It showed to me that this person was ready and wanted to be staff. I didn't really care about activity per say, but it definitely helps.

Hopefully this summed it all up.

 

You have 33 forums posts. What more reason do you need to be denied... You are required to have 100...

the difference between you and Colonel_Graff, is that he has 800+ posts on the forums, yes a side affect of this may be that he is more popular, but the real reason that there are more comments on his application is because more people know he exists. How are we supposed to know how you act if you have only demonstrated how you act with 30 posts that could easily go unnoticed?

 

I have read a few comments but haven't put a lot of effort into reading the whole thing so I will post a new comment soon. Till then I can say that I compare myself to that.

I am constantly ignored; most of my threads are ignored; for example my recent three AMAs were ignored by most. AMAs of popular people or staff members get replied on by pretty much everyone.

I don't really want to offend anyone for being popular, of course. I just found it annoying to be ignored. But I soon realised that popularity increases based on the effort you, yourself, put into making yourself known.