A Message from the PokeCommunity Higher Staff

Started by Nick October 2nd, 2011 11:12 AM
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Guy

just a guy

Age 31
Male
Florida
Seen March 26th, 2016
Posted January 22nd, 2014
7,127 posts
14.7 Years
Obviously I got a message from the higher staff, and I accepted! Then I got pulled into a giant staff conversation on MSN last summer (I miss those) and I was absolutely shocked to see them link me to an old post and I had an orange, bold name. There was no refusing that!

If I had to be promoted to an Assistant Admin, then I'd probably like for it to happen over a giant staff group chat again. When it came to getting modded though, I really appreciated the PM ─ I still have it actually! Although, over the phone, now that would be pretty funny.

Kevin

kevin del rey

Age 24
Male
Virginia
Seen February 3rd, 2021
Posted July 5th, 2015
2,686 posts
12.8 Years
Meh... I would probably think it over. Who knows what I'm bringing myself in to...
A 50/50 chance I would accept/deny the offer.

Although of course I can think it over if it was a PM. If it was in an MSN chat I would probably have to make a decision quick. Although I don't really have that much H-Staff on my MSN list... Maybe one or two.

Xyrin

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Age 24
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purdue
Seen September 17th, 2022
Posted October 17th, 2013
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15 Years
I would accept if I thought I could do the job right and if it would be enjoyable. If it was in a forum I didn't completely love I probably wouldn't do it. I think it would be cool to be asked to join the staff in an MSN group chat.

Although I love the way Alternitive was modded. Being asked in Spanish on the irc would be pretty cool.

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Posted December 7th, 2017
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15.2 Years
I want to be asked over the phone oh my.

Nah, I dunno, depending on where I was being modded I may or may not accept. I'd prefer it via PM because it gives me a chance to decide - IF it was a big group chat (Though that would be cool) I'd have to decide fast and may make the wrong decision.
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scotland
Seen September 28th, 2018
Posted March 16th, 2018
8,874 posts
12.1 Years
I'd take the offer. I like responsibility since it feels like I'm giving something back in a way I suppose, so I don't really see why not other than it could be using up more time. But I'm on PC quite a lot so really it wouldn't be much more time consuming than it is now.

As for the second question, it'd be pretty cool to be asked in an Msn conversation since everyone could have a good laugh at your reactions, lol. That and you'd be able to add a whole load of other staff members right there and all. Over the phone would be pretty funny tho! You'd probably get some sort of stunned silence I'd imagine.
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Sheep

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16.6 Years
I'd definitely say yes. It's been a little lonely with no site to moderate anymore and I greatly enjoy being on here - more so than any other forum I've been to in the past - so why not?

PM would be my preferred option. Phone just seems a little overboard since it isn't an actual paid position (I assume). But it would be quite cool for a staff member to start a random VM chat with me and after the chat goes on for a bit, offer me the position. I'd never see it coming!

Oryx

CoquettishCat

Age 30
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Seen January 30th, 2015
Posted December 27th, 2014
13,184 posts
12.2 Years
PM would be my preferred option. Phone just seems a little overboard since it isn't an actual paid position (I assume).
You mean that money that Luke's been sending me isn't for my moderating?!

I'm going to take this as h-staff because obviously I would accept a mod position. xD There would probably be not much thought involved in my decision if I was offered s-mod, it's definitely something that I'd like to do so if the h-staff thinks I'm ready/deserve the position, then I would be more than willing, lol.

My promotion was first over a PM on irc and then an "official" PM on PC, which I enjoyed. I remember before I was a mod saying that I would never want to be promoted in a group MSN chat or something like that because it's so much pressure, but I think I've changed my mind about that. Since I think ahead enough that I know what my decision would be, and I know a lot of the staff much better now, I could see that easily being a really fun way to be promoted. xD


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Hybrid Trainer

Age 28
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Seen April 12th, 2023
Posted January 27th, 2022
2,096 posts
14.5 Years
Well if it was in a section I thought I could handle and knew a lot about yea I would take up the responsibility. If it was say for example a new forum that had just been put up and the subject of it wasn't something I didn't know much about or something I didn't have an interest in I would probably say no as I wouldn't do that forum much good.

As for how I'd want to be asked It'd be either through some MSN/IRC or something so it'd be an instant answer or PM. Defiantly not though VM though because then other people would see it before me and for me anyone outside of staff knowing I was going to get asked before I was actually asked would ruin the moment.
Age 33
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Seen July 15th, 2015
Posted June 30th, 2015
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18 Years
Leaving aside the sheer absurdity of me even being considered as a moderator (much less me actually being offered a moderator position), it depends on which section I'm being offered to moderate. If it's a backwater, forget it. If it's someplace I'm actually active in, I'd consider it.

In any case, just a private message would suffice.

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Age 31
Male
Northern California
Seen June 16th, 2022
Posted June 14th, 2014
1,817 posts
14.2 Years
While phone seems like a fun option, I currently wouldn't want that option, because I am waiting for phone calls for a job, so it would be a major "PSYCHE!" >__< So I suppose a VM would be nice.

Anyways, I would probably accept if it was for a section like OVP or maybe Other Clubs. If it were OT or OC, I would probably decline because I don't think I could be a good mod in those forums. >__>
Seen April 16th, 2012
Posted April 12th, 2012
788 posts
11.9 Years
I would accept it if it was over a forum that I like such as other chat or maybe the writers corner. I'm not terribly active in writers corner, though, so I'd accept OC over it. Other than just not wanting the position, I wouldn't have any other reason to turn it down.

As for how I receive it? The thought of that is silly. It wouldn't matter.

vaporeon7

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Seen September 6th, 2016
Posted May 27th, 2014
5,143 posts
12.8 Years
Of course I'd totally accept the offer. Why wouldn't I?
I'd love it if they did it on the irc. Then everyone could do like a huge build up to it and it would be amusing.

Vrai

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Age 28
Male
Seen October 24th, 2022
Posted April 1st, 2016
2,896 posts
14.9 Years
I'd probably accept because I'm cool like that and because I were to be picked then clearly I'm supposed to be the best for the job. Why not, I guess? (:

I mean, I wouldn't take it right now because I'm insanely busy but come back in a few weeks and I'd be all over it. The only reason that I forfeited the job in the first place was the fact I couldn't manage my time with how busy I was with sports... but hey, only another few weeks and then I'm done with them for good.

Uhm, I'd probably prefer... actually, I don't really mind however it were to happen, I think. Moddings by phone would be a bit too personal for me, though. :<

deoxys121

White Kyurem Cometh

Age 31
Male
Flat Rock, MI, United States
Seen September 25th, 2016
Posted May 27th, 2012
1,254 posts
12.4 Years
If I could become a moderator of Challenges (I play a lot of them, and am familiar with the standards), or of Pokemon Trivia or Other Trivia, I'd certainly like it. And I would definitely accept. It feels good to be a supporter, but it would feel even better to be a moderator. I very often see threads out there in forums that take quite a while to get locked when they should get locked ASAP. Having more than one moderator would help, I'm sure. Bottom line: I love this site, so if I could help maintain its integrity, I would by all means.

TRIFORCE89

Guide of Darkness

Age 33
Male
Temple of Light
Seen November 25th, 2017
Posted October 21st, 2016
8,122 posts
19.1 Years
I was a mod once, many moons ago.

I think I was offered it via PM... and kind of annoyed Lightning a little bit because I was sitting on my decisions XD

Her

Age 29
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It would be nice to moderate a forum, as terrible as I think I'd be at it. But, I'd like to give it a try and see what I can do for that forum. I used to have big aspirations for myself when I first came here, but I fell too far into the swing of things and got much too involved with a certain group of people instead of being more involved with the whole forum. But I think I've improved and matured since then, and I'd like to be offered a chance to mod one day. Of course, it would have to be OC, OVP and C&M that I would ideally like to moderate. And of course, it's those sections that have been taken by mods with no intentions of leaving them, lol.
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Livewire

Male
Sunnyshore City
Seen December 3rd, 2022
Posted August 2nd, 2019
14,091 posts
13.8 Years
Obviously I got a message from the higher staff, and I accepted! Then I got pulled into a giant staff conversation on MSN last summer (I miss those) and I was absolutely shocked to see them link me to an old post and I had an orange, bold name. There was no refusing that!

If I had to be promoted to an Assistant Admin, then I'd probably like for it to happen over a giant staff group chat again. When it came to getting modded though, I really appreciated the PM ─ I still have it actually! Although, over the phone, now that would be pretty funny.
I saved my promotion PM too. XD

The old staff-only MSN chats were great and we should really do it again for the next one.

Ho-Oh

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Age 31
Female
QLD, Australia
Seen June 5th, 2022
Posted April 23rd, 2022
35,988 posts
17.5 Years
I never got a chance to accept! The way I got modded was in an MSN conversation with Erica and Audy which was related to some complicated thing to do with rules and modding but not actually being a mod and somehow I got the clue that I was then a mod and refreshed PC and yeaah.

While that was awesome, as a member years ago I always thought it would be nice to get a PM to formally accept or something, so since everyone else is answering in terms of being promoted to the next rank then yeah I'd probably want a PM lol.

Meganium

memento mori

she/her
Houston, TX
Seen February 1st, 2023
Posted February 1st, 2023
I was asked to be a mod by PM...honestly it was quite unexpecting, and it literally threw me off. xD I still have the promotion PM, though!

There would be a better reason to deny a mod position for me... IRL being a total pain. But that's not really happening right now. School is being light, and I'm usually alone most of the time in my condo, so here I am. xD

If I were to be promoted to Super-Mod highly doubt that in the future lol, I'd prefer by PM as well. I'd like to feel thrown off like the mod PM, and faint. Yeah. I literally fainted. xD Phone call? sure. I'll go for that as well. :P