support for~ maturity and all things alike that, very knowledgable & all of the above I would suggest helping out more on the forums but that's about it
Your craters (you had way more than 1) is still safely tucked away in the server files I am just testing out a new world. This is completely off topic though...
Im going to explain this point I made a bit more. I think you afk a little too much. Its not just you afk for 10 minutes at a time, you afk for hours at a time because you constantly are at some auto farm or farming with some contraption you build. Now if you are the only mod on at a particular time you will have 1 hours worth of people trying to communicate to you. People will see you online and need you. The general rule for mods is if you are going to spend more than 15 minutes away from your computer, you log out. And that is something you need to consider because once you become mod you will be expected to either moderate or log out if you cannot. The teamspeak thing is a big one. Mods who use team speak literally do not effectively moderate in game. I have never seen one mod who could chat on ts and mod effectively. Not even me. So again, beware. For the past number of days I have not seen too much of a contribution from you so you need to work at it or im reconsidering my support, sorry.
No worries and thanks for the honest feedback. After 399 days, 8 hours, 24 minutes and 27 seconds of failure to become a moderator, you kind of lose hope. I didn't matter the amount of work I put in. It didn't matter that amount of time I spent trying to be mod worthy. The countless hours spent helping people, being late to work because I was finishing up helping someone, staying up until 1 in the morning on a work night, none of it. Because here I am, over a year later, still a never a moderator. Now you might say, maybe I didn't try hard enough? I stood up my own server, installed all the same plugins that Skyblock used, installed a SQL server, and practiced all of the commands that Skyblock used. I wanted to be proficient in the commands so I was a better candidate to be chosen. I even contacted Noobcrew and Cypriotmerks (or at least attempted too since they never responded) letting them know that I really wanted to be a part of the team and was asking them what they were looking for. I never heard back from them. Lastly, I wrote a computer program to help me with what I assumed would be common commands/things I would have to deal with (you type in the player name and you have tons of clickable options [e.g. /msg /ban /tempban /mute /kick]). That doesn't include the countless hours and endless energy I spent helping people. Sure some people might say, you just helped people, no big deal. Well what you aren't taking into consideration the amount of time I spent helping people over 399 days instead of just playing minecraft or doing other things. I can't even begin to calculate the amount of time and energy I spent helping people on Skyblock (and hellblock at one point before it was merger with another server). Usually the issues could be resolved by me or an online moderator but when it couldn't I will explain to the person how to make a forum and report it. Or if the situation could be handled be me I made the report myself. I would say that half of my forums that were created by me are reports that needed a moderator (rough math). All in all, I still want to be a moderator despite all of this. I enjoy helping people so much that I don't mind the fact that it makes my life more miserable. I don't care if it consumes all of my time. I don't care if I don't get paid and I accepted the security risk that comes from being a public moderator. I enjoy helping people too much for these to stop me. The only thing lately that has been really disheartening is the number of attempts to help someone without permissions to do anything. I ended saying, sorry I can't help you /msg an online mod. I know that I am over qualified for the position. I mean I have a information computer systems degree and over 10 years of computer experience. My understanding of computers, minecraft, and moderating puts me well ahead of the other candidates. However, I realized that being the right person for the job doesn't get you the position. It is all about popularity and knowing someone that has connections/having connections (I even know which people I could have befriended and greatly increased my chances of becoming a mod, but I felt that was unfair). So I accepted this fact a long time ago and only worked harder to be mod. I wanted to prove to the community that you can be accepted for being a good candidate and for that alone. I never wanted to rant about the lack of equality and treatment for selection to moderator because of reprisal and because I didn't want to affect my ability to become moderator (whether it boosted my chances of becoming one or lessened my chances). I wanted to be selected for a trail mod by application alone (the way that everyone tells you is the way you can apply to be mod). So writing this makes me wonder if I even want to keep the application. I could keep going on, but my train of thought keeps getting interrupted by people so I get off track and forget what I was writing. The reason I quoted you is to explain this. Yes I am AFK a lot. I have been so burnt out of miserably attempting to help people and usually referring them to a mod or the forums that I decided to take a break. In addition, it is so depressing to not even be able to help in the slightest bit when I know exactly what combination of characters to press, in what order, and when to execute them. I mean its usually such a simple command that makes the server so much better but I just watch helplessly not able to do a thing. So instead I am AFK auto farming and buying and selling. It keeps me busy while still giving me the opportunity to help. I understand that the moment I get moderator my normal AFK behavior will have to discontinue otherwise it will discredit me as a person and ultimately make the server worse. That is also why I increased my AFK moments lately because I had a small feeling of hope that a new moderator would be selected in the near future and I wished to get it out of the way. So logging off after 15 minutes of AFK is something I had no problem doing. Just as a player there is no obligation for this so I saw no point. Teamspeak is no longer an issue for me. Due to my timezone there is usually no one that is on (or awake) so I have no distractions. So I don't really use Teamspeak anymore Also, I am sorry that you are reconsidering your support, but at the same time I understand completely. It is unfortunate that I wasn't considered when I was super active and super helpful trying my hardest to become mod because at this point I lost interest in doing stuff that doesn't seem to be impactful towards a moderator application. I sought clarification from Cyp/Crew asking what they are looking for, but like I stated early I didn't get a response. So since no one states you need to be acting like you are a mod to get a mod position, I stopped doing this. I mean I didn't stop this, but compared to how actively helpful I was before I have significantly decreased my interaction with the community and instead I just focus on the people that cry out for help in game. I doubt that all of these words begins to explain all that happened and why things are happening the way they are, but I hope it gives you better understanding Krissy. You were always an inspiration and I wish I could be something close to the level of moderator you are. I have never seen anyone selflessly dedicate the amount of time/money/energy to this server than any other person. So the fact that you took the time to let me know about my current status means a lot to me. Your friend Wilson
And someone else got the position (congrats though) As a side note, I feel like my long message gives me a disadvantage somehow. I feel like deleting it
I wish to officially discontinue applying for moderator. It has been a long 406 days and I wish to end the constant misery of wishing I was selected and seeing other people selected instead. So, please lock this thread, archive it, or whatever it is that you do for mod apps that are no longer applicable. Thanks for your time
Thread Locked on request. If you disagree to this action, please report this post, and a moderator or administrator will reconsider it. Kind regards, The Staff
