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At 9/14/09 01:54 PM, BonusStage wrote: get raped

Why would you pick one of the ugliest levels?

I will never be modded, since the team already has STEM who is essentially a better-looking version of myself, so my spot has already been taken.

Unless, of course, something unfortunate should happen to STEM

something unfortunate indeeeeeeed

At 9/14/09 02:01 PM, Calintz wrote:

At 9/14/09 01:54 PM, BonusStage wrote: get raped

Why would you pick one of the ugliest levels?

LOOK AT WHO I QUOTED THERE SPEED RACER

SLOW DOWN MAN YOU'RE MIND IS RACING TOO QUICKLY

At 9/14/09 02:05 PM, BonusStage wrote:

At 9/14/09 02:01 PM, Calintz wrote:

At 9/14/09 01:54 PM, BonusStage wrote: get raped

Why would you pick one of the ugliest levels?

LOOK AT WHO I QUOTED THERE SPEED RACER

SLOW DOWN MAN YOU'RE MIND IS RACING TOO QUICKLY

BECAUSE UPPERCASE MAKES US COOL!

At 9/14/09 01:26 PM, Luis wrote: Im a bit out of touch with most of the mods but i think many of the mods who are modded are still the same as they were prior to that, and they were modded by wade or whomever with the full awareness of what kind of users they are/were and the kind of personality they have to offer to the site. I think it makes for an interesting chemistry overall, not only amongst the mod team itself but in the bbs. Its not some automated system, its a part of the site's main vision of being one that is governed by its own userbase (however 'corrupt' it might seem). You have different personality of mods and shit, and you have a different personality of users on the portal, etc. That kind of 'organic' ruling is kind of cool IMO.

It's an interesting vision to have Newgrounds governed by its own database, including users from all over the world, which in a sense, gives Newgrounds such a great name. It's a bit risky to have it the way it is, but leaving it up to moderators to give leniency, or keep newer users is a great alternative to an automated system.

As far my own situation goes, I think I changed when i became a mod. Mainly because I was modded out of accident or knee jerk reaction by Tom or something or other... i remember i had like 800 posts or something and Wade msged me on aim and was like 'nobody told me you were modded :P' and as a result i felt like i did owe it to the site to make a greater stride to be with the community. Most of my threads were just drawing threads, or something dealing with just my shit. Very out of touch. SO as a result of being a mod i felt a greater sense of responsibility to 'hang out' with this mysterious general forum community that everyone hates so much. Which was a good thing, if you told me years ago that id be poking around general forum and even end up making friends with people here I would have thought you were crazy. For the longest time i used to think that all the users ever did here in this forum is talk about the warts on their dick or nothing of actual substance. While thats partly true, theres some good people in here.

It's amazing, that you took it all in stride, and went the extra step to show that you belonged on the moderation page, and that you've come a long way from your drawing threads (and your creative photoshooping ones too) to contributing to the general forum, like you are now. I haven't seen that many posts from you out on the forums, but I do remember a couple times where it was great to have you, like the 9000 post about overused-memes.

Johnny Utah already drew me a gif.

At 9/13/09 09:28 PM, FatJoe214 wrote: The mods seem to forget they were one of us, now they think they're all big and mighty because they moderate an internet forum. If the biggest acheivement you'ce gotten was being modded you need a life.

This right here.

At 9/14/09 01:26 PM, Luis wrote:
As far my own situation goes, I think I changed when i became a mod. Mainly because I was modded out of accident or knee jerk reaction by Tom or something or other...

To be a deliberate douche I'll tell you and people why you were modded. It was because not one of the mods at the time gave a flying fuck about the flash forum. That and the fact that you asked Wade if you could do it. I remember seeing the e-mail at the time and it was put to a vote in the mod forum and in chat. I was all hell naw, that dude is a total asshelmet. Glad you proved me complete and utterly wrong.

So kids, it's true, if you ask to be a mod you can get it! Get sending those e-mails.

At 9/13/09 09:27 PM, EverybodyLovesPoozy wrote: What are you? Obsessed with mods?

Subtle. Nice one.

E-powertrip?

I don't understand why people want to be a mod so bad anyway. All you get to do is delete shit posts, ban shit users, and post shit blogs/lock messages.

At 9/14/09 09:51 PM, Blackfang wrote:

At 9/13/09 09:28 PM, FatJoe214 wrote: The mods seem to forget they were one of us, now they think they're all big and mighty because they moderate an internet forum. If the biggest acheivement you'ce gotten was being modded you need a life.

This right here.

Your signature picture is pure awesome.
Off topic, but who cares...

I agree, I just hate the look of the damn Gold Aura's. If for some reason pigs flew, and I became a moderator. I would specifically ask for my aura NOT to be changed.

If I became a mod I'd ban you all.

Yeah, truth hurts doesn't it?

catchy one liner to end the thread

At 9/14/09 09:54 PM, Slightly-Crazy-Dude wrote: So kids, it's true, if you ask to be a mod you can get it! Get sending those e-mails.

The circumstances of becoming a mod are always a little more shady and strange when Wade is directly involved

At 9/15/09 02:23 AM, Canas wrote:

At 9/14/09 09:54 PM, Slightly-Crazy-Dude wrote: So kids, it's true, if you ask to be a mod you can get it! Get sending those e-mails.

The circumstances of becoming a mod are always a little more shady and strange when Wade is directly involved

Impressing Wade, at least I believe, is not simple.

That was epic.

At 9/15/09 02:23 AM, Canas wrote: The circumstances of becoming a mod are always a little more shady and strange when Wade is directly involved

Well, he was directly involved in modding me. He PMed me saying "How would you like to be a Review Mod?" I replied saying "Let me think about it." About six seconds later, I'd sent a further reply saying "Sure, why the hell not?"

I think most of what there is to talk about has been covered by several people here already, but as usual I feel like getting my yammering and yamping out of the way ;)

I don't really know any instances of mods going all-out and ditching the friends they had made before receiving the golden aura. Actually, two or three mods have contacted me directly before just to chat about random things. The only time BBS politics has ever come up during a conversation with a mod is when I'm asking a quick question. As always, the defining characteristic of the community here is that we're all familiar with one another most of the time. The size of the place and the general atmosphere allow for that to work, and yeah, you'll have places like Stickam and PalTalk where mods drop in for a bit of banter all the time. Like you said first though, this also leads to the things we think we see: "worship", etc.

I've joked before with different people that there are two different regular responses to someone becoming a mod. The first one goes something along the lines of:

"Awesome, way to go! I always knew you'd be a mod, and I'm always available. I'll look forward to be banned by you in the future, haha! If you want to talk sometime, I'm still on MSN, and I'm not busy, I'll just be on the BBS, doing nothing."

, while the second one is something like...

"Oh wtf? Who the hell is "politicsforumiscool"? I've never heard of this user. Gee, I wish it wasn't all about sucking off Wade et al. I'm going to post more of my anger on my userpage."

I obviously don't mean that for real, because honestly, the community is better than that. My point was, while in the middle of the uppity humour, that there's a close thing about the whole business. As exagerated as the first response is, it's probably genuinely happy for the new mod.

I remember someone quoting "a certain moderator" once, a few years ago now, saying that deep down most if not all regular users would like to be mods, even if they deny it. It seems obvious (and the original quote was better: due to memory, I've been forced to paraphrase it), but the point stands in more than one way. Sure, a lot of people will just want the unwritten benefits, but for others it would be a first time place of responsibility. Seeing as the user base is pretty young on average, that might seem like a bad thing, but it's really not always. It's how I look at it anyway, hmm.

And of course, I'm now Captain Obvious because that might play something in the election selection. I'll shut up now.

soemtiems wen i acidently spam teh froums, i ban myslef for a day or moar... ^______________^

At 9/14/09 09:50 PM, aSquared94 wrote: Johnny Utah already drew me a gif.

Yes, and I'm Santa.

At 9/13/09 09:32 PM, FUNKbrs wrote: What pisses me off is I can't make normal hate filled posts without people going "MOD SPAM! GOSH!!!"

Oh yes you can. And when you see "MOD SPAM! GOSH!!!", whip out the banhammer and apply directly to the forehead.

Not your forehead, of course. The hammer might melt away from being irradiated by hate, madness and thoughts of new and interesting origami patterns.

At 9/15/09 10:09 AM, Rucklo wrote: soemtiems wen i acidently spam teh froums, i ban myslef for a day or moar... ^______________^

Pics or it didn't happen

It's just standard procedure, Ruck. Nothing personal.

I feel like users who become mods tend to loathe NG and its community once the transition has occurred, which is understandable. For some reason, users expect more from a user when he or she becomes a mod - they are supposed to be some shining example of a non-spammy, by-the-book regular user, which is unfair because they come here to have fun just like everyone else (and, to be honest, you have to bend the rules to have fun sometimes).

So every time a mod jokes around by creating a spammy thread or two-word post, everyone jumps down their throats for not acting "like a good mod," - when in fact the same behavior is practiced by countless other regular users and no one says anything.

I understand that mods need to be visible on the site, primarily to allow for easy access for users who have a question/complaint/rant, but I feel like they would actually start to enjoy the site again if there was no aura or visible list that identified them as 'mods'. Then they could just be a normal user, horsing around from time-to-time, and still help the site out behind the scenes without burdening the added weight of being a "responsible poster".

At 9/15/09 11:24 AM, Timmy wrote: I feel like users who become mods tend to loathe NG and its community once the transition has occurred, which is understandable. For some reason, users expect more from a user when he or she becomes a mod - they are supposed to be some shining example of a non-spammy, by-the-book regular user, which is unfair because they come here to have fun just like everyone else (and, to be honest, you have to bend the rules to have fun sometimes).

So every time a mod jokes around by creating a spammy thread or two-word post, everyone jumps down their throats for not acting "like a good mod," - when in fact the same behavior is practiced by countless other regular users and no one says anything.

One of the ways I see it is like a class in school. You have that teacher who's usually pretty easy-going, and although he's been angry over some things in the past, you get the feeling that the kids deserved it after they talked back to him. He has a sense of humour, and is sometimes willing to break protocol to make the jokes work. He has his favourite students, but it's not really about sucking up to him, but rather because they pack up slowly to chat with him about last night's episode of QI at the end of the lesson.

Then comes the day when he loses it, orders everyone to be completely silent in a rage, and sends a number of people to isolation for the week. It wasn't one big thing that set him off, but lots of little things from a few different people. Everyone keeps their eyes on their books, pissed off because from their point of view, they didn't do anything wrong. The emotional kid starts weeping, at which point the teacher rolls his eyes and sends him outside.

I think that fits in with what you say, and with what some of the mods have said here. It's something I can agree with. It's not fair a lot of the time. I guess the only people that can fix that are ourselves.

Of course, this metaphor doesn't work to the janitor one from earlier. I guess a janitor can come in at the end as the last student packs away, makes a joke about the student's father's penis, and then proceeds throws him out of the window into a skip.

Why isn't Timmy a mod?

>:(

Becoming a mod is simply confirming and accepting perpetual virginity.

Popular threads are boring nowadays.

Wait, what is this thread about again?

At 9/13/09 09:25 PM, InnerChild548 wrote:

At 9/13/09 09:24 PM, SupraAddict wrote: a simple .jpg

It's actually a .gif...

lol