Since there seems to be some discrepancies with my recent announcement, allow me to retort. Never let it be said that I'm not a fair guy, nor that I don't eat my fair share of the buffet. [Sorry about that lame-ass joke, but I'm starving
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I personally don't see why we need to get approved by Twy or Master Bruce at all. I understand Drakon, but not the others. No offense, but those guys aren't mods here. They are mods in the games, but as long as their names aren't red, they should have no official power over anything but the games they are in. I also don't understand the "no new games rule without approval" thing. They did make a RPG forum...what do they expect to happen?
Eddie Brock said:
I'm sorry. I know that they're the "veterans", but it doesn't make sense. When you want to trade a player, you don't ask the other veteran players if it's ok. It's cool that they should have some say, but I hardly think they should get this much power unless they've got a red name, like Charlie said.
Yes, they are not reds, but I've personally appointed them. With that being the case, it doesn't matter what colour their names are. I do understand the feeling towards the Approval act, because it took me a while to come to decide to make that, too, so let me explain. The whole reason that this forum was even made again [remember that we had an RPG forum until about a year and a half ago] was because I [and I think Elijya] was getting several PMs from people complaining. Comicers were fussing because they had to sort through all the RPG threads to read for a thread they wanted [Bought/Thought comes to mind, even though that's generally on the first page, anyway], and the RPGers were tired of sorting through the comic threads to find their stuff [like the OOC threads and such]. So, by removing the peanut butter from the chocolate, everyone was supposed to be happier. The original reason the approval came up was back when this forum was first made, to keep the clutter down, since we were still worried about keeping everything organized and what not, since we had to adjust everything and sort out the new move.
The reason I appointed Bruce and Twy is because they are the ones who are running this, not me. Right now, just online, I'm --
- Primary Technical Administrator of Superhero Hype
- Primary Technical Administrator of ComingSoon.net
- Primary Technical Administrator of ShockTillYouDrop.com
- Administrator of Gamers Rejects
- Owner/Administrator of DickDynamite.com
- Active members of all five of those, plus a few more forums.
And then I have offline life to deal with. I don't have the time, nor the honest desire to add more to my plate. I'm the RPG mod, in the effect that if my two underlings [I like that term
] need me to merge a thread, or edit a title, I'll do so. However, running this thing is all them. In that effect, I'm just the janitor.
In my understanding, part of what was planned in the RPG forum is that Drak would serve as Mod of the forum, but there'll be a "council of elders" of sorts that'll be a liaison with him (since he's an Admin and has other responsibilities), so it works out on both sides. We become self-governing and Drak doesn't have to worry too much about us.
As for it being twy and MB specifically, Drak picked them on his own accord. And truthfully, seeing as twy's done more than anyone else for these games as a whole, I think she should be the go-to girl here. (I dunno why MB was chosen, I'm thinking affirmative action.)
Ferret's got it right on the nose. I made that long, dragged out post for nothing.
Very well said, Ferret.
That isn't fair. This may sound weird, but mods are a step up from a normal poster and keep order on the forums. MB and Twy aren't mods. They shouldn't decide what RPG's get made. I also don't think it is a good idea to limit or filter what RPG's are made. Sure, some of them will be crap, but then let the posters decide if they want to take part in that RPG and keep it alive. The mods don't have that policy on other forums. They don't go "before making a thread in community, check it over with me so I can make sure it is good." I don't see how it has to be any different here.
I have had....seven RPGS poised to me in the short time the new board has been up. Of the seven, ONE of them has went to Bruce and Twy. The specifics behind why you have to go to them is very simple. I'm not playing any of these, so I have no idea who is what, and how things are going to be done. For all I know, the idea you're running is also one that is running right now as we speak. Since they know infinitely more about what's already established than I do, it only makes sense to get an informed opinion on it.
Why aren't they offically made mods? Well, the short answer to that is that this whole section isn't official, SHH-Sanctioned. It's fan-sanctioned, and therefore fan-modded. Of course, I'm still here for the stuff I said above, but it's not my party, and it's not Mirko's. There's more to it, too, but nothing I am at liberty to say, even in private.
The RPG forum was created to take away clutter from the comic boards, which were being overrun by games. To clutter up the RPG boards with all kinds of RPGs that either don't have a stable basis or otherwise not up to par doesn't make much sense either, so I can understand this rule.
Another good point, that I dwelled upon above.
