Updated Mod Eligibility Rules

[ReaperCharlie]

What are Special Games?

[ReaperCharlie]

Just for newbie games, or for ALL games, Hoopla?

Also, is there any likelihood of increasing the amount of Large Themes run by one mod to TWO as opposed to one, especially if he or she has multiple equally-qualified backup mods and/or is not backup modding for someone else's Large Theme? I think for mods who have already run X number of games, this should be an option.

[ReaperCharlie]

Games with private subforums like those in the California Trilogy would count as Special as well then...

Yes; there have been a handful of these, but it's been a while.

Games like this should become more common. This is actually one of the things I'd need for Metropolis: Revelation.

I talk more about it here in this post, under the "a completely different and new Metropolis game" section.

[ReaperCharlie]

I disagree with the 6-months thing. I would like people to have attained IC status first.

I also think that off-site experience should weigh MUCH more heavily.

For instance if I had 36 mafia games played at another site (whether extremely similar to this site meta or not), and I came here and was only allowed to play newbies or mini normals, I would be a sad panda.

mith, that is my personal plea. Make it easier for people from other sites to integrate here. Don't keep them at retard-level with the rest of the people who have never played forum mafia before.

[ReaperCharlie]

Yes Empking. The rules were (and still are, according to the OP) that any and all offsite experience only counts for one game of experience here.

See the last point.

ReaperCharlie, this thread is about modding, not playing.

Zachrulez's

join date

experience is pretty much identical to mine.

I understand that, but I'm talking about modding as well. I think it's a related point, all things considered.

For modding you should be more stringent on who's gonna be popping their head in from another site and running games, but I think a significant number of games played OR MODDED on a different forum should count towards more than just one.

[ReaperCharlie]

Alright mith. When you put it that way I can see where you're coming from more.

Also:

is there any likelihood of increasing the amount of Large Themes run by one mod to TWO as opposed to one, especially if he or she has multiple equally-qualified backup mods and/or is not backup modding for someone else's Large Theme? I think for mods who have already run X number of games, this should be an option.

Sincerely,
-Reaper

[ReaperCharlie]

to the point where it must take at least 5-10 games to get accustomed and have any basic understanding of our game.

For the record, I was acclimatized after about 1/3 to 1/2 of Star Wars Mafia, my first game on-site.

[ReaperCharlie]

to the point where it must take at least 5-10 games to get accustomed and have any basic understanding of our game.

For the record, I was acclimatized after about 1/3 to 1/2 of Star Wars Mafia, my first game on-site.

I don't know about that.

Well, I do.

I was certainly "accustomed to" and had "basic understanding of the game."

Do you disagree?

[ReaperCharlie]

Actually thinking about it, maybe it would be better to require mods to mod an open before they can mod a mini normal.

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...to be eloquent about it.

I c wut u did ther ^

[ReaperCharlie]

As many of you know, I've recently introduced my wife to this site. She played a couple of newbies and graduated to the other queues. Now we are playing under a hydra and she's said that it's been better for teaching her the game than the newbies were. This sparked a conversation about learning to mod and how she would much prefer to learn by co-modding. Which inspired another hair-brained idea...

If we had a set of minimum qualifications for "teaching mods" then people who qualified would be able to recruit apprentice co-mods. Doing so would create an alternate route to gaining mod experience that would take some pressure off of the normal/open queues. Since forming the teacher-apprentice relationship would be voluntary, implementing this would provide a reward for prospective mods that have spent time building relationships with people on the site, and it would allow our best moderators to directly guide the development of site meta.

Just a thought.

This is a great idea. I actually tried it before: http://mafiascum.net/forum/viewtopic.ph ... 8#p2740708

I would also like to extend an invitation to a relative newcomer to modding, who wants to help mod or co-mod an epic game this summer.

Responsibilities and requirements will include:
- Mass character paring
- Setup design and review
- Extensive flavor-writing
- A metric-crapton of patience
- Enthusiasm, and
- Lots of dedication

No résumé is necessary.

In fact, none (or nearly none) is preferred. I am doing this because I want to help out an up-and-comer, not pad the resume of a stalwart.

If this sounds like something that's interesting to you, please drop me a PM. If it might fit somebody you know, please drop them a PM linking to this post.

The apprentice won't get mod credit for this venture, but Kinetic approves of this idea.

It didn't work out so well, both of the aspiring mods flaked in the setup design stage. One is now currently running a game I'm in (apparently he flaked because a tornado took out his internet for weeks). The other is living out the rest of his useless mafiascum existence as before. As for the game, it was Harry Potter, and I brought Andrius on board instead of both of them. The game is still being worked on.


I wanted to give them a chance at greatness (for surely, this game will be epic). But it was not to be.
(to be honest, It'd probably work

a lot

better with less complicated games, though)


Still, it's a great idea and I'm glad more people are trying it!

[ReaperCharlie]

I'm still kinda' pissed that RC dragged me into there, since I was originally going to play the game, not mod it.

Yeah but you owe me. We have been needing to mod a game together for the past... what... year? It's TIME FOR BAKEAGE.

But yeah. The Master Hand was fun and taught me to always check QT links to avoid Red-Goon getting the Blue-Mafia QT.

Oh gosh. Seriously?

Always check all links. Alllllll links.

Plum/Andy was definitely the better experience though. (I mean, its Plum. Come on. )

Buddying noted.

[ReaperCharlie]

You owe me modding a game w/me.

[ReaperCharlie]

I'm not bitter. I just wanted things to get done, which they are now, thanks to Andy and me. And we decided 40-players was unnecessarily large for our aims (however lofty they may be). Looks like the game will be 30-35 players now. And no, we're not using your ideas. If we were, I'd give you credit, duh.

Anyway, this isn't the place. If you want to PM me, feel free.

[ReaperCharlie]

ITT we post under alts?