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HatofMadness, in the latter part of his name, gave me the idea for this topic. Now, you can take it seriously, or you can take it with humor. Up to you. I'm biased, so I won't give a start.

I can't imagine I'd change a whole lot, probably wouldn't post in color and change my sig to something simpler (I'd keep the Jawa though)

I would chain up all the other admins, seed the seeds of despair convince them not to run against me in the form of perma bans. i would make friends with trolls, I would make sure to be an unjust and easily corruptible leader. I would give rights to advertisers and ban the people who dare oppose of them. I would ban people just for fun. I would ban people for leaving me out of their fun . I would troll at every opportunity because I can get away with it I'm a admin (plus the other admins can't do anything I chained them up) I would change my sig so its 5 times bigger then the allowed limit. I would change everyones name to slave. I would allow Mehrunes Dagon to rampage around the forums.

So In other words I'd be the best admin ever

How would you attract members?

Cake

Isn't that a lie?

You guys have some interesting ideas, I'll say that. How would you handle balancing the forums and their responsibilities with your actual lives, I wonder?

So could be an admin?? I'd be the very best, I'm sure mehrunes Dagon would approve.

I would step down as Mod at once because I would be really bad at it

I've been a mod on 3 or 4 different boards, main ones were halo2boards and halo3boards, no, neither site is even active anymore so its not advertising.. But we had roughly 15-20 mods on halo 2 boards, extremely active back in 04-07, then halo 3 boards was active from 06-08 then that was it for them pretty much.. We of course made sure people didn't spam, use profanity in a horrible way(a little here and there is okay, just don't overdo it), make sure there are no dupe topics, ensure that banned/boxed members do not recreate a second account(ip ban), come up with ideas(for instance, promote board growth, tournaments with members, do stunts with members..), keep interesting things to talk about always and be an example for other board members who post..

I'd ban mars straight way for dissing my taste in music. Nah kidding! I mean it's not like I've done that before on other forums... that's just crazy. <.< >.> <.< >.>
I'd just do what I do on the other forums... mess around with the other mods/admins, but more seriously, I'd just do what the current mods do, and try to better these great Forums...

I would love to be one of those mods that make you feel really comfortable, that just acts like an equal, posts in forums for discussion, and makes sure everyone is following the rules of course.
I would love to be a mod on here, so I would also be flattered, excited, and more optimistic than usual after that!
I would also be on here more often. If that is even possible! o;

Heh, I've been a moderator twice, and here... I dunno, my moderation style wouldn't work here. Not bothering with board warning, but either giving verbal warnings or short bans as slap on the wrist of sorts. I guess maybe give a one hour ban for users senselessly spamming the General Discussion thread... If I actually cared about that rule. A thread for spam seems alright to me.

If I were a moderator...

Oh wow, what a horrible thought, nyk.

I hate modding forums, I was a mod on a forum once, quit after a month since it turned it into a place of work instead of fun. [For me]
I'm not very good at mixing the two. :\

So if I was a mod, I'd probably just ban everyone except the people I agree with... Yes.

Judge us by our names, do you. Hmm?

Obviously not, or a certain Dark Lord wouldn't be a moderator.

First of all, I'd say "What idiot decided to make me a moderator?"

I imagine I would be rather lenient and quite tolerant as far as moderation goes. My policy for most things is to keep things relaxed. What I'd want to avoid is what Knight Commander Meredith does in Dragon Age 2, re: mages..."The tighter she squeezed, the more they resisted. And the more they resisted, the tighter she squeezed."

Like Matt, I'd spend a lot of time in the RP section, cleaning up threads and generally trying to improve the health and state of the subforum. Same thing for Morrowind. Probably keep an eye on the Skyrim section, especially as the release date for Skyrim grows closer.

I'm sure I'd come to adopt a "PM first, then warn, and finally [temporarily] ban" sort of mantra. Being understanding with all manner of folks, especially the foreign and younger ones.

Having a role as a moderator is just that, a role. There's no need to suddenly act different and above all the folks you know or knew. You're not a dictator or even in a "boss" sort of role; your purpose is to guide, not to control. When folks start feeling the slightest bit repressed, you know you're doing something wrong, and have to change. In order to realize what you have to change, you must constantly ask for feedback, and actually act on that feedback rather than using it as a way to appease your fellow forumites.

Finally, I'd try to encourage mature discussion about debate topics, because members of this community have often shown their ability to politely and respectfully debate in such topics. If anything got too heated, of course it would be locked, but discussion would be welcomed rather than tentatively allowed.

I would create and start funding our space program.

You and I both, if that forum goes any farther south everyone in it will have to start speaking Spanish. The obvious problem with the forum is that it will always end in arguing, there is no way to conclusively solve any arguments in that forum about the game because we don't have the game. Everything in that forum goes in circles because of this.