HMD | April 2012

[these_balls]

EVALUATE MY BATTLING!

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Comments

Re: DA

[usedwaterpulse]

It doesn't seem shady to me either. It makes sense. I've never been a mod on any LJ or DW games, but I've got a little bit of experience with it offsite and I've seen a lot of this kind of thing at my job. It's also a benefit to the mods that were picked to be allowed to adjust to their new responsibilities instead of just being thrown to the sharks/a trial by fire.

From a strictly-player standpoint I would rather know that a moderator is comfortable in their role before they officially step up.

For a real-life example: In a retail setting you wouldn't promote an associate to the assistant manager position without acclimating them to their future managerial duties, and in retail it's pretty common not to find out whose been promoted until the training is done and the promotion is official. This being a game doesn't mean quality is any less important, and the mods being hired in from the playerbase doesn't mean they'll automatically know all the in's and out's of moderating. I'd rather they take their time and get comfortable so I don't feel like I'm pressuring them or bombarding them when they're announced. You know?