I couldn't really get this off my mind whilst checking the forums, so I thought I'd give a little bit more input. I'm going to address each argument as I see it.
Yeah, but we don't NEED this. 15 people like it, but how many of those are the executives that will actually make that change? #NotReallyNeeded
Firstly, is this not slightly offensive to us "peasants"? Seeing as you're the one saying that some staff members would see themselves as more important than us?
I don't think you meant to, as from what I've seen you've been a very good moderator, but still I don't think you need to say that we aren't important enough. The only person who can make that decision is Chad, therefore we are just supporting opinions. Remember when 100 of the forumers all supported the AU server division? It happened.
You could argue that a fair few staff where involved in that, but at least one moderator has supported this, so we have some support from that area.
The fact that Forum Moderators aren't needed doesn't really convince me at all. Again, going back to our AU servers; they weren't needed. We could've just kept on lagging in US, but we didn't. Why?
Because higher members of staff could see that this would be hugely beneficial and they chose to input it.
It is my opinion that this could also be beneficial, which is why it should be implemented.
It's not needed, but it can't do any harm.
I apologise Saar, it's not that I dislike you or anything, I just disagree with your POV.
Another argument you made was that
In my opinion this is not useful, we just said were not hiring more mods till further notice, so I don't see the point of this >.<
They aren't hiring mods because we have enough, yes? I mean, anyone can look at the moderator list and see we have a great number.
Forum Moderators would be made for a different role, therefore current moderator numbers wouldn't really affect it. You're a moderator so I hope you understand what I mean when I say that it'd lighten your load. Is it not a good thing if you don't have to deal with forum topics any more, allowing you to focus on in game problems. It's not as if they'd restrict you in anyway, it'd just mean that you had a helping hand sometimes. As for not seeing the point of this, it was stated in the first post;
To clear up the forums.
To make current moderators jobs easier.
To me, in no way could this be a hindrance to you guys.
Although obviously, we disagree again.
In theory sure.. it could be helpful. But as it is right now, more mods, even if they are just forum mods, would mean more staff, more people in the crew, more people to take care of, and so on and so forth.
For all the "too-long-did-not-read" : No, it would cause more problems than solving.
How?! I mean, firstly, you wouldn't chose a Forum Moderator who was annoying, incompetent or anything like it.
More people to take care of, I know I'm not a staff member so I can't be sure, but I'd assume that you don't take care of each staff member. Not as in you don't care about them , but they'd be left to go about their own business and job;
Moderating.
It's not like you'd have to feed us and change our nappies
Also, numbers wise, I'd say ten forum mods would be sufficient. Compared to the current amount of mods, it's not actually a very large difference.
Staff members have to be attentive both in game and on the forums, otherwise there would be a rift between the two.
As for this, you can still be attentive. As we said before, they aren't trying to steal your job nor would they be trying to take anything away from you. They'd be there for one reason:
To help.
If Chad deemed having Forum Moderators a bad thing, he could revoke the decision. It wouldn't actually be to hard.
I'll be sure to update this when I have the time, but I've spent the past 20 minutes typing so I'll take a break.
One last thing I wanted to say was that don't you think it's fair to give it a chance?
What's wrong with that?
Another thing is that age wise (assuming it was a lower requirement) it gives us a fair shot.
So please, actually consider what I've said.
I'm sorry if I appear harsh or if I annoy anyone, I just have strong views.
