So much for that promise I guess.
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Maybe, as part of their newfound commitments to the community, the mods should confine themselves to playing in 1:1 with the developers. Why take their word that they won't exploit opportunities to use their positions for personal gain when they could drastically reduce perceived pressures put on them in the course of play (they could still be pressured by friends and ex-kd mates but it's a start). It would be kind of silly to put them into this sort of position while playing and not expect them to find ways to use it advantageously.
https://i.imgur.com/rdsWw2P.png
Maybe I'm just not a very good cheater, but I see literally no way of gaining an advantage in the game by having the ability to ban people on the Utopia Talk forum, especially when the other mods have the ability to undo shady decisions.
Personally I don't see too much in-game opportunity to be had from moderating a forum. We have already agreed to recuse ourselves from moderating any threads relating to our kds as part of our appointment to the role.
So you are missing two points from your triad:
- There is no perceived opportunity relating to advancing our kd or personal goals in-game, as moderation activities in these forums neither directly nor indirectly affect in-game events in a positive way,
- There is no perceived pressure to exercise our power in an unethical manner resulting from our playing the game beyond threads relating to our respective kingdoms which we have already agreed to recuse ourselves from.
Believe me, there are ways. With utimes/alliancerankings gone and irc dying, the forum is the exclusive means of broadcasting information. Even small measures of control over it are useful. Look to Fox News and CNN for inspiration!
There's 2 things wrong with that
1. It's not true
2. There are other mods that can urban you if you are wrongfully banned
For most of my time as a mod we've had 2 moderators.
If I banned you it's because you really messed up and Bishop probably would have banned you long before that.
I'm pretty sure I've only been asked a handful of times to look into Bishop's bans. I only recall 2 that actually warranted discussion (silltalk and a long Ezzerland ban).
Do you really think I'd go out of my way to cover for Proteus? Lol
I use the blue forum theme, am I a moderator too?