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Started by Prozak May 2, 2004 at 9:48 PM 19 replies 650+ views

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May 2, 2004 at 9:48 PM

Hi, I''m a daily visitor of GameDev for the last 4 years, and proud to be a contributor and a receiver of its knowledge base. I''ve got contacts inside several game companies, and mod-community experience too, besides being a full time coder, developing my own 3D engine, and trying to patent AI technology, and develop robotic aplications in University. I also own a website that is game-programmer, and games-oriented, serving as host to several game programming projects by people from around the world: http://www.positronicdreams.com In short: I would like to take a more active role in GameDev

So, i''m puting my free time (currently unemployed) out there for the use of the community...

[Hugo Ferreira][Positronic Dreams][Colibri 3D Engine][Entropy HL2 MOD][My DevDiary]
[Yann L.][Enginuity] [Penny Arcade] [MSDN][VS RoadMap][Humus][BSPs][UGP][NeHe]
"our stupidity allways comes back to bite us in the ass... in a white-shark sort of way..." - Prozak

Promit

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Promit

May 2, 2004 at 9:50 PM

In general, asking to be a mod is the number 1 way not to get it.

What normally happens is you'll get a surprise letter one day, after thousands of posts helping out clueless people with detailed answers, informing you of a promotion. You'll come to the forums, realise how much of a bitch moderation really is, and over time become bitter and stubborn (like Oluseyi

).

(Occasionally, really, really helpful people get nominated by the community and with a little staff notice and an opening or two, a promotion happens. Such was the case with Lord SiCrane.)

[edited by - Promit on May 2, 2004 10:51:43 PM]

Prozak

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Prozak

May 2, 2004 at 9:53 PM

hmmm... well, i own $100 of dollars on game programming books, some of them written by some people here, but the really tough hard-to-debug or hard-to-find stuff i solved here.

Time to help back as much as i can, to the next "generation" of people starting out in this field, by helping out here whenever i can/know, and writing programming tutorials on my website...

Baloogan

May 2, 2004 at 9:56 PM

time to stick a bannar on your ass captioned with: dont make me a moderator

Promit

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Promit

May 2, 2004 at 9:58 PM

quote:
Original post by Prozak
Time to help back as much as i can, to the next "generation" of people starting out in this field, by helping out here whenever i can/know, and writing programming tutorials on my website...

You can do that without a moderatorship. The only thing that being a moderator is good for is the massive power trip

23yrold3yrold

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23yrold3yrold

May 2, 2004 at 10:40 PM

quote:
Original post by Promit
What normally happens is you''ll get a surprise letter one day, after thousands of posts helping out clueless people with detailed answers, informing you of a promotion.

I got a surprise letter, but I haven''t helped a soul here.

Time for a new theory!

Jesus saves ... the rest of you take damage.
"A page of history is worth a volume of logic." -- Oliver Wendell Holmes

Xtremehobo

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Xtremehobo

May 2, 2004 at 10:44 PM

quote:
Original post by 23yrold3yrold
quote:
Original post by Promit
What normally happens is you''ll get a surprise letter one day, after thousands of posts helping out clueless people with detailed answers, informing you of a promotion.

I got a surprise letter, but I haven''t helped a soul here. Time for a new theory!

Jesus saves ... the rest of you take damage.
"A page of history is worth a volume of logic." -- Oliver Wendell Holmes

then why ARE you a mod?

0_o

23yrold3yrold

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23yrold3yrold

May 2, 2004 at 10:48 PM

That''s what I said!

Jesus saves ... the rest of you take damage.
"A page of history is worth a volume of logic." -- Oliver Wendell Holmes

DukeAtreides076

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DukeAtreides076

May 2, 2004 at 10:51 PM

They needed a good Nazi to crack down on us peons of the lounge.

_the_phantom_

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_the_phantom_

May 2, 2004 at 10:51 PM

he phoned up dave and pretended to be god and yelled in a booming voice down the phone ''give 23yrold3yrold mod-ship or i will smite thee!''

Senses777

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Senses777

May 2, 2004 at 10:52 PM

I''d say it''s because you''re helpfull, reasonable, and have good discernment on many of the issues that are involved in moderation. It just showed long enough for them to take notice.

"I''m falling in and out of touch, could someone please explain?."
Clouded Skies

Myopic Rhino

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Myopic Rhino

May 2, 2004 at 11:24 PM

quote:
Original post by Senses777
I''d say it''s because you''re helpfull, reasonable, and have good discernment on many of the issues that are involved in moderation. It just showed long enough for them to take notice.

Yep.

And Hugo, I got both emails you sent, but as Promit said, asking to become a mod is a pretty sure way to ensure that it never happens

But he''s also right about being able to do all the things you said without being a moderator. We definitely appreciate everyone who strives to be a constructive member of the community, and I wish we had a way to recognize them all.

Btw, I''m kidding about the request disqualifying you. I''ll keep you in mind when we''re looking for moderators in the future, but I have quite a long list of moderator candidates at the moment.

Prozak

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Prozak

May 2, 2004 at 11:28 PM

oh ok!

Well then, I''ll get back to working to deserve the title

BTW: You may want to get an automated reply email thingie, cause I didnt know if either of my email actually where received, but thanks for the heads up

Code_Dark

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Code_Dark

May 3, 2004 at 12:42 AM

quote:
Original post by Baloogan
time to stick a bannar on your ass captioned with: dont make me a moderator

Has anyone ever told you that we all hate you?

- CD

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Salsa

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Salsa

May 3, 2004 at 12:44 AM

quote:
Original post by 23yrold3yrold
That''s what I said!

I got a man on the inside. And remember, you''re still in my debt.

shortcurves.com | /josh

tad pole

May 3, 2004 at 12:59 AM

If I were a mod I would create a sticky and once a week post a random name and ban their ass as a scare tactic to keep everyone in line.

Oh and if I caught any of the recently deceased masquerading around in a new screen name this would happen to them.

[edited by - tad pole on May 3, 2004 2:01:15 AM]

Myopic Rhino

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Myopic Rhino

May 3, 2004 at 1:17 AM

quote:
Original post by tad pole
If I were a mod I would create a sticky and once a week

Too bad mods can''t do that.

neurokaotix

May 3, 2004 at 1:40 AM

Well, Dave and Michael have both asked me if I want to be a mod, but I have had to decline because my busy schedule will not allow it.

MindEngine Development
http://medev.sourceforge.net

tad pole

May 3, 2004 at 1:48 AM

I would get shitcanned the first week on the job. Lawness would reign over the forums becuase I would be too lazy to police the place.

Michalson

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Michalson

May 3, 2004 at 8:16 AM

quote:
Original post by Myopic Rhino
quote:
Original post by tad pole
If I were a mod I would create a sticky and once a week
Too bad mods can''t do that.

They can''t ??!? When did that rule come into affect? Oh wait, you''re just refering to the sticky part. Yes, moderators cannot create sticky threads on their own.

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