Ceroria
Mockingjay
- Joined
- Aug 20, 2012
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Being a moderator here is quite the experience, let me tell you. When I first got mod, I didn't know how long I'd stay. I was in one of the best US clans at the time, and everything was going great. I figured I'd probably be mod for a few months, then resign and go back to being more active in Trivium and possibly get elite or captain later on. Eventually, things went way South with Trivium and I ended up fading away from my rather short appearance in the competitive clan scene.
At this point I was very busy with marching band season, and didn't have time to do much but tryhard the forums. My first five months as a mod breezed by, and to be perfectly honest by looking back, I had no clue what I was doing. Around Winter Break was when everything hit me. I feel like I matured a little, and started to take a different approach to being a mod here. I did much better and more efficient work, and ended up making some good friends here on the staff team, along with some nice surprises. A few of my old friends from the clan scene became members of the staff and I've really started to settle in now. I've practically centralized all of my activity on the internet, and especially on MCSG around my staff position here, and frankly don't know what I'll do when I leave the team, which I can say will not be any time soon.
It's strange because all the way up until I got the position as a moderator, I never actually believed I would get the position. I mean, I figured I could handle it but I just never realized that I could actually become a mod, seeing as most of my MCSG career was spent as being a randy (even though I still am Eskild | Xero). The staff team has taught me some priceless leadership qualities and because of it, I have matured into the person I'd always wanted to be.
The one thing I never understood is how some dumb block game has meant so much, and changed me as a person... positively.. But hey, not gonna argue!
Unfortunately, being a mod hasn't been all fun and games, and some things tend to get on your nerves after nine whole months..
I need to vent the #modstruggle. Hear me out fam
Nine whole months of being poked, then being poked again five seconds later because I didn't respond right away. By the time I type a response, this type of person would have poked me three/four times by the time I respond
Nine whole months of "hacker please come!!1!" (doesn't tell server or IGN, so I ask) "where are you?!" (then) "are you even there?!?!?" (then) "Hello? Ugh stupid mods" (logs off TS)
Nine whole months of putting up with people who are so bent on thinking the staff is corrupt, uncaring, dumb, etc. that they mock everything we do. Take this from somebody who's been playing MCSG for over 2 and a half years, and at one point quit MCSG for the Hive because he thought the staff was too corrupt, then realized that he was being stupid and came back. The current position the staff team is in is 100% corruption-free and bullcrap-free.
Nine whole months of sarcastic/rude people on TS. Yesterday, I was poked about a hacker in EU. The server he mentioned didn't exist in EU. I told him to double check the server number, he corrected himself. That server still didn't exist. This person then continues to tell me that I should be able to find him anyway because I have a command, and said it to be in a condescending way as if I didn't know how to do my job. He was like "you do know that you can just go to them right?". He then scoffs at me and leaves Teamspeak. Turns out he was telling me the wrong region, the hacker was on CA.
Nine whole months of "DQ this clan they were hacking!11" or "DQ them they used knockback fish!1!!" or "They were teaming with randies! I swear! I can't accept the fact that I lost so I'm trying to come up with every single possible form of cheating just so I can post a DQ and win!"
Nine whole months of people poking me about a hacker, me joining in gamemaster, then them poking me and asking why I'm not there and calling me a stupid mod in chat for "not coming" when I'm there the whole time, they just can't see me and there's a reason for that!
Nine whole months of trying to get around language barriers and translators. To all people, not all Turkish people, Spanish people, Russian people, French people, German people, Chinese people, etc. are annoying. They just may sound illiterate because they don't know English and are trying their hardest to communicate. You'd sound the same way if you tried to communicate in a language you didn't know
Despite all this, it's been great. I'm excited for whatever may be in store for the next part of this journey and no matter how hard I try, all of my long posts that I make when I reach milestones will always be overly touchy feely.
For this, I wanted to shout out to all the awesome people in my waiting squad. Even though some of us don't talk anymore, it was great to know all of you while we all were on the team together. (Zyinth | Bilzy Nephilim Tryhard_Batman and Ondre)
Also shoutout to duckluv321 and Groot even though we weren't technically in the waiting room together, but we went through everything at around the same time. And Jon | Ycleped because he was always hanging out with us in there, and shortly after we all got mod c:
At this point I was very busy with marching band season, and didn't have time to do much but tryhard the forums. My first five months as a mod breezed by, and to be perfectly honest by looking back, I had no clue what I was doing. Around Winter Break was when everything hit me. I feel like I matured a little, and started to take a different approach to being a mod here. I did much better and more efficient work, and ended up making some good friends here on the staff team, along with some nice surprises. A few of my old friends from the clan scene became members of the staff and I've really started to settle in now. I've practically centralized all of my activity on the internet, and especially on MCSG around my staff position here, and frankly don't know what I'll do when I leave the team, which I can say will not be any time soon.
It's strange because all the way up until I got the position as a moderator, I never actually believed I would get the position. I mean, I figured I could handle it but I just never realized that I could actually become a mod, seeing as most of my MCSG career was spent as being a randy (even though I still am Eskild | Xero). The staff team has taught me some priceless leadership qualities and because of it, I have matured into the person I'd always wanted to be.
The one thing I never understood is how some dumb block game has meant so much, and changed me as a person... positively.. But hey, not gonna argue!
Unfortunately, being a mod hasn't been all fun and games, and some things tend to get on your nerves after nine whole months..
I need to vent the #modstruggle. Hear me out fam
Nine whole months of being poked, then being poked again five seconds later because I didn't respond right away. By the time I type a response, this type of person would have poked me three/four times by the time I respond
Nine whole months of "hacker please come!!1!" (doesn't tell server or IGN, so I ask) "where are you?!" (then) "are you even there?!?!?" (then) "Hello? Ugh stupid mods" (logs off TS)
Nine whole months of putting up with people who are so bent on thinking the staff is corrupt, uncaring, dumb, etc. that they mock everything we do. Take this from somebody who's been playing MCSG for over 2 and a half years, and at one point quit MCSG for the Hive because he thought the staff was too corrupt, then realized that he was being stupid and came back. The current position the staff team is in is 100% corruption-free and bullcrap-free.
Nine whole months of sarcastic/rude people on TS. Yesterday, I was poked about a hacker in EU. The server he mentioned didn't exist in EU. I told him to double check the server number, he corrected himself. That server still didn't exist. This person then continues to tell me that I should be able to find him anyway because I have a command, and said it to be in a condescending way as if I didn't know how to do my job. He was like "you do know that you can just go to them right?". He then scoffs at me and leaves Teamspeak. Turns out he was telling me the wrong region, the hacker was on CA.
Nine whole months of "DQ this clan they were hacking!11" or "DQ them they used knockback fish!1!!" or "They were teaming with randies! I swear! I can't accept the fact that I lost so I'm trying to come up with every single possible form of cheating just so I can post a DQ and win!"
Nine whole months of people poking me about a hacker, me joining in gamemaster, then them poking me and asking why I'm not there and calling me a stupid mod in chat for "not coming" when I'm there the whole time, they just can't see me and there's a reason for that!
Nine whole months of trying to get around language barriers and translators. To all people, not all Turkish people, Spanish people, Russian people, French people, German people, Chinese people, etc. are annoying. They just may sound illiterate because they don't know English and are trying their hardest to communicate. You'd sound the same way if you tried to communicate in a language you didn't know
Despite all this, it's been great. I'm excited for whatever may be in store for the next part of this journey and no matter how hard I try, all of my long posts that I make when I reach milestones will always be overly touchy feely.
For this, I wanted to shout out to all the awesome people in my waiting squad. Even though some of us don't talk anymore, it was great to know all of you while we all were on the team together. (Zyinth | Bilzy Nephilim Tryhard_Batman and Ondre)
Also shoutout to duckluv321 and Groot even though we weren't technically in the waiting room together, but we went through everything at around the same time. And Jon | Ycleped because he was always hanging out with us in there, and shortly after we all got mod c:
