Hello everyone, Firstly let me thank you for actually taking the time to read this thread, (especially as the first time I wrote this vizzed went down as I posted it x3) 

So I want to keep this super brief as there is 15 candidates and well if you want to take this election seriously that's a lot of words to read and probably a lot of the same generic reasons to read as well.  I'll try to split this into two easy to read sections so here we go. 

About me! (Tem Approved)
I am a 24 year old that resides in the UK, I'm a pretty goofy person but most on the site seem to know me for 4 things

1) The guy with the green name that used to be obsessed with mlp and is a bit of a goofball in chat
2) The meanie mean pants because he didn't agree with you, because god forbid someone do that 
3) The guy that tries to hard in user created competitions and mostly wins... because it's fun that way!
4) The guy that is willing to help with anything if you actually decide to ask him, instead of assuming I'm evil. 

Now I'll be honest, I'm trying to add a casual element to this because well it's boring to read 15 threads. And well this is more my style, a laid back- but serious guy that likes to goof off, but doesn't run away from issues and loves to help people. 

IF YOU WANT TO FIND OUT MORE ABOUT TYRI SEND QUESTIONS Y'NERD!

Why should I vote for this loser instead of Tem!
Well firstly, I'm lucky Tem isn't a candidate.. Otherwise I'd lose in a massive landslide so WOO! 

However let me actually put some reasons why I believe that I'd be a good moderator, 
1) Being a moderator is more than being just a singular person , You have to work well with your fellow mods and the people who are higher ranked, It doesn't matter how good you are at your job if you don't help or accept help from those around you. 
2) I'm an open book, I'll tell people what they did wrong, I feel a lot of users on this site get banned or get into trouble for reasons that they fully don't understand themselves sometimes. 
3) I'm actually a helpful guy that loves talking to people so if you ever want to talk to me about something just add me on skype, psn or steam
skype is nayfoxhd  Psn and steam are Ruukan
4) Finally I will give my all to try and help this site itself. Whether that be catching hackers, coming up with new ideas, Or enforcing old ones that were forgotten. 

Now there is a lot more about me and what I want to do, but I feel that it'd be better to answer questions directed at these issues rather than posting 4000 words on what I will do. Because let me tell you one thing,, There's more to being a mod than being nice, active and telling the naughty people off! 

Questions and Answers
All questions and answers will go here when answered (as well as my original reply) so that people don't have to scroll through posts to find out if the question they want to ask has been done so already... 


FINALLY THANK YOU FOR READING THIS... TEM APPROVES. :3

Hello there self proclaimed goofball Tyri. I have a question for you.

You mention enforcing old rules that have been forgotten. What are some examples of those, and why do you think they were forgotten?

Also I must say that I appreciate the comment about people not liking someone who disagrees with them. Being able to disagree is an important part of being a member of the Mod team I feel, otherwise all we have is one person suggesting things and everyone else shaking their heads in agreement. So to hear you say that you can disagree when you feel someone is wrong is a big plus I believe.

I have some questions to help start things off:

1. How do you feel about the mod quota, are you confident you'll be able to keep up with it if you are picked?

2. Could you elaborate a bit on what you feel makes you stand out from other candidates and therefore making you the best choice?

3. You mentioned coming up with new ideas, is there any change you would like to be made to the forum, that you feel would make it better?

4. Do you support the building of a wall to shut out bots and spammers?

Eirinn :  
You mention enforcing old rules that have been forgotten. What are some examples of those, and why do you think they were forgotten?

The biggest example I can think of was when I did the mod quotas for a month because they weren't being enforced. Now I've heard multiple reasons as to why they weren't enforced. But honestly that doesn't matter, the point was that it was the catalyst to make sure that the system was still being used. After all if there is no targets to go for, people tend to go slowly astray from the desired path. 

As for rules that have been forgotten, Most of the time it's simply due to the site advancement.    So if I can be perfectly honest there isn't any rules from the past that would simply slot back into space, (if there is any). Also I haven't been a moderator for 4 or so years. So as I am not currently part of the required forums, I can't really just state which rules are actually inactive, which take a lesser priority and most importantly what rules other mods and staff members agree to. Just because I believe that a rule would be beneficial to the site does not mean that anyone else would. 

I hope this answers your question Eirinn, and thanks for asking one as well!

Zlinqx :  

1. How do you feel about the mod quota, are you confident you'll be able to keep up with it if you are picked?
I'm very confident I can keep up with the mod quota if I was picked, You've seen how much I can talk about a single subject in chat even if it is pure insanity, whilst still making sure it keeps to that insane topic and usually still being interesting.. Right now I average between 40-70 posts a month and that's just me posting casually. If you think about it it's only 3 posts a day, but that's just the minimum amount, If there were people with issues who I could try and help well my post count could easily be in the hundreds. For me the quantity is no issue at all, I just want to make sure that every post I make has a decent reason behind it, Instead of simply posting for the sake of it, because then most of the time your not contributing anything... 

2. Could you elaborate a bit on what you feel makes you stand out from other candidates and therefore making you the best choice?
Considering the amount of candidates that are actually running for this it'd be hard to define why I am the best choice when other candidates obviously have different personalities and skills, HOWEVER I'd like to think that honesty and attitude are pretty good, Alongside the generic skills needed to become a moderator such as dedication, loyalty, and the will to try and help the site remain in a good working order and willing to try and help it improve as well.  If you wanted me to point out one key thing though that would be that I am a honest human being, If I made a mistake as a moderator (as all humans do) I would own up to it. I'd look at what I did wrong and then I would work on how I could better myself in the future. I also try to treat people all the same, In a forum such as this there are people you won't get on with that's just a matter of life. It doesn't mean that just because we have differences that I should treat you any different at all. I feel a lot of people do this mainly to "prove" they are friends with others... it seems a bit silly to me but meh, we all have our own view of the world.

Lastly I feel I'm being realistic here after all there's a huge difference between saying what you will do and what you can actually do. I'm not one to make promises I can't keep after all. 

3. You mentioned coming up with new ideas, is there any change you would like to be made to the forum, that you feel would make it better?
Firstly any changes that I feel would make the site better would have to be agreed to by my team-mates and higher ups, Anyone can throw around ideas at random, but just because it seems like an awesome idea, they'll be about 10-20 people who all have a different opinion. 

I feel that it would be nice if there was a bit more transparency with certain decisions mainly stuff like why people got banned and the such. This would stop the often pointless arguments about why users got banned and would almost be an incentive for mods and staff to think of the repercussions of banning/punishing a member instead of doing it at whim.  Obviously the reasons given wouldn't be full of information about the incident but would be along the lines of "Tyri was banned due to constant spamming and for constantly arguing and being rude to other members" 

I just feel that any information that we could give as staff members that could be used to stop arguments or rumours would be good for the general well being of the site. 

4. Do you support the building of a wall to shut out bots and spammers?
This is actually an answer that might be weird for some people, I feel there is no harm in bots that simply visit pages and register simply because the only thing they are doing is adding ad revenue, it's not harming the website at all, except for perhaps server strain, As for spammers well yes and no, It really depends on the motif behind it. And whilst I agree that spammers are annoying there's no need to lock them out of the site immediately, unless you know it violates other rules such as being super offensive and adult rated. 

Thanks for all the questions Zlinqx and good luck with your campaign

Alright. We've known each other a long time, and I take this sort of thing a little bit (too) seriously, so I have some really hard hitting questions for you, and I trust you won't take any of what I say the wrong way.

First and foremost, you are perceived by a large amount of people, to be (similarly to me, I may add) extremely arrogant, largely rude, and incredibly passive, regarding all things. You float closer to the side of breaking the rules, than maintaining order. What is your plan to combat all of those things, and those who would say you are exactly what I have written above?

In that same mold, we both know there are a multitude of users you dislike. You can dislike users and be a moderator, but it can be easily argued that you don't have the fortitude to resist "punishing" them for even extremely minor offenses. How do you plan, this go around, to be more relaxed as a moderator?

One final question for you, is simply why? Why are you even bothering to apply, when you have made such a big deal in the past, about basically not caring about anything. It almost feels like you are putting on airs, just for the sake of it. Give us something to work with. Tell us why exactly you feel compelled to do anything at all.

You were a local mod before. What were the underlying circumstances that caused you to resign and would those be a potential issue in the foreseeable future?

You also said that 3 posts a day shouldn't be hard to make the minimum required number of posts.
Do you believe you that is sufficient?

SPEED LEGGY : To essentially avoid copy and pasting essentially your whole post I'm literally just going to change the 3 paragraph's into single line questions. Hope you don't mind. 

1) How do you plan to change the mindset that people have of you? 
Well I cannot simply change what people think of me so suddenly, to think I could do that would be arrogant and pretty silly. Of course people can think whatever they want of me, that is their right as a human being.  No matter what your personality in this world and on this forum there will be people who dislike you. 

HOWEVER, I feel the best way that I could change the mindset people have of me is to become a local moderator and become a GOOD local moderator, Maybe after a couple of years their opinion might alter a bit, maybe it won't, I'm no fortune teller or psychologist. Regardless my point/hope is that despite what some people may think of me this is a chance for me to proof that I'm not as horrible as some people make me out to be.  

2) How will you approach the people that you dislike as a moderator?
The same way I'll treat any other person, I'll follow the rules and guidelines given to me as a moderator, It would quickly be apparent if I were to abuse any power I was given.  Also I know my memory is poor but I'm pretty sure I've never actively abused any power role I've got before,  If I had I'm pretty sure one of the many globals I've spoke to would have mentioned it. 

3) Why am I applying?
So that I can be a moderator and help keep the site active. And believe it or not I care about this community, I like talking and helping people, 

I don't know what more you want for me, I am fully motivated for this role, I irritate the people that I talk to because I talk about vizzed a lot and trust me if I didn't care about this site I wouldn't have complained so much about it to begin with. There's a difference between not caring and caring too much... And honestly I think I've found the right balance. I have always been the type of person to take all of the burden unto myself but recently I've realised that I have friends, and co-workers that could help me and even improve the quality of work I can provide. 

One last thing if I was how you described me.. Why would I have done charity work to help improve the lives of other people for 7 years? Believe it or not there are things that people do outside this website... and mine is essentially helping as many people as I can. And I want to be able to do that here too. 

Vanelan :  

You were a local mod before. What were the underlying circumstances that caused you to resign and would those be a potential issue in the foreseeable future?

If I recall I wasn't happy with the way the site was going, There may have been other minor reasons but I cannot honestly remember them, Honestly it was a decision that I regretted as I didn't realise how much I actually enjoyed moderating. So for me there is no lingering issue that could prevent me from doing the same in the future, The site has changed, my opinions have changed and I have changed. 

You also said that 3 posts a day shouldn't be hard to make the minimum required number of posts.
Do you believe you that is sufficient?

I pretty much already answered this by actively stating that was the minimum required as in if you don't reach that number your basically failing your role, I also stated that it depends on how many people need help and how active the forums are, You can't help or fix any issues with posts if there isn't any after all. I also made a point that simply posting a lot doesn't matter either if the quality is not there... So for me the priority is to help people and keep the site in good order, Then when the site is quiet I can post more and get involved more in the social side of the community.... 


Thanks for the questions yet again. 

I am somewhat on board about posting frivolously, but part of your duty as a local would be to try and encourage activity on the forums you moderate.
I feel posting encourages posting.
Do you have ideas on how to increase activity otherwise?

Vanelan : I agree with your first point totally, That when people post it opens up new discussion and for others to respond and vice versa. 

Do you have ideas on how to increase activity otherwise?
By being active and talking about the site in a positive manner, There's really not much more I can do to help than that, Also make sure that newbies are welcomed to the site and to answer any queries they may have, I feel the issue is that the site already has enough to offer to make people want to visit Vizzed, I just don't feel there's enough appeal to stay around for long, People need to get invested into the community and that sadly takes time, Like for example the people that have stayed around a long time, mainly do so because they enjoy the people they meet and talk to on a daily basis. 

I know this isn't the answer that people want but there is no miracle to making the site more and more active except for having a good foundation and having a friendly community.

I however feel a good idea would be to branch out a bit and perhaps do more streams with different people, Perhaps do something akin to a talk show or discussion show about games from the past and games from the future, Make use of people that love to do reviews and have them come on to the show. It'd take a lot of planning and arrangement and obviously wouldn't see a lot of users come in suddenly but like all things that require communities it takes time to nurture and grow... that is all. 

Hey, I have a few questions for you.

If you could add another rule to Vizzed, what would it be?

On the subject of activity; what is the line between spamming and somebody making a lot of legitimate posts? Is there any way you would define either?

Do you consider mods and even higher ups as subject to the rules of the site?

And finally, do you think Vizzed needs more European staff and moderators? This is something I have been thinking about myself. So I want to pick your brain on it.

A user of this :
If you could add another rule to Vizzed, what would it be?

I guess it would depend on what rules are actually being enforced and which ones aren't, I mean I don't think there is a rule that could suddenly make Vizzed better, plus it'd have to be a rule that would have agreement from the majority of staff and users before it was actually enforced. 

Honestly I feel like vizzed has a decent structure already, but for me an idea wouldn't so much be a rule but more of a general way staff go about things.. It'd just be cool if things were more transparent when it came to reports/bans, so that when people do get in trouble they know exactly what for and how to not get in trouble again, I mean it's all well and good banning people but we should at least let them know why in more detail than we do, That's my opinion of course. 

On the subject of activity; what is the line between spamming and somebody making a lot of legitimate posts? Is there any way you would define either?
 
Well the only true difference is the quality of the posts honestly. Quality of posts is always something that is discussed especially when it comes to things like TDV months for obvious reasons, I feel that you can usually tell when people are spamming for the sole sake of increasing their post count because most of their posts feel like they add nothing or contribute nothing new to a thread at all. I'm talking about people that write the same things in the newbie forum, or the same responses to reviews, Because they're easy posts to make up. It doesn't take much to write a post that is pretty much an example of what the thread maker wants to hear. 

Do you consider mods and even higher ups as subject to the rules of the site?

This may be because I'm overly tired, but I'm not quite sure what you are asking specifically in this question but I assume its one of two things. 

1) Are mods and higher ups above the rules?
No, Not at all, Never. What's the point of having rules if the people with power can do whatever they want, It would only cause chaos and a lot of arguments on the site, Plus its simply not fair and is not a good example for users in the community,  This is pretty much the real world equivalent to corruption and abuse of power. 

2) Are mods and higher ups responsible for portraying how users should follow the rules?
Yes, Definitely. This answer is pretty much the polar opposite of the above question hence why I wanted to clarify which question you was asking if either, because swapping the answers around well would be very catastrophic. I feel that mods and higher ups have to behave within the rules otherwise you'll get users who will break the rules the same way as a higher up had, but they'd get punished for it most likely instead which really just induces annoyance and dislike towards the system in general.  You can't simply uphold rules but then expect yourself to be void of having to follow those rules as well. 

And finally, do you think Vizzed needs more European staff and moderators?

Honestly I don't think it really matter's all that much, The only difference really is cultures and time zones and most of the time they are not issues either. I feel that as long as they are doing a good job and are putting effort into their role as expected then it shouldn't matter what part of the world you are from. Also the user base for this site I believe is mostly North American, So it makes sense for there to be more staff and mods from that region.. That is all. 

"HOWEVER, I feel the best way that I could change the mindset people have of me is to become a local moderator and become a GOOD local moderator"

What we have here is a paradox. You are asking the users to trust you, when we won't be able to know if we can, until we put you into a position to succeed/fail in the way you choose.

Have you considered alternative routes up the system, to prove you can be trusted?

Why do you think you need to be a moderator to be of aid to the site? You speak of charity work, and so on. I do charity work too, in addition to my part time job, and my college education, but I found no need to run. Do you think you are unable to assist if you are not given power? It's all well and good to have more ability to help people, but not all roles are created equal.

What do you believe your role on site, presently is.

SPEED LEGGY :  

Have you considered alternative routes up the system, to prove you can be trusted?
Yes, I have applied for other roles besides being a local moderator, I've also been trying to help the site, See the issue I have here is that Trust is not just given, It takes time and patience, All I can keep doing is being myself, Keep trying to help the site and just keep being active,  That's all I can do. And if doing all I can is not good enough than so be it. 



What do you believe your role on site, presently is?
My role on this site is the same as any other user. A user that is part of this community, A user that has made friends in this community and continues to stay here, so that they can help other people find new friends and maybe find some new ones themselves. I don't exactly know what answer you was looking for honestly.  Except that most users including myself are here because they like the community. 

A post about trust and the community. 
Honestly when someone shows up called "Speed Leggy" a user who is a re-reg, A user who likes to moan and whine and shows zero respect to other users, A user that became a chat moderator and was removed pretty much instantly,  because "their application was a joke"  questions me about trust and compares me to them is often at times sickening,  Also let me state that these questions don't bother me at all and neither does the opinions that come with them do either, Because your allowed to think I'm the scum of this site, Just as I think you are.  You are pretty much parasitic at this point. And honestly the only reason your still here is because you've infected the minds of others who are too scared to simply remove you. 

I know that users dislike me, I know that my chances in this election are slim, But why should I give up because of two simple facts? Why should I not run for a role as moderator just like anyone else on this list. Honestly speaking anyone whose running for Moderator in this Election has my full support. Because as long as it keeps a corrupt individual like yourself out that is fine.  

zanderlex :
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mrfe :
Singelli :
manicman66 :
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Furret :  I wish you all luck in this election I honestly mean that, And honestly speaking the 14 of us that don't win can still work hard to help improve the site if we actively seek to do so. A lot of people tend to stop caring once they don't get a mod position for the first time, Perhaps even the fourth or fifth time, All that truly matters is that we stick together and support one another, This is what I hope for at least,  This is what I hope will continue to make the community work together and slowly grow, because honestly to me this site is more than just a community.. It's a family, A weird disorganised family, but a family full of people I trust, talk, laugh and argue with.... 

Sorry for the summons but that is all.

Tyrian Delirium : I wish you luck as well, good luck in the elections.

Tyrian Delirium : Good luck to you too! I won't be upset no matter who wins, all of us are deserving of the spot in my opinion.

Tyrian Delirium : Believe it or not, I actually think leggy's asking good questions. You say that people are afraid to remove him, but I've yet to speak to more than a handful of people who actually want him gone.

Regardless of our difference of opinions on leggy, though, I do wish you the best in this election. May the best candidate win!

mrfe : Believe it or not i never complained about the questions really, It was the manner and borderline vindictiveness that came with them,

The other point i made here was pointless due to the issue being resolved. 

Also for the record i do not dislike leggy, I just don't like him making comparisons between our characters considering the only contact we've had in about 3 years is through the competitions in his forum, Which as you may know, I tend to actually try and care about. 

Since I'm the chat manager I'm interested in this, if you become a local moderator will you also be taking on the role of being a chat moderator? Do you feel being a chat moderator is part of being a local?

Zlinqx :  if you become a local moderator will you also be taking on the role of being a chat moderator? Do you feel being a chat moderator is part of being a local?

Sure. I'll be in chat every now and then to help maintain order whilst not making the chat a boring hellhole at the same time, As for the second part, It used to be that most moderators were active in chat now it seems to be the opposite. I feel that being a local also means that you should help out with chat every now and then. Mainly because it's a part of Vizzed itself. Plus chat is a great way to get to talk to members about things regarding the site and it's also a good way for the moderators to interact with the users more. 

If there was only 1 change you could make (and it would happen exactly how you envision it) what change would you make to Vizzed....