I look at this as an opportunity to give other folks a chance to see what it is like to be staff on vizzed, not an opportunity to get people their jobs back. So with that said I am voting for a clean slate here, all new folks:

Lexatom : Was never staff (I don't think), therefore I must vote for him.
TheFadedWarrior : Was promised staff position 5 years ago but never got it.
Minuano : Was voted best veteran in vizzed awards so he might as well get a vote too.
Divine Aurora : Previously perma banned member with good intentions.
zanderlex : Because he can post well and pointed out flaws in this voting system.

I previously told David to pick the mods himself and he could have done so easily by looking at statistics of each member. Ex Palen and Light Knight would easily be two top contenders. But nope, he wanted us to decide instead. So I will go the opposite direction and give some new folks a chance. What could possibly go wrong? I mean previous admin put us here so I am going to take advantage of it

Hi. I'm voting for someone old, someone new.


Light Knight : I've only had two run-ins with him over site stuff, and he was very professional, prompt and courteous. Of all the old guard that has submitted, he gets my vote.



Faded Warrior : He's a great guy, good sense of humor. Seems to have a level head. Why not give him a chance?

Light Knight..
He's been around Vizzed since the very beginning in 2004, and been part of the entire mod team for majority of that entire time frame, so he knows a thing or two on how the entire site works, and that amount of experience that Light Knight has, he's a perfect fit to be a mod once again, even at Global level.
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Geeogree..
I got to go with the Green Blob with returning to the mod team once again, when he was operating VIzzed as an Admin, he made sure that a lot of people follows the rules of the site, or otherwise, they would be punished with his bans. I like to see Geeo have another run in the modding department once again
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EX Palen...
His contributions that he has been putting onto Vizzed is quite phenomenal if you ask me, and in fact, in the last TdV, is was tough to compete against Palen, seriously. I think that Palen would be a great fit to return to the modding team again.

Narrowing it down to 5 was very challenging. 

ZeroTails - ZT has worked with me as a moderator in the past, and while a quieter member, is one of the best suited moderators on Vizzed, period. She is fair, mature, and kind. That's what we need on this team.

Ex Palen - This is a bit of an obvious choice. He has worked hard as a staff member, and it's obvious he love Vizzed. He posts high quality posts, which is what we need to see around here to pick up the activity. 

M0ssb3r935 - I had the pleasure of working with him as a local moderator for a VERY short time, and from what I saw, he took his role seriously with a strong desire to be fair. 

geeogree - He needs little introduction. Geeo has proven that he can be a great moderator when he wants to, and has experience in all roles of the moderator team. We will need that kind of stability and leadership to make the team truly successful. 

Boured - I thought I should include some "new blood" to my picks because our goal is to revitalize the site. So I'm going with Boured; he donates, posts well, and has been around long enough to understand the dynamics of the site while still being a fairly new active member. 

Although these next users don't count as votes, I wanted to say that I think they would be very well suited as mods and if anyone is considering voting for them, I think it's a great idea. Igorbird122, would have been my 6th pick if it was possible, he is a very good moderator. Zanderlex, he's shown dedication to the site like few others. Zlinqx, he thinks outside the box and would be a great addition to the team. Supernerd, has great experience and really submitted a strong application (read it). Gamerforlife, has a good reputation of being a fair moderator. Furret, another strong member with good experience. Lexatom, we want change right? Although maybe a more controversial pick, I think Lex would bring that change to the table. Fyredove, I think would make a perfect mod, I hope she gets in and becomes more active, I'd like to see her around more. 

I went with a weighted poll system because there's far less risk for corruption and fraud. A few users complained about the potential of that happening so I listened and then thought up of a solution that would reduce it. I realize it's not a perfect voting system because any voting system can be flawed but it's far better than every user having a vote of the same value. Someone like geeogree or legacyme should have more impact with their votes than someone who just signed up only a few weeks ago.

Someone who has a higher level and rank is going to take their votes more seriously because they have far more invested into this site. They know the members better and their credibility is at stake.


legacyme3 : Users might make a mistake in their post so for that reason, I'm going to allow users to edit their posts. I'll just have to keep an eye on posts that have been edited and then see what was edited.


Zlinqx : It kinda should disregard activity that doesn't involve posting. This election is for choosing the best users to moderate the forum so its the users who do post that know which users make the best moderators. A user who only spends time in the RGR and never posts wouldn't know these users very well or the structure of the forum community. When putting together a team for the RGR, then activities involving the RGR can be considered.


Gingercream1 : Voting ends December 13th. Good question, I forgot to put that in my post (fixed).


zanderlex : Exactly. A newbie probably shouldn't have any influence on this election because they don't know anything about this community or the users in it. Users who just signed up and are suddenly voting on who makes the best mod team might be fake accounts anyway.


JigSaw :

Davideo7 : Will there be any other openings besides mod positions? Anything that involves new features, beta testing or whatever, count me in

I needed to revisit my votes. I mostly log in from work so it makes my comments here short- which I don't want to be mistaken for lack of consideration for those who applied. Site's activity is down and I myself have not being here nearly as much as I did when I first joined. But I do remember several of the staff issues prior to the site's activity going down. So, when I reviewed the applications, I focused on how to help the site and offer a community that's fair.





First two votes, I based on my experience and what I've seeing from my time here. My third is based on new ideas. (1st person because they will be reading so might as well be direct).





1) zanderlex
I feel that you care about this site a lot. You helped me as a newbie behind the scenes. Being my first time in a site like this, that was needed and gave me the boost to stick around. I am voting because I think it's important to have someone who will help users, boost activity, and be a fair moderator. 



2) legacyme3 -  I think it's good to have someone with prior experience to help create a solid team. My vote is based on your experience, dedication, and contributions to this site. You've brought a lot of activity and plenty of zebras around. From what I've seeing of you on the site since I joined, I feel that you would bring good ideas and dedicate time and effort to improving the site for everyone involved. 



3) Zerotails - I particularly liked your thoughts on allowing a discussion for banned members. It feels more like a civilized and caring community. To me it creates a structured panel and the opportunity for a second chance. Also, I agree with your comment about addressing issues of past teams. It's  proven to be more effective to learn from past actions than to make the same mistake. Specially when those mistakes indirectly lessen the site's activity. 





I think everyone that applied seemed ready to help. I think in the end, the site will have a solid staff team.

I'll keep this brief.

1. Zlinqx

Although I see the appeal of having a "brand new mod team", Zlinqx's cool-headedness and general adaptability to any situation cannot be ignored just because of that reason. He has shown this site he is fully capable of being a fair mod. He talks genuinely of ideas in how we can improve the website. He's fully dedicated. If I could only vote for one person, Zlinqx would easily be my pick.

2. Furret

Although I haven't known Furret for the longest time, in the time I have talked to him I've gathered that he's a very mature character, but he can also be silly when the time calls for it. I believe that's a core value a Vizzed moderator should have. After all, we all are here primarily to have fun.

Good luck to everyone running including myself!

Davideo7 : Oh don't get me wrong, I certainly agree that the focus should be on the forums. However part of your argument for basing it on user level is to give more weight to people that are prominent within the community. I would say (and I think a lot of people would agree with me on this) that those who are most well regarded are typically people who have been active across the site and getting to know many different groups of users rather than focusing exclusively on the boards. I don't think the amount of posts and words necessairly shows how well regarded a person is on the forums either, there are a lot of ways to bloat post count and length and those with the highest level are rarely the ones winning the awards for best posts/threads, which usually goes to people who may make fewer but more creative or carefully planned out posts.

I think basing it on power level in combination with a rereg limit achieves the same exact effect of preventing fraud and also removes the complicated scoring of the current system where some users have a disproportionate amount of influence.

For clarification is it okay to edit our posts to change who we're voting for?

I know that abusing it is not allowed but I know that people may change their minds and want to change their votes.

I just want to know before I put in my votes so that I know whether I'm free to rethink it/change it a little or whether it's set in stone.

Zlinqx : It's actually not based on word count at all. It's based on post count, registration date, and power level.

I'll try to come up with a better voting system that pleases more people when and if I do the same thing for the Site Staff.


JigSaw : In the past I have tried expanding the Site Staff position to include more than just the RGR. It use to be called RGR Staff but now it's called Site Staff. Right now, for example, we have 2 Site Staff members in charge of the Video Game Music Room. I plan to do more stuff like this in the future, most likely when I look into expanding the Site Staff. I'll definitely be hoping to hire you for the team as a beta tester


ZeroTails : Yeap, you can edit your posts.

i dont know who to really vote for, this is my first time seeing this so im still sorta new to this kind of voting process unfortunally

KillerLatias : You don't have to vote, so no worries! It's totally optional. If you are curious, here is the thread with the applicants: https://www.vizzed.com/boards/thread.php?id=101020

Boured - In my experience with him, which may not be extensive but is positive nonetheless, I've known him to be very level-headed and reasonable. He regularly donates relatively large sums of money where most anyone else would consider it totally wasted, given the level of activity the site has, and I believe that speaks volumes about how much he really cares for the site. He doesn't brag about it and he keeps a humble, low profile, and I think he goes largely overlooked for it. I believe he's not only a good fit for the job, he'll synergize with the team very well. He also keeps with the current theme of introducing some change with the times. That's a major reason why I pick him over several others with prior history on the mod team.


Zlinqx - While I don't think putting him back on the team would be much of a change in leadership, I believe it can still prove to be a change in practice because I believe he has a degree of adaptability that allows him to offer prior experience without insisting change doesn't happen, and I believe that makes him very valuable to the mod team. In my time working with him, we worked very well with each other despite the two of us debating and arguing over a lot of things, which I mostly attribute to both of us being of a rather argumentative nature. That argumentative nature comes with enough cool-headedness to make sure issues being debated are argued reasonably, though. While he does stick to his guns, so to speak, he's never overly forceful with his opinions and always willing to work with the team.



I also want to say to everyone who voted or will be voting for me and offered kind words thank you and that I appreciate it a lot more than I can effectively express, and I want to let everyone I didn't vote for know that it's absolutely nothing personal and not a lack of confidence in their qualifications. I had originally intended on voting for 8 or 10 people, but how the vote was going to be conducted came as a surprise and I needed to carefully consider who I thought was not only good for the position, but who I think will synergize best with who I predict, based on the current numbers, will be the new team.

Good luck to everyone running.

And now, at my most level headed time of day, I will announce my picks on who should be moderator.

zanderlex
I'd say he's a go-getter, ripe for the position. He's done quite a bit for the site in the past, I remember the kinds of threads he would post, the activities he would organize, they were pretty well kept for their caliber. In terms of events I certainly think he's ready to liven up Vizzed.

supernerd117
I agree with supernerd117 on many terms, the idea that every member can matter, honestly I hardly know any new members, like I recognize some upstart reviewers, but it kind of feels like the site has been in stasis for some time. That and I never liked Tour de Vizzed either, not just on popularity contest marks, but a good chunk of the rest of the site kind of gets paused around those times of year. Why not just do simple category based contests?

Furret
He's also a homebody sorts, reliable, and I always felt he had a good idea on how the board should work. If he's available to mod over the site, I'd gladly let him. I mean, we need someone who can patrol the forum for nude pics and eat them, and who's better for the task than this guy?

My vote goes to Zanderlex. Outside of being here for many years, he sounds quite promising. Plus, we could bring back some forum games, since they're barely around anymore.

All right, I'm all for this system, David. Sounds promising. Despite my pure time presence with this site, I don't think I've done much for content contribution so my levels are lacking. So I'll just stick with two votes:

geeogree : Ever since my earlier days with this site his username was one I'd see and it would often equate to sensible posts, upholding the rules, and just being a genuine guy. Plus, he was on my side in an ancient 8-year-old "debate" thread I had with another user about .999 repeating being equal to 1.

zanderlex : The most common name to see around here lately. He's especially active in the Vizzed Market forums and is constantly either giving something away or offering a fair price on someone else's thread. I'd say we've enough evidence to say he's trustworthy and a good representative for the site.

Hoo boy, I realize I've been away for a while but I want to see this site succeed as much as anyone else still here. My post count makes my votes a little limited, but hopefully these two votes give the impact I that I think it will.


Boured: In the amount of time that I've gotten to know and speak with him he has been kind and reasonable and his dedication to the site, while overlooked, speaks volumes more than any campaigning could to me.



supernerd117: I feel supernerd is getting critically underlooked here. He's not only fresh blood for a group that needs it, but he has also been kind and approachable for as long as I've seen him around, and I think those are going to be traits that a small site like this desperately needs.