Site Staff Application = Join Us for Special Benefits!

I have a bunch of Site Staff positions available for anyone interested. Starting next week I plan to hire 10-20 Site Staff members over the course of 2 weeks. If you're interested in joining the staff but wont be available to join until summer break begins, that's fine, just be sure to let us know in your application when you're available to begin.


Benefits for joining the staff include:
-Access to exclusive features and forums
-Access to features before they're released
-Access to games and systems that aren't available to everyone
-More opportunities to earn CP and Viz
-Added to Davideo7's friends list (it's my only way of making sure I don't max out my list)
-Recognition and respect from the staff and vizzed community
-You'll be granted a permanent Elite member position (which is the highest non-staff position on the site that offers some staff benefits) after you've left staff assuming you were a staff member for at least 3 months and earned at least 1000 CP toward your staff roles
-And more!


Below are the positions available (more may be added soon):


Sony Manager (only 1 role available)
Your job is to add games to the Video Game Room for Sony systems when they're released. You'll be responsible for adding content and graphics to the games that you add and your long term goal will be to make sure vizzed has a game page for every game for every Sony system.
Requirements:
-Trusted Member or higher


Sega Manager (only 1 role available)
You'd do the same thing as the Sony Manager except you'll be focusing on Sega systems.
Requirements:
-Trusted Member or higher


Miscellaneous System Manager (only 1 role available)
You'd do the same thing as the Sony Manager except you'd be focusing on console and handheld systems made by companies other then Sega, Microsoft, Sony and Nintendo.
Requirements:
-Trusted Member or higher


Tech Support (1-3 roles available)
Your responsibility is to help out users with anything related to the Retro Game Room. You'll be in charge of responding to Private Messages sent to the RGR Staff inbox and you'll also be responsible for taking care of problems and issues users have in the RGR forums.
Requirements:
-Trusted Member or higher
-You must have great knowledge of everything relating to the RGR and the RGR Plugin and you should be very tech savvy (please prove this to us with your response)


Video Game Character Manager (3+ roles available)
Your job is to add missing video game characters and missing game franchises to the Video Game Characters feature on vizzed. You'll also be in charge of organizing the characters by making sure the current characters are assigned to their proper game franchise and you'll also be in charge of adding details to game characters that are missing details or have wrong information. Lastly, you'll also be in charge of accepting or declining characters and franchises that regular users request to have added.
Requirements:
-You must have submitted 250 screenshots to the site
OR
-You must have 100 total CP points for the 'Screenshot Rated' action (you can find that info here)
OR
-Trusted Member or higher


Walkthrough Maker (3+ roles available)
You must write 1-2 walkthroughs a month for the site. The walkthroughs need to be at least 1000 words.
Requirements:
-You need to show us a walkthrough you've made as proof that you're capable of making good walkthroughs. If you haven't ever made one, go ahead and make one.


Review Writer (3+ roles available)
You must write 2-4 reviews a month for the site.
Requirements:
-You need to show us a review you've made as proof that you're capable of making good reviews. If you haven't ever made one, go ahead and make one.


Article Writer (2+ roles available)
You must write 3-6 articles a month for the site.
Requirements:
-You need to show us an article you've made as proof that you're capable of making good articles. If you haven't ever made one, go ahead and make one.


Game Tester (2-3 roles available)
Your job is to test out games in the Retro Game Room with the RGR Plugin.
Requirements:
-Trusted Member or higher


Price Guide Manager (2-3 roles available)
Your job is to filter through the ebay listings which are used to calculate the prices for the Price Guide feature. Additional responsibilities will be added in the future.
Requirements:
-Trusted Member or higher


Screenshot Adder (2-3 roles available)
Your job is to find games missing screenshots and to fill in screenshots for those games.
Requirements:
-You must have submitted 250 screenshots to the site
OR
-You must have 100 total CP points for the 'Screenshot Rated' action (you can find that info here)


Video Adder (2-3 roles available)
Your job is to record gameplay videos of games in the RGR, preferably for games that don't have any videos.
Requirements:
-You must have submitted 25 videos to the site
OR
-You must have 100 total CP points for the 'Video Rated' action (you can find that info here)


Additional Requirements (each position also requires the following)
-Willing to invest 5-10 hours into the site each week for each of your roles
-You are at least 13 years old
-Haven't been banned in the past year


You may apply to more than 1 position which increases your chances of getting hired (or if you pick positions that not many users picked) but you'll only be given 1 role to start out with but you can take on more if you're interested later on.

If you're interested in any of these positions, tell me why you want the position and what makes you qualified to do the position in this thread.

I'd like to apply for the following positions, in order of which ones I'd prefer to have: 
1. Price Guide Manager
2. Tech Support 
3. Screenshot adder
4. Video Game Character Manager 
5. Game Tester 
6. Sony Manager / Miscellaneous Manager 

I met all requirements. I go through the Price Guide for games during the Tour de Vizzed, and I have gotten better an not making mistakes lately. I am on the site for hours every day, even if I am work. I work overnight currently, so this would give me plenty of time to do work on the site. I have knowledge of the RGR, even though I don't use it that much anymore these days, except for when I have a craving for a particular game, or am participating in a tournament. I love helping people out with stuff like that. I don't mind helping out testing games, as I've done that for you before without a staff role, and also helped with testing a few of the new plug-ins this year.  I've done nearly 1500 eBay listings moved, and have rated 405 screenshots and 47 video ratings since CP has been added. I've also submitted 342 screenshots lifetime since CP has been added. I have 50.8 lifetime CP in screenshot rated, but said " OR ", so I still met all requirements for Video Game Character Manager. 

If you have any questions for me, feel free to ask. 

( I hope I did this right ) . 

I will be reviewing the posts here, as well as Davideo7. In addition, I will respond to various posts if Davideo7 hasn't already responded.

I'd like to apply for Sony Manager.

Reasons why I feel I'd do pretty well: I use multiple sources for information to make sure everything is exact, neat, and 100% accurate.
I have absolutely no schoolwork, as I'm not in school, meaning I have too much time on my hands, so I'd be doing a lot of work.
I have a reliable internet connection

I'd also like to apply for Tech Support.

Reasons being that I know how to enable NPAPI plugins for Chrome, I know how to get he RGR Plugin to work on Windows 8, I know how to link the thread for getting the RGR plugin to work on Mac/Linux, if someone has an error with a specific game it won't take me really any time to try it out for myself and try it on different emulators. I also know how to link the thread for using Cheat Codes in New Mednafen. I'm also pretty patient with users and get along well with them.

I'm also applying for Game Tester.

Reasons being that I have been using the RGR plugin for 5 years and know how to test things...

Thank you for your consideration!

I'll be looking forward to any applicants for the walkthrough maker position. I remember the times where our round table had more than half a dozen members, while now we are merely four.

From my experience in the last application, I encourage everyone who has written a walkthrough and is thinking on applying to get rid of their doubts and apply. The only thing that matters is your work and determination, even if you're largely unknown by the community. That's how I got the position.

On a side note, the role of Video Game Character Manager is such a blessing. How many PMs have we received about missing characters. It's also nice to see the Tech Support role. The site staff is getting a lot more complete with this.

Good luck to all applicants!!

I would like to apply for Staff. Even if I'm only 12 years old, I feel that I might be able to get a Staff role. Besides, it's not that far away.

I would like to apply for Walkthrough Maker.

Reason- I have made a walkthrough before, and I would like to make walkthroughs for games that don't have a walkthrough yet. Believe me, there are a lot.

Time- I have on average 6+ free hours each day in the summer, so in a week that totals up to 42+ hours that I could be spending on making a game guide a week. I would be able to start at May the 21st, since that is when school ends.

My work- This walkthrough is in four parts. I am willing to have all future walkthroughs be in one thread, though.

Part 1: https://www.vizzed.com/boards/thread.php?id=84353

Part 2: https://www.vizzed.com/boards/thread.php?id=84982

Part 3: https://www.vizzed.com/boards/thread.php?id=85146

With Part 4, I had technical issues. Ignore the posts at the bottom, please.

Part 4: https://www.vizzed.com/boards/thread.php?id=85187

I've also made some walkthroughs under 1K words, but they were for games like Donkey Kong and Donkey Kong Jr. If you have the time, please look at them.

Donkey Kong- https://www.vizzed.com/boards/thread.php?id=86596

Donkey Kong Jr.- https://www.vizzed.com/boards/thread.php?id=86889



That's my Staff app. Thank you for your consideration! It means a lot to me.

Davideo7 : Ooh I've been waiting for this.
1. Review Writer is what I'm applying for. I have at least 6+ featured reviews and here are my last 4 I wrote
https://www.vizzed.com/boards/thread.php?id=84696
https://www.vizzed.com/boards/thread.php?id=85053
https://www.vizzed.com/boards/thread.php?id=72143
https://www.vizzed.com/boards/thread.php?id=86991
And I love writing so much that Reviews are a big part of my life now and enjoy sharing my opinion and experiences I had with the game with everyone else. I also have my own way to write these sometimes making my own sections to add.

2. Video Adder: I love recording videos for vizzed as I do it a lot and I would enjoy this position. As I could get more activity for the vizzed youtube channel and mine in the process of showing all my subscribers and such all the cool games they can experience on Vizzed. I have gotten almost 200 for my videos getting rated and I have submitted 25+ videos. So I should qualify for this really well

3. Character Manager: I would find this job very fun as I would be able to learn way more about characters from lot's of other franchises and such. And I have grown into a gaming family so I know a ton of series and lot's of different characters from so many franchises.

I thank you for taking me into consideration. 

Edit: I have realized I wouldn't be a good choice for Tech support as my knowledge of the RGR and VGR systems and games isn't very large and I would be pretty useless at times.

Davideo7 : Oh yes David my time has come for me to try to be a Review Writer. Hopefully I get hired but I'm alright if I don't but I'll still try my reviews are right here.

Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Red Rescue Team Review

https://www.vizzed.com/boards/thread.php?id=85487

Metroid Zero Mission Review

https://www.vizzed.com/boards/thread.php?id=86242

Reasons I should be a Review Writer:
1. I am almost always on during the week.

2. School is almost out giving me more time to be on the site.

3. I am open minded I will go into almost any game giving it a fair chance.

4. My reviews are very long and detailed (with a few exceptions) so I will go very in depth.

I know it's not that much but hey I prefer quality over quantity so yeah I'm okay if I'm not hired or if you reached the maximum amount of hired people I just wanted to try thanks for reading this David and have a awesome day :3

-Boured-

Well I've been waiting for this for a while to be honest this isn't the best time for me as my computer is having lots of problems and I'm not getting a new one until in about 2 and a half weeks but if you hire me I'll make sure to make up for it (I may even be able to gain a bit of computer access before then to do some) and I still think I more than qualify for the positions so I hope you consider me.

1. Review Writer

I've been wanting this position for some time, writing reviews is something I really enjoy doing though I have adapted fairly unique reviewing style recently in that I don't separate it into categories but still cover everything needed to rate each category in a review. Getting past that I'll let my reviews do the talking.

Examples (my 2 latest reviews)

Legend of Zelda Ocarina of Time 3D - 3ds: https://www.vizzed.com/boards/thread.php?id=86654

Fantasy Life - 3ds:  https://www.vizzed.com/boards/thread.php?id=87155

I've also written around 15 or so reviews earlier per the standard review format so if you want you could look through some of those as well.

Examples

Lego Star Wars The Complete Saga - Xbox 360: https://www.vizzed.com/boards/thread.php?id=79025

Dragon Age Inquisition - PS4: https://www.vizzed.com/boards/thread.php?id=84830

2. Price Guide Manager

It's been my life long dreemz pls hire meeeeeeeee

Jokes aside I can't say I'm as passionate about getting this position (I don't think anyone could honestly say being price guide manager is their dream on vizzed) but moving listings is something I frequently do when I visit vizzed on my computer and my CP history will tell you that much. I think I should easily be able to hit the cap each month and I already know more or less everything about how this position works from current eBay monitors/price guide managers so I hope I'll be considered.

I'd like to apply for the following 3 positions:

1. Review Writer
2. Screenshot Adder
3. Video Game Character Manager

The reasons why I feel like I'd be the perfect person for the Review Writer job are because I've been playing video games pretty much my whole life, and I've played hundreds of games in my lifetime, both classic and modern. Another reason is because I've made 23 featured reviews, so you can rely on me to make quality reviews. I have experience with lots of different systems including Nintendo, SEGA and PC, as well as a little bit of Sony and Arcade games. The final reason I feel like I'd be a great choice for review writer is because I can make high quality reviews for every genre, so I'm very diverse.

Here are 6 of my featured reviews that show no matter how old or new a game may be, I can still make a high quality review for it:

Roller Coaster Tycoon (PC) https://www.vizzed.com/boards/thread.php?id=85568
Sonic Colors (Wii) https://www.vizzed.com/boards/thread.php?id=84219
F Zero X (N64) https://www.vizzed.com/boards/thread.php?id=86433
Pokemon Black (DS) https://www.vizzed.com/boards/thread.php?id=86951
Sonic Triple Trouble: (GG) https://www.vizzed.com/boards/thread.php?id=85988
Pong (MAME) https://www.vizzed.com/boards/thread.php?id=86646

The reasons I feel like I'd be a perfect candidate for Screenshot adder are because I've not only made the screenshot total requirement, I've crushed it. In fact, I've made over 4000 screenshots since I joined this site. I've met the cp requirement as well. I still have many games which I can add screenshots to. I've also made 75 assigned screenshots. These are perfect reasons to hire me for the screenshot adder position.

The reason I feel like I'd be a good choice for the Character Manager position is because I've played many games in my lifetime, and so I know a lot about video game characters, so if I notice that one's missing, I'll be able to add them no problem. also I've met all 3 of the requirements for this position.

If you pick me for any of these positions, I'll be able to start immediately, and I have plenty of free time in the evenings, so I'll have enough time to do staff work.

Thank you for taking the time to read my application and taking me into consideration.

Some great applications so far.

tRIUNE : I'll most likely create a thread in one of the staff forums next week allowing staff members and you to make their recommendation and I'll do my hiring based on that.

Does the Game Tester mainly check to see if games are running and not missing drivers, crashing, or locking up? Or does the person need to play through large parts of the game?

I just get that feeling that people will ask what the Price Guide Manager job exactly involves. For that case, I decided to post my Ebay guide here.

''Guide: What is moving/removing Ebay listings? How do you do it?

Today, I’ll introduce you to Ebay monitoring/Price Guide management. Be sure to read this before you start to move the Ebay listings. You’ll need to understand it completely to do it right.

Basis stuff about Ebay monitoring/Price Guide management:

An Ebay Monitor needs to remove or move Ebay listings (they help calculate the value of a game) when it's necessary. You can find the Ebay listings on the game page if you click on ''Price Guide''.

How does a Price Guide page look like? Like this! (Non-Staff members don’t have a remove button). If you get any Staff position, you'll get a remove button.



The categories, what do they mean?

Loose: A cartridge which doesn’t come with the original box or case.

Complete: A cartridge with both the original instruction manual and the original box and case.

New: A brand new game, factory sealed of course. The condition of the game (as seen on the picture above) is always brand new!

When to move a listing?

If the listing is in the wrong category. For example if a complete listing is in the loose category, you move it to complete. You can see pretty easily if a listing is wrong and needs to be moved. The picture and the condition of the game listing gives you enough information to decide. Another tip is opening the listing in another tab to check out for more information.

What do I do when…? (answered questions that might be asked much).

Q - What if a loose listing includes a instruction manual?
A - Then it is still considered as loose.

Q – What if both the instruction manual and the box/case aren’t the ones that came in with the game.
A –This game should be listed as loose, not complete.

Q – This listing is outdated and in the wrong category, do I still need to move it?
A – Of course. The page looks the best when all listings are listed right.

Q – If a game originally is released with a special item. Where I need to list those?
A – Loose if the listing doesn’t have the box/case, manual and/or the special item. Complete if the listing includes the special item with the box/case, manual and the game. New if the listing in factory sealed.

Q – Some newer games don’t have an instruction manual anymore. What now?
A – Nope, not all of them are considered as complete, the game is complete when the game has all manuals that the game includes.

Q – A box and an instruction manual but no game. What now?
A – Remove it. (Non-Staff have to ask Staff to remove a listing).

When needs a listing to be removed?

If the…
-    Listing is for a different game than the game you’re checking.
-    Listing comes with additional items (extra’s) that can make the price of the listing bigger.
-    Listing is fake or is a copied game.
-    Listing is for the wrong system. (There are games that are released on more consoles than that one).
-    Listing is an item of the game but not the game itself.

If you still have question about Ebay monitoring/Price Guide management, feel free to ask me or any other Price Guide Manager.''

I hope this helps you decide if you want to become a Price Guide Manager or not. I also hope I informed you enough about this job.

Good luck to applicants!

I'd like to apply for Screenshot Adder. My amount of free time could definitely support that role for a long time. Also, I love adding screenshots, especially helping out by adding ones to games that didn't have any before (which I see the role is for)! Ever since I've gotten really involved in this community, I've been dying to find a way to help it in a big way, and by having a staff position I could do that.

I'm able to be pretty active a few days a week, and on most weekends I can spend a ton of time here. So I could meet the 5-10 hours a week requirement. I often request for games to be added here that I've found on YouTube, so I shouldn't have any problem finding games that are missing/lacking screenshots.

I have a question about this role:  Would uploading screenshots for games that have some but barely any (like 1 or 2) count for the role as well? Either way it's OK, I'm just curious.

I'm a trusted member, I'm 15 years old, and I've submitted well over 250 screenshots to the site. Also, I haven't been banned in the past year XD

Thank you so much for considering my application!

Good luck to everyone applying!

CobraGuy : You won't need to play through large portions of games. The main goal is to make sure the game works, so you'd open the game and make sure no error messages pop up. As long as the game loads without errors, it's good.

EX Palen :
I know how you feel, fellow knight. But we are still a clan, looking for new recruits. And I know some people here have the potential to become one of us. I'm looking forward to this as well

So I was temporarily banned in order to have my local mod rank removed since you never got around to it. Does that count towards the staff application rule concerning bans?

I would like to apply for the Review Writer position.
This is the review I will be submitting as my prime example:
Earthbound: https://www.vizzed.com/boards/thread.php?id=86395
Here are some others, too: 
Minecraft: https://www.vizzed.com/boards/thread.php?id=78449
Grand Theft Auto IV: https://www.vizzed.com/boards/thread.php?id=78214


I'd love to be a review writer. I love expressing my thoughts through words, and I find reviewing games to be fun. Here's a couple reasons you should consider me:
1. I've been on the website and have been a trusted member for over two years
2. My reviews are almost all grammar-free, and I use good word choice to describe and critique the game of all of it's aspects. (Except for my earlier reviews, but I was about 12 when I wrote those)
3. I have a good amount of experience in writing, from school, vizzed reviews, and more. I'm a straight A student in my English Honors class.

My earliest reviews had much lower quality than my latest reviews, but the ones I recently did and the ones I am planning are much better. I will definitely be more active in my reviews if I get the position, which will also help improve my writing skills. Even though I have seven reviews, I'll write much more if I get the staff job. I just haven't had the motivation to write many reviews, yet, and the job will give me this. I hope you will consider me for this position. I'd appreciate getting it so much! 


My second choice is to be a Video Game Character Manager. I meet all the qualifications for the job, and it sounds fun. It would be easy for me to type bios and manage characters. Plus, it would be a good experience for learning more about games. I hope you will also consider me for this position.

Review writer is the position I'm interested in... I have written many reviews, and I enjoy doing so. I love doing stuff for vizzed and I'll be getting anew Xbox One so I should be able to expand beyond just PC games. 

I'll add a few links of the reviews. 


https://www.vizzed.com/playonlinegames/game.php?id=78292 

https://www.vizzed.com/playonlinegames/game.php?id=78398

https://www.vizzed.com/playonlinegames/game.php?id=78130

https://www.vizzed.com/playonlinegames/game.php?id=75185

I actually really feel like contributing to the site again because the summer is coming so I guess I'll apply since I'll have more than enough time to contribute again.

Also, whenever you have the time Davideo7, please read this PM: https://www.vizzed.com/boards/showprivate.php?id=945195 (Only you can see it and it has important information about why I had to step down from before. You probably should see this.)

Firstly, I'd love to apply as a Review Writer. I've been site staff as a review writer on vizzed before and I have a lot of experience about making game reviews on vizzed. Most of them have a rating of at least over a 4/5 and a lot of good feedback. Almost all of my reviews are also featured reviews (see my CP page. I've made 56 reviews so far and 53 of them are featured). I always enjoy reviewing games that are not very well-known, mainly because it both fills in for games missing reviews/featured reviews and it is fun to discover games never seen before. I also have time to easily make 2-4 reviews a month. (Probably even A LOT more during the summer, but my biggest concern is quality over quantity. 3 amazing reviews are way better then 25 terrible ones.) I know I might have been a bit inactive for a while, but my last year in high school is done and the summer is coming so the amount of free-time I'll get will be exciting for me.

Here are some of my reviews:

Pac-Mania, Sega Genesis: https://www.vizzed.com/boards/thread.php?id=80099 (A featured review)
Dig-Dug, Famicom Disk System: https://www.vizzed.com/boards/thread.php?id=79410 (A featured review)
Somari, NES: https://www.vizzed.com/boards/thread.php?id=72793 (A featured review)
Sonic 2 XL, Sega Genesis: https://www.vizzed.com/boards/thread.php?id=72600 (A featured review)
Frogger, PSX: https://www.vizzed.com/boards/thread.php?id=73583 (A featured review)
Hunchy II, Atari 2600: https://www.vizzed.com/boards/thread.php?id=77750 (A featured review)

The next position I'll apply for is Game Tester. I have had some experience in testing games to check whether they actually work or not. I have been site staff before and I have done a lot of game testing to help complete my staff quota. I've tested games and also added game content as well at the same time while I was staff. I also really enjoy this role since it is very fun for me to discover various games, check if they work, and also add content for them at the same time.

I'll also apply for Screenshot Adder. I have over 800 screenshots and over 220 of them are assigned. A lot of my screenshots have been rated as well (Most of them have very good ratings) I've earned over 800 CP from screenshot rated. I've had experience of screenshot adding because I also added and assigned screenshots while I was staff to help achieve my quota. 

Thank you for considering me.