Firstly I would like to use this post as an example, this is no way is to attack the mod or player directly but to point out an example:
viewtopic.php?f=68&t=136489&start=1370
I have seen a lot of examples where players think they rule the forums, either because they are in certain alliances or think they can get away with it.
First off comments like this:
Nimras wrote:Then do your job and lock it after both author and Dundee and several others asked lol.
I don't think it's appropriate for players to be publicly attacking mods and their decisions. This player should be warned for this post as the moderators moderate the board for free. As an forum administrator myself on several forums, I do not enjoy people attacking my moderators or telling them what to do, fact of the matter is, this could have been made in a PM not publicly to make the moderator look bad..
deni wrote:Don't tell me what to do or not to do. I can decide for myself. If you are not happy with my decisions then feel free to complain to the forum admins or/and the ombudsman.
As a former mod you might know that threads are locked by the mods/admins decisions. So far I have not seen Rocky asking this thread to be closed and even if he did, it is still up to the mods/admins if a thread is locked or not.
Secondly this part of the post, I feel was inappropriate from the mod. The reason for this, is that the moderator is representing the management of the game. As part of the management one thing that management should ensure is that players are protected by ensuring moderators do not have personal opinions in their moderating job. If the moderator does not lock the topic because they don't like a person or just doesn't want to, they shouldn't make it public for the whole world to see. This makes the moderator seem unapproachable when a player has a problem. If the players can't approach a moderator, they can be bullied out of the game.
It is a hard thing to keep your personal opinion out of your job that your doing for free, but it represents a game
I would like to see a change in is the way the boards are modded. Nothing major just some minor changes.
The first thing would be if a mod is a player who is in a war, they should not moderate or ask another moderator to moderate their own war threads.
The second thing I would like to see changed is the way that some players post things without any form of punishment like,
orI'm gonna keep massing you till you delete.
. I know there are instances when you do want or feel the need to say these things, but think about yourself, do you play this game just to be a bully? Or do you play becuase it's a game and you enjoy playing? Players shouldn't be allowed publiclly bully people on the forums as this could bring more players on top of someone.The only way out of this war is deletion
People can and have seriously gotten depressed from these kind of scenarios, and if left unchecked could result in consequences far reaching a deletion.
I know this is the extreme scenario, but it has happened before. I have read articles where this happened to someone in World of Warcraft and the player hung themselves. It probably wouldn't happen here, but you never know.
I would hate to think that someone or a group in the SGW community could cause such a thing, but prevention is better then finding out afterwards.
The third thing I would change is the way that players who spam other topics that are not related to them. This also makes the forums unfriendly and an non-enjoyable place to visit. From a customer/player experience point of view this drives players away more then it keeps them here.
Anyway I hope this feedback is taken on board seriously, and not dismissed cos of personal opinions of me.
Thanks
Jamie