Thanks for everyone's input from the suggestion thread! We have unaminously decided on bringing on three outstanding individuals to bring on as moderators, effective immediately. These choices will probably not come as a surprise to anyone, in fact, this was the smoothest decision making process we've ever had to make as far as moderation staff goes.
Thanks again to everyone who suggested others, and to those who put their names forward as candidates. We are going to bring these three on board right now, and once the new mods get familiar with how things work and are up to speed, we will look at bringing on some more people to help out. To those of you who always ask, "What does it take to become a Giant Bomb Moderator?" - simply watch these guys, they are definitely examples of Giant Bomb's finest.
Congratulations to ZombiePie, Marino, and mracoon. Each will have full moderator status over the forums, wiki, and everything in between.
" Wow, congratz guys! I was kinda hoping I would be chosen, but there's always time; I don't think my love for this site will ever die. Giant Bomb is now officially better because of this. : ) "
I nominate you, because every time I see your avatar I can't help but smile
" Wow, congratz guys! I was kinda hoping I would be chosen, but there's always time; I don't think my love for this site will ever die. Giant Bomb is now officially better because of this. : ) "
I nominate you, because every time I see your avatar I can't help but smile "
Of course man! Rich is the baddest of the bad dudes. Nobody can resist smiling when he shows his face. : )
" So is this a confirmation that in order to become a mod you need to have loads of wiki points? "
I bet they were looking for a More emphasis on the Wiki, the task feature just came out remember, I bet they are all under a shitload of stress, and this frees some of them to concentrate more on the forums as well as have awesome people who care about the Wiki and the Community,
If you don't think these aren't great choices then you are an idiot.
Zombie has been at the Spotlight helm for a year, and he is always on top of it, Marino has been editing like a man possessed, and totally deserves his Status, I hope mracoon can excuse me from not being able to place him, But I have seen him around and I would think he is a good choice as well,
Think before you type Duder,
I have no idea who any of these people are!
And the fact you don't know who ZombiePie is, is very disappointing.
I know of Marino and ZombiePie. The other name seems familiar as well. Marino is an absolute legend, so he has my full backing. He has a ton of wiki points, and he'll definitely be a good addition. I haven't seen ZombiePie though. I do remember his name from somewhere.
" So is this a confirmation that in order to become a mod you need to have loads of wiki points? "
I'd imagine that you would need to have your toes dipped pretty well in all of the fields of the website, including wiki points (or more importantly, wiki editing). Seems like wikis are a big emphasis, especially with the new task function. Rightfully so, it's a big part of the website.
Can't believe I almost forgot to congratulate all three of them. Dick move on my part.
" ive never seen or heard of mario/mracoon before... wtf ? "
Marino is more of a wiki lurker. If you can't tell, the dude has like almost 400,000 wiki points. I haven't seen much of mracoon either, but sometimes the least known but most diligent deserve to be the most recognized.
" Wow, congratz guys! I was kinda hoping I would be chosen, but there's always time; I don't think my love for this site will ever die. Giant Bomb is now officially better because of this. : ) "
I nominate you, because every time I see your avatar I can't help but smile "
Of course man! Rich is the baddest of the bad dudes. Nobody can resist smiling when he shows his face. : ) "
It's true. I've seen it happen. Heck, even just mentioning him will make people smile. It's kinda crazy, really.
Way to go on your promotions! Ya'll are absolute freaks when it comes to doing what you do. I'm glad they picked you - because of this, I'm going to be able to sleep soundly tonight, knowing that my Bomb Buddies are in a growing field of amazing hands.
I've been at PAX East the last several days so I didn't even realize this was going on til this morning right before I got on the plane back home. Thanks to those who mentioned me in the nomination thread. I know I'm not very active in the forums, save for the Delete & Combine forum, but I hope to change that at least somewhat. Obviously my main focus has always been the wiki. That's what I enjoy working on, and that's probably where alot of my focus will remain. There's a lot of work that can be done to clean up, correct, expand, and improve the wiki. The task feature is definitely helping that process. Right now I'm just interested in finding out more about what my duties are and how it all works.
Coming home from PAX is usually a downer. But finding the invitation in my PM's made today pretty cool. And congrats to my moderator induction classmates mracoon and ZombiePie.
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