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[shinai]

Poll HELLO I AM ABOUT RP

Note that this is not just about the death of pandoradressing , but these kinds of situations in general. Also, consider this an appeal for advice. In essence, HAY HOW CAN I BE GOOD MOD? Various ways in which to minimize fail based on personal anecdata/experience, whether it was you or someone else that sucked, go!

Comments

[rhodanum]

Oh, I've seen this one mention on anontalk -- with most people wondering why the community vanished all of a sudden

[shinai]

I saw it come up on anontalk a day or so ago, and I happen to include that comm on my list of daily RP stalking, so I kind of groaned when I checked today and BAHLEETED! I'm not surprised, considering, but it's pretty annoying for everyone involved.

This is true, but the first approach is written under the assumption that if someone is willing to even consider listening to people and reaching some sort of compromise, then that person isn't completely up their own ass. I think I might be displaying an absurd level of idealism here.

... that's also a good point, the placaters. I've never seen that turn out well in cases where the individual doesn't make good on whatever was discussed. The backlash is often several times worse than what happened initially.

I suppose as far as finding a suitable replacement goes one would have to use the best possible judgment and probably actually know the person in question. Or, at least, have had first-hand experience with their modding style and feel confident that they're capable of running the

[rhodanum]

What kind of comm was it? When I first saw the name, I thought that it was an Avatar Dressing Room, but it doesn't seem to be the case

[shinai]

It was a Pandora Hearts dressing room. From what I hear, the mods were a bit special. There was also something submitted to rp!s a bit ago about one of the mod's characters being incredibly OOC (the OP's assessment was quite accurate, as the character was behaving the opposite of how he would in canon).

True. I suppose one could argue that if a person was aware of their shortcomings in that department, it would render the whole point moot because they would more than likely have the self-awareness necessary to acknowledge this and circumvent any issues that would have led to a game-wide SNAFU in the first place. Then again, I've seen problems (seemingly) come out of left field before, as well, but those are usually isolated cases.

I used to be a lot more cynical than I am, oddly enough. I wonder what happened to change that? Hm.

I figured you were talking about that. What you're describing happened around the time I discovered that place, oddly enough. I ignored it because I was just there to thread-haunt.

[iron]

I've never RPd, and don't plan to, but logic dictates that the first option is the best course of action. If that does not resolve the problem, resignation is the next best choice.

[shinai]

Understood!

[volkner]

this.

[shinai]

That's how I would have reasoned it out. (And just to be sure, I'm not in any sort of situation, but I may be modding a couple of games soon so I'm looking for people's input. The poll is mostly just a joke based on scenarios that have become LJ RP cliches at this point.)

[izuro]

It's kind of amazing that I've been watching a similar situation going on elsewhere. I voted for the second option!-- I see I'm the only one ahaha;; But since I couldn't select two, I'd probably try the first one first and if things didn't repair, I would opt for the second. A community needs a moderator that is approachable and willing to adapt for the needs of the community, so if I felt at any time I was unable to provide that, I would step down and allow for someone else who could :(

[shinai]

That's very reasonable! And this is... oddly a common scenario as far as roleplay - at least, roleplay on Livejournal - is concerned, so I'm not surprised you're seeing it elsewhere.

[izuro]

Yeah, it's kind of sad, but I mean... So long as people can grow and learn from these kinds of mistakes, I guess it happens. Concerning your last statement, I did once upon a time want to make a community for moderators all over to come and talk over the "how to be a good moderator" stuff, because I think the problem is that a lot of them just don't realize the kind of things that are expected of them. It's not just about what you do or even how you do it; the way you present yourself is very important. :(

[shinai]

I agree. One of the reasons I posted this was to foster some discussion, because unless people tell me directly, I have no idea what their expectations are. I can see myself being particularly dense about this as a mod, too. I can make rules, deal with technical issues, answer questions, keep the plot active and moving, and reprimand if need be, but there are little things that people seem to want from their moderators that I can't necessarily pick up on, so.

I think that comm is a good idea, but not sure how much participation you'd get given the popularity of rpanoncomm and whatnot.

[avaunt]

And to think that I was going to watch that comm.

[shinai]

PH roleplay is kind of... eh. Most of it disturbs me because the fandom has an unhealthy preoccupation with a particular pairing that makes me want to barf due to the many, many layers of wrong, but that place had quite a few legitimately good characters.