So did Neji ask all the inactive mods then? I know Taraka and Rinoa said they weren't told about it and they are actually active, and that's about 80% of the active mods.
I don't really know...apparently you were lied to by them? If I remember correctly Rinoa WAS part of the small group that decided. I may be wrong, but...let me check to see if I still have the pms.
"""If you get stuff out of context, only parts are seen.
I asked around the mods of suitable new people to hire, two were mentioned and agreed by most.
We had no official "we're hiring" up at this time. When picking one guy, I like it usually faster than skimming through all kinds of applications.
He had the impression he just asked because that's what I wanted him to think. After we already made the decision, he wrote a "make me mod!" mail, and I just wrote "ok".
Now all is in turmoil, and I snicker from time to time about that
I don't regularly monitor activity of mods - giving them a bit more freedom than other sites.
Rather a few more and some inactive, than a few who have a tight schedule and a lot on their shoulders."""
Out of my personal messages cause I feel the community who fund and continue this site should know how things are handled. That was with Neji I had one of two others telling me...
Kamui, Taraka, Rinoa, and Zimzamboo were all in the group that I can recall. May be faulty info, but I doubt it.
You fail to realize your error in reading Neji's reply to you, as well as my reply to you and any other moderator's reply to you. We all told you (and it is clear as day in Neji's response) that Nathan was not chosen by the Staff but rather by Neji himself because Nathan asked for it. Yes he mentioned two were agreed upon however neither candidates were Nathan. I am not saying I am displeased with the decision however. I love having Nathan as a fellow staff member. He was though an untraditional choice in the manner he was given his promotion.
Now I can go on and on and quote every single error in all of these lengthy forum posts but I'm not going to do that. I'll just do my very best to address what I wish.
Please recall, players, that Shinobi Legends is a free roleplaying game. The word free does not apply to only the price, but also to how a player can roleplay. This means that we do not limit the creativity or the skills a player wishes to bring to the community. I would only hope that one day our players can function together as a well respected community and understand simple things, however, words on a screen all irk us IRL and that's why we moderators are put in place.
Game masters appointed by the mass of players in my personal opinion seems like a bad idea solely due to the fact that the mass will have a bias and then unfair treatment will be given without control. It will look like "the boy who cried wolf" because the mass will deny that any wrongdoings have occurred. Please note I am giving a negative scenario, not accusing the mass of our community of doing such a thing.
To prevent the bias from occurring, we have moderators and game masters appointed by the owner himself. He at the end of the day makes the decisions.
Now to be in favor of this movement, I would also like to state that I personally believe that this was the Kage's responsibility. In the sense that basically if you want to run a damn village, you best be prepared to interact with all of your villagers and give them stuff to do. Promote activity. It's your village; why let it die? With that being said, if this makes any sense to anyone reading this, why do we need to appoint game masters? It is widely accepted by each individual village as to who the current and/or next kage is; let's leave it at that.
To end on a positive note: I would like to stroke my ego a little and thank you all for saying that I am a good moderator/game master. I personally think I suck because I always try to remain neutral in all regards. I may be friends with like 90% of the community but that doesn't mean I will take sides. But again, thank you.
If there is something I've mentioned but you have questions on, please feel free to directly contact me as all of you have ways of doing so in the immediate sense.
That is all.
Also:
I will lock this thread if I see any more issues. Please be courteous to other players. This is a warning.