Step Into The Orange

AvengerX · May 2004

<div class="IPBDescription">help protect the forums you love</div> have you ever dreamed of logging onto the forums and seeing your name lit up in orange, have you ever want to lock threads that violate the rules laid down by our founding fathers? well then this is for you, join the forum admins , fight agaisnt the flamers, the trolls, and any one else that threatens the peace of our forums!

step into the orange!!!!!

ok jk I'm not authorized to recruit anyone to be an admin or anything I was just joking around with that, but I have a question , how are admins made? are they elected by the people? appointed by some NS higharchy? or are they just randomly chosen?

Sky · May 2004

My guess: either they've been involved with the game a long time, possibly personal friends of Flayra, or they've proven themselves as fair, honest, and (most of the time) sane people with their posts of these boards. Maybe chosen by Constellation members?

Am I right, am I right?

[edit] Oh yeah, what does "Step Into The Orange" refer to? [/edit]

AvengerX · May 2004

admins names are in orange when you look at the bottem of the page and it says who all is on in that certain area, the admin names are in orange.

Sky · May 2004

ahh, okay....still it's a real cheesy ripoff of the Air Force imo...

AvengerX · May 2004

well ya know, thats kinda what I was going for it was suppose to be a joke . . .just FYI

Redford · May 2004

Forum admins are hired from the Forum and IRC communities from people why have been observed to be fair, intellegent, and have a good sense for admin issues. They also, (for evident reasons) must have a certain amount of time in the community, and they must be active readers of the forums. Posting is of less importance, but still needed.

I believe from my personal observations they would never consider you in a million years, avenger. So back off. <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' />

AvengerX · May 2004

oh yeah, well just you wait, some day when HL2 comes out and they have a NS2 I'll be there and I'll riase to power and control the masses!!!! wha ha ha h ahaaa

and if I was an admin I wouldn't just go around saying "please don't feed the trolls" like some people do. . .

Marik_Steele · May 2004

Redford, you forgot about the initiation hazing rituals <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' />

When I first saw the thread title, I thought it was referring to the color scheme of an and old, <i>old</i> version of our forums. I recall seeing a screenshot, possibly even a mirrored equivalent to Google's cache feature, but haven't found it since. Would Nemesis Zero or any other members who've been here that long be able to tell us what it was like?

AvengerX · May 2004

the forums use to be orange? thats crazy

Nemesis_Zero · May 2004

The boards used to have an orange-and-black color scheme fitting the old flash-setup of NS.org, which I still consider the sexiest piece of webdesign ever. Overmind.orgs forums used to have the same, but it seems Charlie removed them recently, which is a pity since I do now only have my memory to support my claim of being the second NS fan there ever was <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif' />

As for the promotion of admins, they are choosen by the community lead (e.g.: yours sincerely) or Flayra out of the mods whenever the need for a new one arrives.
How are mods being choosen, then? Whenever we realize that the tides of forum posts threaten to drown us or when one of us leaves our hearths, we throw suggestions for new ones around in the private moderatiors forum (no group restrictions there - you don't have to be Constie, PT, or Guide), and at the end, the community lead or Flayra gets to pick them. The 'lucky' individual then gets a PM asking him or her whether s/he is interested, and if s/he is, well, you guessed it.
On that note, please don't offer yourself as mod. I appreciate the thought, but we're invite-only and will remain so.

Redford · May 2004

Yeah, they looked really crappy. Maybe why I didn't post much back then. ^_^

Delarosa · May 2004

</div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Nemesis Zero @ May 23 2004, 06:20 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> The 'lucky' individual then gets a PM asking him or her whether s/he is interested, and if s/he is, well, you guessed it.  </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> 
...or you tell Coil to do it and he just skips the "asking" and says "congrats... your a moderator" (at least in my case)... unless i missed the "asking" PM

Petco · May 2004

Why are some people's name in Regular white like flayra and MonsE?

Thansal · May 2004

"Flayra Visability"

no I don't get it <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' />

and as far as I know Monse and Flayra are the only 2 with it <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' />

Mantrid · May 2004

</div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Nemesis Zero @ May 23 2004, 03:20 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> The 'lucky' individual then gets a PM asking him or her whether s/he is interested, and if s/he is, well, you guessed it.  </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> 
Just out of curiosity, has anyone ever said no?

Daxx · May 2004

Or better yet, accepted, then run away gibbering after the first week?

Delarosa · May 2004

</div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Thansal @ May 23 2004, 07:25 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> "Flayra Visability"

no I don't get it <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' />

and as far as I know Monse and Flayra are the only 2 with it <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' />  </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> 
"Flayra Visability" means that the person is to be viewed *as* flayra when flayra is absent.

this person would also have root access to the forums, and could possibly *take over* the forums from the person in charge. i'm sure that flayra trusts nem0 enough to give him this amount of access...

i would also suspect that there is a developers forum, which nem0 can see (even if he's not suposed to interact), and a "junk" section that flayra might be using to host temporary files for personal transfer and such.

Thansal · May 2004

oh, nifty <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' />

I just knowticed it once, as well as knowticing the fact that their names are 'normal' when listed, so sorta put em together <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' /> (guess I was wrong <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' />)

Nemesis_Zero · May 2004

</div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Delarosa @ May 23 2004, 11:44 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> </div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Nemesis Zero @ May 23 2004, 06:20 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> The 'lucky' individual then gets a PM asking him or her whether s/he is interested, and if s/he is, well, you guessed it. </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'>
...or you tell Coil to do it and he just skips the "asking" and says "congrats... your a moderator" (at least in my case)... unless i missed the "asking" PM  </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> 
Well, that was a little before my time. Things were a lot more 'ad hoc' back then <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif' />

</div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> </td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'>Just out of curiosity, has anyone ever said no?</td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'>
Not that I remembered, although I think some only decided to halfway through their reply...

</div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> </td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'>"Flayra Visability" means that the person is to be viewed *as* flayra when flayra is absent.

this person would also have root access to the forums, and could possibly *take over* the forums from the person in charge. i'm sure that flayra trusts nem0 enough to give him this amount of access...</td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'>
Actually, sorry, Del, but no. 'Flayra visibility' means that the user of that group has access to flat out <i>all</i> parts of the boards, but I assume it won't be granted to anyone except Charlie. As for myself, I have no access to the dev forum and don't need it - if a flamewar erupted in there, I couldn't suspend the offender, anyway <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif' /> I'm running the day-to-day business of the community, and have all the access I need for that, but none beyond.

Boy_who_lost_his_wings · May 2004

What the hell is the point of this?

napi · May 2004

whats the difference between a forum admin, and a forum moderator... ?

Thansal · May 2004

admins have more power

mods have the powers of ban, lock, suspend, move, edit stuff like thaT (I am guessing thats it)

Admins have all of those plus actual controll over the forum (changing forum sections, updating the boards, fixing critical errors)

again, this is just general guesses <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' />

/me ponders Nom0 banning one of the devs....

Supernorn · May 2004

I'm sure I heard somewhere that Flayra visibility had certain forum sections deliberately invisible.....but it might have been the rumour monkey or I might have imagined it.

*stares at the ideas and Suggestions forum...

Can you blame him? really? <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' />

Salvation · May 2004

if i try hard enuff i am important in the community and my name ir ornage (that speical

and yes, of corse tehre are invus ones ^_^

Nemesis_Zero · May 2004

</div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Thansal @ May 24 2004, 01:32 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> admins have more power

mods have the powers of ban, lock, suspend, move, edit stuff like thaT (I am guessing thats it)  </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> 
No, mods can't ban people. They can ask admins to do so, though.

</div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> </td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'>I'm sure I heard somewhere that Flayra visibility had certain forum sections deliberately invisible.....but it might have been the rumour monkey or I might have imagined it.</td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'>
Nope, Flayra can see <i>everything</i>. What you are referring to is MonsEs group (Lowvis), which basically cuts all the parts Mons doesn't go into for fear of exploding in a cloud of expletives out.

Thansal · May 2004

ook, what about temp suspensions? Or are those handled by the so called 'discusions' in the mod forum?

I still hold with my beliefe that the admins (especialy Nem0) are actualy just random number generators that are ussed to pick out 'witty' lines and decide who to ban next.

And I am rather sure that any name that contains "Thansal" in it just got some extra weight added when picking the next Ban.

<img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' />

(oh, and for Boy: B/c we are curious)

raz0r · May 2004

anyway, where has MonsE been of late, he hasn't posted since february

i also don't understand how people have such high postcounts, esp. some of the mods/admins, i just don't see how you can post about so much

completely offtopic but, i have recieved the <i>same</i> gamespy weekly email 3 times today

Boy_who_lost_his_wings · May 2004

</div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (raz0r @ May 24 2004, 02:31 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> anyway, where has MonsE been of late, he hasn't posted since february
 </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> 
God forbid a grown man with a wife and (kids?) actually LIVE! <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/confused.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='confused.gif' />

Daxx · May 2004

</div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Boy who lost his wings @ May 24 2004, 03:10 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> </div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (raz0r @ May 24 2004, 02:31 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> anyway, where has MonsE been of late, he hasn't posted since february
</td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'>
God forbid a grown man with a wife and (kids?) actually LIVE! <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/confused.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='confused.gif' />  </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> 
Yes, MonsE has had to tend to real life duties. I'm sure he'll be back, I've seen his name on the boards from time to time.

Thansal · May 2004

razor: Look at join dates and average posts per day, its actualy not that much

example:
Nem0 nearly 2.5 years (and that is just the most recent incarnations of the forums I believe)
average posts per day:
9.1

do the math.
Obviously enugh there are alot of days that he makes 0 posts (holdiays and what not and many days where he spends a decent chunk of time here, thus you get some one with 7776 posts.

Me? I just go no life <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif' />

Delarosa · May 2004

1.2 opsts a day personally...

doen from my nearly 15/day before i had it reset.

moderators and admins are on the forums constantly. (even reading them while logged out as it is when i am on any number of the 6 computers in my house)

Step Into The Orange

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