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I am bubbabinsky, AMA!
bubbabinsky
Member, Moonstars, Neverwinter Beta Users, Neverwinter Guardian Users Posts: 161 Community Moderator
For those of you who do not know what an AMA is, it's an "ask me anything".
The purpose of this thread is to let the community get to know me, why I'm here, and what I plan to accomplish if I am fortunate enough as to become a moderator for this forum.
All I ask is to keep questions appropriate.
So, without further ado,
AMA!
The purpose of this thread is to let the community get to know me, why I'm here, and what I plan to accomplish if I am fortunate enough as to become a moderator for this forum.
All I ask is to keep questions appropriate.
So, without further ado,
AMA!
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Perhaps my biggest regret in the whole situation is that I don't know as much as I should about DnD, but then again, knowledge of DnD is not required to moderate the forum.
I played DDO a while back, and I liked the lore, and the story, but not the execution of the game, and that's what drove me away. I look forward to Neverwinter because I think it will be something special. I know that I will find something that makes me love it.
Not sure if troll... I haven't played the game yet.
If it has been announced already, then I am sorry, I missed the news.
You lost my vote as moderator, IMO you need to have a passion and love for what you are going to get so involved in. Go buy a beginners trifecta Dungeon Masters Guide, Players Handbook and Monster Manual and start reading also. Also Get Neverwinter Nights Diamond edition and Neverwinter Nights 2.
P.S. AMA in my profession means Against Medical Advice.
What he's involved to is moderating. It does not matter if he's a D&D loremaster or whatever, it's not what his job is - his job is to police the forums. Knowing the full list of abberant creatures of Abeir-Toril by heart, including stats and abilities, or knowing the events that happened during the Crown Wars in chronological order won't make the least bit of differencein locking spam threads and moving suggestion posts away from General Discussion...
Anyway, bubba, where do you live? (so that I know where to send the bomb in case I'm banned
This written, it's not polite to mention voting publicly on the forum posts. Please treat voting as confidential until it's closed at least.
Sometimes I go all goo goo for you Truth... b:victory
Seriously, this is the best post I've seen on the topic of moderator picks yet.
Cheers,
Stormshade
And yet I have a Typo! Thanks though
Evil mode on.
Well at least he is active on the forum no lik other comunity managers that speak very rarely. Yes yes very interesting
The question is. Who is gonna wipe out the spammers ?
Why, our moderators of course! With the stylus of Deletion +6
(Note to Developers: Please craft Styluses of Deletion +6 for our Moderators!)
And I like SS's reply, but I may be a weeee bit biased
But if this is a serious question for all Mods and Devs it might be better asked here.
Isn't it hard to deal with alot of spams on RaiderZ?
I want to HAMSTER in Neverwinter, whenever I want, for as long as I want.
So without further ado, here are some replies
I'm not sure if you mean specifically for Neverwinter or just games in general. In RaiderZ I enjoyed a paladin build. In most other games I tend to lean more towards supporting my team, yet doing damage. Tanking is not for, it's too difficult and my lack of ability makes it very stressful.
As truth said, the mods!
I wanted to broaden my horizons and experience more communities. I knew that this could have potentially been an issue, but I cleared it with my CM as well as my two new friends that now help me moderate the RaiderZ forum. If I had thought it was going to be too difficult of a challenge, I wouldn't have signed up.
And have you ever played any RPG (PnP) and if s?, what games?
I've played tons of MMOs. I started about 6 years ago with Rune Scape, then expanded from there. After Rune Scape came PWI, then just tons and tons more. I've played all of PWE's game at least once before. Sometimes I'll do a google search of MMOs and try something new. I've played FFXIV, DCUO, LOTRO, and many more.
I haven't played any PnPs, but I play RPGs all of the time. RPG's or MMORPG's are my favorite game genres.
I want to HAMSTER in Neverwinter, whenever I want, for as long as I want.
I like it. I haven't played it in a month or two. I bought the DLCs for the lolz. Definitely better games than that though.
How about PWI then? It's a pretty game but ruined by pay to win cash shop, extremely low exp rates and too much fetch quests ( In Argosaur)
And what race will you play in this game?
I want to HAMSTER in Neverwinter, whenever I want, for as long as I want.
I agree with you in DCUO. As for PWI. I loved that game. It's the most fun I had for 3 years of my life, then recently with r9 and recast and all of the things that I couldn't get from just playing, I started do dislike the game. I still visit rarely to see my friends, but that's about it.
As for this game, I really don't like to pick anything until I am in character create. I like to be able to see what I'm making. I'm an alt-oholic, so I'll be playing as everything eventually.
Like I said I'm not sure, it will take some looking at, but most likely a cleric, rogue, or wizard. Melee isn't my style, and I keep telling myself that I'm good at rogues/assassins, but I'm not.
My biggest accomplishment is internal. When I first started moderating, I thought it was just a bunch of me fixing the communities mistakes, and me bowing down to what that ask. I realized eventually though, that I can be a friend to them. I like to joke around every once in a while and make moderating fun. It gets much better responses than if I were to just moderate.
Since I was a rookie moderator at one point, my biggest mistake was back then. I can think of a few examples where I would moderate, and then the person of whom I moderated trolls me big time. Publicly, privately, all of it. I remember once one of these people trolled me, and then got extremely mad when I didn't take his side when it came judgement time. My mistake was letting him know that I didn't take his side. I'm definitely not going to let that happen again.
Just for clarification you mean people were trolling you but other players crossed the line while defending you?
If so I have been there myself. It sucks because while they have the best intentions it still doesn't make it right. Sadly if mods get trolled it's really best to just leave them and let them handle it rather than jump in.
Well handled answering that question though bubbabinsky. I've been thinking about my own answer to that question since I saw it this morning. Leave it to Truthseeker to throw a curve ball haha.
Let's try my own.
What are some of the ways you have supported the RaiderZ Community and how do you plan to support the NW Community?
Basically what can we expect of you?
Well, as expected of a mod, I have taken care of the bad times on the forum, and really made the good ones stand out. I love to host events that actually reward everyone during the event, as well as reward the winner at the end. I don't like to hand out gimmicky rewards that weren't worth the wait.
One event I held on RaiderZ was the short story contest. The users got to enjoy writing a short story and I got to enjoy reading them. Then at the end, the winner got a custom forum title as well as some sweet custom gear of CBT. I can't promise similar rewards for events on the Neverwinter forum, but I will certainly try.
As for things unique to NW, I like to think of things as it's time for them to happen, if that makes sense. When I feel that it's time for an event, and the forum is unsettled or whatever, I will ask myself, "What can I do at this point that hasn't happened in the past?" Sometimes I will ask the community for input and ideas, and a lot of times I will use those ideas. It all just depends on the circumstance.
This, I don't think it's fair to this community nor to the Raiderz community to divide your time between them simply to "broaden your horizons" as this is you doing so at both communities expense.
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I foresaw this being a popular reaction. I thought about whether or not I should sign up for this over and over. I know my limits and I know how a community works. I am fully confident in my ability to moderate both forums at once. I have two colleagues moderating with me on the RaiderZ forums. Does that mean that I have decided to let them take care of what I will no longer be doing? No. Would I have signed myself up for this position if I knew I would be leaving RaiderZ shorthanded? Absolutely not.
I have a passion for Neverwinter and for contributing to communities. Should I keep myself from that passion because I'm afraid that I won't be able to handle it? A couple of CMs at Perfect World are the Community Managers for more than one game. They can handle it properly.
I hope my rhetoric did not offend anyone, as that was not my intent.
I do not feel that moderating two different forums should be any real issue that the Community should worry about. Bubbabinsky seems well enough hooked on Neverwinter already and has already become a part of the Community, knowingly or not.
So, let's not dwell on whether moderating two forums would be too much for Bubbabinsky, for ultimately that is something he would first discover himself. The Moderating position is not for life and if he were to ever feel overwhelmed, he could simply step down from one of the positions and carry on with the other. Such, in my experience, is a common occurrence with a large pool of Volunteer Moderating and News Staff. This is generally a good thing anyway to keep fresh life and new perspectives and involvement while allowing Volunteering Community members to find their place doing something not everyone enjoys.
The only times I have seen that such is an issue is when there is not sufficient Overhead in an area to interview, train, and maintain new staff to fill any voids. As such, this latter should be something to take note with Cryptic/PWE and not the Volunteer Staff.
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I'm just talking about when the game is out and there more people here. If it gets anything close to what the ddo forums are like it'll be a full time job to mod.
I've just never been a fan of mods that are in several game forums or "hop around", it's nothing personal I just feel it's not a good way to run things even if big companies like people to multitask
I feel the quality ends up suffering eventually.
Dunno maybe the aeriagames forums ruined me on this kind of thing.
That said good luck if you do become a mod!
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