Custom Cards Moderator Application Thread

[Mehmani]

http://forum.yugiohcardmaker.net/topic/293318-realistic-cards-comments-suggestions-how-can-we-make-our-section-better/page__st__20?do=findComment&comment=6081186

 

I have decided to open the moderator vacancy to the community, who have shone brightly throughout the past few months. There are many excellent contributors and brilliant strategists among us, and you deserve the right to argue your own corner and have your say. I want the next moderator of Custom Cards to be fully committed to the job, have a free-thinking mind and an eye for the events that will create activity and excellent feedback. I want to see interesting policies and dynamic ideas.

 

[spoiler=Application Form]

Name:

Estimated Activity in CC (in months):

Plan of action/Policies for CC:

Why do you think you should moderate CC?:

 

 

[Guest みゆきサン]

I don't understand why you're abdicating your throne. I think you are a fantastic CC mod and deserve as such.

 

Anyways, even though there's a snowball chance in hell I'll get the position, it won't hurt to try.

 

Name: DanteSparda

Est. Activity: Since I've started here, which is roughly about a year and a half.

Plan of Action:[spoiler=I have to spoil this sucker]RC is the cornerstone where all of the content is directed. It's subforum set, however, Finished Sets, gets little to no activity. Therefore, I believe it would be a fairly acceptable move if Finished Sets were to be moved (not the forum itself, but any Finished Sets can go into RC, essentially) to the RC forum, and open up for critique there. As it stands, Finished Sets gets no comments because no one wants to go through 20+ cards and critique each one individually.

 

To combat this, Finished Sets in RC may have the tag "[Finished Set]" or something along those lines to indicate to other members that, "hey, this is a long set but I still want your comments on it, if possible". I believe, though I may be wrong, this COULD potentially give RC some more life, as most people don't generally post sets because of fear of lack of comments.

 

Pop Culture has had an explosion recently for some reason, but is still a hellhole. If I were to become a moderator of CC, I would most definitely implement some form of "Advanced Clause" in PC, but to a lesser extent of the one in RC. But you may be thinking "But Dante, what about all of the newcomers?" Simple. Just like in RC, the PC Advanced Clause will only affect those with less than 100 posts. If people want to show off their Pop Culture cards, then I believe that is just fine.

 

Any Other Cards is where the trouble lies. This is the forum with joke cards, spammy cards that are either broken to extremes, overpowered to extremes, or are in general just horrible. As a moderator of that subforum, I would promptly go around, doing a sweep of all topics that are "nice cards, bro lol" or "10/10 nice card", immediately lock those, and shape the forum up by implementing yet another Advanced Clause that would hopefully shape up the forum. The Advanced Clause has done wonders for the RC Forum; why not extend it to other sub-sections of CC?

 

As said earlier, WC is fine in terms of maturity, so there wouldn't be a whole lot to do there.

 

The Card Contests forum has a lot of contests that have ended, but haven't been locked. Isn't a rule in Card Contests that when a Contest is finished, that it be locked? Since there is no one to take care of that, I would be on top of that faster than white on rice. But that's not to say that I wouldn't completely change the entire forum around; Card Contests is the only forum where the people can actually have interaction with each other, to an extent.

 

tl;dr: I'd put an Advanced Clause, like RC, in all forums except AoC and do sweeps of contests in Card Contests.

 

 

Why do you think you should Moderate CC?: Come on, people love me.

 

But in all seriousness, I think my ideas would greatly help the activity of CC, and, like everyone else here, who wouldn't pass up the chance to be a Moderator?

[Mehmani]

Don't worry, I'm not abdicating. I just need another moderator to help me out 'cause all the other CC moderators are wildly inactive.

[Guest みゆきサン]

Don't worry, I'm not abdicating. I just need another moderator to help me out 'cause all the other CC moderators are wildly inactive.

 

Ahh. I apologize for jumping to conclusions.

[Sander]

Name: Zanda Panda

Estimated Activity in CC (in months): 5 years, so 5*12...60 months

Plan of action/Policies for CC: For RC and Written, there is nothing really to do, as the foundation has been already set (Advanced Clause etc. etc.), possibly do actual events in the sections in CC, maybe once a month or so. An event for RC could possibly be something to do with holidays, Pop Culture something about an anime character (sounds too easy, yes, would have to develop that idea more) and for Written Cards, I'd have to contact the people who frequent there, as I'm not that active on Written Cards, and I'd like to know their wishes before doing something, ie open a poll for ideas / suggestions.

Why do you think you should moderate CC?: What could I say without sounding condescending? I've given up on the idea of even being a mod in this site before, but I'd like to try again, and see where it goes from there. Also the fact that I've got so many years in this site as well. It would be foolish to think that I have not learned anything from my stay here.

[Guest Nathanael Darius Striker]

Name: Nathanael Darius Striker

Estimated Activity in CC (in months): Around 39 months.

Plan of action/Policies for CC:

[spoiler=Long spoiler is long]

In the RC community thread, I brought out the idea of a mentorship program. I have been thinking about this after I brought it up, and I realize that CC as a whole needs something like this: primarilly RC and WC since they are the active sections of the bunch. To make this a reality, I would create a group of people (3-4 people excluding you and I) to create a detailed plan for the program. The idea behind mentorship is simple: it gives aspiring cardmakers someone to go to when they needing and to guide them on their journey. Yes, I consider cardmaking a journey; a journey with twists and turns, successes and failures, trials and tribulations. Having someone to guide cardmakers makes the journey just a little bit easier.

I also brought to your attention the possibility of having a contest series in CC during the summer. After thinking about this more, I still think this is a good idea. However, I believe we should not be content with that. We should bring events to the sections. For RC, we could call up JoshIcy and work with him to think of possible events. However, events pertaining to the major holidays should be done. For PCC, I would go to them and figure out what they would be interested in and gather ideas from them. Perhaps having contests specifically designed for them since most contests are geared towards RC and WC. AoC would be tricky since it is essentially RC, yet it doesn't contain the same restrictions (DIVINE, Dark Synchro, Dark Tuner, etc. being allowed there). However, I would still ask the AoC community and see what they have to say. WC would most likely follow the same path as RC, but I would ask anyway just to make sure.

 

Why do you think you should moderate CC?: CC needs leadership. You, yourself, said that you need help running the place. I was considered for this position before, but I feel that I should argue my case. There are those who believe that I would make a good CC moderator, and I cannot let that go in vain. I have played a small role in this section, now I believe this is the chance to earn more responsibility and in the process make this section a better place. As a side note, I was a moderator on another forum so I'm not completely clueless on the responsibilities that come with the position.

[Guest - Neo -]

Name: Neo

Estimated Activity in CC (in months): I've been making/designing cards since June of 2007, so make of it what you will.

 

Plan of action/Policies for CC: Definitely things that boost the activity of the section by trying to encourage member to member discussion and advice on cards, perhaps even collaborations. On top of that, making the effort to leave feedback and responses to cards whenever possible to help newer members especially learn how they can improve and become better just like those before me did when I was a new member. Introducing new contests and competitions as well are definitely something that I think would be good to get the creative juices flowing and try to boost the activity well.

 

On top of that, promoting more discussion and positive reinforcement as well as helping to boost the 'Realistic' aspect of cards here in RC, and Pop Culture/Design in the other sections, if need be. Just trying to make the community as a whole much better and enjoyable because I feel there is a lot of potential in terms of the game if members are motivated enough to do so..

 

Why do you think you should moderate CC?: In my first two years on the site I served as a moderator for the Graphic Design section (for nearly the entire tenure). While a lot of people had positive things to say about my moderation, I didn't have much GFX experience at all and felt somewhat out of place there, despite knowing full-well what I was doing in terms of moderating due to experience on other sites as well. I've got plenty of experience making cards and have done so for almost five years, so I'd be able to introduce ideas and help other members improve their Card Making abilities all the same.

 

I'm in College but I have a lot more free time than most, so I'd be sure to be active and enforceful as well using what Moderating Experience I have here on YCM. In addition to that I did serve as a Super Moderator during YCMaker's brief downtime and the Sartorism wars back in 2008 so I've learned quite well how to act and respond under pressure in terms of moderation.

[Shinobi Phoenix]

"...and, like everyone else here, who wouldn't pass up the chance to be a Moderator?"

 

 

My apologies since I'm not posting to apply, only to put a responsible "two-cents" in.

 

Not everyone wants to be a mod and not everyone should be. A mod needs to be someone who earns the power but doesn't necessarily want it because it's not about the power, it's about service to the community. A mod should be more assigned to the position, not someone who necessarily propositions for it and I personally feel those make the best mod.

 

As likely the oldest member and and probably the one who has been watching from the shadows for the longest (check my entry date, just because I don't post, doesn't mean I wasn't paying attention), I feel obligated to remind people of the obvious.

 

 

 

-- A moderator of any forum needs to be able to leave his/her ego at the door.

-- A moderator should want to do a service to his community more than the shine of his new "badge" (wanting the title).

-- Needs to be able to be as OBJECTIVE as possible and not swayed by public opinion or even really their own (as in you need to take the merits of the case at hand and judge accordingly, not because you think it should go a way you believe as not everyone thinks the same).

-- A moderator needs a hard understanding that abuse of power will not be tolerated (more than a few of you understand the damage this causes).

-- You're a moderator to bring order to the forum and help build it up. However, you judge others work as A EQUAL MEMBER of the Community, not a moderator. Having a position is not an enforcement of one's opinion over another's.

 

 

 

You'll say "that's all obvious, why even bring it up?" and I'll respond "As obvious as it should be, it's not exactly well followed all time, if you've ever been on ANY other forum." I bring up what I've seen on other forums. I won't even mention what happens on Pojo and Janime was literally destroyed by what went on there (I'm friends with LeArk who created the replacement forum, Neo Ark Cradle, though not a member by choice).

 

There's bad management in places, just like there's good management. We almost appointed a really horrible person to be "Moderator" of our country.

 

 

 

Again, my apologies for not using my post to actually apply, but I will state why I'm not applying.

 

- Time: I have time to put out advice and spread seeds that hopefully bear fruit, but not nurture such seeds all on my own time.

 

- Influence: While I have been watching for a number of years really (pretty much since a member of my own home forum who was kicked out tried to come here and act a fool and I was having a good laugh watching you guy lay into him, but I digress), I only recently in these few months decided to post once I was seeing certain help needed and tired of watching people not get proper help and worse yet, was being feed bad information that they would only take elsewhere and cause more trouble for themselves and others. That said, to other members, I'm technically new here as far as what my post count would say, but I do everything I can to only post as a old sage of sorts.

 

- Motivation: That's the big one. I can support the community and create and suggest ideas that others can imply, but I won't pretend I'd like to do all that work and have it be ignored when I'm doing all of it on my own time for the benefit of others. We all know that's the REAL reason people don't care much for posting ACTUAL feedback, because they grew apathetic to helping people who then don't even care or listen. It's all cyclic. I will however work on making topics and projects that get the community working TOGETHER or at least conversing with each other without feeling judgment (something that is more likely to occur in a competition or when putting feedback on work).

 

 

So I will still do quite a bit of work without needing any titles, but it's on my time and my whelm. I hope this post will be seen for what it is meant for and it's certainly not directed at anyone. Just like to see help come in the form most needed.

 

 

 

 

Also: Correction: "...and, like everyone else here, who would pass up the chance to be a Moderator?" I assume you had in your head "who wouldn't want to be a moderator" and like many others, had a change in thought mid-typing.

[Guest Hatcher]

Obvious questions that should have already been answered:

 

1) When's the deadline for this? What is the last day someone can apply?

 

2) What section(s) will they be in charge of? Is it just Realistic Cards, or is it Realistic, Written, Any Other, and Contests as well?

 

3) How exactly will mods be chosen?

[The Warden]

Name: BrokenHeart15

 

Estimated Activity in CC (in months): Minimal

 

Plan of action/Policies for CC: Let's face it, as it stands, the CC section is a dump. Quite literally landfill. You have so much crap piling higher and higher, and on occasion you might find something of value. And here's the thing, people tend to get a bit down-hearted, or annoyed that people glance over their cards and say nothing. Why? Because of your adorable little Advanced Clause. Some people can barely spit out 10 words, let alone 45. You're trying to enforce something people simply don't care about.

 

My consideration is to have a form of various critiques, such as .IMG (for Realistic, Pop Culture. There'll be a different form for Written), OCG, etc. This allows a person to give a feeling on a card without posting some assinine number such as "FLERP GREAT JOB! 9.3275283456295695/10!" Where did those point come from, who knows? Using individual forms, whilst silly in some regards, allows you to see where you went wrong, and it can appear more inviting for people to actually comment. This is but one step.

 

One issue also is that, when a bad card is seen, more advanced Card Maker ignore it, leaving only n00bs to reply, and, being n00bs, they see nothing wrong with it. Hence, no progress is made for that bad card. I know we can't force people to post, but, we perhaps should create a way to cause incentive. Perhaps an Organization via club could be formed to have a team of reviewers, or something, I dunno.

 

Also, I think it would be good to delete posts from before 2011, we don't need that crap bogging this forum down.

 

Why do you think you should moderate CC?: Because the section the needs a kick in the butt!

[Guest Caeda]

Name: Caeda

 

Estimated Activity in CC (in months): It's on and off, and I hate it. I simply have no draw to CC because nobody who plays the game posts actively and knows the meta. While the meta might not be the end-all-be-all of card design, it plays a big part and without someone around who posts actively and knows it, I can't seem to get myself to actually post.

 

Plan of action/Policies for CC: We need to get the TCG Section in RC without the attitude some of them have. While harshness may be needed in some circumstances, we need people who have REAL knowledge of the game and what's happening in it. People like Chris, Byakk, Kettleblack or iHop since I prefer his older name are good players for example. Having them post in Realistic Cards COULD bring the section up to where it should be.

 

Sadly, many of the better players of YCM left simply because YCM doesn't want to get better at the game, and make better cards as a result. Due to this, Realistic Cards has a very low amount of people who know the meta and make cards that are usable in it. Don't get me wrong, Casual Play is great and supporting Tier 2 and lower decks is something I'm all for, but you still need to have knowledge of the meta to do that.

 

Basically, we need to change the mentality RC has. Many people don't want to learn the game, and want to stay in the old days of GX and Duel Monsters. This HAS to change. If RC card makers don't learn the game as it is now, the section will die. I'm not saying everyone does this, but many do, and it hurts the section.

 

Why do you think you should moderate CC?: I honestly don't THINK I should. Would I like to try and help? Sure, but I can't say for sure that I would make a good RC mod. I just felt as though this was something that needed to be said, so I said it. I would love to be considered, but I would rather someone... More qualified then me gets it.

[.Leo]

Name: .Leo

 

Estimated Activity in CC (in months): 40 months (3 1/4 years).

 

Plan of action/Policies for CC: Most definitely boost the activity of this section. Build on the positive steps made through with the advance clause. Most of all, I would try to get more community events in RC. Something like the "CC Your Deck" competition and add more to it then just the deck making. Add a dueling tournament with the decks and see who's is the best. Other ideas for card creation tournaments could be single card creation in a single knockout tournament style which would try to bring out the creativity in all of the participants. Most likely doing contests that get people posting cards, commenting on other peoples cards and raising the general activity of the section itself, which is my main objective of possibly being a moderator would be to raise the activity and popularity of this section of YCM.

 

Why do you think you should moderate CC?: I have been on this site for quite a while and have been in Realistic Cards for most of my time here. I have lots of time on my hands, only being a sophomore in high school, so I can be very active in moderating the sub-forum and making sure that it is run smoothly. I am also a good problem solver which I feel would help me be a good moderator in being fair to all parties in a situation, not making decisions that are uncalled for unjust. I have been in this section for quite some time, on and off, so I have lots of experience in the section and how it should be run, seeing the successes and the failures in this place.

[Guest Mr. A.]

Name: Mr. A.

Activity in CC: 27 months. These months do not count for posting as I rarely ever post in these topics but I do watch them a lot. Especially AOC.

Plan of Action: One thing I would most likely do is open up doors in AOC for those who want to make Cards that are not YGO related. It is called AOC for a reason and yet that part is never made clear. I would enforce the Advanced Clause in AOC and PC and make sure that trolling and flaming is not tolerated. Also I would delete topics that are posted twice or more than twice. Locking them only takes up needed space for more topics and can potentially bump a regular topic off the first page. Keep in mind that I do not know if topics can be deleted or not I am just saying I would if I could.

ADDENDUM! I would also create a vastly improved set of rules called the Articles of Compliance for AOC. These rules would specify important rules, miscellaneous information and re-edited old rules that have aged with the times.

I would do the same for PC which I would call the Proclamation of Compliance. This too would vastly improve the rules of PC by addressing important issues that are common and improving old rules.

Both rule sets would comply with the Advanced Clause BTW.

Why I Should Moderate: I don't know. I seriously don't know if I would be a good moderator given this position and won't pretend I know. I don't think it is good to say whether you are good or not if you do not know. I will leave it up to the people if my Moderation has it's own merits or not. All I can say is if I was offered the position, I would take it and I would do my best to make CC a great section for activity, kindness, and teamwork that make YCM the site it is. YCM is a community and it is important to keep the community together in those places. I won't pretend I know whether I would be a good mod or not. The future is unpredictable, let's leave that to the people. The people who make this site the great place it is.

[Raine]

Name: Raine

Estimated Activity in CC (in months): 2 and a half posts

Plan of action/Policies for CC:

 

Custom Cards? This deteriorating carcass of filth named by the abused eight year old as Custom Card has been bleed, severed, and defeated. It has been so long since our time when we were promised and disappointed! YCM members from all walks of life have gathered here, an international union of prosperity and knowledge let grovel into disgrace by mismanagement and corruption that cripples it. The age of idealistic chatter and whimsical action is over, for we fight an enemy unlike any other we have faced before, an enemy who makes home in the shadows and breeds like rodents that infest. These parasites are the case of our grief, for the YCM legend and future is written by the pure blooded Members, descended from an age of heroes and dial up. Now people of YCM, I can only offer you so many words… give me my term as Mod, and your reward shall be my heart and soul devoted to the utopia and perfection! Pass judgment on me and let the YCMaker almighty give our work his blessing, strengthen our cause, and endow us with wisdom to act as an effective and benevolent force… for a Mod is not a choice for ourselves but for YCM!

 

Why do you think you should moderate CC?:

-Veteran of WWI

-Rejected student of the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna

-Member of the DAP

[Guest - Neo -]

Obvious questions that should have already been answered:

 

1) When's the deadline for this? What is the last day someone can apply?

 

2) What section(s) will they be in charge of? Is it just Realistic Cards, or is it Realistic, Written, Any Other, and Contests as well?

 

3) How exactly will mods be chosen?

 

Somewhat curious about this myself.

 

If you were to read one or more of our applications and find that we might be worth a second look, would we be notified, or will it just be completely based on your impression of what we posted? I mean, in my own personal application I tried to outline what I could bring to the table but there's only so much information you can throw in a post like that.

[Agro]

Name: Agro

 

Estimated Activity in CC (in months): 14 (since I started posting), though the majority has been in Written Cards for about 10 months.

 

Plan of action/Policies for CC: I like the advance clause that was put into affect, though I think it should be implemented into other areas of Created Cards. I'm, of course, a big fan of WC, if only because the most knowledgable members tend to post there than RC. I'm a little worried about what implementing the advance clause in WC could do for member use (I for one, have posted less in RC since, if not because, of the advance clause being put into place), but I want to try it out in a test run and then hopefully implement it. I don't think that an advance clause in WC would need to be nearly as strict, as the members posting there are usually smart and know what they're doing. But it'd be excellent to cut down on some of the terrible topics I've seen posted in recent memory (you know, the gibberish followed by the "rate my card!"). I should also note that the advance clause may also be a hinderance to activity in RC or any of the other sections of CC, so it may be a good idea to find an alternative or eliminate it completely.

 

It's a fact that RC has become a bit of a trash heap. And that's understandable, garbage has been piling up without many good, knowledgable members there to help members who are posting learn and get better at the art (yes, I called it an art). The first task would be to get some good members in RC commenting on cards and posting their own. I understand some people don't want to do this, possibly because they don't want to comment on crap, but also because they don't want to take the time to follow the advance clause to comment on crap. So perhaps there may be some use in making the advance clause not as strict for posts that are informative and helpful. (though perhaps this should only apply to veteran members so newer members can get into the habit of posting good responses.

 

The second thing to do, and this can be going on before, during, and after knowledgable members come into the fold, would be to make sure that we have card making tutorials, and good ones, up so people can seek help and learn. I know many of us will link a newbie to a tutorial if we want them to learn something without explaining it ourselves (the deck section has a great one), so why not have excellent tutorials here in which we can do the same? I know we have the great guide to card design (and thank you for adding that to the rules thread, though I think there could have been a better place for it), but there are certainly other areas that people could get help with such as Official Card Grammar. There's an OCG thread that Icy has linked to in the rules topic, but unfortunately the thread that that's linked to is horribly out of date. We also have a list of commonly used OCG phrases (in WC, might I add), but that's just that: a list, nothing more, and no real explanation of how to use it (currently working on one that does, by the way).

 

Lastly, I'm thinking that there could be a little movement of sections around. After all, sections like All Other Cards (which needs a rename, horribly) and Pop Culture hardly get any traffic and may as well just be subsections of Realistic Cards (or possibly one made into the subsection of another.

 

Why do you think you should moderate CC?: I know the game, I know the cards, I know how to explain what is or isn't wrong with a card and how to fix it. I feel like I can convince people in TCG to come and help get activity going and I really want to see RC and WC be active like it was when I first got here.

 

Perhaps an Organization via club could be formed to have a team of reviewers, or something, I dunno.

This has been tried twice. The first club became inactive and the second died almost immediately.

[Mehmani]

Obvious questions that should have already been answered:

 

1) When's the deadline for this? What is the last day someone can apply?

 

2) What section(s) will they be in charge of? Is it just Realistic Cards, or is it Realistic, Written, Any Other, and Contests as well?

 

3) How exactly will mods be chosen?

 

I would like to start with how pleased I am at the level of activity this thread has produced. Now, allow me to answer your questions:

 

This thread has only been open for a couple of days, so please consider that. I am still in the process of trying to work out what the best possible course of action with regards to voting for a new moderator is. I am sure that the new moderator will moderate the entire CC section, and as soon as they are appointed, I will officially expand my jurisdiction to all of CC. My current choice is the new moderator will be decided by secret ballot - voters will send their votes to my account via PM and I will tally up the votes. Consider this Mod Application Thread as a "trial run" - I will, at some point in the near future, lock this thread and open another one that will be subject to time-regulation i.e. applicants must apply up to three days after the thread is opened before it closes. Then, I will tally up the candidates and start the voting process, which will last a day or two. After that, the first democratically elected moderator will be officially promoted.

 

That's my rough draft.

[Guest Mr. A.]

I would like to start with how pleased I am at the level of activity this thread has produced. Now, allow me to answer your questions:

 

This thread has only been open for a couple of days, so please consider that. I am still in the process of trying to work out what the best possible course of action with regards to voting for a new moderator is. I am sure that the new moderator will moderate the entire CC section, and as soon as they are appointed, I will officially expand my jurisdiction to all of CC. My current choice is the new moderator will be decided by secret ballot - voters will send their votes to my account via PM and I will tally up the votes. Consider this Mod Application Thread as a "trial run" - I will, at some point in the near future, lock this thread and open another one that will be subject to time-regulation i.e. applicants must apply up to three days after the thread is opened before it closes. Then, I will tally up the candidates and start the voting process, which will last a day or two. After that, the first democratically elected moderator will be officially promoted.

 

That's my rough draft.

Sounds shweet to me. Are applicants allowed to vote? (I mean like vote for anyone but themselves)

[Agro]

I would like to start with how pleased I am at the level of activity this thread has produced. Now, allow me to answer your questions:

 

This thread has only been open for a couple of days, so please consider that. I am still in the process of trying to work out what the best possible course of action with regards to voting for a new moderator is. I am sure that the new moderator will moderate the entire CC section, and as soon as they are appointed, I will officially expand my jurisdiction to all of CC. My current choice is the new moderator will be decided by secret ballot - voters will send their votes to my account via PM and I will tally up the votes. Consider this Mod Application Thread as a "trial run" - I will, at some point in the near future, lock this thread and open another one that will be subject to time-regulation i.e. applicants must apply up to three days after the thread is opened before it closes. Then, I will tally up the candidates and start the voting process, which will last a day or two. After that, the first democratically elected moderator will be officially promoted.

 

That's my rough draft.

Wait, so we have to apply again in another thread? Why exactly?

[.Leo]

Wait, so we have to apply again in another thread? Why exactly?

 

Probably so he can structure the process in a better way.

 

It doesn't bother me tbqh.

[Mehmani]

Wait, so we have to apply again in another thread? Why exactly?

 

For a number of reasons:

 

1. To give people a chance to fine-tune their existing applications.

2. To make a thread that is specifically for posting candidate's manifestos at the upcoming election.

3. It makes the logistics of an election (I'm still pinching myself every time I think of it) simpler for the staff to deal with.

[Guest Spike the Bloody]

Wait...so is this topic closed or are people still allowed to apply?

[Guest - Neo -]

@Mihails, out of curiosity, when will this new thread (application) be posted for us to apply in?

[Mehmani]

Feel free to apply here and discuss your manifestos and proposals. The new application thread will be up within the next couple of days. Be ready.

[Guest - Neo -]

Feel free to apply here and discuss your manifestos and proposals. The new application thread will be up within the next couple of days. Be ready.

 

Thanks much.

 

Another thing I had been throwing around was the idea of a contest of some kind where "novice" card makers team up with a veteran card maker to create a series of cards and give them the experience with designing realistic cards. Its vague sure.