If you've been on the boards for a while, you know there's sometimes some drama, quite a few times some members and devs attack Craig because they think he hid some posts or deleted them or even banned members.
While I never checked who hid threads or banned members (might've been some mod as well), it's sad to see regular threads with such accussations.
Whatever happened, we can't change the past, but we can improve the future!
That's why I had some talk with Craig yesterday.
For Pandora 2 (whenever that might happen), we need to work even more closely as a team, everyone working what he can do best.
I probably am quite good handling a community, talking with devs and members as well as organizing the PCB production here in Germany (it worked fine for Pandora 1, so it shouldn't be an issue for Pandora 2 as well).
So yes, we've learned from the past years and want to concentrate more on what we can do best and let others do the rest.
The first step has happened today.
While Craig was never listed officially as moderator, he had moderating power since he had Admin status.
I talked with him yesterday - and basically all he wants to be able to do is add and edit forum sections. He doesn't want to mod (that's why he never had official mod status) or do anything else.
However, if he kept admin status, these "Craig hid that post!"-posts would probably happen over and over again.
Well, now I can assure you:
The only thing he can now do is rearrange the forum, edit member ranks (i.e. to add moderators like Wally) and access the moderator forum.
He doesn't have any other rights besides that anymore, he cannot edit, ban or delete members anymore and he cannot hide, edit or delete posts or threads.
That's what I decided together with Craig - to keep some drama away.
This is the first step into a brighter future.
Now let's get those Pandoras out (GamesCom, here we come!) and start working on a Pandora 2 sometime later...
While I never checked who hid threads or banned members (might've been some mod as well), it's sad to see regular threads with such accussations.
Whatever happened, we can't change the past, but we can improve the future!
That's why I had some talk with Craig yesterday.
For Pandora 2 (whenever that might happen), we need to work even more closely as a team, everyone working what he can do best.
I probably am quite good handling a community, talking with devs and members as well as organizing the PCB production here in Germany (it worked fine for Pandora 1, so it shouldn't be an issue for Pandora 2 as well).
So yes, we've learned from the past years and want to concentrate more on what we can do best and let others do the rest.
The first step has happened today.
While Craig was never listed officially as moderator, he had moderating power since he had Admin status.
I talked with him yesterday - and basically all he wants to be able to do is add and edit forum sections. He doesn't want to mod (that's why he never had official mod status) or do anything else.
However, if he kept admin status, these "Craig hid that post!"-posts would probably happen over and over again.
Well, now I can assure you:
The only thing he can now do is rearrange the forum, edit member ranks (i.e. to add moderators like Wally) and access the moderator forum.
He doesn't have any other rights besides that anymore, he cannot edit, ban or delete members anymore and he cannot hide, edit or delete posts or threads.
That's what I decided together with Craig - to keep some drama away.
This is the first step into a brighter future.
Now let's get those Pandoras out (GamesCom, here we come!) and start working on a Pandora 2 sometime later...