Group 3 - Swifdi, Cored, Kurt Angle, Shockwaves

that is what I said over in my Primary.  For the most part it\'s been about issues, or atleast not a porn-athon.  Bozco, Racer and I have yet to post pictures....

*looks at cyrus

I wish I was in that category.  All that it is here is a contest of who can post the most pictures between Cored and Kurt.  I mean, seriously.  When do we actually discuss who would be best for this job?

Maybe it\'s just proof that neither of them have anything backing them when it all comes down to it in that category, because none of them want to talk about it.

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Originally posted by shockwaves
I wish I was in that category.  All that it is here is a contest of who can post the most pictures between Cored and Kurt.  I mean, seriously.  When do we actually discuss who would be best for this job?

Maybe it\'s just proof that neither of them have anything backing them when it all comes down to it in that category, because none of them want to talk about it.

heh..i just made a comment about this in group 1

Yeah, and I totally agree with you.  I mean, what kind of a decision are we making if this is all we base it on...or even really part of what we base it on.

Kurt Angle, you especially have nothing here.  You haven\'t said a single word about what you would be like as a mod or why you should be a mod.  You\'ve just been posting pictures of girls, and nothing but.  You haven\'t done anything else.  I mean, come on.  You aren\'t even taking this process the least bit seriously, does that really say anything about how you\'ll be as a mod?  The ONE post you\'ve made without pictures was

Goddam!

This group is getting very tough indeed, looks like I need to step up my campaigning a notch

You only used that to set up the posting of more pictures.  And this is tough?  How?  I could go on the internet and search for pictures of asian chicks as easily as you could, but what does that show?  Nothing.  And that\'s what you have right now, in my opinion.  You\'ve said nothing, you\'ve shown nothing.

Coredweller, as least you have posted policies you would follow and reasons to vote for you as well as the pictures.  For that, you got my respect.  But come on, let\'s go with that path.  Actually say something, actually give a real reason to vote for us.  The group that has the most respect from me is the ARP, because, like Theomen said, three of them have yet to post pictures.  They are actually debating, they are actually saying something worth saying.  What\'s going on in here says nothing.

Well the good thing for Shockwaves, is that he should walk over these guys in the primaries...unless the majority of members are brain dead morons.

I hope so, I\'d be looking forward to actually having a campaign against one of you guys.

Originally posted by theomen
that is what I said over in my Primary.  For the most part it\'s been about issues, or atleast not a porn-athon.  Bozco, Racer and I have yet to post pictures....

*looks at cyrus

Yea, atleast the ass raping party is keeping serious.  I\'m glad atleast some of us are on the same page.

Originally posted by shockwaves
I hope so, I\'d be looking forward to actually having a campaign against one of you guys.

Our campaign is how well we\'ve posted since the beginning.

Kinda sad when the Ass Raping Party is the only "serious" one out there

[Kurt Angle]

Right, where shall I start......

[serious mode on]

I have been a regular here for over 3 years now. In that time I have seen people come and people go, I have also got to know many people as lots of them are daily visitors like me. Most people know that I am an easy going type of guy, in fact I don\'t think I have argued with anybody here.

 In my time here I believe I have learned what it takes to be a good moderator, such as not locking/deleting threads without good reason and knowing where to draw the line with links and pictures (porn,warez) etc.

Being in the UK means that I am 5 hours ahead in time difference between the UK and the US east coast. This could possibly be an advantage especially when the american mods are tucked up in bed. I would be able to moderate during this "lapse in moderating" time.

I am not the type of person that generally posts in the debate/ religious threads but I am willing to read these threads for moderating purposes and do my job if it is deemed necessary.

What else can I say......

Oh yes I like nice pictures of ladies as much as the next guy and I hope you enjoyed viewing them. At the end of the day it is down to the wonderful members of psx2central to decide who the want to win.

May the best man win.

[serious mode off]

Well thank you

And you\'re right, you aren\'t the type to generally post in debate threads, religious threads, and basically serious threads in general.  You\'re \'willing to read them for moderating purposes\', but how long does that last?  Are you really going to log on every day and look through threads that don\'t interest you?

I post in all sorts of threads.  There aren\'t any specific types that I\'m not interested in, and I tend to read all the threads anyway.  So I don\'t have to change anything in that respect.  There aren\'t threads I have to start reading that I didn\'t before, which means I\'m less likely to get bored by that part of the job.  I will continue to read all the threads in off topic, and easily be able to do my job where necessary in any of them.

When you have to change who you are to adequately do a job, that says something.  It says that perhaps you aren\'t the most fit person for it in the first place.  And considering that these are the types of threads that generally are most likely to spiral out of control, that\'s a big area to not be used to looking at.  Even if you do start looking at them now, you won\'t have a good feel for how they go, for what makes things get destructive in them, and because of this won\'t be able to as easily moderate them.  Thanks for making that point for me

Nuff with the Wacky-d-wacking.... and more of the Women posting !

shockwaves

As I see it, the problem is that there are no really strong deficiencies or strengths separating the three candidates in this group (since Vapor dropped out at least )  That is the reason for all the girlie pictures.  I figured that if no intense arguments or campaign posturing was needed, then we might as well offer some entertainment.

I think both Kurt Angle and Shockwaves would make great moderators.  I would vote for either of you if I were not running.  However, I don\'t think either of you would do a better job than I would.

In my real world job I work with a team of 14 people spread all over the US.  We communicate by email, and through a weekly teleconference.  There are the normal frictions, grudges, and dramas that go along with 14 unique personalities, and I often find myself in the role of mediator between them.  Others in my group have told me that I am the only person in our group that is liked and respected by everyone.  I\'m not sure why that is, but I think it might be because I make an effort to see both sides of the situation and to "understand before making myself understood."  That is a phrase I have lived by for many years.  I think these qualities would lend themselves to the job of forum moderating.

I read every thread in OT, even the boring ones just to get a gist of what\'s happening.  I do not post in the religious threads because I\'ve been around long enough to know that you cannot change people\'s minds on subjects like that.  I also don\'t feel the desire to change minds.  I just read it for entertainment.  

Given the responsibilities of a moderator however, I would definitely view all posts with a more critical eye.  Utterly unnecessary spam posts, that offer no value of any kind would be viewed with great suspicion by me.  I would still hesitate before penalizing the offender, but only long enough to determine that the pattern was repeating and causing a problem for other posters of substance.

Posts of warez links, pr0n links, images of extreme violence or nudity, or extremely harsh language would receive a lightning fast response from me.  For example, there was a thread posted by QuDDus in this very forum today that has a vulgar two word phrase that would have been censored in any major media channel.  If I were a mod, I would have edited the subject, yet one or more mods posted in that thread without even mentioning it.  I\'m not against harsh language in the real world, but here we must protect the forum from lawsuits by self righteous parents.  We need to use a little more caution with our language from time to time.

Please vote for me.  In short, a vote for me is a vote for integrity and accountability.

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see now that\'s clean constructive thought out response from all three candidates..we the members need to start throwing some tough questions for each candidate to answer...

I\'d also like to mention one practice that I will definitely implement and encourage as a moderator:

If I should ever need to close a thread (which will be very rarely), I will ALWAYS make a final post in the thread indicating who closed it and why.  I\'ve noticed this has not always happened here at PSX2Central.  I will accept full responsibility for all my actions, and make sure that other posters know what behavior is not acceptable.