[MUST READ] Application Guidelines

Administrators, if you edit this post, please edit the "Positions as of" date. Thank you.
Members and Staff, please read the entire post for a better understanding on how we operate.


FAILURE TO FOLLOW THE OUTLINE WILL RESULT IN YOUR APPLICATION BEING DENIED!

Positions as of 6-24-12
* Admin: Closed
* Lead Moderator: Open
* Super Moderator: Open
* Moderator: Open
Section Moderator: Open
Graphic Artist: Open
Author: Open
Coder: Open

Those marked with an asterisk * are subject to change in the near future, and will be hand picked by the administration.

Basic application outline
Username:
Age:
Position desired:
Why do you want the position:
(For Coders/Graphic Artists) Post some of your work:

Application Requirements
The number one thing, of course, is to be active. Inactivity could result in losing your position. However, vacations, family time, funerals etc. are excluded, we completely understand if any of that goes down. That happens to all of us, and can happen at any given time. Another important thing; do not go overly happy with moderating. Some things such as going through and closing every old thread, searching any and every thread for the slightest of a flame to blow it out of proportion, and thinking you should go and grammar correct any post. Speaking of which, editing other members posts, is a huge no no. UNLESS it is to change a code's credits to the appropriate creator. That's it!

If you are applying for any kind of moderator you must know some basic abbreviations such as what SC7E52 and SM8E52 stand for what game. You must also know commands like 'code,' 'spoiler,' 'quote,' etc. and when to use them. If you can not show that you know these, you will be removed from you spot.

For authors, we ask that you write your own articles and provide a source link in the article of where you got the information from. Your article can be about anything; world news, video game releases/reviews, News about the latest consoles etc etc. We aren’t fussy, you can do an article on anything but try to keep your target audience in mind as we still want people to read, rate and comment on your articles. We would like you to submit 4+ articles a week.

For coders, we don't expect much out of you, but what we do ask is to share your knowledge, create guides, occasionally a code or mod you have created, anything that you could find to be beneficiary to the community. No, you don't have to post a code if you don't want to, but it would be helpful to know that you are still putting forth an effort into expanding your knowledge as a coder. Is there something you only want to share with fellow coders? There is a Coder section dedicated to that just for you, if you have not noticed. You do not have to be the best coder out there to be accepted, just dedicated to learning about it.
(assuming you have a decent understanding of it)

The final thing to tack on to this, is seniority and maturity. Those who are trolls, spammers, and whiners who have been here for 4 weeks are much less likely to get a position over a member who has been here for 4 months and dedicating their heart out to the community. Yes, we do watch what content you post, we look over it again when you place an application.

Basic Application Side Notes
Be realistic, do not apply for Moderator/Super Moderator and expect to get it after only being here for a month or two. We do take a look into every bit of content you post, we base our decisions based off of behavior, maturity, seniority, activity level, content within a post, and how you interact with the community.

As for coders, we don't care if you just joined and you are a master coder. Dedicate yourself to the forum for at least a month, then fill out an application following and understanding the guidelines below. It would be pointless to have a newcomer coder apply, get the position, and die off.


Coder Requirements
When applying for Coder, please specify which portion of coder you are applying for. Requirements to qualify are stated below.

• -PSP-
• Know basic MIPS instructions.
• Know how to defeat DMA.
• Know how to create a subroutine without a template.
• Some codes you have created.

• -Wii-
• You need to know how to code more than just editing a DVAR.
• Basic DMA knowledge and how to defeat it.
• Basic ASM knowledge.
• Some codes and/or mods created by YOU.

Author
• Write your own articles, no copy and pasting and claiming the article is yours (plagiarism)
• Learn/know how to use the CMS properly
• Submit 4+ articles a week

Section Mod Prerequisites
• Activity is probably the biggest, so of course being active.
• Aware of the surroundings and the atmosphere of how this forum operates. We are VERY different from about 97% of the forums out there.
• Some seniority on the forum, and a well rounded member. It kinda expresses the first two things again, but of course we don't expect to see people with a post count of 50, and being registered for a month or two. (some exceptions may vary)
• Last thing, which is most important, sticking to the damn job. Don't fill out an application just for the power and username color, you'll lose that spot to someone deserving it and wanting to cover that position in a better manner. Moderate where needed, but don't go too crack happy looking for every little mistake. Read above in the side notes and outline.

If you considered this a tl;dr, then you may not have as great of an understanding to this as someone who did go through all of this.