There is no way for the current V-Mods (who are players pulled from the IRO community) to be unbiased in considering what posts are acceptable, and which ones aren't.
It's not about just banning certain individuals that cause problems in a WOE discussion thread, the problem is having those same discussion threads moderated by players who come from that same community.
To address your initial concern, Nugeki -
I understand this concern, and thank you for addressing it. It seems to me that my post about recruiting VMods was not clear enough regarding their actual role and what happens behind the scenes.
As with this crop of VMods and past VMods on the RO1 forums, their true forum and game identities are generally hidden from the public... as well as each other. If VMod A and VMod B are in rival guilds, neither of them would know it. During the vetting process, the staff looks through the history of their forum posting and game behavior. We generally choose individuals who have demonstrated the ability to remain fair in situations of escalated drama (note my use of "fair" and not "unbiased" - I agree in that true neutrality is nigh impossible for any human to achieve) - this is true with this crop of VMods, and I am glad for the work they have put in so far.
The VMods and staff speak with each other on a daily basis, and it is rare that a VMod makes a decision entirely alone. Most of the time we turn concerns over to each other for 2nd and 3rd opinions before coming to a decision - this way, many potential biases are neutralized. As for the fact that they are active players and may/may not currently be in WoE guilds, once again, we have judged them based on their actions and their characters, the way they interact on forums and in game. We think it's valuable to have current players be the VMods, as they have their "finger on the pulse" so to speak, and can offer helpful suggestions to the staff that we may have overlooked.
As always, if you have any complaints about any VMod action, feel free to either add me into the PM with the VMod or PM me privately.
As for the topic of WoE threads -
The heated nature of WoE threads has not gone unnoticed by the staff. While we appreciate the amount of passion players have for this aspect of the game and understand that competition comes with a fair amount of brash behavior, there is a line to be drawn on official public forums. We'd love to continue to have our players discuss WoE in a civil manner, but if WoE threads continue to devolve into nothing more than pub brawls, we will have to remove them from the forums for a time.
We will give 2 weeks. During this time, we will be moderating content more heavily.
Mild off-topic comments, insults, and such will be removed, but continuous harassment and abusive arguing will come with greater consequences, such as mod queue or temporary ban.
If this goes well and the WoE threads can remain relatively civil for that long, we will let them stay on the forums.
If they continue to go sour despite this, they will be removed.
For a refresher on the forum rules, please click here: https://forums.warpp...conduct-update/
Thank you everybody, let's be excellent to each other.
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