A lot of people ask me how to become a Mod on N4G and the NewsBoiler Network. It’s not a closely guarded secret, so I’m sorry it took this long for me to post about some of the basic “criteria”. While it can be hard to quantify all the qualities that make a great Mod, here are a few things you can do if you want to work on becoming a good candidate for Mod on N4G!
The biggest thing we look for are people that are really familiar with the site - all of the site! That means you should be exploring the comments section, the forums, user reviews and blogs, and of course, submitting news. Lets look at each of those in turn:
Comments: We have a comments section! You don’t have to be a faithful commenter, but getting in there and replying to stories and comments you find interesting helps you to familiarize yourself with the members, frequent commenters, the commenting system. Knowing how things work is the key to being able to help other members if they run into problems. Plus, your comments help us get to know you!
The Forums: Do you know where these are? Check ‘em out. Introduce yourself, make some posts, maybe even start a thread. Being active in the forums introduces you to a lot of the N4G regulars and important sections that members use to provide feedback, ask questions and voice complaints. Seeing the types of problems that arise and where the answers can be found is an important part of speedily helping members.
User Reviews and Blogs: These are features on the site that you might overlook. For a mod it’s important to understand these features so that you can help out members that have questions. This means understanding appropriate content, how to effectively submit that content, and the sorts of things other members expect from these features.
Submitting News: News is kind of like the juicy core of the site, so knowing the ins and outs of the submission process (from tips to top story) is important. We don’t expect or need you to be a top contributor, but learning to submit news and doing so regularly ensures that you know all the rules, all the exceptions, all the sticky points and what it’s like to be a contributor on N4G. It’s an important role to understand!
Everything else: Have you tried out things like adding games to your channel? Adding friends? Uploading different avatars and images? Updating your status? Do you know where to find the TOU and the Guidelines? These are all small parts of a big site that members need help with - and the Mods to help them!
"But what if I have warnings/restrictions?" Hey, we all make mistakes, and so far every member of the NewsBoiler staff is human, not robot. Remember, how you respond to warnings/restrictions often says a lot more about you than the warning/restriction itself!
When you’re a good mod you’re both a member and a staffer, representing member feedback and issues and working to help them out when they run into problems. While we could come up with a feel-good list of personality traits that we think are ideal in a Mod, the reality is that everyone on a Mod team is different! Everyone brings something new, so be yourself, and of course: don’t call us, we’ll call you. ;)
The friendly folks over at Razer recently sent us their full size Kishi Ultra mobile gaming controller, and this thing didn't disappoint.
VGChartz's Mark Nielsen: "Upon finally finishing Devil May Cry 5 recently - after it spent several years on my “I’ll play that soon” list - I considered giving it a fittingly-named Late Look article. However, considering that this was indeed the final piece I was missing in the DMC puzzle, I decided to instead take this opportunity to take a look back at the entirety of this genre-defining series and rank the entries. What also made this a particularly tempting notion was that while most high-profile series have developed fairly evenly over time, with a few bumps on the road, the history of Devil May Cry has, at least in my eyes, been an absolute roller coaster, with everything from total disasters to action game gold."
Me leaving it out should be telling of my thoughts on it. Better than 2 as a DMC game.
Still a good game though.
3,1,4,5 to me, never played 2. 5 gameplay is amazing but level design was really disappointing to me, just a bunch of plain arenas, the story felt like a worse written rehash of the 3rd and the charater models looked weird ( specially the ladies ). Another problem with 5 was that there was not enough content for 3 charaters so I could never really familiarize with any of them
2.
Dmc.
4.
5.
1.
3.
God DMC2 was an awful game.
And in case this isn't obvious it goes worst to best
Order changes depending on your focus. I tend to focus on gameplay/fun factor, so...
5, 3, 1, 4, 2.
I really didn't like 4 but commend Dante's weapon diversity. The retreading of old ground was pretty unacceptable to me.
But even then... Still more enjoyable than 2 for me
TSA go hands on with the beta for Inazuma Eleven: Victory Road, but how is the game transitioning to the post-stylus era?
Can I be a mod?
Im guessing this is a response to us people in the forums?? lol
Becoming a mod is great look how many bubbles you get!
Id love to be a mod on this site, gives me a sense of fulfillment, Dusty and ZT were considering me but i havent heard anything from them lately