Post by latani on Aug 25, 2011 11:52:24 GMT 11
MotM: August of 2011
It's that time, kiddies! For those of you not in the know, like a fair few other places, we hold a competition of sorts to reward the truly dedicated of ZapdosZulu with prizes. We skipped out the last couple of months, due to being incredibly busy behind the scenes, but we're going to host this again! Buck up and post like mad, and remember that the staff will be watching, so do your best to impress and perhaps you'll walk away with the honour of being named member of the month!
Winners get to take their pick from a fabulous pair of delightful critters to show off for their hard work, and earn general bragging rights (but don't overdo it now!). Your conduct around the site is being closely monitored, but don't worry too hard about it; just enjoy the ZZ experience and perhaps you will catch the eye of the staff. The criteria for becoming a nominee as a standout member of the community is as follows (mind that it is a little outdated);Member of the Month:
Selection will be based on the following criteria:
- Quality of roleplaying posts: Are all your posts creative and detailed so as it weaves a rich and engrossing tale?
- Contribution to the site: How have you contributed to the development and history of this site? You could perhaps make some suggestions to improve the roleplaying experience or create new topics for discussion or forum games to entertain us all.
- Participation and activity: Demonstrate to the staff that you enjoy visiting ZapdosZulu regularly. There are a large number of discussion topics in the General Boards which you could participate in. Even talking in the cbox might be a way of showing that you can fit in and get along well with the ZZ community.
- Good ZapdosZulu citizen: Although this is harder to judge, there are sometimes things that you can do to help out new members, current members and even staff. For example, you might welcome new visitors to the site as well as answer a few questions based on your current understanding of our rules and expectations. Also, little things such as providing a link to your profile in your siggy makes a staff member's life much easier.
Please note that this is not the only criteria that we may judge you on. There are other ways in which you could be selected such as promoting the site and advertising it. The staff members will be making nominations at the end of the month and the winner will be announced shortly after.
Staff of the Month:
As with our last SotM competition, Oak will be the sole judge to allow everyone the opportunity to participate without partiality. The criteria he will judge it by is as follows:
- Efficiency of Modding: This includes not only quality and quantity but also speed and accuracy. As we continue to grow, a lot more threads will need modding so the main criteria for Staff of the Month is the way that you handle the pressure of modding and balancing this out with replies to your own thread.
- Variety of modding: As this would suggest, Oak will be looking out for people who respond to many different threads and can adapt to different scenarios and situations imposed on them. There is also a trend towards providing choices for members in their roleplay instead of the mundane trainer and wild Pokémon battles forced upon them.
Also, don't feel daunted by moderating other staff members. I'm sure you'll get some brownie points for modding some of our senior staff such asJoeyDani, who definitely wants to train her Pokémanz.- Participation in Staff activities: Something as simple as claiming Mod Points not only shows that you are enjoying the perks of being a Moderator, but it also advertises yourself too. Although Oak will monitoring everyone closely this month >
He can only get a true sense of how much work that you've done by looking at Mod Point totals and it provides useful data, which he can analyze and use to improve our efficiency in the future. Also, other contributions to staff projects and making custom sprites for special events is much desired.
- Initiative and leadership: If you see something on the site that needs attention, you could perhaps alert Oak to it through a pm or a thread in the Staff Area. To give an example, there might be a need to revise a particular rule or you feel that something is missing in the roleplay and needs to be covered.
- Site maintenance and management: Included in this is the administrative work that you've done. This could be as simple as responding to "Mod Request" topics for threads that are more than 5 days old or updating starter Pokémon into new members' profiles.
The Prizes!
Winners will choose from the following Pokemon offered below, and can pick whichever suits their fancy.
Cacnea
Name: [choose]
Gender: [ Male | Female ]
Level: 10
Attacks: Poison Sting, Leer, Absorb, Growth
Ability: Sand Veil
Nature/Personality: [choose]
Skorupi
Name: [choose]
Gender: [ Male | Female ]
Level: 10
Attacks: Bite, Poison Sting, Leer, Knock Off
Ability: [ Battle Armor | Sniper ]
Nature/Personality: [choose]
He can only get a true sense of how much work that you've done by looking at Mod Point totals and it provides useful data, which he can analyze and use to improve our efficiency in the future. Also, other contributions to staff projects and making custom sprites for special events is much desired.
Midori
