I possibly plan on becoming a staff in the future, so I decided to look at the requirements and tips and so on. Looking in the requirements section, I saw "at least 20 forum posts," and I dont feel like this makes too much sense. It starts to make more sense if you plan on becoming a moderator or admin and so forth, but for something as simple as a helper (something I wish to be) it doesn't feel necessary. It also could be because I'm new here and just don't understand yet. Thanks for reading! ;)
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Hello,
Friendly reminder, don't forget to post your suggestion here: https://suggestions.manacube.com/
I understand where you're coming from, but all staff should be involved with the community, and the forums are a good opportunity for staff to interact with everyone from the community. <3
Friendly reminder, don't forget to post your suggestion here: https://suggestions.manacube.com/
I understand where you're coming from, but all staff should be involved with the community, and the forums are a good opportunity for staff to interact with everyone from the community. <3
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Thank you for expressing your opinion on this, however I don’t believe this is likely to change in the near future at least.
The main reasons we like seeing applicants active on the forums (as @Anxii_ mentioned), is so we can see how the person interacts with other members of the community. As stated in the requirements, in some cases we do accept applicants who have less than 20 forums posts, but those reasons do vary. Ideally we’d like applicants to attempt to meet - or better yet, exceed - the set requirements.
As ManaCube staff, we look for activity on all platforms no matter the role. Forums activity is just as important as in-game activity in my opinion, as there are members of the community who come here to share their opinions, report issues, ask/answer questions, and get to know/interact with other players. I understand that to some people 20 posts is a lot, especially if there’s not a lot of threads you can comment on daily, but in my opinion, it shows great patience and willingness for someone to try to achieve this, whether they’re applying for staff or not.
Members of the forums deserve just as much help and attention as members on any other platform within ManaCube. Plus, the forums is probably my personal favourite place! ;)
The main reasons we like seeing applicants active on the forums (as @Anxii_ mentioned), is so we can see how the person interacts with other members of the community. As stated in the requirements, in some cases we do accept applicants who have less than 20 forums posts, but those reasons do vary. Ideally we’d like applicants to attempt to meet - or better yet, exceed - the set requirements.
As ManaCube staff, we look for activity on all platforms no matter the role. Forums activity is just as important as in-game activity in my opinion, as there are members of the community who come here to share their opinions, report issues, ask/answer questions, and get to know/interact with other players. I understand that to some people 20 posts is a lot, especially if there’s not a lot of threads you can comment on daily, but in my opinion, it shows great patience and willingness for someone to try to achieve this, whether they’re applying for staff or not.
Members of the forums deserve just as much help and attention as members on any other platform within ManaCube. Plus, the forums is probably my personal favourite place! ;)
This 100% applies to me too. I believe I surpass most of the requirements except for the "at least 20 forum posts" one. The reason they have that requirement is because they want to make sure that the people applying are used to responding and socializing with all kinds of people across the different game modes and whatnot. Another reason is because they want to make sure that their applicants are active as well as aware of the different discussions and opinions they might encounter.
I can see where you might be coming from but, you also have to understand that ManaCube has quite a huge community. People are bound to have questions, or have found bugs etc. So, having active staff on forums/Discord helps insure that players get their questions answered and get help with whatever situations that may arise!
On all the online forums I actively use, I am one of the top posters (with 5,360 messages on one platform and 3,000+ on the other), and that very well might be the case here. Take my word; 20 forum posts is relatively easy, as long as you are actively trying to help others, which is a requirement for the position of staff. I encourage you to become even more active than that, as well; the online forums are, more often than not, a very different community than in-game!
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I agree with Geshultz. For one, I am mainly active on the forums and in game for Aether, but I don't go on the discord often. It makes sense for staff having to be on discord as much as the forums, because it's where reports are filed as well. Not just the forums. But yes, being active on the forums is very important. I really don't think the 20 forum post requirement will change. However, it is sorta unclear what counts as a post. I am pretty sure forum games do not count towards the 20 posts, but what would count then?