How do they do it?

[crone-mod.livejournal.com]

How about a non-policy, non-plot, non-meme, non-HMD main comm post?

Eh, I thought we'd give it a go for a lark.

You all know the player side of applications: you put in your lovingly-crafted applications and then you sit on tenterhooks wondering just what it is we're doing in the back room with your babies.

Occasionally we toss a couple in the pot for stew, hey, mods gotta eat, too but what we usually do is this.

Go have a gander, drop in any questions or comments, and don't forget the cake at the bottom. Made with real babies.

Comments

[venomouselle.livejournal.com]

[crone-mod.livejournal.com]

Mm... deelicious babbehs.

[venomouselle.livejournal.com]

Just like Mama used to make.

[crone-mod.livejournal.com]

Needs moar cowbell.

[di]

Gah. This is so cool, and it's really nice to get a better idea of how things are done around here. Thanks for showing this to us~! ♥

[crone-mod.livejournal.com]

Oh good. ^^ This process is new as of the beginning of the year and we wanted people to know what's going on. It's easy to imagine the baby-eating when you don't have a view of what's actually going on behind the closed doors.

[di]

Oh, it's quite lovely! I once founded and ran a 50+ character game with a couple of moderators to help me look over apps, but I'd never thought of anything nearly as elaborate. Simple IMs were all I used, and at times it was definitely hard to get a hold of one or the other.

This would've been so much more efficient and orderly. Really, kudos to whoever came up with the idea. X3

[crone-mod.livejournal.com]

Thanks. If it involves tables or spreadsheets, it's me. Of course, it's also me who maintains the tables and spreadsheets. >>;; It makes for a lot of work, but it does help keep things moving and hopefully makes things a bit easier for the rest of the team.

[di]

Well then, kudos to Jade~! ♥

And yeah, maintaining all of that can be such a pain, but they look so pretty once you're done, right? You get that sense of accomplishment. (God, I'm such an OCD freak.)

Like seriously, I was grinning from ear to ear when I saw the Google document and how well-organized it was. XD

And I'm sure the rest of the team really appreciates your efforts. OR IF THEY DON'T, THEY SHOULD.

[crone-mod.livejournal.com]

They do. ♥♥ Or I pull the old lady, "No one appreciates me. I'm going to die old and unappreciated and CUT YOU ALL OUT OF MY WILL!"

I learned a lot from another game I started with a friend. We had google from the gitgo, so when I came on as a mod, I wanted a centralized source for information. An awesome friend of mine was cool enough to go through the entire taken list c/ping each entry into a Word doc so I could clean it up and convert it to Excel. So I always try to give her some love for being the spreadsheet's midwife.

But it's not all me, me, me, trust me. This just happens to focus on the two areas where I do my mod work. I don't touch the taken list or destinations or the other jillion things that keep poly going.

[di]

lskhflskjfslf the lists are EPIC. Epicly long and daunting, that is.

Seriously, a place as large as Poly, I'm sure all of you guys have epic jobs to do, and it must keep you real busy. >_>

I've never done much with Google, myself. Daddy works at Microsoft, so I'm a Microsoftie at heart. X3 *even uses hotmail*

<_< *snags a part of your will* &hearts;

[veryancient.livejournal.com]

Your spreedsheets are the shiny and sexy. <3

Thumbs up on the review process over here.

[crone-mod.livejournal.com]

I just want to touch them. Mm...

Wait... that's public...

[veryancient.livejournal.com]

Unf.

[crone-mod.livejournal.com]

Hey, watch the teeth.

[sir_arthurhellsing]

Oops. I can always get touchy feely instead. *molest*

[dreadnot.livejournal.com]

I shall switch logins to properly appreciate the molestation. *appreciates*

[dubia-lux.livejournal.com]

The Vanilla Ice one made me lol a bit since I thought of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vanilla_Ice_(JoJo's_Bizarre_Adventure)).

Seriously though, that was very enlightening. More communities with big applications should do things like this...

[crone-mod.livejournal.com]

That's hilarious! I'd never heard of that.

I think I had a little too much fun with Cosmo and Wanda, actually.

It's one of those things where transparency can both help and hinder. So we have this demo model. When you're waiting, it's easy to come up with all sorts of scenarios, after all.

[keikain.livejournal.com]

orz I totally thought of that Vanilla Ice when I first saw it, too.

[sohappyforyou.livejournal.com]

THE CAKE IS A LIE.

[crone-mod.livejournal.com]

But tasty babies are always true.