Hi guys,

In the recent CM blog, we talked about our moderator team and our desire to increase the size of it both in game and on the forums. We talked about what we look for in moderators and of course, what we don’t.

Since then, we’ve been inundated with players keen to get involved with the moderator teams based on their involvement in the community. As this has resulted in stacks of threads all over the forums we’ve decided to create a centralised thread instead.

We’ve never created a thread for people to register their interest in joining our teams of moderators so this is something of a trial run for us. So, to make it work, we need to work together on this. Obviously if the thread becomes a spam box of nonsense, we’ll can it but I’m sure that won’t happen. ; )

If you contribute to the community and would like to be considered as a moderator of either the forums or the game itself, we’d be happy to hear from you.

To help you know what we’re looking for, here are just some of the things we look for in a moderator:

a. A contributor to the community
b. A player that plays in the spirit of the game (so no scammers plox!)
c. A player with a secure account
d. A player who doesn’t have an excessive number of offences on their account

There are lots of other things that tell us if a player is suitable but it’s very much on a case by case basis.

One thing I can't stress enough though is that if we don't invite you to be a moderator, it doesn't mean for a minute that we value you any less as a member of our community. It takes all types to make up the RuneScape community and hey, we don't want a game where everyone is a mod anyway do we?

It may be that we just simply don't have enough information about you to make the call. It may be that you still have black marks against your account and so we'd like to check out your account for a little longer. It may be that you lost control of your account due to a little brother jumping on and spamming up Varrock. We know it's not your fault and once we've seen that your account is secure, we may well take another look and get that invite out to you.

Ok, now before you post your interest in becoming a moderator, there are a few other points to consider:

1. Posting here doesn’t make you a moderator. As ever, all accounts are checked in great detail before we consider sending an invite.
2. We are constantly looking all over RuneScape for moderators so please don’t hold your breath as it may be quite some time before you hear from us.
3. We won’t be able to give feedback to players who’ve not been invited so please don’t ask!
4. Please avoid multiple posts or posts from multiple accounts requesting that we look at your account, once is enough.
5. All posts will be autohidden.
6. All moderators are required to register their contact details with us.
7. When telling us about yourself, please explain why you’d like to join the team and how you support the community.
8. If there’s another player who’s stuck out as being very community minded, feel free to let us know here.
9. This thread will be just one of the many ways we look for potential moderators. So don’t feel you *have*to post here to let us know of your interest.
10. To help us check you out as efficiently as possible, please use the following format:

Account Name:
Why you’d like to join the team (no more than 100 words please!):
What kind of player are you? (ie, “I’m a skiller”, “I’m a pker”, “I’m a troll”.
How you enjoy supporting the community:


Ok, I think that’s enough rules and stuff. Feel free to post and we look forward to hearing from you.

Paul M
Community Management