We have two player roles for moderation. One is a chat mod (OOC, Game-Help) and the other is a forum moderator. Neither are official staff roles, nor are the privy to any staff-side information. Being a mod simply means helping ensure that the methods players have to communicate with each other on game or on the BGBB are staying cordial and not breaking any rules.
FORUM MODS
As a forum mod you should follow the guidelines laid out in http://sindo.me/ByEUknH9S
The goal of a forum mod is to help moderate the forums, keep discussions on topic, and give gentle warnings if people are not follow the BGBB guidelines.
EDITING POSTS
Forum mods have the ability to edit or hide posts that are deemed to be breaking the rules of the BGBB or @rules.
LOCKING / PINNING THREADS
- If a thread is going off the rails and has moved out of productive discussion, it can be locked - If a thread appears important, or the discussion seems really productive, it can be pinned
FORUM MOD ACTIONS
If a forum mod takes an action such as editing or hiding a post, they are required to submit a player-side @note to let the staff know what they did, and why. It should include any content that was edited out of any posts.
Any escalations of issues should be made via xhelp to a staff member.
CURRENT PLAYER FORUM MODS
- F9DFCQ
CHAT MODS
As a channel moderator you must obey the rules laid out on 'help ooc-chat'. You must always provide chatlog evidence and justification for any warnings or blocks that you enact. Failure to do so will result in loss of your moderator status.
As a moderator you are not required to state you are a moderator on any OOC channel. You can remain anonymous if you so choose. If you choose to announce that your are a moderator, you do so at your own risk. We recommend staying anonymous to avoid any OOC issues or backlash.
COMMANDS
There are three commands available to you to aide you in your duties as a moderator.
@WARNINGS
Typing '@warnings' will show you the list of warnings as well as their messaging. The messages shown are the exact messages sent to any player you send a warning to.
@WARN
Usage: @warn on
Channel can be either 'ooc' or 'game' for OOC-Chat and Game-Help respectively.
The command will take you through a series of prompts that will let you send someone an anonymous warning.
@BLOCK
Usage: @block
If you have repeatedly warned someone about a specific behavior, or someone is being incredibly toxic or shitty or violating rules about sharing IC information and you feel that they definitely need to be blocked, temporarily, until they can cool down, or to send a message that their behavior is unacceptable, or until you can get ahold of an admin to enact a more perm. block from the channel, this is the command to use.
It will take you through a series of prompts that will let you block them from all OOC channels (including free-chat).
This is a command of last resort, after you have attempted via @warn to alert the person that their behavior is unacceptable.
You MUST provide evidence as part of @block.
The only acceptable time to skip adding evidence is if the time it would take to copy and paste what needs to be copy and pasted would allow great harm to come to another, or to the game. Revealing IC info and not stopping, or spouting hate speech.
If you must skip the evidence, after you have initiated the block, please use the command AGAIN, and this time, add evidence.
ESCALATION
If you need to escalate an issue to the admin, please do so via xhelp. If you have a question on if you should @warn or @block, please xhelp. *Last Updated: 07/10/25 by Fengshui*
