[2020] NA Forum Moderators - Intro

Ahoy, Captains!

As you all know, we have a fantastic team of volunteer moderators who help keep these forums both active, engaged, and help make sure the content shared on the forums support our forum guidelines.

For a while, these moderators were using an alternate account to moderate and manage the forums. Well, today, I’m excited to announce that we’re going to be lifting that mask off the moderators and allow them to continue doing the awesome work they have been doing – but on their own account.

These folks deserve our gratitude and appreciation for all the hard work they continue to do. Their personal time has been dedicated to more than just playing the game or engaging in the forums.

With that said, I’d like to announce that we are opening the application for new volunteer moderators to join the team. If you are interested in applying for the moderation team please fill out this application.

Now, it is my honor, and privilege to introduce these volunteers.

LancerUlysses

Greetings! I am LancerUlysses. I have been one of the volunteer moderators around these waters for some time! I see my role is to make the World of Warships Forum a better place to engage with other players and help keep this community a vibrant and creative place to share our love of shooty boats. I started playing back in May 2017, and as the owner of a small retail shop, had some spare time and income.

I have become a bit of a collector of ships. I play a lot of Co-op but also a certain amount of Random and Scenario battles, perhaps my favorite game mode. I am very into USN BB trivia, as well as naval history in general. While I am by no means an above-average player, I have been around the block so-to-speak, and love to talk strategy with folks. I look forward to helping on the Forums!

Chobittsu

Hi, I'm Chobittsu~! You might know me from such hits as Mermaid's Wrath; the female captain overhaul mod, and "Why the hell is that Jean Bart charging at three DDs and a Minotaur?!". I have a confession, for the better part of a year, I've secretly been a forum moderator. I know, a shocking development! Ever since I joined this community, I've been keeping up the pressure for fair, unbiased and effective moderation, and since March I've been able to do so personally alongside the NA staff.

When I'm not keeping tabs on the site's moderation inbox I'm typically getting up in people's faces with my glorious French steel, or digging up new and exciting soup recipes, or, in most cases, working on side projects to continue adding more flavour to the game and the community (including an as-of-yet unannounced project!).

Despite this unmasking of my secondary role as a moderator, it's still a secondary role. I'm still a community member and will always have the best interests of the community in mind as we sail towards the future, full of hope and tasty chowders and broths!

Soup prevails!

ZProxy

Hello Colleagues!

To start I will say that I am from Caracas, Venezuela. I work in graphic design and photography. I started playing WoWs about 4 years ago and I think it's great how the game has grown. I use all types of ships, although the CV does very well hahahaha. I have a lot of fun in a division with friends So, whenever you want, you can invite me.

I joined for the volunteer moderator to help and guide the users of the Forum, especially those of Spanish and Portuguese. If you have any questions, ask and I will gladly help you.

Sometimes I upload videos to YouTube explaining events, tutorials, and some gameplays. http://www.youtube.com/c/SainzPhotosTV

Ataeru

Salutations! I am Ataeru, SuperTest Coordinator for PC & Console, Clan CST Leader and one of the few incognito Forum Moderators!

I’m semi-active here on moderation as I have more focus towards testing the future versions of the game but I am certainly alive here. It’s been something like 10 months since we started moderating, I am glad that the program I recommended is doing so well to make the forums moderated.

We work hard to give fair moderation, and we regularly discuss the reports that we receive.

ObiphanKenobi

Hey all,

I’ve been a moderator for game sites for a long time, including game mod programs. I started playing WoWs during the end of closed beta and fell in love with the game. From the beautiful ships and environments to the fun gameplay, I knew I was hooked. I am obsessed with World War 2 sea battles, so WoWs made sense! I joined the moderation team to give back to the community and the new players.

Currently, I worked as an employment consultant in Australia, where I assist people applying for sustainable, suitable, and stable jobs to move away from government assistance programs, which helped me learn a lot about how to work with online communities – the job required empathy, and that is a key aspect of being a moderator.

Thanks, all!

I'd be curious what risks you see? To me, having moderators be behind a curtain has always been weird. People should be celebrated for the work they do. Keeping in mind, that each moderator had the option of saying no and continuing to operate with their previous accounts.

Yep! Everyone had a voice in the discussion, and the option to not reveal their secret identities, it was up to them.

Thanks for the feedback!

You're welcome! :) Thanks for the kind words of encouragement!

Hey there,

There is no secret police program, our volunteer moderators have always been tagged as 'Volunteer' moderators, the only thing that was 'secret' was their identity. This was originally done, with the best intentions, but, in my experience, always ends up being more of a formality than a necessity.

None of this is done maliciously, I hope you can see that! We are trying to bring the community together, not split them apart, there is no other motive behind this.

THIS. IS. THE. WAY.