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1. Be able to acknowledge that banning someone is a failure on your part. It means that you havent been active and/or present enough. I mean how many people are committing crimes when a police officer is standing right next to them, give or take a few lunatics like Cena?
2. Moderation isnt rocket science so incidents where a mod shortens a ban, a ban is being liften by a master mod or staff member or where the mod has to justify the ban and almost apologizes in PM'es shouldnt happen. Do not ban unless you're 100 % sure of what you're doing. It really is that easy.
3. Don't moderate out of the report queue. You are not a detective, you're supposed to be out there and be a part of the active community.
4. Don't spend all your posts on this forum, this is the last place that needs them.
5. Play Bungie's games or atleast pretend that you do so. It's a shame that only a minority of mods were/are participating in Halo discussions. I don't get why someone who's more or less never playing the games comes here as a volunteer to moderate. They might aswell invest in hired and paid mods instead if they're going to be completely anonymous in the area where it matters.
6. Know when to quit. We do not need you unless you're going to be active. By staying you're only giving the staff an excuse to not replace you with someone more fitting.
7. Realize that you're on many occassions dealing with kids. Older mods such as Recon seem to have grasped this and approach things in a more paternal manner while some of the younger ones just reach for the button.
[Edited on 08.28.2011 4:09 PM PDT]