Note- The Attendance policy may be considered a little bit too extreme, so this might not be permanent. I may decrease it to 12-15 hours a week.

As OldCP gets more popular through our stage of advertisement we need our mods to be on top of their game now that Summer is finally approaching and already here for some of us.
I have created a spreadsheet that accurately tracks the amount of hours a mod has been online OldCP every week.



Here's how it works:
An X means you haven't been online that week for the given amount of time moderators are supposed to be online weekly.(24 hours)

An O means you have completed your hours for that week and you have been cleared

If you have an X that says 'cleared' next to it that means you've been excused by a legitimate reason.

If you are given 3 X's you'll be confronted by either Tennis or me looking for a reason for your inactivity and if we find that reason sensible you will be excused, other than that it's pretty much a guaranteed demotion.

With the demotion of inactive mods, we shall be looking for more qualified members to take their place. So keep working hard.

I'm aware that the previous policy was that mods are required to be active for 5 hours a week on OLDCP, well I have increased this requirement to 24 hours a week.

Current Situation
Probation list: Mckinlee, Sled, Little, Deenie, Ellie, Saber574

Demotion: May23(Unless given a legitimate reason)

Let this be a warning to the mods, OldCP is looking for the best of the best and if you're the suitable mod we thought you were when we picked you then this policy should be easily doable.

Summer is a very busy time, it is important that the mods are active and paying attention!

Yeah, most Moderators are great at being active, but though some aren't obviously. This is certainly a great policy, hopefully this will help the inactivity. I wish them all luck with keeping their rank, great post Rob!

This will be really helpful! I have noticed that mods have gotten off the hook for being very inactive. This helps them get back up on their feet! Wonderful policy!
~Alice

Nice policy, it's a great idea!
It is good for users, we'll be given chances to be promoted, but... some people will be demoted, that's sad, but necessary.

I think this is a great idea. There are a lot of users that are always active and helping out that deserve the job while there are Mods that are frequently inactive. Hopefully this will help with the inactivity.

Well, the mods have irl stuff really.

Ok. Nice idea!!!

24 hrs in a week?
i can attend 24 hours in a day! LOL jk
this sounds interesting, indeed i respect the facts, but either way all i can say is this:-
good luck mods!

This is a really good idea to find the active mods and the in-active mods. Summer is coming and school is coming to end for most users so more users will be on in the morning and that means more drama.

I was just thinking about this, the demotion of inactive Mods will give a chance for people interested in the rank, like myself, to accomplish their goal and have a chance at that once tight exclusive position

I fret I agree and disagree with this policy you have here. You see Moderators can't vow their entire life to a game that wont have purpose when they go for a real world job, let that be a few years or many. I as a former OldCP Moderator came online everyday whenever I had free time obviously. However I had work to be done and I indeed went to that first as its most important. The DSGHQ is a place for users to have fun and enjoy themselves and yes I comprehend Moderators still can have fun while going throughout this new policy. Yet set a roll yourselves as superior people of the DSGHQ not only tell the Moderators to come online but make an honest effort for you as superiors of the DSGHQ to come on 24 hours a week too. All Administrators have started off as Moderator therefore I believe they to should follow by this but that is my opinion.

Secondly when following this policy I want to let everyone know don't forget to save time for yourself too. Moderating can often become overwhelming for some staff members (doesn't mean they need a demotion). However let this be known I honored my rank and I didn't come on because it was required I came on because of respect. Respecting your title and understanding it is key to ever remaining to that place. Often people see a policy and go "oh no, I can't follow this" simply because they're truly scared of it... it more or less seems too big for something quite virtual. Where I'm getting at is Damen made two videos stating not to make a rank too serious and just have fun. I believe making a policy is more or less forcing someone to put in full effort to make 24 hours a week (3 hours a day) automatically (easy to some) but some people do have work to attend and from former experience by all means to any OldCP Moderator go to work in the real world and let virtuality come when needed.

However I do respect this policy and I hope it is followed out of respect.

Thanks,
-Sadie

24 hours a week is pretty extreme (nearly 3 hours a day). I think 10 or 15 is a little more reasonable.