Cosmographia Moderator Applications

Hello Gems! If you're on this page then you're probably interested in applying for a mod position here at Cosmographia. Awesome! Here's a quick run down of the kind of duties you may be expected to do:

Application Processing: Applications roll in through the week and are processed between the times given on the application page. App processing will involve evaluating incoming apps and issuing timely responses. As well as ensuring that applications are processed quickly for awaiting players, more mods in the app process will allow us to more effectively process applications that we may be canonblind on.
Events & NPCs: Running events in Cosmographia will involve prior plotting and setup, as well as interaction with players during events. The level of mod-player interaction during an event may vary depending on the event, though the majority of it usually takes place at the bookends of the event. Mod-player interaction during events may simply boil down to prividing direction and narration in comments or control of NPCs, such as monsters, townfolks and the Temple Gem, Tiger's Eye. NPCs may also interact with player characters during event downtime.
Game Plot & World: In addition to event running, plotting for the long term is also an important part of keeping Cosmographia ticking. This will involve plotting behind the scenes for long-term metaplot as well as elements of lore and worldbuilding to give the players plenty of meat to sink their teeth into.
Organizational Duties: List updates, page maintenance. For the most part, this will involve checking lists and comments every few days to make sure information is up to date and player inquires and concerns are dealt with in a timely manner. This will also include processing of power requests following events (or through the month!) and organizational duties such as running the monthly Activity Check, posting to ATP and running OOC posts such as the HMD.

It's important to note that list maintenance help is a lower priority, as we have that under control. What we are primarily concerned with is assistance in other areas. You will not be immediately expected to take up every duty listed here, though you will be run through the how-to's to ensure that you can should you be asked to. This list is to give you a general idea of the work that goes into Cosmographia and what we're looking for help on. For example, the activity check is currently run by Claire, but you may be be asked to do it on a month she was unable to do so.

If this all sounds like something you'd like to do, then just fill in the form below and submit your application by replying to this entry! If you have any questions or want to hit us up about this mod application process, then you can also put those here.

Comments are screened. We do not currently have a cap on applications or a deadline for submission.


<b>Name:</b> Let us know what we should call you! As with the main application, you can also list your pronouns here. <b>Contact Methods:</b> What’s your preferred method of contact? The mod team’s current preferred method is <b>AIM</b>, with <b>Plurk</b> as a backup. <b>If you are submitting a mod application, please be sure to have a contact method compatible with us.</b> <b>Availability:</b> What’s your current availability? For example, what time zone are you in, what days/hours are you most likely to be free? This is just so we know the best times to contact you. <b>Modding Experience?</b> Do you have any previous experience in modding a game? If so, which game and when? If your answer to this section is ‘yes’, please let us know what kind of duties you undertook and how long you were doing mod work. <b>Journal RP Experience?</b> If the answer to the above is no, then please let us know your previous experience in journal RP. This isn’t necessarily an extensive list of all your previous games – we’re just looking for how much you know about the structure and organization that goes into running a long-term comm-based game. <b>Preferred Duties?</b> While you may be asked to run through all of the above duties at least once during your time at the team, are there any you feel you’d be particularly skilled at? Any you think you could take on as your own? Let us know what you think your strengths as a moderator would be if you joined the team. <b>Plans and ideas?</b> Do you have any ideas for Cosmographia? Ways of expanding the game world, additions to mechanics for players to experiment with, elements of game plot? Don’t worry if you don’t have an essay ready and waiting to write, this is just to see what kind of ideas you think would help Cosmographia in going forward. <b>Anything else?</b> Any other questions or concerns? Put them here!