Player Moderator GuideEdit This Entity
- 1.0 - Introduction
- 2.0 - What is a Player Moderator?
- 3.0 - Who is a Player Moderator?
- 4.0 - Choosing Player Moderators
- 5.0 - Common Myths about Player Moderators
- 6.0 - Frequently Asked Questions
In any online game where there is player interaction, there will always be people trying to take advantage of others in various ways. Some of these ways may include trying various tactics to steal passwords, taking items from other players in a manner not agreed upon, or being verbally abusive. In June 2004, RuneScape created a way to help take care of some of the problems which were occurring.
What was the way to help take care of these problems? Player Moderators. A player moderator (usually called PMod or player mod) is a regular player of RuneScape who has the ability to send priority abuse reports, and if the abusive player is being particularly bad, the player mod has the ability to mute the player temporarily. JaGex does check all reports that player mods send in to make sure they're not abusing their powers.
How can you tell a player mod apart from another player? The player mod has a small silver crown next to their name. This crown was put in to make sure that it would be impossible to have a player impersonate a player mod since they would not have the crown. JaGex staff have a similar feature to differentiate themselves from normal players. Players in the JaGex staff have a gold crown next to their name. Player mods are not JaGex staff since they have different crowns. The crown appears in private messages and in the normal text area below the main game play screen.
How JaGex chooses player mods is rather obscure. They say on the official site that they do not pick those who ask customer support to become player mods. The only real hints they give on who they pick are people who are nice, honest players, who report abuse they see, using the report abuse button but not abusing the report abuse button. They also say that posting helpful posts on the official forum might help the 'powers that be' choose you. If you are invited by JaGex to become a player mod, you will have a message in your message center (on RuneScape.com). JaGex will NOT email you or ask you in game to become a player mod.
See below to Are Player Mods JaGex Staff?
No, a player mod can be any level.
No, player mods can only mute people temporarily if they feel the abuse they are witnessing is particularly bad.
No, player mods cannot have a JaGex Mod to come and help you. You will have to read the RuneScape FAQ, in the Customer Support section of the RuneScape website.
A: See the above section on Choosing Player Mods.
A: The crown/thing next to someone's name is proof that the person is a player mod or JaGex mod.
A: No, player mods are not JaGex staff. JaGex staff gets paid, but player mods are normal players volunteering to help report abuse.
A: No, player mods do not get paid for moderating.
A: No, only customer support can help you in getting lost characters back.
A: No, that power lies with JaGex staff only.
See RuneScape.com for more information about player mods in the frequently asked questions and rules and security section.
