I'm liking a lot of these suggestions so far! Something that I would like to bring up is how the staff team actually goes about getting new staff members. I would like to propose an actual application.
It could be made as a Google Form, so that you have to be signed in (traced back to your gmail, even if you didn't use that to sign up for the game), all of the questions would be required to be answered so nothing can be skipped. This would help get rid of the likelihood of the applications getting spammed/trolled.
I've heard before that the staff team is usually chosen via helpful and active people on the forums. In my opinion that doesn't give enough opportunity to people that might make good moderators. Just because someone is active and helpful on the forums and helpful doesn’t mean they’re fit to be a mod. Some people that are active in game and would make good mods might not be as active on the forums.
The application could include questions such as:
- Feralheart Username
- How long you've been a part of the community
- Age
- Timezone
- How active you are
- Do you currently have a job/school/work for other games that might hinder your activity some? If you work for other games/wip games, what games?
- Scenario Questions, example: you see two people fighting in game/on the forum - what do you do?
- Why they want to be a mod?
- What they can bring to the team
- What languages do you speak?
- Do you have other forms of contact other than FH/The Forum such as Discord, Skype, would you be willing to give your phone number, etc? (idk how staff communicate LOL)
etc.
This can help show if they'll actually be qualified for the staff position depending on their answers, and also the time and effort put into the application shows that they care about the position and really do want to be part of the staff/help further the game.