Part Of The Job

We have new Mods on the game site and they are learning some things the hard way. They are doing a great job though and the other Mods are quick to relate that to them which is always nice. One of the things Mods seem to always learn the hard way is the lack of friendship all of a sudden. Players they normally have been chatty with suddenly seem cold and distant. Part of the job. When you are just a regular player like them it's all fun and good times. Once you become a Mod tho, the fun and games stops because they realize that now you will enforce the chat rules and boot them. It is hard at times to boot someone you like or are buddies with. Sometimes the players make it easy, like when I was still a fairly new Mod. One of the players on my friends list was skirting the rules line when another player warned her to be careful because she may get booted. Her reply was that it wouldn't happen because she and the Mod were friends. That's when I booted her for 3 hours. Friends or not, the rules must be followed by all and the Mods must enforce those rules. Part of the job :)