Applying for the team

The application page has the current openings and the
form. You need an account and you need to be signed in to submit.

The four roles#

Helper — the front line. Answering the same question for the fortieth time
without sounding like it is the fortieth time. Most people start here.

Moderator — acting on reports, handling chat, issuing punishments. Needs
judgement more than reflexes: the hard part is the case where both people have
a point.

Builder — spawn, event maps, everything people walk through. This is the
one role where the portfolio matters more than the playtime, and it does not
have to be Minecraft work.

Media — content, clips, thumbnails, the things that bring people in.

What is actually looked at#

Not your playtime number. It is a filter, not a qualification.

• How you already behave. Applications are read next to your forum history

and your chat record. Someone who has been quietly helpful for months has
already made most of the case.

• Whether you can write clearly. Every one of these roles is mostly

writing. An application that is hard to follow is evidence.

• Whether you can be told no. Every moderator has to deliver decisions

people dislike without escalating.

• Realistic availability. "Whenever" is not availability. Two reliable

evenings a week beats an optimistic promise of every day.

The process#

1. Submit. The form asks role-specific questions; answers can be long, and

the good ones usually are.

1. It is read. Applications are private. They do not appear in the forum,

and nobody else sees what you wrote.

1. You get an answer. Yes or no, either way.
2. If it is no, it is not permanent. Reapply later, once something has

changed — usually that something is you having been visible and useful in
the meantime.

What does not help#

Asking whether applications are open in chat, repeatedly. Applying for all four
roles at once. Listing every server you have ever been staff on without saying
what you did there. Promising to be online constantly.

Being on the team#

It is unpaid, it is work, and the visible parts — a colour on your name, a
listing on the team page — are the smallest parts of it. The
job is mostly reading reports and repeating yourself patiently.

People who want it for the colour do not last, and it shows in the application
more often than they expect.