As many people may know, our mods are dead. Runs take days, even weeks to be verified and sometimes mods aren't online for weeks at a time. Recently, some of the few active runners left in this game, including myself, have been collaborating on what could be done to fix the problem with mods. Xeiz, by far the the biggest driving force within our community, said this today in the portal discord.

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He also mentioned that he had begun to make a list of who should no longer be mod but never finished it.

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We then decided to finish what Xeiz had started and created a list of all of the current mods and whether or not they should be moderator any longer. If you would like to view the list you can click here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1jTQNGJxSW1VD8wybW-w9nML-K4GtHXhMrEaOIhyxWyQ/edit?usp=sharing

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We decided to keep Xeiz because of how much he has done for the community with both his video tutorials and being the greatest mod a speedrun.com page could ask for.

To go along with the list of who should not be mod, we also made a list of who the new moderators to replace the old ones could be. These are just ideas, it could be all of them and it could be none of them. Our qualifications for being on this list were that you are active/semi-active within the community, you are trustworthy, you won't try to change anything, and you are knowledgeable about the source engine, not just the fact that you can do what a tutorial said. To view this list click here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1_RPBWZTrmVsGhEUFahYrPCR61Fz_mIdgGgiyhJ0wxbk/edit?usp=sharing

I hope this all goes over well and that these changes help the community and make maximize efficiency with the verification of runs.

I'm looking at that list of current mods and I'm honestly astounded by some of these. Like, how did Zypeh even end up modded? Is there a story behind that one? I don't want to come down on anyone too harshly, but holy crap.

I am probably not going to be picked out for moderating because I don't run the game anymore, but I have knowledges in the source engine, I know the routes ... etc Also, hasn't XeiZ already sent a list to PerO ? (Lambo & TheiCarnage)

@FabbrizioCalamitous : Zypeh is a Portal 2 runner => He became Portal serie mod because Portal serie mods are mostly Portal 2 runners.

Pack, he sent a message to PerO asking him to mod Imita and I. I think that only modding two people, while not cleaning up the modlist is a very temporary solution, and we should aim to have only active mods within the next few months.

I'll say this here, as I think it has only been said in the discord; I, and others in the community, think that PerO should make someone else a supermod so that they can take responsibility for sorting out the modlist, and will be easier to contact about the leaderboards in the future.

but who should be super mod?

I think all the mods/supermods should be agreed with the community as a whole. The list of possible mods was made by a relatively small group of runners, and I don't fully agree with it, I think there are people who would make better mods than some people on that list.

I would nominate Kojlax if he's up for it. In my limited interactions with the Portal community he's always been incredibly helpful and knowledgeable.

I'm glad that your taking action to improve the speed-running forums.

I just hope something is done before this loses steam.

I Could be a mod for this game leaderboard, i'm active at least 95% of the time, and when i'm not i give shoutouts. I really don't know though ;/

"I Could be a mod for this game leaderboard, i'm active at least 95% of the time, and when i'm not i give shoutouts. I really don't know though ;/" Why the hell would you be mod ? I mean you need to know the game, the engine, the strats, the cheats, the community, the tools, the dramas, the history, the memes ... etc Being active isn't an argument, else every active runner would be mod.

I think Pack is right on this one. Active doesn't just mean running the game still or even previously. It means people the contribute and are sometimes leaders within the community, a recent example is carnage organizing a tournament (which btw hurry up zeta), that was something an active runner should do and I think it is awesome that someone did that sort of thing.

Thanks saying something I did is awesome. That's never happened before in my life.

Also, yeah, if we all agree on something to do with who should be mods etc. and talk to PerO, I reckon we could be able to sort this out pretty soon.

I don't think its fair that you question how knowledgeable i am on a subject/game when i merely suggest something. I know about most of the glitches, skips, resources, and i have the proper knowledge required to be a moderator for this game series. Sorry if i'm wasting your time. I'm only trying to contribute.

We appreciate that but that seems a little sketchy when someone with an account created 5 days ago asks to be mod.

Also carnage, pack and other people in this thread, how do you think we should proceed with deciding who the new mods should be?

Send a list to PerO

For the moment I think we have to keep only Imita, TheiCarnage and me. No more :) If imita TheiCarnage, or me can't be mod anymore then we will add a new one :)

i don't see why would need many mods so i think biiwix has a point

While it is true we don't a rediculous amount of mods like we do now I think we should have more than 3.