Hello my fellow Speedrunners,

About a week ago we received a request in the Wreckfest speedrun discord to add new tracks. When this happened, we found out that the board was taken over by someone else. As can be read here on the forum, the former mods we democratically legitimized were removed without any communication. Possibly they were not on speedrun.com for a long period of time and therefore not accessible. However, they could always be contacted in Discord. Of course mods should always be active on the site, but that may not be possible depending on personal circumstances. Since the new changes were not legitimized by the community, we started a short poll in Discord to see what the members think about it. So basically if the members agree with it and / or want new mod elections. The questions were unanimously answered "no" in terms of accepting the mod change, and there was a unanimous vote for new elections.

I'm posting here to see what the speedrun.com portion of our community thinks.

Unfortunately, there is only one "like" button here on the forum. So I'm going to create 4 new posts below, each with the question and the yes or no answer. Cast your vote with a like below the post with the respective answer.

To avoid manipulation, only votes from accounts that have a verified run at this time will be counted.

Do you agree with the change in the mod team? Answer: YES Answer: YES Answer: YES

Do you agree with the change in the mod team? Answer: NO Answer: NO Answer: NO

Do you want to vote for a new mod team? Answer: YES Answer: YES Answer: YES

Do you want to vote for a new mod team? Answer: NO Answer: NO Answer: NO

I have a few things to say.

1. When I requested to the site to be a moderator for this game, the site staff accepted it because the most active moderator wasn’t online for more than 1 month. So I requested to become a moderator because I wanted to help this leaderboard. If any former mod wanted their mod role back, they could’ve messaged me to become a moderator again. No one did that.

2. I have been a moderator since October 2021 and no one has messaged me about anything for this leaderboard.

3. I will gladly remove myself as a mod if the former moderators or active runners request to be one. So no need for the poll.

There was absolutely no need to unmod yourself and make me a mod. I was not a mod before and had no intention of becoming one. I also absolutely understand your motives and want to thank you for verifiying all the runs you've done over the last few months. The only thing that bothers me is that there was no communication from you. So neither before you became a Mod about inactive mods or not verified runs nor after when SR Staff made you a mod. I only see the post in the forum about the "moderation request" which is nothing more than asking if you have a change. In the rules it says "Leaderboards should be viewed as owned by the community and curated by the moderators. A user who requests a leaderboard does not own the leaderboard." Because of this I think mods should only be elected by a democratic decision of the community, or removed for extended absences but also only by the community. In fact, two of the most recently elected moderators were clear miscasts. Our pro gamer Furzikus doesn't feel like it anymore, and Tbyrn21 has always been hard to reach, but that's exactly why we elected new mods. Actually, the vote was just to determine what the part of the community thinks which is active on Sr.com website. So whether they accept the decision over their heads and / or want new elections, as unanimously requested by the other part of the community in Discord. This poll was in no way an attack on you as a person. The only thing missing was part of the function of a moderator involving the community. You can apply to be a moderator just like anyone else in the community. Thanks again for reviewing the many runs.

Since I am now unexpectedly the only mod, even though I never was one and was not elected, we can skip the poll above and go straight to the new elections. As already mentioned, two of the mods have also been offline for months and only Tbyrn21 would be available. The rules reccomend "Leaderboards should aim to have at least 3 active moderators if qualified people are available."

So if you want to become a mod, just write a short application here. But first familiarize yourself with the general site rules https://www.speedrun.com/knowledgebase/site-rules.

and the moderation rules https://www.speedrun.com/knowledgebase/moderation-rules

Also, you need to enable "Email Authentication (2FA)" in your account settings and your account must have at least 2 social media accounts attached.

Once we have a few applications, I'll check the SR.com requirements for the accounts and start the election in a new thread. Until then, I'll take over the obligatory mod responsibilities. I'm actually online at least once a day to do the verifications.