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Candidate 1 - 5 2 2 4 1.5 4 3 5 4 3 = 33.5
Candidate 2 - 4 3 1 2 5.0 2 5 0 3 2 = 27
Candidate 3 - 2 5 4 5 1.5 5 2 5 3 5 = 37.5
Candidate 4 - 1 1 3 1 0.0 1 1 0 2 4 = 14
Candidate 5 - 3 4 5 3 4.5 3 4 0 4 4 = 34.5

I've added my scores in there for the candidates.

Just a couple things overall about them that I see:

Candidate 1 - Well respected by veterans. Hasn't had interaction with newer members but that doesn't mean that this person is against new members. Posts mainly in General and Feedback. This doesn't mean they don't post other places and actually implies that they post everywhere. Plus, they're moderately active. SMART UNIQUE PERSONALITY AND OUTLOOK. Key, key, key. Why would we want to miss out on a member like this?

Candidate 2 - Posts a lot. Good relations with new members but not noticed by veterans? I'm not sure if that's alluding to possible grudges coming up after this person's possible promotion or if it's just saying that this person isn't in the limelight much. Active... and spammy. Not a good combination if you ask me. Normally, I would hold high activity in high regards but when you mix it with a pretty habitual tendency to spam, it's sort of a double-edged sword. Immature, also. Kinda knocks this person down a bit, in my opinion.

Candidate 3 - Active in Gaming, not so much in General. Respected for gaming help and advice. Low event participation. This person doesn't sound like moderator material to me at all, to be honest. Sure, moderators are there to help with the forums but there's not much in a moderator's job about being knowledgeable about games. In promoting this person, the forum may actually lose a great game guru in exchange for a half-decent Cid's Knight.

Candidate 4 - A top poster in General Chat and on good terms with everyone. Non-serious and a jokester. Never visits certain forums. Eek. Red flag. If this person is going to maintain a tunnel vision view on the forums and not take things seriously, they're not the type of person I see being a moderator.

Candidate 5 - A strong part of the community and active throughout. Comes up with fresh ideas, events, and threads. Upbeat. All good stuff until we come to the "shies away from confrontation" part. Right? Not necessarily, I think. Every single Cid's Knight doesn't have to have the in-your-face thing down. Weighing all the good things this person could bring to the table against this one "bad" thing... I think the pros outweigh the con.

Now, as far as you guys were talking about our posting or activity habits, here are mine: I post a lot in General Chat. I'm active in every forum, though. I use New Posts and read through all areas of the forum so I'm all over. Never know when you're going to catch some bored guy post porn in a remote corner.

Overall, I think Candidate 4 can be safely dropped from consideration. I think this rating system was a good idea for us to get going. We might be able to use it to knock off one more candidate but after that I'd say we better rely on debate.

Drop Candidate 4?