I have been receiving PM's and IM's with people asking me when the Staff Applications will be up; well, all I have come up with a decision, I will not be opening up a staff application form. I realize that there are times when users will sign up for staff, get the position and just never become active anymore or just get out off hand.

I have decided that now new staff members will be decided solely on performance of users and decision of current staff members. Basically, just be active, show effort and interest, etc.

I know some will argue that I had posted that I will release a newer version of the staff application, but I realized that staff applications get out of hand and I prefer this new system.

If you have worked really hard and shown activity, interest and effort, trust me, you have a chance of becoming staff especially since we are looking for new staff members.

We are currently still looking for the following:

• Skinning Staff
• Coding Staff
• New! Graphics Staff
• New! Ripper Interrogation Staff
• Global Moderator

It is pretty obvious what you require to gett a position. If you are a good/decent skinner, just post your skins and eventually, we will get to you if we think you are good enough. You do not have to be great. I will agree that I myself am not such a great of a skinner either especially since this is my first time so if you're mediocre, you have a good chance. Same goes for any other team that you want to join.

So just don't worry. If you have what it takes to be a part of DS Staff (which isn't much atm), then just prove yourself. That's all to it.

These are a couple things we look for..
Skinning Staff
- Have a couple of good skins in the skin gallery/member skin section.
- Have decent knowledge of skinning and has been able to support members with skinning questions
- Taking up conversion or regular skin requests
- Regular active member

Coding Staff
- Have a couple of good mods in the mod index.
- Have decent knowledge of coding and has been able to support members with coding questions
- Taking up regular mod requests
- Regular active member

Graphics Staff
- Have a couple of good graphics in the graphics showoff or gallery.
- Good designer and well experienced.
- Takes up requests
- Starts graphics discussions and keeps that section active
- Regular active member

Ripper Interrogation Staff
- Found atleast 5 rippers or users that violate iPBFREE TOS and DS TOS.
- Good background knowledge of forums, skinning, documentation, modifications, copyright rules and policies, ripper definition, etc.
- Very concious
- Regular active member.

Global Moderator
- Extremely active member
- Posted lot of suggestions and helped out
- Good knowledge of forums, ipbfree, coding, skinning, documentation, modifications, etc.
- Understands Mod CP and Admin CP efficiently
- Etc, etc, etc ...

Cool, I wouldn't mind being a coding/skinning staff but since I'm a Global I don't need to be. What about adminship? Is that cut off with you and kasam?

Ripper interogation sounds cool. And admin possitions should be earned and never ever applied for.

hmm..awsome i want to be a Ripper Interrogation Staff ill be active alot

Yea, for ripper interrogator, how would you interrogate over the web XD
*pulls out cyber whip*