Jagex Moderator

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Jagex Moderators^[1], also known as Staff Moderators,^[2] Jagex Mods^[3], JMods^[4] or admins^{[source needed]} are employees of Jagex who have accounts in-game that are for purposes of play-testing, debugging, and (infrequently) dealing with in-game situations. A Jagex Moderator account has a gold crown beside its name when in public chat (compare with Player Moderators, who have a silver crown). There are about four hundred JMods that exist.^[5]

Moderator account names always begins with "Mod" (); however, there are three exceptions - Ian, Paul and Andrew Gower's RuneScape names are simply , and , respectively ^[6]. Jagex has made it so that players' names cannot begin with 'Mod'. There are also at least two former Jagex Moderators (Sirmodsteve, and Rsguide) who no longer work with Jagex.^[7]

[edit] Abilities

• Jagex Moderators have the combined abilities of both Forum and Player Moderators, and additional abilities above and beyond which enable them to carry out functions related to their duties.
• Jagex Moderators have the ability to add or remove items in their inventory, modify their skills and teleport to any location in Gielinor. This ability also allows them to walk through scenery, and onto any terrain, including physical boundaries which would normally block passage.
• Players used to be able to trade with and attack Jagex Moderators. However, the system was changed; Jagex Moderators can no longer be attacked or traded with by a player in any way.^[8] It is not known whether or not Jagex Moderators can trade or attack one another. However, players can still play against a Jagex moderator on FunOrb.
• They can be taken away, attacked and killed by a random event. Gravestones of Jagex Mods cannot be repaired or blessed^[9], and it is not known whether or not other Jagex Mods can do so. It is not known whether or not a Jagex Mod loses items when they die. Jagex Moderators may possess additional abilities not normally available to players, like turning invisible, but it is not known whether or not they are able.
• On the RuneScape Forums, Jagex Moderators also have the ability to use HTML, include images in their posts and post in locked or hidden threads, use different fonts, edit other peoples posts amongst many others which are still unknown.
• Jagex Moderators can change their combat level as they wish^[10].
• Jagex Moderators have the ability to heal all of their hitpoints to full in less than one second.

[edit] How to become a Jagex Moderator

In order to become a Jagex Moderator, players must be a member of Jagex's staff. Applicants for jobs must be at least 18 years old, and be able to work in the United Kingdom^[11].

Jagex CEO Mark Gerhard has this advice for prospective Jagex employees: "Being bright, passionate, creative, hard working and living in the UK (which is where the offices are based) is a distinct advantage... Typically, maths and science are the most sought after skills for our developers... Working for Jagex is not just about your degree but more about identifying with the Jagex culture, which is all about excellence, hard work, passion for games and having fun... we tend to look for bright, hard working people with a passion for games... We tend to employ a lot of people as they leave university, so around 21~22, I would say."^[10]

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