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Global Moderation Team

See also: Mod (disambiguation).

The Global Moderation Team (formerly known as the Global Mod Team, Administrators, or GreenBAT), commonly referred to as GMT, are members of the community who are focused primarily on player moderation and issues pertinent to the team and the community at large. They are distinguished by their citrus green user title, user group badge that reads GMT, and their red in-game username.

All Global Moderators are sworn to uphold the Contributor Code of Conduct in addition to the normal Community Rules.

Note: To report a moderator misbehaving or breaking the Contributor Code of Conduct, contact the account support team.

Roles and responsibilities

See also: Reporting Bad Behaviour

The Global Moderation Team is responsible for the welfare of the chat and forum, and takes care of interactions within the community. They should be approached with any questions pertaining the moderation aspect of the game, which would include (but is not limited to):

  • issues with chat (e.g. spam or harassment)
  • misbehaviour on forum (e.g. inappropriate posts)
  • the beatmap discussions and comment section
  • user profile moderation (NSFW or otherwise offensive content in avatars, profile covers or details, ...)

Becoming a moderator

Becoming a member of the Global Moderation Team requires a notable amount of contribution. Potential members are often noticed for their willingness to help other users, activity within the community, and good behaviour. The ability to speak languages other than English is strongly preferred. Candidates are discussed within the team to determine their potential addition as a team member.

How to be considered

The most important factors for consideration are behaviour, activity, understanding of the rules, and patience:

  1. Demonstrate good behaviour by being polite and treating other users with respect. Keeping your account free of any serious silences or issues is essential.
  2. Demonstrate in-game activity by participating in the chat and/or the forums. Report any misbehaviour and problems via the report system. Answer questions and assist others with issues.
  3. Have a proper understanding of the rules and how they are applied. It is important to know what is acceptable within osu! and what is not.
  4. Be patient. The GMT does not spontaneously add members who have been helping for just a few days. It takes time for the GMT to evaluate someone⁠ — their personality, what they can help with, their activity, etc.

Generally, the team will observe people for several weeks or months to make sure they are a worthy addition to the team. Please be patient and do not go overboard. Feel free to ask anyone from the GMT about any questions regarding rules, reporting users, and any other issues.

Some things not to do

  1. Do not continually ask the GMT about your standing as a potential candidate. The GMT does not look to add anyone who is contributing as a means to an end. An altruistic mindset is key.
  2. Do not report every little thing in chat. It is an important skill to know what is worth reporting and what is not.
  3. Do not answer other people's questions without knowing whether said answer is correct or not, particularly on the forums. Suggestions are welcome, but misinforming people is not helpful to anyone. If you do not know the solution to a problem, let someone else answer and learn from them.
  4. Do not overdo things. The team looks for consistent contribution, not an overloaded amount. This is known to burn people out and make them lose patience and commitment. Take it easy!

Benefits

Global Moderators are granted the following benefits:

  • osu!supporter: An osu!supporter tag that lasts for the duration of their team membership.
  • Tenure badge: A profile badge that displays the number of years they have been in the GMT, ranging from 1 to 10.
    1 year GMT badge 2 year GMT badge 3 year GMT badge 4 year GMT badge 5 year GMT badge 6 year GMT badge 7 year GMT badge 8 year GMT badge 9 year GMT badge 10 year GMT badge

Departure from the team

Once a Global Moderator chooses to depart from the team, they may be granted the following rewards depending on the circumstances:

  • osu! Alumni user title: this is granted to members who were part of the team for at least 1 year, or have made significant contributions within the team during a shorter period of time.
  • osu!supporter: Members are awarded an osu!supporter tag that lasts double the amount of time they spent in the GMT, under the same conditions as osu! Alumni status.

Team members

Note: All GMT members speak English in addition to the languages listed below, unless noted otherwise.

The Global Moderation Team group page lists all of the team members. In addition to areas mentioned below, all GMT members take part in reviewing visual and aural content included in beatmaps.

Name Additional languages Area of focus
- Felix German Chat moderation
-NoName- Mapping/modding community moderation
[ Another ] Hungarian Chat moderation
[ryuu] Russian Chat moderation
0x84f Serbian
abraker Forum moderation
Albionthegreat Dutch, some German
Azer Tournament management1
bibitaru Chinese, Malay Chat moderation
ChillierPear Swedish, Spanish Chat moderation, tournament management
chromb Chat moderation
Civil oath Korean, Japanese Chat moderation
Corne2Plum3 French Forum moderation
D I O Some Spanish
Darksonic Spanish Chat moderation
Death Forum moderation, technical support
Dntm8kmeeatu Technical support
Edward Portuguese, Japanese Chat moderation
Ephemeral Player support, wiki administration
Flutteh Finnish, some Swedish Chat moderation
Fycho Chinese Chat moderation, mapping/modding community moderation
Galkan Polish Chat moderation
Ganondorf French Chat moderation
Halfslashed Mapping/modding community moderation
Ilham Indonesian Mapping/modding community moderation
Imakuri French, Spanish Chat moderation
JBHyperion Chat moderation, mapping/modding community moderation
Jerry Malay, some Chinese Mapping/modding community moderation
kanpakyin Cantonese, Chinese, Japanese Chat moderation
Kobold84 Russian Chat moderation
KSHR Japanese Chat moderation
Kudou Chitose Russian Chat moderation
Kyubey Russian Chat moderation
LeoFLT Portuguese, Spanish Chat moderation, tournament management
Loctav German Mapping/modding community moderation
Lyawi German Chat moderation, forum moderation
mangomizer Cantonese, Chinese 2
maot Portuguese Mapping/modding community moderation
MillhioreF osu! development
My Angel Chino Vietnamese Chat moderation
Nathanael Filipino Chat moderation, forum moderation, technical support
Nevo Mapping/modding community moderation
Niva Indonesian Chat moderation
Nozhomi French Chat moderation
Nukrid Portuguese, Spanish Chat moderation
Okoratu German Mapping/modding community moderation
OnosakiHito German, Serbian Chat moderation, mapping/modding community moderation
osu!team Official team presence
p3n German Tournament management
Petit Korean, Japanese Chat moderation
QHideaki13 Malay Chat moderation
Redo_ Polish Skinning community moderation
Repflez Spanish Chat moderation
Roan Dutch, Japanese Skinning community moderation
RockRoller German Skinning community moderation, forum moderation
ruexia Korean Chat moderation
S o h Japanese Chat moderation
Saten Swedish, Spanish Chat moderation
Shiro French, Spanish Chat moderation
Shurelia Indonesian Chat moderation
Sies Indonesian, some Vietnamese Chat moderation, forum moderation
Stefan German, Serbian Forum moderation
spboxer3 Chinese Chat moderation
terho Finnish Chat moderation
THAT_otaku Forum moderation, chat moderation
TicClick Russian Chat moderation, wiki administration
TKS Japanese Mapping/modding community moderation
ToGlette Korean, Japanese, Filipino Chat moderation
topecnz Filipino Chat moderation
Trigonoculus Thai Chat moderation
Trosk- Spanish Technical support
Uni Dutch Chat moderation
Venix Polish Team leadership, chat moderation, mapping/modding community moderation
wowcake Indonesian Chat moderation
Yason Polish Chat moderation
Zallius Chat moderation

Grouped by languages moderated

Channel Subforum Moderators
#arabic
#balkan Balkan OnosakiHito
#bulgarian
#cantonese kanpakyin, Petal
#chinese 中文 bibitaru, Fycho, kanpakyin, spboxer3
#czechoslovak
#dutch Nederlands Uni
#english All moderators
#filipino Tagalog Nathanael, ToGlette, topecnz
#finnish Suomi Flutteh
#french Français Ganondorf, Imakuri, Nozhomi, Shiro
#german Deutsch - Felix, Lyawi, Okoratu, OnosakiHito
#greek
#hebrew
#hungarian Magyar [ Another ]
#indonesian Indonesian Niva, Shurelia, Sies, wowcake
#italian Italiano
#japanese 日本語 Civil oath, Edward, kanpakyin, KSHR, Petit, S o h, ToGlette
#korean 한국어 Civil oath, Petit, ruexia, ToGlette
#malaysian Malaysian bibitaru, QHideaki13
#polish Polski Galkan, Venix, Yason
#portuguese Português Edward, Nukrid
#romanian
#russian Русский [ryuu], Kobold84, Kudou Chitose, Kyubey, TicClick
#skandinavian Skandinavien ChillierPear, Saten
#spanish Español Darksonic, LeoFLT, Repflez
#thai ภาษาไทย Trigonoculus
#turkish Türkçe
#ukrainian Kobold84
#vietnamese My Angel Chino, Sies

Notes

  1. While not actually being part of the GMT itself, Azer is in the user group by technicality due to needing GMT-level permissions as a World Cup organiser. 

  2. While not actually being part of the GMT itself, mangomizer is in the user group by technicality due to needing GMT-level permissions for access to internal forums.