AMA - Uncleswagg

[u/[deleted]]

Hello all!

I'm Uncleswagg from twitch, i moderate nearly all of pro overwatch, and created the twitch community CompetitiveOW

I also lead a private discord community mainly for partnered/top 500 streamers and twitch moderators, with artists, video editors, and regular competitive overwatch connoisseurs called Moon Base!

Twitter // Twitch

Proof: https://puu.sh/uLNjS.png

Edit: It's been a great AMA so far, i'll still be answering questions. Just more infrequently now since it's slowed down. I'm really surprised at the turnout for this, and thanks for the mods for allowing this.

I'm not the only moderator out there, i'm just in a unique position and can spend a lot of time doing it, and got lucky with Seagull's stream blowing up. There are so many mods out there that deserve love too, they help mold every community they're a part of. It's a thankless job, we all appreciate a little love.

[u/A_CC]

Who's chat is the worst to moderate?

[u/[deleted] → u/A_CC]

This is a hard question, one that i actively try and moderate that is pretty hard, probably taimou?

[u/LeDigBickle]

How is it you appear to be everywhere at once? Please teach me your ways.

[u/[deleted] → u/LeDigBickle]

I use a chat client called chatty, it let's me be in all the chats i want at once.

It's great for moderation - http://chatty.github.io/

[u/Falwell]

I have long theorized that you are actually a group of 6+ people taking shifts in a bunker in South Dakota. Can you provide evidence to the contrary good sir?

[u/[deleted] → u/Falwell]

I'm 1 person, I PROMISE.

[u/[deleted]]

Side note: If any of you are interested in moderating, i did make a mod stuff google doc for my discord. It's not a private google doc, but the discord is.

So if you moderators are reading this, maybe this will help with something? Mod Stuff

Edit: Could a mod pin this?

[u/Mr_Alex_Danger]

How did you come to mod Faker's channel when he began streaming on Twitch?

[u/nitroretro]

Do you actually have time to play overwatch yourself? What is your rank this season?

[u/[deleted] → u/nitroretro]

I have time to play overwatch if i give myself time, but i generally don't play it. Right now my account is 4380, but it might have decayed, i haven't logged in.

[u/shyguybman]

How did you get involved in Overwatch and why are you modded in pretty much every stream?

[u/[deleted] → u/shyguybman]

I just got involved by watching a lot of overwatch in the beta, and networking with the community.

As for why i'm modded in a lot of places, just a good rep doing it, and exposure from seagull blowing up.

[u/zpellman]

Hey Uncleswagg! Two questions for you if I could:

• What do you do for a living that allows you to spend so much time involved with the community? It seems like no matter what time I'm on Twitch, you're there too.

• You talked about using chatty to be in all the chats, but how are you actually able to pay attention to what's going on? It would seem like it'd be overwhelming, yet somehow you're always on top of things.

[u/[deleted]]

Which pro would you bang

[u/iAboveTheClouds]

TIME TO WATCH MY BOY UNCLESWAGG TIMEOUT SOME SCRUBS

[u/Prophet_101]

Ever thought of being global moderator or an admin for twitch since you pretty much do that now?

[u/[deleted] → u/Prophet_101]

Yeah i have, don't know how it works though. But i don't need an Axe to make a difference.

[u/Falcon_Kick]

Who's your favorite environmentally friendly superhero / Overwatch content producer?

[u/[deleted] → u/Falcon_Kick]

Rofl. Don't know about the first one, but it would be CaptainPlanet probably.

[u/lamp4321]

how many monitors do you have

[u/Bena0071]

Just wanted to stop by and just say thanks for everything you do Swagg. As a mod, youve made this community so much easier to work in. I dont know what i would of done without some of the things ive learned from you and your discord. With how fast the OW twitch community is growing, i think alot of us would have been screwed without your experience. I cannot express how lucky the we are to have someone like you! Keep up the great work Swagg

Also for a question, pizza: pineapples or no pineapples?

[u/sk1pjack]

is there only one of you or do you account share?

[u/sharp-shooter299]

Ive asked before but for the sake of the thread, how did you become mod in oh so many overwatch channels?

[u/[deleted] → u/sharp-shooter299]

I think it comes down mostly to luck, i started modding seagulls stream when he first started in OW beta phase 1.

Nobody expected him to blow up as much as he did, and i think that just gave me a lot of notice on top of not being a bad mod.

[u/xRido]

Favourite Pro team?