Fusion of Teacher and Moderator

[Grape]

Giving powers such as banning or blacklisting to a rank that people can apply for is a bad idea imo

Anything that you apply for is a bad idea. Helpers can be good if they were picked by the staff team, it should be for those who do not wish to be an admin but still want to help around.

I think that if this were to be implemented, the staff team should discuss who from the teacher team should be promoted to this and the moderators should just become trial admins.

I couldn't have said it better myself, apart from undermining an application system. Applications are a good thing as they allow staff to notice or consider members of the community that could actually be an asset to the team; whether it be as a Helper or as a Trial Administrator.

People need to remember that just because they apply for a position, it does not mean that they will get it. It just opens the staff's eyes to potentially worthy candidates that they wouldn't have been thought of previously. A suggestion system for both Helper and TA will still be in place - nothing wrong comes out of an application system. And don't say people can 'act': I already explained to you why that is an irrelevant point last night in discord, Zombie.