Hm, I see what you're saying. That's a very interesting way of looking at it...while at my old forum, the decision was eventually made to ban that specific ban-evader again, there were some points other raised back then which are similar to the ones you made here. That said, have we had any incidents recently? Maybe I haven't been paying enough attention, but I don't remember anything particularly serious or noteworthy...a few annoying posters left of their own accord after being told off by Jorge, but that's all I can remember. Still, as the old saying goes, an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure...no sense waiting until we actually have a situation to search for people capable of dealing with it. They would, after all, need some time to prepare and get used to their position, so the sooner we get more people the better.
I do think it's worth it, however, to think a bit about what kind of organization (if any) our moderators will have. I think it's definitely a discussion folks should have, so everybody can give suggestions and think things over, though if you feel this is a bit off-topic for this thread specifically I of course understand.
Specifically, will there be any sort of vetting period for new mods? How about a hierarchy or any other system of organization? Will all of them have the same sorts of responsibilities, or might they be delegated out? Let me expand on why each of these is important, IMO.
1: The Vetting Period: While we've got a lot of great members here, including those who are still active but have also been around as long as Jorge, remember that being a moderator is still a significant change and a serious and important increase in responsibility compared to being a normal member. It may be that someone who sounds like they'd be a great moderator on paper turns out to be not so great in practice, for any variety of reasons. Some are bad (they're not perceptive or independent enough, irresponsible with their new powers, or show jealousy they didn't display beforehand) while others are just understandable (it turns out they don't have as much free time as they wanted to, or the job puts more stress on them than they thought), but all of them could lead to trouble for us if we're too hasty about making "permanent" moderators. I would advise there be some way of 'testing mods out' for a little while, to see how they do, and/or some system or at least preparation for removing them if they don't pan out, again for whatever reason.
2: Hierarchy and Delegation of Responsibilities: It seems strange to ask about a "chain of command" for an internet forum, since, after all, we're not the military, but again, I do think it's worth considering. First off, even if everyone is given the same "global moderator" status as Bloodreign, it is more likely than not in practice that they'll defer to him and his fellows, given his massive amount of seniority and experience. It goes without saying that Jorge will always be at the top of the heap, since he is an administrator of the forum and would naturally be in charge (Aside: About that, excuse my ignorance, but is Jorge a root administrator? I may be wrong, but IIRC a lot of forums have a "root" administrator, and if one isn't around it can cause a lot of problems).
Even more than that, though, it seems likely all of us would be, again in practice if not in theory, delegated responsibilities depending on our areas and level of expertise. If a fangame designer were promoted to mod, it would probably be expected he would pay the most attention to the Fan Stuff forum, and if a true Castlevania historian were promoted, most would expect him to spend most of his energies protecting the Classic Castlevania discussions.
And, yet another point which goes without saying, we will almost certainly need to organize our staff based on time zones; it won't do us a whole lot of good if we add more mods and they all go to sleep at the same time (allowing our foes to mess around all they want for a few hours). There will probably have to be at least an informal schedule of hours any new mods would be expected to hang around for, distributed among different time zones and so on.
I hope this food for thought helps you guys with whatever choices you make, prunyuu~