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Administrators, commonly known as admins, are volunteer staff members of the Retro Dev community who have been granted and appointed certain abilities to enforce and uphold Roblox's and RetroStudio's community standards and moderate user activity in order to ensure a safe, fair, and orderly environment within all official Retro Dev platforms, including the RetroStudio games and the official Discord server as their primary function.

The position is a permanent appointment upon assuming the role after undergoing a rigorous process, held until the individual resigns or their permissions are revoked by Retro Dev leadership.

Role and responsibilities

The core responsibility of an Administrator is the active moderation of the Retro Dev community. This mandate covers two primary domains:

• RetroStudio Platform: Administrators are tasked with monitoring in-game activity, player interactions, player/place reports sent to the Retro Dev Player Support server, and chat logs to enforce the platform's rules of conduct. This includes addressing exploiting, harassment, and other violations.
• Official Discord Server: They oversee discussions, manage channels, handle modcalls & reports, and provide assistance to community members, ensuring compliance with server-specific rules and a safe and civil environment for discussion.

Administrators are expected to serve as exemplars of community conduct, acting with fairness and professionalism in their duties.

Administrators' privileges and in-game status

In their official capacity, Administrators are granted several privileges and status indicators (with certain restrictions to prevent abuse)^[1] to assist in their duties and of those in courtesy by the developers as follows;

• Upon joining any server instance, an Administrator's account is credited with 1,000,000,000 RetroBux.
• Distinguished by a special red A staff icon next to their name on in-game leaderboards and a unique red chat color, making their communications easily identifiable.
• The ability to "spoof" themselves with a pseudonym of their choice without any distinguishable features.
• Force join privated places on RetroStudio.^[2][3][4][5]

  

• Access is provided to a collection of in-game items designated for staff use only.
• The ability to organize and host officially recognized community game nights and events.
• Access to private communication channels on Discord for coordination with other staff members.
• Purchases of gamepasses and developer products made by Administrators do not contribute proceeds to the game creator, due to obvious internal handling of staff accounts and related in-game economy reasons.^[6]

Administrative tools

Admin panel

Accessed via the ; key, the Admin Panel is the primary interface for an Administrator's moderation tools ran on the Cmdr command console system. The command system allows for a range of actions, which can be categorized as follows:

Distinction from developers

The Administrator and Developer roles are functionally distinct. Administrators focus on community management and moderation. They do not have access to commands that can alter the game's economy, distribute assets to users, or modify the game's source code.

Developer-level commands, such as giveItem and giveRetrobux, are restricted to the development team and are not available to Administrators.

Becoming an administrator

For the complete, detailed steps and requirements, see the Application Process page.

The selection of new Administrators is a formal, multi-stage process managed by the Supervisory team, which consists of JoshAmour, THE_GAVINAT0R, and azancool8266 (Also known as GBV).

Application period

Applications are opened during specific intake cycles at the discretion of command. During recruitment, priority consideration may be given to bilingual candidates and applicants from timezones outside of North America to ensure broader, around-the-clock community support coverage.

Stage 1: Initial review

Supervisor JoshAmour conducts a thorough preliminary review of all applications. Submissions are evaluated against several key criteria:

• Age Requirement: Applicants must be at least 15 years old, with a strong preference for candidates aged 16 or older.
• Response Quality: Submissions are assessed for depth, confidence, clarity, grammar, punctuation, and overall coherence.

Stage 2: Command voting

Candidates who pass the initial review are presented to the entire Supervisory team for a vote. An applicant must secure a majority vote (at least two of the three supervisors) to advance to the final stage.

Stage 3: Background check

The final stage involves a comprehensive background check to verify the candidate's history and suitability. This process includes:

• Reference Verification: An attempt is made to contact references from any previous moderation experiences listed by the applicant.
• Activity Analysis: An internal tool is used to graph the applicant's cumulative badge count over time, providing insight into their long-term activity and engagement with RetroStudio.
• Developer Review: A final check is conducted by a member of the development team to gain further insight into the applicant's in-game presence.

Candidacy period

Successful applicants are first appointed as "Candidates." They must then complete formal candidacy and trial phases to demonstrate their competence before being confirmed as full-time Administrators.

Removal and revoking of adminship

The Administrator position is intended as a long-term role, but provisions are in place for both voluntary resignation and involuntary termination, along with protocols for recognizing former staff as follows;

Voluntary resignation

Administrators may invoke their right to a formal resignation at any time. This is initiated by messaging one of the Admin Supervisors, and it takes effect upon acceptance of the request.

Involuntary termination

Administrators may be terminated from their position by Command (a collective group consisting of the Developers and Supervisors). Termination is executed at the Command's sole discretion and typically results from serious issues such as severe misconduct, abuse of powers, or other policy violations.

Retired status and recognition

An Administrator who has served for more than three months is eligible for the Retired role in the official Retro Dev Discord servers, provided they are discharged honorably (i.e., they resigned or were removed for reasons other than severe misconduct).

In certain rare cases, an Administrator may receive a custom admin icon of their choice from the Developers. This requires a separate vetting process during their adminship, and the custom icon will remain permanently associated with their account, even after their retirement.

Appeal Board

The Appeal Board is a dedicated panel-based body within the regular Retro Dev staff team consisting of a sub-section of elected, highly trained and senior members of the staff established to serve as a structured, fair, and transparent process for all moderation appeals within the Retro Dev community.^[7]

Selection and terms

Members of the Appeal Board are carefully trained, picked, and elected by current Administrators to serve for a six-month term. This rotational election cycle ensures multiple, fresh, and impartial perspectives are consistently involved in the review process. Board members do not have a moderation quota in recognition of their additional responsibilities.

Scope and eligibility

The Appeal Board handles all matters related to moderation appeals, which include:

• RetroStudio Player Ban Appeals
• RetroStudio Place Ban Appeals
• Retro Dev Discord User Ban Appeals
• Retro Dev Discord User Strike Appeals

Only moderational actions with a duration of 14 days or greater that are filed within 6 months of the moderational action taken are eligible for appeal review by the Board. The Board operates under a formal charter to ensure a consistent and impartial review for every case.

Current board members

As of the Appeal Board Update on February 25th, 2026, excluding resigned/terminated administrators; the currently elected board members are:

• TheMoreYouNoob
• DarkWaffIeLord (With a capital ${\displaystyle I}$)
• Humblelord

List of administrators

As of March 23rd, 2026, there are currently 13 active in service Retro Dev administrators as follows:

• Gr_3en
• groovyKensei
• Humblelord [AB]
• GOLDEN10005
• JoeyTheVulpix (Also known as Vulpix)
• Mini_Pixels
• Moonl1ght_Shad0w
• OutputMP3
• GentIeTea (With a capital ${\displaystyle I}$)
• King_Construction
• TheMoreYouNoob [AB]
• DarkWaffIeLord (With a capital ${\displaystyle I}$) [AB]
• Staraimelokk

Citations

"For your information, most, if not all of the current citations are from the Retro Dev Discord server if you wish to look through these, as it is a public Discord server."
— Editor's Note

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