Hobbes blew his chances to be a mod after he got banned a few times for being an idiot, you need an above perfect posting record to even be consider, or just be a complete nobody on the forum.
Prominent members like red, excel, hobbes, ketkat and any other person I have missed off would never get a mod position, because you can bet your ass they'd use that power to settle old scores.
It's probably the only smart thing that forum has ever done.