The first time I was modded, I definitely wanted to be a staff member. When I first joined PC, it was at the end of my Pokemon forum journey that had led me from the official Nintendo Europe Pokemon forums to Serebii and Bulbagarden and lots of other smaller, crappier sites. At most of those places, because I was 12-13, I thought being a mod was like becoming a rock star or something, so I tried to become one everywhere I went. Suffice to say, when the time eventually came here at PC, I definitely wanted to be one. (Indeed, when I got the PM, I asked the admin - Kairi, who's not here any more - if I could mod more places than she was offering me! The nerve...)
Compared to my first modding, however, I wanted to be an S-Mod even more so! I tried for months on end to get promoted, to no avail. Then, about a few weeks after I'd given up all hope, I woke up one morning to find myself with a nice new orange name. 14-year-old me just liked power, I guess! :D
Fast-word 6 years and, the second time around, I really had no expectations with regard to this place. Because my re-modding was so soon after I returned (I believe it was a month, but I could be mistaken...) it was more of a surprise than anything. I'm not particularly sure that I wanted it there and then; if it hadn't happened sooner - and I hadn't gotten bored with PC - then I might have conceivably 'tried' toget modded like I did all those years ago. But I did get modded, so we'll never know! :D