Kneez's Application

[Kerek]

Byond ID: Kneez

Player name you use the most: Ryan 'Firebug' Steelberg / Horace Wallenber

Make a list of links to all of your applications and (job)ban appeals, including whitelist and staff apps, within the last year. Also, provide "Ban reason; Verdict" beside each (job)ban link:

• Example: viewtopic.php?f=67&t=10027 | Griefing; 3-day ban
• Exact formatting is helpful but not required.

viewtopic.php?f=87&t=8990&p=94675#p94675 - Ban Appeal - Denied
viewtopic.php?f=125&t=11588&p=127106#p127106 - Predator Application - Accepted
viewtopic.php?f=71&t=12439&p=133150#p133150 - Player Report on myself- resolved, no action taken

Do you understand that any player - even donors or staff members - can have their whitelist status revoked should they break our Server Rules or Roleplay Guidelines? Yupyupyup

Why should you be whitelisted?
I rather enjoy playing executive officer and staff officer, and I think that commander would be a nice step further. I've been around for over a year now and command feels quiet fresh over most other roles so I want to get the fullest out of it. I feel I could bring decent Role play to the round and try to get the marines into the best position possible throughout the round. I think I can be a decent character that people can follow and support. I like to keep close to the fight and dislike evacuating from the USS Almayer.

If you have any questions, feel free to ask.

[Challenger]

I feel like being accepted for pred should automatically whitelist you for CO...

Let's say it's decent population, you're the CO, there's no MPs, and it's five minutes before briefing. A marine is running around just causing immense amounts of trouble, hitting people in the RO line, trying to incite a mutiny for vapid reasons, runs up to you and disarms you to get the microphone out of your hands, then uses it to keep yelling for people to rise up and defeat command, etc.

How do you respond?

[Kerek]

I feel like being accepted for pred should automatically whitelist you for CO...

Let's say it's decent population, you're the CO, there's no MPs, and it's five minutes before briefing. A marine is running around just causing immense amounts of trouble, hitting people in the RO line, trying to incite a mutiny for vapid reasons, runs up to you and disarms you to get the microphone out of your hands, then uses it to keep yelling for people to rise up and defeat command, etc.

How do you respond?

I don't think a pred whitelist should mean free CO whitelist, but on to the question.

Honestly, I would probably contact the admins about him immediately shitting up the round with no RP reason, but if I had to do something, I would go to the Sec Storage room next to briefing, get a flash and a pair handcuffs. Flash, handcuff, take weapons off him and leave him by the ladder until briefing concludes. After briefing, if there STILL wasn't any MPs, or staff intervention, I would set a timer, and just wait out the time with him cuffed to a chair in the CiC, so I could still do my duties.

EDIT : I would also appologize to the marines about his actions and the stalling of briefing.

[Challenger]

Sounds good. You took pretty much the middle of the road for actions you could've taken ranging from just leaving for the CIC to give a radio/console briefing and letting marines wallow in their filth, to capping him with a 454.

Let's say it's the Big Red map and you've deployed all four squads to search for survivors. Coming across the mining building from the north, marines report CLF sightings and open fire without much communication with them. A well-placed napalm rocket CAS run manages to blow a hole in the west side of the mining building and a marine on the ground says that he heard over a CLF earpiece he got from a body, that the CLF have a great many of them crippled in pain from the airstrike, and lack any medics to stop them from slowly dying. The CLF manages to quickly get a gatling gun covering the new flank and continue to hold their own against the marines. Your own side doesn't have that many wounded, but a few marines have been captured in ambush tactics.

How do you proceed?

[Kerek]

Sounds good. You took pretty much the middle of the road for actions you could've taken ranging from just leaving for the CIC to give a radio/console briefing and letting marines wallow in their filth, to capping him with a 454.

Let's say it's the Big Red map and you've deployed all four squads to search for survivors. Coming across the mining building from the north, marines report CLF sightings and open fire without much communication with them. A well-placed napalm rocket CAS run manages to blow a hole in the west side of the mining building and a marine on the ground says that he heard over a CLF earpiece he got from a body, that the CLF have a great many of them crippled in pain from the airstrike, and lack any medics to stop them from slowly dying. The CLF manages to quickly get a gatling gun covering the new flank and continue to hold their own against the marines. Your own side doesn't have that many wounded, but a few marines have been captured in ambush tactics.

How do you proceed?

If I had time to, I would attempt to get planetside and engage in negotiation, I am a firm believer even with UPP invasions that not EVERYBODY needs to die, at the end of the day, they're still human.

-If I can get planetside-
I would take the CLF headset from said marine, and attempt to speak with the CLF leader and requesting a ceasefire so that we can negotiate.

~assuming he accepts~
I would speak to him about holding a momentary ceasefire, and have my medics go in for his wounded members, dying slow painful deaths. I would attempt to get him to agree on releasing the marines that are captured and allowing us to take the wounded CLF to the Almayer for medical treatment, they're just soldiers that don't deserve to die. More than half of them are probably crying for mom. If he refused to allow me to take both groups, I would offer him medical supplies and knowledge of the chems, IF he swears these men to stay out of combat, they've already served their fair share, and I get my marines to be released, them headed to the Almayer for treatment, and to stay out of combat for a good while or the entire fight if possible. I would order my marines to treat any wounded, or surrenduring CLF. As for the minigunner, I would order for a sniper team to set up and attempt to DISABLE the minigunner, killing him if it is required.

~If he doesn't accept~
I would order a squad to watch our rear, watch the western flank, and order 2 squads to storm this open flank where the wounded are, sparing all surrenduring members and wounded that can no longer fight. Ordering CAS attacks on the new flank until that flank crumbles.

-If I can't get planetside in time-
I would order an SL hop onto the CLF freq, try to meet with their commander, hand them the SL freq and order radio silence on the squad comms and command comms. And attempt to negotiate from there.

[solidfury7]

I have seen you around and had some interactions with you so that's a bonus.

However rather than the hypotheticall situations everyone seems to ask (which are really quite irrelevant and rather useless) I'd rather know about how you'd choose to play your CO, as you may have noticed, people often change drastically once they have the weight of 150+ people on them.

What do you find your personality is like as XO?

Do you try command with absolute control or are you merely there to push the men in the right direction,

Will you focus on victories or will you try new tactics?

Will you have a niche?

These are the answers I'd rather know. Rather than "what would you do if the Alien Queen walked in the CIC in an admiral uniform on"

[Mook476]

I've seen you around a lot, and I know from personal experience that you're a good role player. I know you're competent enough to be a CO so you've got my vote.

[Kerek]

I have seen you around and had some interactions with you so that's a bonus.

However rather than the hypotheticall situations everyone seems to ask (which are really quite irrelevant and rather useless) I'd rather know about how you'd choose to play your CO, as you may have noticed, people often change drastically once they have the weight of 150+ people on them.

What do you find your personality is like as XO?

Do you try command with absolute control or are you merely there to push the men in the right direction,

Will you focus on victories or will you try new tactics?

Will you have a niche?

These are the answers I'd rather know. Rather than "what would you do if the Alien Queen walked in the CIC in an admiral uniform on"

I will start how I would like to command the USS Almayer, Generally I think that I would be a middle of the road Commander, I like to give SL's their space for personal decisions. Not just because I am a weak commander, but because they have far more knowledge of the situation unless I have decent SL's and my SOs are able to decrypt the general squad comm chatter. But if need be, I will send down MPs, or go down myself, to crack down on disobedient squads.

Overall for tactics and such I feel like I am going to be rather reserved and more responsive than wanting to stirring up the beehive myself. From what I've noticed on LV is that I station a squad in FoB, a squad on the LZ, having two squads scouting, one of them my arrow-point, and the other a reactive force, one to cover the flanks. I dislike sending my men to the slaughter, and dislike a "ONE MAN GETS A RIFLE! THE OTHER GETS AN AP MAGAZINE! NOW CHARGE COMRADS!" thing that some Commanders seem to do with their marines. I understand that generals in the past have not really cared too too much about human loses, but its different when you're in space, months from the nearest port where you could POSSIBLY get more marines. There are tons of colonies that need protection and if the Almayer manages to defeat the xenomorphs, what good are they to the other colonies if the Almayer has three men and a tooth pick?

For victories or new tactics, I think its generally what I feel like and how I am feeling about the marines. Generally I think I am going to be an orthodox commander with tactics, but I may try a new thing here and there. I don't care too much for winning, just as long as everyone has a good time.

~Personality as an XO~
I fell that Horace's personality is fairly similar to when I play his as a standard marine to when I play him as an XO. I like him being a rally point for other people, hes generally a patient person, who can wait out a lot of things. Hes a somewhat caring person, but he has his flaws aswell. He suffers from a greed, a liking of money. Potentially able to be bought out for minor things if in his power, possibly more. He hankers to be in a better play economically with as many bonuses under the table as possible, after all theres more money in it for him that way usually. Hes stubborn as a pack mule and doesn't like being told what to do. If he wants something done, he will make sure, one way or another that its completed, and if someone stands in that way, hes got a cell with his name on it. (I like to develop my characters as I play them, so this is subject to change. Sometimes based on my mood of the day, I would act different but generally I am pretty on top of being a consistent character in my opinion.)

~Niche~
As for having a Niche, I'm not too sure honestly. I like to be a rally point and a commander that not everyone hates. I want to be a guiding hand for the marines and literally lead them to victory if the time calls for it.

[shyshadow]

Honestly I don't need to declare my reason that much, he's a really nice guy that contributed to the community.
I've had a bountiful of interactions with not only his character but as the player as well. An all around great player +1 that I'm glad to give.

[Sneakyr]

I'd figured that Kneez would be trustworthy in positions of power before, but now that I know he plays Horace I'm certain of it. Yes, please.

[taketheshot56]

I know you are a good roleplayer and can lead effectively, but from recent events from Horace you seem to muck about ALOT as MT. I know you hate MPs which is fine, but as commander, you would need to rely and respect the MPs as marine law and commanders go hand in hand. I just want to know you will take the role seriously.

[Kerek]

I know you are a good roleplayer and can lead effectively, but from recent events from Horace you seem to muck about ALOT as MT. I know you hate MPs which is fine, but as commander, you would need to rely and respect the MPs as marine law and commanders go hand in hand. I just want to know you will take the role seriously.

I do fuck around as MT quite a bit, and I don't actually hate MPs, its one of my favorite roles. Usually I keep doing my job as MT and check the reactors, but I don't take MT as a super serious role. As command I never fuck around and would take it 100% seriously.

[taketheshot56]

I do fuck around as MT quite a bit, and I don't actually hate MPs, its one of my favorite roles. Usually I keep doing my job as MT and check the reactors, but I don't take MT as a super serious role. As command I never fuck around and would take it 100% seriously.

In that case, im glad you will not just be a shitler commander, and will happily, plus 1.

[Crab_Spider]

If I vote "Yes" will you get a haircut? I'll do it regardless

[Feweh]

Denied.

Your attitude as of late has been quite poor.
You have 2 months to improve.