Dumblike Moderator App

[Dumblike]

Byond ID:

Dumblike


Colonial Marines Character:

Beck Vega


Age:

16


Gender:

Female


Timezone:

-02:00 UTC


On average, how many hours are you available per week to moderate?

26 to 40 hours.


Do you have any previous experience in being staff (not just SS13)?

None.


Did you play any of the previous Colonial Marine servers?

I don't think so


What are the 3 biggest servers you play on besides CM?

Rarely, FTL13 and Aurora.


Provide links to any previous Colonial Marines applications that you've made:

None.


Are you currently a staff member elsewhere (not just SS13)? If so, where?

I'm not.


Have you ever been banned for more than 24 hours on Colonial Marines?

Nope.


Have you ever been banned for more than 24 hours on ANY server? If so, which server, when, and what for?

I've never been banned from anywhere, atleast in SS13.


Are you familiar with the chat program Slack (its use is required)?

No, but I would be happy to learn.


Common Staff Situations:
Write a description of what you would do in each of the following situations. Do not write on the same line as the situation - use the space below it or make space as needed. Failure to do this proves your inability to follow instructions and your application will be automatically denied.


1. A player randomly shoots someone at round start and MPs have detained him.

As he's already detained, investigate to see if it was proper escalation or griefing. PM both the shooter and the victim, to see if both were roleplaying the situation.
If it was a random shot, warn the shooter to be more careful with his gun while in briefing.
If an intended shot, warn the guy about griefing rules.
AHeal the victim if the damage was excessive, or if the medics haven't healed the guy yet.


2. The ship has a breach to space and a bunch of players have died or are dying as a result.

If not a valid breach (if this exists, I'm unsure), fix it and aheal everyone affected by it; warn the dying/dead players via OOC that it's being solved to try and make them not rage about the situation.


3. You see a player walking around the ship naked and clearly lost.

Direct a mentor to help and guide him. If none is online or available, guide the newbie myself.


4. A player is being very rude to you in Adminhelps and requesting to speak to an Admin+ staff member.

Check if any Admins online on Discord or Slack and ask if they can handle the situation. Also, remind the player that acting like that can be considered breaking rule 1, by being a dick.


5. You notice a player with a name that doesn't fit our naming rules. The player is arguing that: They've used the name for several years, no one has told them to change it before, and that they didn't know it was a rule.

Explain to him that, just because his name wasn't noticed before, it doesn't makes it rules-free, and that, ignorance is not an excuse, and add a note about it.
If the name is too memey, change it mid-round. If not, let the player change it after the round-end.


6. You see a Maintenance Tech running around in armor and carrying a rifle. The security level is green with no threat present.

Check his notes for LRP behaviour. If none, leave the situation with the MPs.
If he has notes about LRP, wait and watch to see what he does with the equipment.


7. You see a Squad Medic performing surgery on the planet. He claims it was because there were no doctors in the FOB.

PM the medic about how I understand his dedication to keep his fellow squaddies alive, but that doing this is considered power/metagaming, and that he's required to seal the guy and send him up as instant. Apply a note, and, if he already has one, a jobban from Squad Medic


8. The round is stagnating. There are 30 marines and 4 aliens. The marines won't leave the ship, and the aliens won't attack. What would you do, to "encourage" the sides to engage each other?

SM the commander to hurry with the deployment, or, if aliens aren't mostly T1/young, SM the queen to try and do something else than hiding inside the hive.


9. The round ends, a MARINE starts shooting a hostile IRON BEAR and the IRON BEAR Adminhelps complaining he was killed after the round ended.

I would tell the Iron Bear that EORG rules doesn't applies to enemy factions, such as xenos or UPP, as example, and that killing each other after the round-end is allowed.


10. A marine is running around disarming, punching and stealing gear at round start.

I would wait a bit and see if he continues with this behaviour.
If he carries on, I would PM telling him to stop and add a note. If he already had a note about that, apply a 3 hour ban.
If not, leave the situation with the MPs.


11. A marine has killed another marine. When you ask him why, he said it was because the other marine had punched him.

Check logs and PM each side. Depending on the situation, warn the shot guy not to randomly punch around. Add a note about improper escalation for the shooter, regarding the situation. If he did it before, apply a 24 hour ban.


12. An issue arises that requires Admin+ abilities.

Call an Admin via Slack or Discord and explain to him what is happening. If there's none to answer, make a note and tell an Admin later.


13. There are minor racist comments going on IC. 9 of the 10 people are laughing and RPing but one player gets offended and Adminhelps about it.

Explain to the ahelper that he shouldn't take the jokes as an OOC offense to get him at ease, and SM the joker(s) to be lighter or cease with the jokes.


14. A marine opens fire at round start in briefing killing multiple marines and instantly logs off.

First, apply a note about it. If it's his first, 3-day ban. If not his first, 7-day ban with perma pending.


15. You see a player playing a xeno larva/chestburster run towards the frontlines and die.

Check if he didn't burst already inside the frontlines. If not, ask why he did it and apply a note if it was really a suicide. If repeat offender, jobban from xeno


16. You see a xeno memeing, saying AYYLMAO, REEEEEE etc in hivemind chat.

First, SM the player telling him to stop this nonsense. If he continues, PM him about breaking xeno RP and apply a note.


17. A xeno player calls the shuttle a "dropship". A different xeno player complains to you that it's metagaming/failRP to call it a "dropship".

Explain to the guy that ahelped that the hivemind is an english translation of the hive/xeno thoughts, so it's fineto call the dropship a dropship.


18. A Command staff player at briefing near round-start mentions there are aliens on the planet.

Send an OOC message reminding marines that they do not have any knowledge about xenos before contacts/announcements, and PM the player that made the mistake explaining to him what he did wrong, and add a note about metagaming. SM another command staff or himself to correct his error.


19. A Marine kills another Marine on the EVAC Pod to take the last spot and claims it was RP as he was saving himself.

Check the logs to see if there was any proper RP or escalation and PM both sides to hear what they have to say about it. If there wasn't any other pod available, alright. If there was, add a note about improper escalation/LRP.


20. You see a fellow staff member give wrong information in an Adminhelp or incorrectly enforcing a rule.

Tell him of his error via Slack or Discord, and try to explain the way I think is correct. I may be the wrong one on this case, so, both sides can learn something, right?


20a. You see a fellow staff member abusing his powers in-game.

Take screenshots and explain what happened to a senior/manager.


21. You see a player talking in OOC chat about what he did with your mom last night.

Ignore him. Just a salty boi.


Any additional information you'd like to add?

Well, just last month I got my three only notes, but these have been caused by personal problems that are already resolved. I've since been trying to improve, since I've only really begin to care about the server a bit more now. I'm really nervous about this app, though I hope it goes well.

[Skysoldier]

Hello there, I've read through the questions and here's a few comments from me.

I think you have general basics of most of them down but honestly feels like you should've fleshed out on most of them.

Anyway heres some actual comments:

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2. What are valid and unvalid breaches? What will you do if it is a 'unvalid breach' caused by a player?
5. Moderators don't have access to name changes, we generally leave it be but you could ask a admin in place.
6. This isn't exactly a lowRP behaviour, and can be left as a IC issue unlesss excessive.
10. http://cm-ss13.com/viewtopic.php?f=57&t=16108 Generally, instantly warn, if they continue, instant ban.
21. Remember this can apply rule 1 and could be bannable if it is too much.

Otherwise, this seems fine, some more details is desirable but I think you can handle being a mod. +1

[Dumblike]

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2. What are valid and unvalid breaches? What will you do if it is a 'unvalid breach' caused by a player?

Uhh, an invalid, I guess, would be, per example, a DS crash by the gardens. A valid would be, a pred explosion? I am quite unsure if there's even "valid" explosions, actually.

5. Moderators don't have access to name changes, we generally leave it be but you could ask a admin in place.
6. This isn't exactly a lowRP behaviour, and can be left as a IC issue unlesss excessive.
10. http://cm-ss13.com/viewtopic.php?f=57&t=16108 Generally, instantly warn, if they continue, instant ban.


About 5, 6 and 10, thanks by telling me.


21. Remember this can apply rule 1 and could be bannable if it is too much.

Noted.

I've highlighted my answers. Thanks, Sky

[NescauComToddy]

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1. You have responded correctly but forgot to apply more detail in your answer, such as verifying the player's account notes to see if he or she has ever committed similar actions in the past. For example, assuming that the player in mind has committed improper escalation, you would check his notes to see if he has done something similar before that incident, determining if a ban or a warning should be applied.

2. Valid breaches would be explosions of predators and those caused intentionally by Admins. Otherwise, moderators should always repair breaches, and the decision to aheal affected players is yours.

3. Correct.

4. Don't forget to apply a note to the player's account because of their rudeness. Other than that, you could have provided more detail in your answer, but it is acceptable.

5. Sky has already indicated that moderators cannot change character names, therefore, you should only ask the player to rename himself in the next round.

If his name is very 'memey', ask for an admin, developer, etc to change the name of the respective character. To do this, you should send a PM to the superior of your rank in game, advising him of the existence of a meme name.

Remembering that if the player does not change his name, which is unlikely, you can apply a ban of one hour to provide him with time to read the rules again.

6. IC Issue. This does not fit as LRP, so you should not interfere unless the player in mind is antag-hunting in an event, for example.

7. Correct. Remembering that this is impossible to happen currently, but your answer is correct.

8. Acceptable.

9. Correct.

10. You should not briefly ignore the player justifying that he may stop, otherwise he will continue to do such a thing every round without penalty.

Question him and add a note to the player's account, applying a ban of three hours if he has already done something similar before.

11. Acceptable, but you could have applied more detail in your answer.

12. Correct.

13. Correct.

14. Acceptable.

15. Acceptable.

16. Acceptable.

17. Correct.

18. Okay, but you do not need to create an OOC announcement because of this issue, just tell the commanding officer about metagaming and make sure he has not done something similar in the past.

19. Even if there was another pod, if the player who would have committed this 'infraction' RP'ed, he would not have broken any rule.

There was a lack of detail in your answer, but it is acceptable.

20. Acceptable, but if you do not know how to inform your partner correctly, ask for clarification in Slack by a headstaff member.

20a. Right.

21. Correct, however, if the player is moderately rude, provide a warning to him and possibly a ban if he is notorious for being toxic.

Overall, your application is decent, and the only notable issue is the language barrier, but it would be hypocritical to judge you for it since when I had made my app, my English was horrible, much worse than yours.

Seems fine, as Sky had said, you could have applied more detail in your app, but I believe you are able to handle being a mod.

Good luck, +1.

[Tharinoma]

Hello Dumblike,

Just sayin', painting your app a pink-ish colour doesn't mean we'll believe you.

In 4. What kind of issue could the player have that requires him to speak to an admin+?

Good app.

[Dumblike]

Just sayin', painting your app a pink-ish colour doesn't mean we'll believe you.

I didn't understand this part...

In 4. What kind of issue could the player have that requires him to speak to an admin+?

I'm not quite certain, actually. I think about situations like, that include bugs, event-related problems, maybe item issues. I dont really know yet what mods can and can't reach, so correct me if my examples were wrong, please.

[Tharinoma]

Gender:
Female

Edit : In case anyone misunderstood, I was just making a little joke about the whole "there are no girls on the internet" thing. As if you chose that colour (that can very easily be qualified of girl-y) only to try and convince us you really are a girl and not, say, an FBI agent.

I can't think of any issues that would require a player to speak to an admin+ if a mod is talking to them. Bugs go to gitlab, and if an event is going on, admins are probably more than busy already. If the player really wants to talk to an admin+, he can message them on the forums. Don't ping an admin just cause a player wants to talk to them. Especially if it seems like it's because he doesn't like the way you're handling an issue as a mod.

[Dumblike]

I can't think of any issues that would require a player to speak to an admin+ if a mod is talking to them. Bugs go to gitlab

In this case, I was thinking about some bug that mods wouldn't have power to solve.

Overall, your application is decent, and the only notable issue is the language barrier, but it would be hypocritical to judge you for it since when I had made my app, my English was horrible, much worse than yours.

Seems fine, as Sky had said, you could have applied more detail in your app, but I believe you are able to handle being a mod.

Good luck, +1.

Thanks. My english is not really as good as I desire it to be, but I'm working to improve it, and hope that, in the actual state, it's enough for the server overall.

[frozentsbgg]

+1 Deserves the Trial!

[Sir Lordington]

1. Remember to check notes here and apply a new note or ban as required for the shooter if they escalated improperly.

16. I'd recommend against the SM. You should PM them and apply a note in case they continue to do it in the future as repeated offenses should result in a ban.

Banning already applies a note so you shouldn't note and then ban, but you didn't have to know that.

Overall, application's good and note usage is learned during trial anyway. +1

[CaptainYankee]

Beck Vega has never FF'd me: +1

On a more serious note, reasonable answers, and seems pretty active on the forums. Don't see any reason Dumblike shouldn't get the chance at a trial. : )

[Cry of Wolves]

I recalled when you first joined CM and you ahelped about how to become a pred. Pointed you to the forums and you became a very active member in such a short time.

As for the app, the guys up top pretty much covered most of the topics. The language barrier isnt an issue with how well your English is currently. I am very willing to give you a +1

[Dumblike]

Thanks to everyone that replied; hoping I won't disappoint you guys if I get the chance to do the trial : )

I recalled when you first joined CM and you ahelped about how to become a pred. Pointed you to the forums and you became a very active member in such a short time.

I remember that very well, but, since then, my objective changed from trying to be accepted as pred and done to actually having fun with the community.
I hold dear of you since then, though I didn't get around talking with almost anybody OOC. Special thanks to you, because, I think you're the one that motivated me the most to continue playing this odd spessmen game and try interacting with anyone.

[slc97]

I can't say much more than those above me said. When I spoke with the player before about putting an app in, I couldn't even tell there was a language barrier before she told me. I see no reason not to grant a trial on this one. +1.

[VitorThauma]

Answers are good and the player seems to be willing to learn. Deserves a chance. +1

[Jerkface00]

Active, solid app, criticisms cleared well enough.

Approved for trial, expect a mail shortly.
~Jerkface