Tisx - Moderator Application

[Tisx]

Byond ID: Tisx

Colonial Marines Character: Davis Camp

Age: 20

Gender: M

Timezone: EST

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

About 18 hours per week (10 hours during the workweek, 8 hours on the weekend)

Do you have any previous experience in being staff (not just SS13)?
Yes, Some on a Gmod build server a long time ago, and give or take 2 months here.

Did you play any of the previous Colonial Marine servers?
Nope

What are the 3 biggest servers you play on besides CM?
I play FTL 13 from time to time

Provide links to any previous Colonial Marines applications that you've made:
viewtopic.php?f=69&t=11281


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

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?
Not on any SS13 server. My one and only ban was about 2 and half years ago from a Gmod TTT server where I
RDMed someone and didn't know it, left, then got banned for RDM and leave.

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

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.

Determine what has happened, if the shooter has claimed misfire (I.E Only one or two shots fired), I will check his notes to see if he has a history of griefing or having "misfires", if his note history is clear enough then a simple warning + pinning note + telling him to put his gun on safety will be required and allow the rest to be handled IC by MPs. If the shooter has a notes history then a ban for griefing will be handed out.

If the shooter is shooting multiple times trying to kill the person then first I will sleep the person to ensure no more damage is caused, I will then inform the MPs that this is an admin situation, the shooter will then be banned for griefing, the severity will be determined by the how many he killed/injured and his notes. I will then go on OOC and ask that all who were harmed by him Ahelp to be healed.


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

Seeing how it is nearly impossible to breach the ship in it's current state the first thing I would do is see if there is an admin event going on, if not I would start by sealing the breach and restoring atmos to stop all of the dying, and then asking for those affected to ahelp for heals. Next I will try to find the cause of the breach. If caused by a player I will ask the player on how he did this, so that the method may be fixed, I will then investigate and see if the act was accidental I will simple pin a note and ask them to never do whatever they did to cause this again + ahealing those affected, if Deliberate hand out an atmos fuckery ban.


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

Use my staffwho to see if there are any mentors online, if so use Mchat to get one to guide the new player.

If no mentor is available then guide the player myself, If i am in an IC role which will allow me to guide the new player from IC.


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

First, warn him to stop being a dick and misusing ahelp, and that if he has a problem to go on the forum and submit a complaint, pin note. If harassment and misusing of ahelp continues then apply a ban.


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.

Tell him to change it anyways, just because he didn't get caught doesn't make it not a rule anymore and also not knowing a rule is not an excuse. pin note.


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

Unless the MT has been going on murder sprees this is an IC issue of Marine Law, if I am feeling friendly I could inform him that he is currently breaking marine law and having those items may result with him being jailed


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

Inform him that's powergaming, and only those trained in surgery may do it, pin note, apply powergaming ban.


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?

Check to see how many combat able marines there are, if the ratio of combat able marines to Xenos is less then 2:1 use ERTs to get one side up to strength and allow round to continue unless another stalemate occurs. If combat-able marine to Xeno is greater then 2:1 then use IC or if needed OOC methods to get the marines to push back to the ground.


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.

inform the Iron Bear that EORG only applies when shooting at friendlies, and since he was hostile it was an IC matter and no action will be taken.


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

if he was only disarming at round start and only for round start then It would be ignored since it's just marine fuckery.

But since he is stealing gear and harming other marines for no reason, this will fall under griefing, I will first check his notes to see if he has a history, if he has a common and recent history of griefing ban him there, if not, inform him to stop, if he complies add note, if he doesn't apply a ban.


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

Check to see if escalation was followed, if only punches were thrown inform the shooter that he did not follow proper escalation and that he just griefed, and next time he should inform the MPs about this instead of taking matters into his own hands as now he faces a ban. Check notes, if shooter has a clean history then apply a warning, if he has a history, apply a ban.

However, if escalation had been followed then no action is needed.

12. An issue arises that requires Admin+ abilities.

Go onto Slack and ask for an Admin+ to head on to the server, try to fix the matter what in whatever ability I can while I wait for an admin+ to appear.


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.

Inform the player that those comments were fine as they were in moderation, but tell him to inform admins if it racist comments continue.


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

First, go on OOC and ask for those affected to Ahelp to be healed, next, see if it is possible to get the ckey of the shooter, if so apply a 7 day ban and request a permaban.


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

Check notes to see if the player has any notes regarding this type of thing, if not inform the player that continuing to waste larva like that will result in a ban, pin note, if the player has notes regarding this, then apply a ban.


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

Inform the player that's OOC/very low RP and that continuing to do that may result in a ban for not acting like a xeno.


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".

Inform the player that since they are a hivemind using terms such as dropship are completely fine. No action required

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

Inform the command staff that saying aliens are on the planet is metagaming since it's OOC knowledge, pin note, if he continues, apply a metagaming ban as needed.


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.

No action needed, if it was one of the last pods it becomes an every man for himself, which gives the RP purpose to kill that person.


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

Go through Msay and inform the other staff member that whatever he is doing is incorrect, and try to correct him over Msay, if the staff member continues to mess up, attempt to take over for him.

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

Try to reason with the other staff member to see if it is possible to make him stop, inform higher ups of the situation and try to get one to the server.


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

No action needed if it's all in good fun, but it if's hardcore slurs and he starting to become a massive dick, try to get him to stop, if he does not apply a ban.


Any additional information you'd like to add?

I was a mod here before, slc said he needed more mods so here I am, ready to serve once more.

[Solarmare]

I have a number of responses to your answers here which I'll go over.

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1.A note isn't particularly necessary as far as misfires go if it's being handled IC and seems like a genuine accident, but if you do believe it intentional a note and warning work here. You don't necessarily have to tell others whether an individual is being banned as well, simply that they should be placed in cryo through SM's if you have done so. Overall a decent answer though.
3. As far as here goes, it's probably better just to use PM's watching over them as an aghost and link them to the wiki as well. Though it's better to whip ask a mentor to take care of them
4. If he is being rude and has an issue that needs an admins help what do you do?
6. You shouldn't really have an MT about anything, if they choose to put it on they are the ones deciding to place themself in such risk after all. It may be worth taking a look at in the case they're trying to deploy, but can be left IC entirely.
7. If something like this occurred which was power/metagaming an immediate ban isn't neccessary, just a warning and a note. This works for general situations regarding this matter: IE. using wheelchairs in combat.
8. You don't have to care about numbers too much, if marines vastly outnumber you can SM the acting commander to press an assault. Or just SM the queen or outright use queen mother if xenos are fleeing beyond a reasonable point. I should also mention, moderators do not have access to ARES or ERTs.
10. Have you read the post in announcement about near roundstart fuckery being punished? It's important to be on the forums, as well as slack, as a moderator to be aware of new announcements and procedures.
15. Which ban in particular?
16. As per 10, there's a post in announcements specifically stating that they only get a warning then bans on this matter.
19. This is the sort of thing worth looking into, it can be justified but can also just be an excuse for outright grief. More complicated things like this need some looking into, working out what occurred and whether it was acceptable.
20a. Better to just take screenshots, bring it to the headstaff of them directly, and not interact with the individual abusing their power as it can only make things worse.
21. If they're being an outright dick and using slurs in OOC, you can just apply an immediate ban for being a dick as that behavior isn't acceptable.

Looking forward to your responses to the questions I raised there, overall I'm leaning towards positive as I think you generally have the right idea but would like to see a bit more from you.

[Tisx]

1. Fair enough, I like to inform people of what is happening if it effects them.


4. 4. If he is being rude and has an issue that needs an admins help what do you do?

I will try and contact an admin for him, during so, I'll try to calm him down, once an admin arrives I'll hand the situation to them while also telling them about his current behavior and my recommendations, if he was just somewhat angry and salty, then I'll just warn the admin that this guy is pissed, but if he's being an outright dick, then I'll recommend a ban if it continues.

7. Understood.


10 and 16. Sorry about that, I was so focus on rules that I forgot to look at announcements, won't happen again,

15. if deliberate Most likely a job ban and Ban for suicide, as by doing this the player is ruining the game for xenos.

19. Understood.

[slc97]

I normally refrain from posting on apps of people I recruited or brought back in, but this has been stagnant, so I'll put in my opinion.

Tisx was a fine mod while he was around. When I trained him, he was incredibly responsive to criticism. Things have changed since he's left, but I can't see him not taking the same approach to moderation and learning that he did previously. +1

[Kerek]

Nothing to say that these guys haven’t already. I’d love to have you on the team. I think your responses were approrpiate and you were acceptive to what solarmare said. Only thing I could say is just have a tad more forum activity. +1

[NethIafins]

Solarmare covered most issues I had and you responded well to them

+1

Can you tell us in what time window you can moderate on server?

[VitorThauma]

App is good, and I liked your replies. I definitely think you could fit back in. +1

[Tisx]

Can you tell us in what time window you can moderate on server?

Depends on the day, on the weekend I can be on pretty much anytime from mid-late morning till after midnight,

Weekdays (minus friday, as the start of my weekend) are a bit more jumpy, but I should be on from 1-5pm EST.

[NethIafins]

Very good. We need someone in that time frame

[Tharinoma]

yes +1

=D

[Adralimas]

Seems legit!, +1

[Solarmare]

I'll give this my +1. You were a moderator before it sounds like and you seem like you can accept criticism as slc mentioned, and should be able to learn quickly enough if you need to handle something a certain way. I don't see any issues with having you on as a trial mod.

[Grimcad]

+1. While I like to see a little bit more detail in an app, all your answers show that you have a good understanding of what to do and you handled Solarmare's criticisms/corrections well.

[Nicboone]

people seem to like you, I havent seen you around, but you seem to have been around for a while. Fuck it +1

[Weaselburg]

You seem to know what you are doing, here is my +1 (Though it won't mean much, probably.)

[Heckenshutze]

Nothing else to say, everything's covered. +1

[Jerkface00]

It's almost like you've been through this process before.

You clearly know what we're hoping to see in terms of how to conduct an investigation and how to determine appropriate action to be taken and when to take it. Added to that you're very active in-game and elsewhere in the community.

Approved for trial, expect a mail soon.