Captain Yankee - Moderator Application

[CaptainYankee]

Byond ID: Captain Yankee

Colonial Marines Character: Reinhard Shriver

Age: 26

Gender: M

Timezone: PST (UTC-8)

On average, how many hours are you available per week to moderate?
12-16 hours or so a week.

Do you have any previous experience in being staff (not just SS13)?
Yes, I was head admin on a medium sized minecraft server from 2010-2014.

Did you play any of the previous Colonial Marine servers?
Possibly, I played back in around 2013 or so. Things were very different and I don't remember many details.

What are the 3 biggest servers you play on besides CM?
FTL, Polaris. Used to play on Yog but haven't for a while now.

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

Are you currently a staff member elsewhere (not just SS13)? If so, where?
No I am not.

Have you ever been banned for more than 24 hours on Colonial Marines?
No.

Have you ever been banned for more than 24 hours on ANY server? If so, which server, when, and what for?
No.

Are you familiar with the chat program Slack (its use is required)?
Yes, I have been using it for some time now.

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.
Depending on the severity of the shooting (from a complete accident to attempt to grief}, my response would range from leaving this IC to applying a ban. Notes/Previous incidents would inform this decision.

2. The ship has a breach to space and a bunch of players have died or are dying as a result.
Probably patch it up. Aheal as necessary. I can't think of very many situations that come up where there's a breach since atmos was mostly removed.

3. You see a player walking around the ship naked and clearly lost.
Ask for a mentor. If there's none available ask the player if it's their first time on and link them the starter guide. Follow up depending on how new they are to the game/ ss13 in general.

4. A player is being very rude to you in Adminhelps and requesting to speak to an Admin+ staff member.
They don't get to choose who handles their ahelp. If there's a conflict of interest for some reason then I would consider passing it to someone else. I can't think of many ahelps that need to be sorted out by talking to admin+.
If they have a problem with how I handle something they can submit a staff report. If they continue speaking to me with hostility add a note about it or perhaps escalate to a ban in egregious cases.

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.
As much as it pains me to change a name someone's been using for a long time, the rules are clear. Help them change it, add a note that they had it changed, then make sure they know they need to update their character preferences.

6. You see a Maintenance Tech running around in armor and carrying a rifle. The security level is green with no threat present.
Probably leave it as an IC issue. If MPs aren't noticing it I would start subtle-messaging. If still nothing gets done I would PM mps or even the MT in question.

7. You see a Squad Medic performing surgery on the planet. He claims it was because there were no doctors in the FOB.
Ask the medic to submit a bug report on how they got past the skill system. Warn the player that performing surgery as medic is not allowed. Add note. Jobban if repeat offender.

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?
I would start by SMing one or both sides (Queen and CO). If aliens drove the marines off the planet and locked the DS without launching I'd probably suggest that they follow through on that action. If Marines retreated I'd probably request they return to finish the job.

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.
Marines and Iron Bears are still hostile after round ends. The Iron Bear shouldn't be surprised that he was killed by an enemy. Placate the poor guy, round's almost over anyways.

10. A marine is running around disarming, punching and stealing gear at round start.
Probably PM them letting them know what he's doing is considered griefing. Add note, take stricter action if player has a history.

11. A marine has killed another marine. When you ask him why, he said it was because the other marine had punched him.
Inform him he's responded unreasonably to a punch. Add note, probably aheal the other marine since otherwise they may have to wait through medevac/surgery to get back to the game. This situation could easily result in 3-hour ban or longer depending on the exact situtaion/ player in question.

12. An issue arises that requires Admin+ abilities.
Ping in staff-alerts if it required Admin+.

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.
As long as they are really minor, such as joking about stereotypes in a friendly manner, I would tell the player that RP of that sort is allowed. If it's anything more than that, or if there's a history of racist remarks whenver this player is around, perhaps ask some of the other players to give it a rest.

14. A marine opens fire at round start in briefing killing multiple marines and instantly logs off.
Apply aheals, notes, and ban player for 24 hours.

15. You see a player playing a xeno larva/chestburster run towards the frontlines and die.
PM larva asking them what they were thinking. Add note if I think they player might have been confused, potentially apply Jban for xeno.

16. You see a xeno memeing, saying AYYLMAO, REEEEEE etc in hivemind chat.
PM xeno telling them to knock it off. Memeing in hive is LRP. Apply 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".
Tell the reporting player this is a non-issue. The xenos are communicating in their own language.

18. A Command staff player at briefing near round-start mentions there are aliens on the planet.
If he mentions it offhand, I assume it's just a slip-up. If he makes his entire briefing assuming there are xenos on the planet PM him for heavy meta-gaming. Remind marines that they have no reason to think anything like xenos exists.

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.
This is a toughy. If I'm already speaking to the marine I assume someone ahelped over it. In that case probably make him really sell me the roleplay excuse. Maybe add a note just so future staff know about it.

20. You see a fellow staff member give wrong information in an Adminhelp or incorrectly enforcing a rule.
Let them know in Msay the correct info/ enforcement. Shouldn't be an issue past this.

20a. You see a fellow staff member abusing his powers in-game.
Ask him about it in msay. Document. Bring it to the attention of the heads.

21. You see a player talking in OOC chat about what he did with your mom last night.
Banter a bit if I don't just ignore it outright.

Any additional information you'd like to add?
Had to rewrite since I let the session timeout the first time. Sorry if some of the answers seem a little short.

[taketheshot56]

Great app, and good mentor, you would make a great mod +1

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1. How would you determine if it was an accident or grief?

10. I'd rather say you ban him, even if first offense, if he doesn't stops after your first PMs.

11. What would you do to make sure the player isn't lying to you, without asking the other side, as the answer can be biased?

13. And if the joking players don't stop, or if one of the jokers is a known metagrudger/dick?

16. If he already has notes about LRP behaviour, not only with xenos, what would you do?

you're great as mentor, no idea why that would change if you became a mod. answers are a bit lacking tho, but I think you got a good grasp of the rulings
+1

[Adralimas]

Ye sure! +1

[CaptainYankee]

1. How would you determine if it was an accident or grief?
I could check attack logs. Talk with the other parties to see if it was an escalation. An accident would likely be a single burst/click. Grief would likely involve multiple shots.

10. I'd rather say you ban him, even if first offense, if he doesn't stops after your first PMs.
If he ignores me and continues that is a ban for sure. At least 3 day, perhaps 7 with perma appeal,

11. What would you do to make sure the player isn't lying to you, without asking the other side, as the answer can be biased?
Take a look through the logs to establish the order of the events. Make sure it went straight from punch -> murder. It could be that the single punch was actually many melee attacks and dead marine was killed in self-defense.

13. And if the joking players don't stop, or if one of the jokers is a known metagrudger/dick?
Apply a ban ( 3 hours probably). Meta-grudging would lead to a longer ban, and a long talk with me about the player's behavior. Possibly move to file perma depending on just how bad it is.

16. If he already has notes about LRP behaviour, not only with xenos, what would you do?
Apply a xeno jobban. Maybe additionally apply a heavier ban to really get the point across.

Thanks for the chance to get into some more specific action! Keep em coming!

[frozentsbgg]

Hi Captain Yankee!
You've demonstrated your ability and knowledge through your time as a Mentor,
I'd definitely +1 this app

Just a few questions on your app to clarify a few things!

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5. What would you do if they refused to change their name? And started demanding to talk to an admin?

6. There's No MPS Online! Oh No! It's low-pop! What do you do?

8. Remember, Mods can use Queen Mother as well as SM. Could you draft a QM/SM FOr both the Commander and the Aliens in a stalemate situation? (DS being locked on the surface, the marine's not wanting to go on DS2 Down)

Apart from that, your other answers are good, I look forward to seeing you on the team!

[Solarmare]

A few things.

14. You can just apply a weekban if all they're doing is grief like that and they immediately log out, or leave you when you've slept them.
19. Should be checking the server log to see if they actually bothered role playing it out rather than using it as an excuse to grief.
20a. Better not to engage the person if you're thinking they're abusing their power as well as private messaging any manager currently online to check the situation and deal with them.

Overall seems decent or could be figured out during a trial, so I'll give this a +1.

[Mizari]

+1 from me, active during graveyard shift and seems to be active answering Mentor helps and whatnot.

[Grimcad]

Not much to say on this one that hasn't been said.

+1

[edda]

+1

Good player. Good attitude.

[NethIafins]

Great stuff man. All issues I had were already addressed
+1

[Sir Lordington]

In addition to what others said, in 18. you should PM and note even if it's offhand so that the record is kept in case they do it again as well as to ensure that they amend their statement.

You're a good chap and your answers are up to standard. +1

[CaptainYankee]

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5. What would you do if they refused to change their name? And started demanding to talk to an admin?
I'd let them know that my decision at the time is final. If they need to talk to an admin they can do that via the forums. If they refuse to give me an adequate substitute and continue to argue I'd probably give them a quick 3 hour ban to think about it.

6. There's No MPS Online! Oh No! It's low-pop! What do you do?
Just send the player a quick PM or SM reminding them that on Green Alert it is against marine law.

8. Remember, Mods can use Queen Mother as well as SM. Could you draft a QM/SM FOr both the Commander and the Aliens in a stalemate situation? (DS being locked on the surface, the marine's not wanting to go on DS2 Down)
Sure! I'll just assume the alamo has been called down already by the xenos. I'm also going to assume that a scan has shown that xenos numbers are low since the marines retreated.
To Xenos:
QM:

Children!
Your ferocity has driven the hosts from the surface but your numbers are reduced.
Strike while the hosts flee, do not allow them time to recover!
Prepare a nest on their own craft, and attack at them at their home!
etc.

To Commander:
SM:
The enemy numbers are low, it might be a good time to use LZ2 to flank the remaining hostiles and retake LZ1.
Probably throw in some more flavor depending on the events in the round.

14. You can just apply a weekban if all they're doing is grief like that and they immediately log out, or leave you when you've slept them.
19. Should be checking the server log to see if they actually bothered role playing it out rather than using it as an excuse to grief.
20a. Better not to engage the person if you're thinking they're abusing their power as well as private messaging any manager currently online to check the situation and deal with them.

OK, all of this makes sense. During my previous admin experience we took it pretty easy one people so that's the mindset I'm in.
Edit: Oh right, don't server logs update hourly? Or can I check current round logs somehow?

[Kerek]

Ye sure! +1

Took the words out of my mouth.

[Omicega]

Good responses to questions/corrections and I know for a fact Yankee has the right temperament for the job. +1

By the way, mods and above can in fact check current server logs, although it's a lot less laggy and more convenient to use the ones that update every hour if possible.

[Aceluke123]

I would be 100% okay with seeing you on the mod team. Definitely gets my +1!

[Skysoldier]

A bit lackluster and it isn't /really/ answering, but you generally seem to know what to do and you're a great mentor.

I'll chuck in my +1 here somewhere.

[CaptainYankee]

A bit lackluster and it isn't /really/ answering, but you generally seem to know what to do and you're a great mentor.

I feel like the questions themselves are very general and don't take into account or provide much context. Basically, for any ahelp regarding OOC rulebreaking I would follow the following procedure:

1.) Mark Ahelp
2.) Check player notes
3.) Make initial response to the party to make me aware of the situation
4.) PM and Check notes of additional involved individuals
5.) Investigate/interview
6.) Sanity Check - Perhaps ask for thoughts from other staff online.
7.) Dispense necessary justice based on player response, severity, repeated offense, etc.

This question alone:
11. A marine has killed another marine. When you ask him why, he said it was because the other marine had punched him.
Could have numerous different outcomes. Ranging from straight up griefing to accidental FF that happened to be just after an accidental punch.

[Tisx]

It's time to see how good you are with investigations, Now, don't worry too hard about this, as I already like your app,

So, You are observing the start of a round, When you noticed that in charlie prep that a B18 Crate + the grenade launcher + the armor are just laying on the floor in the middle of charlie prep.

You find Charlie spec, who you are expecting to be a B18 shotgunner, but instead you find a Scout spec, You ask the Scout spec (Hereby Spec "Mc" Specface) about the B18 gear in charlie prep and he replies;

(Spec "Mc" Specface) PM: Oh that, Ya, Engineer "Mc" Engieface (Charlie engineer) came to me asking if he could try his engineer token on the spec vendor, It seemed to work. But I never touched the B18 gear once it was out of the vendor.

You check Specface's notes history and he's been jobbaned from several roles already, some of jobbans are from powergaming.

After that, you check the B18 crate for fingerprints and find Engieface's prints on them, when you confront him he replies

(Engineer "Mc" Engieface)PM: I was only testing to see if it would work, I never meant for all of that to happen

You check Engieface's note history and find out that he's a pretty decent player, with only a few notes

All of the B18s Gear minus the GL, and armor are gone, how do you proceed?

[slc97]

Accepted