Sxmething - Moderator Application

[sxmething]

Byond ID: Sxmething

Colonial Marines Character: Random Name

Age: 16

Gender: Male

Timezone: GMT(currently BST/UTC+1)

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

At least 10 per week. However, I have recently left school and will be able to spend more time soon.

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

Hundreds of hours as staff on Gmod servers.

Did you play any of the previous Colonial Marine servers?

Nope.

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

Used to play Paradise quite a lot, before full CM addiction kicked in. Once upon a time I also played a bit of /tg/, but it wasn't for me. No others come to mind.

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?

No.

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?

Not that I am aware.

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

Not used it previously.

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.

---Always add a note when a player is punished!---

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

If the player intentionally shot them, question both parties and check logs to find out how the situation occurred, e.g. was proper RP involved or was it purely malicious. If it was properly roleplayed, MPs can handle it IC. If not, then aheal the person who was shot, and punish the shooter based on previous notes/explanation as a result of questioning/understanding of the game, if they were new. This would likely vary from a verbal warning to a day ban.

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

I would probably be confused at how this even happened in the first place, but I would repair the hull, check logs, and question whoever responsible for the hole. If it was done with malicious intent, e.g. trolling, then aheal anyone killed by the breach and ban the player for up to 3 days (unless a repeat offender/serial troll). Otherwise, explain the rules to the player.

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

Refer to a mentor. Unless of course they just finished a bottle of Sake on duty, in which case the MPs will be delighted to deal with them.

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

Try to de-escalate, and ask them to stop. If not, then check their notes and see if this is regular behaviour. Punish based on notes, varying from a warn to a 12 hour 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.

Explain the rule to them, and give them a chance to change it. If they refuse, and ignore the rule, then give a short ban. If they have been punished for the name previously, apply a longer ban.

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

Allow MPs to deal with them, and if they are new, then direct to a mentor.

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

Since surgery is not a game-ESSENTIAL feature, explain to the player that they are powergaming and must wait for a real doctor. If they continue anyway, then check notes for other cases of powergaming as a medic and job-ban if they are a repeat offender. If not, then give a short 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?

Give a "Queen Mother" message to the aliens that they need to attack the metal bird soon, for the Queen!

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

Inform the CLF member that fighting between marines and antags after the round ends is not against the rules.

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

Check notes for previous cases of troll behaviour/griefing, warn if there is no history and give up to a 12 hour ban if a repeat troll.

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

Explain that lethal force must be appropriately escalated and preferably ahelped beforehand, and give the marine a 3 hour ban. Apply a longer ban if previous excessive force is mentioned in their notes.

12. An issue arises that requires Admin+ abilities.

Allow an Admin+ on the server to deal with the issue, making them aware if they are not already. If no admin+ is online, then message them on Slack about the situation.

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.

Reply that occasional minor IC racism is allowed. However, I would also make everyone involved aware that they need to cool it a little to avoid causing any distress to the offended person. If the racism continues, start PMing individuals and add a note about their behaviour before any warns are handed out.

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

Check their notes. If they have none, then investigate potential ban-evading/multikeying along with a day ban. If the player has notes of previous griefing then extend the ban appropriately. If they have done this before, and are a major troll, make a permaban post in the forum.

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

Message them and If they were not aware of the location of the frontline, and were simply caught off guard, no action should be taken. Unless, in that situation, the larva was not permitted by the Queen to leave the nesting area then give a warning/3 hour ban based on notes. However if it was intentional suicide, e.g. they didn't want to play as an alien after bursting, then job-ban along with at least a 12 hour ban.

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

If they have no notes, inform them that they need to roleplay as a Xenomorph, instead of using internet speak. If they do have notes, then warn for low-rp. If they have recent low-rp notes, potentially escalate to a 3 hour ban.

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 this xeno player that the xenomorph hivemind is just a translation of how they communicate, that standard english terms are acceptable, and RP terms are not actually necessary.

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

Check their notes. If there is a history of metagaming, then give a 3 hour ban. If there is also a history of low-RP as command, then job-ban them from command roles. If there is no relevant history in their notes, then just warn for metagaming.

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.

If the marine escalated to the killing then consider it an IC issue (e.g. trying to shove them out the pod -> fistfight -> melee weapon used -> full on fighting). However, if they simply walked in the pod guns-blazing consider it griefing and give a 3 hour ban. A longer ban I feel would be unreasonable at round-end, particularly at evac.

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

Tell them what they should have done, and if they argue with you/disagree, take it to the staff forums.

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

Try and get hold of a superior staff member ASAP, if one is online then make them aware, otherwise contact them on Slack.

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

I personally would not care. So long as they don't do it to others, especially staff.

Any additional information you'd like to add?

After seeing someone mention in-game that moderators were needed for the server, I decided that I would really like to help out and donate my time to keeping this server as perfect as it has been over about a year of playing on CM.
I also hope that it isn't an issue that I use a random name in game, because I feel that keeping the same name each round somewhat ends up with biases about how a player will remember you, e.g. if I want to RP an iron fist CMP one round then I don't want other marines hating my guts if I am a Private the next round.

[Cry of Wolves]

You did incredibly well on the app. Since there isn't really much to criticize on your app, I am just gonna ask a few questions.

You see a marine pushing an ore box towards the xenos. One of the xenos ahelps it. How do you proceed?

A marine decided to wear the UPP uniform and armor for its stats. He was then gunned down by the nearest private. He ahelps that he was griefed. How do you proceed?

Now there is no right or wrong answer as summer staff is very needed on CM, but do you intend on staying once summer vacation is over?

[sxmething]

1. I'd probably PM the marine about what he is doing, as I would consider it powergaming for a single guy to push a heavy box around like it was nothing. If the player has a history of powergaming in their notes, then a warn would be given.

2. Firstly, they would be powergaming by using the UPP uniform, which could be warned for based on note history. I would also PM the private and make sure they are more careful about who they shoot at, but considering that the first marine willingly put on antag uniform he did nothing wrong and no action would be taken.

3. I will be starting college in August, however that will be 3 days a week and I'll probably still have lots of free time.

[Imperator_Titan]

Here's another few questions ontop of that.

Someone ahelps regarding the misconduct of a predator player. What do you do?

You catch a MP taking bribes to release confiscated equipment. What do you do?

You see a marine chasing after xenomorphs without their armour on. What do you do?

You find a specialist taking the old M41A MK1 from the weapon racks by inserting his coin into it instead of inserting his coin into his vendor. What do you do?

Finally, you see a pyrospecialist give their helmet away to a PFC and run around with normal gear instead however, keeping the powerful flamethrower. A xeno ahelps the fact that they died to them, what do you do?

[sxmething]

1. If a higher-up staff member was online then I would leave them to deal with the issue, however if none are present I would direct the person to make a player complaint about the predator on the forums, detailing what happened there.

2. Explain to the MP that they MUST follow Marine Law, and cannot take bribes. If similar issues are mentioned in their notes then a warn would be given.

3. Removing armour in a combat scenario would not be very realistic, making it both a low-RP and powergaming violation. In this case, check notes and either just PM or warn based on powergaming and low-RP history. If they have been abusing a lack of armour before, then a 3 hour ban would be given.
Edit: Also, charging at big scary hostiles without any armour isn't really that realistic, and would be low-RP.

4. I would consider their decision unwise, but not exactly rule-breaking, considering the player may have an affinity for antiques...? Specialist equipment is not exactly necessary for marines to win, making the situation a bit too short of griefing to take action.

5. I would not consider this situation to be in violation of any rules, given that the specialist is not obliged to use the full set of armour provided if they prefer standard gear, and allowing other people to use it would not be powergaming considering that the helmet isn't exactly experimental/secret tech.

[Solarmare]

As far as the question about a marine lacking armor would go, that's at least been partiall6 addressed with an uodate.On 14 if all they had done was the respective grief, a week ban could be applied and a perma filed if they had previously done such a thing with a similarly long ban. Enough good here for me to give a +1 to this application for a trial, if something comes up it can be asked about or handled during the trial.

[NethIafins]

The app is very good and shows good study of staff protocol. I think looking at responses to additional questions and looking at your main responses that I can give you +1

But as Solarmare said, don't fill perma on their first offence

[sxmething]

Thanks for the advice and kind words!

[Sir Lordington]

There's a few kinks to be worked out here and there, for instance you should likely warn and note the MP even if he has no previous notes. That said, answers are good enough for me to be confident that you'll make a good mod, so you have my +1 for trial.

[Imperator_Titan]

3. Removing armour in a combat scenario would not be very realistic, making it both a low-RP and powergaming violation. In this case, check notes and either just PM or warn based on powergaming and low-RP history. If they have been abusing a lack of armour before, then a 3 hour ban would be given.
Edit: Also, charging at big scary hostiles without any armour isn't really that realistic, and would be low-RP.

It's an IC issue, keep that in mind. It HAS been addressed with a mechanic and if the player still wants to do it, one bullet/slash can end their round in moments if the MPs don't get them for improper uniform.

Let me drop another question.

You catch a PO CASing the FOB which results in two marines being instantly husked. What do you do and how do you remedy the situation?

[sxmething]

I would have to PM the PO and also the SL/Spec responsible for lazing the FOB, along with checking the logs to see what orders and info were given to the PO. If the PO had the laze camera (It's name escapes me) and knew what they were doing, I would give them a 3 hour ban for griefing. However it is much more likely that the PO thought that the laze was on an enemy position, meaning all they did was push the boom button for the SL. In this case, I would find out why in the hell they were lazing the FOB. It could simply be a communication problem, and the SL was lazing in wait of xenos pushing them back, meaning neither party would be punished, but I would still add a note to the SL for their questionable behaviour. It is most likely for this scenario that the SL was intentionally lazing the FOB to try and cause mass-FF, and therefore I would give them a 3 hour ban and take no action against the PO.
Edit: It's also important to say that if the SL or PO has a history of griefing, a longer ban would be more appropriate.

[Imperator_Titan]

I would have to PM the PO and also the SL/Spec responsible for lazing the FOB, along with checking the logs to see what orders and info were given to the PO. If the PO had the laze camera (It's name escapes me) and knew what they were doing, I would give them a 3 hour ban for griefing. However it is much more likely that the PO thought that the laze was on an enemy position, meaning all they did was push the boom button for the SL. In this case, I would find out why in the hell they were lazing the FOB. It could simply be a communication problem, and the SL was lazing in wait of xenos pushing them back, meaning neither party would be punished, but I would still add a note to the SL for their questionable behaviour. It is most likely for this scenario that the SL was intentionally lazing the FOB to try and cause mass-FF, and therefore I would give them a 3 hour ban and take no action against the PO.

Good answer but before I give my verdict, what about the people that died?

[sxmething]

If it was a standard marine screwup, then nothing would be done, however if it was intentional grief then aheal.

[Imperator_Titan]

If it was a standard marine screwup, then nothing would be done, however if it was intentional grief then aheal.

Alright, you have my +1. Regarding the other questions from before, I'm sure those can be fixed in the trial.

[Kavlo]

This application is very well made I'm happy with the answers to the questions other staff have asked. Any problems that might be in this app can be worked out in the trial phase.

+1

[Adralimas]

Yesure +1!

[sxmething]

Thanks everyone!

[z a n e b o t]

I like the app, +1

[TheMusician321]

+1, good app, any flaws can be fixed in trial period, good luck!

[Aceluke123]

I'll go along with other staff and give it my +1.

I have read your app previously and don't remember any major flaws that I can mention that might not have already been said. So good luck on t-mod if you get in.

[Stripetail]

Your answers have been pretty decent, there's nothing that stands out to extremely that hasn't already been addressed.

I think that you could do a pretty good job, you'll learn a lot more during a trial. +1

[slc97]

Accepted. Check your inbox.