Dorkkeli - Moderator Application

[Dorkkeli]

Byond ID: Dorkkeli

Colonial Marines Character: Bert 'SOAB' Beach

Age: 18

Gender: Male

Timezone: EEST

On average, how many hours are you available per week to moderate?
-Atleast a minimum of 16 hours a week. I am starting school in a week, so my hours will be cut back from 30.

Do you have any previous experience in being staff (not just SS13)?
-Not in video games, but I have experience in working in a tight knit group, moderating and observing, with HR elements.

Did you play any of the previous Colonial Marine servers?
-I did not.

What are the 3 biggest servers you play on besides CM?
-Paradise, TG, FTL13

Provide links to any previous Colonial Marines applications that you've made:
-None, but I have a mentor app pending.

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

Have you ever been banned for more than 24 hours on Colonial Marines?
-Negative, I only have had a Squad Leader job ban for a few days.
( viewtopic.php?f=87&t=16897&p=191582#p191582 )

Have you ever been banned for more than 24 hours on ANY server? If so, which server, when, and what for?
-I have not been banned from any server.

Are you familiar with the chat program Slack (its use is required)¨
-I do not, but I think I can pick it up quickly.

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.
-Take a look at the offenders notes, if they have no history of round start shenanigans, or it was an accident, leave it as IC issue. If so, note the player/ apply a ban if necessary. Aheal anyone who got wounded.

2. The ship has a breach to space and a bunch of players have died or are dying as a result.
- Not sure if possible anymore. But I would seal the wall back up, Aheal all affected, find out if it was caused by accident or malicious intent. Note/ban the offender, if it wasn't an accident.

3. You see a player walking around the ship naked and clearly lost.
-Inform a mentor. If none present, I will do my best to guide him for as long as needed.

4. A player is being very rude to you in Adminhelps and requesting to speak to an Admin+ staff member.
- Ask him why he is being rude. Tell them to cool down, first of all. If that doesn't work, Issue a warning. If I picked up the Ahelp, I believe I can handle it, and I trust my resolve on the matter. If I can clearly see that I am not able to handle the situation, I will alert a mod to the situation.

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.
-If you haven't read the rules, and/or didn't know about the naming rules, that is your problem. If they are becoming abnoxious about it, issue a warning and place a note, and tell them to change their name.

6. You see a Maintenance Tech running around in armor and carrying a rifle. The security level is green with no threat present.
-If there is absolutely no threat, and the alien presence is not known yet, AKA he is metagaming, bwoink the player and ask what he is doing. Issue a warning, and tell them to return the gear.
Otherwise, leave it as IC.

7. You see a Squad Medic performing surgery on the planet. He claims it was because there were no doctors in the FOB.
-It is not possible. But if it were, I would warn him and note him. If this has been recurring, note him and ban him from Medic role. I would then cauterize the wound/ close the ribcage, PM the player being operated on to seek a real doctor.

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 most likely come up with an IC reason, announce that the alien threat needs to be eliminated now, etc. Tell xenos via Hivemind, that Queen Mother is displeased and want's the tallhosts taken care of immediately.
If the round is still dragging on ridiculously, reveal the general map location of the weaker side to the opposing force.

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.
-Explain it to him, that fighting after round end between hostile factions is permitted.

10. A marine is running around disarming, punching and stealing gear at round start.
- Message them and tell them to stop, look at note history of lowrp, apply a ban and a note, if the problem has been recurring. Aheal, if someone has been wounded.

11. A marine has killed another marine. When you ask him why, he said it was because the other marine had punched him.
- Note him, ban him for a few hours, aheal the victim. Explain that this was improper escalation and a mismatch of returning force.

12. An issue arises that requires Admin+ abilities.
-Ask admin to take the case. If none are present, message them on every possible platform, discord, slack, forum PM, Byond PM.
If that, for some ungodly reason doesn't reach anyone, I would try to damage control/help to the best of my abilities.

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.
-I would review the comments. If I come to the conclusion that it was tasteless, PM the "joker", to tone it down a notch. If this has been a problem before, note him.
Otherwise, I would tell the offended person to suck it up, it is marine bravado to say offensive stuff every once a while.

14. A marine opens fire at round start in briefing killing multiple marines and instantly logs off.
-Clearly a dick who is just a griefer, who is there just to cause malice. File for permaban.

15. You see a player playing a xeno larva/chestburster run towards the frontlines and die.
-PM them, ask for their reason. If it was an accident, I will warn the player and issue a note. If something indicates that it was in purpose and it has happened before, Xenoban them (if that exists, I am not 100% sure, sorry).

16. You see a xeno memeing, saying AYYLMAO, REEEEEE etc in hivemind chat.
- Tell them to tone it down. If the LRP continues, note them.

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 them that Hivemind is just a translation of English, and thus perfectly fine to call it a dropship.

18. A Command staff player at briefing near round-start mentions there are aliens on the planet.
-Ping them, if the player is new, tell them to read the rules carefully, especially that which considers IC-knowledge.
Otherwise, note them.

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.
- I would consider this fair RP, if the round is about to come to a close/ there were xenos right on their tail.

20. You see a fellow staff member give wrong information in an Adminhelp or incorrectly enforcing a rule.
-PM fellow staff, explain the wrong information they gave, or if they are incorrectly enforcing a rule. Praise should be public, Criticism should be discreet between two persons.

20a. You see a fellow staff member abusing his powers in-game.
-Contact head-staff, inform of the situation, gather evidence. Question him about his conduct.

21. You see a player talking in OOC chat about what he did with your mom last night.
-Let’s get off moms, ’cause I just got off yours.

Any additional information you'd like to add?
- Yeah, maybe a little bit about myself and why I wanted to become a part of the staff of CM.

So, I am Sami, I am 18-year old student from Lapland, Finland, so my English is not perfect, but I believe that I can speak well enough in voice and in text that people have no trouble understanding me. I live in a small town of 20000 people, and I like my steak medium. I am humble, level-headed, sometimes a little quiet person, and I always strive to be as friendly as possible (and from the occasional dchat salt, I think I have done well.). I work well alone and even better in groups/with a partner. I have been thinking about applying for a few months, pondering about the reasons and honing my skills/knowledge in CM.

I wanted to become a part of the staff, foremost to give back to the community and shape it's future, and I feel that becoming a moderator is a good place to start. I want to challenge myself, and learn new things and meet new people.

I look forward to your comments, critique, questions and everything else! Thanks for taking me into consideration!

[Mizari]

10 - Whilst you may get involved if its causing a huge disturbance to the round progression, always remember that MP's can deal with this sort of stuff IC'ly also.

14 - Not too happy with this answer, even if its clear he was just griefing, check if the player has any notes/history, if there was anything that lead up to it then possibly move to a ban yes.

20a - Try not question other staff about what they do, leave it to Seniors or above to handle that however you can say they gave wrong information.

21 - Not really a good answer to be honest. Our job is to reduce the situation or ignore said comment or follow up the player with a warning.

Overall, not really a bad application and some things can be improved through a trial.....With that said, review your answers and you may get a +1 from me..neutral for now

[Dorkkeli]

10 - Whilst you may get involved if its causing a huge disturbance to the round progression, always remember that MP's can deal with this sort of stuff IC'ly also.

14 - Not too happy with this answer, even if its clear he was just griefing, check if the player has any notes/history, if there was anything that lead up to it then possibly move to a ban yes.

20a - Try not question other staff about what they do, leave it to Seniors or above to handle that however you can say they gave wrong information.

21 - Not really a good answer to be honest. Our job is to reduce the situation or ignore said comment or follow up the player with a warning.

Overall, not really a bad application and some things can be improved through a trial.....With that said, review your answers and you may get a +1 from me..neutral for now

Thanks for the feedback. I had a feeling that I might be too lenient or too harsh on some parts, but that amounts to inexperience.
I reviewed my answers again and I must agree with you, 20a and 21 were not great answers from me.

EDIT: I meant 20a and 14, I feel that 21 would be fine, if in right context.

[ThesoldierLLJK]

My experiences with you have been kinda positive, although you can come off as a bit of a goof, but we have trials to mold people out.

Most of your answers seem fine to me, although much of it is inexperience with how modding works and stuff.

How about some extra questions

1. You see two moderators talking bad about a player in msay including basic trash talk insults, how would you handle it?

2. You constantly see the same player who is always a PFC at round start rush for the secure armories to steal a tactical shotgun. They have a note history of doing this, what would you do?

3. It is a normal round and a synth player is doing research on a captured drone. Suddenly a group comes in including the CMO, an SO, and MP. They claim that the xeno is dangerous and want to kill it. The synth protests and begins to attack the humans with a blunt object causing a human to die. The human who died has ahelped this, how would you handle?

[Sleepy Retard]

My experiences wit' the person have been pretty positive. The application is aight, I'm sure with a couple more questions + answers we'll have a good gauge on your ability

mizari is wrong, the answer to 21 is the greatest thing since me

[Mizari]

Honestly I find question 21 counter productive so I really urge you to change it before I give my final vote

[Dorkkeli]

My experiences with you have been kinda positive, although you can come off as a bit of a goof, but we have trials to mold people out.

Most of your answers seem fine to me, although much of it is inexperience with how modding works and stuff.

How about some extra questions

1. You see two moderators talking bad about a player in msay including basic trash talk insults, how would you handle it?

2. You constantly see the same player who is always a PFC at round start rush for the secure armories to steal a tactical shotgun. They have a note history of doing this, what would you do?

3. It is a normal round and a synth player is doing research on a captured drone. Suddenly a group comes in including the CMO, an SO, and MP. They claim that the xeno is dangerous and want to kill it. The synth protests and begins to attack the humans with a blunt object causing a human to die. The human who died has ahelped this, how would you handle?

Good to hear that I ain't a complete lost cause! Agreed, trial period would be great, I have much to learn.

1. Honestly, banter between co-workers raises morale and builds up friendships, as long as it stays in msay. I would just mind my own business.
2. That is clear metagaming. I would approach the player, confront him about it and see if he admits it. Add additional notes, and ban him for an appropriate amount of time.
3. Aheal the dead player, message the synth about the situation, and inform that a synth would not do something like this (unless it is an event), note the synth for breaking the synth guidelines (since synths have to follow Marine Law 100% of the time, and this constitutes as murder), and self-antagging. Synths are held to a high standard, and should not kill a human being to save a xenomorph. If something similar would be to happen a second time, I would advise for a white-list removal.

[Dorkkeli]

Honestly I find question 21 counter productive so I really urge you to change it before I give my final vote

I still feel that it would be acceptable to joke around with fellow players. If they did it all the time, I would warn em. If it was one time thing in OOC for the player, I would warn him and tell him to tone it down via PMs.

[Mizari]

Alright I'm happy enough, you can have my +1

[Dorkkeli]

Alright I'm happy enough, you can have my +1

Alright, cheers mate <3

[ThesoldierLLJK]

Good to hear that I ain't a complete lost cause! Agreed, trial period would be great, I have much to learn.

1. Honestly, banter between co-workers raises morale and builds up friendships, as long as it stays in msay. I would just mind my own business.
2. That is clear metagaming. I would approach the player, confront him about it and see if he admits it. Add additional notes, and ban him for an appropriate amount of time.
3. Aheal the dead player, message the synth about the situation, and inform that a synth would not do something like this (unless it is an event), note the synth for breaking the synth guidelines (since synths have to follow Marine Law 100% of the time, and this constitutes as murder), and self-antagging. Synths are held to a high standard, and should not kill a human being to save a xenomorph. If something similar would be to happen a second time, I would advise for a white-list removal.

In response to 1. What if you heard a comment that a staff member would find any reason to ban a player because they didn’t like them.

2. Good answer can be power gaming as well.

3. I like where your heart is but that’s what you would do if your name was Emerald Blood. As a mod you have to tell the player to make a player report if it’s a synth guideline break.

I’m towards +1 once you respond to number 1.

[Dorkkeli]

In response to 1. What if you heard a comment that a staff member would find any reason to ban a player because they didn’t like them.

2. Good answer can be power gaming as well.

3. I like where your heart is but that’s what you would do if your name was Emerald Blood. As a mod you have to tell the player to make a player report if it’s a synth guideline break.

I’m towards +1 once you respond to number 1.

Well, in response to in response.. That is just inherently wrong. I would immediately collect evidence, screenshots etc. , and report it to head staff.
You must have an adamant reason to ban someone. Just because he grinds your gears wrong, doesn't warrant you to go digging every little detail to try and get them banned.
That is atleast my opinion on the matter.

[ThesoldierLLJK]

Well, in response to...

+1

[Dorkkeli]

+1

Thank you very much!

[awan]

I like to see more european staff. Your replies are good +1 from me.

[Frans_Feiffer]

Application itself isn’t too bad. Any issues have already been covered and could be worked out during your trial. To add to that, you’re a decent guy with decent forum activity and good responses when questioned by fellow staff. All I ask is that you use this +1 wisely. Don’t spend it all in one place now, hah. Here’s to seeing you in Msay!

[Loco52]

1 and 14 are pretty wrong. You can't insta file for perma as in 14, since grief still needs to undeto the the warn - ban - perma process.

In regards to question 1, if a marine randomly shoots someon you must never leave it as an IC issue, warn, outright ban if he went on a killing spree or has a note history about it.

Rest of the answers are pretty good, but you must work your harshness. +1 for me.

[Dorkkeli]

I like to see more european staff. Your replies are good +1 from me.

Old continent, best continent

Thanks for the +1

[Dorkkeli]

Application itself isn’t too bad. Any issues have already been covered and could be worked out during your trial. To add to that, you’re a decent guy with decent forum activity and good responses when questioned by fellow staff. All I ask is that you use this +1 wisely. Don’t spend it all in one place now, hah. Here’s to seeing you in Msay!

I’ll save this +1 for a rainy day! <3
Thanks for the support, nice to see that I don’t have major problems, that can’t be solved.

[Dorkkeli]

1 and 14 are pretty wrong. You can't insta file for perma as in 14, since grief still needs to undeto the the warn - ban - perma process.

In regards to question 1, if a marine randomly shoots someon you must never leave it as an IC issue, warn, outright ban if he went on a killing spree or has a note history about it.

Rest of the answers are pretty good, but you must work your harshness. +1 for me.

Thanks for the feedback! After re-reading 1 and 14, I noticed that my answer was lackluster, and I have taken your message to the heart.
i know that I need to find more harshness in me, since I can sometimes be a bit too diplomatic. Professionalism is never an issue, tough!

Thank you for the +1

[NethIafins]

Alright. The most important question:

You are handling adminhelp but it seems you don't know exact ruling on said situation. No help is present at the moment to tell you correct answer. Explain your actions on handling the situation and how you will act when help finally arrives after round is over

[Dorkkeli]

Alright. The most important question:

You are handling adminhelp but it seems you don't know exact ruling on said situation. No help is present at the moment to tell you correct answer. Explain your actions on handling the situation and how you will act when help finally arrives after round is over

I would first of all contact staff through different channels. I would open the rules paged and try to find something similar/fitting there, just to build up an ’educated guess’
Then, since I do not know the exact rulings on the issue, I would use my best judgement and try to come up with a solution, most likely to use a similar kind of a situation that I have gotten before, and form my actions based on that: experience and best judgement I can offer.
After the matter has been handled to the best of my ability, and a more experienced staff member shows up, I will explain to them how I handled the situation, and my thought process. If I handled the situation correctly, then hood. If not, I would ask an senior on how should the matter be tackled, then try to right my wrongs to the best of my abilities, and apologize to all parties that have been inconvinienced on the matter at hand. Of course, I would take full reponsibility and reprecussions that might follow.
All in all, if I do not know something, and no help was in sight, I would remain calm and try to think up the best possible solution that I could.

[Ghostdex]

Reading through the answers they’re all more or less correct except 6. Question 6 is an IC issue completely instead of an OOC one. Also your answer to question 1 is good, nothing wrong with it.

Before I support this I’d like you to answer my question; you notice two marines in a firefight against the xenos, M1 shoots M2 once, seemingly by accident and then M2 shoots M1 5 times, what do you do?

[Dorkkeli]

Reading through the answers they’re all more or less correct except 6. Question 6 is an IC issue completely instead of an OOC one. Also your answer to question 1 is good, nothing wrong with it.

Before I support this I’d like you to answer my question; you notice two marines in a firefight against the xenos, M1 shoots M2 once, seemingly by accident and then M2 shoots M1 5 times, what do you do?

Good to hear that most of my answers are more or less good!

In that situation, I would PM M2 and ask what he was thinking. Then, if it was malicious, I would explain that it is hardly a good reason to shoot someone five times when M1 seemingly accidentally shot M2. I would then aheal M1 and note M2 and issue him an warning, and give him ban, if he has former history loosing his temper when getting FF'd.
It just seems that M2 got salty and just emptied a clip out of anger. If there was more banter, a little bit of roleplay involved, and not as many shots fired, I would let it slide as an IC issue. 5 feels excessive.
There is a lot to take into account, I feel, when tackling a situation like this, just like in many cases.

[Ghostdex]

Good to hear that most of my answers are more or less good!

In that situation, I would PM M2 and ask what he was thinking. Then, if it was malicious, I would explain that it is hardly a good reason to shoot someone five times when M1 seemingly accidentally shot M2. I would then aheal M1 and note M2 and issue him an warning, and give him ban, if he has former history loosing his temper when getting FF'd.
It just seems that M2 got salty and just emptied a clip out of anger. If there was more banter, a little bit of roleplay involved, and not as many shots fired, I would let it slide as an IC issue. 5 feels excessive.
There is a lot to take into account, I feel, when tackling a situation like this, just like in many cases.

Good answer, +1