Oprayx73 - Moderator Application

[oprayx73]

Byond ID: Oprayx73

Colonial Marines Character: Boris Bourbon / Cuthun Dak'te / Abraham

Age: 25

Gender: Male

Timezone: Eastern Standard Time

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

Do you have any previous experience in being staff (not just SS13)?
I have been mentor on hippie station for multiple years,I have also been game admin on hippie for the last year.
I have had a few of my own serious minecraft and morrowind multiplayer servers, managing them as defacto host, etc.

Did you play any of the previous Colonial Marine servers?
Yes. My earliest memory of CM was on the nostromo.

What are the 3 biggest servers you play on besides CM?
Hippiestation, 1986 Escelation, /TG/

Provide links to any previous Colonial Marines applications that you've made:
viewtopic.php?f=68&t=7387&p=78510
viewtopic.php?f=125&t=15985
viewtopic.php?f=149&t=15444

Are you currently a staff member elsewhere (not just SS13)? If so, where?
No. I have just resigned from hippiestation on 10/19 (as of this posting)

Have you ever been banned for more than 24 hours on Colonial Marines?
Possibly a very long time ago. I haven't been banned period in a very long time.
I would have to have someone look into my notes.

Have you ever been banned for more than 24 hours on ANY server? If so, which server, when, and what for?
Yes, I was banned permanently on yogstation for "ignorant behavior on OOC"
I think it was legitimately the first or second week i had ever started playing and was legitimately ignorant of the server's M.O
I got immediately unbanned not long after for appealing.

Are you familiar with the chat program Slack (its use is required)?
Yes, hippiestation used slack for over a year.

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.

Examine notes first and foremost to get a feeling for how the player's performed generally speaking before the situation.
If they're wildly terrible, they are already on thin ice, and have already been warned not behave this way ingame, then apply punishment appropriate
to the damage they've caused. (absolutely dead dude with a ruined round, 4~ days. crippled guy that can get surgery and mildly ruined round, 1-2~ days)
If their notes are actually quite clean and this is an isolated incident, give a grave warning in APM's, describing what they should and should not be doing
& the consequences of breaking the rules in the future. Add a note that they should recieve a good amount of punishment should they break a similar rule again.


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

Fix the breach immediately with build mode & attempt to mildly fix atmos, or atleast stop it from getting worse is the first and most important move.
Use the investigate verbs/logs to find out how the hull was breached (most likely by explosion), APM the perp & get a feel for how it happened, see if they plead
a mistake,ignorance, or just owns up to outright griefing. Read their notes & get a feel for how they behave regularly, like most situations, apply notes for those who
have regularly good behavior, or apply a real heavy punishment if there's a good heads up in their notes that they regularly disbehave.

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

There's a point where you allow bald players to blossom and do their own thing,
and there's a point you apply mentors to go out and help anyone who needs guidance. I'd direct mentors to them.

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

Remind them very kindly & politely that rudeness will not help them, and then direct them to an admin+ staff member if available & not busy.
If that's simply not a choice i will have to them remind them I am the only staff member online that is available to help them, and if they have any issues at all with my judgement,
feel free to make a report on the forums.

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.

Rules change. In that event, so do the players name's or behavior according to the rule. Rename them to something else they request, if they deny giving an answer, give them a generic marine name & a note stating they may not use such a name. Remind them they must change their name the next round they play and close the admin ticket.

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

Remind them of their role as TSGT, a noncombat role tasked with maintenance & the status the ship is in with no active threats.
If they don't behave accordingly to their role, then judge them based on their notes. If they've had multiple slipups especially based on the MT role, apply temporary jobban.
If not, add notes of the incident & examine their gameplay off and on during the round to make sure they're doing as they should.

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

Squad medics are forbidden from performing surgery period. Like the MT situation, remind them of their role's capabilities and what they should/should not be doing generally.
Examine their notes for evidence of this being more than a one time thing, if they've been strictly breaking this rule more often than not, apply temporary jobban.
Should this be a one-time-thing, then again remind them if they where to break this rule again they risk losing the right to play that role.
Add note describing the incident, & examine their gameplay during the round afterwards periodically.

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?

ARES scans/Hive mother messages so both sides know what they're up against, or subtlemessaging of the commander or queen to make a move.
Should both leaders maintain an idle state, apply ERT or some sort of hazard to bring the round up to speed. I'm sure ERT would make the most people happy as there would be ALOT
of dead players waiting to get involved back into the round through larvae or ERT. If that doesn't finish it off, give either side an ultimatum to make a move or the round will be ended for them. (SD, etc)

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.

Technically, you're not supposed to give up character after the round ends, and if both people stayed in character, they should be shooting eachother to death.
It's a shame it makes more combat logs and they cant laugh and gloat after the round ends, but it is what it is. The CLF member is most likely just upset anyway that they died ( which is very understandeable.)
Remind the CLF player that post-round events still have to happen within the game's parameters/character, and that the marine should shoot them and it doesn't count as EORG.

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

Clearly just stirring up trouble and being a little ****. I would PM and ask them why they're doing it, and then immediately check their notes.
Most likely, this happens out of salt for something else that happened ingame. If they give the excuse ' I was just trying to make things more interesting! ' i'll remind them it's
not acceptable to start griefing others to make things more ' interesting. ' In my experience on hippie, the people who do this actively are almost always consistent,
and have a good line of notes proving this behavior is common. Apply ban appropriate to the amount of grief ( going around stealing spec gear would get you alot more
than stealing a squad marines shoes, or punching a PFC instead of the CO during briefing.)
There's also a chance they could get apprehended by MP's, and in that case, would apply a note of the incident and allow it to be resolved ICly.
Some of the best answers to problems are in game, handled by the players.

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

Explain the concept of escalation of a fight. Push comes to shove, punch comes to boot knife, then boot knife to gun or whatever individual equal steps they take.
If they can't grasp that, add a note explaining they have a clear issue understanding escalation so that future incidents, we'll have a better understanding on what to do with them.


12. An issue arises that requires Admin+ abilities.

Find the best solution we can get without Admin+ abilities, or contact an Admin+ to assist. They're not always available, so making and learning to do the best with what you have is important.

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.

Remind them that what happens ICly is going to be sometimes uncooth to a person. I'd direct them to rule 3;
If 9/10 people are having a good time, then the light 'racism' isn't really pushing the "Being a dick" point to need admin intervention.
I'd advise them to use IC channels of dealing with it, either them self or possibly speaking to the MP's or CL about it.
You literally can't make everyone happy and trying will just make you go crazy.

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

Permanent ban, especially closely considering their notes.
There is no excuse for attempting to evade the OOC and IC ramifications of mass grief.
Rule 4 dictates this clearly.

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

This is griefing your entire xenomorph team by denying them a larva.

I'd APM them, asking them why they would do such a thing to get a feel for their excuse.
Should it be "i hate xenos and want them to lose" it's quite evident they're not interested in following rule 4, and apply xenomorph jobban permanently.
In the event they say it was a mistake or they didn't mean to die, i would have to closely examine combat logs to see the tile they died on. If it's literally in front of a planted m56D
or in front of a FOB, there is seriously no excuse. Sometimes mistakes really do happen and if they got snagged by a sneaky marine it's understandeable.

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

APM them and remind them to stay in character and to stop meme-ing.
There's a point where some banter is funny and all, but if it's all you can say and spam in the hivemind chat, that's a nono.
Should they ignore the warning, and have a history of low-rp shenanigans, ban them for appropriate amount of time.
(straight up ick ocking memeing, like 'haha despacito 2 sans cosplay tik tok' is out of order. whereas maybe 'queen let me evolve to lurker reee' is a little more acceptable)

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".

Lorewise, technically, hivemind speak is a series of images and pictures/pheremones depicted to each xenomorphs mind.
The words they speak aren't even real and it's not a real language in that sense. I'll remind them that not everyone has to
go overboard with their xenospeak ( calling bullets metal stinging bees and the marines are non-fur-tall-hosts )
And that is that. Should the xeno player devolve into LowRP shenanigans, that's a differen't story.

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

Hope that the rest of the marines shrug it off like they're silly because they know that it's meta, and then
immediately intervene by APM'ing the command staff player, reminding them of their ignorance of the events on the colony
as of yet. Should they understand their perspectives of things IC, all is good. Should they not, apply notes showing they don't understand
how to roleplay or act in their capacity/knowledge of the events of what happened on the colony.

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.

Now if the other marine had no problem with this and was consensually allowing themselves to be killed
in the name of RP, it's all fine. This is unlikely however, and i would APM the perp to give them an outline of what
you can and cannot do in the name of "RP" especially nonconsensually killing another marine ruining their round.
If they get the gist of the limitations & behave accordingly, i will add a note of the incident so in the offchance
it occurs again there is no excuse of ignorance.

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

Communicate with them in ASAY about the ruling judgement and get a feeling for why they're applying it that way.
If there is a serious disagreement it can be brought up to a higher power to get a final ruling. It's not my place to put my peers on blast,
but it's also my place to make my peers operate as well as they can and look out for the best interest of the server.

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

Gather screenshots & logs first and foremost, then contact them in ASAY as it's occurring to see their response on the fly.
If it's really quite abhorrent and non excusable, contact a higher up immediately and explain the situation.
If the line is grey & i could not tell if it was serious abuse, continue to contact a higher up for their final ruling.
Again, it's my place to keep the best interest of the server front and centre, but i'm also not exactly the highest up on the rung to be calling the shots.

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

We got this every day and night and inbetween on hippie. No one would care, and i wouldn't either.
It's a game, banter is funny, and i've got thicker skin than that. The only thing that would compromise their OOC rights
is outright spam of something unacceptable like WGW, along those lines.

Any additional information you'd like to add?

I've got alot of time under my belt for CM, and as a staff member on SS13 servers, and resigned my post on hippiestation specifically to transition to CM.
I've recieved whitelists to help the playerbase & server experience new gameplay & roleplay possibilties, and now
I hope I get the opportunity to take up mantle as staff to help the server that's provided me with alot of gameplay & roleplay fun.

[Slywater]

You seem to know your stuff. Your notes are fine.

Just a couple extra questions:

1. A prisoner sends an ahelp, and they complain about being denied medical attention (they have a broken leg). The MPs are staking out DS1, expecting the return of an offender. How do you handle it?

2. A survivor is forcefully taken to the Almayer and attempts to fight back. He later breaks out of the brig and shoots several people, screaming about how the company created this mess. Naturally you receive complaints about this, but how would you deal with it?

Both are arguably grey-areas, but I'd like to hear how you'd go about them.

[oprayx73]

You seem to know your stuff. Your notes are fine.

Just a couple extra questions:

1. A prisoner sends an ahelp, and they complain about being denied medical attention (they have a broken leg). The MPs are staking out DS1, expecting the return of an offender. How do you handle it?


2. A survivor is forcefully taken to the Almayer and attempts to fight back. He later breaks out of the brig and shoots several people, screaming about how the company created this mess. Naturally you receive complaints about this, but how would you deal with it?

Both are arguably grey-areas, but I'd like to hear how you'd go about them.

Thank you for the kind words.

1. The Protection & Medical treatment clause of marine law guarantees prisoners the right to treatment and unharm. As long as a single prisoner is in the brig, an MP or the WO should therefore be accompanying them and supervising them. In that case, nothing is stopping that MP from guiding a doctor to the prisoner for treatment of the individual. The other MP's can continue their stakeout. I would APM the MP responsible for the arrest of the harmed perp & fill them in on their mistake, and see to it they abide fully by marine law.

2. A survivor who has taken the antagonistic route on the planet and is taken advantage of, forcefully brought to the almayer against their will still retains such antagonistic characteristics and if they roleplay properly, should be fine to play that antagonistic role. I would inform the people complaining that they simply roleplayed an antagonistic survivor on the colony, was brought to the almayer against their will, and continued to play that role. The only issue that could ever arise if they didn't act threateningly or antagonistically untill randomly on the almayer.

[Mizari]

I liked you're answers and you seem to be a good lad....+1 From me.

[ThesoldierLLJK]

So in response to your responses for the default questions

1. What if this was a confirmed accident, how would you handle it?

6. This is more of an IC issue and a violation of marine law. If the player is obviously new, you can send them a mentor. If it's a known somebody, well they would have to deal with the MPs

8. I like where you're going with it, but only admin+ can send in the ERT


And other answers I see minor things that can be hammered out with a trial I'm leaning towards +1 if you can just tell me what you would do in the case of an accident.

[Jaketeaking]

Whilst the players answers are ok, and the player in question is not one who usually is involved in issues, im
Remaining neutral, due to


You do understand, Moderators are also not allowed to be staff on other servers, correct?

[oprayx73]

So in response to your responses for the default questions

1. What if this was a confirmed accident, how would you handle it?

6. This is more of an IC issue and a violation of marine law. If the player is obviously new, you can send them a mentor. If it's a known somebody, well they would have to deal with the MPs

8. I like where you're going with it, but only admin+ can send in the ERT


And other answers I see minor things that can be hammered out with a trial I'm leaning towards +1 if you can just tell me what you would do in the case of an accident.

Here's my answer and a little overlap on some of the other ones you mentioned.

1.Allow for Complete IC handling. Think about it in real life, if you have AD (accidental discharge) shit happens and you're still responsible as a person.
Still add a mild note with the explanation of the legitimate accident. If you have alot of convenient legitimate accidents, things need to change still.

6.I agree that the TSGT could definitely be taken care of ICly. I'm more under the impression the question means if he's guntoting he's probably trying to kill nonexistant xenos or even go down onto the planet.
Like i mentioned in question 10, some of the best solutions are ICly.

8.I'm not fully aware of all the rights so it's kind of just a slipup in that part. I could still petition/request a admin+ to go ahead and send the ERT in the event of such a stagnation.

[oprayx73]

Whilst the players answers are ok, and the player in question is not one who usually is involved in issues, im
Remaining neutral, due to


You do understand, Moderators are also not allowed to be staff on other servers, correct?

Yes and that's why i've resigned from staff on all server's i was admin on.
I tried to mention that in the post.

I've got alot of time under my belt for CM, and as a staff member on SS13 servers, and resigned my post on hippiestation specifically to transition to CM.

[ThesoldierLLJK]

I think you can have a shot
+1

[Kerek]

Boris is a good member of the community and his answers were above the minimum requirements. He’d be a welcome addition to our team. +1

[Slywater]

Thank you for the kind words.

1. The Protection & Medical treatment clause of marine law guarantees prisoners the right to treatment and unharm. As long as a single prisoner is in the brig, an MP or the WO should therefore be accompanying them and supervising them. In that case, nothing is stopping that MP from guiding a doctor to the prisoner for treatment of the individual. The other MP's can continue their stakeout. I would APM the MP responsible for the arrest of the harmed perp & fill them in on their mistake, and see to it they abide fully by marine law.

2. A survivor who has taken the antagonistic route on the planet and is taken advantage of, forcefully brought to the almayer against their will still retains such antagonistic characteristics and if they roleplay properly, should be fine to play that antagonistic role. I would inform the people complaining that they simply roleplayed an antagonistic survivor on the colony, was brought to the almayer against their will, and continued to play that role. The only issue that could ever arise if they didn't act threateningly or antagonistically untill randomly on the almayer.

Good.
I don't think there's anything else that hasn't been mentioned already. +1.

[Ghostdex]

Good application, but I have a situation for you.

A marine walks up to you and wordlessly PBs you, you haven't interacted with said marine at all beforehand. The only staff on are you and a mentor, what do you do?

[oprayx73]

Good application, but I have a situation for you.

A marine walks up to you and wordlessly PBs you, you haven't interacted with said marine at all beforehand. The only staff on are you and a mentor, what do you do?

Assuming i'm actively playing, deadminned, and the highest staff is a mentor i would LOOC and ask why they did so. If I dont get an adequate answer,
i'll contact the best available staff member who can come on and handle my incoming ticket. If there is zero admins available, i would treat it just like a player would, gather screenshots & logs
and make a report. Handling your own business/tickets is an absolute no-no.

And here's a great thankyou for everyone supporting my application.

[VortexGaming]

Before he get's accepted im sure Imp will take a look to see if he's still a staff member on any server. +1 Answer's are fine.

[Ghostdex]

Assuming i'm actively playing, deadminned, and the highest staff is a mentor i would LOOC and ask why they did so. If I dont get an adequate answer,
i'll contact the best available staff member who can come on and handle my incoming ticket. If there is zero admins available, i would treat it just like a player would, gather screenshots & logs and make a report. Handling your own business/tickets is an absolute no-no.

And here's a great thankyou for everyone supporting my application.

You can request other staff via slack but if no one comes you can handle issues that relate to yourself, but it is recommended to ask another staff member to hop online to deal with it.

[Imperator_Titan]

Accepted.

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