Killjaden - Moderator Application

[Killjaden]

Byond ID: Killjaden

Colonial Marines Character: Jayden Morales ( Aka Best support )

Age: 26

Gender: Male

Timezone: GMT +1 Germany my dudes

On average, how many hours are you available per week to moderate?
More or less 25-30 Hours from Monday to Friday.

Do you have any previous experience in being staff (not just SS13)?
Yes I do, I used to be an Administrator for a Starbound Server. SS13 only on some low pop server that died rather quickly.
I've been Head Administrator for a Star Wars Jedi Academy server which was rather popular back in the days. Very much a dead game now.

Did you play any of the previous Colonial Marine servers?
No.

What are the 3 biggest servers you play on besides CM?
I have been playing on Paradise and pretty much Fo13 but, Lately I've been only playing CM.

Provide links to any previous Colonial Marines applications that you've made:
Got none.

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 that I can remember.

Are you familiar with the chat program Slack (its use is required)?
No I am not familiar with it. I've been looking at it previously to this application, Starting to familiarize myself with it.

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.

If the situation was handled IC'ly by the MP's, and the victim ain't dead, I'll let it slide. Could be just some misfire. Keeping an eye on the Player for the round.
If the victim did die, Same treatment. I'll PM them and the victim, Trying to get as much information from both sides, And heal the victim if necessary. Else let it be handled IC. Of course, Checking notes first.

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

First of all, Ask staff if there is some kind of event going on. Was it intentional? If it wasn't planned or anything... Fix the breach and Atmos issues if they occur. Revive/heal the players that have died and if some got thrown into space, Teleport them back in. If possible even as a Moderator. Else I'll have to ask someone with more permission for help. Now that the damage has been contained. Figure out how that breach happened and why.

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

If nobody is already helping them out in LOOC, PM them and do explain them how to get started. Link them to the Wiki as well, it is really helpful after all.
Might ask a Mentor to help them out if one is around and I am busy.

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

Check what their complaint is and call for another staff member if possible. Remind them of our policies on verbal abuse and try to help them nonetheless.

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.

I'll explain to them that it is a rule here. Now they do know and should change their player name, and if possible I'll change their name to the desired name the player chose. If they are stubborn, I'll ask them to try it on the forum. Make a request or appeal for it. Maybe it gets approved.

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

Observe but do nothing so far. Let it play out unless some serious rule breaking that could affect gameplay and enjoyment is about to occur.
If the MT looks rather confused about what they're doing, PM them.

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

Well since nowadays they are unable to even attempt it, This situation shouldn't occur! Now in the case that it does happen. Tell them about the difference of a Medic and Doctor, And ask them to knock it off.


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?

Let some intel slip to the CO/XO. Announcements. You know. If they see the difference in numbers, they should be more than encouraged to head back down and fight after all!

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.

I'll explain to the CLF that this is not considered griefing. As CLF and Marines are hostile towards each other. Just like Xenos and Marines are. If the round ended and a Xeno kills a Marine, or the ohter way around it is part of the gameplay. Not end of round griefing. The same applies to hostile CLF being shot by Marines. You are not allowed to kill friendly characters.

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

Observe and let the MPs handle the situation. Only interfere if it really goes out of hand.

EDIT: Since it is no longer being tolerated, Warn the player about it. If the notes tell me more, punish. Leaving original answer there. As I said we all do mistakes.

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

Check their notes. Depending on that warn/punish. If they're a player who recently joined I'll try to make them understand our rules a little better.

12. An issue arises that requires Admin+ abilities.

I'll try to notify some Staff member available through any communication I can use, such as Slack, Discord, Steam et cetera.


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.

In-character minor Racism shouldn't be punished. Though if someone does get offended, I'll at least ask the person to tone it down a bit.

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

Well, This is obviously griefing. Gather logs, Ban the person for 3-7 days. Might even request a permaban. If they do wish to explain themselves after all, They can do so on the Forum.
Heal/revive any dead and really fucked up marines.


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

Well, Could be a new player. Thus inform a Mentor and ask them to help this person out. Could be actually the queen ordering that, Which is fine. Though it also could be a player trying to ruin the Xeno team supply! Further investigation is always necessary. Notes are very helpful too.

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

If nobody is complaining about it, Not much I should do about it. Might check their notes at best.
If complains do come in, PM and ask them to knock it off.

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 the player that is complaining, that it actually isn't metagaming or failRP to call the dropship a dropship as a Xeno.
Let me quote the Roleplay standards here,
Xeno hivemind is an English translation of their thoughts so words such as “hydro” or “shuttle” are acceptable.
Might as well link them to it.

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

They are not supposed to know about that. Warn him about it, Check their notes. Repeat offender? Punishment.

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.

To be fair, That is actually proper RP. It is a humans survival instinct after all. Though just to be safe, Check their notes.

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

Try to give the fellow staff member the correct information, Assist them with the adminhelp. No need to get angry immediatly. We all do mistakes sometimes.

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

Try to explain to the fellow staff member why it is very wrong. Let's hope they listen. Logs are being gathered nonetheless. Do tell higher ups about it. Else Report him to the Head Moderator or Head Administrator. Gather logs.

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

Well, That's great. I am not bothered by such comments. They can banter as much as they want about me mom! As long it's not somebody else's mum.

Any additional information you'd like to add?
I pretty much get home around 4-5PM during mid-week. From there on out I have time to play CM. Weekends I've got a lot more time obviously. And I've noticed it's pretty low pop during my times. As I am aware, I really haven't done much on the forum so far. Like at all. Besides reading up on things.

[taketheshot56]

"If the situation was handled IC'ly by the MP's, and the victim ain't dead, I'll let it slide. Could be just some misfire. Keeping an eye on the Player for the round.
If the victim did die, Same treatment. I'll PM them and the victim, Trying to get as much information from both sides, And heal the victim if necessary. Else let it be handled IC. Of course, Checking notes first."
You should still investigate the situation when you see it, regardless of if the victim is living, Improper escalation is one of the most common situations, check their notes and investigate, victim dead or alive.


"Check what their complaint is and call for another staff member if possible. Remind them of our policies on verbal abuse and try to help them nonetheless."
Good just remember its against the rules to be verbally abusive to staff, if it gets too much ban them accordingly.

"Try to explain to the fellow staff member why it is very wrong. Let's hope they listen. Logs are being gathered nonetheless. Do tell higher ups about it. Else Report him to the Head Moderator or Head Administrator. Gather logs."
Nope, dont even speak to or involve yourself, gather evidence and report it directly to their manager immediatly.

Overall your answers are good, any issues can be fixed during the trial period.

+1

[Killjaden]

"If the situation was handled IC'ly by the MP's, and the victim ain't dead, I'll let it slide. Could be just some misfire. Keeping an eye on the Player for the round.
If the victim did die, Same treatment. I'll PM them and the victim, Trying to get as much information from both sides, And heal the victim if necessary. Else let it be handled IC. Of course, Checking notes first."
You should still investigate the situation when you see it, regardless of if the victim is living, Improper escalation is one of the most common situations, check their notes and investigate, victim dead or alive.


"Check what their complaint is and call for another staff member if possible. Remind them of our policies on verbal abuse and try to help them nonetheless."
Good just remember its against the rules to be verbally abusive to staff, if it gets too much ban them accordingly.

"Try to explain to the fellow staff member why it is very wrong. Let's hope they listen. Logs are being gathered nonetheless. Do tell higher ups about it. Else Report him to the Head Moderator or Head Administrator. Gather logs."
Nope, dont even speak to or involve yourself, gather evidence and report it directly to their manager immediatly.

Overall your answers are good, any issues can be fixed during the trial period.

+1

Glad to hear that and I'll keep that in mind of course. Currently I am sick so my replies might have a delay to it. Just FYI.

[RobBrown4PM]

16 is wrong. It's serious LRP and I you need to talk to that player.

With 19, some attempt needs to be made to RP.

And if you ever see another staff abusing their powers you do not call them on it, that's not your job. Gather what ever proof of P&P or rule breaching there was, and send it off to your immediate superior.

Overall decent answers, nothing that couldn't be ironed out during a trial, however, you're very new to the server seemingly. I'm going to have to - 1 this because of that. My suggestion to you is to put some time in and make yourself known, as well as to become more active on the forums. Moderating the forums is as big a responsibility for mods as moderating the game is.

[ThesoldierLLJK]

I see you have a account but low post activity. Besides what’s been said here, I’ve seen you ingame before so I am going to give you some extra questions just to iron out how you think and your thought process.

1. You are observing a round and get an ahelp that a player was shot to death by another player. You investigate it and determine its IC as An FF incident. The player who ahelped goes off saying it’s bullshit and IC reasons are a cop out and that the server sucks because of it. How would you handle this?


2. You are playing and suddenly you are griefed by another player who shoots you, and then starts shooting other players killing you all. You and only two mentors are on the server no other staff.

3. A player asks to see why he is job banned and you provide him notes. The player then wants to say he’s sorru and asks if you can unban him from his jobban. He begs you to help him because he doesn’t have a forum account and gives you every sob story in the world. How do you respond?

[Killjaden]

16 is wrong. It's serious LRP and I you need to talk to that player.

With 19, some attempt needs to be made to RP.

And if you ever see another staff abusing their powers you do not call them on it, that's not your job. Gather what ever proof of P&P or rule breaching there was, and send it off to your immediate superior.

Overall decent answers, nothing that couldn't be ironed out during a trial, however, you're very new to the server seemingly. I'm going to have to - 1 this because of that. My suggestion to you is to put some time in and make yourself known, as well as to become more active on the forums. Moderating the forums is as big a responsibility for mods as moderating the game is.

About 16. It sure isn't much of a RP attempt if the player meme's around with Ayyylmao and such. Personally I don't think that I should ruin the players fun if nobody complains about it. It's not something disrupting gameplay or enjoyment until someone complains.
Though I do understand it.

About 19, Yeah if the player just shoots the hell out of somebody without saying any attempt to RP it at least, It really can't be considered a proper human reaction. Though nonetheless as long as they do make an attempt at it and end up killing another marine for the last spot on an escape pod. I think that's fine.

Ah yeah. I thought that I would get a lot of negatives due to my inactivity on the forum, or more or less my almost non-existant post count. I am like that twitch chat lurker on CM. Only a few people like Spartanbobby actually know me around CM. I'll take your advice to heart, Thanks.

I see you have a account but low post activity. Besides what’s been said here, I’ve seen you ingame before so I am going to give you some extra questions just to iron out how you think and your thought process.

1. You are observing a round and get an ahelp that a player was shot to death by another player. You investigate it and determine its IC as An FF incident. The player who ahelped goes off saying it’s bullshit and IC reasons are a cop out and that the server sucks because of it. How would you handle this?


2. You are playing and suddenly you are griefed by another player who shoots you, and then starts shooting other players killing you all. You and only two mentors are on the server no other staff.

3. A player asks to see why he is job banned and you provide him notes. The player then wants to say he’s sorru and asks if you can unban him from his jobban. He begs you to help him because he doesn’t have a forum account and gives you every sob story in the world. How do you respond?

1. If the victim died due to IC reason and FF, then that's that. It happens. Sometimes it is hard to tell if it was actually FF that wasn't intended, or FF that was intended. Nonetheless, I'll tell him that being killed or ending up dead due to FF sure sucks. Though it happens to all of us sooner or later. If he has suggestions he can post those on the Forum. I can't help him.

2. Do I look at this as a player or do I look at the situation as a Moderator? As a player I would log it, Take screenshots, And report the incident on the forum. If possible though, Contact staff through Discord and other communications. Wouldn't even try to kill the player, would only cause more chaos and FF anyway. Better to sit one out than ruin more peoples fun.
As a Moderator I would have to stop him and punish him accordingly. Fix the damage he has done. Death by a griefing player isn't much fun and I think should be fixed by Staff if possible. Non-critical injuries can be handled IC though.
Nonetheless I would log as much as I can and do notify another Staff member of the incident. Might request a permaban, after attempting to investigate at least. Though not that much to investigate there.

3. Tell him to make an appeal on the Forum. That I alone can't or simply shouldn't decide this myself. If he wants to get his jobban removed, he'll have to spend the few minutes it takes to make a forum account and a quick appeal. Not much else I can do for the poor lad.

[ThesoldierLLJK]

Gonna go with a +1 on this one, I like your thought process.
In times of an emergency you can justify why you took action like that. Obviously if another moderator was on they would need to handle it.

[Ghostdex]

Gonna go with a +1 on this one, I like your thought process.
In times of an emergency you can justify why you took action like that. Obviously if another moderator was on they would need to handle it.

I said this first smh.

+1 from me

[Mizari]

Yeah sure, +1

[VortexGaming]

Gonna go with a +1 on this one, I like your thought process.
In times of an emergency you can justify why you took action like that. Obviously if another moderator was on they would need to handle it.

Basically this

[Slywater]

Everything seems fine, I don't think more questions are needed. +1.

[Killjaden]

Well, I am positively surprised. Thanks for the votes and criticism.

[Bibiex]

I've played with Morales a few times, good player.

Your answers seems fine, any major issues could be worked out over a trial.

+1

[Adralimas]

I'm down for giving them a shot at a trial sure!

+1!

[Imperator_Titan]

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