Grimreaperx15 - Moderator Application

[Grimreaperx15]

Byond ID: Grimreaperx15

Colonial Marines Character: Ysabel Buttersworth

Age: 25

Gender: Eh.

Timezone: EST (GMT-5)

On average, how many hours are you available per week to moderate?
10+, generally at least one per day.

Do you have any previous experience in being staff (not just SS13)?
Yes, I ran one of the early SS13 servers after the original code was leaked, and have done administrative and development work on several MUDS.

Did you play any of the previous Colonial Marine servers?
No, I started playing Colonial Marines in late 2016, if memory serves.

What are the 3 biggest servers you play on besides CM?
I have not played on any recently, but /vg/, Baystation, and I suppose Goon, although rarely.

Provide links to any previous Colonial Marines applications that you've made:
viewtopic.php?t=10736

Are you currently a staff member elsewhere (not just SS13)? If so, where?
Yes, I am the Archwizard on InfernoMOO, and I am a Developer on Lost Souls. I am mostly inactive on both.

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?
I have received a 24 hour server ban, and 7 day job ban from AI/Cyborg on /vg/. The ban was issued due to killing multiple crew members attempting to reach the evacuation shuttle, in an attempt to protect the Captain under NT Default. The ban appeal can be found here: http://ss13.moe/forum/viewtopic.php?f=15&t=3797&p=20105

Are you familiar with the chat program Slack (its use is required)?
No, but I'm pretty sure I can figure it out.

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.

PM the player and attempt to determine the reasoning, if it was truly random, warn them, add a note, and potentially aheal the person shot if they were badly wounded and can't be healed in a reasonable time IC. Check notes for previous behavior, and potentially apply a ban if it is a repeat thing.

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

Determine the cause of the breach, as it is likely a bug. File a gitlab with any available information about the cause. Since atmospheric processing is disabled, warn people over OOC to not walk onto the space tile, and contact an Admin+ who can spawn a new hull tile.

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

PM them and ask if they need help, if so, refer them to a mentor, or help guide them myself.

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

Politely inform them that if they disagree with my actions, they can file a Staff Report, and link them to the forum, but that they don't have a right to speak to another staff member.

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 that just because it was overlooked, that doesn't make it acceptable. Ask them to pick a new name, and add a note.

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

This is an entirely IC issue, if they appear to be new, subtle message them that while it isn't against the rules, it is against the law, and they may be arrested by MPs for it.

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

This question isn't applicable as Medics can no longer do surgery. Assuming they could, PM them and explain the RP guidelines and that a medic wouldn't know how to do surgery, and ask them to stop. Add a note.

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?

Make an ARES announcement of enemy numbers, and urge them to strike. I don't think it is the job of a Moderator to influence the round any more significantly.

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 that the EORG rules only apply to friendly fire, and factions that are hostile to each other aren't covered by EORG.

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

This is likely an IC issue for the MPs to deal with, although if it turns into a brawl or other major disruption, it falls under Rule 4. PM the player and warn them, apply note.

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

Check notes, warn for improper escalation, explain proper escalation, apply note, and potentially ban if previous notes indicate this has become an issue.

12. An issue arises that requires Admin+ abilities.

If any Admin+ are in-game, contact them in-game and ask for assistance, otherwise go to Slack and ask for assistance. If all of these fail and no one with Admin+ is available, do my best to mitigate the issue and report it afterwards.

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.

Use LOOC and tell them to knock it off, and explain that it is dangerously close to Rule 3's ban on racism.

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

Add note, apply 3 day ban to avoid any further griefing in the short term, and post about it in the Staff Forums, and ask that an Admin+ handle it from there.

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

PM the player and determine if it was intentional or a mistake, check note history, apply note and potentially xeno ban if they have a history of it, or it was otherwise intentional.

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

PM the player and give them a warning for LRP and ask them to stop, 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".

Explain that the xeno hivemind is an English translation of their thoughts, and that it is acceptable. Take no further action.

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

PM the player and explain that the Marine's don't know what has caused the distress signal, and explain metaknowledge. Apply note. Ask marines over LOOC to ignore that it was said, if necessary.

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.

Honestly, I'm uncertain about this one. I think it's an IC issue, but I'd ask another Staff member about it.

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

Speak with them over msay and give them my view, if I believe it is a significant violation, speak with the Head in charge of them.

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

Contact a Head of Staff immediately to handle it.

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

This isn't a rule violation unless it becomes 18+, in which case preferably ask another member of Staff to handle it, as it is directed at me and I shouldn't handle issues directly related to me. If no one is available, warn them that it is 18+, apply a note, 3 day ban, and request via the Staff forums that it be looked at by an Admin+ for potential elevation to a perma. If it isn't 18+, it's not really an issue.

Any additional information you'd like to add?
Not really, I've just been enjoying CM for the past several months, and hope to be able to give back a bit.

[ThesoldierLLJK]

Player has been here a long time and is very active. Player has one note and it's literally a positive note for reporting rule breakers.

However even you know our application is out dated, so we sometimes ask extra what if questions to help make a determination

1. You are observing a round when a developer is running a custom event. However the custom event is the developer is acting as an antagonist wearing an apesuit and killing every marine he can find with admin spawned special weapons such as a mini gun and quad rocket launcher. deadchat is going off the chain with marines saying "WTF, THIS IS NO FUN!" You get an ahelp from a dead player that says "This not a fun event, can a developer really do this?" How would you handle this?

2. A player in deadchat dies during a custom XvXvH event. The player says the admins are "fucking morons" and the event was "fucking stupid." everyone tells this player to calm down, and he tells everyone "Shut up, I am allowed to tell these idiots how their event is fucking stupid." What would you do?

3. You get an ahelp from a player saying another PFC has killed them with a tool box after a fist fight. While investigating you find that a fist fight started, and the person who reported the other player had shot the player. The player then beat the reporter to death with a toolbox. How would you handle this?

[Grimreaperx15]

Player has been here a long time and is very active. Player has one note and it's literally a positive note for reporting rule breakers.

However even you know our application is out dated, so we sometimes ask extra what if questions to help make a determination

1. You are observing a round when a developer is running a custom event. However the custom event is the developer is acting as an antagonist wearing an apesuit and killing every marine he can find with admin spawned special weapons such as a mini gun and quad rocket launcher. deadchat is going off the chain with marines saying "WTF, THIS IS NO FUN!" You get an ahelp from a dead player that says "This not a fun event, can a developer really do this?" How would you handle this?

2. A player in deadchat dies during a custom XvXvH event. The player says the admins are "fucking morons" and the event was "fucking stupid." everyone tells this player to calm down, and he tells everyone "Shut up, I am allowed to tell these idiots how their event is fucking stupid." What would you do?

3. You get an ahelp from a player saying another PFC has killed them with a tool box after a fist fight. While investigating you find that a fist fight started, and the person who reported the other player had shot the player. The player then beat the reporter to death with a toolbox. How would you handle this?

1. I'd contact Head Staff via Slack, since I'm fairly confident that it's an abuse of power. As for the player, I'd tell them that I've contacted a Head, and that it'll be handled. It's not my place to do anything else.

2. I'd PM them, and politely ask them to tone it back a bit, and mention Rule 3. I'd let them know that if they think the event was badly done/abusive, or whatever, to file a Staff Report, and link them to the forums.

3. I would tell them that my investigations didn't line up with what they were saying, and warn them about lying in ahelps, improper escalation, and add a note about improper escalation and lying in ahelps. The other player followed fairly reasonable escalation, I think, but I'd PM them as well, and ask them to ahelp in the future about improper escalation so that Staff can handle it, rather than taking manners into their own hands.

[TreeCop]

Answers seem good. I've seen a few ahelps from you reporting rulebreakers, so you know the rules and want to enforce them. +1 from me.

[ThesoldierLLJK]

You have a +1 from me, but I just wanna ask are you still interested in coding?

Only reason I ask is I'd hate to see you brought on and you immediately want to become a coder, cause I think you would make a good mod.

[Grimreaperx15]

You have a +1 from me, but I just wanna ask are you still interested in coding?

Only reason I ask is I'd hate to see you brought on and you immediately want to become a coder, cause I think you would make a good mod.

I recently talked with Dean, and I don't think it'd be a good fit for me right now. Certainly at some point in the future I might consider it, but not any time in the next 3-6 months at least.

[Daturix]

Answers all seem wonderful and how our team handles them normally.
See them around in game and on the discord, active, and friendly and I believe a good fit for the team. +1

[Bancrose]

Has literally ONE NOTE

AND ITS A POSITIVE NOTE AND HES BEEN PLAYING ON THIS SERVER FOR YEARS!

+1

[ThesoldierLLJK]

Snip

Go the mod route
See you soon

[Frans_Feiffer]

Has literally ONE NOTE

AND ITS A POSITIVE NOTE AND HES BEEN PLAYING ON THIS SERVER FOR YEARS!

+1

This person would do their buttersworth and then some as a member of the staff team, mod or otherwise. Active ingame, and I see ya often. Even if you hate my Yautja kind, you’ve still proven to be a good person ingame regardless, given your 1 POSITIVE note and my experiences with you. Application is also well done, so....hm....
+1 chief. Don’t waste it, these aren’t refundable.

[Mizari]

Good active player, I'd like to see how you'd turn out as a Moderator.

+1

[Grubstank]

Yep, I like your answers.

+1

[Bibiex]

You report a lot of rulebreaks and incidents to the staff team. I'm sure you could help even more if you were a moderator. Good activity and knows the rules.


+1

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Accepted.

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