Karmac - Moderator Application

[Karmac]

Byond ID: Karmac

Colonial Marines Character: Garth Pawolski

Age: 19

Gender: Male

Timezone: UTC +10 Real Australia Hours

On average, how many hours are you available per week to moderate?
At the moment I could probably only pull about 14 hours a week, just due to some real life stuff at the moment.

Do you have any previous experience in being staff (not just SS13)?
Yes, I've been a member of this staff team twice before, as well as having been an admin on the FO13 Drymouth Gulch server some time ago now.

Did you play any of the previous Colonial Marine servers?
Was here for the 2016 Sulaco era but that's as far back as I go.

What are the 3 biggest servers you play on besides CM?
No others currently.

Provide links to any previous Colonial Marines applications that you've made:
viewtopic.php?f=125&t=17212&p=197036&hi ... on#p197036 - Approved Predator Application.
viewtopic.php?f=142&t=14255&hilit=Karma ... on#p154059 - Approved CO Application.
viewtopic.php?f=127&t=12175&p=130090&hi ... on#p130090 - First Predator Application - Moved to Denied after losing my Yautja spot to lack of activity, was originally accepted.
viewtopic.php?f=68&t=10549&p=111800&hil ... on#p111510 - First Moderator Application - Denied due to me being mentally retarded within no less than a week of applying.
viewtopic.php?f=69&t=11823&p=125974&hil ... on#p125957 - Second Moderator Application - Accepted, man I used a lot of shitty nicknames back in the day.

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?
Yes. A few times now, all well deserved bans.

Have you ever been banned for more than 24 hours on ANY server? If so, which server, when, and what for?
No, just this one.

Are you familiar with the chat program Slack (its use is required)?
Yes, I think I can still remember how it works. Still got the app on my phone from back when.

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.
Investigate the issue, check player notes, if it's clear grief a.k.a the player had emptied a whole clip into someone, or they've got a history for this kind of thing, I'd PM them warning them of our zero tolerance for griefers and follow it up with an appropriate ban time. If it turned out to be a mis-click or a similar misunderstanding, for example; they'd been disarmed and shot someone, I'd leave it as an IC issue.

2. The ship has a breach to space and a bunch of players have died or are dying as a result.
No longer possible I don't believe, but unless times have changed moderators should have access to the fix breach tool, which I would use to plug the leak and aheal anyone affected by the damage, as breaches are not intended gameplay mechanics. Naturally if this breach was caused by an administrator on purpose as part of an event or something, this is their business, not mine, I'd stay out of it.

3. You see a player walking around the ship naked and clearly lost.
I'd bother any mentors available at the time in msay to help the man out, then move on to assisting him in PM's if I myself am not busy, otherwise I would shoot him a quick PM with the link to our wiki in it and a suggestion that he ahelp if he requires further assistance.

4. A player is being very rude to you in Adminhelps and requesting to speak to an Admin+ staff member.
I would PM any available Admin or higher staff online at the time informing them of the man's desire to speak with them, and would also note the man's hostility towards me in PM's. If there are no Admin+ staff online at the time, I would inform him of this and suggest he contact such staff using our Discord in PM's, or the Staff Help section. I would then note him for his hostility in PM's, and notify him as passively as possible that he should refrain from being so negative in future conversations.

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.
Them's the breaks, everyone's expected to have read the rules and understand the consequences of breaking them. I'd inform them that whether they like it or not, they're going to need to change that name before they join the next round, or they'll be given an actual punishment. Alternatively if an admin+ is available at the moment, I would ask the player what name they would like to use as a replacement and forward that to the admin+, asking them to change his name. Should I find in the players notes however that he has a history of using this name and has in fact been warned before, punishment will be applied as necessary.

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

7. You see a Squad Medic performing surgery on the planet. He claims it was because there were no doctors in the FOB.
This is no longer possible due to mechanical skill based restrictions. However back in the day my response would be to close the man up and send him up to the Almayer to let the doctors do their job, if there are no doctors, then the man is shit out of luck. I would note the medic for this or apply punishment if his notes show a history for doing this.

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'm unsure if Moderators still have access to the High Command response we used to be able to use to directly converse with CO's, or if we still have access to Queen Mother announcements, if they did I would use these tools to nudge both sides into action. Should these methods be unavailable to me, I would use subtle messages to perform the aforementioned actions.

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.
Though EORG is enforced, it is not enforced should the issue be two hostile factions still firing on another. For example; USCM shooting UPP invaders, or any still living xenos.

10. A marine is running around disarming, punching and stealing gear at round start.
Back in the day this might've been left as an IC issue, but thankfully it now classifies as griefing should this get out of hand. I'd investigate the issue and if the marine is causing too much of a ruckus I'd warn him for his behaviour, or apply punishment as necessary if he has a history for it in his notes.

11. A marine has killed another marine. When you ask him why, he said it was because the other marine had punched him.
Classic improper escalation, apply warning or punishment as necessary after checking note history.

12. An issue arises that requires Admin+ abilities.
Ask for any available admin+ staff using Slack, or check if anyone is available using Discord. Otherwise make note of the situation on slack for when any admin+ staff get online.

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 as long as the racism isn't out of hand it is allowed IC'ly, they could take this to MP's if they felt it personally insulting, otherwise it's not my problem. I would then double-check the conversation the racist marine is having to make sure there isn't anything too excessive going on. If there is, warn and apply punishment according to note history.

14. A marine opens fire at round start in briefing killing multiple marines and instantly logs off.
Insert ckey into monkey, ban player for 7 days, throw up a Permaban request.

15. You see a player playing a xeno larva/chestburster run towards the frontlines and die.
Combat larva is not allowed, warn them or apply punishment as necessary after checking note history.

16. You see a xeno memeing, saying AYYLMAO, REEEEEE etc in hivemind chat.
They are expected to take their role seriously, memeing it up in hivechat is not acceptable, as such they will be warned or recieve a xeno job ban depending on note history.

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".
This is not an issue at all, we don't expect people to speak like this and never have.

18. A Command staff player at briefing near round-start mentions there are aliens on the planet.
Hit them for meta-gaming, they have no way of knowing this, unless an Admin is running an event and has informed the Commander of the xenos. Warn and apply punishment based on note history.

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.
From what I can remember, this is acceptable role play, I understand there are some circumstances where you could argue it is not, i.e. A marine running in and killing a completely unarmed civilian, this would be questionable.

20. You see a fellow staff member give wrong information in an Adminhelp or incorrectly enforcing a rule.
Notify them of their mistake in msay and provide the correct information/ruling, should they choose to believe their ruling is in fact the 'correct' one, I would take the issue to any Admin+ staff online at the time, or PM their manager about the issue should one not be available.

20a. You see a fellow staff member abusing his powers in-game.
Report the issue to their manager along with any evidence.

21. You see a player talking in OOC chat about what he did with your mom last night.
Not my problem.

Any additional information you'd like to add?
I know I've been somewhat inactive gameplay-wise lately, and this has been due to numerous other commitments I've been dealing with over the past few weeks, but I've been doing my best to stay active in the community; Discord and the Forums. I hope this will be taken seriously, though I understand some of you may have doubts towards my professionalism, I have done my best to improve myself as a player over my recent break, and will continue to do so to further my chances of becoming a bigger part of this community.

[z a n e b o t]

Sure, I wouldn't see a problem with letting karmac back on the team. App looked good overall +1.

[420MYK]

Hmm i don't have any overbearing problem with you as a general whole but alot of what i've seen of you IG hasn't been the best sometimes. Ill stay Neutral for now. Good luck though and ill be back with a definitive answer in the future based on what i see IG and on the rest of your app

Neutral

[Blade2000Br]

Eh, I am not really ok with Karmac going back.

He got removed for a reason, and I still would like some more time before trusting him with power yet again.

I will be going -1 for now.

[Ghostdex]

More or less on edge about the application but Karmac was a good staff member when he used his brain so I’ll give you one question. Are you going to use your brain to the fullest extent if you get accepted as staff?

[Karmac]

I've spoken with both Imperator Titan and SLC about this, and I fully understand from both of them, that this is the big 'final chance' if I do get accepted. No more 'oh well it's karmac I guess we'll give him another chance in a few months', and I'm ready to work under that condition. So long story short, yeah I'm gonna use my head this time, and not my itchy trigger finger.

[Tharinoma]

-1 from me, inactivity becomes an even bigger issue when you spend a large fraction of your time online being a problem.

[Mvp777]

Prior conduct and unsatisfactory answers, got removed from staff instead of retiring. -1

[ThesoldierLLJK]

Honestly I don’t mind you as a person, but there are times you can be kind of a brute, so I obviously when dealing with players I would only ask that you try not to be a jerk to them.

That being said, it’s time for the what if’s.


1. You are minding your own business playing as a marine and get into a situation with another player. It becomes a questionable issue of improper escalation on what you believe was done by the other player, and it’s only you on as it’s low population. There are no other admins or mods online. How would you handle this?

2. A predator whitelisted ghost sends an ahelp saying “we haven’t had a pred round in days, admins please enable preds.” The same player then spams prayers with “Gods please grant us a hunt today!” There is an admin online but they aren’t responding, the player in question keeps spamming prayers. What would you do?

3. A moderator decides to take over a xeno that is SSD with 39 seconds left to go. The player who originally had the xeno comes back online and says something in dchat to the effect “man I lost internet and I lost my elder praetorian, that sucks.” The other mods in msay tell the mod he should give back the xeno, and they said “no someone else was gonna get it anyway and I haven’t played all round and have been answering ahelps left and right.” Suddenly another mod changes the xeno back to the original player and tells them “sorry some dummy head made a mistake.” This starts an argument in msay, what would you do?

[Mizari]

So I wanted to refrain from posting to give you a chance from my thoughts early on. Your recent notes concern me a great deal and something minor that an Ex-Staff member SHOULD know. I'm with Tharinoma on this sadly and whilst some issues can be overlooked it all comes down to, would we regret re-adding you to the staff team.

I cannot support this application at this time HOWEVER I will take a step further and say IF you can show that you can be active and not cause issues for at least 30 days, I may reconsider giving you support in this application but for now its a -1.

[Bancrose]

Good Mod, Might not be the nicest person. But we have Zane as a Senior Mod so.....

+1.

[Ghostdex]

I've spoken with both Imperator Titan and SLC about this, and I fully understand from both of them, that this is the big 'final chance' if I do get accepted. No more 'oh well it's karmac I guess we'll give him another chance in a few months', and I'm ready to work under that condition. So long story short, yeah I'm gonna use my head this time, and not my itchy trigger finger.

I’ll trust you on that. +1 from me, a trial will sort out any issues but I trust there wont be any if you get accepted.

[Lumdor]

Karmac has had issues in the past, which to be honest were not that HUGE.

Though I'd like to ask do you feel like you would cause these issues again?

[Karmac]

Honestly I don’t mind you as a person, but there are times you can be kind of a brute, so I obviously when dealing with players I would only ask that you try not to be a jerk to them.

That being said, it’s time for the what if’s.


1. You are minding your own business playing as a marine and get into a situation with another player. It becomes a questionable issue of improper escalation on what you believe was done by the other player, and it’s only you on as it’s low population. There are no other admins or mods online. How would you handle this?

2. A predator whitelisted ghost sends an ahelp saying “we haven’t had a pred round in days, admins please enable preds.” The same player then spams prayers with “Gods please grant us a hunt today!” There is an admin online but they aren’t responding, the player in question keeps spamming prayers. What would you do?

3. A moderator decides to take over a xeno that is SSD with 39 seconds left to go. The player who originally had the xeno comes back online and says something in dchat to the effect “man I lost internet and I lost my elder praetorian, that sucks.” The other mods in msay tell the mod he should give back the xeno, and they said “no someone else was gonna get it anyway and I haven’t played all round and have been answering ahelps left and right.” Suddenly another mod changes the xeno back to the original player and tells them “sorry some dummy head made a mistake.” This starts an argument in msay, what would you do?

For 1.
I'd take as much evidence as I can for the situation and report it on slack for Admin+ staff to review and leave the situation as an IC issue, you shouldn't be handling any issues your involved in, especially when you think you could be in the wrong. If the other player ia angry about the situation naturally I'll suggest he make a player report in the meantime.

For 2.
I know we can mute ahelps, but I'm not sure if we can mute prayers, if possible I would mute the players prayers and warn him for spamming the function. Otherwise I would contact the admin and ask if they are able to handle the situation, if they are too busy, and I am unable to mute the player, I would PM them a warning about spamming ahelps and prays, naturally checking note history to see if this is a frequent issue with the player to determine a punishment if necessary.

For 3.
I would suggest to both sides that the argument stop and be taken to a Slack group chat with the relevant staff manager. As for the issue at hand, giving the player back their body does seem the most appropriate action, so I would not bother arguing to give the staff back the body they had taken. Naturally it isn't my place to step in of the two continue arguing or swapping ckeys around, I would instead gather evidence and report the issue to the relevant staff manager, additionally asking any Admin+ member online if they can resolve the situation.

[Karmac]

And Lumdor, I can promise I will do everything within the power of my small brain to prevent myself causing anymore issues. Like I said, I know this is my last shot at being a useful member of the community.

[ThesoldierLLJK]

Based on your answers i wasn’t here for your issues last time. I’m just going to ask if you are accepted to tone down your personality on players when dealing with them in ahelps if they are wrong and break rules.

+1

[Frans_Feiffer]

Based on your answers i wasn’t here for your issues last time. I’m just going to ask if you are accepted to tone down your personality on players when dealing with them in ahelps if they are wrong and break rules.

+1

Pretty much what Soldier said. You know what you’re doing, and realize this is your last chance. Just tone it down, keep it civil, as well as tone down the ingame shenanigans. It would be fine if you were just a normal player, but now stuff like that won’t be taken as lightly given you’ll be a staffmember.

So long as you can do that though, I hope you’ll make a good addition to the team if accepted.

[Sargash]

From me, I'm not entirely sure how I feel about letting you back on the team so soon. Especially with generally memey/shitposty attitude in general that's been persistent. But you recognize that this should probably be your last chance, and some people can buckle down and act their part when it's needed. I haven't seen much of that. But I'm glad to be proven wrong.
+1
And last words. You fall too easily into a relaxed attitude when you're in your clique. I think that's where most of your problems have come from, onlookers and peers.

[Lumdor]

Yeah sure. +1

[Kavlo]

Karmac might've been a shitter but when he was on staff he did good at his job IMO.

+1.

[Slywater]

Personally, I'm not sure about your attitude as it is, although I was not around when you were previously on the staff team. That being said the app is good, but I'm going to be neutral for now.

[Imperator_Titan]

I'm going to accept this however, expect to be HEAVILY observed throughout your trial period. Keep in mind, there is no THIRD chance for rejoining the staff team, if you mess this up, you're gone, no questions asked.

Accepted.