Ultimate Shrek Fan's Mod. app 2: Alien Boogaloo

[UltimateShrekFan]

Byond ID: UltimateShrekFan

Colonial Marines Character: Woodrow 'Woodrow' Houser

Age: 28

Gender: Male

Timezone: NFLD UTC -3:30

On average, how many hours are you available per week to moderate? 50-60 at least.

Do you have any previous experience in being staff (not just SS13)? I was an Microsoft Gaming Zone moderator when that was still a thing and I've moderated countless now-dead forums.

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

What other servers do you play on? None anymore, used to play Goonstation

What are the 3 biggest servers you play on besides CM? Goonstation

Have you had an application to Colonial Marines before? Yes

Are you currently a staff member elsewhere (not just SS13)? If so, where? No

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, where and When (roughly)? No

Are you familiar with the chat program Slack (its use is required)? I am not, but I can familiarise myself with it.

Common Staff Situations:
Write a description of what you would do in each situation (BELOW) the situation. If you start it on the same line, I'll assume you can't follow directions and auto-decline your application.



1. A player is firing his weapon in the briefing area near the start of the round.

Sleep the marine, ask via pms why he was firing. If accidental, add a note to the account, if on purpose check their notes, ban accordingly and then add a new note.

2. The Sulaco has a breach to space.

Repair the breach, ask the player who caused the breach what happened. If logs show it was C4'd, 3 hour ban and add notes. If accidental, give the player a warning to be more careful and add notes.


3. The marines want the nuke codes because they claim they are losing too many marines. There are currently 4 aliens and 20 marines in your /who.

I wouldn't even respond. Only heads can give out codes.

4. A Sulaco researcher has made several napalm grenades and hands them out to marines. One of the marines throws the grenade into Logistics. There are no admins or other moderators online.

Sleep the player, check their notes, ban accordingly, add notes. Then heal those affected by the grenade, if any.

5. A played is starting to talk about the things he did with your mom last night over Ahelp.

Add a note to their account. Remove ahelp privileges if possible, if not warn them to stop or face a 3 hour ban. If they continue, ban them.

6. You notice a marine with a name that doesn't fit our naming rules.

Add a note to their account, pm them that they need to change their name as it's not in accordance with CM naming policies. Ask them if they have a new name in mind and change their name accordingly.

6a. The marine is arguing that: They've used the name for several years, noone has told them to change it before, and that they didn't know it was a rule.

Tell them that they've been told to change it now and theres no sense arguing. Inform them that they must follow the rules and link them as well.

7. You see a Sulaco Doctor with an M41A rifle strapped to his back running around the briefing area. There are wounded in medbay, and the other doctor is in surgery.

Send the doctor a PM informing him that he's not a combat medic and that there are wounded in medbay. Invite him to read the rules. Add notes. If he fails to respond or simply doesn't follow direction, a permanent job-ban from doctor so that he has to explain himself on the forum.

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

Tell him that's not a good enough reason, inform him to close immediately and get the patient on their way to the sulaco. Add a note.

9. The round is stagnating. There are 30 marines and 4 aliens. The marines won't leave the Sulaco, and the aliens won't attack. What would you do, to "encourage" the sides to engage each other?

I would send a M.O.T.H.E.R. message detailing the strength of the aliens and their approximate location. If that fails, send a message as an Admiral demanding that they attack immediately. If that fails, spawn in as an admiral and take command.

10. The round ends, and a marine starts unloading his weapons on other marines.

3 hour ban for EORG, add notes.

11. A marine who has recently awoken is using soap to slip other marines.

If it's 1 or 2 marines, ignore it. If it becomes a problem shoot them a PM asking them to cut it out.

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

Check the player's notes, inform them of proper escalation, if it's their first infraction. Otherwise 3 hour ban. Add notes in either situation.


Any additional information you'd like to add? No.

[Eenkogneeto]

Just a general note but most of your responses are quite "Harsh" where we tend to try to be on the lighter side of punishments, I'm not sure this is listed anywhere publically viewable so I don't think it's your fault.
You won't have the ability to heal people, or change names. But again...Don't think that's something you can know before being staff.
You also can't spawn things or send messages as USCM, Just MOTHER.
Ultimately I think the administrative style you would have isn't a proper fit for CM, And is not quite as hands off as Moderators are intended to be... but you seem like you could be mature enough to adapt if you've administrated so many places before.
I recommend you go for mentor first. It'll help you learn how we handle these situations.
As an aside, I don't think I've interacted with you in-game at all so I can't comment on that.
Edit: Changing to neutral after some thought on the matter.

[UltimateShrekFan]

Thank you for the response. I am more of a hands-off type person, however from the threads I've read, this seemed to be the style that others were looking for. I don't intend to be thought of as harsh, even as an MP I give out minimum sentences. I am very adaptable when it comes administration. I don't know first hand how you guys would respond to these situations because I tend to follow the rules and wouldn't put myself in a position to be on the receiving end.

Last time I applied my answers were tailored towards Goonstation's style of moderation, and this time, it's been based off of OOC/admin/mod announcement warnings from CM.

It's weird that we haven't interacted, I've been playing from 12 pm - 1/2 am every day for the last month solid.

[Rain7x]

I'm kind of on the fence on this one. Een gave some good points and I agree with some of what he said, but I think you are a decent player in game, with little to no notes, and you are very active. Your answers can be refined in your time as a trialmod, as ultimately that's what trialmod is for. I'm going to +1 this, and if you are accepted I hope you can become a great moderator.

[Rob606]

I've seen you ingame, always been pleased by your performance and how you compose yourself.

Moderator specific, I cannot comment unfortunately.

[Xenosandbox]

+1 I generally like you, and we speak often in mchat our characters but heads in game but I respect Woodrow solid player overall, also as a note.

They said you were harsh but for me being lenient with notes was a bad thing ya can't please these people ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ I think you'll do great.

[tempchar]

+1 Never had a problem with you in game. You seem to be a very by-the-books moderator which some would call harsh but in the end I have no problem with it.

[Jackie Estegado]

I am allergic to 'ban accordingly', describe the sentence, and in general you cut the possibilities down and you dont follow the procedure.
4.: PMing the offender is almost always needed just incase and the person who made the nades is also held responsible.
10.: You don't need to add notes to bans, because you put the description of the ban into the ban itself.
12.: To this question you are supposed to write a little mini novel, you didn't even PM the other marine.

Gonna give a -1.

[UltimateShrekFan]

I am allergic to 'ban accordingly', describe the sentence, and in general you cut the possibilities down and you dont follow the procedure.
4.: PMing the offender is almost always needed just incase and the person who made the nades is also held responsible.
10.: You don't need to add notes to bans, because you put the description of the ban into the ban itself.
12.: To this question you are supposed to write a little mini novel, you didn't even PM the other marine.

Gonna give a -1.

Well, these would be things you learn in the trial mod period. As I've said, I'm not too familiar with CM's moderation style as I try to keep my nose clean.

[Jackie Estegado]

But you read the protocol no?

[UltimateShrekFan]

I did, but in number 12(I assume thats what you're referring to when you ask if I read the protocol), the situation described seemed very clear. The marine who killed the other one stated the other marine punched him so he killed him. Upon reflection, I understand they might have been roleplaying and not PMing the other marine involved would be a slip up on my part.

Please keep in mind that I haven't moderated a video game since MSN Gaming Zone, so roughly 15 years. I will definitely be a bit rusty, but I strive to be professional, in both real life and in video games, so I wouldn't be rusty for long.

[UltimateShrekFan]

Requesting this be closed.

[Feweh]

Requesting this be closed.

Are tou withdrawing your APP?
I actually like you.

[UltimateShrekFan]

I am. I'm not a fan of some of the changes made lately and I feel like I won't be playing much anymore.