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[Nightwolf901]

Byond ID: Nightwolf901

Colonial Marines Character:
- Nyxia ‘Fifty’ Cals
- Trinity Cals
- Indigo Tifana

Age: 16

Gender: Male

Timezone: CST

On average, how many hours are you available per week to moderate?
I can do 2-4 hours per day Mon-Friday. Generally through the times of 2-5pm or 7-10pm. Might flux due to my sleep schedule for school and how I take afternoon naps.

Do you have any previous experience in being staff (not just SS13)?
Nope

Did you play any of the previous Colonial Marine servers?
I dunno if playing during Sulaco counts but Maybe?

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

Provide links to any previous Colonial Marines applications that you've made:
http://cm-ss13.com/viewtop ... 25&t=13887 (Third Pred App, Was accepted. )

Are you currently a staff member elsewhere (not just SS13)? If so, where?
Not at all

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? Nope

Are you familiar with the chat program Slack (its use is required)?
I’ve actually never heard of it until I’ve seen stuff about it from CM.

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.

Depending on the severity of the shooting.
Minor - I would let the IC situation continue and PM the Player who had shot someone. Let him explain his reasoning on why or why not he just randomly shot. Give him a Note about it.

Major - I would sleep him and tell him what he has done wrong and ask him why he did it. Returning to the badly injured player/Players I would give them a heal. Afterwards I would give the player ( Who shot randomly ) a 24hr ban and note it unless already noted.

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

Without a second to think. Fix the breach before it becomes a problem for the game. The next step to this is to find out what had caused the breach. If it was dropship made then Nothing will have to be dealt out due to the games bad RNG on that. If it was player made however, I would go to look to see who had caused the breach AFTER FIXING IT and sleep them. I would ask them why did they breach it. If it is a simply to grief like explanation I would note them and give a 3 hour ban to give them time to think about it. If it was honest mistake, which I find completely unlikely, I will give them a note and warn them about it.

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

If a Mentor hasn’t spotted them first or any other of the staff I would send him a PM asking him if he is new to the game or server. If so I would tell him about where to go and how to gear up if needed. Then I would give him advice of staying with his Squad lead and following their orders etc.


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

If they’re being rude to me in general I won’t let it head to me. If they are in need of actual help that Admin+ is required I will either tell who's on the server the Ckey and what they need or Slack. If it's something I can solve and they do not want to accept the advice then I will leave them be.


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.

First of all, If they didn’t know it was a rule. I will link them the Rules and tell them to read it. Second, I will tell them to change it because it does not matter if they have been using it for several years, It’s still breaking the rules.


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

I would send a PM to the MT asking him to put the armor and rifle back from where it was or somewhere at least near where he found it. I would tell him that he has no reason to wear it and he's not permitted to wear it especially on code green. If he refuses to put the armor and weaponry away I will give him a warning before waiting to see if he does it. If he does not I will make a note about it and give him a 3hr ban.


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

First, Breaking the rules of a Squad Medic, Link him the rules and tell him he is breaking it. If there are no doctors in FOB I will tell him to send the patient up to the Aylmer. It does not matter if there are no doctors or not. It’s breaking the rules. Give them 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?

Marines - USCM High Command Announcement or ARES

Attention Marines, There are only four unknown lifeforms left. It is recommended that you perform a search and destroy operation and finish this op. There will be pizza afterwards.

Xenos - Hive Mother
My sisters you must perform well in your short numbers. The tallhosts are weak and you’re strong You must search and kill all of them for the Hive. Target, Isolate, Capture, Grow.

9. The round ends, a MARINE starts shooting a hostile IRON BEAR and the IRON BEAR Adminhelps complaining he was killed after the round ended.

Tell him that it’s all okay in the rules. It’s not EORG due to it being ICly conductable.


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

Sleep the marine thats doing so and Warn him. Tell him to stop being a dick and act ICly and right. Give him a Note.


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

Sleep and Note him. Tell him that this was Improper escalation. Ban him for 24hrs

12. An issue arises that requires Admin+ abilities.


If no Admin+ are online on the server I will send a message to slack and ask for one. If none respond on there. I will then check discord and look to see whos on. If non can be contacted I will try to solve the problem to the best of my ability.

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.

Tell him to suck it up a little. Its nothing to target him IRL or OOCly. Its all in IC why get mad about it?

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

Search for the Ckey of the marine and Ban him and put up a Perma Request. Afterwards I will heal the marines who were killed. ( And give them a cookie )


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

I would see what Ckey was in the Larva and send a PM to them. Ask them why did they Suicide burst. Afterwards give them a note and warn them to not do it again.

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

3hr ban. Nothing else.


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".

I would tell them that the Hive chat is just the english way for Xenos. Everyone wants to call it a different thing. Some can’t help but calling it a Dropship.


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

I would send a PM to the Player telling him that he knows nothing about the Xenomorphs on the planet and should reconstruct his briefing.

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.

I would PM the player that he killed and ask if there was any debut before or was it just out right killing. If it was a debut before the sudden action it can be taken as a IC issue and RP. If it was just out right killing with no debut I would warn the killer and tell him that he can’t just kill in the sudden right without having a debut or likely so. This may sound iffy but this is how I would project it.

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

I would tell the staff member in either Discord or Slack and give them a little heads up on what they said wrong or gave. I would tell them I don’t mean anything personal, just want to make sure no one gets banned for Bad Info.

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

Immediate report to a Head Staff and make a report on them.


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

Give him a shrug and a chuckle. Why should I care what some random said about my mother?

Any additional information you'd like to add?
Not really.

[Karmac]

Remind to tell the squad medic to close up the surgery on the spot, finished or not, your punishments are definitely vague assumptions and definitely not the correct punishment unless they've already murdered someone and been in trouble for it, it's better to just say you'll ban according to note history and severity of the incident, taking first time rule breaks into consideration, if you're unsure on ban times. Other than that when someone asks to speak to an admin+ its best to actually ask an admin to speak with them unless they're actually doing something at the time.

Not too bad in all other aspects really.

[Nightwolf901]

Remind to tell the squad medic to close up the surgery on the spot, finished or not, your punishments are definitely vague assumptions and definitely not the correct punishment unless they've already murdered someone and been in trouble for it, it's better to just say you'll ban according to note history and severity of the incident, taking first time rule breaks into consideration, if you're unsure on ban times. Other than that when someone asks to speak to an admin+ its best to actually ask an admin to speak with them unless they're actually doing something at the time.

Not too bad in all other aspects really.

Thanks Karmac I'll take all of this into further detail. I forgot to mention in all of them about checking the note history, but regardless I happily accept your feedback and additions.

[Kernir]

Hey there! Thanks for taking the time to make an application, I'll read over your answers to weigh in on what you've answered.

1. Are you confident that you should be messaging somebody over a misfire? How do you measure minor / major shooting?
2. You don't need to fix a DS breach on the Alamayer. Are you sure a 3 hour breach is fine for such a potentially damaging attempt to grief the round?

4. I wouldn't get an admin just because one was asked for, though you do stipulate you'd only do it in the event that an admin was required.

6. Are you sure that this requires OOC intervention? The MP's still exist and their primary job /is/ to deal with minor rule breaks in an IC way.
7. Karmac has already gotten to this one.
8. Moderators don't get access to ARES, though you can perform a Queen mother report.

10. Are you confident that this requires immediate intervention? Sleeping a marine for minor IC breaks seems a little excessive to me.

14. What if this was the only note the marine had? Would you post up a perma request for one attempt at griefing?
15. What if the larva had multiple notes of Xenos rule breaks?
16. Instantly giving them a 3 hour? Are you confident that this is the right procedure?
19. I can at least understand the logic and you did make some attempt to investigate the issue, though the debate for how much is enough to consider role play does arise.

You could really serve to add a little more information, the more depth you going into the better an understanding we'll have of your methods. I'd say I'm neutral for now, though it's getting late here so I'll have to revisit this application later with a few more questions.

[Tharinoma]

Hello Nightwolf901,

Why didn't you link the first two pred apps that were denied?

In your answer to 11, why do you sleep the killer? The guy is dead already... Does his note history matter at all? Do you ban him the same if he's got no notes whatsoever? Don't you investigate a little? Check logs?

In 14... Don't give marines cookies! You shouldn't be able to and even if, spawning stuff and events is admin+ only. Don't underestimate cookies. They are serious business.

I find the lack of consequences for the command staff player concerning in 18. No ban, jobban, notes?

Not a perfect application, but good enough. A trial period would allow you to fix anything needing fixings, you have the knowledge, mindset and activity. Bonus points as I've had good interactions with you IC. +1.

[Cairath]

Hey there. I'll go ahead and write down the discrepancies I see initially that weren't addressed by those before me.

1. Remember that the MPs have detained him, you probably shouldn't / wouldn't have to sleep them, since it might confuse the MPs that are processing them if they don't respond at all. As far as aheals go, it's likely you wouldn't have to apply them as the situation is probably being dealt with by doctors. Aheal is something that should be used very seldom.

3. Mentors don't have eyes in the back of their heads and they might be able to deal with a newcomer better than you. Best to contact a mentor and tell them to help said person out. This is kind of what Mentors are there for.

10. An MP would likely be better off dealing with this.

Here's two situations I'm curious how you would solve (names are not important):

Situation I.
PO Jimmy sends an ahelp saying that he was killed for no reason by CO Awake
CO Awake tells you that PO Jimmy was actively fighting against CO Awake's orders, refusing to fly down and evacuate the remaining marines that were now being massacred. Upon investigating the logs you find out that CO Awake walked up to PO Jimmy and once more ordered them to go down, with PO Jimmy refusing to do so. CO Awake shot PO Jimmy in the head with their mateba and then flew down, retrieving the remaining marines. How do you proceed?

Situation II.
You receive several ahelps that PFC Greenhorn has blown himself up in briefing. Once you get there, you see that there was an explosion in Charlie's seating area, with combat medics and doctors now tending to the wounded and PFC Greenhorn himself. Once you PM him, PFC Greenhorn explains that he was attempting to load up his UGL with a grenade and screwed up, having the grenade explode in his hand, stating that he's fairly new. He only has one note on his account about him logging in with the name Nicholas Cage, but now his name is good. Several combat medics are already tending to the wounds of those around him and PFC Greenhorn has been taken on a stretcher to the medbay to receive surgery. How do you proceed?

[emeraldmoonx]

Hello, Nightwolf. Thank for you for taking the time to make an application. I will respond in 3 steps, your general info, your situation answers, and my final verdict+any details I might add.

Never heard of slack either before i became TMOD :] So don't worry about that, it's easy.

On to the situations, if I have no comment, then your answer is correct:
1. Ban time might vary based on the person's notes. If it's their first offense, a smaller ban might be better.
6. This issue is really an issue with marine law, and should be entirely taken care of by MPs. The player didn't break any server rules themselves, so there's no reason to intervene. If you see the MT running around a lot and no MP is doing anything, maybe a subtle message an MP might be appropriate
7. Good answer, just to point out that the skill system prevents this from happening anymore.
8. I like your announcements. Once again, being more subtle can be good, you can give subtle messages to the CO/queen as well, so keep that in mind.
10. If the marine isn't killing anything, potentially let MPs take care of it. Mods want to be the least invasive possible and allow RP to happen. If you do MPs job, then they will never get to do anything. Depending on the damage done, then yes sleeping might be appropriate. Everything else is fine.
11. Sleeping isn't necessary unless they're actively fighting. Though I doubt the marine had time to ahelp mid-battle. A ban right away isn't necessary. A warning might be better, unless he has a bad history or has done it before. Banning is a last resort, and everything should be done to not get there. PMing and talking, warning and so forth.
13. Finally, someone's who's more chill. I've had to tell people this every time it comes to this answer. Everyone goes straight for punishing people. Jokes are jokes, and unless the person making the joke is personally attacking that person who ahelped, then yes "suck it up". Wonderful answer.
14. Perma request depending on his notes. Yes he did do something bad, and deserves a lengthy ban, but if he has a good history, why ban him perma?
16. The rule is to warn them first, once again don't go straight for a ban.
20. Might be better to use Msay or PM him since often people don't check slack/discord right away. By the time they check, the player/staff might have logged off or the info might be irrelevant. Otherwise, no issue.

I like a lot of your answers. Your way of going about them is very good on most. Your a little quick to ban, so I personally feel you should use other tools instead of banning. You have a chill attitude, and I love that.

You would make a great mod, so I'm giving you a big +1. Good luck :]

[Emeraldblood]

Alright, gone through every question:

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1. No need to really sleep someone after the MP have detained them. Remember that sleeping kinda messes with IC when someone just drops dead. You probably wouldn't need to aheal the other Marine as most likely they got healed up by a doctor. Try to let people get healed IC if possible. You wouldn't throw a 24 hour ban for the first offence. Bans start at 3 hours and work up from there. 3 > 24 > 72

2. You wouldn't fix breaches that are caused by the dropship unless it's causing a big problem for the Marines as it counts as IC. Don't need to jump straight to sleeping people unless they're not talking or they're doing something they shouldn't. Just PM first and go from there.

3. Good answer.

4. What if you can't reach an Admin?

5. Good answer.

6. This is an IC problem so you shouldn't be inforcing laws on it unless they're breaking an OOC rule. MP deal with this.

7. What if they have one note about doing this before?

8. Don't have access to ARES. Also, this shouldn't be a go-to answer just because the round is slow. Subtle messaging one of the two commanding players would be a good place as it still keeps the round mostly uninfluenced.

9. Good answer.

10. Mostly an IC problem, but I feel like there is a point that this breaks the "Don't be a dick" rule. Don't sleep them, though.

11. Only need to sleep them if they're actually doing something they shouldn't, no point after they've killed the other Marine. You need to make sure you hear the player out, if I need to say that. Wouldn't be a 24 ban unless it's a repeated offence.

12. Good enough.

13. "Tell him to suck it up a little" Don't say this, it sounds like a dick thing to say and that we don't care. You want to tell them that these mostly fall under IC but you'll look into it. You don't have to actually talk to the other people if you feel it's IC but you need to at least say you'll look into it and not just, "Suck it up," even if it true in some cases.

14. Depending on the damage done, you may just want to place a 3-hour ban, but if it's bad then a perma may be required.

15. This is acceptable, but remember that some players are new or may just not know the map very well.

16. Warning for this first, don't just ban people out of nowhere. Always tell someone when you're going to be banning them.

17. Good enough.

18. Anything else you'd do with this question?

19. Good answer. Remember that we have limited pod spaces for possible fighting over a spot, so killing Marines (with RP) is a lot more acceptable here than other places.

20. Like the answer.

20a. Just to make sure it's cleared up, you just tell the head staff about it. You don't make a forum report on this.

21. Like the answer.

Overall it's not bad but you've got some good answers. Little ban heavy right now and you talk about using the Sleep verb too often but this is something you can learn from trial and being corrected for. I'll give you a solid meh right now. I can still change it after your reply.

[Kavlo]

Yes +1.

[Nightwolf901]

1. Are you confident that you should be messaging somebody over a misfire? How do you measure minor / major shooting?
2. You don't need to fix a DS breach on the Alamayer. Are you sure a 3 hour breach is fine for such a potentially damaging attempt to grief the round?

4. I wouldn't get an admin just because one was asked for, though you do stipulate you'd only do it in the event that an admin was required.

6. Are you sure that this requires OOC intervention? The MP's still exist and their primary job /is/ to deal with minor rule breaks in an IC way.
7. Karmac has already gotten to this one.
8. Moderators don't get access to ARES, though you can perform a Queen mother report.

10. Are you confident that this requires immediate intervention? Sleeping a marine for minor IC breaks seems a little excessive to me.

14. What if this was the only note the marine had? Would you post up a perma request for one attempt at griefing?
15. What if the larva had multiple notes of Xenos rule breaks?
16. Instantly giving them a 3 hour? Are you confident that this is the right procedure?
19. I can at least understand the logic and you did make some attempt to investigate the issue, though the debate for how much is enough to consider role play does arise.

1 - The measuring would be determined by how many A: People he shot. B: What Weapon C: Any Deaths or likely so, and Yes I am confident that I would PM them about it. You never know you did something wrong unless talked about it first.

2 - I see. For the Three hour ban It’s only if they have a clean note history about it and all. Like I said I want to warn them for what they’ve done before I have to take it into big hands.

4 - Likely so

6 - I can see this likely so but If it persists I would like to speak with the player about it.


8 - Thank you for the heads up regardless I can try to encourage the marines with Pizza as CO
=)

10 - Only if it’s excessive

14 - I did go a bit heavy into that I guess. What I can do instead of putting a perma. I would look at their notes to see if they’ve done it before and so and give them a 24hr ban if they do not have one. If It was a purely attempt at greif Yes.

15 - Give them a Xeno Job Ban

16 - Yes because of the new rules set for xenos They need to be less memery and more Rpy

19 - Atleast a few moments before reaching the pod or at the pod doors.

[Nightwolf901]

Situation I.
PO Jimmy sends an ahelp saying that he was killed for no reason by CO Awake
CO Awake tells you that PO Jimmy was actively fighting against CO Awake's orders, refusing to fly down and evacuate the remaining marines that were now being massacred. Upon investigating the logs you find out that CO Awake walked up to PO Jimmy and once more ordered them to go down, with PO Jimmy refusing to do so. CO Awake shot PO Jimmy in the head with their mateba and then flew down, retrieving the remaining marines. How do you proceed?

Situation II.
You receive several ahelps that PFC Greenhorn has blown himself up in briefing. Once you get there, you see that there was an explosion in Charlie's seating area, with combat medics and doctors now tending to the wounded and PFC Greenhorn himself. Once you PM him, PFC Greenhorn explains that he was attempting to load up his UGL with a grenade and screwed up, having the grenade explode in his hand, stating that he's fairly new. He only has one note on his account about him logging in with the name Nicholas Cage, but now his name is good. Several combat medics are already tending to the wounds of those around him and PFC Greenhorn has been taken on a stretcher to the medbay to receive surgery. How do you proceed?

Sit 1 - If the Commander issued the order to the PO to do what he says and has failed to do so, Its considered Okay, BUT the failure to announce the execution or even do a proper execution is where the CO has failed to do so. Give the CO a Note about it and tell him that he would need to do so.

Sit 2 - I would PM him about how to properly load a UGL. Mistakes happen to the better of us. Maybe note this. Why punish him when he didn’t know something that’s been so changed and difficult.

[Nightwolf901]

Alright, gone through every question:

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1. No need to really sleep someone after the MP have detained them. Remember that sleeping kinda messes with IC when someone just drops dead. You probably wouldn't need to aheal the other Marine as most likely they got healed up by a doctor. Try to let people get healed IC if possible. You wouldn't throw a 24 hour ban for the first offence. Bans start at 3 hours and work up from there. 3 > 24 > 72

2. You wouldn't fix breaches that are caused by the dropship unless it's causing a big problem for the Marines as it counts as IC. Don't need to jump straight to sleeping people unless they're not talking or they're doing something they shouldn't. Just PM first and go from there.

3. Good answer.

4. What if you can't reach an Admin?

5. Good answer.

6. This is an IC problem so you shouldn't be inforcing laws on it unless they're breaking an OOC rule. MP deal with this.

7. What if they have one note about doing this before?

8. Don't have access to ARES. Also, this shouldn't be a go-to answer just because the round is slow. Subtle messaging one of the two commanding players would be a good place as it still keeps the round mostly uninfluenced.

9. Good answer.

10. Mostly an IC problem, but I feel like there is a point that this breaks the "Don't be a dick" rule. Don't sleep them, though.

11. Only need to sleep them if they're actually doing something they shouldn't, no point after they've killed the other Marine. You need to make sure you hear the player out, if I need to say that. Wouldn't be a 24 ban unless it's a repeated offence.

12. Good enough.

13. "Tell him to suck it up a little" Don't say this, it sounds like a dick thing to say and that we don't care. You want to tell them that these mostly fall under IC but you'll look into it. You don't have to actually talk to the other people if you feel it's IC but you need to at least say you'll look into it and not just, "Suck it up," even if it true in some cases.

14. Depending on the damage done, you may just want to place a 3-hour ban, but if it's bad then a perma may be required.

15. This is acceptable, but remember that some players are new or may just not know the map very well.

16. Warning for this first, don't just ban people out of nowhere. Always tell someone when you're going to be banning them.

17. Good enough.

18. Anything else you'd do with this question?

19. Good answer. Remember that we have limited pod spaces for possible fighting over a spot, so killing Marines (with RP) is a lot more acceptable here than other places.

20. Like the answer.

20a. Just to make sure it's cleared up, you just tell the head staff about it. You don't make a forum report on this.

21. Like the answer.

Overall it's not bad but you've got some good answers. Little ban heavy right now and you talk about using the Sleep verb too often but this is something you can learn from trial and being corrected for. I'll give you a solid meh right now. I can still change it after your reply.

1 - Thats understandable and Yeah I won’t try to go Aheal heavy. Gives docs something to do during round start, and I will try to be less sleep heavy on most of these.

2 - I got that now and Alrighty.

4 - I would tell them that I can’t reach an admin and I can try to help them the best I can or if another mod is on I will ask them to handle it.


6 - Understood


7 - I would give them a 3hr ban and another note

8 - Knowing that now thank you for the advice for Marines

10 - Alrighty

11 - Understood

14 - Understood

16 - Rereading my response and all I saw my mistake there and yeah Understood

18 - Nothing can really pop to my mind with this question. Thats why my answer was dim =/


20a - Alrighty

[Cairath]

While the second situation was properly addressed, the first one wasn't exactly taken care of as it should have been. The CO has the power to execute anyone under his command should he deem them a threat to the mission, only needing to explain himself should the MPs inquire about it. The most he would have to do is tell everyone he performed the battlefield execution after it was done.

Nonetheless, beyond that, pretty good application.

[Adralimas]

Poking through this and the application looks alright, Responses to the questions posed by other staff members looks good, Seems to me like they would be a good moderator and most of the issues can always be hammered out in the trial. +1 from me.

[Emeraldblood]

Damn, in my late night post writing I made a few mistakes.

6. Enforcing (I'm just bad)

14. 3-day ban, not a 3-hour ban.

For number 18, you want to make sure to actually leave a note on the acting commander for this. Not ban-worthy as a mistake people can make but we need to note down to make sure people don't try to keep doing this. You also want to make an OOC post that the Marines don't know about the Xeno on the ground.

You seem to understand your mistakes and have a general grasp of how things work. I think you have a lot to learn in your trial but you at least seem willing and sane of mind. I'll hit ya with the +1.

[Sleepy Retard]

I am on the fence with this one. I know you personally, and I've seen you salt personally.

How do I know you aren't gonna get extremely salty as a moderator?

[slc97]

This is accepted.