Windbomb - Moderator Application

[Windbomb]

Byond ID: Windbomb

Colonial Marines Character: Bernard von Steiner

Age: 21 (22 in 9th of august)

Gender: Male

Timezone: UTC+2 with DST

On average, how many hours are you available per week to moderate? from 20-40 hours

Do you have any previous experience in being staff (not just SS13)? On Gameforge online games as a Game Operator/Game Master/Steam Moderator for OGame, Bitefight and Skill Special Force 2. Then on some other private communities as Admin/Moderator/Operator. Also on Face of Mankind: Fall of the Dominion as a Support Game Master.

Did you play any of the previous Colonial Marine servers? I played the Sulaco version, but not any of the other older servers. This community is the only CM one.

What are the 3 biggest servers you play on besides CM? Paradise, TG, Goon.

Provide links to any previous Colonial Marines applications that you've made: None as of yet.

Are you currently a staff member elsewhere (not just SS13)? If so, where? Nope, this is my firs staff app on SS13 as a whole.

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)? Yes, have used and even set up one before.

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.

I would check out the players notes, if this he has done this before. If this is the first time, i would just warn him and add a note to the players account. After that, would ask a senior staff member wether i should aheal the murdered person, or just let the events take precedence.

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

I would immidietly fix the breach, and Aheal the dead players, if necessary.

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

I would either tell the mentors to PM him, or PM him myself, and ask if he is a new player, or what is the issue he is having for the moment.

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

I would tell them to watch their language, and also check if a senior staff member was online for them to respond to him. If not, then i would ask them to PM the senior staff on the forums.

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 recheck the rules, just to be absolutely sure, and then, if its still agains the rules, i would tell them to change it for the next round, unless it is completely unacceptable.

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

I'd rather not get involved as it is a IC issue, and the MPs should handle him, unless he starts shooting at random people or griefing.

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

I would tell him to get the marine to the dropship or call for CASEvac to get the marine to the ship for the surgery.

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: I would either make a announcement as Ares or as Fleet Command and tell the marines to act like marines and give them a vague promise of more support and possible rewards if they succeed the mission.
Xenos: I would tell them as the Queen-Mother to make a move and use everything they have to take down the hostiles.

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.

Uh... Iron Bear's are not used anymore i guess... but besides that, I wouldnt really consider killing hostiles, like aliens or UPP or CLF EORG, even after the round end is announced. Though in the end, that is just my opinion, and if the rule is absolutely no, then so shall it be.

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

It is an IC Issue, i will let the MPs handle it. However, if he starts mass killing others or generally griefing, i will step in and deal with the troublemaker accordingly, aka adding a note to the account and probably temp-banning them for grief.

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

I pm him that it is improper escalation of the situation, and warn him from doing it again, also adding notes to his account. After that i will also aheal the killed marine, and void the situation.

12. An issue arises that requires Admin+ abilities.

I check if a Admin+ is on the server and ask them either through Asay or a Ingame PM. If not, then i would poke them on the Discord with detailed description of what the issue is.

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.

I would tell the reporter that it is fine as long as it stays small and RP friendly, but if it gets too much, i tell the reporter that he can ask the player to stop in LOOC and if the player refuses, he can ahelp it, and we will pm the player to stop it.

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

I would aheal all the killed marines, then add notes and ban the killer for griefing.

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

I would either pm him and warn him of doing it again, and add a note of it or just let it be, depending on what the situation is.

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

I would warn him about braking the rules regarding alien comms: Xeno Rule 1 and tell him to read the rules and Wiki guide about playing as a Xenomorph. I would also add a note to his account.

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 PM the xeno that got reported, and tell him that he should call it something like "big bird" or "metal bird" or something like that. No need for warning really, as i would not consider it meta/failRP unless the xeno has not seen the dropship yet or if they haven't even landed yet.

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

I would PM the Command staff member, telling him that they dont ICly know that there are any aliens yet, only that the colony sent a distress signal and then went quiet.

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 add a note to the user and ban the user for griefing/self-antagging, and then i would also aheal the player that was killed, if it was still possible.

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

I would try to correct him in asay/pm, or refer to a senior staff member to tell/inform him of his error.

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

I would inform my superiors about it immidietly, and also tell them to stop it!

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

I warn him about inappropriate language, and add a note about it. Other than that, if he continues to be abusive, i will request a OOC mute on him

Any additional information you'd like to add?

I know that some of my answers are short, and if you have any further inquiries, please do ask, I am always happy to answer.

[DrPng]

I am not the greatest critic in the world, so I'll only provide input on what I can properly judge to the best of my ability. You have TWO posts, I have NO idea who you are and your last post before this one was some time in 2017. Your forum account is old, which is odd seeing how you barely have any posts and no notoriety at all. You do have plenty of experience, but anybody can put anything.

If you can explain why this is, maybe I'm missing something, maybe I just don't know people, please do.

-1 until I know who you are.

[Windbomb]

To respond to that... i think i am the worst forum poster, since when i try to read some of the forum posts, i just usually don't have anything to add to the discussion. I mostly hang out on the Discord, more than on the forums. But yeah, i get ya.


EDIT: Also as an addition, its the same situation on almost any community that i am on.

[frozentsbgg]

Hi Windbomb, Thanks for your application. I feel as if some of your answers are rushed, and honestly, haven't seen you in the game recently (although that could easily be attributed to dodgy time zones!)

Because of that I'm going to have to -1 your application for the time being, however I would appreciate it if you answered some of my qualms about your answers!

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5. What would you do if they refused to change their name?

6. Say there's no MP's online, what would you do?

8. Mods don't get access to USCM High Command or Ares, They do, however, get access to Queen Mother, and subtle message. Could you please elaborate on how you would encourage both sides to break the stalemate!

9. I don't feel your answers very clear here. If a players Ahelping that they've been killed by UPP After the round, what would you say to them? Is it EORG or Not?

11. Say the Killer has a noted history saying they've done something like this before, how would you react?

17. An Xeno calling the Dropship, a Dropship isn't Meta/OOC. Hivemind is a literal translation of thoughts, you can call it a metal bird or a dropship, etc. This isn't a breach of the rules.

19. What if the situation was roleplayed out correctly?

20 a & b, it's best not to publicly correct or argue with a fellow staff member, instead talk to your department head, or have a polite word with the person in Slack privately.
Don't use Msay or ModeratorPM for it.

21. I think that you might need to get used to just ignoring players attempts to rouse a response out of you. Warning him might further provoke them, instead get another staff member to deal with it.

Overall, some of your answers aren't correct and as you mentioned, are short and in some cases lacking. Please get back to me!

[Windbomb]

Hey Frozen, actually i have been writing that app for a while, but i have been busy with work, so havent had much time to write it. Also, i just got back home from work a few hours ago, so, i guess it could be a part of the reason. Then again, i play at random times, so you might or might not see me. Also, please do tell me about the errors, since I have done many staff apps before, and some people want long apps and some want short. Please do ask, i am always happy to answer.

[Dumblike]

Your app doesn't seems like it had effort put into it. Are you sure you want to join the staff?

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1. How would you determine if it was an accident or not?
What if the player didn't intend to shoot at the first place?
Also, you should be able to determine punishments by your own judgment, not holding the seniors' hands everytime you have to note or ban someone.

7. And, that's it? Only tell him "evac him" and done? What if the medic already had notes about metagaming, not specificaly about doing surgery as a squad med?
And the marine he was operating at? Wouldn't he be metagaming too?

10. That absolutely should not be left as an IC issue, only if minor, such as a couple disarms. If the player is being an annoying to everyone, stealing their shit and pushing, under what rule would that fall to and what would you do?

15. Which situations would be receive that 'let it be' that you said?
What if this player already has notes about suicidal behaviour or things that he did agaisn't his own team?

18. And that's it? Only a reminder to the command member and done? Nothing else?

19. But what if both players roleplayed that situation and the killed one even agreed on what happened?

20a. It's better to leave abusive things like that to the seniors' decision, and avoid intervetion by your own.

Also, how much time would your bans be? You didn't specify that at any point, and I'm concerned you may take them too light or too harsh.

I'll leave my -1 until your answers. It's pretty corcerning that you don't seem to understand well the rules, but I believe you can learn it pretty fast.


edit: please don't take my initial comment as an offense, if it sounded like

[Solarmare]

Ban times generally progress from 3 hours initially, to a day, then 3 days, then a week. As a moderator you'll be generally making decisions on standard rounds that haven't had admin involvement yourself as well, you can ask on how to handle things or about situations on the channel but you should generally be self sufficient once you pass your trial. You should also be aware of the staff protocols and such.

What would be the procedure on 14 if a player had 3 previous recents notes on that kind of blatant greifing, the last one being a week ban and generally seemed to only get on to do that?
What if they had a previous such note on 16?
17 is a concerning answer since it's noted as fine on role play guidelines already.

I want to see your replies to all the issues raised so far.

[NethIafins]

Hey there, Windbomb.

While I'm a strong supporter of an idea that every non-shitler constant CM member should try themselves in staff just to see how it works internally, I do feel that you are trying this a bit early.

People here say it is because they rarely see you, and no wonder - you played a total of 1 round in February and around 10 round in March.
Now, noone tells you that to be staff you have to play 24/7. Heck, I played 5 round total in oct-nov before I was accepted as staff, but I had a lot of play time before and I was actually known.

Your answers are also show lack in *detailed* (so to say "behind the scenes') knowledge that can be fixed with time or looking into the other people's mod apps (yes it is legal)

Basically, don't take all that you will see here close to heart but have it in mind. If you can play more - do it and you will find proper answers. If you can't - read stuff that mods/admins/heads post and you will find answers there too.

-1

Try again in 1-2 months

[Sir Lordington]

I think the other staff members have addressed your app quite fairly above so there is no point in repeating their criticism.

I'd advise you to play some more and get a better grasp of the rules as well as providing more information in your answers.

[Windbomb]

Alright, as a response to the criticism(I dont meant that i am upset by it), I will withdraw my application for now, until i have amassed more experience. Thank you all for the feedback. Ye can lock this thread now.

[apophis775]

Locked as requested.

[slc97]

Denied at applicant's request