AcuteCircle - Moderator Application

[AcuteCircle]

Byond ID: AcuteCircle

Colonial Marines Character: Melody 'Kitty' Vulkan

Age: 21

Gender: Female

Timezone: EST

On average, how many hours are you available per week to moderate?
Around 5-10 hours a week, perhaps more or less, depending on how much free time I have. I tend to play at least one round per day. Some days I’m also playing latenight when there are few mods on if that helps.

Do you have any previous experience in being staff (not just SS13)?
I was a mod on a counter-strike server, then just a mod for some flash games.

Did you play any of the previous Colonial Marine servers?
Nah

What are the 3 biggest servers you play on besides CM?
I used to play on tgstation a lot but now it's mostly just CM. Also some time on pretty much every server to see how different SS13 codebases are from each other.

Provide links to any previous Colonial Marines applications that you've made:
I'm on a waitlist for a mentor but I wanted to take it a step further.

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, which server, when, and what for?
Nope

Are you familiar with the chat program Slack (its use is required)?
Nope but it looks easy to use.

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'd PM him to ask why he shoot the other guy. I'd check the logs to see how many times he shoot the other guy. If it was once then it could've been easily a miss click, if so I'd leave it as an IC issue. If he actually tried to seriously wound/kill other marine, I'd note him and ban him for griefing, depending on his note history.

2. The ship has a breach to space and a bunch of players have died or are dying as a result.
I don't think it's possible to make a breach but in a case it happened, I'd patch it up and see who did it, note and ban for griefing if he's abusing bugs. I'd also aheal people who died from that, because if that happened it must've been a bug and should not be possible.

3. You see a player walking around the ship naked and clearly lost.
I'd message him asking if he was new, if so I'd try to get a mentor to help him, if there's no one available I'd try to help him myself.

4. A player is being very rude to you in Adminhelps and requesting to speak to an Admin+ staff member.
I would ask him to calm down and since I picked up his ahelp, he has to deal with me. If he continues to be hostile I'd note him for a rude behavior and maybe ban him to let him cool down.

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 would tell him that someone else didn't notice that their name is breaking the rules but I did, so he has to change it. I would note him for using a wrong name and if I see him continue to use it, I'd appearance ban him.

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 mark it as an 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 should not be possible, but if it happens, I'd note them for power gaming and if they continue to do it, job ban them from medic.

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'd PM as a high command the acting CO where the hostiles are and to engage them.

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.
I'd tell him it's okay. Round continues until the server restarts. Since he is an enemy, marines can shoot him.

10. A marine is running around disarming, punching and stealing gear at round start.
I'd say this is an IC issue and it's MPs job to deal with such behavior. If he steals valuable items and harasses other players to the point where people ahelp him, I'd PM him asking him to stop and note him for griefy behavior. If it's not his first time, I'd ban him for griefing.

11. A marine has killed another marine. When you ask him why, he said it was because the other marine had punched him.
I'd explain to the marine that this is not a proper escalation. I'd check his notes and see how bad his note history is and also aheal the dead player if he's not getting treated. If he's new and confused about escalation I'd note him for this and tell him to never do this again, if he has notes for similar behavior I'd issue a 24 hour ban.

12. An issue arises that requires Admin+ abilities.
I'd ping admins on slack and kindly them to come on if they have time.

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'd tell the player that is an IC issue. If he's uncomfortable he can leave the area or do something about it IC, as long as it's reasonable.

14. A marine opens fire at round start in briefing killing multiple marines and instantly logs off.
I would ban the marine for griefing and aheal these affected. I'd file out a permarequest for the griefer.

15. You see a player playing a xeno larva/chestburster run towards the frontlines and die.
PM the player and explain what he was thinking. I'd check the players notes. If he's new, he could be confused and not understand what he's doing. If I see him straight up run into a crowd of marines I'd jobban him from xeno.

16. You see a xeno memeing, saying AYYLMAO, REEEEEE etc in hivemind chat.
I'd PM the player, warning him for low RP and apply a note. If he continues to do it, I'd ban him for low rp.

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 say it's okay to call it a dropship. Xeno can come up with names for things and dropship can happen to be one of them. Also xeno speak is just a translation of xeno's thoughts into English, so it's fine to call it a dropship.

18. A Command staff player at briefing near round-start mentions there are aliens on the planet.
I'd warn him that he's not supposed to know this stuff and apply a note.

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'd check the logs to see if there was an actual roleplaying involved. If the player roleplayed a distressed person who just wanted to live, I'd say it's okay. If he just decided to go crazy at the last minute, I'd ban him for murder.

20. You see a fellow staff member give wrong information in an Adminhelp or incorrectly enforcing a rule.
I'd nicely try to correct the fellow staff member.

20a. You see a fellow staff member abusing his powers in-game.
I'd save any evidence and go straight to the manager and tell them.

21. You see a player talking in OOC chat about what he did with your mom last night.
Cool, I did the same with their dad If he was actually talking 18+ stuff, I'd note him to not do that. If he was being descriptive, I'd ban him for ERP.

Any additional information you'd like to add?
I play this game a lot so why not spend some of that time actually helping the community!

Thank you for spending time going over my application and any feedback. I hope I can join the staff team.

[Frans_Feiffer]

Once I have a moment, I promise to go through and look at yours (and Novus’s) mod apps in depth and comment on your answers to the application, but first I got to stop procrastinating and grind out some homework, hah.

Upon first glance though, and looking at your account, i’m a little worried. Nothing against you, but you have 6 posts total, and you joined the forums just little over a month ago. I’m one to talk, as I was, and still am relatively new compared to most, however that’s still really low activity and doesn’t bode too well for applying to be a mod, as experience and an understanding of the game is very important.

So with that, i’d like to ask how experienced would you say you are with ss13/CM, and what made you want to become a mod? Apologies if that’s overstepping or what have you, but I think it important in order for me to decide yay or nay on this one.

[AcuteCircle]

Once I have a moment, I promise to go through and look at yours (and Novus’s) mod apps in depth and comment on your answers to the application, but first I got to stop procrastinating and grind out some homework, hah.

Upon first glance though, and looking at your account, i’m a little worried. Nothing against you, but you have 6 posts total, and you joined the forums just little over a month ago. I’m one to talk, as I was, and still am relatively new compared to most, however that’s still really low activity and doesn’t bode too well for applying to be a mod, as experience and an understanding of the game is very important.

So with that, i’d like to ask how experienced would you say you are with ss13/CM, and what made you want to become a mod? Apologies if that’s overstepping or what have you, but I think it important in order for me to decide yay or nay on this one.

Thanks for commenting! I understand you're a little worried - I'm not the type of person to participate unless I'm a part of something or feel like I have something to say. I'm mostly a lurker on forums and I'd rather spend my time playing the game than raising an artificial number on a forum account.

I'd say I'm very experienced with SS13. I've played tg for almost a year and became very familiar with most of the in-game mechanics (minus circuits these are just ugh) and I've played CM for a couple of months now and I've learned to perform a variety of jobs with ease, thus why I wanted to become a mentor (and I'm still interested if this app is denied). I'm familiar with how rounds go in general. Over the past couple of months that I've played I've sunk a couple of hundred hours into CM.

[Frans_Feiffer]

No problem! Thanks for addressing my worries as quick as you did, hah. I figured I'd bring it up sooner rather then later, as it would be brought up eventually. I can't speak for everyone, but I understand what you mean when it comes to the Forums and taking part on it. I know you already have started to, but I would recommend being a little more active on here regardless.

Now, to the topic of your application; I think your answers are fine, if just a little vague. I went through each question and originally started to right a response to each, however there were really only 2 I had to write more then "Answer's fine" to, and both were really me just being picky.

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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'd PM as a high command the acting CO where the hostiles are and to engage them.

Giving a general idea of where they are, maybe. I wouldn't immediately jump to giving out the location of the enemy though, as that's pretty unfair to the opposing side. Using incentives or motivational words usually does the trick anyway's and is less likely to cause annoyance in the long run. This is something that would be ironed out anyways in your trial, so It's not a gamebreaker in my opinion.

14. A marine opens fire at round start in briefing killing multiple marines and instantly logs off.
I would ban the marine for griefing and aheal these affected. I'd file out a permarequest for the griefer.

Not a bad response, but unless this person had done this before or showed no signs of even half attempting to care about our servers rules and what have you, would a Perma be neccesary. If they had Griefed and DC'd like this before though, then a Perma may be in order. Again, something relatively minor that would be cleared up during your trial.

All in all, the only complaint I have is your answers are a little vague. they get the point across though and I know you at least understand how to go about applying bans and whatnot given your answers. Just others may not be so forgiving, hah so be prepared.

Other then that though, you responded well and quickly to my question, answered the Application decently, and I have no major concerns. Any Concerns I do have would be easy to fix during your trial, so I think it's fair to say I'm comfortable with +1ing this. good luck, and here's to seeing you on slack or in Msay later down the line, my ma-

Gender: Female

(wo)man.

[AcuteCircle]

Ahaha, glad I got that sorted out.

Yeah, these things are not covered by the rules so I had to use my hunch, I'd definitely gain a lot of experience if I get a chance to join the mod team. I'm up to answer any potential scenarios you have.

[NethIafins]

Right. I'll be honest with you - I didn't like some answers but this can be fixed during trial.

For example you have tools to talk to xenos but you are limited with marines.
If someone walks as MT with a gun, they might be new or up to something.

But I'm perfectly fine with all of that.

Here's two questions from me:
1) why do you want to become a moderator on this server?
2) queen ahelps about xeno dying on Frontline (not larva) even though they ordered they to stay back. They also tell that they watched over them and to them it looked like intentional suicide. Player that died already logged out.

[AcuteCircle]

Right. I'll be honest with you - I didn't like some answers but this can be fixed during trial.

For example you have tools to talk to xenos but you are limited with marines.
If someone walks as MT with a gun, they might be new or up to something.

But I'm perfectly fine with all of that.

Here's two questions from me:
1) why do you want to become a moderator on this server?
2) queen ahelps about xeno dying on Frontline (not larva) even though they ordered they to stay back. They also tell that they watched over them and to them it looked like intentional suicide. Player that died already logged out.

Thanks. The questions are very vague as well so are my answers. I can't account for every little thing but of course I'd try to if I was dealing with an actual ahelp.

1) I want to become a mod because I really like CM server and right now it's my most played game. I like the atmosphere and I want to be a part of it. Also I've mentioned before - I tend to play at least once a day, sometimes I die so it would be nice to be able to do something while waiting for the next round or just be a ghost and try to answer ahelps since I spend a lot of time at my computer and I could dedicate some of that time to helping out a server I like to play on.
2) I would note the player for disobeying the queen's direct order. If he had a note history of suiciding instead of ghosting, I'd jobban him and ask him to appeal on the forums and explain his actions. If he suicide charged into the crowd because he had to go then that's really shitty of him to do, since as a xeno all you have to do is ghost and someone else can take over.

[CaptainYankee]

Thanks. The questions are very vague as well so are my answers. I can't account for every little thing but of course I'd try to if I was dealing with an actual ahelp.

Yeah, it doesn't help that some of them are pretty outdated too. The important thing is not how you would handle them, but how you would not handle them, and I don't see any red flags in your answers.
Seen you a lot recently. Even though you push me over every round, you still get a +1 from me.

[NethIafins]

+1 from me. Hope to see you in our staff

[RobBrown4PM]

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4. A player is being very rude to you in Adminhelps and requesting to speak to an Admin+ staff member.
I would ask him to calm down and since I picked up his ahelp, he has to deal with me. If he continues to be hostile I'd note him for a rude behavior and maybe ban him to let him cool down.

Players don't get to pick and choose who they speak to. If they don't like your answer, or feel that they were somehow mistreated or misled, they can open up a staff report 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 would tell him that someone else didn't notice that their name is breaking the rules but I did, so he has to change it. I would note him for using a wrong name and if I see him continue to use it, I'd appearance ban him.

Since the player has used this name for some time, let them know that they're free to appeal it on the forums. A staff member in the past may have ok'ed it. But they do need to change it if a staff member directs them to.

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'd PM as a high command the acting CO where the hostiles are and to engage them.

Best to SM, it helps preserve the immersion

14. A marine opens fire at round start in briefing killing multiple marines and instantly logs off.
I would ban the marine for griefing and aheal these affected. I'd file out a permarequest for the griefer.

Don't immediately jump to a perma, unless of course that person has a laundry list of notes and prior bans, especially for griefing

20. You see a fellow staff member give wrong information in an Adminhelp or incorrectly enforcing a rule.
I'd nicely try to correct the fellow staff member.

Good, but if there is a ruling that is incorrect contact that person's immediate superior.

Overall, good answers, however, I'm a little concerned about your overall time, or lack there of, on the forums. I'll reserve judgement until such time other staff members have commented.

Neutral, leaning towards +1 though.

[z a n e b o t]

-1, actually toxic ingame

[AcuteCircle]

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4. A player is being very rude to you in Adminhelps and requesting to speak to an Admin+ staff member.
I would ask him to calm down and since I picked up his ahelp, he has to deal with me. If he continues to be hostile I'd note him for a rude behavior and maybe ban him to let him cool down.

Players don't get to pick and choose who they speak to. If they don't like your answer, or feel that they were somehow mistreated or misled, they can open up a staff report 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 would tell him that someone else didn't notice that their name is breaking the rules but I did, so he has to change it. I would note him for using a wrong name and if I see him continue to use it, I'd appearance ban him.

Since the player has used this name for some time, let them know that they're free to appeal it on the forums. A staff member in the past may have ok'ed it. But they do need to change it if a staff member directs them to.

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'd PM as a high command the acting CO where the hostiles are and to engage them.

Best to SM, it helps preserve the immersion

14. A marine opens fire at round start in briefing killing multiple marines and instantly logs off.
I would ban the marine for griefing and aheal these affected. I'd file out a permarequest for the griefer.

Don't immediately jump to a perma, unless of course that person has a laundry list of notes and prior bans, especially for griefing

20. You see a fellow staff member give wrong information in an Adminhelp or incorrectly enforcing a rule.
I'd nicely try to correct the fellow staff member.

Good, but if there is a ruling that is incorrect contact that person's immediate superior.

Overall, good answers, however, I'm a little concerned about your overall time, or lack there of, on the forums. I'll reserve judgement until such time other staff members have commented.

Neutral, leaning towards +1 though.

Thank you for feedback. I would've been more active if I knew forum activity meant this much, especially since mod app only require your forum account to be a week old.

-1, actually toxic ingame

I'm sorry if what I did in-game came off as toxic to you. I hope you have better experiences with me in the future.

[Sleepy Retard]

I'd definitely like to see more community involvement from you. The only thing I can recall of you is watching you get BE'd. Besides that, your name brings up nothing more than 'Eh?'.

I recall seeing you up to a month or two ago. But nothing more than, 'I believe you were there'.

[Bancrose]

The only time I've seen you is recently this month and the only experience I have with you is BEing you.

Now I understand that Battlefield Executions are not exactly fun, but the way you took it was actually really negative and even a bit toxic. You also don't seem to have been here long so I think you should spend some more time understanding the game a little more.

-1.

[Imperator_Titan]

Application has been revoked by the OP.

Resolved - Denied.