Freemysoul's Moderator Application

[freemysoul]

Byond ID: Freemysoul

Colonial Marines Character: Sarah Cowart

Age: 22

Gender: Male

Timezone: GMT 0

On average, how many hours are you available per week to moderate?

30 plus

Do you have a Skype account (Skype is REQUIRED)?

Yes (Prefer not to post skype on a forum. Will message an admin IF required)

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

4 Months on hosting and managing multiple BF3 servers, 3 months on NEV Unity MK1. under a month NTC Hollowstone

Did you play any of the previous Colonial Marine servers?

Yes since revision 2.

What other servers do you play on?

LLJK, NTC Hollowstone, NEV Unity Mk2

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

Goon, NEV Unity Mk2, Hollowstone in that order

Have you had an application to Colonial Marines before?

Negative Commander

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

NTC Hollowstone

Have you ever been banned for more than 24 hours on Colonial Marines?

Negative Commander (As far as I can remember)

Have you ever been banned for more than 24 hours on ANY server? If so, where and When (roughly)?

Technically yes but that ban was a mistake. (Rectified when messaged banning admin)

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.

Nothing at all, Since this is an IC problem. unless it is CLEAR grief and they attacking players or breaching. If this is the case I would most likely PM the player and ask WHY they are doing this if they fail to respond I would then inform them I am applying a ban on them (3 to 24 hours depending on the scenario), note this in their notes and hand out revives to those who didn't use lethal force. If HOWEVER they respond and can explain the scenario to me I would most likely ask the secondary party. IF both stories match out I would remind them to INFORM an admin before doing something like this and then hand it over to the MPs.

2. The Sulaco has a breach to space.

Nothing at all, If the breach was an Accident aka explosion when fighting or intended aka marine trapped with 10 xenos behind them and NO other marines to save him/her. IF however the breach was intended to depressurize the ship aka xenos breaching to kill marines, I would inform them that this is rule breach and either apply a force rules or if they refuse to stop a jobban and removal from game. If it clear grief though It would be an automatic ban of 24 hours (First time), Perma if Second OR third time. Of course when the rules are banned I would do my best to seal off the breached areas and reviving those inficted who didn't use lethal force.

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.

Inform them via Communication report stating Nuclear Authorisation is denied due to scans showing 4 Unauthorisated Biological Signals.

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.

Inform the Researcher that they are being banned due to someone griefing with their grenades (stating this Rule: If you give a deadly super-grenade to someone who uses it to grief, you may be held accountable, so be mindful of who you give what.) then apply a ban to both the Researcher and griefer as well as reviving those inficted who didn't use lethal force.

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

If possible remind that insulting admin is a bannable offence. However if I was to be getting to angry I would hand over to an outside admin.

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

PM the player stating they need Acceptable name and ask for the name they would like to change too. If they didn't respond I would observe and Rename them to a random name.

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.

apologise for this and state that sometimes things slip under the radar, State the rule to them and then ask politely for a name they would like to use. IF they continue to argue apply a cooloff ban to them.

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.

Remind them OF their duties and that they shouldn't be carrying weapons. If they refuse to go about their duties apply a Jobban to the person.

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

State that the injured should be returned to the Sulaco for major surgery and that doctors going planetside are a luxury. I would remind them it is classed as metagaming giving the player a force rules and note added.

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?

Release a MOTHER scan report stating there appear to be only 4 life signs left. (If that fails release Coroneljones on em :P)

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

Delay round and apply a 3 hour ban on the offending player.

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

Nothing at all IC problem.

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

Firstly check notes and explain that someone punching YOU isn't reason to kill them. If first offence: force rules, revive the inficted if they didn't use lethal force and allow the MPs to do their job. Second I would inform them they are being banned for 2 hours. However on a Third offence I would hand it over a higher admin due to this being a regular thing now.

Any additional information you'd like to add?

Edit: I just realised I didn't fill out 8 fully.

[Mitchs98]

Gets my +1. Sarah is a chill person ingame and OOC, genuinely good to be around. Like the app itself too.

[apophis775]

Not much feedback here. One of the things that worries me, is the sensitive to age/gender. CM has a history of admins of both genders as well as transgender and they are always treated with respect. However, we do not keep things like that secret. Also, it's typically expected that you'll come under attack for pretty much everything, and if your worried about your gender being publically known (I 100% guarantee it will eventually be since staff will figure it out and it'll somehow slip) it might not be best to put yourself into a position that is frequently attacked/under scrutiny.

Being a staff member for anything SS13 is no walk in the park, you'll put up with more salt and shit that you can possibly imagine.

[Adjective]

+1 You're very positive in every experience I think of that you are involved in. Your answers are decent and not excessive or underdetailed.

On a side note*

As Apophis said, we have a series of unique staff so to say. Gender does get out and there are players who will find out, respect is natural. However some people get toxic. If you are non-binary trans ect.. don't worry we do not judge here and those members of staff that make personal attacks don't remain staff very long.

[LocalizedDownpour]

I've had nothing but good interactions with Sarah personally so i could easily give them my +1

To piggy back on everyone else while the staff is very accepting, this is the internet and like Apop said you get people so crusted with salt they'll say anything, just gotta have thick skin sometimes.

[freemysoul]

Reply to Sensitivity of Age/Gender. It's mainly what I've been taught over the years. It's just a standardised thing for me now.

Also Age/Gender editted and released

[Feweh]

Are you still interested?

[freemysoul]

Thought this post died out, But yes I am.

[Feweh]

Ill give you a +1

[Derpislav]

All of my +1.

[MilesWolfe]

I'm on the fence about this, personally I haven't had many interactions with them, but at the same time I've never had any issues with both in game or here on the forums, which is good. Application looks good though, most of their answers are relatively short but effective. Leaning a bit towards +1 But i have to hold back just a bit because my lack of contact with them.

[Durper]

+1 Good guy, very competent player and an enjoyable person to know.

[MasterZ01]

I have seen him around the Sulaco, but I've seen him on the forums & Discord chat alot more. I'd say his account is pretty old for his post rate but I can't talk much either. I like that they have experience with hosting & they already have experience with being staff.

-#2: You should seal any breaches to outer space(i.e. Cause depressurization) mainly because it'll eventually lead to the entire Z level/area becoming a massive grief box and endanger the round's progression. - mods don't get spawn verb but you should inform a staff member who does, or try to get them to seal it ICly.

-#3: Only Head-staff are authorized to provide nuke codes.

-#4: I feel if you could elaborate on this a bit more, I'd support it but it's kinda meh.

-#6: Only Staff with admin+ privileges can change entities's names.

-#10: This may inadvertently lead to more end round grief but also may wise if there's multiple cases of end round grief.


I think you should look into the rules/code of conduct/other resources a bit more, but I think in general your responses are adequate but could be optimized.

Neutral leaning toward +1(Mainly because of reasons stated above)

NOTE: I used male pronouns because that's the stated gender, intention is not to insult. I apologize if offense is taken, but this is the internet.

[TR-BlackDragon]

If your still interested I'm willing to give you a chance at being a mod.

ACCEPTED

Apop still has to approve it and then process it.

[Feweh]

This is being processed now. I'll send you a PM shortly