Colonial Marines Character: Matt Freeman
Age: 22
Gender: Male
Timezone: United Kingdom, GMT London.
On average, how many hours are you available per week to moderate? I can moderate every day for the majority of the day UK time. I understand that if I get this position, it will eb something that requires a lot of time and dedication, more so than I have been giving the server recently so I am very willing to up my game and give this server 100% of my time and dedication.
Do you have a Skype account (Skype is REQUIRED)? Yes, I have Skype.
Do you have any previous experience in being staff (not just SS13)? I have a lot of experience being staff on forums, I will list my experience here as a spoiler.
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What other servers do you play on? None
What are the 3 biggest servers you play on besides CM? None
Have you had an application to Colonial Marines before? No
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
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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.
I would firstly see if it was a misclick, or if it was purposeful trolling/griefing. If it only happened once and then nothing else happens then I would assume that it was just a misclick and continue on, making sure to keep an eye on the person for at least 5 minutes after it happened, just in case. If they continue to fire, I would contact them asking them what they are doing. What I would do next would depend on how they act and answer the question. I would advise them that they are not allowed to shoot in the base at briefing. If they continued after that, or they were rude to me and carried on, that would be when I would need to issue a warning, temp ban etc.
2. The Sulaco has a breach to space.
I would ask someone who has the ability in the staff team to seal it. I would also have a look to see who did it and I would contact them advising them that it is against the rules to do that and point them to the rules page and the specific rule in question.
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 would tell them that they should never give up. They still have a good chance and they should fight on, despite the feeling that they may be outnumbered. I would attempt to boost their morale, but not give them the nuke 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.
I would ask for staff help and then I would tell the researcher that it is against the rules to make such items, as stated in rule 8:
No firebombs/Napalm - Firebombs/napalm cause TREMENDOUS complications with atmospherics. Don't make them. We are in the process of removing the ability to make them from the code. Also, be careful what other super grenades you hand out, you may be held responsible if people grief with them or destroy large sections of the Sulaco.
I would proceed to warn/ban them and then I would look for the person who threw the grenade into logistics. I would assess whether it was purposeful or accidental and contact them about it. I would ask them if they knew what rule they broke and, if it was deemed that it was purposeful, I would assign a ban/ warning as appropriate.
5. A played is starting to talk about the things he did with your mom last night over Ahelp.
I would ask them to stop trolling and see if they did it again. I would not get offended, I would simply ignore it. If they did it again after telling them not to, I would mute them from ahelp for the round.
6. You notice a marine with a name that doesn't fit our naming rules.
I would message them telling them that they are breaking the naming rule and I would ask them to change their name at the end of the round. As far as I know, we will not have the ability to change it via vars.
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.
I would tell them that there is nothing that I can do. I would advise them that if it bothers them, they can make a suggestion on the forums explaining why they think it should eb a rule. I would also say that they must still change their name.
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.
I would message them and ask them if they have a good reason why they are doing that. I would point out that they are breaking the rules and I would advise them about the rules they are breaking:
You are a DOCTOR not a marine. You are authorized one single M4A3 Pistol with 2 magazines for personal defense ONLY after the sulaco has been boarded.
If you are unarmed and there is a rifle on the ground, you may pick it up and fire it at an alien who is IMMEDIATLY THREATENING YOUR LIFE. Once the alien is gone, you must drop the weapon and leave the area. Your job is MEDICAL not combat, fighting on the front-lines will result in a job-ban.
I would ask them to drop the weapons and make their way back to medbay so they can continue with their job. If they argued about it or did not do as I would say, I would enforce the punishment, note the player etc.
8. 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 them that the rules state that squad medics are not allowed to perform surgery, it states it in this rule:
Only the CMO and Doctors are allowed to perform surgery. Squad Medics should be stabilizing their patient in order to send them back to the Sulaco for major surgery.
I would tell them that I understand that they were thinking in a good manner, but it is still breaking the rules and ask them to send them to the sulaco.
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 think about using M.O.T.H.E.R and release a bioscan that states the situation to the marines.
10. The round ends, and a marine starts unloading his weapons on other marines.
I would give them a 3 hour ban for this as it is breaking the rule of end round griefing. It states that it is a 3 hour ban immediately with no warnings:
Fighting after the round ends and generating combat logs. The exception is Marines and aliens fighting, or fighting against spawned Antags (Russian attack teams, W-Y Assassins, etc). End of Round Grief (EoRG) is an IMMEDIATE 3 hour ban with no warnings.
11. A marine who has recently awoken is using soap to slip other marines.
This would be trolling, so I would message the person and ask them to stop. Depending on how they react to this will affect the next course of action, if they carry on then I would issue a temp ban and note them, whereas if they stopped immediately and didn't do anything more and they had no history, then I would leave it at that and maybe just put a note regarding what happened.
12. A marine has killed another marine. When you ask him why, he said it was because the other marine had punched him.
I would check the logs and see if they were telling the truth, if they were not then I would tell them that there was no such escalation and I would tell them that it was griefing. I would check their history and put a note down and maybe issue a temp ban, as appropriate.
Any additional information you'd like to add?
I saw that you were looking for more staff and it said that if we had been thinking about being staff here then apply. I thought it would be a good time to apply, as I have spent a little while on the server and I have played ss13 for a long time in the past. Right now this is my only server that I play on and it is the one that I enjoy the most. The difference between this and others is amazing and I would love to work with you on this server and help it to stay a lovely place to play ss13.
