Moderator Application
Personal Information
Byond ID Ro3ger
Discord Username? ro3ger#0497
CM Character? May 'chaos' blyant Cletus Mayward
Are you 16 or older? Yes
Timezone GMT-8
On average, how many hours are you available per week to moderate? 18-20
Qualifications
Do you have any previous experience in being staff (not just SS13)? No
Do you play any servers aside from CM-SS13? Yes Most english servers
Provide links to any previous Colonial Marines applications that you've made:
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? Yes
Paradise, about 2 years ago, Was a greytider who had started playing about 2 months earlier
Are you familiar with the chat program Discord (its use is required)? Yes
Communication is a vital part of being a Moderator. Are you willing to actively do so with the team? Yes
Common Staff Situations
A player randomly shoots someone at round start and MPs have detained him. Start off with asking the marine in question their side on what happened and why they shot the marine then check combat logs for this marine to see if their story aligns with what they say happened. Dependent on history/notes of aggressor punish as such, If proper escalation was followed I would let MP’s take over from there
A player ahelps that a predator has violated the honor code when killing him, what should you do? Tell the player that if they truly and dearly believe the predator is breaking honor code to record and gather evidence and make a report on the forums or send the evidence to the predator council as unless they are breaking clear server rules we cannot punish them
You see a player walking around the ship naked and clearly lost at roundstart. MentorHelpmoderator)(ro3ger) If there is a SEA there is a new player at [Location] who is very clearly new, please go help them or if not someone else help them
If the player is desperately lost and wandering around in maintenance I would give them a few pm’s to try and direct them to somewhere where another marine may be able to help them if not to the equipment area
A player is being very rude to you in adminhelps, calling you names and arguing everything you say. He is requesting to speak to an Admin+ staff member. Ask them to not stop as I do not need to take flak as staff and if they continue to be rude give them punishments escalating on if they continue to be rude. I would also inform him that if he does not agree with my decisions here they may make a report on the forums
A player ahelps that a marine is named 'John Doe', how do you deal with this? Check to make sure that the report is accurate and if so check to see if the player is new if so inform them about the rules of not having names from media or video games. And ask them if they want to change it. If they do have a note history about this or a extreme amount of play time I would warn/take action as necessary
You see a Maintenance Tech running around in armor and carrying a rifle. The security level is green and there has been no threat to the ship in the round at this point. If the maintenance tech is not using it to grief or attack players I would let it be a IC issue for the MP’s to take care of it. I would check in every once in awhile to make sure the MT is not attempting to grief. If they do have a history of griefing I would try and make sure their intent is not to grief with the armor, if it is A subtle hint to the MP’s would help if not able to stop the grief from happening
A Marine ahelps that they were killed by a survivor. It is early round, the Marines have just landed, and the survivor claims that they were outright hostile to all Marines from the get-go and openly stated their intentions. How do you deal with this? This has been a recent change where it has explicitly stated that unless you are CLF/UPP or any other hostile faction survivor you may not be aggressive without proper escalation. I would inform the survivor of such and to please disengage the marines. If there has been a large note history of this I would apply punishment based on just how much this happened. If the marines affected by the survivor were hidden away to not be revived I would Aheal them, if the survivor continues to attack the marines even after my PM I would sleep the survivor if they continue to attack unprovoked or just attack the marines in general
You receive an ahelp from a player stating that an MP has locked them up in permanent confinement for running into Requisitions and taking an attachment that was laying around. I would ask the MP for their side of the story and if there is any CT or RO’s online ask them for what they saw. If the marine did in fact do something more than what they said I would ask them to not lie to staff in the future as lying won’t help them. If the Mp is at fault based on the MP’s note history I would escalate punishments, and would have the marines’s actual crime put on a cell minus however long they spent in the cell
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 would ask the admins into doing a event if there is one on or if they are willing. If said is not available I would make a QM announcement saying something like this “My children the talls are stagnating on their metal hive but so are you, take the offensive and show them why we are not to be messed with, as even in the face of failure you will have the planet secured for future generations of our children.”
You are playing as a medic, and another medic overdoses all your patients and prevent marines from being revived. It seems like it may be on purpose. How do you deal with this situation? I would try and watch the medic to see if this was purposeful or accidental griefing and if it is accidental I would try and correct the mistake but if it is purposeful I would Ahelp and inform the admins as to why I believe they are griefing/ doing this on purpose. If I do find they are griefing on purpose I would attempt to inform the other medics and marines around as a dog pile of angry marines holding down or if possible zip cuffs from a friendly engineer
The round ends, a Marine starts shooting a hostile CLF member and the CLF member ahelps about being killed after the round ended. Inform the marine this is a IC issue as CLF and USCM are hostile factions even during end of round
A Marine is running around disarming, punching and stealing gear at round start. You receive an ahelp from one of the victims. Tell the marine that is going around to stop and if their note history or they have been playing for a long time take I would escalate based on that but in any case quote the rule 2 explicit “Major shenanigans that may disrupt the normal flow of the round at roundstart, (This includes but is not limited to; big or lethal fights, briefing brawls, riots, massive equipment restrictions and tackling players trying to reach their prep room.), are not tolerated.”
You receive an ahelp from a Marine saying that he was killed by another Marine. When you ask the murderer why, he said it was because the other Marine had punched him. My decision would be heavily swayed based on where this happened and if there are MP’s online. If this happened shipside in the middle of medical where a MP instantly arrested the marine I would let it play out in character but if this situation were to happen on the ground in the middle of nowhere with no other marines around I would check logs to make sure this is in fact what happened and give a warning or other punishments based on notes, in most cases I would aheal the affected marine
You find out that there is an improper mutiny occuring. The mutineers are rallying together and preparing to storm the CIC. How would you attempt to resolve this situation? I would start off with trying to get the other staff informed as this mutiny could be 2-30 people and I doubt myself alone could handle it if is a large amount of people. 2nd I would try and sleep the people if they are currently breaking things and rioting. 3rd try and find the cause of the riot and find out why they are causing a mutiny, if their reasons are justified I would talk to them about making a Ahelp first before causing a mutiny and dependent on just how justified it is and the players acts kind I might let it continue with a warning but if the firestarter has a bad note history or is rude I would try and stop the mutiny and give punishment to the firestarter as needed
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. PM the player who is making the jokes and inform them that even if they are making jokes and people are laughing doesn’t make it acceptable to be saying them. If the joke is extremely minor I would give them a note but if its not I have been told its a 7 day ban no warning needed
A marine opens fire at round start in briefing killing multiple marines and instantly logs off. Very simple example of a griefer, if there is no medics available I would aheal the players and if there is only aheal the ones who got fractures or died. Give the player as high of a ban as I can and make a request for a perma ban for the player
You see a player playing a Xeno larva/chestburster run towards the frontlines straight from the Xeno hive the second they burst and die. This is a player who for some reason decided to remove a larva slot for the xenos, I would try and add 1 pooled larva so that this suicide can be neggated, If the player is new I would give them a warning just explaining that even if they don’t like xenos or for whatever reason they may have done it that its not okay. If their note history shows that they have done this multiple times I would give them a job ban based on that and if it happens multiple times in a single round give them a xenomorph job ban
You see a Xeno memeing, saying AYYLMAO, REEEEEE etc in hivemind chat, as well as insulting the Queen. Pm the player to tell them to stop this behavior as its plain LRP and escalate if they have a note history of doing this constantly
A Xeno player calls the shuttle a "dropship". A different Xeno player ahelps that it's low role play to call it a "dropship". Direct the player who made the PM to rule 2 in the xeno area where it states “Xeno hivemind is an English translation of their thoughts, so words such as “hydro” or “shuttle” are acceptable.
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A Command staff player at briefing near round-start mentions there are aliens on the planet. You receive an ahelp from a marine regarding this. Find out if they only slipped up and said it once or was talking about it like its a known fact there are aliens
Pm the command staff and explain to the player that while aliens are a known threat they are not what is known on the planet and to save talk about them until after the marines have deployed and see the aliens. Escalate if note history show repetitive offenses.
If the word alien was accidentally slipped into the words then I would let it pass
You find a Marine killing another Marine on the EVAC Pod to take the last spot and claims it was RP as he was saving himself. There are two other marines in the pod along with him. MORAL OF ETHICS: Otherwise IC issue. If the player had other pods they could have chosen and purposely chose to join a pod of 3 so they may murder I would punish them based on that
A player insults you after you warn them for a minor issue and begins ranting in LOOC or dchat about staff and mentions you specifically, referring to you as an 'idiot' and a 'retard'. Pm the player and explain to them that they may think their slick by bad mouthing me not in the PM’s but we know. And escalate based on note history
A player ahelps saying he was hugged by a Xeno when he was ssd, and wants the larva be removed from him via admin powers. How do you handle the ahelp? Inform the marine at on CM there is no SSD protection so this is unfortunately a IC issue
You see a fellow staff member give wrong information in an Adminhelp or incorrectly enforce a rule. If I see this to be truly a bad case I would inform their manager but would stay out of it in game
Two staff are arguing in msay if an ahelp is breaking a rule. Because the staff who took the ahelp thinks the player broke a rule, they ban the player based on their interpretation of the rules, with others thinking the person was fine. What would you do? I would put in my ideas on what should happen on msay but otherwise let the 2 staff members try and figure it out for themselves but if it escalates I would inform the manager or heads
Why would you like to become a moderator? I like CM as its one of the few servers I truly respect and would love to help out when I can as there is usually only 1 modadmin and 1 developer during low pop hours which is when I usually play so I would love to help during those times
In your opinion, what is the most important quality for a moderator? Having the best interest of community as you may say you are fair and equal but that is only in your eyes and not everyone else's
Anything else you want to add? CM has been a fun game for me in the past years and I have definitely enjoyed it during the covid lockdown so why not give back and help the community especially when moderation can be lacking during low population time