Moderator Application
Personal Information
Byond ID? Tyranor
CM Character? Michael Rhode
Are you 16 or older? Yes
Timezone CST
On average, how many hours are you available per week to moderate? 10~
Qualifications
Do you have any previous experience in being staff (not just SS13)? Gmod way back
Do you play any servers aside from CM-SS13? Not much anymore, used to a ton.
Provide links to any previous Colonial Marines applications that you've made N/A
Provide links to any previous Colonial Marines applications that you've made: N/A
Are you currently a staff member elsewhere (not just SS13)? If so, where? none
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? Hippiestation back in 2017 for being a shithead and killing someone without a valid RP reason
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. Heal the player that was killed and ban the offender for however long is appropriate considering circumstances.
A player ahelps that a predator has violated the honor code when killing him, what should you do? Check to see if its in line with an elder rule exception and if it is mark it as a roleplay reason, if not warn the pred player.
You see a player walking around the ship naked and clearly lost at roundstart. Contact a mentor or someone close to the player and ask them to help the new guy.
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. Let an Admin+ know over discord if there isnt one one, if there is let the admin know what the player is doing and tell the player to reopen his ahelp.
A player ahelps that a marine is named 'John Doe', how do you deal with this? Remind John Doe about the character name rule and make sure he changes it for next round
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. Make sure they aren't doing it because the red alert hasn't been called yet and watch him to make sure he doesn't start griefing, otherwise let MPs deal with it
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? check the chat logs and mark it as a IC issue due to roleplay.
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. warn the MP that them max time he can arrest people for theft is 30 mins.
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? Message whoever is commanding and have them send the remaining marines down to fight the xenos on the ground.
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? First see if theres another mod on to have an impartial opinion, if not talk to the person and see if they just dont know the job. punish or dont punish accordingly.
The round ends, a Marine starts shooting a hostile CLF member and the CLF member ahelps about being killed after the round ended. This is an IC issue, EORG doesnt apply to enemies like Marines/Xeno or Marines/CLF
A Marine is running around disarming, punching and stealing gear at round start. You receive an ahelp from one of the victims. Check the combat logs and ban the player for the appropriate time and heal the players he attacked.
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. Ban the player who killed the marine for a few hours and remind him about Rule 14.
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? Message the head of the mutiny about the rules specific to mutiny and if they refuse to listen force sleep them and tell them to cut it out.
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. Tell the offending players to stop, react depending on if they stop or not.
A marine opens fire at round start in briefing killing multiple marines and instantly logs off. Find his CKEY and ban him indefinitely, aheal all players injured.
You see a player playing a Xeno larva/chestburster run towards the frontlines straight from the Xeno hive the second they burst and die. Ask him why he did that and if theres no valid reason, not sure what to do here but id ask another mod/admin their advice. if noone is available I'd ban them for the round.
You see a Xeno memeing, saying AYYLMAO, REEEEEE etc in hivemind chat, as well as insulting the Queen. Tell them to chill out as while he isn't breaking a rule he could be affecting someone else's round especially the queen.
A Xeno player calls the shuttle a "dropship". A different Xeno player ahelps that it's low role play to call it a "dropship". Tell the xeno that what is going on is fine and if you have an issue with it take it up with the other xeno ic.
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. remind the officer about the meta rule and put a note them for other mods to know what happened.
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. Ban the killer for 3hrs and remind him of the proper escalation methods.
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'. Not an actual issue, if it gets out of hand mute them.
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? Tough question imo. Depending on circumstances ask the xeno that hugged him if they were OK with the marine being released. Reason being you cant control if your game crashes etc.
You see a fellow staff member give wrong information in an Adminhelp or incorrectly enforce a rule. PM the staff and let them know for next time or to correct themselves.
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? Tell them to bring it to discord and ask someone higher up and stay out of it after that.
Why would you like to become a moderator? I enjoy CM and recently saw a post from an admin asking for people to apply, i thought since i enjoy it so much i might aswell help maintain it.
In your opinion, what is the most important quality for a moderator? Probably a tie between patience and impartiality.
Anything else you Been playing since 2017 and i feel like its time to give back to the community for all the fun and salt ive had here.