Moderator Application
Personal Information
Byond ID? tinodrima7020
CM Character? Syvel Ward
Are you 16 or older? Yes
Timezone EST
On average, how many hours are you available per week to moderate? 20+
Qualifications
Do you have any previous experience in being staff (not just SS13)? No
Do you play any servers aside from CM-SS13? Lifeweb & TG
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? 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. 01/17/2019 - Banned from the server for 1440 minutes - As roboticist, was arrested because they were accused of emagging borgs. Had their backpack with multiple flashes and some borg parts confiscated, and were released iwthout a brig sentence. Based on this incident, ambushed and killed the HoS with an explosive lance.
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. I see that the situation has pretty much resolved itself IC, but I would contact the player to let them know that such behavior violates the rules.
A player ahelps that a predator has violated the honor code when killing him, what should you do? I would inquire as to what the predator had done specifically that was in violation of the honor code. After hearing the information I would continue or discontinue my investigation with the predator depending if they or had not broken the honor code from the player's point of view.
You see a player walking around the ship naked and clearly lost at roundstart. I would message the player directly and ask if they would like some assistance as they seem to be a bit muddled.
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. I would remain calm and acknowledge their grievances. I would not turn them over to a different admin because I feel like they would treat the other staff member the same way and so there would be no purpose in doing so.
A player ahelps that a marine is named 'John Doe', how do you deal with this? I would message the offending player and let them know they are in violation of our naming policy, specifically pop culture, and offer to change their name to whatever they desire so long as it is within the rules and remind them to use a name that fits in with the CM rules in the future.
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. I believe this to be a rule 5 violation so I would message the player to let them know this along with issuing a warning if this is their first violation or a short ban if it's a repeat offense.
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? I would let the marine know that even though they were killed it was valid as the survivor had declared their intentions and it was not a wordless or unjustified action.
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 message the MP and let them know that what the player had done was not worthy of a permanent sentence, essentially removal from the round, and will warn them against doing such actions in the future as it is unwarranted and unfair.
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 believe it would be best to Queen Mother about dying with honor and glory against the invaders or perform an Almayer scan to encourage the marines to begin their assault.
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 ahelp to notify the admins of this as it seems to be grief and do my best to keep my patients away from the other medic.
The round ends, a Marine starts shooting a hostile CLF member and the CLF member ahelps about being killed after the round ended. Despite being killed round end I would notify the CLF member that this is not EORG as they are opposing forces. I would cite "End of Round Grief (EORG) is fighting and generating any combat logs with friendly players after the round ends and is an immediate 3-hour ban without warning. Exceptions are between normal enemies, such as Marines and Aliens, Marines and UPP, etc."
A Marine is running around disarming, punching and stealing gear at round start. You receive an ahelp from one of the victims. As this appears to be grief I would message the player to let them know that this is in clear violation of the rules and ban the player for the round due to it affect the round of multiple people then tend to the affected players.
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. I would revive the marine killed and message the offending player that this is poor escalation and remind them of rule 14. I would issue a warning if it is their first offense or ban them if it is repeated.
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 believe it would be best to message the leader or leaders of the mutiny and tell them that the mutiny is not sanctioned and that they must get it approved first or to call off the mutiny IC.
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. Despite 9 out of 10 people enjoying it I have to enforce the rules all the same. I would go up to them as a ghost and LOOC to let them know someone has taken offense to this and that they should stop.
A marine opens fire at round start in briefing killing multiple marines and instantly logs off. Permaban the player and ask them to appeal on the forums.
You see a player playing a Xeno larva/chestburster run towards the frontlines straight from the Xeno hive the second they burst and die. Check their playtime to see if they are a new player or not. If they are new I would message them and encourage them not to run into hostile areas if they are aware of hostile forces. If the player however was an older player or an angry marine that is trying to grief the xenos I would warn them.
You see a Xeno memeing, saying AYYLMAO, REEEEEE etc in hivemind chat, as well as insulting the Queen. Message them to stop and escalate if they continue to meme.
A Xeno player calls the shuttle a "dropship". A different Xeno player ahelps that it's low role play to call it a "dropship". I would let the player ahelping know that that is perfectly acceptable and so is calling the tank a tank and not a turtle.
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. I would message the command player and let them know that this is not acceptable as it is out of scope of the knowledge that they have. I would tell them that it would be more acceptable to say that "There is an unknown hostile threat on the planet"
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. I feel that this is a gray area question. I suppose that this could be ahelpable, but at the same time if the player killing another player to take his spot on the evac pod was role played sufficiently I would let it slide.
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'. Honestly I would let them rant as this isn't really in violation of any rules. I would step in if other players complained about them being disruptive to their round however.
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? I would inform the player that despite him being SSD, it would be impossible for me to remove the larva from them because of the effort and resource that the xeno had to invest in order to get the player hugged. I would have to chock it up to bad luck and that not every round pans out as one intends. I would encourage the player to return to the Almayer in order to get the larva removed ASAP.
You see a fellow staff member give wrong information in an Adminhelp or incorrectly enforce a rule. I would message the admin and let them know what they got incorrect and wait to see if they correct their mistake. If not, I would prompt them to. If they continue to ignore the issue, I would take action myself.
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? Because the argument is between two staff members, which I will assume to be standard staff and not senior staff, I believe me getting involved personally would be fruitless so I would raise the issue with a senior member of staff to get their ruling.
Why would you like to become a moderator? I would like to become a moderator because I enjoy helping people from an OOC standpoint and would like to improve the experience of the game for other players as I have been playing SS13 for about 5 years.
In your opinion, what is the most important quality for a moderator? I believe the moth important quality for a moderator is empathy.
Anything else you N/A