Moderator Application
Personal Information
Byond ID? Sgtmike
CM Character? Rodolfo "El Gato " Dumas / HA-T3
Are you 16 or older? Yes
Timezone GMT -3
On average, how many hours are you available per week to moderate? On quarantine probably around 6/8 hours daily- Regular day . around 3 or 4 hs a day.-
Qualifications
Do you have any previous experience in being staff (not just SS13)? No
Do you play any servers aside from CM-SS13? Paradise and VG long time ago.
Provide links to any previous Colonial Marines applications that you've made: None
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, i got banned two times 180 minutes ages ago.
Have you ever been banned for more than 24 hours on ANY server? If so, which server, when, and what for? Paradise - About a year or so, 12 days. I was just starting playing ss13. I mostly played common roles, not really deep ones, talking about 0 knowledge about engineers, just basic stuff. One dude with hijack was placing plasma tiles, i talked with him a bit, and well, decided to help (i didn't know plasmatiles were flammable HONESTLY) the admin didnt trust me, saying if i have around 300 hours i shoulda have known, but i didnt, so he banned me for 300 hs , around 12 days.
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? Yeah, i'd love to!
Common Staff Situations
A player randomly shoots someone at round start and MPs have detained him. Pm the player, check his notes if there's anything similar going on, greet and ask why did he shoot the MP. Unless there's a valid reason for IC or perhaps a small accident, id probably check his notes for similar events if applies a ban for three hours or so, depending of the escalation of the situation and how many players were harm during this case.
A player ahelps that a predator has violated the honor code when killing him, what should you do? Since i'm not whitelisted on Preds or anything haha. Can't really know for sure how to deal it with, id link him to players report page on forums and give him detailed information about players name, etc if needed for him to make his report.
You see a player walking around the ship naked and clearly lost at roundstart. PM, check player stats, if its totally new, id probably tell him how to mentor help and or if theres a SEA present id PM him and ask him to talk with him IC and teach him.
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. Peacefully tell him to stop being rude and that he needs to calm, ask the reason of why he/she needs to tak with a higher staff member. if he keeps doing it, i'll add a note and if its possible mute his ahelp.
A player ahelps that a marine is named 'John Doe', how do you deal with this? Violation of rule 12 - Would check marine's notes if theres anything similar to it, PM and tell him it's against the server rules (if hes new) to have memey names, would tell him to change the name next time or probably change it myself if id be able to. I would still write a warning note in case it happens again. If so, id look for the proper punishment, three hour ban or so.
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. Nothing really, it's as long its IC, MP's should be able to sort it out.
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? Survivors are not allowed to be hostiles to marines, it's been a while since the rules changed there's no "i didn't know" excuse on that one. Id investigate on the reason why the survivor killed the marine, if the marine is actually saying the truth, talking with both part, if its an IC issue (marine shot the survivor and he retaliates its okay) if not, warn the survivor, write a note and following file a job ban if he does it again.
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. Well.. I first would ask for a total explanation of what happened from the start, and then proceed to message the MP who applied the charges explaining his side of the history, in case they're both telling opposite things and not being honest, id check the logs or something that clarifies it. in case the marine was right my understanding of ML is that charges do not stack and throwing the marine in perma for it its not allowed. I would tell the MP to adjust the brig time, move the marine from that cell, write a note for not following marine law or apply a ban if that happened again, or a job ban if that's strike two or three. In case for example the marine fought back the MP because he thinks the jailing is unfair and he ends up shooting the MP for some wild IC reason, that's totally perma.
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? QUEENMOTHER :
SISTERS, FACE THE INEVITABLE ATTACK THE TALLHOST! FIGHT TO THE DEATH!
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If queen or the remaining xenos refuse to comply, i would message them XOOC or whatever its called pushing them to do it.
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? Right now, i would ahelp it explaining the situation. Im not part of the staff, and i think staff cant solve their own issues.
The round ends, a Marine starts shooting a hostile CLF member and the CLF member ahelps about being killed after the round ended. Explain to him that they are two different factions, and EORG wont apply. (I've done it before, who didn't?).
A Marine is running around disarming, punching and stealing gear at round start. You receive an ahelp from one of the victims. To be honest, i can't find a proper rule to see this ahelpeable, it should be solved in a IC way, unless the marine actually shoots someone for no reason, i would aheal the marine that gets shot and probably apply a ban to the person who did it.
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. Ask both players their versions of what happend, read the logs to see what happened really, and if it follows the proper escalation its an IC issue and it should be solved by the MPs.
Explain the proper escalation if the marine doesn't know it.
Otherwise, ahealp the dead marine, note the murderer and/or ban if i see relevant stuff on his records related to the matter.
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? Id OOC saying to cut the crap, or i will note/ ban the mutineers. M word should be ahelped first and allowed by staff.
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. I would tell him that racial slurs are IC unless it goes beyond and breaks rule 3.
A marine opens fire at round start in briefing killing multiple marines and instantly logs off. Aheal the marines and ask for a perma ban.
N O G R I E F I N I N M Y S E R V E R
You see a player playing a Xeno larva/chestburster run towards the frontlines straight from the Xeno hive the second they burst and die. Pm the larva asking for explanations, see their note history for similar events, tell him to be careful next time and that he/she shouldn't do that again, write a note with a warning for similar cases in the future. If the larva had similar cases, apply a ban and ask for a jobban or do it myself if its possible.
You see a Xeno memeing, saying AYYLMAO, REEEEEE etc in hivemind chat, as well as insulting the Queen. Warn him for LRP, clearly breaking rule 0.2. Apply a day ban if the xeno done it in the past.
A Xeno player calls the shuttle a "dropship". A different Xeno player ahelps that it's low role play to call it a "dropship". Its not LRP. Hivemind is a translation from english. Its an IC issue.
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 PM the player telling him that's not how expected contact works, and that marines know about aliens, not that "they know they are there" and force him to change his words for the RP sake, next i would write a note on his records, in case he does it again, apply a ban for breaking the rules.
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. If it was a well produced RP scenario i would leave it as an IC issue. Im not sure if that's actually breaking the laws of the server. I would check the logs and if he had proper RP id let it be.
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'. I don't think there's anything i can do about it since, it's not game related, and he's not really harrasing a player.
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 tell him that's an IC issue and there's nothing i can do about it.
You see a fellow staff member give wrong information in an Adminhelp or incorrectly enforce a rule. Id tell him that the info he/she provided was wrong, would provide a link with the proper info telling him he should PM that person again and clarify he was wrong. In case he refuses to listen id try to contact a high staff member and tell him about the situation.
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 think its best to quote this:
Rule 0. Admins (not Mentors or Mods) retain the authority to ignore the enforcement of specific rules at their discretion when they feel it is in the best interest of the current round, the server, or the player base at large. However, they are fully accountable for their actions when they exercise this privilege.
But in any case, i would inform a higher staff member to sort it out.
Why would you like to become a moderator? I have played CM for quite a while now, met amazing players, i really enjoy being part of the community (im not really known though) and i think by becoming a mod i can give some back to the server. Im really curious about how being a mod is and i really want to do it.
PUT ME THE SHACKLES!
In your opinion, what is the most important quality for a moderator? Being neutral, professional and fast issue solving machine.
Anything else you English is not my native language, so i might have some grammar issues going, but i try my best not to. Ill paste my past notes for the whole townsfolk to see and laugh.
Banned |Duration: 180 minutes|Reason: EORG | Mon, April 2nd of 2018
Warned about a 2 part nickname as well as asked to change their flavortext from a very memey style one. Nickname: "El Mexican" Was very friendly and was fine with changing it since they had it for a long time. | Thu, May 17th of 2018
Warned for shooting AP at a marine who punched him. | Fri, September 14th of 2018
Warned for Borderline +18, Hvemind, Bloody (?) Larva (?) (665) (?) hisses, 'THERE ARE NO CHICKS WITH DICKS' Keep an eye out for other issues regarding it. | Sat, March 16th of 2019
Warned for shooting a adminslept griefer. | Tue, July 30th of 2019
LRP - Dabbed as a xeno - claimed they hit a macro on accident. Apologetic in pms. | Sat, October 26th of 2019
Banned |Duration: 180 minutes|Reason: LRP for the second time in a week: Emoted dabbing as XO. | Wed, October 30th of 2019
( I HAVE TO SAY ON THIS ONE I THOUGHT IT WAS UNFAIR CAUSE I WAS LEGIT RPING WITH A RESEARCH XENO, BUT GRIFS ARGUMENT WAS SOLID ENOUGH AND I UNDERSTOOD THAT I WAS ON FAULT).
Warned. Commited suicide because he had to go by strapping c4 on his body. | Thu, February 20th of 2020