Moderator Application
Personal Information
Byond ID? Andynewtry
CM Character? Ryan "retard" smtih
Are you 16 or older? Yes
Timezone Eastern central
On average, how many hours are you available per week to moderate? 8 at least, but usually weekends
Qualifications
Do you have any previous experience in being staff (not just SS13)? No
Do you play any servers aside from CM-SS13? Tg sybil mostly, occasionally the fallout or headspace server
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, I cant remember the server but when i first started ss13 i used to go engineer, have no idea what I was doing, and sabotage the small whenever I left
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. Message them and let them know hvh is not allowed except in special events or circumstances, ask them if they are new and need help, and based off their responses, ( apologetic for misunderstanding, or uncaring) either have them be arrested and give them a quick guide on the game, then come get them and get them used to how it plays, or a temp ban for them to cool off.
A player ahelps that a predator has violated the honor code when killing him, what should you do? Depending on the infraction and ease of breaking it ( marine with internal bleeding versus marine without legs) I will issue a warning or even push for whitelist removal if they blatantly brean the rules or do it continuously.
You see a player walking around the ship naked and clearly lost at roundstart. Message them and ask if they want some help, find them, help them gear up, deploy, and walk around a little, once near combat il teach them the basics, explain how fragile they are, and send them on their way.
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. Simple, message requested staff member on discord, explain situation, explain my response, explain the players response and request, make sure they're onboarding for temp ban, 3 hour temp ban to cool down.
A player ahelps that a marine is named 'John Doe', how do you deal with this? Message them, depending on time of game either get them to go cryo, ghost, change name, then respawning them, or if its mid round tell them they cant keep the name and ask them to cross and have them change it.
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. They might be agent, if that's the case make sure they have a reason/escalation for it, if not agent issue 3 hour ban to reread job description and rules
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? As of recently the survivors are not allowed to be hostile, so message survivor, explain this, see if someone else convinced them to do this, explain rules to all involved, issue temp bans to those who caused this or were directly involved, make sure marine gets recovered to br revived.
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. Tell them that it is breaking marine law to steal or enter places you arent allowed in, but that perma is excessive for the crime committed, message mp who did it, explain that perma is excessive, get marine moves to regular cells, allow them to complete sentence.
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? " my children we are unable to win, but we can take them down with us, go, to the metal bird, and kill as many as you can"-queen mother
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? Message them, ask them if they realize they are killing people, since squad medic requires time as other medical roles, then issue a temp ban if they have been killing on purpose
The round ends, a Marine starts shooting a hostile CLF member and the CLF member ahelps about being killed after the round ended. It's not eorg if it's against antagonists, tell them this rule, explain how clf are antagonists to marines, and bid them a good day
A Marine is running around disarming, punching and stealing gear at round start. You receive an ahelp from one of the victims. Message him, tell him that he doesn't understand the point of the game, tell him he needs to go and read the wiki/rules and issue a 1 hour ban
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. Tell the instagstor that he did start it, but that the response was excessive, and that it wont happen again, tell the killer that they can react but try not to escalate that far or that quickly, and have them bring the instigator to get revived
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 them ask who's the leader, find leader and tell them to stop and/or wait, explain proper mutiny form, make sure they have proper reason and process down. Give them a warning for this and send them on their way
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. Explain the idea of rp and how it was in the movies, explain how it's just a game, and tell them that a better solution would be ic, telling the speaker to shut up maybe, and continuing from there
A marine opens fire at round start in briefing killing multiple marines and instantly logs off. Find account, ban if possible, leave warning, leave message on discord if I cant ban.
You see a player playing a Xeno larva/chestburster run towards the frontlines straight from the Xeno hive the second they burst and die. Issue warning, explain you cant do that, if it continues temp ban
You see a Xeno memeing, saying AYYLMAO, REEEEEE etc in hivemind chat, as well as insulting the Queen. Message them, explain that hivemind doesn't have to be "tallhost" " metal bird " since its just your thoughts, but dont insult the queen because she leads you, and that using slang can be looked down upon, if it persists il warn, if it persists after il temp ban
A Xeno player calls the shuttle a "dropship". A different Xeno player ahelps that it's low role play to call it a "dropship". Explain to them that communication isn't meant to be rp based for xenos, more practical, like "sadar coming" is simple than " tallhosts with boomtube coming" and that the xenos kind of translate their thoughts rather than actual words
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. Depending on special event or if we recieved distress beacon because of aliens then tell marine it's fine, if there is no event or distress call for aliens then issue the staff officer a warning, and message someone on discord or online in the game to announce in ares " mr wiggles does not count as alien life" and let it be
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. Depends, are xenos barreling towards the pods? Was evac just called as the drop ship was hijacked? If he's about to die if they dont evac I would recommend that he try and pull someone out if they must, but try not to escalate, if it's not life or death i will give him a temp ban as he could go to another pod. I would also ask the other two players their thoughts on the matter, in case stuff had been going on during the round to justify this, or if they had threatened the marine with guns to stay out, overall my response would differ on the current threat to the marine, what he did before shooting (eg. Did he order a guy out? Did he just start blasting?) And the thoughts of the other players.
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 earned my nickname, but if they continue or go too far in their insults il issue a temp ban for 5 minutes to cool down and go from there
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'm sorry about that, but you went ssd near the frontlines and the xenos pushed, it's the fault of your fellow marines for not recovering you, I'm sorry but the larva will stay, you can ghost and wait for a response team or a larva to spawn to play in this round again, goodluck."
You see a fellow staff member give wrong information in an Adminhelp or incorrectly enforce a rule. Message them on discord, tell them what I saw, unless their information or ruling was severe, such as no friendly fire between marines is possible, or smoking in a non smoking area being worthy if perma
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? Get information on what happened, the different viewpoints, and what the rules say about it. If it's against the rules to do what the player did then j will see what the punishment should be, and tell the staff they should probably change it. If the player was in the right I will message the staff, tell them how the player was ok, and ask them to listen to others before giving severe punishments, then have the player unbanned
Why would you like to become a moderator? First I have been seeing the ads, then last round I played a guy tried beating me to death and throwing nades at me, so they either need help or some time to cool down, both things an admin can provide
In your opinion, what is the most important quality for a moderator? Patience, I cant remember how many times I have ahelped in a rage and been talked into being calm and understanding, or how many times an admin has helped me understand my wrongdoing by just being calm and helpful, I want to be the moderator that leaves both players content and accepting of the outcome of the ahelp.
Anything else you I build electronic stuff. I'm building a robot arm right now with my 3d printer.