Moderator Application
Personal Information
Byond ID? FalseEnigma
CM Character? Hugh 'Hugo' Howards
Are you 16 or older? Yes
Timezone West coast
On average, how many hours are you available per week to moderate? easily 10-20
Qualifications
Do you have any previous experience in being staff (not just SS13)? I've helped moderate discord servers, Rust servers, and I've fooled around with moderator tools in test servers.
Do you play any servers aside from CM-SS13? not regularly enough to mention.
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? haha
yes.
Have you ever been banned for more than 24 hours on ANY server? If so, which server, when, and what for? yes, random wanton violence complaints, or a disagreement about what level of violence it takes for dealing with theft from mimes and clowns.
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. depending on if the MPs handle it properly, nothing. If necessary, aheal the hurt player. Check for notes to be sure this isn't a pattern with the player just to be safe though. If it is a pattern or flat out grief, give them a two week or permanent ban.
A player ahelps that a predator has violated the honor code when killing him, what should you do? attempt to punish them IC, possibly by directing other predators to kill another disgraced predator. If something like that is possible, auxiliary means of punishment will be handed out.
You see a player walking around the ship naked and clearly lost at roundstart. bwoink them and see if they need help. Everyone was a new player once and the first interaction a new player has with staff is going to set the stage for how they view the server from then on.
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. as a moderator, I wouldn't feel comfortable banning someone for being 'rude' to me, as intent is hard to parse over text. However, I'd have no problem dealing with the situation and informing them to make a staff report, and asking other staff if my actions were correct.
A player ahelps that a marine is named 'John Doe', how do you deal with this? I bwoink them and tell them certain names aren't okay, like real word people, meme references, or pop culture phenomena. I would then change their name to Dijohn Doseph
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 would bwoink them and ask if they had a reason to be carrying their gear. If they didn't have a valid reason, like permission to deploy, I would explain to them the rules as far as security levels and appropriate behavior are concerned. I would ask them to remove the armor, and give them 2 to 3 minutes to do so. If they have not removed the armor by that point, I am bwoinking them that the time is up and I will be asking the administrative staff to attack the MT with snakes.
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 am aware that this exact topic is currently up for debate. AS FAR AS I AM AWARE, I suppose I'd have to bwoink them and let them know that they can't approach the marines for help and the marines will be alerted to their hostile intent. if this is not the case, or a decision has been reached, let me know.
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. bwoink the MP. ask them to explain themselves. Explain that marine law dictates punishments must match the crime, and that locking a marine up for a minor offense isn't always the best option, and that next time they should consider giving the marine a non fatal, minor beating instead. I'd also let them know that excessive punishments are room for a job ban.
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'd use subtle message and Queen mother to let the remaining players know that they feel a looming imminent threat that will strike areas where players are bunkering up for too long. Even if I'm bluffing, they don't know that, and it lets them know that they need to do something immediately or the staff will be forced to end the round.
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 confront the other medic. if they're silent and continue killing my patients, I'd shoot them, and ahelp to let the staff know what was going on. Worse case scenario, I was wrong and the medic was too new, and staff will explain to them how to do their job better once that is known. Best case scenario, staff can ban a griefer.
The round ends, a Marine starts shooting a hostile CLF member and the CLF member ahelps about being killed after the round ended. autoresponse that with a "being handled" and let the round end.
A Marine is running around disarming, punching and stealing gear at round start. You receive an ahelp from one of the victims. sublte message MPs if possible. If not, I'd tell the victim to kick their ass while I watch.
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 them that's not proper escalation. Get the whole story for notes, and if that is the full situation, give them an hour to day ban and let them know how escalation rules work.
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? bwoink whoever in the mutiny is highest ranked. Tell them the proper procedure of a mutiny, including needing an officer to take over, and let them know that an improper mutiny will be met with a response from High command.
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. If it's strictly small IC chit chat, let it slide and let the player know that marines are allowed to commit locker talk, so to put it. I'd let them know that if it continues and it is directed at them specifically to let staff know so we can nip an actual problem directly in the bud.
A marine opens fire at round start in briefing killing multiple marines and instantly logs off. find the byond ID of the marine and attempt to ban it for grief.
You see a player playing a Xeno larva/chestburster run towards the frontlines straight from the Xeno hive the second they burst and die. bwoink them. ask them why in the world they did that, and if they don't have an explanation other than "I am horrifically new and have never played xeno before" (I did exactly this the first time I played xeno, and got bwoinked for it. To be fair, I did make it onto the dropship and hide.) I'd let them know that its against the rules and ruins the round for all players. I'd give them a day ban and make a note about it.
You see a Xeno memeing, saying AYYLMAO, REEEEEE etc in hivemind chat, as well as insulting the Queen. I'd bwoink them and tell them to cut that shit out. Xenos might not have a high RP standard but obvious OOC behavior is against the rules and will earn you a xeno job ban, buddy.
A Xeno player calls the shuttle a "dropship". A different Xeno player ahelps that it's low role play to call it a "dropship". auto response with "being handled". if it continues excessively, I'd subtle message the xeno calling it the dropship and let him know that the other xenos know it as The Great Metal Skybird.
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've been informed that currently, as this is an evolving rule, marines know about xenos, but do not know they are on the planet. I'd bwoink the command staff player and let them know that the current decision is that the marines do not know that xenos are on the planet, and let them know not to make a habit out of it.
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. This depends on escalation. Did he and the other marine RP before hand about their being one pod? did they both fight? did the other marine eject him from the pod first, hop in, and then get ejected before being killed? This is a matter of context.
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'. now while I may be both of those things, its very rude of the player to point that out. As I stated before, for some reason it feels weird banning people for being mean to ME, so I'd direct it to another staff member. But, if at all possible, if they are dead I'd ask for them to be teleported to the admin arena, so I could teach them a lesson.
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? there is one of those auto responses that is basically "I know sometimes stuff happens out of your control, but that's the game". I'd send them that one
You see a fellow staff member give wrong information in an Adminhelp or incorrectly enforce a rule. my natural inclantion would be to let the other staff member know, and then ask them to tell the player the proper information, or the correct enforcement of the rule.
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? as another moderator, I guess I'd be entitled to weigh in on the decision. If its a very bad faith decision, I'd escalate it to someone higher or ask for more staff to weigh in so that the rule can be more defined for future reference.
Why would you like to become a moderator? I've been playing CM for 5 or 6 years at this point. I help the dev team find bugs. I show the staff cool stuff. I play regularly, and I'd just like to give back a little after all this time. Plus I get the satisfaction of bwoinking people.
In your opinion, what is the most important quality for a moderator? I'd say love for the community and the server. I honestly don't see a reason to be a moderator without some sort of drive to better the community I spend my time in. Its a great incentive to make an effort to create a better game environment.
Anything else you just a side note, I've been job banned from CE since march of 2017 for constructing a home made thermonuclear bomb and superheating LV-624 into the millions. If at all possible, could my job ban be rescinded on the grounds of how long its been in effect? I promise not to construct WMDs. I feel like I've grown as a player.