EchoingPhaser Moderator Application

[EchoingPhaser]

Byond ID: EchoingPhaser

Colonial Marines Character: Kyle 'Ajax' Willson

Age: 22

Gender: M

Timezone: AEST (GMT+10 Brisbane)

On average, how many hours are you available per week to moderate? Plenty of free time right now, so as many as needed

Do you have any previous experience in being staff (not just SS13)? Spent some time as a mentor here

Did you play any of the previous Colonial Marine servers? Just a short stint on the Sulaco days

What are the 3 biggest servers you play on besides CM? Sometimes Para, really only put time in CM

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? Nope!

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? No

Are you familiar with the chat program Slack (its use is required)? Yes

Common Staff Situations:
Write a description of what you would do in each of the following situations. Do not write on the same line as the situation - use the space below it or make space as needed. Failure to do this proves your inability to follow instructions and your application will be automatically denied.

1. A player randomly shoots someone at round start and MPs have detained him.

Check the logs to see why they started shooting, but leave it to the MP's since they've already got them and apply a note, hand out a ban if its really needed



2. The ship has a breach to space and a bunch of players have died or are dying as a result.

Alert an admin, I'm pretty sure mods and trial mods can't fix breeches and if there are no admins ping one on slack



3. You see a player walking around the ship naked and clearly lost.

Poke a mentor into doing their job, if there isn't one around I'd be more then happy to help the new player get started


4. A player is being very rude to you in Adminhelps and requesting to speak to an Admin+ staff member.

I'd ask them to calm down and remain civil and check to see if there are any admins around that they can speak to,



5. You notice a player with a name that doesn't fit our naming rules. The player is arguing that: They've used the name for several years, no one has told them to change it before, and that they didn't know it was a rule.

Inform them that the rules are the rules and tell them that they can either pick a new name for themselves or I'll pick one for them, if they have the same against rules name next round I would add on a note.


6. You see a Maintenance Tech running around in armor and carrying a rifle. The security level is green with no threat present.

IC issue here if I'm not mistaken, I'd leave it to the MP's unless it was a reoccurring thing with the player in question the I'd tack on a note


7. You see a Squad Medic performing surgery on the planet. He claims it was because there were no doctors in the FOB.

Since Medics can't perform surgery anymore, I guess I'd ask him how the hell he's performing surgery, In all seriousness I'd tell them to sew up the patient and send them up to the ship and tack on a note


8. 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?

Make a command announcement to encourage the marines to push, if that doesn't work message the CO directly and tell them to attack


9. The round ends, a MARINE starts shooting a hostile CLF member and the CLF member Adminhelps complaining he was killed after the round ended.

Inform the CLF that EORG only applies to shooting at your own team and that hostile factions are still valid targets.


10. A marine is running around disarming, punching and stealing gear at round start.

Leave it to the MP's unless the player in question has a habit of doing this, if they have a habit of it I'd defer to rule 3 or 4 and apply a ban


11. A marine has killed another marine. When you ask him why, he said it was because the other marine had punched him.

Tell the shooter about the escalation rules and hand out ban and apply a note


12. An issue arises that requires Admin+ abilities.

Alert the admins on server and if there are none, alert one on slack.



13. 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.

Message the players making the comments and ask them to bring it down a notch.


14. A marine opens fire at round start in briefing killing multiple marines and instantly logs off.

File for a Permanent ban imminently.


15. You see a player playing a xeno larva/chestburster run towards the frontlines and die.

Check their notes and message them, apply xeno job ban.


16. You see a xeno memeing, saying AYYLMAO, REEEEEE etc in hivemind chat.

Unless its a constant stream of xeno memes I'd leave it be, if it is excessive or people Ahelp it I'd tell the player to stop the memeing and add a note.


17. A xeno player calls the shuttle a "dropship". A different xeno player complains to you that it's metagaming/failRP to call it a "dropship".

Tell the player who's calling it fail RP that the xeno hivemind is the English translation of the xenos thoughts.


18. A Command staff player at briefing near round-start mentions there are aliens on the planet.

Message the player and remind them of rule 2 and that they do not know about the aliens on the planet until marines make contact, apply a note to the player.


19. A Marine kills another Marine on the EVAC Pod to take the last spot and claims it was RP as he was saving himself.

Check the pod to see if there was only one spot left and check the logs to see if this was a case of two marines arguing over the spot before getting into a fight or if the marine who evacuated just went ahead and gunned the other one down without saying a word.


20. You see a fellow staff member give wrong information in an Adminhelp or incorrectly enforcing a rule.

I'll tell them the correct information if I know it and go find it then tell them if I don't, if they're enforcing a rule incorrectly I'll let them know.


20a. You see a fellow staff member abusing his powers in-game.

Ask them what they're doing just in case it's something like an over the top ban done accidentally, it it is actual abuse of power then I'd inform the managers.


21. You see a player talking in OOC chat about what he did with your mom last night.

Laugh if its honest fun, tell them to knock if off if its with malicious intent and give them a note.

Any additional information you'd like to add?

I feel I've been a bit too short and to the point with my answers so I won't be surprised if this gets turned down in the end, but I will say that I do enjoy CM since I've started getting back into it and I'm willing to learn how to be a moderator.

Either way thanks for taking the time to read my terrible application!.

[ThesoldierLLJK]

I mean your answers are kinda short, how come you didn't put much more effort into them? You leave them kinda ambiguous to critique.

[EchoingPhaser]

I've always had trouble just answering questions, I kinda freeze up and go with the most blunt and shortest answer that goes with it

^ like just now with this

[ThesoldierLLJK]

You have decent activity, it's not the greatest in september and october, but it's still decent.

Just want to know, what will happen if you are made a moderator and you have to answer ahelps that can be complex especially with questions relating to rules and other round mechanics?

[EchoingPhaser]

Well with questions relating to the rules and round mechanics I can answer those easy, if someone asks me about a something relating to rule during the round I'd have no trouble clarifying it, and by round mechanics what do you mean exactly? like alien and marine roles or gameplay mechanics?.

[ThesoldierLLJK]

Well with questions relating to the rules and round mechanics I can answer those easy, if someone asks me about a something relating to rule during the round I'd have no trouble clarifying it, and by round mechanics what do you mean exactly? like alien and marine roles or gameplay mechanics?.

I'll rephrase I mean how the round flow is going, when people send ahelps that one side is metagaming, or an entire side or group of people are breaking rules.

[freemysoul]

Requested by the OP (Believes it is bad and wishes to redo it, at a later date)

[Imperator_Titan]

Resolved - Denied.

Reapply again in a month.