TreeCop - Moderator Application

[TreeCop]

Byond ID:
TreeCop
Colonial Marines Character:
Sal Isaman
Age:
20
Gender:
Male
Timezone:
Pacific Daylight Time (GMT-7/-8)
On average, how many hours are you available per week to moderate?
Around 15, but it varies depending on how my classes are
Do you have any previous experience in being staff (not just SS13)?
I was an admin on a 150 person Minecraft server a few years ago
Did you play any of the previous Colonial Marine servers?
Nope
What are the 3 biggest servers you play on besides CM?
I used to play on Goonstation, but now CM is the only server I play
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?
No
Are you familiar with the chat program Slack (its use is required)?
No, but I'm willing to learn

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.
I would check the player's notes to make sure it isn't a repeat occurrence, and PM them to explain the situation, and warn them not to do it again.

2. The ship has a breach to space and a bunch of players have died or are dying as a result.
First I would contact an admin to make sure they didn't do it, since I don't think breaches are possible otherwise. Otherwise I would ask the admin to repair the breach, and then heal anyone who died.

3. You see a player walking around the ship naked and clearly lost.
I would PM the player and ask if they're new, and then get a mentor to help them out.

4. A player is being very rude to you in Adminhelps and requesting to speak to an Admin+ staff member.
If the situation did not require an admin, I would tell them as such and notify them that being rude does not help them out at all. If they still have a problem with me I would tell them to make a staff report on the forums.

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.
Just because they got away with it so far does not mean that its not against the rules. I would ask them to change their name and make a note of them using a bad name.

6. You see a Maintenance Tech running around in armor and carrying a rifle. The security level is green with no threat present.
This doesn't really violate rules, and is more of an IC issue. I wouldn't do anything unless they are attacking other players or being aggressive.

7. You see a Squad Medic performing surgery on the planet. He claims it was because there were no doctors in the FOB.
I don't think that medics can perform surgery, but I would tell them to send the injured marine back to the Almayer to receive surgery. If they continued I would make a note and possibly give them a jobban.

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?
I would subtle message both sides to attack. If they still didn't do anything for a long time, then I would teleport the xenos to the Almayer so that the delay doesn't go on forever.

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.
The rules against EORG only applies to attacking your own team, and the CLF and marines are hostile. I would tell the player that ahelped that the CLF is hostile to the marines, and so the marine was justified.

10. A marine is running around disarming, punching and stealing gear at round start.
Round-start shenanigans are against the rules, so I would PM him and tell him to stop and give him a note, and let the MPs deal with the rest of the situation. If he did it again then I would give 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.
I would tell him that shooting someone for punching you is improper escalation, and give him a note. If he does it again, or already has a note for it then I would give him a ban.

12. An issue arises that requires Admin+ abilities.
I would ask for an admin to help in slack, and tell the players that the situation is being dealt with in OOC so they stop freaking out.

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.
I would tell the player or players to stop it, and give them a note depending on how bad the comments are. If they continued then I would give them a ban.

14. A marine opens fire at round start in briefing killing multiple marines and instantly logs off.
I would give him a large ban, and tell them to appeal it because they logged before I could resolve the issue. If they had a history then I would request a permaban.

15. You see a player playing a xeno larva/chestburster run towards the frontlines and die.
I would first PM the player to see if it was an accident or if they were new. If it was than I wouldn't do anything, otherwise I would give them a note.

16. You see a xeno memeing, saying AYYLMAO, REEEEEE etc in hivemind chat.
I would PM the player and tell them that memeing in hivemind is low RP, and give them a note if they continued.

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".
I would tell the xeno that ahelped that while calling the dropship a "bird" is the norm, it is not against the rules to use the actual names for things, as the hivemind is just a translation.

18. A Command staff player at briefing near round-start mentions there are aliens on the planet.
I would PM the player telling them that they wouldn't know that, and give them a note for metagaming, or a jobban if they've done it before.

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.
If the marine that got killed was okay with it and it was RP'ed out, then I wouldn't do anything. If the marine just shot with no warning then I would give them a note for escalation.

20. You see a fellow staff member give wrong information in an Adminhelp or incorrectly enforcing a rule.
I would message the staff member to point out their mistake. If they had a habit of it then I would ask the manager to train the staff member.

20a. You see a fellow staff member abusing his powers in-game.
I would message the manager on slack that a staff member is abusing their power.

21. You see a player talking in OOC chat about what he did with your mom last night.
I would tell the player what I did with THEIR mom last night. If it went beyond banter and was more abusive, then I would tell them to knock it off.

Any additional information you'd like to add?
To preemptively answer the "Why do you want to be a mod" question:
I enjoy playing on the CM server, and I want other players to have a good experience as well. I saw that you were looking for more mods, so I decided to apply. Also I heard that msay has good memes.

[Slywater]

Answers were fine. But here's a few things which stood out for me:

1. Do consider that this could always be a misclick. So if the MPs deal with IC, you can usually let it slide as long as nobody was hurt.

8. A subtle message will probably be overlooked, and teleporting xenos is generally not a good idea. Command announcements and queen announcements should do the trick, or PMing the CO/Queen OOC to explain the situation.

13. Racism is allowed IC (within reason), and seeing that the comments are 'minor', you should inform the offended player that they are IC. However, if these comments become blatantly directed towards the player, move to OOC, or escalate, then you can proceed with warning etc.


Also, a couple extra questions from me:

1. Three command staff ahelp, complaining that the CL has spiked them with hallucinogenic drugs. What would you do?

2. A survivor ahelps as a predator killed them whilst they were grabbing supplies. When you PM the predator, he argues that he did not break the code as the survivor fought back with a crowbar. How would you go about this?

[TreeCop]

-1 from me, you've only registered to the forum on the 13th of this Month. I do think you need more play time before applying for Moderator.

I've been playing for over a year, but I just recently got around to making a forum account.

Also, a couple extra questions from me:

1. Three command staff ahelp, complaining that the CL has spiked them with hallucinogenic drugs. What would you do?

2. A survivor ahelps as a predator killed them whilst they were grabbing supplies. When you PM the predator, he argues that he did not break the code as the survivor fought back with a crowbar. How would you go about this?

1. I would PM the CL to see if he has a valid RP reason to drug people (which he likely doesn't if 3 people are ahelping it), and then give him a ban for griefing.

2. If the predator attacked the survivor first, then I would warn him that someone who doesn't have a weapon isn't worthy prey and he shouldn't attack him. If the survivor attacked first, or has already attacked xenos, then the pred had the right to kill the survivor.

[Ghostdex]

Just a note, you don't warn whitelisted players in game, you bring any issues to the whitelist manager and tell the player who ahelped to make a player report. Now, onto a few questions.

1. A player ahelps that the XO just killed them for disrespect, when you PM the XO they say it was a BE, what do you do?

2. You see a MP walk up to a marine and wordlessly harmbatons the marine a few times, what do you do?

3. A player ahelps complaining that the queen used her gibing ability to meta by gibing a spec so they could not be revived, how do you proceed?

[ThesoldierLLJK]

-1 from me, you've only registered to the forum on the 13th of this Month. I do think you need more play time before applying for Moderator.

I pulled his times, he averages about 40-60 hours a month going back to june.

I will give my final decision once TreeCop answers Ghostdex's scenarios

[Frans_Feiffer]

While it’s not too big an issue to me that you only recently made an account on the forums, I do admit it’s preferred that you have a forum account/decent forum activity for a bit before making a mod app. Regardless, I don’t have any problems with you, so i’ll throw you a question and if your answer is alright, i’ll give you my +1. Bear in mind, this one is supposed to be difficult so I have an idea as to your thought process.

Sometime about midway in a round, the RO ahelps that one of his CTs shot him without any threats nearby. The ship is on code green, and upon checking notes, while they’re not terrible, the CT is on probation for lowrp shittery.

How do you approach the situation?

[Mizari]

Sorry what I mean by play-time I meant forum activity, being a Moderator also requires you to be active on the forum and I'm not entirely sure I can say you would be so for now i'll change it to neutral to see what you answer my fellow colleagues.

I will ask though, why did you only recently make a forum account if you've played a long time?

[TreeCop]

1. A player ahelps that the XO just killed them for disrespect, when you PM the XO they say it was a BE, what do you do?

2. You see a MP walk up to a marine and wordlessly harmbatons the marine a few times, what do you do?

3. A player ahelps complaining that the queen used her gibing ability to meta by gibing a spec so they could not be revived, how do you proceed?

1. I would warn the XO that only whitelisted COs have permission to BE someone. If this wasn't the XO's first time doing this than I would give him a command jobban.

2.I would PM the MP to see if he harmbatoned on accident instead of just stun batoning. If not, or if he has a history of breaking the MP rules, then I would give him an MP jobban.

3. Its not unreasonable that xenos would know that specs are more dangerous than PFCs, especially if the spec has already killed some xenos. The same way marines focus T3s, xenos focusing specs is fine. If the queen went out of her way to gib the spec purely to prevent them from being revived, I would just tell the queen to not unfairly meta target specs.

While it’s not too big an issue to me that you only recently made an account on the forums, I do admit it’s preferred that you have a forum account/decent forum activity for a bit before making a mod app. Regardless, I don’t have any problems with you, so i’ll throw you a question and if your answer is alright, i’ll give you my +1. Bear in mind, this one is supposed to be difficult so I have an idea as to your thought process.

Sometime about midway in a round, the RO ahelps that one of his CTs shot him without any threats nearby. The ship is on code green, and upon checking notes, while they’re not terrible, the CT is on probation for lowrp shittery.

How do you approach the situation?

I would start by sending a PM to the CT asking why he shot the RO. If he only fired a single time, I'm willing to call it a misfire and let him go with a warning that he shouldn't be carrying a gun at all on code green. Otherwise, if the situation was not escalated properly through RP then it could be considered griefing. If his previous low RP shittery didn't involve grief and was more just memery, then I would let him off with a harsh warning that any more offenses will result in a ban. If he did have history with griefing/ attacking people then I would give the CT a ban.

Sorry what I mean by play-time I meant forum activity, being a Moderator also requires you to be active on the forum and I'm not entirely sure I can say you would be so for now i'll change it to neutral to see what you answer my fellow colleagues.

I will ask though, why did you only recently make a forum account if you've played a long time?

I mainly use the discord server for talking with fellow players. I've browsed the forums, but I never really had anything to add and just lurked without making an account.

[ThesoldierLLJK]

I’m gonna go with a +1 your answers are good and show you have been playing here for awhile.

[Frans_Feiffer]

I’m gonna go with a +1 your answers are good and show you have been playing here for awhile.

What Soldier said. Your responses were good, and I haven't had any reason to believe you’ll do poorly as a Moderator. So with that,

+1 Komrade. Use it wisely.

[Mizari]

Alright changed my mind, I'll give you a +1 and see how you do on a trial.

[Ghostdex]

Good answers, I’ll toss my +1 in.

[Imperator_Titan]

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