Huivn

Service manager is just weird. Also cut down the chef slots to 1 plz ty

I appreciate everything you've done for the community, you've been nothing but a boon, and I hope life takes you to far better places than this one.

Honestly, it started because the wiki was out of date. I was going to choose Lich and be a spooky dispenser of forbidden knowledge, having gone through the wiki to choose what type of wizard I could be. When I found out that was no longer an option, I wracked my brain to figure out how else I could play necro. (I would like to remind you all that wizard has no PDA and thus no access to crew manifest, so I could not possibly plan around that,) I decided to try and do some magic tricks with the overwhelmingly offensive abilities I had access to. I also had no idea what happened when a non-wizard looks into a scrying orb. I decided that it wouldn't make sense for a powerful wizard to allow themselves to be arrested on a strange station where they are illegally trespassing, so after the cadet melted his eyes (after an LOOC exchange where we both expressed we had no idea that would happen) I went horrid form and ran away, after being flashed and cuffed. I resisted out of cuffs the old fashioned way. I honestly don't remember anything up until finding the investigator dragging the body bag containing Takano, where I shooed them off to make Takano my minion, but I do remember being genuinely surprised I had killed three people. From that point on, I decided the objective was to take over the station, having still not taken a PDA, I had no idea just how barren the station was. I thought up until a few minutes ago that there was SOME civilian presence on the station, so I decided to go and try to take the spare from the CE. I gave them the option to surrender it and live, but they chose not to. As I had taken the spare from the now very much burning to death CE, I declared my intention to call the shuttle on comms, and that anyone who wished to live should head to Escape, but the Legion beat me to it. I was then firmly robusted by an m'rsai tajaran legionary. Seriously. Full health to dead. Two horrid forms, maybe 3 hits. It was spectacular.

Remove security, remove lockboxes, let anarchy rain. Every round a Cataclysm round, every man valid.

Stop trying to necro your lame old threads.

Basic Information Byond Account: huivn Character Name(s): Jack Thomas, Jason Upton AI Name(s): N/A Discord username + tag: Huivn#4048 Age: 25 Timezone: EST When are you on Aurora?: Whenever. Usually afternoons. Experience How long have you played SS13?: Like 6 years How long have you played on Aurora: As long as I've been playing SS13, on and off. If anyone remembers the greaser gang, I came in with those guys How much do you know about SS13 (Baystation build) game mechanics?: There's little I don't know. Do you have any experience moderating for an SS13 server?: I was a full admin on Trashcanjohnson's Fallout 13 server before Godsring came along. Though I'm not sure that counts. Have you read through the criteria thread; https://forums.aurorastation.org/viewtopic.php?f=27&t=4198 - and believe that you mark off all the criteria?: Yes. Have you ever been banned, and if so, how long and why?: No. Pretty sure I haven't. Personality Why do you play SS13?: It's a game. I enjoy it. It's fun. Why do you play on Aurora?: It's the least shitty high roleplay server around. What do moderators do?: Make sure everyone's having a good time. What does it mean to be a moderator for our server?: It means preserving the HRP atmosphere, while not going too over the top and killing all the fun. Why do you want to be a moderator?: You guys need more mods who know how to have fun, being blunt. What qualities do you possess that would make you a good moderator?: I think I have good judgement, and I know how to check VARs and logs and all the basic investigation stuff already. I can also stay level headed in the face of someone who is both salty and in the wrong screaming at me because they got killed. How well do you handle stress, anger, or insults?: Just remain calm. Is just a game. Why you heff tu be med? Anything Else You Want to Add: I promise not to varedit the blood out of griefers.

Exotic ingredients. Yeah, like potatoes, or corn.

He took over medbay while I was CMO, not-so-subtly undermining Richard's authority while remaining the grumpiest man on station. Overall an amusing experience.

BYOND Key: huivn Total Ban Length: Permanent Banning staff member's Key: Don't know. Reason of Ban: According to my notes, I gibbed someone in evac. I'm pretty sure they were a monkey person, though it has been over a year. Reason for Appeal: Well, the character I was using is dead, and I mostly try to play more seriously than Jack Thomas' personality allowed. He was a zany, insane, though mostly harmless blood cultist. I've replaced him with a more mild-mannered man which suits my current playstyle better. Really, my main concern is the chemist job for now. It's one of my favorite jobs, and one I am very good at, traitor or no. But if it were decided that I could be allowed CMO as well, all the better. Medical is my favorite department, and soloing it is an interesting challenge best experienced by a CMO.

You forgot to put an excessive amount of salt warning on the copy/paste of the logs. Seriously though. I was Jack Thomas. Or Pumpkin/Nicholas King. And we actually were trying to use non-lethal force against most people. Security was, I admit, mostly an exception. We did, however manage to capture one or two alive, as per the original plan. I, personally forgot that people actually respond to target instead of just running and taking the bullet on this server, and had no idea Meowness wasn't a full security officer coming to taser and cuff me for being a hostile intruder or something (I am pretty sure he saw my fellow op dragging a stunned person to Escape. And was trying to follow us). So I did what I thought was necessary, being out of charge for my E-Gun, which had been on stun the whole round. As for the relaying demands bit, by the time we were done trying to sneak around (Yes, despite bombing the AI, we were trying to be hidden on-station. And indeed, carding the AI was part of that plan) we were under siege by officers wielding incredibly lethal weapons. Indeed, I sacrificed myself to make sure 1138 was dead, as without a HoS the people would (hopefully) cave more easily.

I'd rather not jump the gun here, but...Oh yes, there will be !!FUN!!

I'm both surprised and glad. Thank you so much.

I've only really played one round with this person, but their character seemed interesting, and they were clearly quite competent, even picking up the abbreviated names of all the chemicals in my "High Pop, Medbay's Empty" cryo mix instantly. I'll give them my +1, especially since our characters are all but doomed to clash if he becomes CMO

See, that's not my way though. I don't freak the fuck out at everyone who doesn't have a clockwork routine set into their head as to what they should do in every role, and how it should be done. Because that's dumb as hell. Because that's the opposite of fun. And I do realize that I should be training people who actually want to learn. I see your point now. That's very true, Jack's involvement could escalate it higher, rather than simply neutralizing the threat. And all it would take to set him off would be to threaten medbay, or someone who worked there. Again, that's not my way. I could give you a full, comprehensive list on what he can and cannot do, skill-wise. I know my character's limits, and I stick to them. I'm just terrible at writing backstories. I see that you are trying to be helpful, and I'm sorry for being unnecessarily aggressive. You are right, there are plenty of bad things that could happen, and have happened with, or even because Jack was the CMO. But do you know what? Overall, I have had few complaints. People enjoyed my shenanigans, including the people who were the 'butt of the joke' so to speak.

Y'know, this is what I like to see. Offering suggestions on how to improve my application, instead of just tearing it down. As for the suggestion itself, it's a good idea. Matter of fact, your post is filled with good ideas for him that I'd like to try implementing, regardless of whether this gets accepted or not. Honestly that mix was just my way of shaking off the cobwebs. I usually don't make it unless it's a higher pop round with few people in medbay. As a matter of fact, it was invented because medbay was often a one man show on Unbound.

Unbound Travels was a medium-high RP server. Their standard for a good head was a well-played character with a skillset to warrant them being a head of staff. I can understand that this is a high-RP server, but I feel that my ways would bring quite a bit of fun to the table. That is a fair point on the studying I don't see why it can't be that simple. Still, I wanted to be sure that it was an acceptable length So a character that will try to defend NT's assets, including the crewmembers, is not ideal. Interesting. Honestly I'm not sure. As I mentioned, I only really wrote this biography because I had to. I much prefer to Joker it and make up stuff on the spot. In that way, I have covered the basics in my year or so of playing this character over multiple servers.

Alright, let me clear some things up I mean, I can give references to other people who will also tell you I'm skilled...And the person who plays the Akenzua family might even be one of them. But besides them; Jtdrow, Yithani, BDPuffy420, Cirra, Kaedwuff, pretty much anyone who played on Unbound Travels and got injured frequently, or admins who watched medbay shenanigans. I enjoy acting, and am aware that the enjoyment of it is a shared experience. Being a dick and fucking up the whole thing might be fun for some people, but I actually have a conscious So a head is not supposed to be skilled in every area of their department? Because that's what I meant, and I thought I expressed that fairly well in the next sentence. They can do any and every job in their department if they need to. But it's true. If you get whitelisted, you should continue to show the same behavior that got you whitelisted. If you want to stop, that's your business, knowing full-well that it will most likely end with you being taken off the list. Came up with that bio on the spot. I can be more in-depth about his backstory, explaining how he became devoted to his god, who the Meteors and Red Men are, and what they're about, why the gang war happened, the events leading to Jack's birth, all that good stuff. But I felt that the two paragraph limit was only enough to get in the basics. He isn't overly violent, but he will respond to violent challenges. He doesn't go around abusing his staff, or alpha dogging them, but he does feel he needs to protect them, and all of medbay. (With his CMO hat anyway.) Again, two-paragraph limit. He did work on a few spaceships before going to the Aurora. I am also very aware that we're on a top-secret frontier spacestation owned by Nanotrasen researching mainly plasma, but many other things besides. You see, the thing about Aurora is that pretty much everyone I've interacted with knew exactly what they should be doing. You can mostly trust your staff not to be fuckwits, and understand what they should be doing. Of course you sometimes have to relay information to them, but that usually doesn't take too long.

BYOND key: Huivn Character names: Jack Thomas How long have you been playing on Aurora?: A few months on and off. Why do you wish to be on the whitelist?: Because I play a damn good CMO, and I've seen a distinct lack of leaders centered around medbay when I'm on. Why did you come to Aurora?:Because why not? I think the better question is why I stayed. The answer to that is because of the decent RP without everyone being an asshole about muh arpee all the time. Have you read the BS12 wiki on the head roles you plan on playing?: Yes, of course. Please provide well articulated answers to the following questions in a paragraph each. Give a definition of what you think roleplay is, and should be about: Well, roleplay is pretty much acting for shits and giggles. Playing a role and character in a setting for the sheer fun of doing it, whether in a game like this, or in real life. As for what it should be about, well that should be obvious. It's about having fun with other people in a fantastical setting. Whether you take the noble route and take it upon yourself to ensure that other people are having fun, or the more selfish route, and only think of your own fun, it's all about having fun. What do you think the OOC purpose of a Head of Staff is, ingame?: ...This question broke my brain. The OOC, which is real-life, purpose of a head of staff is, ingame, which is fantasy. I suppose to train new players, and to coordinate the department so that everyone knows what they should be doing, cutting down on congestion and confusion, thus making the game more fun for everyone. Also, to be a superhero of the department on low-pop rounds. For example; a CE who can set up any type of engine, repair breaches, lay wiring, configure atmos, build new areas of the station, renovate old ones, etc. What do you think the OOC responsibilities of Whitelisted players are to other players, and how would you strive to uphold them?: Whitelisted players don't have any responsibility to other players beyond what they already brought to the table in the first place. If they were acting a certain way before getting whitelisted, and then got whitelisted, why should they act any other kind of way? It's ludicrous to think that just because someone gets on a list of trusted players, that they should act any other way than they've been acting the whole time. If they have been acting in a matter not befitting people placed on the list, then they should not be placed on the list. It's really that simple. Please pick one of your characters for this section, and provide well articulated responses to the following questions. Character name: Jack Thomas Character age: 55 Please provide a short biography of this character (approx 2 paragraphs): Jack was born on February 2nd 2417 in Sector 23 on Mars as the bastard son of a waitress. Jack's childhood was a hard one, as his mother drank up nearly all the money she made, and beat him mercilessly, as he reminded her of the man who broke her heart. Eventually Jack got tired of having no food, and getting beaten all day, and left home at the age of 10. After surviving on the streets for few weeks, he was picked up by a street gang calling themselves the Sector 23 Meteors. Jack ran with the Meteors for 6 years before they got into a gang war with the Red Men, during which, Jack was injured by an explosion. During his recovery, Jack thought a lot about where he was going with the Meteors, and decided that he was unsatisfied. So, he left just as the gang was falling to the Red Men. Jack found life outside the Meteors hard. He had no skills to speak of besides his street smarts and fighting skills, neither of which he wanted to have to use anymore if he could help it. So he decided to learn a trade, and got a job at Nathan's Bar and Grill as a cook. Jack enjoyed his new life not having to dodge bullets and constantly watch his back for rival gang members, and the owner even convinced him to work the bar and gain more useful skills. This life, as it turned out, didn't fulfill Jack, so while working at Nathan's he attended university to get a chemistry certification, and graduated top of his class, due to having a headstart from his already having learned the basics while in the gang. He then worked as a chemist for the Sector 23 General Hospital. But Jack saw the doctors, and as he watched them, saving people, he knew more and more that it was what he wanted to do. So he attended university once more to get a PhD in medicine. Five more years and jack was 35, but he was still unsatisfied. He thought pracicing medicine wuld make him happy, but what he learned he really wanted to do was surgery. So, he went back to university, and got another PhD in Surgical Practice. Ten more years passed and Jack was 55. He truly enjoyed the life he had carved out for himself on Mars, but he felt it was time for a change. Thankfully, he had made some friends at university, and they helped him get a lucrative spot on a research station in some far off area of the charted galaxy. What do you like about this character?: His spontaneity. It keeps things fun and interesting What do you dislike about this character?: His inability to back down from a challenge. Particularly a violent challenge, which tends to land him in trouble, or worse, a cloning pod. What do you think makes this character fit to be a head of staff?: He is skilled in most areas of medbay, with chemistry as a specialty. Also, his personality makes people under his command want to follow him. People often like his methods, and direct, but relaxed attitude. Please provide well articulated answers to the following questions. How would you rate your own roleplaying?:Decent. I've been roleplaying for many years over many platforms and communities. Yet I still cannot type quickly without looking at the keyboard. And so I sometimes miss things that would have changed my response. Extra notes:

That's it, really. Having a way to sift out unwanted ingredients would be great in bartending. Also disposable bottles of your favorite mixed drink on the go. Also, move the damn beer keg, it's blocking the soda machine from being used.

Never been on TS, never played with her, as far as I know, but I firmly believe that this server's WALL OF TEXT RULES SECTION, and most of the staff keep shenanigans low enough as it is. The last thing you guys need is a REAL motherfucking "my way or the highway" elitist on your staff. -1

I've RP'd with BlueScope over several formats. Excellent roleplayer. +1

Yeaaaah, you're right. Punching yourself to death is unrealistic. I should have waited for an opportunity for an easier death to present itself at the very least. But asking an admin's for approval to have my character suicide is just not how I do. I hate when I have to have admin consent to do anything regarding RP that only affects my own character in any significant way. It interrupts the flow of RP, breaking my immersion in the process. Now! I realize I probably should have said something about the RD as well, but I lost myself in Jack a bit, and forgot. Also, I'm painfully aware of the awkward timing. My wifi seems to hate me. Believe me, this was submitted as soon as I confirmed that I was banned.

BYOND Key: Huivn Total Ban Length: 5 days Banning staff member's Key: casperf1 Reason of Ban: Attempted to murder the RD as a non-antag, suicided in perma. Reason for Appeal: I had an IC reason for both of those actions. First of all, the RD ruined Jack's carrer, and publicly humiliated him several times over something very minor, which he didn't even start, and ignoring it could have resulted in him being screwdrivered into blindness. Now, Jack's new job was mining rather than scientist, and spending time all alone on that asteroid let him fester, and boil until he cracked, and set his mind on murdering the RD. As for the suicide, Jack would have seen his sentence as the RD winning, which he could not accept, so, rather than face his jailtime, he decided he would kill himself. His first attempt was to break the reinforced window to space, then he prayed to Armok for a blade to kill himself with, and finally, he resorted to his fists. As for my disconnecting, my wifi is unstable. :\ Now, if all of that isn't good fucking reasoning, there's no pleasing you people.