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I disagree. The note placed eluded to it possibly being a mistake. I brought extra information that was not present during the ahelp. TT’s verdict at the time was fine, I’m not asking for it to changed. I’m asking for this extra information to be acknowledged and considered, whether you want to want do more or keep it as is, is up to you. I’d have put a staff complaint had TT been aware of the extra information I provided, since as the revision of the guidelines which I made myself would mean. Again, this is not a carbon copy of what TT worked with, I don’t disagree with the verdict at the time. I brought extra information. If I’ll be honest, it feels like this was looked over quickly without regarding the fact there is new information, then cited my own guidelines to mark it as resolved. As for Orleans, you’re quoting me when you quote the guidelines.

On phone so excuse the formatting. I’m also going to say that people that post here shouldn’t be part of the problem I’m trying to have address here by being rude and insulting others themselves. Furthermore, I don’t really think Kaed and I need to have this turn to a kangaroo court, so I agree with him and say that this is my second and most likely last post unless something new occurs that matters or a member of staff tasked with this complaint posts. So in regards to the post I posted which you scrubbed. I already explained why you scrubbed but I feel that scrubbing the post after leaving it for a while really does nothing as it is very likely the intended or referred to individual has already read it. You didn’t post it and change it a few moments later. Secondly, I can’t say for sure if you’re a toxic individual but the behavior I’ve seen does lend itself to be toxic behavior. I won’t act like an arm chair psychologist here and debate on the whys. I just think that this behavior is not acceptable and when you sum it up with other people’s behavior is adds to an undesired environment. I don’t even think the deleted comment was acceptable either. I also do not think being in a phase is an excuse, I’m uncertain if you meant it in that way. Thirdly, I’m not judging you for a singular act. This post was sparked by the comment I posted but it encompasses the sum of it all. Though I avoided posting anything ancient and not handled as I feel that time can skew perspectives and weakens our understanding of context. You may have improved but I feel it doesn’t cut it, it still happens and it’s a negative behavior that I feel is not welcome here. I didn’t want to post this before as I don’t like to post anything with little visual proof so take this with a grain of salt. You’ve established yourself as an adverse individual in this community by numerous people to the point it has shied people away from interacting with you. I’m not asking for the community to be thrown in a padded room to avoid people from getting hurt. I just think we can avoid driving people away since this behavior does, and when that stops, I think the rest follows.

BYOND Key: Aboshehab Game ID: Not applicable. Player Byond Key: @Kaed Staff involved: This has involved me when I was an administrator and numerous other staff members. Names can be found upon checking forum entries and WI entries. Reason for complaint: This is probably a novel complaint. It's novel since I cited myself as staff involved, which I'll explain further. I'll also keep this complaint short and state that I have no interest in debating good manners. First, I'm going to list the issues: 1- Insulting, belittling, passive aggressive and condescending. 2- Doing things out of spite. I named myself as staff involved is because I've had interactions with Kaed from a staff point of view, without citing any specifics, my last action towards them from memory was a forum ban. I could be wrong since I avoided using any privileged information making this complaint. To sum it up, I find that there is malice involved when Kaed voices themselves and at times how they act. It takes more effort to be abrasive than not saying anything. His attitude is not healthy to the community and demoralizes volunteer staff. If up to this point if they can't help but act this way to others, then maybe they should not be here. Did you attempt to adminhelp the issue at the time? If so, what was the known action taken by administration/moderation? No. It's a long term issue. I was going to report the post I posted but they modified it after Jackboot informed them they won't be part of the topic if he kept his attitude up. Approximate Date/Time: All if any relevant time stamps are present on forum and WI entries.

So I’m mostly familiar with Ryder and recently familiar with Sterden. I’m going to start by saying that I don’t support this application. Let me tell you why. This point can be invalidated if things have changed with Ryder but the last things I’ve seen was that the character made it a habit to overrule actual medical practitioners. I think it’s fine for chemists to know first aid, it’s a thing that everyone on shift would know and it would be reasonable. What is not unreasonable is to overrule and jump into the territory of the roles that’s job is to heal people. This tells me that you muddle the line of in character and out of character knowledge far too much. Secondly, your IPC Surgeon Sterden, perhaps a thing you’ve also improved on but something I’ve witnessed last week, was apparently capable of chemistry, surgery and parts of what the psychiatrist can do such as crystal therapy. Even IPC’s have limits and just trying to be a super doctor that can do everything isn’t really healthy for an RP environment. Limitations and challenges are part of roleplay. This is also pretty much against the rules as well. Lastly and this is also my WORST offender here. I heard this from a grape vine which I felt was reliable, but I won’t touch on all specifics. But the essence of it was that you willingly as Ryder a few days ago send an adminhelp ticket asking for permission to attack two hostile antagonists, was refused, proceeded to do it ANYWAY. You then practically low key bragged about the effectiveness of what you did. I’m not sure you deserve to be even staff let alone get your actual whitelist here. Big -1, re-evaluate what you consider is acceptable behavior.

Ckey/BYOND Username: Aboshehab Position Being Applied For: Deputy Lore developer Past Experiences/Knowledge: I have experience working with our staff team, and under people. I was a moderator before I became an admin and so on. I've worked with numerous lore developers and deputies either through creative suggestions or simple reviews. I worked extensively with other teams as a Head Administrator, chiefly among them the lore team as I feel they are vital and the content they produce for the community matters. I've created a number of lore items as my time as a Human lore deputy, though I did resign relatively quickly due to the fact that I both realized I was taking on too many duties and that others pushed that idea as well. I've cared for the quality of whitelists and have tried my best by pushing the bar higher, either by working with the teams themselves or reporting any major lore violations I've seen if trying to correct them did not work. While English is not my first language, I feel that my capability to write in English for narrative purposes is sufficient. I've recently learned how to make maps from scratch. Might be useful. Examples of Past Work: Lore applications Articles: Wiki entries personally added. I've done a few fixes to other wiki pages and I'm familiar with using that platform. I have also helped with a few events not counting the few that I've personally hosted, though that's really nothing compared to what Alberyk has done. Additional Comments: Instead of writing one essay on one topic, I wrote one essay for all four topics. I've never been fond of throwing everything out there, I like to leave a bit to the imagination when it comes to lore, so that the players and the characters can form their own opinions on things, just like us real people. Naturally, I don't intend to do anything drastic without testing the water. https://docs.google.com/document/d/1L8HnImaqUJM86sza4QBwQCxq2wS9OapQgJE3LNsaOM8/edit?usp=sharing I don't really have any interest in taking any major projects like I have in the past for anything long term. Perhaps the odd one there and there if permitted/asked, but my preference is remaining as a support role, what a deputy is supposed to be. I have things going on that I don't want to go into detail about, but after some thought, I decided that I will most likely have the time to dedicate to this role. I'm not fan of using absolute terms when promising time as things happen. I'm GMT +4. My times are flexible in terms of availability as well. Edit: Decided to add some of my Skrell characters.

I think you’ve calmed down with acting like a bull and seeing red when interacting with people. That has always been my biggest gripe with you. I haven’t seen any glaring issues when it comes to you handling your trial either. I’m still a bit skeptical at the attitude issue as it’s either for real or you’re just repressing it meaning you could blow up, figuratively. That being said, I think you deserve a pass.

You were decent on staff but I found there were attitude problems sprinkled around your tenure. I felt that sometimes you made things personal even and resorted to ad hominem when trying to argue your point. You also tended to side towards some inflammatory comments towards members of the community. It’s one thing to be able to handle tickets and another for the community to feel comfortable about you in a position of being staff. With that being said, I’m curious about your thoughts.

People like to post massive manifestos which usually don’t get read. I’ll try to keep this short and sweet. I’ll also provide a tl;dr at the end. I also want to say that I do not want any psychoanalysis of the community or long winded explanation to why people are the way they are. I’ll even be happy with zero replies as long as some of this post was taken to heart. Antagonists are nice for the round, but they shouldn’t be depended on to have fun for the round. Playing on Aurora is not like other games, you can’t always expect fun to come your way, sometimes you need to make your own fun. When you make your own fun, that fun and enjoyment seeps onto others. When others have fun, there’s less of a negative vibe. A few examples of making your own fun. You can skip the spoilers until the end. Command Roles: Standard Roles: Negativity, it’s part of a vicious cycle, wide and continuous negativity demoralizes people, which in turn stifles creativity and willingness to do things. Having a thick skin should not be a requirement. This is a community, we spend our times together on a hobby we are interested in. For some, it develops further, making friends. I’ve met some exceptionally wonderful people during my time. In the words of a friend, we should not have to wade through a lot of shit just find good stuff. We have rules and a setting, sure it posses some limitation yet neither of them are highly restrictive. We have both for a controlled and consistent environment, one in which we can immerse ourselves in. This still opens to you limitless concepts to use for character you want to make. Don’t be shy to experiment, acknowledge that not everything will work perfectly, sometimes some concepts don’t work for you or to your liking, try others! Down the line, you’ll find one that sticks with you, or even several. Elitism. Don’t look down on new players to the server, byond or role playing as a whole. None of us have started as a master in role playing. We all were novices at some point. Some of us may have been taught, some of us have kept at it and so on. So don’t discourage people or be allowed to be discouraged. Instead, advise or ask to be advised. Play time may be a metric for certain things, they are however not a metric to being better than people. I feel these things needed to be said. I only hope what I said improves the general feel and atmosphere of the community as a whole and our experiences playing in-character. I don’t want any name calling or psychoanalysis of how people behave. I’m perfectly happy if this thread got zero replies as long as people took it to heart. tl;dr Make your own fun, don’t rely on others all the time. Stop being negative. Be creative, rules and lore aren’t that restrictive. Elitism kills communities, stop it.

Neither a verbal warning or a discord warning. First because I tend to not do verbal warnings, I prefer something is written down as proof. Second because you can't give discord warnings to staff. I previously maintained my own database for staff members, imagine a note system for players but this one included activity, productivity, issues they had and so on for the majority of staff. Coalf had actual warnings, which became less of an issue as time went as Coalf showed improvement, could also call them strikes as they could have gotten him punished/demoted/kicked like other previous members of staff who have even been banned and removed from the team. So yes, I said Coalf is fiesty, is was a con amidst a lot of pros to his character, though I have never used that an excuse for anything, nor anything close in regards to anyone else. I've never accepted my own so called immunity to the rules, even forcing a trial mod to apply a note they mentioned might be warranted for me because. I don't really accept the notion you've presented in how I've handled things.

I am fairly sure you do not only have two warnings, especially since you've been on aurora under two different accounts to my knowledge. And your SSD warning to my knowledge was not simply because you did not go to cryo. It's not my place to post those incidents as I'm not an active staff member anymore. I find the circumstances to the event and the way you're explaining yourself to be too suspicious, in addition to your history with the server from my memory.

You didn't read my entire post. They never met before. There is a zero chance of it because they only share a single round ID in terms of game play, which is the round I'm talking about. You cannot have had many interactions with me because prior to last week, I've been away for 2-3 months with the odd round that I don't think was even with Khaled. Your character is new. You may have 10 or so characters and I don't think I've interacted with them either.

BYOND Key: Aboshehab Game ID: bZH-dLgX on 2019-04-11 02:08:59 Player Byond Key: TheNewOrleans Staff involved: TrickingTrapster Reason for complaint: Intentional attempt at metagrudge using meta info. Lying to staff. I would like to bring further issues with the player. In most cases, the following would be something I can treat as fully within in-character or something I can speak to them privately to solve, though what prompted my post has made both options undesirable for me. A bit of background. The player plays a character called Nick Volvolaad, a character that heavily insists on wearing regular clothing in security. My character, a Head of Security has his reasons on why they should wear their uniform. His character was not happy with this, a lot of cussing and causing issues, got suspended/charged for some stuff. So far this is fine by me. We had a brief discussion in looc about one of the two shifts these issues arose about possibly being non-canon, and I affirmed that it was indeed canon, no staff member disagreed with me. So far not much of an issue, people hash out canon events all the time. So to put this point by point, which is not much. 1- Refused to wear uniform. 2- Cussed and personally insulted his superior in both shifts together, a Head of Security. 3- Cause issues to his superior and the department. 4- Got suspended and charged for the actions they've done. That above I'm fine with. What follows is something I'm not. Anatoly Kovacs, their Detective character joined the same round in which Nick was suspended and charged. Approached my character, a character he has never interacted with before or even shared a shift together, and his few first words were done with the intent to mock one of the reasons Nick Volvolaad got into trouble over. I sent an adminhelp, and ignored him while staff handled it as I was not willing to interact and go over the same issues his previous character on the same shift presented. Additionally, I felt he had the intention to metagrudge me with information his character did not have. When he spoke with staff, he insisted his character has met mine multiple times, and that the same issues Nick had, were also had by this character, Anatoly. I informed staff both characters have never shared a round together before this. Staff member @TrickingTrapster and nothing much came out of it as they insisted both character had met and by that virtue it wasn't a issue. The reason I bring this up is for two reasons. I feel like what he did was malicious with the intent to cause me grief had I not sent an adminhelp and that he lied to staff. I asked someone to check how many rounds we shared, and at the time of me asking, Anatoly had 10 rounds played over a period of 10 days, with zero rounds either of us have played together aside from the one I described above, making what he stated as a supposed fact impossible. Especially since aside from the previous week, I had a period of around a month or two of almost no activity, aside from a few rounds, so the chance of him mistaking his character for another is also impossible. I tend to be aware of who I play with and the only character Orleans plays with that I really have any interaction with in security is probably only Nick Volvolaad. Did you attempt to adminhelp the issue at the time? Yes. Left with a note I believe. Approximate Date/Time: 2019-04-11 02:08:59 according to the WI

False. I maintain an in depth record of staff wrong doings. Yes, he "was talked to". A expression we use when we do not want to go in depth of the actions taken. In reality, he got a warning. There's no justification to breaking the rules, in the same way I was not immune to being punished if I've broken the rules. Use another example for your point. I'm genuinely unsure why you're using a ban appeal when you aren't accepting of the whole ban premise. Use a staff complaint.

Does not seem like you're accepting of the ban. Should be a staff complaint.

I'll start by saying that I'm alright with either concept, so retaining regular security or switching to departmental security is fine for me, though the latter would require a better implementation before I'd really be satisfied with its execution. So here's what how I envision this implementation would be ideal. 1- Authority: On code green until blue, the relevant departmental staff and the Head of Security can both have leadership over the departmental officers, they can work together whereas say the RD has an officer to assist in security matter along with the HoS who is able to provide insight from their expertise. I feel like completely shutting out of the HoS from the departmental staff would cut out a lot of their present duties, making the role a bit lackluster. I much prefer that the Head of Security has the authority to be able to check on these officers, enforce standards and manage. On code red, the authority of the Head of Security should have the say over security matters 2- Communication: Provide departmental security officers with the security frequency in addition to having the frequency for the department they are responsible of. 3- Access: Provide the Head of Security with access to those offices. I'm unsure if this is the case with every office, but I recall trying to enter two offices and being unable to do so. Furthermore, it is important that departmental security have access to vital airlocks of the security department. I'm unsure if it's an oversight or intentional, but should the department lack a HoS/Warden, then it makes the aspect of processing individuals or managing the brig extremely problematic.

To say that Kyres is the best candidate is an understatement. Throughout my time on staff and even my time after, Kyres has consistently given his best in this field of work. He's exceptionally open to criticism and is honest, both qualities which are important for a lore developer. Furthermore, Kyres has as of recently, including a time where Cake was around responsible for quality control of the species, something that I asked to be increased while I was still a headmin and something both he and cake obliged. He's a pleasure to work with, he is not overbearing and knows how to strike a balance between realism and inevitability. He also does not work entirely alone. His concepts go through others for peer review, brainstorming, finding faults and other aspects that are relevant to whatever idea or concept he's working on. He doesn't just write, he also sprites his concepts and I believe has handled code to an extent, either creating or collaborating with others. He's passionate, driven and cares. Kyres doesn't just world build what is in his mind, he builds a narrative and cares about how the players and their characters are in it. To what he creates, he doesn't just make them exist, they aren't just there, they are relevant to the world as a whole and both effect and are affected by other narratives in place. From my time working with him as a person interested in lore to a person, as a person that managed him to an extent and as a person that is a fan of his works, Kyres to me seems the natural successor to Cake and he has my full support. He's passionate and cares. My only gripe is how certain story arcs, which were supposed to be region shaking or BIG things that stopped being relevant after time has passed. I'd ask you how you plan to remedy this but you've already acknowledged this to me and intend to be more thorough in the future.

While I am personally a fan of the grey areas of the Auroraverse, there are certain topics that I'd prefer isn't approached. Yes conflict in the world is nice and from it derives opportunities for roleplay, it should be noted that some things should be untouched. While it is possible that a gender gap isn't closed in the future, especially when we consider our own setting as it is one we control ourselves, the topic itself is fairly controversial and to some, parallel with unfortunate modern day equivalents. It wouldn't be a new precedent to deny this due to that as the lore and gameplay is centered around player enjoyment and sometimes things that affect characters can be uncomfortable to the players as well. We have a few rules centered around a few specifics as well. I don't think this is a case where we should really focus on the chance of this gap still existing in the future but rather we should focus the potential of it projecting an aura that could push away people. As I said before, some things should not be added due to the parallels that exist. Furthermore, when it comes to the author in addition to this, I have serious doubts about the intention of this implementation, but I'll leave it at that. -1

I banned you from discord while I was still on staff. I'm going to preemptively post and say that if I was still staff, I'd have accepted this appeal, just in case I was going to be contacted as the one that applied it.

I want to endorse this application for trial. A pretty chill and easy going individual. No issue when it comes to them roleplaying, so I believe they can properly enforce standards. Interview also shows they've got a certain understanding of moderation for Aurora and just need some experience to get the flow of rule enforcement. Best of luck. +1

I want to endorse this application for trial. I've seen them around both while still on staff and post my resignation. They seem an easy going individual from an OOC perspective and I haven't exhibited any real issues with your playstyle that would clash with anything. Best of luck. +1

Extreme margins of error are not uncommon to anything Garn touches.

While I'm not going to handle your appeal, I did say you're not getting an appeal accepted this year. Something for the person handling this to consider.

1) I want to congratulate @ShameOnTurtles for being my replacement. I'm sure they'll do amazing. 2) I'd like to air my appreciation to @Synnono for the work they've done through their tenure in CCIA and especially their job as CCIA lead. Always been a pleasure working with them. 3) Transition period is complete. I've uploaded a picture of my last word.

Everything said here has been extremely moving. Thanks everyone, it's been a pleasure working for Aurora.

Resigning from my Head Administrator role.