Connorjg1 Posted June 30, 2020 Share Posted June 30, 2020 (edited) BYOND key: Connorjg1 Character names: -Nathan Forger - Security Officer -Garren Whitrun - Roboticist How long have you been playing on Aurora?: 3 Months Why do you wish to be on the whitelist?: Because I wish to play as an NT Representative aboard the Aurora. Why did you come to Aurora?: I am a Baystation 12 player and I was looking for other servers that were both HRP and had a Corporate Liaison role as an option. Have you read the Aurora wiki on the head roles and qualifications you plan on playing?: Extensively Have you received any administrative actions? And how serious were they?: N/A. I've also not been banned from any server in the past and if possible I hope to keep it that way 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: Roleplay is about working together with other people to create entirely fictional situations that to you feel real. It's about collaborative storytelling and creating emotions with nothing but words and pixels on a screen. Roleplay should be about about figuring out what to do in unique and ever changing situations whilst attempting to immerse yourself into the shoes of someone other then yourself. If you've managed to create a situation that you could tell to someone else that is coherent and could feasibly happen then you've succeed in my eyes What do you think the OOC purpose of a Head of Staff is, ingame?: To ensure that players work together and have someone that can guide them as well as create unique situations that wouldn't be possible without a good leader. A head of staff should be someone you can learn from or rely upon both in character and OOC. A good head of staff could make or break someones round, with them having the highest power to be able to direct the chaos on the station in a way that is fun for everyone. A head of staff shouldn't strive to win. They should strive to create a fun round. What do you think the OOC responsibilities of Whitelisted players are to other players, and how would you strive to uphold them?: A whitelisted player should be a exemplary symbol of Roleplay and sensible action. You should be able to rely upon whitelisted players knowledge of Roleplaying and trust them to guide the Roleplay in a situation in unique and interesting directions as well as having a good understanding of what makes Roleplay fun but also understanding that different players enjoy different things without being overbearing in there own personnel play style. Could you give us the gist of what is currently happening in Tau ceti and how it affected your character and their career?: Tau Ceti is currently in the midst of changing times and there's never been a better chance to bring about great change. But this also comes with dangers. Rumours of worsening tensions between various factions put great strain on galactic peace and with every passing day the newscaster brings bad news. Kanara views this as both a blessing and a curse. It has given him a chance to turn his life around for the better using his new found wealth to secure a position within NanoTrasen. But he also worries that the Mega-corporation's may become further embroiled in any sort of major actions in the future and is well aware his entire life sits upon a sand castle. What roles do you plan on playing after the application is accepted?: Liaison. Characters you intend to use for command or have created for command. Include the job they will be taking.: -Cart Kanara. Corporate Liaison - A man who only recently came into possession of a large sum of money due to the passing of his uncle. The money bought him out of poverty and has given him a chance to turn his life around but his time in poverty has softened him. He hopes he can be ruthless if he has to be. How would you rate your own Roleplaying?: In the past I have done a lot of gm’ing and other roleplay games but unfortunately am not quite sure how I would rate myself. Let’s say 7/10. Could do worse could do better Do you understand your whitelist is not permanent, and may be stripped following continuous administrative action?: Clear as day Have you familiarised yourself with the wiki pages for the command roles?: Extremely. I've read it a lot of times Extra notes: A second try. Didn't get any feedback on the first app due to an inability to play (Javascript bug) that started 2 days after I made the whitelist. New laptop and a working Aurora. Time to try this again. Edited July 11, 2020 by Connorjg1 Link to comment
SooshyFish Posted July 2, 2020 Share Posted July 2, 2020 I've enjoyed what I've seen from both of these characters IC, and from connor on an OOC level, and I'm excited to see what the future holds! +1 Link to comment
KattenHatten Posted July 7, 2020 Share Posted July 7, 2020 So, a poor person would be skyrocketed to a whole corporation representative among a whole station? He's gotta have a lot of connections to make it up. And a lot of desire to stand up and to do it. Maybe some personality crisis in a past, resolved just recently? In my personal opinion, it would be better for a game moderator to play such role, so you would have a ace up your sleeve, since representative. Among that - sure. I've seen CR's office occupied just once or twice on this station Link to comment
Connorjg1 Posted July 9, 2020 Author Share Posted July 9, 2020 On 07/07/2020 at 23:16, KattenHatten said: So, a poor person would be skyrocketed to a whole corporation representative among a whole station? He's gotta have a lot of connections to make it up. And a lot of desire to stand up and to do it. Maybe some personality crisis in a past, resolved just recently? In my personal opinion, it would be better for a game moderator to play such role, so you would have a ace up your sleeve, since representative. Among that - sure. I've seen CR's office occupied just once or twice on this station Heyo I appreciate your comment about the character idea and I've actually been putting thought into it recently (Mainly because designing characters is always good fun) and it's a bit more complicated then I placed in the character description but basically he already had good connections and it was more a goal of... rebuilding them then anything. It was totally a bit of a personality crisis and he spent a large period of time being spoiled only to go to poverty and be forced to try climb out. Only to be saved by his uncle. He's heard the horror stories of people getting inheritance money only to spend it all and fall back to poverty so he's become really dedicated to working alongside the money to ensure he has a steady source of income as well as balancing the more political side of his life with his family on Oran. As for becoming representative of NT, his reformed political connections, extreme dedication to ensure he never ends up the way he was only 10 years prior and large amount of money has allowed him to climb the corporate ranks at a decent pace. Link to comment
armrha Posted July 9, 2020 Share Posted July 9, 2020 Definitely deserves a trial imo. Would love to see how Forger steps up to the command roles. Link to comment
Shadow Posted July 10, 2020 Share Posted July 10, 2020 Trial starts today, lasts a week. Try to get feedback regarding your command play. Link to comment
Indiana Cooper Posted July 11, 2020 Share Posted July 11, 2020 +1, has specifically engaged me on inter-corporate cooperation and basically we fenced linguistically on what each corporation (ZH vs NT) will be getting out of my character's employment here. 10/10. Link to comment
UnknownMurder Posted July 12, 2020 Share Posted July 12, 2020 (edited) This is my honest opinion. Was an alright Corporate Liaison. Doesn't do much with the crew from what I see. As a HoP, I saw the CL as too passive and seemingly waiting for someone to approach the CL rather CL approach people to see if they love the company or not. Has good play, yes, but not engaging enough with the crew. Willingly died for a traitor and appeared as a suicide which is a good thing in terms of gameplay. I like his behavior and not telling people what to do because people already knows what to do but he is not presentable enough into our gameplay RP. I give neither +1 nor -1. A neutral opinion. EDIT: Feel free to contact me before the end of your trial for my opinion to see how much you changed for the good or for the worse. Edited July 12, 2020 by UnknownMurder Footer Link to comment
Connorjg1 Posted July 12, 2020 Author Share Posted July 12, 2020 4 minutes ago, UnknownMurder said: This is my honest opinion. Was an alright Corporate Liaison. Doesn't do much with the crew from what I see. As a HoP, I saw the CL as too passive and seemingly waiting for someone to approach the CL rather CL approach people to see if they love the company or not. Has good play, yes, but not engaging enough with the crew. Willingly died for a traitor and appeared as a suicide which is a good thing in terms of gameplay. I like his behavior and not telling people what to do because people already knows what to do but he is not presentable enough into our gameplay RP. I give neither +1 nor -1. A neutral opinion. EDIT: Feel free to contact me before the end of your trial for my opinion to see how much you changed for the good or for the worse. I do believe that the round this occurred in was the odd one out due to a OOC issue that occurred at the start of it. I will be glad to see if I can change your opinion in the rounds that follow. Link to comment
UnknownMurder Posted July 12, 2020 Share Posted July 12, 2020 (edited) 10 minutes ago, Connorjg1 said: I do believe that the round this occurred in was the odd one out due to a OOC issue that occurred at the start of it. I will be glad to see if I can change your opinion in the rounds that follow. It wasn't only this round. It was also the round where I was antag Assistant mistaking you for Captain via Command Headset. You were chatty in Command Comms., yes. Though, you remained holed up in Bridge or your office from what I saw. This is an easy improvement to make and this feedback should encourage you to socialize with people in a public environment. EDIT: I have no big issues with you nor do I think you are a bad person. You haven't been "prostituting"/"selling yourself" enough to everyone. Edited July 12, 2020 by UnknownMurder aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa Link to comment
Connorjg1 Posted July 12, 2020 Author Share Posted July 12, 2020 (edited) 5 minutes ago, UnknownMurder said: It wasn't only this round. It was also the round where I was antag Assistant mistaking you for Captain via Command Headset. You were chatty in Command Comms., yes. Though, you remained holed up in Bridge or your office from what I saw. This is an easy improvement to make and this feedback should encourage you to socialize with people in a public environment. Very well. Feedback taken on board. I shall attempt to interact more with people around the station. It is appreciated Edited July 12, 2020 by Connorjg1 Link to comment
Codename: Bear Posted July 12, 2020 Share Posted July 12, 2020 Has engaged with my character rather well and even gave them guidance for their future. Got them to change their goals from Engineering to Chemistry, and even went out of his way to procure them a scholarship opportunity. It was rather neat all things considered. He did this simply because my character mentioned having some hesitations on their future over Common. That's a fat +1 from me dog. Link to comment
Hepatica Posted July 13, 2020 Share Posted July 13, 2020 Big ol +1 from me, was a godsend during a hectic raider round. Good RPer, pleasant to interact with, would like to see them around more Link to comment
Haydizzle Posted July 14, 2020 Share Posted July 14, 2020 (edited) Hey! I played that paramedic, Kars. As corporate liaison, you went out of your way to chat with me, and we kept up conversation for a healthy amount of time, nothing to sneeze at. It was quite enjoyable, and though I tend to play really dynamic extroverted characters, your end of conversations, interactions, and questioning felt solid and made me want to continue that heavy RP period. I only have a bit of constructive criticism. As command, (while that was a good moment for me and I enjoyed being selfish/taking up some more time to RP,) I would consider how much time you're spending with people. Being in that position, it would be good to have presence in round, even if the presence amounts to "oh, they brought me donuts near the start of the shift" or whatever else the super simple interaction is. Being recognizable and seeming approachable would help a lot! Again though, you played the character well, answered questions ,and gave useful information (as I played the dolt), so all in all it was very pleasant and left an impression on my character. Big +1. I also have a quick question in regards to your initial application, more so to satiate my curiosity. How do you feel your response to the 'purpose of Head of Staff' question relates to you as you play corporate liaison? Thanks again for the fun in game. ? Edited July 14, 2020 by Haydizzle I forgot to say who I was whoops! Link to comment
Connorjg1 Posted July 14, 2020 Author Share Posted July 14, 2020 3 hours ago, Haydizzle said: Hey! I played that paramedic, Kars. As corporate liaison, you went out of your way to chat with me, and we kept up conversation for a healthy amount of time, nothing to sneeze at. It was quite enjoyable, and though I tend to play really dynamic extroverted characters, your end of conversations, interactions, and questioning felt solid and made me want to continue that heavy RP period. I only have a bit of constructive criticism. As command, (while that was a good moment for me and I enjoyed being selfish/taking up some more time to RP,) I would consider how much time you're spending with people. Being in that position, it would be good to have presence in round, even if the presence amounts to "oh, they brought me donuts near the start of the shift" or whatever else the super simple interaction is. Being recognizable and seeming approachable would help a lot! Again though, you played the character well, answered questions ,and gave useful information (as I played the dolt), so all in all it was very pleasant and left an impression on my character. Big +1. I also have a quick question in regards to your initial application, more so to satiate my curiosity. How do you feel your response to the 'purpose of Head of Staff' question relates to you as you play corporate liaison? Thanks again for the fun in game. ? Heyo! Sorry about waiting to get back to you. I was in round lol l am indeed aware that I spent far to long speaking to you despite how enjoyable it was. I'd love to blame that on the extremely tiny manifest but I more think I just found your EMT too interesting haha. As for my response about how my answer correlates: Quote What do you think the OOC purpose of a Head of Staff is, ingame?: To ensure that players work together and have someone that can guide them as well as create unique situations that wouldn't be possible without a good leader. A head of staff should be someone you can learn from or rely upon both in character and OOC. A good head of staff could make or break someones round, with them having the highest power to be able to direct the chaos on the station in a way that is fun for everyone. A head of staff shouldn't strive to win. They should strive to create a fun round. My believe my CL leans far more on the "Create unique scenarios" side of my answer and the section mentioning being able to learn from them. I often do my best to come up with unique non antag gimmicks before round to play out as CL such as inviting a certain person into my office to discuss what I believe would be best for there future, offering schooling opportunity ETC that I believe would make an interesting round for the person I plan to speak to. Role-play is both ways so if it's only going to appeal to me then that's a bad idea. As for being able to learn side of things it is mostly regarding answering questions about the SOP and law to the best of my ability. I did extensive reading into both before playing CL so that I could be sure that in the event someone is confused I am able to provide the correct answer with speed and truthfulness. One thing CL struggles with is the ability to directly effect the round however assuming you are persuasive enough it is often extremely easy to convince command staff the "right answer" regarding a situation. This allows a lot of freedom but as a part of that you have to ensure you are doing so in a way that is enjoyable for everyone. Whilst it is not as threatening as say the HOS you have to be extra careful to avoid antag hunting situations because often I've found traitors will seek you out with more roleplay orientated gimmicks Anywho I'm rambling now and it's late lmao Link to comment
Haydizzle Posted July 15, 2020 Share Posted July 15, 2020 Good answer! You have my backing and support. Link to comment
UnknownMurder Posted July 15, 2020 Share Posted July 15, 2020 Your Corporate Liaison did great in "prostituting/selling themselves". That is a lot better. I noticed a lot of progress since I last posted here. What made me take a pause and think about how you behave with an antagonist situation (recently changeling), it looks like you were trying to force yourself in when Security Officer, Detective, and a Security Cadet were already present. You had an energy pistol. I'm not bothered by you trying to help Head of Security but when you're forcing yourself in and this implies that you're trying to take command as Corporate Liaison when Head of Security is down. So, here's an extra feedback. Let the specialized people take care of situations they're trained for and be sure to know your job boundaries. In this situation, your energy pistol was given to you for your self defense, not to chase antagonists. I acknowledge you were trying to help and be useful, everyone has that feeling that they want to be included, even in a conversation. I see progress but at the same time I see more and more of your true nature at this time and mistakes when we get in heated situations. Everyone makes this mistakes, it's human nature. +1 Link to comment
Connorjg1 Posted July 15, 2020 Author Share Posted July 15, 2020 (edited) 3 hours ago, UnknownMurder said: Your Corporate Liaison did great in "prostituting/selling themselves". That is a lot better. I noticed a lot of progress since I last posted here. What made me take a pause and think about how you behave with an antagonist situation (recently changeling), it looks like you were trying to force yourself in when Security Officer, Detective, and a Security Cadet were already present. You had an energy pistol. I'm not bothered by you trying to help Head of Security but when you're forcing yourself in and this implies that you're trying to take command as Corporate Liaison when Head of Security is down. So, here's an extra feedback. Let the specialized people take care of situations they're trained for and be sure to know your job boundaries. In this situation, your energy pistol was given to you for your self defense, not to chase antagonists. I acknowledge you were trying to help and be useful, everyone has that feeling that they want to be included, even in a conversation. I see progress but at the same time I see more and more of your true nature at this time and mistakes when we get in heated situations. Everyone makes this mistakes, it's human nature. +1 Heyo. We talked about this on the discord but posting it here so it's visible. Ye I was absolutely at fault during that and I even realised that I hadn't been the best after the situation was over lol. I absolutely took it from self defence to more antag hunting once the bullets started flying. I absolutely will try to tone that down in future rounds seeing as I have an intense dislike for valid hunting. Appreciate da +1 Edited July 15, 2020 by Connorjg1 Grammer Link to comment
niennab Posted July 15, 2020 Share Posted July 15, 2020 I would be a bit careful of how you enact your authority of those on station as a Nanotrasen liaison. As a liaison, you aren't command and you can't, or at least shouldn't try to ask the commander to order two synthetic visitors of another corporation to your office. This was all over, I should add, a vague remark made towards liaisons in general. Calling in Umbra given their ownership status, I understand, This isn't a -1 however but rather just a cautionary remark. Drama can be fun, but it's important to know how far your authority stretches. Nonetheless, it was a fun added spice to the round and we were able to rope in a few people into the matter as a result. Link to comment
Connorjg1 Posted July 15, 2020 Author Share Posted July 15, 2020 (edited) 1 hour ago, niennab said: I would be a bit careful of how you enact your authority of those on station as a Nanotrasen liaison. As a liaison, you aren't command and you can't, or at least shouldn't try to ask the commander to order two synthetic visitors of another corporation to your office. This was all over, I should add, a vague remark made towards liaisons in general. Calling in Umbra given their ownership status, I understand, This isn't a -1 however but rather just a cautionary remark. Drama can be fun, but it's important to know how far your authority stretches. Nonetheless, it was a fun added spice to the round and we were able to rope in a few people into the matter as a result. Heyo Truth be told that round took place very late so I'm probably not top of my game however I will actually disagree on this point. I just wished for an apology lol. Probably shouldn't have gotten the commander to try order them into it but in character I was pretty pissed they were refusing to come and actively avoiding me after insulting the company Liaisons and I had just dealt with being fed another person's dead body and another IPC claiming I had bribed the IPC in the brig so I believe going to the bar for a drink and then having to deal with that leading to being a slight bit sensitive towards them was justified. OOC I love those characters but IC I was at the end of my rope with damn robots and just wanted to get an apology Edited July 15, 2020 by Connorjg1 Clarity Link to comment
niennab Posted July 16, 2020 Share Posted July 16, 2020 My point isn't so much the reasoning, because the drama itself was fun and spurned roleplay, but the method in which your liaison tried to use authority that they didn't have. As on the surface, it was interpreted as a Liaison threatening to file an incident report because two synthetic visitors wouldn't apologize for something that didn't pertain to the liaison in question. Link to comment
Peppermint Posted July 16, 2020 Share Posted July 16, 2020 You had a good start imo, but the last couple of rounds I've seen have been pretty bad. You're not a member of command as liaison, and generally should not be touching the running of the station and certainly not taking over as command the second something goes wrong. Likewise as pointed out by others, the weapon is for your own defence. You should not be sprinting around after a changling and attacking them with metal rods, nor chasing after wizards with a stunbatton and your sidearm, and certainly not getting into a shootout with a unathi vandalising your office without even telling security it's happening. Link to comment
Connorjg1 Posted July 16, 2020 Author Share Posted July 16, 2020 1 hour ago, Lemei said: You had a good start imo, but the last couple of rounds I've seen have been pretty bad. You're not a member of command as liaison, and generally should not be touching the running of the station and certainly not taking over as command the second something goes wrong. Likewise as pointed out by others, the weapon is for your own defence. You should not be sprinting around after a changling and attacking them with metal rods, nor chasing after wizards with a stunbatton and your sidearm, and certainly not getting into a shootout with a unathi vandalising your office without even telling security it's happening. Yello! Right I can address the first two points. On both accounts I was wrong during those. I talked about the changeling metal rod one above lol and the wizard one was also kinda dumb. I don't entirely agree on the third point since at that point I was 90% sure security wasn't going to help me since almost all of the station was against me however probably could've yelled for help... which I think I did? I actually can't remember. And yeah. I've probably been trying to take over during emergency situations too much. My bad. Thank ya Link to comment
Connorjg1 Posted July 16, 2020 Author Share Posted July 16, 2020 3 hours ago, niennab said: My point isn't so much the reasoning, because the drama itself was fun and spurned roleplay, but the method in which your liaison tried to use authority that they didn't have. As on the surface, it was interpreted as a Liaison threatening to file an incident report because two synthetic visitors wouldn't apologize for something that didn't pertain to the liaison in question. Ah no that a misunderstanding. The officer in question asked but I had no interest in filing an IR. That'd be dumb lol. Link to comment
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