BravoBohemia Posted June 27, 2023 Posted June 27, 2023 (edited) Server Moderator Application Basic Information Byond Account: CoolSortieBro Character Name(s): Liam Knight primarily, however I have occasionally played Andrew Knight; as well as Thomas Roach and William Becker way back when during the KOTW events AI Name(s): N/A, have never played AI Discord username + tag: coolsortiebro Age: 27 Timezone: CST (UTC-5) When are you on Aurora?: During weekdays, anywhere from 1900 to 2200 my time. Weekends are a bit more open and can stretch from roughly 1200 up to 2300. Experience How long have you played SS13?: Collectively, probably close to about three to four years, although the exact time frame in my mind is a bit fuzzy. How long have you played on Aurora: I started playing shortly before the KOTW Arc way back in 2020 but took almost a year long hiatus shortly after that event chain had ended. So all told, probably close to two years total playtime. How much do you know about SS13 (Baystation build) game mechanics?: While most of my experience lies on the medical side of things from a mechanical standpoint, I have had the opportunity to sample other 'facets' of the gameplay loop, mainly in security in engineering. The part of the gameplay loop I can't say I have any real experience in is science. Do you have any experience moderating for an SS13 server?: Not SS13 but I did help to moderate a Minecraft server for a period of about a year in 2016. 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?: At the risk of sounding like a broken record, I don't think anyone would be applying for a position like this if they didn't think they checked all the boxes. Have you ever been banned, and if so, how long and why?: Never banned, hope to maintain that streak for the next long while. Personality Why do you play SS13?: I play SS13 for the same reason I play immersive sims like System Shock, Deus Ex, or Thief; the breadth and depth of the systems on offer for the player. There's very few other games, with a multiplayer aspect, that offer as many avenues for play as Space Station or have each of those avenues as fleshed out as Space Station does. My favorite example of this is brainmed which is by and large one of the best 'medical' systems I've seen in a game, on par with something like ACE Medical for ArmA 3. Why do you play on Aurora?: Aurora offers a unique opportunity to engage with a player base that focuses more on roleplay than the actual gameplay loop of Space Station 13 itself. I don't think I'm alone in saying that there are plenty of SS13 servers that offer better 'gameplay' than Aurora from a mechanics standpoint but Aurora has the unique quality of offering an HRP environment without some of the baggage that other servers of this type tend to carry. (You know the ones I'm talking about.) This makes it a no brainer for me to spend most of my time playing pretend spacemen here. What do moderators do?: A moderator, as the name might suggest, has a duty to moderate. Much like CCIA handles server issues from an in-character angle, moderators take care of issues in a more traditional sense through out of character communication and inspection. As a result I find that moderators tend to handle the more egregious and immediate issues but they also act as the right hand men to the admins, helping to deliberate and ultimately make judgement on any issues that may crop up. What does it mean to be a moderator for our server?: For Aurora in particular, while you not only have the job of ensuring the server's rules are not broken, you also are tasked with ensuring a smooth and enjoyable flow to the round, owing to our HRP setting. As a result, moderators (at least from my perspective looking in) seem to handle more issues regarding poor play than actual rule breakers. Why do you want to be a moderator?: 've played Aurora on and off for a few years now and I've never quite gotten the same investment out of it as I have in the last few months. I've made quite a few close friends in that time who have supported me through some personal issues and I feel it only proper to try and give back to this community and help foster the same environment they provided to me for all players. What qualities do you possess that would make you a good moderator?: Organization and persistence. I tend to laser focus on a task when presented and keep hammering away at it until it's completed before hopping to the next job. How well do you handle stress, anger, or insults?: Working as a professional engineer in the construction industry exposes me to quite a few callous individuals. I don't think I'd be where I am today if I couldn't handle stress. Anything Else You Want to Add: (Do not put words here) I have had multiple people poke and prod me (you know who you are) to try and apply for either mod or CCIA and now I have. I hope I can do you guys proud. Edited June 27, 2023 by BravoBohemia Formatting had an absolute tizzy 1
Kintsugi Posted June 27, 2023 Posted June 27, 2023 (edited) Your involvement in the discord - either solely in the past or continuing into the present (regrettably, I no longer have access to it) - known as "The Based Department", which was and potentially still is a toxic, vindictive cesspool of embittered players and ex-players, where you and your friends behind the backs of the server as a whole mocked staff, mocked players, and mocked characters you didn't like totally precludes your suitability as a prospective member of the staff team, let alone as a server moderator. You have no place on the moderation team - not only because of your hostile attitudes towards both the server's players and against even members of staff you're supposed to be working with, but because being a moderator would allow you to act upon and target the individuals you mocked in private. The following screenshots are from just a few days' worth of logs. Mocking players: Spoiler Mocking characters: Spoiler Mocking staff: Spoiler As a bonus, metagaming: Spoiler Unfortunately, all of these are several months old. But I feel they're recent enough and substantial enough that it should prove you do not have the right mindset or the right personality to be a server moderator. Also, again, this is just a few days' worth of messages. You have thousands more in there. I cannot even be sure that you have not said or done things much, much worse than this, because I only picked out the most recent messages over the course of a thirty minute period. I am sure that if I kept looking, I could find a lot of stuff. And there is almost certainly a lot more I don't have access to, if this discord still exists and you are still a member. All I'll say is that I hope you don't have an ulterior motive for applying for moderator, but I don't think either way you can be trusted with the position. I recommend you evaluate your actions, reconsider how you interact with Aurora and the community as a whole, and most of all? Look at the people you hang out with (Hello! I know you guys are looking at this too.), and really examine the people in your clique. Finally, a disclaimer: Spoiler I can't claim to be perfect myself. Before anyone tries to throw this in my face and say, "Well, Danse, you're just as bad!" remember that I am not applying for server moderator here. I have made mistakes too. Bad ones. Seriously bad ones. But I am not the applicant here. I am someone who has been targeted by this individual and their friends, a group of people who have slandered me and spread horrific, malicious (and fabricated) rumors about me with nothing but the worst intent, and I am making this post out of concern of what they'll do if they become a member of the staff team. Unfortunately, CoolSortieBro is very good at hiding their true feelings about people. I did not even know this is how they felt about me until I saw these logs with my own eyes. In the past I thought we were on amicable terms and that we had good roleplay interactions with one another. Remember that this is how they could feel about you, too. Edited June 27, 2023 by DanseMacabre 1
BravoBohemia Posted June 27, 2023 Author Posted June 27, 2023 Hey Danse, thanks for chiming in. I'd like to start off by saying that I haven't been a member of 'The Based Department' discord for about three to four months now, I left back towards January of this year when I decided to distance myself from the community at large, due to a falling out with a few members there, the details of which I'll withhold from here unless it's really needed. I will admit during my time on Aurora I definitely fell into the wrong crowd, the images above of statements I've made are a result of that, and I'm sure they've soured the outlook quite a few people have on me at this point. While I can't offer up any kind of excuse or 'yeah but' as a way of covering my you know what, all I can say is that I have grown quite a bit in that brief three to four month period, hard as it may be to believe; which I'm sure some other members of the community can attest to. I'd like to sincerely apologize though, to both you as well as the other players, staff, and characters I'd badmouthed during my time in that discord. It was distasteful, and as you said at the beginning of your post, harbors a very toxic and vindictive environment which is what I would like to try and stamp out if given the opportunity. Ultimately though, I realize this is quite damning and I can understand if this more or less knocks me out of the running completely.
Alberyk Posted June 27, 2023 Posted June 27, 2023 34 minutes ago, BravoBohemia said: Ultimately though, I realize this is quite damning and I can understand if this more or less knocks me out of the running completely. Yes, this is correct. Application denied. 1
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