EmilyTheAwesome Posted October 11, 2015 Share Posted October 11, 2015 BYOND key: Emily the Awsome Character names: Joyce Emii, Teah Emii, Daisey Emii, Scarr Emii How long have you been playing on Aurora?: Couple Months, not sure of exact. Why do you wish to be on the whitelist?: I wish to be on whitelist so I can further my Roleplaying ability, as well as help other players whom are new and confused. Why did you come to Aurora?: It was my first SS13 server I joined actually. Was told about the game, and told this is a good server. Have you read the BS12 wiki on the head roles you plan on playing?: Diligently. 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: Roleplaying is, by definition, assuming the role of another. Be it used in one regard or another, you assume a life of someone else. Fall into place with that character, do what they would do in a situation not what you would do. It's about enjoying a life that you do not or cannot lead, developing friendships with people whom you would never know. What do you think the OOC purpose of a Head of Staff is, ingame?: The OOC purpose of a Head is to further the Roleplay of others, make sure they aren't just cut off from the rest of the game for no good reason. (I.E. A HoS letting the bald assistant out after an hour sentence for punching someone once. Or CMO cloning someone who's been waiting for over an hour) The Heads are held to a higher standard than the common player, looked up to by others. They should be a good example of how to Roleplay, providing various interesting situations. What do you think the OOC responsibilities of Whitelisted players are to other players, and how would you strive to uphold them?: The Whitelisted players overall are, as stated, held to a higher standard than non-whitelisted. They should exemplify what is expected of the role they are whitelisted for. Their responsibilities are, in general, to keep the Roleplay flowing. I would strive to uphold said responsibilities by constantly learning and adapting, making sure that people under me are all knowledgeable in their role, and generally Keeping people in as long as I can, if they are allowed to do so. Please pick one of your characters for this section, and provide well articulated responses to the following questions. Character name: Joyce Emii Character age: 36 Please provide a short biography of this character (approx 2 paragraphs): Joyce was born to a rather large family, forcing her to adopt a shining personality in order to try and stand apart from her brothers and sisters. Her love was not always medicine, but as she grew and her brother Angeur became more and more unruly, she took a caretaker role in the family that eventually led to her medical education and career. She soared through her college years at either the top of her class or very close to it. She eventually graduated with a PhD in psychology as well as an MD with a specialization in surgery. She began her work with NanoTransen as a nursing intern working her way up to positions that she was qualified for until she turned 30 and tragedy struck. Joyce developed a degenerative bone disease that began to make her work harder and harder until she eventually lost all limbs at the age of 35. Joyce spent the next month of her life in a cryo state until biomechanical engineers were able to design the prosthetics that could withstand the attack of her degenerative disease. Finally out of the tube, Joyce was able to resume her work helping the people of her station. Even while sorting through family and health issues, it is highly unlikely to ever see Joyce without a smile on her face. What do you like about this character?: I enjoy playing as her usually Bubbly personality, because that's generally what kind of person I am. I play her so well because I Play what I know. IRL I am a Nurse, IG I am a Surgeon. Same general fields, fun to actually play. What do you dislike about this character?: Sometimes I have to keep her Bubbly personality, even when I myself am not feeling up to it. Hard to do, and when Joyce has a down mood, I tend to follow. On top of that she is a hopeless Romantic. What do you think makes this character fit to be a head of staff?: Joyce would make a good CMO due to the fact that her philosophy is "Friend until proven otherwise." making her care for everyone equally, even if they just met. She has the Medical experience from schooling, and more from hands on. She can be stern when needed (even going as far as to help put an end to addictions) and can usually keep a level head in most situations. Please provide well articulated answers to the following questions. How would you rate your own roleplaying?: I would rate myself 7.5/10 to 8/10. I have been Roleplaying for many years, but I still learn new ways every day, always improving, always room to. Extra notes: Link to comment
slc97 Posted October 11, 2015 Share Posted October 11, 2015 Joyce Emii is probably one of my favorite characters on this server. She portrays herself as the stereotypical happy-go-lucky character that gets real dull real fast, but Emily adds so much complexity to Joyce's character that there is always something interesting about her. I still remember her first game as a nursing intern where she was thrown into a nuke ops situation with myself and three other people critical. She had no idea what to do, as she repeatedly stated over looc, but she kept all of us alive and continued to get better and better over time. I believe that she is now one of the best medical players, due to my own ego I won't say best, on this server and I think she would make a phenomenal CMO. Link to comment
VickChaotic Posted October 11, 2015 Share Posted October 11, 2015 I play with Joyce quite a bit and I think she will be a wonderful head of staff, Joyce is always pushing herself and always has a smile on her face. She really makes the rounds an joy IC and OOC, she is responsible and has basic knowledge in many things. Link to comment
Gollee Posted October 11, 2015 Share Posted October 11, 2015 After a long chat in the Pager, I can support this. Sensible, head screwed on right, that sort of thing. Link to comment
Blizzard Posted October 11, 2015 Share Posted October 11, 2015 Personally, I have thoroughly enjoyed roleplaying with Emily ever since I first registered. I have interacted with several characters of her own, and she still manages to surprise me with each concept and development she implements to such. I would not doubt that she deserves and will be able to uphold the responsibility of a Head of Staff. I have learnt more from her, both IC and OOC, than anyone else in this station, and I am glad I get to roleplay with her often. Link to comment
the_furry Posted October 11, 2015 Share Posted October 11, 2015 *says something witty and sarcastic that also compliments Emily's Roleplay* ow...I think i just meta'd to hard. Link to comment
Garnascus Posted October 13, 2015 Share Posted October 13, 2015 Just had a great experience with emily. was playing around with slimes and had some room for some adamantine golems. she happened to be ghosting around and agreed to join as one before she had to go to bed. she roleplayed very well and as luck would have it someone needed to be rescued right outside the window of xenobiology. so i ordered the golem to rescue her and then fixed her up in surgery. Even though she had never been one before she took to the "feel" of a golem very well. I fully endorse this whitelist app and thank her for being fun to play with. i promise i was not forced to write this! Link to comment
Jboy2000000 Posted October 13, 2015 Share Posted October 13, 2015 I have to agree with Garn, Emily was very good being a Golem, and was very good with having someone RP the ignorance of the Golem's existence, which most people aren't fond of. So, double points for that. Link to comment
SilentNight195 Posted October 13, 2015 Share Posted October 13, 2015 ♪I love Emily and Zi loves her toooo♪ ♪I give this application a +100000000000000000000♪ Link to comment
TechnoKat Posted October 15, 2015 Share Posted October 15, 2015 I'm going to be an ass and give a negative from myself, why? Why, well. Taking a role of a head of staff is not just about "lol i better get muh ruleplay exparaince upgraded to edgelord, i cudd alzo tech new players somthing st00pid". It's common sense to realize you're taking a role that can empower other players and ruin their rounds possibly, you've stated you've been for a couple of months and that Aurora is your first server, which I believe you just joined. Have you seen how other departments work? Have you seen how other departments been ran by other heads of staff? Do you think, for example, you're able help out other departments as a CMO with basic knowledge? Do you THINK you can handle a chaotic station even if you are for example, a chief engineer? You're taking command staff, do you honestly think you can contribute for everyone's fun regardless if antags are partaking? Everything has to be planned and done correctly almost all of the times, otherwise, we'll get more rampaging lesbian CMO's, edgelord Head of Security's, militant Chief Engineers, validhunting selfish Research Directors and captains who dissapear like dust somewhere and can't communicate enough. Also almighty all-access HoP's. Enlighten me and you'll have my support, there is a peacenuke round going on, you're the only command staff, Chief Medical Officer. What will you do when these intruders come in with DO accessories and state they're "inspecting" the station, without jumping the gun saying "ur not dooty officurs!" but making everything interesting? Link to comment
Taffytaffer Posted October 16, 2015 Share Posted October 16, 2015 Please provide a short biography of this character (approx 2 paragraphs): Joyce was born to a rather large family, forcing her to adopt a shining personality in order to try and stand apart from her brothers and sisters. Her love was not always medicine, but as she grew and her brother Angeur became more and more unruly, she took a caretaker role in the family that eventually led to her medical education and career. She soared through her college years at either the top of her class or very close to it. She eventually graduated with a PhD in psychology as well as an MD with a specialization in surgery. She began her work with NanoTransen as a nursing intern working her way up to positions that she was qualified for until she turned 30 and tragedy struck. Joyce developed a degenerative bone disease that began to make her work harder and harder until she eventually lost all limbs at the age of 35. Joyce spent the next month of her life in a cryo state until biomechanical engineers were able to design the prosthetics that could withstand the attack of her degenerative disease. Finally out of the tube, Joyce was able to resume her work helping the people of her station. Even while sorting through family and health issues, it is highly unlikely to ever see Joyce without a smile on her face. Joyce developed a degenerative bone disease that began to make her work harder and harder until she eventually lost all limbs at the age of 35. Joyce spent the next month of her life in a cryo state until biochemical engineers were able to design the prosthetics that could withstand the attack of her degenerative disease. What? She has a disease so she works harder and harder? And, ontop of this, wouldn't this be a liability in the real-world for any job? Like, you have a disease that causes bone spurs and dissatisfaction and discomfort. It apparently even hindered usage of your limbs. With a backstory like this, I'm confused and unsure that I can support this. A lot of the story seems fragmented and just forced in there. I'm personally going to give this a negative from me because it's just confusing to even attempt to grasp. You go from a caretaker role in the house to wanting to become a Medical Doctor? A nurse is one thing and understandable, moving from a caretaker role to a nurse. You're helping people at home, so you do it for a living! Great. Except, you somewhere decided to become a Doctor. I understand not everyone knows the process on actually being a Doctor, but it's just simply googling really. I see no internship history/background in the backstory at all, nor do I even see any talks of attending any undergrad program. Just "she did well at school, graduated Valedictorian, got PhD." The thing that really stands out is "She got a MD specialization for surgery." A medical doctor specialization in surgery? Why not just say 'She attended Medical School and worked towards becoming a surgeon' or something like that. I mean, you're telling us your character's history, what kind of person your character is, in just two paragraphs, but all I saw was the literal lyrics to an Eminem song. Till the roof comes off, till the lights go out Till my legs give out, can’t shut my mouth. Till the smoke clears out. Am I high? Perhaps I'ma rip this shit till my bones collapse. Link to comment
EmilyTheAwesome Posted October 16, 2015 Author Share Posted October 16, 2015 --We know what was quoted-- What? She has a disease so she works harder and harder? And, ontop of this, wouldn't this be a liability in the real-world for any job? Like, you have a disease that causes bone spurs and dissatisfaction and discomfort. It apparently even hindered usage of your limbs. With a backstory like this, I'm confused and unsure that I can support this. A lot of the story seems fragmented and just forced in there. I'm personally going to give this a negative from me because it's just confusing to even attempt to grasp. You go from a caretaker role in the house to wanting to become a Medical Doctor? A nurse is one thing and understandable, moving from a caretaker role to a nurse. You're helping people at home, so you do it for a living! Great. Except, you somewhere decided to become a Doctor. I understand not everyone knows the process on actually being a Doctor, but it's just simply googling really. I see no internship history/background in the backstory at all, nor do I even see any talks of attending any undergrad program. Just "she did well at school, graduated Valedictorian, got PhD." The thing that really stands out is "She got a MD specialization for surgery." A medical doctor specialization in surgery? Why not just say 'She attended Medical School and worked towards becoming a surgeon' or something like that. I mean, you're telling us your character's history, what kind of person your character is, in just two paragraphs, but all I saw was the literal lyrics to an Eminem song. Till the roof comes off, till the lights go out Till my legs give out, can’t shut my mouth. Till the smoke clears out. Am I high? Perhaps I'ma rip this shit till my bones collapse. Part of the issue is grammatical errors, being tired while writing. The "makes her work harder" is not as her working harder, but making it harder to work. Hell, if you really feel like I need to I can write it out again to elaborate a bit better. The main point of this is just to highlight certain things. The decision to become a Doctor was in fact spurred from helping out her family in thus ways. I don't quite think it necessary to give the detailed process of becoming a doctor. And as for the MD surgery specializing, I felt it sounded a bit... y'know. Fancier. Fluff. Meanwhile, back to the first point, the disorder didn't quite hinder her actual work. Think of it as the bones getting slowly and slowly more aerated. Holes, making the bones a bit more fragile over time to be easier to break. The discomfort and pains were counteracted by medications. I'm going to be an ass and give a negative from myself, why? Why, well. Taking a role of a head of staff is not just about "lol i better get muh ruleplay exparaince upgraded to edgelord, i cudd alzo tech new players somthing st00pid". It's common sense to realize you're taking a role that can empower other players and ruin their rounds possibly, you've stated you've been for a couple of months and that Aurora is your first server, which I believe you just joined. Have you seen how other departments work? Have you seen how other departments been ran by other heads of staff? Do you think, for example, you're able help out other departments as a CMO with basic knowledge? Do you THINK you can handle a chaotic station even if you are for example, a chief engineer? You're taking command staff, do you honestly think you can contribute for everyone's fun regardless if antags are partaking? Everything has to be planned and done correctly almost all of the times, otherwise, we'll get more rampaging lesbian CMO's, edgelord Head of Security's, militant Chief Engineers, validhunting selfish Research Directors and captains who dissapear like dust somewhere and can't communicate enough. Also almighty all-access HoP's. Enlighten me and you'll have my support, there is a peacenuke round going on, you're the only command staff, Chief Medical Officer. What will you do when these intruders come in with DO accessories and state they're "inspecting" the station, without jumping the gun saying "ur not dooty officurs!" but making everything interesting? Starters, it's not an ass move to give a negative, as I see perfectly valid points as to why you did (Though I'm not fond of the sarcastic way you quoted me.) Yes, this IS my first server, so I get the hesitation on some people's parts. During my time, I haven't always PLAYED during it. I have done quite a fair amount of ghosting, and a decent amount of reading up on the Wiki. While I haven't gotten a chance to actually DO everything myself, I have some fairly basic knowledge of most things. (By Fairly I mean I can do very basic things. Except Science. Haven't messed with that stuff.) I am aware of the Role I would be taking, but I'm not perfect at wording myself sometimes. Despite that I do find myself being fairly Diplomatic, decent at actually talking people out of certain situations and such, thus I do think I would be able to give decent capability to handle a station if I were the only command staff on. Sure it might be a bit hard to contribute 24/7 to every bit of enjoyment, but I'm confident that I can better myself in this regard, given the chance, be it with or without Antags. (I don't see the point of bringing up the sexuality of a character, though, with that Lesbian CMO comment.) As for the last bit. In that specific kind of situation my primary goal would be finding out if they are legitimate, contacting Central (I'm not sure how that process works as I've not asked about that before) as I would not have received word beforehand of an upcoming inspection. Idealy in that situation I wouldn't be the only Command on, but can't always have idea. During attempting to find out if they are legitimate, I would have to discover if they had any sort of official inspection stuff(worded a bit better of course.) Failing in that I would at least attempt to keep them in the less than dangerous locations, delaying. Allowing them to inspect, say, Medical, Cargo, the places they would be least able to do damage, saving the more dangerous locations last while awaiting ANY sort of verification. Not sure what else you would want for me here, open to ideas there. Link to comment
TechnoKat Posted October 16, 2015 Share Posted October 16, 2015 The moment you'll take a command role will be the moment when you'll start complaining about many, just many players chucklefucking and fiddling about, which'll change how you play. I believe you had complained about couple of obvious trolls/shitposters already? The lesbian rampaging CMO comment. It's been an issue and the whole suicidal shit still is. It's been giving Aurora bad views and stirring up drama. Hopefully you're not one of those players. ps. my quote was meant as an example, not yourself, people use "roleplay" excuses to almost achieve everything they want. Play security if you want to know more about whole "station vs antag" things. Because it won't be so easy peasy lemon squeasy with basic knowledge on everything, there comes MUCH more responsibilities when dealing with players, or against them, not just corporate regulation bullshit and dissection if said character is a ling as example. Link to comment
slc97 Posted October 16, 2015 Share Posted October 16, 2015 Techno, I gotta start by saying that I love your signature. I have to continue by saying though that you bring up moot points. You are the only person I have seen in these forums ever talking about lesbian rampaging CMO's. Why would their sexuality matter? Also, playing command does not actually change the way you play. Your character remains fundamentally the same. If you're changing your entire character and play style just because your playing command, then I really don't think that's the right way to go about being a Head of Staff. First off, I've seen Emily basically run medbay as a surgeon before. People respect her and people listen to her. I think she is more than capable of being a CMO. Hell, she might know more than I do about medbay, and I like to think I'm one of the more well-versed medical players from playing it off and on for 5 years. Second, Heads of Staff technically do not need to know "about the whole 'station vs antag' issue". Those are security issues and are usually delegated to security anyway. I often times as Captain will hear about an antag issue and tell the warden, if there is no HoS, to handle it how he believes necessary, because that's their job not mine and not a CMO's. Third, I know for a fact that Emily has ghosted over me as Captain a number of times during emergency situations as well as over other heads and departments during standard procedures. I think she does in fact have a basic knowledge of everything but science, like she said earlier, which is more than I can say. I feel like most of what you bring up is a little moot and is more what YOU want in a head of staff rather than what is necessary in a head of staff. Don't get me wrong, I agree that your points are nice, but not necessary. Link to comment
Guest Posted October 16, 2015 Share Posted October 16, 2015 The moment you'll take a command role will be the moment when you'll start complaining about many, just many players chucklefucking and fiddling about, which'll change how you play. I believe you had complained about couple of obvious trolls/shitposters already? The lesbian rampaging CMO comment. It's been an issue and the whole suicidal shit still is. It's been giving Aurora bad views and stirring up drama. Hopefully you're not one of those players. ps. my quote was meant as an example, not yourself, people use "roleplay" excuses to almost achieve everything they want. Play security if you want to know more about whole "station vs antag" things. Because it won't be so easy peasy lemon squeasy with basic knowledge on everything, there comes MUCH more responsibilities when dealing with players, or against them, not just corporate regulation bullshit and dissection if said character is a ling as example. Wat. Just, wat. What are you even talking about? Do not use presumptions or arguments of straw in an attempt to derail and shit up someone's head of staff application just so you can bitch about the playerbase. I don't know about you, but the head of staff whitelist group hasn't had a single post in their respective subforum in ages. If there is ever drama stirred up among two heads of staff, other whitelistees aren't likely to ever know about it. I don't even know if half of the crap you just posted actually has any relevance here. If you're gonna concern troll, try being more subtle instead of taking that anti-lesbian stance you seem to be so actually serious about. So, anyway. As far as I've seen, Joyce Emii has proven themselves to be a competent medical worker, and has saved the butts of several people more than a few times. Though I don't play in medical as frequently, the applicant seems to have a level-headed, controlled attitude. They're OOCly gung-ho (but in the good, positive way), and so far I've not seen any problems besides what paranoid strawmen could be constructed. I'm not foreseeing any problems or conflicts as far as I can see. If they surface, then I imagine everybody will just get the fuck over it instead of attempting to burn everything down. This definitely has my endorsement. Hope this gets attention by TishQy. Link to comment
ChrisC Posted October 18, 2015 Share Posted October 18, 2015 Other then the fact we now know she is a corgi hater I guess I can give this a yes. I did enjoy playing with her and she does a good job at being a medical professional Link to comment
Xelnagahunter Posted October 18, 2015 Share Posted October 18, 2015 I fully suppport this. As a captain I've given her nearly complete CMO status, letting her control the medbay. It worked pretty well. This gets my endorsement. Emily, if you are interested in learning the command side of things, join as an assistant with a captain or HoP and ask to be made their direct assistant. More often than not they are going to communicate with CC. Continue to use the "I'm learning to CMO" bit because then they have reason to teach you regulation responses and what documents to properly fill out from a command pov. Link to comment
Guest Posted October 21, 2015 Share Posted October 21, 2015 Emily, if you are interested in learning the command side of things, join as an assistant with a captain or HoP and ask to be made their direct assistant. More often than not they are going to communicate with CC. Continue to use the "I'm learning to CMO" bit because then they have reason to teach you regulation responses and what documents to properly fill out from a command pov. Ohh yes, we have a "Head of Staff mentorship program" which never really took off. Basically, what Xelnagahunter described but more offical and actually gets you in with a prospective mentor. I personally can't teach you CMO, but can show you the HoS, Captain and HoP stuff, or simply the basics of command. Do contact SilentNight195 here on the forums if you are interested, I'm pretty sure he can do CMO. Link to comment
Aqy Posted October 22, 2015 Share Posted October 22, 2015 Application approved. Glory to Aurora. Link to comment
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