[Denied] ben10083's Head of Staff Application

[ben10083]

BYOND key: ben10083

Character names: BEAKER, Ben Smith, B.O.B, B.O.B 2.0 (AI), I-AN, L.O.S.S, S.A.M, SE-B.

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How long have you been playing on Aurora?: Around 2-3 years

Why do you wish to be on the whitelist?: I really want to play as a IA Agent.

Why did you come to Aurora?: I enjoy HRP things, and this server is perfect for it, and the community is very active.

Have you read the Aurora wiki on the head roles and qualifications you plan on playing?: Yes.

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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 people acting how they (usually) would not act themselves and in a (usually) fictional enviroment, roleplay should allow people to act the way they usually do not and allows people to interact with people who have the same interests as them.

What do you think the OOC purpose of a Head of Staff is, ingame?: The Heads of Staff are responsible for making sure the round is enjoyable to as many people as possible, the best thing I can think of is a example I see many times; Heads of Staff refusing to call ERT and/or call evac when antags are present. This example shows how the Head of Staff allows the round to continue and be more enjoyable, with the crew actively helping security fight the antags, and the antags being able to fairly fight the opposition. Another example is a Head of Staff having their department engage in projects (CE ordering engineering to build stuff on 2nd floor.) and other things to keep people engaged in the round.

What do you think the OOC responsibilities of Whitelisted players are to other players, and how would you strive to uphold them?: White listed players are held at a higher standards since they are trusted with one of the most powerful IC jobs in the game. They are expected to know more about their department then others and are supposed to be the best source of information regarding their department and jobs (like asking how to do telescience).

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Please pick one of your characters for this section, and provide well articulated responses to the following questions.

Character name: B.E.N (Bureaucratic Enforcement with No bias)(Not my best acronym but I am not the creative type)

Character age: 5

Please provide a short biography of this character (approx 2 paragraphs): Built in the year 2455, the B.E.N model was designed to be a machine that could effectively do Bureaucratic duties without bias. The machine was sold to Hephaestus Industries and was put to work as a Internal Affairs Agent on the HRS Lemnos. The robot quickly went to work and kept a close eye on the other workers there and rooted out many that did not preform to the best of the company's interest. B.E.N quickly gained reputation and a cold IA Agent that rarely talked to others about anything that wasn't about work, and when it had free time it usually was seen either working on upcoming audits or preparing forms. The only people B.E.N really communicated with was the other IA agents with it, and even then it was not much. B.E.N kept to itself mostly, usually only talking to others if it involved it's job. after 4 years of working at the HRS Lemnos, NanoTrasen bought B.E.N and reprogrammed it with their regulations and policies. Soon after it was sent to the NSS Redemption to work as a IA Agent. The unit soon got used to it's station and it began it's duties, and after a year it was transferred to the NSS Aurora.

What do you like about this character?: This unit never underestimated the power of paperwork, and uses it to it's full advantage to do it's job. B.E.N's attitude will be enjoyable to RP (at least for me) and it's focus on work gives it plenty to do. B.E.N is a character that wants to see a problem from every angle before it comes to a solution, and that trait I enjoy. B.E.N is also a workaholic, which I will find enjoyable to play out.

What do you dislike about this character?: B.E.N's overall focus on logic instead of emotion when it comes to decision making makes it appear cold and emotionless to others, so talking with others will be avoided usually. B.E.N is nitpicky when it comes to audits and other investigation, noting even the smallest transgressions on it's reports.

What do you think makes this character fit to be a head of staff?: B.E.N was quite literally built for the job, and the way it see's situations is one without bias or other pesky things like 'emotions' that others have interfere with their decisions. B.E.N will always keep an eye on the departments to ensure everything is going to NanoTrasen's intentions and to ensure everything is working smoothly.

 

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Please provide well articulated answers to the following questions.

How would you rate your own roleplaying?: In times of things happening fast paced or in a fight I may forget my roleplay momentarily, but I feel that overall my roleplay abilities are slowly improving. I have sometimes made mistakes involving my RP, and I know for a fact I still have some stuff to improve, but overall if I would rank my roleplaying a 6.9/10

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Extra notes: Many of the characters I listed likely never been seen by others, I usually play only as B.O.B, SE-B, I-AN, and a drone (yes, I sometimes play as a drone whole round, it is more fun than you think.)

Edited April 24, 2018 by Guest

[Azande]

I'd like to see a longer biography before I provide additional feedback on the contents of the app itself - the writing portion is important for seeing your ability to create realistic characters and especially a character fit to be a Head of Staff (part of the exercise), as well I think all the questions after the biography could use some beefier answers.

As well - despite knowing you from the community, I've never seen any of your characters, are we in different timezones or did you recently retire some of your characters?

[ben10083]

I'd like to see a longer biography before I provide additional feedback on the contents of the app itself - the writing portion is important for seeing your ability to create realistic characters and especially a character fit to be a Head of Staff (part of the exercise), as well I think all the questions after the biography could use some beefier answers.

As well - despite knowing you from the community, I've never seen any of your characters, are we in different timezones or did you recently retire some of your characters?

 

1. I attempted to fix the problem, please look at it again and see how it is.

2. Perhaps, I used to play as Ben Smith (Sec. Officer) and sometimes play as L.O.S.S (QM), I live in Pennsylvania so that's EST (I think?) so I am not sure if I am in your timezone or not.

[Capesh]

While I can't claim to have known Ben's characters for a long time, the moments I've interacted with them have, however, been fleshed and pleasant. Application as a whole looks fine, and the issues I pointed out elsewhere have been fixed.

+1.

Edit: As per public request, the joke of security requiring more IAAs have been removed.

Edited April 24, 2018 by Guest

[Eve]

You can’t do this.

You can’t give someone +1 becUse “We need more IAAs”. IAA is the easiest role to play, and shouldn’t even be involed in a Command whitelist.

I honestly feel like people are applying for IAA now, to have their Command whitelist accepted, so that they can play CMO/HoS, whatever.

I’m not commenting on the app itself, but please, please direct your feedback towards the applicant applying for a Command role, and not specifically IAA.

[MattAtlas]

Application denied due to lack of feedback. We also do not personally think you are ready to be a head of staff yet.