LuisitoKitKat - Admin Application.

[LuisitoKitKat]

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What's your Space Station 14 Username: LuisitoKitKat

What's your Discord Username: @Brazybuu

How long have you been playing Space Station 14?: 3 or 4 months.

(OPTIONAL) How long have you been playing Space Station 13?: N/A

What's your playtime amount on the Goob Station Server: 137h:38min

How old are you: 23 y/o

Have you ever been banned from the Goob Station Server: Never

Have you played on any other SS13 or SS14 servers? If so, name them, and tell us your playtime on the server(s): Wizden, RMC14 and a Spanish server.

RMC14: 21h:2min

Wizden: 281h:33min

I started playing on two Spanish servers, one called Maxo server that is no longer active but had about 50h and another of the same owner and the server was frontier fork where it had about 30h but those hours were lost due to a restart and all users lost their playtime.

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Time

How many hours can you admin per week: 3 hours a day and I can do sometimes more than 3 hours with breaks between certain days, depending on how tired I am

On what days can you get on to Admin: I will be more active during the week, on weekends maybe do less hours.

What timezone are you in: (GMT-6)

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General Questions

Why do you want to become a Game Admin? Go into detail about it and tell us a lot about it:

Because I have had bad experiences with admins since I started playing SS14, little by little I was understanding important rules of SS14 but I always saw that most admins I ran into at Wizden did things wrong.

So I could see the errors and I would like to try to help people, I would like Goobstation can have a competent team of admins who help each other, by itself Goob already has a nice atmosphere I know that I can put more help on my part.

I have read the rules of official forums since then and have information that I can give to users to improve their behavior.

Do you have any prior admin or staff experience on another SS13/SS14 server? If so, tell us about your experiences during that time, and if possible, give us proof of this: No, but I was able to handle large groups of people in another game over the last 4 years by running a clan system in that game.

What role do you think Game Admins serve, in detail:

They help encourage users to follow good behavior, guide users to know the rules and assist them in adversities that may show up in rounds as raiders or users who break the rules.

They make the server trouble-free and try to give everyone a good time playing SS14.

What are you primarily interested in doing as an admin?:

I would like to focus on helping users with the Ahelp, also by answering and voting in the ban appeals, I would like to help users know the rules and give them the knowledge I got from reading the rules and the metashield.

I want to share with users the information they need when asked and make Goob a better place for users to enjoy their gaming time.

What are you least interested in doing as an admin?:

Events, I do not call attention to it, I leave it to the other admins, they are fun, but it is not something that I have in my goals for doing being admin.

What makes you a great addition to staff?:

The maturity and responsibility I have developed in the last 4 years has made me the man I am today, since I was a child I have developed a great patience to solve conflicts and I continue learning more skills as I grow.

Time is too important to me and I want users to take advantage of their playing time by trying to help them solve their problems within the game as well as in discord by solving doubts as well.

Also the workload that admins have I want to weigh less, because the time of admins is as valuable as that of a user who just wants to play.

What do you think is the current roleplay status of the LRP server, what do you think can be done to improve it:

To me it is fine, it is too fun and people are good people.

I just want to help Goob be a better server and get better and better so that it keeps growing its player base.

I want to listen to other users and also know what they think is wrong so that I can help and try to cover up those drawbacks.

(OPTIONAL) What do you think is the current roleplay status of the MRP server, what do you think can be done to improve it:

N/A

Other than banning problematic players, what admin actions do you believe have the biggest positive impact?:

Sharing important information with users makes it much easier for users who break the rules to change their behavior, I believe that most people are ignorant of their actions and often we all make mistakes and we can all be better people/players/users.

I also think time is the most valuable thing and I want everyone to be able to spend their time having a pleasant experience without worrying about any problems that I can help solve.

Have you ever had a negative experience with a game admin (even on another SS13/14 server)? If so what, if anything, would you do differently?:

Yes, I have had several problems but especially on the Wizden servers, I read the rules and ban appeals in the Wizden forums and I noticed many mistakes that have been made by various admins and I would like to help no one make the same mistakes on Goob.

Have you ever had a good experience with a game admin? If so, what was it?:

Yes, most Goob admins try to do their job well, but I have seen especially NeKognitoHazard and Tikibomb doing a good job in the time that I’ve been on Goob.

In your opinion, what is the most important quality in an admin?:

The patience with which he handles situations and the determination with which he does things. There are often misunderstandings and they can be resolved without anyone getting hurt in the process.

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Scenarios Questions (You should put more than just one or two sentences.)

It is the start of the round. There are 60 players on the server. The game mode is traitors, traitors have not been selected yet. There are three players who decided to observe the round instead of join it orbiting you. Two of them are encouraging you to “do something funny”.
According to the Goob Station Admin Policy: 2.6 Do not interfere unless you are needed.

I should wait for the antag roles to be selected and then come up with something if I want to create an event. But I would for the next round or the end of the round.

Also in accordance with: 2.5 Admin events should be done in moderation without heavily altering the flow of the round.

I need to start a vote to see if users want some kind of event in the round.

Say, someone who already has a note on RDM from before, for example, was to RDM and kill two people, but they've left already before you could admin help them. How would you handle the problem?

I would give them a 6 day GB as the offenses table dictates and this¹¹Guideline is multiplied by the number of victims, plus a 7 day extension of their GB because I would consider it as Ahelp evasion if they didn’t reconnect anymore since I couldn’t know the reasons for their actions.

The Captain has disconnected before they died or the round ended. This is the first time they've disconnected while playing a very important job. What do you do?

I would leave a note explaining that they cannot abandon such an important role as they could be banned for that reason and would wait until it has been only a disconnection due to external causes.

Also in the note I would explain the course of action that should be taken if they want to abandon a command role.

You see a chemist who has only made basic meds start gathering materials and talking about making uranium foam grenades in chat. Right as they start making the grenades they roll as a midround sleeper Syndicate. How would you handle the situation if at all?

If they are an experienced player I would leave them a note and let them know by Ahelp that this is considered Powergaming and that they should be more careful.

If you are someone who is starting to experiment with another type of chemicals would know what powergaming is and that next time be more careful because I will have to leave a note if it happens again.

The Head of Security has decided to coup the Captain. The Head of Personnel agrees with the Head of Security and has taken up arms in case it is necessary to aid in effecting the arrest of the Captain. The Captain is hiding with the Quartermaster in the cargo shuttle to avoid the Clown who has stolen the captains saber as a non-antag. There are five people named in this scenario. Please describe what actions, if any, you would take in relation to each, and why.

Would check if anyone involved has used Ahelp for this situation.

If no one used Ahelp, I would ask the HoS or HoP if the Captain committed any crime for which he should be imprisoned under space law.

I think the Captain does not have to leave the station in the cargo shuttle as he would be told by Ahelp to return to the station or by a CC announcement.

The QM: seems to have been on the cargo shuttle and was unintentionally involved in that situation.

The clown: I will ask his intentions with the sword, if he already had a long time with the possession of the sword would ask him to return it to who belongs to him or to the HoP to return it when he can to the Captain.

 

You see a clown using crayon to write on the floor in front of security. The clown writings are negative things about security, like “shitsec”. A secoff tells the clown that they’re being arrested for vandalism, stuns them, and cuffs them. Before the secoff is able to get the clown into the brig, a passenger slips the secoff, causing them to lose their baton, then uses the baton to stun another secoff that comes to help as the clown runs away. The passenger escapes through disposals. Having heard an AOS radio callout, the detective enters maintenance near disposals and shoots the passenger to crit. There are four players in this scenario, the clown, the passenger, the secoff, and the detective.

I would open an Ahelp to the detective to ask why he used a lethal weapon against the passenger, I would leave him a note for not following space law if he violated it and would ask him to stick to space law the next time he tries to arrest a passenger.

I would check if the passenger has any notes about self-antag.

If they don’t: I would talk to them through ahelp and explain that this behavior is considered self-antag and that I will leave a note for it.

If they have a previous note for self-antag issued in the last 6 months: I could decide between giving them a 12h or 3 days GB according to the offenses table

 

You and another Admin have been doing your job without problems, you then catch a command staff member misuse contraband. While you are in the middle of the ahelp, the other admin jumps into the middle of your ahelp with a rule clarification that is plainly incorrect. Without the interruption, what would have you asked the command staff member, and how would you have responded or reacted to the interrupting admin?
 

First I would ask the user to give us a moment to talk with my admin colleague and be able to come to an agreement about the situation, I would share my ideas with the other admin and ask him not to interfere in a situation like this again because it could confuse the user who I was solving his doubts.

Then I will continue with the Ahelp and continue explaining the situation as it is due to the user.

 

You are ahelping a player about an issue. The player has no prior noted issues. A few days earlier, an admin had told you that this type of situation should result in a temporary ban for a first offense, and you are confident that this situation is not substantially different from the type that admin was describing. During the ahelp, another admin pings you on Discord with a link to the ongoing ahelp and tells you to just indefinitely ban them and make them appeal. Excluding Trial Game Admins, Senior Game Admins and Head Game Admins, all admins are equally “ranked”. A headmin is not currently available.

First I would review the offenses table and the entire Goob Station Banning Policy, then I would share my ideas with the admin of why I agree that it should be a temporary ban and if we do not reach an agreement I would say to wait for a Headmin to resolve the doubts on the matter.

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Anything else we should know about or have questions about:

English is not my mother tongue, so since I started playing SS14 I have been practicing English again after years without using it.

So becoming an admin could also help me improve my English and I can help users to spend a good time playing on Goob.

[LuisitoKitKat]

Maybe some things are miswritten, but I had to do the admin application twice since the first time I tried to post it but I got this text: (I spent 2 hours making the first one)

Then this second time I wrote it already being very sleepy and the system does not allow me to edit the post anymore.

Edited November 18 by LuisitoKitKat

[LuisitoKitKat]

6 hours ago, LuisitoKitKat said:

You and another Admin have been doing your job without problems, you then catch a command staff member misuse contraband. While you are in the middle of the ahelp, the other admin jumps into the middle of your ahelp with a rule clarification that is plainly incorrect. Without the interruption, what would have you asked the command staff member, and how would you have responded or reacted to the interrupting admin?
 

First I would ask the user to give us a moment to talk with my admin colleague and be able to come to an agreement about the situation, I would share my ideas with the other admin and ask him not to interfere in a situation like this again because it could confuse the user who I was solving his doubts.

Then I will continue with the Ahelp and continue explaining the situation as it is due to the user.

I forgot to add the example of the second situation without interruption: First I would ask the command staff member why they are using contraband and if they were authorized for the use of contraband by the Captain or the HoS since contraband should not be used and must always be in the armory unless it is an emergency situation.

And please keep the contraband in the armory.

[Tikibomb]

At this time we have decided to decline this application, Please feel free to reapply next time they are open!