Your CKEY (Including any alts you have): Chiryn
Your Discord Name (Including any alts you have): chiryn#1521
How often are you online to help? (Timezone): I’m in the EEST time zone, I have plenty of free time. Outside of school and work, maybe slightly less.
What changes, if any, would you bring?: Hopefully less shitters and LRP on the server, there’s clearly not enough active staff to do it all and I want to help out with providing more manpower. And try to keep a positive outlook on the server, encouraging others to do the same.
How old are you?: 19
Why do you want to be a moderator?: Here I am, applying at my hour count. As weird or dumb as this may look, I realize that the server is going through a somewhat tougher time, with less staff being active and the whole sec situation, alongside the LRP and shittery going on that goes unanswered. I spoke with someone in public recently about this and decided to give it a shot. I may not bring a lot to the table, seeing as I’m a pretty fresh player and all, but if there’s any way I can help out the community then I want to at least try. I think it’d also expand my horizons a bit, and provide more ways to learn about the game more deeply. I really like Beestation and I don’t think I’d move to another server because I got so used to this codebase, and most importantly the people here, with all the ups and downs it may have.
How long have you been playing SS13?: Since the 2nd March 2022.
How long have you been playing BeeStation?: Same as above.
On a scale of 1-10, how skilled are you in SS13?: 4, maybe 5 at best? I know the basics of atmos such as setting up the SM (and a rather stinky emitter setup) and turbines. I think I’m familiar with most departments enough to play them somewhat efficiently, Medical and Security being my go-to’s usually, and combat wise I still fumble with the controls a bit.
On a scale of 1-10, how skilled are you as an administrator? (this can include past games): Perhaps a 3-4. I haven’t adminned in a good while, and this is an entirely different game from what I used to work with.
Have you ever been an admin or moderator on another server? This is not limited to SS13: Yes, on a few Minecraft servers in the past. Back-end server administration and game/discord moderation in the past 2-3 years or so. Never on SS13 though.
Do you have any alternate accounts on SS13? If so, could you provide their CKEY?: No, I have none.
Your strengths: I’m good natured, friendly, and wanting to help however I can. I think most people either have a neutral or semi-positive opinion of me, which boosts my confidence a bit. I am available most of the days usually. I like to think of myself as someone who tries to see the good side of people.
Your weaknesses: I am struggling with some personal life things, alongside depression and some issues to committing to things I start, so it’s not out of the cards that I may burn out either on the game, or staffing at some point. I can also be uncertain and possibly not very confident in what decisions I should take sometimes. Getting frustrated in game is still something I’m vulnerable to, but I think that goes away with time.
Is there anything that gets you really mad, real fast?: Probably not mad, as I have never gotten truly mad at this game, only mildly upset. I hate when people seem to only care about greentexting and denying le epic balid of their wins, regardless of their job. Or the hate towards sec as both antagonists and normal crew and vice versa.Or perhaps the lack of roleplay that ensues between antagonists and crew… those are the three things I’m bothered by mainly.
What do you think is the most important trait for a staff member to have?: The ability to stay calm even during stressful situations or uncooperative people in tickets, and stay unbiased through all of it.
What makes a staff team good?: Coordination is a very important part of a team, as well as being active and communicating whatever thoughts or concerns they may have to each other, and interacting with the community to get to know people and hear them out. It’s also important to supervise each other and make sure the right decisions are made regarding tickets as an example, so issues may not arise with conflicting opinions. Keeping in mind this is all volunteer work to make the community a better place to be in, and deriving happiness and satisfaction from it is despite the many hardships one may encounter is important as well.
What is a staff team’s purpose?: Ensuring the community is free of people who bring nothing but negative experiences to the game and community, as well as listening to the people for what they want. Solving conflicts and misunderstandings between people is also something that should be done when possible. Alongside that, I think another thing that I find important to do but is quite lacking is staff-ran events or gimmicks, to bring the community together to have a fun time, different from the usual rounds in some way or another.
What kind of player are you?: I like playing head roles mostly, and I am aware I am required to de-admin if I do become staff if I play an antagonist, member of security or a head. In general, I do not stand out very much or have any particular quirks about my characters, and I try to do my job as much as I can before wandering off to do anything else. (Playing heads mitigates having nothing to do during rounds)
How do you think you will change once you become a staff member?: A more professional conduct would be in check for me, as currently I am a bit of a goof who jokes around a lot. Other than that, I cannot think of anything else.
The clown slips the HoS and steals his gun, spacing it right after. What do you do?: Check if the clown is an antagonist, and if they are, leave them be. If they aren’t, and it’s green alert, perhaps leave as is, but anything higher than green alert is up for a bwoink, as it’s obstruction of the law to do that as normal crew.
A non-antagonist is sabotaging the Atmospherics loop and pumping plasma into the distro, along with dragging around a canister and releasing it into the atmosphere. Assuming that an admin is cleaning up the after-effects, how do you conduct the ahelp with him?: Question their motives in a calm manner. If they are currently not stopping what they’re doing, jail them and keep questioning. Depending on their behavior, the punishment may be longer or shorter, or even permanent if they’re a very low hour player.
A chemist who is working alone accidentally mixes an explosive mixture inside of his chem dispenser, instantly killing himself and destroying the machine, along with exposing Chemistry to space. Nobody else was injured aside from him as a result of his actions. What do you do?: Determine whether it was an accident or not. Investigate what they were trying to make, or ask them directly otherwise. If it’s explosives or something dangerous, and nobody asked them to do it, remind them it’s against the rules to do so if they aren’t an antagonist.
