Ro5490's Admin Application the Third

Round 3 - Begin!

Your CKEY (Including any alts you have):
Ro5490

Your Discord Name (Including any alts you have):
Dapper#6969

How often are you online to help? (Timezone):
GMT - almost any time, I only work 2 hour shifts now.

What changes, if any, would you bring?:
I think I’m done with ss13 coding, and attempting to make changes really, As long as the community is happy, then I’m happy.

How old are you?:
25

Why do you want to be a moderator?:
Pretty much the same reasons as before, Seen a lot less admin activity on Sage since I hopped back on so I’m down to cover when people arent online. Also, I love answering prayers because they never seem to get answered <3

How long have you been playing SS13?:
On and off since 2008

How long have you been playing BeeStation?:
Roughly 537h as of this post

On a scale of 1-10, how skilled are you in SS13?:
I’d like to think I’ve improved, so maybe 9? but so much has changed so probably more like a 7 currently.

On a scale of 1-10, how skilled are you as an administrator? (this can include past games):
I’d say roughly 8-9 ish, depending on how much has changed to admin commands and such. I also currently have given a total of 328 bans on beestation ^-^

Have you ever been an admin or moderator on another server? This is not limited to SS13:
Yes, see previous posts, also was host for Oasis13 for a while, that was pure cancer though ;-;

Do you have any alternate accounts on SS13? If so, could you provide their CKEY?:
I probably do but its been years so I cant remember any of them :confused:

Your strengths:
Years of experience dealing with SS13 and other Admin stuff, Observer only rounds are my regular, I work pretty well under pressure and learn rather quickly when introduced to something new and put my mind to it. Plus I’ve already spent a decent chunk of time as an admin for bee. I also seem to be online when there aren’t any moderators on, so thats a plus.

Your weaknesses:
I might be a bit too lax sometimes, and I tend to overthink things a bit much and occasionally bwoink people when they havent been doing anything wrong due to not having checked if they’re antag or not.

Also The Great Beestation Landmine Incident

Is there anything that gets you really mad, real fast?:
Having to repeat myself over and over, but other than that I’m pretty desensatized to most things.

What do you think is the most important trait for a staff member to have?:
Patience and Understanding. Being able to have good communication skills is also a major plus as you’ll be in contact with people a lot while doing the job.

What makes a staff team good?:
Good communication, Teamwork, and Trust in eachother. If you cant work together while things are being really hard or stressful then its not a good team.

What is a staff team’s purpose?:
Making sure the community is appeased, the rules are followed, and the peace is kept.

What kind of player are you?:
Very laid back, I’ll usually end up as RD, HoP, or AI, just overseeing things and letting things play out.

How do you think you will change once you become a staff member?:
I probably wont be too different, just a couple more hours observing than I usually do.

The clown slips the HoS and steals his gun, spacing it right after. What do you do?:
Oh boy these questions need a rework, They’ve been the same since 2020 at least…

This would be an IC issue if its a regular disabler or e-gun or similar, however if its the HoS’s unique gun it would be self-antag. In which case I would locate the item, check if its a current objective target, and if so, teleport it back to the HoS’s locker.

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?:
100% Grief, If the other admin has already taken the ticket I would help with clean-up, and send the person in question to admin-prison so they cant continue to be an issue.
If the other admin would like me to handle the ticket, I’d TP the griefer to prison, then ask why They’d sabotage atmos and cause a plasmaflood as a non-antag, any previous notes about similar things would be checked as well and ban-time would be adjusted based on their responses.

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?:
IC Issue, Hopefully engineering has their shit together for once and patches the hole though. I’d message the chemist and see how new they are, and direct them to the chemistry wiki page for extra guidance.

For those wondering, I left last time due to an extended absence from duties, I lost interest in ss13 and kinda just dropped off the radar. I might have mentioned it in admin-chat but that would have been almost a full year back.

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As much as I’d love to +1 this based off my past experience with you as an admin. You did just come back to Bee after being gone for a year. I’d personally have liked for you to play a bit longer, some things have changed since you left.

+0, good luck.

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You returned to Bee less than six days ago after a very long hiatus. This isn’t enough time to readjust to the state of the code- and player-base.

-1

T: -1

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Literally who?

Also gonna pull the playtime argument. Think six days after a very, very long break is a little to early to apply again. Sorry.

But, apparently, others had good experiences with you. I’ll just drop ±0. Good luck.

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Completely valid points, happy to postpone this application for a few weeks

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About a week is enough for me
+1

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I will have to give this application a -1 for now solely based on your recent playtime. You did start playing at the beginning of mai but i’d like to first have you go a month with consistent activity, which is not a thing right now, before giving you my +1. Will be happy to change this though once you proof that you are consistently interested in playing.
It is very important that you get to know the community that you then admin. We’ve changed alot, in regards to community, rules/policies wise but also as a staff team. I really don’t feel great giving you a +1 because of that at the moment.

(I hope i counted them together correctly)
T: -1

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Come back after some more adjustment, and I’d love to chip in on the app! It isnt very often that Tyranic chips in like that.

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I’ve been on and off for roughly 2-3 weeks now, and I have to say fland is the worst map I’ve seen in a while and its taking me longer than usual to get used to it, but I’m very much enjoying watching how much the community has changed in the past two years. And its safe to say I know who likes to main what roles currently and which security personnel to avoid if I’m an antag now :joy:

But I’ve also noticed that when I’m active, theres usually 0 admins/moderators online, occasionally I’ll see Megaddd on, sometimes Not_a_Shark, noticed Qwerty a little too, but 90% of the time its either everyones either deadmin’d, stealthmin’d, or just not online as no ahelps get answered it seems.

Seems you have only been active for just this month, maby 1 more month to see if you truely wana stick.

Recent activity is sufficient for me to feel comfortable supporting this application +1.

T:+0

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You already have admin experience, and activity looks good! +1 from me
T:+1

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heh
If I’m boomer so are you, I remember stumbling over basic addition on your OG trialmin application :joy: :heart:

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I promised in my post above that I’d be happy to change my vote to a +1 if you manage to show consistent activity and here we are. +1 From me aswell :wink:

T: +2

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Anyone got any questions or anything for me?

Questions time, assume you are a fullmin when answering these questions unless I specify otherwise.

  1. You are adminned and receive a ticket from a space pirate complaining that the hos is running around carrying their energy sword. How do you proceed?

  2. You are playing while deadminned as janitor when an assistant kills you with their toolbox. You ghost and notice they are just running around killing people with said toolbox. Their account was made today and no other admins are present. What do you do if anything?

  3. You receive an ahelp from a medical doctor asking if they can clone the xenormorph queen that was slain by the crew earlier. The Captain gave their aproval. How do you respond?

  4. You receive this ticket: “Jonathan Garland powergaming”. How do you respond?

  5. Someone prays “Do your worst?”. What do you do?

Some of these questions are hard and intentionaly very open ended. The point is to see how you would tackle these rather common issues as an admin rather than nailing the one absolute correct answer.

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Possible R.2 and obvious R.3 violation here as Security and Brig SoP states that any contraband/stolen items are meant to be confiscated and placed in evidence, and are not for personal use.

First off I’d look into how long the HoS has had the item, if they even actually had it in the first place.
Then I’d check If they’d been using it on the regular, or if it was a quick snatch and usage on a disarm (because that happens quite a lot with weapon fights tbh).

I would also PM them and ask a few questions about the situation, and then remind them about following SoP, as they’re held to a higher standard as a member of Command.

Then, Depending on how long the HoS has had the item, and if they’d been using it for personal gain rather than carrying it to the evidence lockup, and also based on if they have any recent notes that are of a similar incident, I’d either note them about SoP violations as a head, or, I would give them a job-ban for Command staff and Security if its necessary.

Personally as a janitor I wouldnt deadmin, Unless I’m an antag of couse.
First thing I would do is re-admin, check any tickets, and check their antag status and objectives as I’m now out of the round.
If they have a hijack or similar then its an IC issue. If not, and its obvious grief then I would record the evidence and set up a permaban.

Normally if there is an incident like this you’d have to reach out to another admin to resolve the situation, however special permission to resolve incidents involving yourself is granted when obvious station-wide grief occurs.

I’d most likely also stickyban them as most brand new accounts that cause chaos are ban-evaders.

I’d first check their antag status for any objective that might allow this, either custom objectives or a die a glorious death objective or similar.
Then I’d check their chat logs, to see if the “captain” actually gave their approval , and if so, I’d also check the so-called Captain’s antag status, incase they arent actually the captain.

If the captain is actually the captain and gave approval I’d PM them about the situation and see if they have any containment plans and such, as you can technically farm xenos for materials and organs if done correctly…

However, reviving a clearly hostile antagonist on-station as a non-antag is not safe at all, and under R.12 the Captains goal should be to ensure the saftey and success of the station. And under R.9 You shouldnt willingly assist known antags as its self-antag to do so.

The Captain would be held to R.12 and R.9,
And the medical doctor would be held to R.9,
I’d reply to the medical doctor and let them know this(unless they’re an antag) and that they shouldnt proceed with the revivial.
I would also let the captain know about the possibility of rule violations on their part if they did indeed authorise the revival.
Then I’d leave a note regarding the issue.

If they then ignore the admin-pm and continue, I would issue a ban.

I’d first observe the person in question and check their role, gear, antag status, and objectives.
Depending on what is found I’d either close the ticket as IC or,
PM Jonathan about powergaming and ask why they have whatever gear they shouldnt have, from there is the genric ticket process and depending on their recent notes about any similar incidents, and their responses I’d either ask them to return the items and issue a note, or issue a ban if there are any notes similar.

Give them a cookie, maybe one filled with a small amount of Space Drugs for that extra kick.
buuut, if they spam prayers, well theres smites, Puzzling them in an easily accessable place might be a fun one to watch

Personally I like to focus on what needs to be done and how quickly it can be done, its just the way I work. I do enjoy a bit of in-round chaos but if rules are broken then procedure is more important.

Sorry if these are a bit too focused :sweat_smile:

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Just very solid and well thought-out overall.
One could call your prayer response a bit boring, but at least you show that you would dedicate some thought into trying to make it a bit unique.

Good app, +1.

T:+3

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Good answers and pleasant to interact with in-game.
I think you’ll make a find addition: +1

T:+4

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Answers look good, and you seem like you know what yer doing
+1
T:+5

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