TOPIC: [TTT Super Admin] dingofetch's Application

How do you feel that your time as an administrator has contributed to becoming a super administrator:
I have been an Admin for quite some time now, during that time I have always staffed to the best of my abilities and followed all rules as accurately as possible. I have grown close to a lot of people in the ZARP community and express my opinion on the forums. I have handled appeals, handled more than a fair share of reports, and stay very active within the Teamspeak and the Discord; as well as in game. I always try to help out users and staff whenever an issue comes up.

What makes you a good candidate for the super administrator team? ( in this part you can go as detailed as you want):
I'm a good candidate for SA because I regularly perform my duties well, take my current responsibilities seriously, and feel that I am ready for more. I am always active with not only other staff members but with the players as well. I am good friends with a few staff members including Lead Team, and I try to be respectful and professional in all my interactions. I try to actively keep track of things on the forums, in the discord, and on the server. I am usually in the Teamspeak and if I'm not actually in any of the servers, I am always available to be contacted if need be. I always try to help newer staff whenever they have any trouble or questions, and I make sure they know they can come to me for assistance whenever they need. I think I have shown myself more than capable of handling this position and I think that any lead team member who has spent time with me can see that too.

Explain a situation as an administrator you encountered that was an obstacle that required the help of a lead team member but you had to work around it when no lead team member was available:
While these situations are somewhat uncommon because, at least during my normal play hours, there are some pretty dedicated lead team members available; I do recall an incident where a player had let me know about someone he thought was aim-botting. While I do not have the ability to actually run an anti-cheat check, I switched to spectate and watched him play for 5 or 6 rounds and everything looked normal. After that there were no more accusations and I wrote off the situation as a lucky shot until I had someone who could verify.

Explain how you would review and handle an abuse report against another staff member:
Accepted:


Denied:



Explain in detail how you would act in the following situation:
A staff member bans a user for an excessive amount of time, how do you approach the staff member to ensure that everyone is treated fairly?
First, I would try to get into some form of voice communication with the staff member(Discord/TS/Steam/etc.) and try to talk over the situation. If no voice communication is available, I would do it over text. I start by trying to figure out what the staff members reasons were for the extended ban length. If the reasons were invalid, I would ask the staff member to review the situation and find a better outcome. If they do not believe they are wrong in the situation, I would bring it up to someone even higher in the lead team with more experience to work out what the solution would be.

Explain in detail how you would act in the following situation:
A staff member is dealing with a user but is struggling to do so in an appropriate manner. How would you resolve the situation?
I would message the staff member and ask them to turn over the situation to me so I can handle it appropriately. Following the situation I would help the staff member to understand the proper way to handle it.

Explain in detail how you would act in the following situation:
A staff member accuses another staff member of breaking rules, how would you help resolve the situation?
First thing I would do is ask for evidence and check for any witnesses. If I was provided with enough to support the verdict, I would issue a verbal warning to the accused staff member. Then depending on the situation I would bring it up during the next LT meeting. If the evidence was not enough, or evidence was provided proving the innocence of the accused, I would speak with the accuser about the situation and let them know what really happened and why it was not wrong.

Explain in detail how you would act in the following situation:
A staff member acts in a disrespectful manner towards another staff member and or sparks an argument within the staff team. How do you resolve the situation?
I would first speak to both parties and try to gather all the information and motives I can. Then I would try and get the two of them to talk it out with each other under supervision and try to get them to come to an understanding. I would try to find some form of solution or compromise to resolve the situation, and I would let them know how important it is to treat others with respect. Following the resolution I would let the disrespectful staff member know that if a similar situation happens again, action will be taken.

Explain in detail how you would act in the following situation:
You spot a staff member breaking rules to the point of harming other users, how do you approach the staff member?
I would start by making sure that the staff member was in fact breaking any rules to ensure I was not jumping to conclusions. I would gather evidence so there can be no denial of any rule breaking, and then I would speak to the staff member about it. I would respectfully make sure they understand what they were doing was wrong, and give them a verbal warning to stop doing it. I would make sure they read the staff ethos in case they have not, and depending on the severity of the situation, bring it up during the next LT meeting.

Extra Info:
My meeting attendance, as many of you know, is very rare due to obligations with the US Army. I wish it could be different but it is very hard to get free time during the time of the meetings. I will make it to as many as I possibly can in the future. I would hope that this isn't as much of a problem because I can always be reached in a few other ways for anything needing to be talked about prior to meetings. If I needed to bring something up at the meeting, I have a few trusted individuals in the Lead Team who could bring it up for me in my absence. All other LT obligations will never be an issue and I will keep on top of everything.

One of the best admins on the server and honestly deserves this role so much, good luck buddy

The time has come my dear dingo

You need more time. Recently had to be told one and another about rules, you need to find balance first.

Attending the meeting is very important. I understand that the army goes first. but it's not a good idea right now to go for SA.

SA hmmmmm? I give my to you my great lad,.

Considering your recent display on CeeZee's application, I'm in no way comfortable with this. You displayed what looks like to me a large lack of experience and I don't feel you're ready at all.

Good luck!

If i'm not mistaken, you recently started a fuck fest on CeeZee's TTT Administrator Application to the point where DEADMONSTOR had to lock it and i haven't seen you handle many Appeals/Warn/Ban Requests on the forums...

Altough I think that you're a good Admin and a decent SA candidate you came back from a pretty long period of inactivity and I think you need to show more presence in the meetings.



Good luck!

Aren’t you going to be deployed soon?

BossComic23 wrote:
Most likely not for at least another couple years. Unit is still gathering soldiers. Only deployments I will receive are a few weeks rarely for major national emergencies.

I don't feel you're ready, with the fiasco on my application of being unable to admit you were wrong/need to look at context, and the lack of community interaction, those are the biggest qualities TTT needs right now for higher staff

I'd love to see you interact with the community more, talk to the staff, the people on the server etc, because right now I've never seen you use a mic in game and I've never seen you go in any TS room apart from Lobby, I also get told you don't attend meetings much

2 quite simple things to improve but no other complaints, if you improve on those I'd have no issues you being higher than admin

I have read through your responses on CeeZee's Application. Although I do not know you much from TTT as I don't play it that much, your responses seem to show that you are, in my opinion, not ready for Super Admin yet.

As a member of the Lead Team, you need to be professional at all times and be a role model for staff and players alike. Arguing over an application is not the right approach to that. As it was just recent, I would recommend you to wait and improve on that before applying for a LT Position. It may appear as something simple, but what happens if a new member of the community sees a Super Admin argue over something in an application? Most likely they will think that, to be blunt, the "(Higher) Staff suck" or something similar to that and might even leave Zarp completely.

If you really want to improve on that, work out on how you communicate to other people, especially those who you may not like. I think we have a thread based on how you can give good feedback to an application, so I recommend you read that one. Yes, I may only be a Moderator and have not been a member of this community for too long, but I already know too good some of the problems that are openly being talked about here. We need good Lead Team members, and although I can't say you won't be one, it would be nice if you could work this out. Make sure that, before posting, you have all the negatives and positives ready and write it in a way that no argument will come up. It's just not the right place on an application.

I hope I could help, good luck with your application anyways. See you on TTT!

I have been trying to keep quiet on the situation with CeeZee as I wanted to let sleeping dogs lie, but I feel like what I was trying to say on there has somehow been misinterpreted. All I said was that I agreed with Clarky and had not had any positive interaction with CeeZee and that obviously drastically lowers my opinion of him. I also stated that clearly he has people in the community that like him so he must not be that bad of a guy. Then I said I would like to see him as a moderator and get to know him prior to seeing him become an admin. Everything I said was to give context to the situation we had and only because CeeZee had painted me in a negative light. I in no way meant to come off as rude, I had merely stated that my interaction so far has not been a good one.

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  • Very poor forum activity
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• Recent forum drama

Also, bit corrupt that you only thank you people that put

dingofetch wrote: Your issue wasn't the way you initially approached it, it was that you disallowed any changes in your attitudes following the discussion and presented a failure to accept that you were wrong and a real sense of stubbornness and inexperience, which could lead to you passing down misinformation to staff members who you'd be advising.

Either way, I'd argue that what you did was actually WORSE than initially being rude as you've demonstrated far more faults which are much harder to correct.

Not going to be comfortable with you as LT for a long time.

MemesAreGoodWithKim wrote:
I have great in game activity and I'm in the Teamspeak able to be contacted at nearly all times as long as I'm not at work. And I think you're just making things up now as I thanked Kurze despite his lack of support.

In the thread with CeeZee I only stated the facts of the situation and explained why I felt that he shouldn't be going straight into admin due to my only experience with him. I think it's completely fair that I should be able to base my vote on what position he gets on the literal only time I had spoken with him. I'm sorry you thought I was being stubborn when I didn't just take your word for it as far as how much he deserves the position, but I think I was being extremely fair in saying I would like to see him as a moderator and get to see him as a staff member and get to know him better.

dingofetch wrote: Well, your in-game activity that might have been harsh. Your not talking to people in TS or talking to LT which is a part of getting SA.

MemesAreGoodWithKim wrote:
I beg to differ, I talk to people in Teamspeak somewhat regularly. Also, I talk to 2 members of our 6 LT on a daily basis and regularly speak with others about whatever I need to talk to them about. Please stop making these wild accusations with no evidence.