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[SSRP Head Administrator] Richard's Application 5 years 5 months ago #1133100

Richard Wright wrote:

Rick Johnson wrote:

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I'll write a full-on criticism seeing as I've unearthed some new things that are very detrimental to your application (Oh shit, here we go again.)

First of all, I want to address something that I honestly don't think you ever got when I talked to you while I was still Super Admin. It's become somewhat of a meme at this point, but I think you're missing the point; independence. You see, what I mean by "independence" is you need to be independent enough to the point where you don't need to rely on other staff members to call you out when you do something wrong.

I've found that there have been numerous incidents where you have done things that - clearly - are wrong and is not to be expected of a lead team member, especially one that has experience as a lead team member on multiple servers. These errors include, but are not limited to, mass-resetting the map of a server, talking shit about members of the community and the community of ZARP as a whole to other Discord communities, training people in bulk - ultimately causing staff members to miss specific points^[1]. Additionally, you are failing to maintain an objective view when it comes to people you dislike.

Second, I think you've got your values a bit confused. To me, it seems like you - a lead team member - choose to focus more on the tasks of an administrator or moderator. This is another thing that held you back from getting SA and if I don't see any indication that you're going out of your way to do more difficult lead team tasks I don't think it's a good idea that you advance to HA just yet. This is something I think you can improve upon easily, though. You just need to focus more on keeping the staff in check rather than the community members.

Third and lastly, it's evident to me that you have members in the community that you don't get along with and they, unfortunately, do see more severe punishments due to that fact. It seems to be a recurring issue that you let your emotions get intertwined with your verdicts and I believe that this is the LAST quality I'd want in a head administrator. I can't ignore the fact that I have seen times on TeamSpeak and other platforms where you've let your emotions slip out and ultimately control you to the point where it can't be good for the server.^[2]

Anyhow, good luck I suppose. I don't know if you can ever become HA on SSRP if you choose to ignore all my criticism so it really is in your best interest to follow them and improve on yourself a lot. Please keep in mind that I might edit this later on with more accurate criticisms as I haven't yet looked over my post to see if everything makes sense. Thanks.

^{[1] We can both agree that this happens, you do a good job, but I've seen first-hand that you get ahead of yourself and miss some crucial things while training new staff.}

^{[2] This is a criticism I've been meaning to give you ever since you applied for Super Admin the first time but I figured it was better to maintain a good relationship with you rather than ruin it and create a bad dynamic between the two of us. That being said, I hope you're willing to accept this criticism and improve upon it rather than allow my predicament to become true.}

Oh shit Rick, the independence strikes again! :omegalul:

Some people might not understand but this is something i joke with Rick on occasions.

Yes, it's a meme but feel free to actually read the criticisms as I believe they are very important for you to work on.

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[SSRP Head Administrator] Richard's Application 5 years 5 months ago #1133102

Rick Johnson wrote:

Richard Wright wrote:

Rick Johnson wrote:

Warning: Spoiler! [ Click to expand ]

I'll write a full-on criticism seeing as I've unearthed some new things that are very detrimental to your application (Oh shit, here we go again.)

First of all, I want to address something that I honestly don't think you ever got when I talked to you while I was still Super Admin. It's become somewhat of a meme at this point, but I think you're missing the point; independence. You see, what I mean by "independence" is you need to be independent enough to the point where you don't need to rely on other staff members to call you out when you do something wrong.

I've found that there have been numerous incidents where you have done things that - clearly - are wrong and is not to be expected of a lead team member, especially one that has experience as a lead team member on multiple servers. These errors include, but are not limited to, mass-resetting the map of a server, talking shit about members of the community and the community of ZARP as a whole to other Discord communities, training people in bulk - ultimately causing staff members to miss specific points^[1]. Additionally, you are failing to maintain an objective view when it comes to people you dislike.

Second, I think you've got your values a bit confused. To me, it seems like you - a lead team member - choose to focus more on the tasks of an administrator or moderator. This is another thing that held you back from getting SA and if I don't see any indication that you're going out of your way to do more difficult lead team tasks I don't think it's a good idea that you advance to HA just yet. This is something I think you can improve upon easily, though. You just need to focus more on keeping the staff in check rather than the community members.

Third and lastly, it's evident to me that you have members in the community that you don't get along with and they, unfortunately, do see more severe punishments due to that fact. It seems to be a recurring issue that you let your emotions get intertwined with your verdicts and I believe that this is the LAST quality I'd want in a head administrator. I can't ignore the fact that I have seen times on TeamSpeak and other platforms where you've let your emotions slip out and ultimately control you to the point where it can't be good for the server.^[2]

Anyhow, good luck I suppose. I don't know if you can ever become HA on SSRP if you choose to ignore all my criticism so it really is in your best interest to follow them and improve on yourself a lot. Please keep in mind that I might edit this later on with more accurate criticisms as I haven't yet looked over my post to see if everything makes sense. Thanks.

^{[1] We can both agree that this happens, you do a good job, but I've seen first-hand that you get ahead of yourself and miss some crucial things while training new staff.}

^{[2] This is a criticism I've been meaning to give you ever since you applied for Super Admin the first time but I figured it was better to maintain a good relationship with you rather than ruin it and create a bad dynamic between the two of us. That being said, I hope you're willing to accept this criticism and improve upon it rather than allow my predicament to become true.}

Oh shit Rick, the independence strikes again! :omegalul:

Some people might not understand but this is something i joke with Rick on occasions.

Yes, it's a meme but feel free to actually read the criticisms as I believe they are very important for you to work on.

Don't worry, i didn't just read/see "independance" and immediately replied, i read the whole reply and i can say that i agree with most of what you've said, yet not everything. I'll message you in the afternoon over Steam as there is some stuff I'm rather confused about and even shocked to see here.

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[SSRP Head Administrator] Richard's Application 5 years 5 months ago #1133106

Richard Wright wrote:

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You bulk train staff members, a recurring issue with the people who are trained by you is, they recieve a lot more complaints than other staff members, what's more over very simple things that they should have known from the very beginning, this is alarming that you could be missing such things when training a Super Admin. You need to slow down and start doing it one by one.

Not many people in the Lead Team take the task of training new or promoted staff members as it usually requires a lot of time. I, actually, find great enjoyment in doing so! I always take my time when training staff, i go through the smallest points to the most obvious ones, i make sure to follow the OneNote and even add in more stuff I know than the Training Guide has to offer, i do my trainings with care and always make sure to say: "Do you have any questions" after I covered each section of the training e.g. F1 Menu; F6 Menu; Commands, etc - Giving a chance to people to ask questions during the training over 15 times! And even at the end i tell ask them again if they have anything to say or ask me before i end the training and not only that but I make sure to provide them with the command guide which I've made which contains: Commands, Important Moderator/Administrator notices and links of relevance. I'd not like to blame it on the people I've trained but most just find trainings boring, they "sleep" during them as they are keen to finally start their new adventure on SSRP as a Moderator/Administrator but then, when they need something I've obviously pointed out in the training, maybe even on multiple occasions - That's when they realize their mistake(s).

I'd like you to attend one of my or even better, multiple trainings, just so i can prove to you that i train everyone the same way, in full detail, with care and caution. I find it rather, sad, to say the least that this is one of my "negative" points apparently.
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god I can absolutely agree that Richards trainings are long and in depth, his last training took like an hour+ and I don’t think he missed a thing. Also I almost fell asleep

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[SSRP Head Administrator] Richard's Application 5 years 5 months ago #1133110

Kyber wrote:

Richard Wright wrote:

Nafe wrote:

You bulk train staff members, a recurring issue with the people who are trained by you is, they recieve a lot more complaints than other staff members, what's more over very simple things that they should have known from the very beginning, this is alarming that you could be missing such things when training a Super Admin. You need to slow down and start doing it one by one.

Not many people in the Lead Team take the task of training new or promoted staff members as it usually requires a lot of time. I, actually, find great enjoyment in doing so! I always take my time when training staff, i go through the smallest points to the most obvious ones, i make sure to follow the OneNote and even add in more stuff I know than the Training Guide has to offer, i do my trainings with care and always make sure to say: "Do you have any questions" after I covered each section of the training e.g. F1 Menu; F6 Menu; Commands, etc - Giving a chance to people to ask questions during the training over 15 times! And even at the end i tell ask them again if they have anything to say or ask me before i end the training and not only that but I make sure to provide them with the command guide which I've made which contains: Commands, Important Moderator/Administrator notices and links of relevance. I'd not like to blame it on the people I've trained but most just find trainings boring, they "sleep" during them as they are keen to finally start their new adventure on SSRP as a Moderator/Administrator but then, when they need something I've obviously pointed out in the training, maybe even on multiple occasions - That's when they realize their mistake(s).

I'd like you to attend one of my or even better, multiple trainings, just so i can prove to you that i train everyone the same way, in full detail, with care and caution. I find it rather, sad, to say the least that this is one of my "negative" points apparently.
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god I can absolutely agree that Richards trainings are long and in depth, his last training took like an hour+ and I don’t think he missed a thing. Also I almost fell asleep

I wouldn't say an hour, jeez. But I'm afraid that Nafe would fall asleep due to my long, fully-covered, in-depth trainings. :omegalul:

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[SSRP Head Administrator] Richard's Application 5 years 5 months ago #1133112

Richard Wright wrote:

Kyber wrote:

Richard Wright wrote:

Nafe wrote:

You bulk train staff members, a recurring issue with the people who are trained by you is, they recieve a lot more complaints than other staff members, what's more over very simple things that they should have known from the very beginning, this is alarming that you could be missing such things when training a Super Admin. You need to slow down and start doing it one by one.

Not many people in the Lead Team take the task of training new or promoted staff members as it usually requires a lot of time. I, actually, find great enjoyment in doing so! I always take my time when training staff, i go through the smallest points to the most obvious ones, i make sure to follow the OneNote and even add in more stuff I know than the Training Guide has to offer, i do my trainings with care and always make sure to say: "Do you have any questions" after I covered each section of the training e.g. F1 Menu; F6 Menu; Commands, etc - Giving a chance to people to ask questions during the training over 15 times! And even at the end i tell ask them again if they have anything to say or ask me before i end the training and not only that but I make sure to provide them with the command guide which I've made which contains: Commands, Important Moderator/Administrator notices and links of relevance. I'd not like to blame it on the people I've trained but most just find trainings boring, they "sleep" during them as they are keen to finally start their new adventure on SSRP as a Moderator/Administrator but then, when they need something I've obviously pointed out in the training, maybe even on multiple occasions - That's when they realize their mistake(s).

I'd like you to attend one of my or even better, multiple trainings, just so i can prove to you that i train everyone the same way, in full detail, with care and caution. I find it rather, sad, to say the least that this is one of my "negative" points apparently.
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god I can absolutely agree that Richards trainings are long and in depth, his last training took like an hour+ and I don’t think he missed a thing. Also I almost fell asleep

I wouldn't say an hour, jeez. But I'm afraid that Nafe would fall asleep due to my long, fully-covered, in-depth trainings. :omegalul:

it felt like it was 12 hours

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[SSRP Head Administrator] Richard's Application 5 years 5 months ago #1133123

Trained Dr. Red Rose, ppl who dont like him get extra long bans EDIT: Made people resign mid training.	0yc37xrk6m Offline Adept Boarder Posts: 6727 Thanks received: 1994 Karma: 44
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[SSRP Head Administrator] Richard's Application 5 years 5 months ago #1133130

Serious candidate, a bit of a dick but always straight forward. !	Kurze Offline Legendary Member Expect me to be straight to the point. Posts: 2234 Thanks received: 1039 Karma: -33
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[SSRP Head Administrator] Richard's Application 5 years 5 months ago #1133132

yes but actually not	Rice Seeds Offline Senior Boarder Guys go mako! Posts: 622 Thanks received: 79 Karma: 1
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[SSRP Head Administrator] Richard's Application 5 years 5 months ago #1133135

Nafe wrote:

Issue number one:

Your emotions cloud your judgement, whether it be intentional or not; for example your punishments against certain members who have a certain gang name seem to be a lot more excessive compared to others who could genuinely be doing worse. Very recently you banned "Dady" as he is mostly known as, for an issue that took place on a Discord. You banned him for a month on SSRP, I do not know the full story but from what I am hearing from a lot of people who are associated with him and others who are not, this is what seems to be the case and that's not okay.

I was originally asked if banning him permanently was a sensible idea which I entirely disagreed with. I consulted Jaden's rapsheet to get a better idea of exactly how much trouble he was causing recently and when he was last banned. He had 4 (I think) recent punishments and was just banned off TS for spam poking and dropping the n-bomb via poke(s) to Richard.

I was very hesitant to support a ban outright however I said, if anything, a month would suffice (his last ban was permanent but then reduced to 2 week) granted Jaden continued to cause trouble. Regardless of what I think, you have proposed a very good point as it seems like, in this particular case, Jaden managed to touch a nerve and Richard sought out to punish him on SSRP for something silly he did on TS.

This is obviously something we need to be hugely critical on as the ideal candidate would approach every situation with a 'clean slate'. When you let this kind of thing control how you handle situations, you start to dilute objective facts with subjective opinions which absolutely should not happen.

Just felt like putting my thoughts on paper in case anybody gave a shit.

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[SSRP Head Administrator] Richard's Application 5 years 5 months ago #1133212

Big yes Richard4CM bois	Bopper Offline Senior Boarder Wells ily Posts: 342 Thanks received: 174 Karma: 17
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[SSRP Head Administrator] Richard's Application 5 years 5 months ago #1133382

I SAID YES RICHARD FOR HA !!!!! l'm NOT A BEGGAR JESUS next rank CM	sinzz Offline Loyal Boarder ! The New Sinz ! Posts: 9220 Thanks received: 1194 Karma: -3242
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[SSRP Head Administrator] Richard's Application 5 years 5 months ago #1133389

sinzz wrote: next rank CM That doesn't work that way but much appreciation for the support!	Mr. Richard Offline Map Developer Posts: 9512 Thanks received: 5461 Karma: 188
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[SSRP Head Administrator] Richard's Application 5 years 5 months ago #1133391

Richard Wright wrote: sinzz wrote: next rank CM That doesn't work that way but much appreciation for the support! so you will do the same for my applications	sinzz Offline Loyal Boarder ! The New Sinz ! Posts: 9220 Thanks received: 1194 Karma: -3242
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[SSRP Head Administrator] Richard's Application 5 years 5 months ago #1133415

sinzz wrote: Richard Wright wrote: sinzz wrote: next rank CM That doesn't work that way but much appreciation for the support! so you will do the same for my applications Please don't make any applications...	Katje Offline User is blocked Posts: 5286 Thanks received: 844 Karma: -73
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[SSRP Head Administrator] Richard's Application 5 years 5 months ago #1133418

Huperchild wrote: Katje wrote: sinzz wrote: Richard Wright wrote: sinzz wrote: next rank CM That doesn't work that way but much appreciation for the support! so you will do the same for my applications Please don't make any applications... I think he meant appeals no i said apply moderator	sinzz Offline Loyal Boarder ! The New Sinz ! Posts: 9220 Thanks received: 1194 Karma: -3242
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[SSRP Head Administrator] Richard's Application 5 years 5 months ago #1133419

sinzz wrote: Huperchild wrote: Katje wrote: sinzz wrote: Richard Wright wrote: sinzz wrote: next rank CM That doesn't work that way but much appreciation for the support! so you will do the same for my applications Please don't make any applications... I think he meant appeals no i said apply moderator please no....	Markus Offline Legendary Member Posts: 5349 Thanks received: 1634 Karma: -337
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[SSRP Head Administrator] Richard's Application 5 years 5 months ago #1134424

Thank you all for your feedback and support especially to Rick, .uzi and Nafe on their constructive criticism(s). The purpose of this application is to acquire as much feedback as possible so feel free to leave stuff i can work on!	Mr. Richard Offline Map Developer Posts: 9512 Thanks received: 5461 Karma: 188
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[SSRP Head Administrator] Richard's Application 5 years 5 months ago #1134442

refund or no	EMPYT Offline Senior Boarder I don't like cheese Posts: 312 Thanks received: 9 Karma: -47
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[SSRP Head Administrator] Richard's Application 5 years 5 months ago #1134452

EMPYT wrote: refund or no Unfortunately, and I do not blame Chute, but we were not given permission to handle Refund Requests nor access to spawn in any items/money - Othetwise I'd gladly refund you.	Mr. Richard Offline Map Developer Posts: 9512 Thanks received: 5461 Karma: 188
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[SSRP Head Administrator] Richard's Application 5 years 5 months ago #1134471

EMPYT wrote: refund or no He still would not have the power to refund you unless if it's out of his own pockets, I'm afraid the answer still a no! Perhaps ask one of the CM members unless you already have, in which case just accept the answer you've gotten previously.	Rick Townsend Offline Expert Boarder Dreamy, Amazing, Radiant, Knowledgable Posts: 1516 Thanks received: 498 Karma: 55
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