Disclaimer
Hi, I used to be an admin a while ago but I stopped playing due to school work, but as I have more time I thought I would apply again.
I'm applying for both admin and moderator as I have seen past admins get their rank back after inactivity, I'm not expecting it, but I thought I would include both applications anyway.
Finally, I have recently been playing under the name of Daisy Albion and therefore have linked Game Tracker to both of these usernames.
Thank you for your time.
Aplication_________________
RP Name: Tool_is and now Daisy Albion
Link to Steam Profile: steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561198004481929
SteamID: STEAM_0:1:22108100
Current Gametracker Profiles:
Server 1 - [Tool_is] www.gametracker.com/player/Tool_is/94.23.19.200:27015/
Server 1 - [Daisy Albion] www.gametracker.com/player/Daisy%20Albion/94.23.19.200:27015/
Server 2 - [Tool_is] www.gametracker.com/player/Tool_is/94.23.19.200:27025/
Age: 20
Estimated Server Time: 467 hours.
Languages I speak: English
Moderator Application__________________
Explain "Random Death Match" and give an example scenario.
Random
Death
Matching (
RDM) refers to when a player kills another player with no valid role play reason. For example, shooting people at random from a building; as that player has no real role play reason to want to kill those other players as they have no in game relationship.
Explain "New Life Rule" and give an example scenario.
New
Life
Rule (
NRL) refers to the time given to a player that restricts them from returning to their place of death for three minutes. To give a popular scenario; when a shop keeper gets killed during a raid of their shop and comes back immediately to either kill the raiders or save his stock.
Explain "Metagaming" and give an example scenario.
Metagaming refers to when players share in game information out of character. For example, if a hitman is looking for a someone with a bounty on their head and another player revels that players location either through the Out of Character (OOC) chat or another IM chat (Skype Teamspseak etc.) that would be breaking the metagaming rule.
Explain how you would handle the following situation:
Player x accuses player y for RDMing him, the console log shows that player y killed player x.
- Firstly I would go to Player X asking them about what happened to get an idea of the situation, asking if they have any screenshots or other proof of the RDM accusation.
- I would then bring over Player Y to ask them what their reason was for killing Player X. If they gave responses similar to: "I don't know," or "they had killed me previously," etc. I would give them a warning for RDM.
- If they gave a valid role play reason such as "they had a bounty on their head" (providing that they were a hitman at the time) or "I was mugging them" (providing they were a gangster or thief etc. and mugging them for the correct amount of 2K) I would then check the logs for any proof of what Player Y has said. If what Player Y said was true then I would explain to Player X what the reason Player Y had for killing them and why it wasn't RDM, then thank them for using the F1 system and to have fun on Zarp.
- If there is no proof of what Player Y is saying and Player X has no proof of their own then I wouldn't be able to do anything as it is one persons word against another.
Explain how you would handle the following situation:
Player x accuses player y for breaking NLR, the kills are pretty close together in console (a few lines apart) at a peak time.
- Firstly I would go to Player X asking them about what happened to get an idea of the situation, asking if they have any screenshots or other proof of the NRL accusation.
- Then I would ask Player Y about the situation; checking to see if it corresponded with the logs.
- If Player Y had no valid reason for his proven (via logs) NRL, then I would give them a warning.
- I would then thank Player X for using the F1 system and to have fun on Zarp.
Explain how you would handle the following situation:
Player x calls for help in the OOC chat because his bank is being raided
If this were to happen, I would go to Player X and explain to him what he was doing was metagaming, with a brief explanation of what metagaming is; ask them to please not do this again or they will get a warning.
- Why I should be chosen (longer answer expected here - at least 150 words).
I believe I would do a good a job as anyone really; however I have applied because:
- I have witnessed a lot of rule breaking, as well as negative and frustrated reactions to rule breaking that I feel I could prevent if I were a moderator.
- I also seem to be on the server at times when there aren't many people online or any moderator/admins (e.g. very late or early.) These times it can get unplayable as people are continuously breaking the rules as there is no one to enforce them; so I could try and help at those times.
- I appear to be online at peak times, also, where there are a lot of people online and many issues to respond to; I feel if I were a moderator I could help with this.
- I also enjoy talking to people and resolving situations, nicely, politely and calmly.
- I also feel that I have a lot of patience with people, and will want to do what I can to respond and cater to the situation appropriately, for example watching over a raid as the Player feels the other player may NRL again.
- I also enjoy the Zarp role play community and would like to help make it a nice place for players, whilst getting more involved.
In conclusion, if I feel as though I have any selling point it would be that I would take the role seriously, and not take sides with players in certain situations.
Admin Application__________________
Explain how you feel that your time as a moderator will contribute to you becoming an admin:
I feel as though my time spent as a moderator will contribute to becoming an admin simply as I have learnt how to handle situations more easily and efficiently. More specifically:
- My time as a moderator has taught me that people can be rude, bad-tempered and hard to talk to; however I have learnt to ignore this and continue to handle the situation calmly and un-responsive to their rude behavior.
- Unfortunately I have discovered there are times when nothing can be done; neither party has any evidence and logs have cleared. Despite wanting to do something and their negative reactions towards the fact nothing can be done, you cannot take sides no matter how convincing one parties story may be.
- There will be times that you cannot role play; the server is too busy and no one else is online or willing to help. I have learnt to give up what I am doing and get everything done to try and help avoid the server becoming chaotic.
- Overall this experience has given me some insight to being an admin as I have begun to understand what it is like to have a responsibility on the ZARP server.
Explain a situation as a moderator you encountered that was an obstacle you had to work around (EG: defiant user).
I were to summarize a common obstacle I continue to work around as a moderator it would be when people are unhappy and there is nothing you can do. A couple of examples include:
- A player was killed without a valid role play reason and due to this he lost an expensive weapon. Despite giving the other player a warning this was not enough. I got continuous messages from this player asking me to give him money for his weapon; telling me that I was not doing a good job; that it was my responsibility to give back to him what he had lost. All I could do in this situation is apologize and explain that there is nothing I can do.
- The server was incredibly busy with no other staff online, as I was trying to get through the piling F1s I would see people complaining about not being seen as well as how useless the moderator was. Players would even specifically find me to try and get me to attend to their situation and would become frustrated when I explained I had to answer them in sequence.
In both of these situations all I can do is apologize and get on with moderator responsibilities.
If you had to write an email to train a moderator in between 200-300 words, what would you say to give them the full grasp?
Welcome new Moderator,
You are now a member of staff for ZARP. As a staff member you now have a duty to work hard to help the community. There will be times that you will have a responsibility to stop role playing to go on duty if asked or because the server needs you. As a moderator you you are a representative of ZARP and therefore are required to remain friendly, calm and assure you do not break any server rules as well as warn those who you do witnesses breaking server rules.
When given moderator status you will be given a variety of commands (none of which should be used in role play, only moderator situations) such as;
The ability to freeze a player
This should be done only if needed, for example if someone is continuously running away.
The ability to teleport a player
This should be used bring over whomever is in the current moderator situation. You should never teleport another member of staff without asking.
The ability to teleport to another player
This is commonly used at the beginning of an moderator situation to teleport to the player that made the request.
The ability to warn a player
This requires a certain level of common sense; a situation may be difficult to decide whether one Player requires a warning (remember to keep this consistent.)
The ability to kick a player
This command is arguably the most powerful command a moderator has and shouldn't be used lightly as unlike a warn it cannot be taken back.
To reiterate these commands must not be used in character and are there only to help in moderator situations.
If you have any other questions please feel free to ask another member of staff, if there is a rule or action you are unsure about it is best to ask before doing it.Thank you for reading.
Explain how you would handle the following situation:
Player x appeals their ban in great detail, apology and effort. You check the ban list and find that you banned them permanently for prop spam, and that this is their first ban. How would your response to the appeal be?
I wouldn't be able to do anything about this bad as I was not the one who issued it; however if it were my decision my response would be:
"Due to your thought out and genuine apology it would seem as though you have understood what you have done wrong and I appreciate you taking the time to write this appeal in great detail.
I have reduced the ban to 3 days."
Why I should be promoted (longer answer expected here - at least 150 words).
Since I have been a moderator most of my time is taken up by handling F1 situations; however as a moderator I am limited to what I can do. It is common for people not to take moderators seriously; this can make handling F1 situations more difficult and time consuming. To give a recent example I had gotten a report of fading door abuse, prop block and non-collided props within a players base. I teleported to the player but they did not let me in to check their base.
I also find that people are not respectful of moderators as don't mind about getting warned or kicked and when kicked will come back and continue to do as they please; when there are no admins online this can get hard to deal with especially on a busy server.
If given an admin status I would be able to handle these and more situations far more quickly and effectively.
Thank you once again for taking the time to read my application.
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