Entvari

Entvari · November 19, 2024, 5:02am

In-game Username: Entvari
Discord username: Entvari
Characters you play: Tori Metzer

On average, how many hours do you expect to admin per week: ~25

Days you are available to admin on: All

How old are you? 18

Do you have any SS14 experience outside of Wizard’s Den servers, or any SS13 experience? I play primarily on WizDen and RMC.
I briefly played SS13 a good while ago.

Do you have prior administration experience (SS13/SS14 experience preferred, please also post a way for us to verify this)? I have no SS13/14 admin experience outside of local servers for friends, in spite of this I have pretty in-depth understanding of the admin tooling. In terms of administration experience on platforms outside of SS13/SS14, I have administrated for various differing size ROBLOX games I worked on as developer / admin, primarily higher end management however I’d also semi-frequently do reports and tickets.
The largest and most notable instance of a project I’ve done this with is TYPE://SOUL, (TYPE://SOUL [MAINTENANCE] - Roblox). I have since stopped working on this project, so I’m no longer listed in the game’s description as an active developer, but you can find me on the game’s group contributor rank (Type Soul - Roblox).
At its peak this game averaged 120,000 concurrent players and during lower times 50,000-80,000, which is the primary reason why I’m noting it.
(I would also advise you exercise caution when researching this game, some very “sketchy” characters have been involved with it, which is another reason as to why I’ve left.)

Have you ever been banned from any SS14 or SS13 servers? No.

What are you primarily interested in doing as an admin? Primarily in-game rule enforcement, and AHelps.
I have an interest in events but I am staunchly opposed to unwarranted/disruptive and overly frequent ones. I believe events can serve as a fun deviation once in a while but should never be overdone.
I’m additionally interested in giving guidance to new players where applicable, obviously without risking derailing experience or robbing other players of the opportunity.

What are you least interested in doing as an admin? While I’m not averse to any duties, I’m not a huge fan of the concept of doing ban appeals, I don’t really want to be the one having to damning a user by denying an application.

Detail Questions

What role do you think game admins serve on our servers?

Admins exist to ensure the game and general experience goes as smooth as possible for all players involved, through enforcing rules and aiding with RP.
Through enforcing rules Admins help in preventing unnecessary bad experience for the victims of rulebreakers, alongwith utilising notes and verbal warnings they can encourage rulebreakers to improve prior to potentially removing them via a ban.

Why do you want to become an administrator for SS14?

I’ve become incredibly invested in Wizden and its community, I’d really like to help out in any way I can, especially due to the recent struggles with admin workload. It makes me sad seeing a game I’ve fallen in love with have so many troubles.

How do you feel about the current roleplay status on the servers?

I primarily play on LRP (Leviathan), and I’ve generally noticed that RP can be very lacking during some matches and great during others. From my experience it can feel like a coin-flip on whether you have great interactions with most of the players in the lobby or experience borderline NRP.
While I tend to play MRP less than LRP I have found that during the times that I connect the general quality is higher than that of LRP.
I would also like to note, that even without ideal roleplay, the interactions with players still tend to be really fun.

Have you ever had a negative experience in the game or with a game admin? If so what, if anything, would you do to prevent other players from experiencing this?

I have never had a bad experience with a game admin, in terms of negative experience with the game itself, most I’ve experienced are from players unwilling to RP or forgoing their basic procedure to others detriment.
My desired solution to these issues would be to remind or warn players responsible that what they’re doing is could be improved upon, and to think twice in these situations going forward before attempting to outright punish any of them.

Have you ever had a good experience with the game or a game admin? If so, what was it?

I generally find most matches to be a good experience, but admins in particular I’ve found some special admeme shifts to be incredibly fun, such as being a CentComm lawyer or an ERT leader were both incredible experiences and very fun to do.

Scenario Questions

Scenario 1

It is the start of the round. There are 60 players on the server. The game mode is traitors, traitors have not been selected yet. There are three players who decided to observe the round instead of join it orbiting you. Two of them are encouraging you to “do something funny”.

I would apologize, kindly refuse and explain to them my reasoning, since the match is so early and no traitors have been selected doing something to potentially shake things up would be an objectively bad idea as it would almost certainly degrade or outright ruin the experience for a good number of players.
If they were to continue asking me I would just ignore them, a player orbiting you cant really cause any issues aside from flood your chat.

Scenario 2

This scenario takes place on LRP. The Head of Security has decided to coup the Captain. The Head of Personnel agrees with the Head of Security and has taken up arms in case it is necessary to aid in effecting the arrest of the Captain. The Captain is hiding with the Quartermaster in the cargo shuttle to avoid the Clown who has stolen the captains saber as a non-antag. There are five people named in this scenario. Please describe what actions, if any, you would take in relation to each, and why.

I would contact the HoS and HoP via admin message to remind them that their actions are considered self-antagonistic and not allowed. As the HoS was the instigator of the infraction I would likely give them a short role-ban given this it were not a first offense, otherwise a note considering the severity of what they did. Provided the HoP hadn’t done similar actions before I would likely only note them, seeing as they were not the one who initiated the coup, only having joined in on it.
If the HoS/HoP were continuing to go forward with their coup after being contacted I would increase the severity of the actions taken.
In regard to the clown if this were a first offense I would issue a warning for self-antagonism, as the example states the captain is “hiding with the Quartermaster” this would infer that the clown is misusing the sabre. Provided this was not a first offense I may issue instead issue a temporary ban depending on the severity of what the clown did with the stolen sabre.

Scenario 3

You are ahelping a player about an issue. The player has no prior noted issues. A few days earlier, an admin had told you that this type of situation should result in a temporary ban for a first offense, and you are confident that this situation is not substantially different from the type that admin was describing. During the ahelp, another admin pings you on Discord with a link to the ongoing ahelp and tells you to just indefinitely ban them and make them appeal. Excluding trialmins and headmins, all admins are equally “ranked”. A headmin is not currently available.

I would re-read over what ever relevant rules were infringed to gain further insight on both opinions, and afterwards make a decision based on my own discretion.
I would likely favor the temporary ban as its a first offense, however I would clarify if this was a correct choice with a headmin when available.