In-game Username: ShakoCross
Discord username: Shako Cross
Characters you play: Joseph Richards, Kuz-Weh, The Willow of Gentleness, Krecravicha, Timothy Moondancer, Kristopher Bloise, Kachihe, Ummidia Agrestis, Xahrapaba, The-Robotic-Lizard
On average, how many hours do you expect to admin per week: 6-12
Days you are available to admin on: I probably will be always available, mostly on the weekends.
How old are you? 21
Do you have any SS14 experience outside of Wizard’s Den servers, or any SS13 experience? No, ll my experience on SS is on wizard servers and i have never played SS13.
Do you have prior administration experience (SS13/SS14 experience preferred, please also post a way for us to verify this)? No.
Have you ever been banned from any SS14 or SS13 servers? No.
What are you primarily interested in doing as an admin? I would love to be able to do ingame rule enforcement. I am also interested on checking ban appeals and doing small game events once in a while.
What are you least interested in doing as an admin? Checking replays, i don’t find it very interesting and my potato pc also haves problems for play these replays when i don’t have problems playing the game besides of the occasional game crash.
Detail Questions
What role do you think game admins serve on our servers?
Admins for me are similar to something like a guide, they can help players to stay on the right path or lead the rounds to being more fun.
Why do you want to become an administrator for SS14?
Because i want to improve the roleplay in SS14 and i want to contribute in some way to this game and it’s community.
How do you feel about the current roleplay status on the servers?
Outside of Grasshopper i believe at the roleplay in SS14 is in a bad state, both Lizard and Leviathan are often nests for a lot of bad or antiroleplay behavior which i really don’t like and it has spread to all the other servers. From People who just want to play to win instead of roleplay to the shitters and the occasional self-antag, i have even seen some of this kind of people go into hopper thinking that kind of behavior would be accepted and i wish we could do more for make people to roleplay more.
Other than banning problematic players, what admin actions do you believe have the biggest positive impact?
I believe at interacting with players as a admin can have the biggest positive impact, this can be done by either directly talking with the players or doing things at either incentivize more roleplay or make the round more fun for everyone involved. Even some in-game punishments can help players in a positive way.
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 never had a bad experienced with admins.
Have you ever had a good experience with the game or a game admin? If so, what was it?
I had a lot of good experiences with the game for be able to mention them all here, as for admins i didn’t see them that often but i had fun with things like the occasional cluwne, watching a in-game punishment happen, the few game events where i participated, admemes and even the really few times where a admin made a mistake big enough for restart the round.
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 wouldn’t let the requests of the players make me do something big roundstart, unless i have to punish people or already had plans for a admeme round i wouldn’t like to get involved on the round in a big way that early on the round.
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 first would talk with all people involved for know the full history before taking action. If the situation gets complicated i would also talk with other avaliable admins for advice for make sure i don’t make the wrong choice.
If HOS and HOP are doing this over something minor or without a reason or broke the rules i would get them punished ic and/or give them the needed punishments or warnings depending of they actions as they shouldn’t be making riots/bad munities as command.
If captain has done something bad then i would let HOS and HOP deal with it, if what they did is bad enough or broke the rules i would also give them a ic punishment and/or the needed warnings or punishments depending of they actions. Qm wouldn’t be punished unless they did something really bad at breaks the rules as well.
In clown’s case i would let crew deal with it and watch over they behavior.
In the case they start to go self-antag i would warn/punish them accordingly for breaking the rules.
In the case they behave or lose the sword i would consider the problem solved but still watch over the clown player until the round is over.
In the case clown hides the sword in a hard to find place or spaces it they would be warned/punished accordingly and i would send the sword back to cap’s office (or in any place where it will be safe until command can pick it up).
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 give the player the temporary ban because i don’t think they should get a more harsh ban at other people as this is not fair for the player, specially if this player had no issues until now.