In-game Username: Spaz1705
Discord username: Spaz1705
Characters you play: Serena Blackthorn, Ruby Blackthorn, The Thorn of Black, Drinks-The-Mopwater, Walter Blackthorn, Rex Blackthorn
On average, how many hours do you expect to admin per week: 20
Days you are available to admin on: im free every day, so ill likely be able to admin any day of the week.
How old are you? 32
Do you have any SS14 experience outside of Wizard’s Den servers, or any SS13 experience? I have played some on Delta V and some on Frontier. I also played a little of SS13 years ago.
Do you have prior administration experience (SS13/SS14 experience preferred, please also post a way for us to verify this)? No prior admin experience.
Have you ever been banned from any SS14 or SS13 servers? Not that i know of.
What are you primarily interested in doing as an admin? I want to learn more of the inner workings of the game, learn to host events and make things fun and interesting for players. But i also want to help keep the community a safe and stable place. Help educate new players and keep rule breakers in line.
What are you least interested in doing as an admin? Probably moderating LRP servers, since im adjusted to MRP the most. However im sure i can adapt.
Detail Questions
What role do you think game admins serve on our servers?
Game admins serve as a force to keep the community a safe and fun place for everyone. By either holding events, answering questions, or handling those who break the rules.
Why do you want to become an administrator for SS14?
I want to help the community grow and prosper. I want to be a part of the team that makes this place so fun and safe.
How do you feel about the current roleplay status on the servers?
I only really play on MRP for the most part, so i have no real complaints about the current roleplay status.
Other than banning problematic players, what admin actions do you believe have the biggest positive impact?
Pushing players in the right direction when they are unintentionally breaking rules, or getting close to it. Not all rule breakers are malicious, many just arent aware that they are causing a problem.
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?
Had a horrible experience with someone breaking rules of escalation and borderline self antagging, and then security not doing anything about it. It was a very stressful experience, and i would hope no one else has to experience that without an admin to see it and intervene. Had i been an admin watching over, I would of seriously scolded the player for their rule breaking. If they had a history of causing trouble, it would likely result in a ban of some sort.
Have you ever had a good experience with the game or a game admin? If so, what was it?
I once had an amazing experience where an admin was testing out a “Terminator” scenario with a terminator sent to kill me, and another person sent to protect me. It was a lot of fun and I would love to see something like that be done more often!
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”.
Theres more than enough players so i have no doubt that the antags will have any difficulty causing the chaos needed. I would tell the players following me that its unlikely i will intervene. I feel its best to let events unfold on their own, however im not against making things more interesting. I wouldnt do anything at all before traitors were selected. If i did anything at all, it would likely be something minor later in the round to keep things interesting.
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.
For one i would have to speak with cap and the clown to know exactly what happened with the saber, in the chance this was some clown prank that got out of hand. However i find that very unlikely and the clown will almost certainly be punished for self antag behavior.
The quartermaster has done nothing wrong as far as im aware.
In terms of the coup on the captain… Thats a tough one. Unless the captain had been seriously acting out of line, i might have to intervene. I would need to remind both the HoS and the HoP that a vote of all heads should be done in order to remove the captain. If the other heads are still present i wouldnt allow the coup, they would need to get the other heads together properly. If they went and did the coup regardless, there would likely be punishment for them. If for some reason the other heads are not there and able to vote, i might allow it if its for a good reason and not something petty. But i would still make sure that it was done in a civil manner.
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.
A temporary ban is most likely what i would do here given the little context. Im not going to perm ban someone for a first offense of something minor just because another admin told me to, that seems too excessive.