Moderator Application - ExGame
What is your BYOND key?
ExGame
What is your Discord username?
primalis
What characters do you play on CM-SS13?
William Frost / ZAP
Are you 16 or older?
Yes
Timezone:
GMT+2
On average, how many hours are you available to moderate in an average week?
10
Qualifications:
Do you have previous experience in game or community moderation?
Retired CM-SS13 Moderator
Provide any links to any previous CM-SS13 whitelist, mentor or staff applications:
ExGame - Synthetic Application The rest are all lost in the archived forums.
Have you ever been banned for more than 24 hours on CM-SS13?
A couple of years ago.
Can you actively engage and communicate with the team through Discord?
Yeah.
Final Details:
Why would you like to join the CM-SS13 staff team?
Ultimately I want to add to the gameplay experience in CM with the abilities that would be available to me, more so should I eventually make admin with its extended Game Master tools and authority. This also includes policing the environment in order to preserve the game’s atmosphere, which I’m obviously willing to do in the form of handling tickets and intervening OOCly when IC actions won’t suffice. I also think CM’s staff team is one of the better ones in SS13 these days when it comes to accountability and transparency, which makes me want to be part of it again. I also think the majority of staff members are cool beans.
What makes you a great addition to Staff? (Experienced Tabletop DM, Aliens Lore Buff, Super Organized, etc.?)
I was previously already moderator for a year+, but that is almost 2 or 3 years in the past now. But I’m especially invested in Aliens Lore and like to read into thematic universes and lore to keep things consistent and immersive from a Game Master perspective if I would ever interact with the Almayer/marines from an IC perspective (like answering faxes, using ARES, sending in characters). I think I’ve played CM for long enough now to also know that the game isn’t all too serious all the time, meaning I think I have a good feeling for how to mesh the sometimes absurd situations with immersive elements or perhaps make use of Rule 0 (when I regain my experience).
In your opinion, what is the most important quality of a CM-SS13 staff member?
Adaptability. While I think consistency is also important, whatever ruling you make as staff should consider the circumstances when it comes to the severity of the sanctions you apply, because no rule breaking spawns out of the void and both sides in a conflict will think they’re in the right, except for some dedicated griefers who just want to troll the server and log off. Adaptability should also expand into events, since it would be so much better to adjust it to what the players in a round push it to instead of the other way around (where appropriate).
Anything else you want to add?
Before last month I’ve played many different characters in the past, in case you haven’t seen me IG until recently.