Heya, people. I’m violeta, i roleplay a character called Kafka Wonder/Jack Marshall/Makoto. And recently i’ve been more active as a XO i found the role a bit difficult, but i think i’m evolving more while i play it. I’d like to come here even as a extremely shy person for some feedback on my performance+ tips. I’m sorry if this is on the wrong topic i’m a bit new to the forums.
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Never heard of these people, but Kafka Wonder is lowkey a goated name +1
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dear lord there’s kafka in my united states colonial marines
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CROPSEY?
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Perhaps asking on the relevant LRC thread after each round as XO is a better way to garner valid feedback, if you haven’t grinded a sizable amount then people will struggle to remember you on long-form media like the forums
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Got it!
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Hey man, what do you feel abt out turning into a bug?
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I don’t remember you playing, not enough rounds overall to give feedback on.
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I say this because I love and have loved playing with you across servers and because I respect you beyond words for being willing to ask about improving at this role.
If you intend for a WL later or even just to be in the top tier of gameplay you possibly can as an XO:
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Follow-through with Samson’s recommendation and seek out specific feedback on a round in the discord thread if you can and want to. This will give you precise feedback about methods to improve; versus forums will usually invite people’s broad impressions of you which may not give enough specificity to be actionable. If you, for example, didn’t know about double-posting annoucements with the PC and the tablet for faster communication, someone on forums going “I think you don’t communicate enough”, while broadly useful, doesn’t point you towards how to improve it. LRC may have someone go “I played SO and noticed you hadn’t opened the tablet cabinet. You can use the tablet in there as an additional announcements PC to get info out twice as fast to everyone.” Not that that is an issue with your gameplay, just an example I thought of really fast. This is also uncomfortable and depending on how people personally experienced the round, yes, it can devolve and go off the rails really fast. If you find yourself there at some point down the line, stay on the tracks.
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Okay, caveat to above, if you’re shy but moreover sensitive, you also may not want to do that, that’s fine. Bluntly, not everyone is nice or respectful even if you’re asking with their best interests in mind (“how do I be a better XO so people have more fun when I’m in charge and I don’t cause them to have more issues in a round than the ones they should have from whatever is in their power to control?”)
Find people with commanding styles you appreciate. You don’t have to want to be Them Exactly, but if you can see they have a process for their decisions and how they get to them and they have good broad skillsets (communication, character depth, levelheadedness, etc.), ask them for tips. These people are very likely COs anyways, since good XOs tend to pipeline to there, but may not always be on the CO whitelist. I won’t necessarily put names out there (the things you value must be decided by you, after all) but there’s certainly a number of former COs who were removed for inactivity that still maintain very good commanding skills as XOs or even SLs, and their knowledge is valuable here, too. Find who you like, and ask them how they do it.
I don’t know what you evaluate your strengths and weaknesses as. You’ve probably figured out by now that the sheer level of info literacy required of a good commander is like high-pop Morty AI player-tier. Maybe even 2x that. I can’t attest to your capacities there; that’s not the kind of role I really remember you as, but I remember you as really, really, really nice, really committed to dispute resolution and de-escalation, and really committed to approachability and guidance of others.
You can have whatever weaknesses you (or others) want to assess but trust in the fact that no matter what, you’re a good person. I feel like that’s about as good a starting point for any skill or job ever. Communication, problem-solving, anticipating needs, fire support, being robust, hitting all your clicks, character depth and development; those are all skills, and like any skill, they need to be practiced to be refined (and can be learned). Being nice is a personality trait. You make the choice to be that or not.
Querying feedback about skills for this game can be really hard (from someone who did it); at the end of the day, when you walk away from your PC, you’re not your mechanical prowess in the game, you’re your personality traits. Just remember that.
From one shy person to another.
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I really cant thank you enough for the kind words as well as the overall text. I’ll try and work on what you said and muster up some courage to ask people that i appreciate the command for feedback
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Ah and by the way before i forget. You mentioned we playing before in other server, can you tell me who was your char?
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Could not have said it better my self. Well done my man.
It was on Goon but I don’t think we interacted too much directly. You did stand out as a secoff and sometimes-Captain to me, but I was well past secmain and HoS by that point. My most recent active character would’ve been Theodora Marat; I think my most active roles were janitor, doctor, and chaplain.
Edit: and clown as Barnabus 
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Ah i think i remember you vaguely a bit, i do again appreciate the kind words. If you want to DM me or talk my discord is
:minhacorevioleta
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So, my advice to you is to follow the advice of @NyoomVoyager. My man and homie gave amazing advice.
My own advice:
Take your time and do not rush.
Listen to the advice in WL help on the Discord. The CO council is made up of great people that want you to succeed. I have know the majority of them for a number of years and have had great times with them.
Most importantly, if you submit an app, do your best, even if you get rejected, take it in stride.
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