Mentor Application - Takemi

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Mentor Application - Takemi

Byond CKEY:
Takemi

Discord ID:
Takemikazuchi#7477

Character Name(s):
Muhammad “Takemi” Lee

Why do you want to become a Mentor?:
As someone who goes in Byond/SS13/CM13 without a friend help directly, I was confused with some of the control that I found unituitive. Thankfully, on my first deployment there was a SEA that helped me learn. Over the course, from using mentorhelp, several members of the community teaching me the ropes, I learned to love the game. As someone who is helped alot, I would like to give and and in turn teach other newbie on playing and enjoying the game like I do.

What gameplay areas do you know and which areas are you strong and weak in?:
I am well versed in marines sides of thing, I’ve played almost all role to a level of understanding and specialized in medical (Squad Medic & Doctor) and engineering (Comtech & MT). My favorite roles includes HM, Comtech, Doctor, PO, and IO.

My biggest weakness is xenos as I mainly focus on marines and only tried out some xenos gameplay.

How often are to able to play CM?:
2-3 times a week, about 3 hours each session but could be more on weekends.

A screenshot or transcript of your human and xeno playtimes:
Human (392.5 hr)
Squad Hospital Corpsman 55.1 hr
Doctor 48.1 hr
Pilot Officer 32.2 hr
Squad Combat Technician 27.6 hr
Intelligence Officer 27.3 hr
Squad Radio Telephone Operator 27.0 hr
Squad Rifleman 24.0 hr
Ordnance Technician 22.6 hr
Military Police 17.8 hr
Squad Smartgunner 16.2 hr
Cargo Technician 14.4 hr
Maintenance Technician 14.3 hr
Chief Medical Officer 12.0 hr
Staff Officer 11.0 hr
Chief MP 10.2 hr
Researcher 8.9 hr
Squad Weapons Specialist 5.7 hr
Military Warden 4.4 hr
Requisitions Officer 3.5 hr
Squad Leader 3.2 hr
Nurse 2.0 hr
Chief Engineer 1.4 hr
Dropship Crew Chief 1.3 hr
Executive Officer 0.9 hr
Corporate Liaison 0.9 hr
Survivor 0.5 hr
Mess Technician 0.4 hr
Riot Control 0.1 hr

Xeno (6.3 hr)
Spitter 1.3 hr
Runner 1.3 hr
Lurker 1.0 hr
Bloody Larva 0.7 hr
Sentinel 0.6 hr
Defender 0.5 hr
Facehugger 0.4 hr
Boiler 0.4 hr
Warrior 0.1 hr
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Anything else you’d like to add?:
This is my application using the new format as the first one was apparently made in the old format. If there is anything you want to ask/clarify, please feel free to hit me up in the thread or directly on discord.

Fun fact: My IC name was taken from The Big Bang Theory where Sheldon tried to guess a name using the most common first and last name in the world to give him the highest chance of being correct mathematically.

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So, I think this is the correct application to post in. I like your reasoning for wanting to become a mentor. I can +1 this.

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Hi to anyone reading this if you want to ask something shoot right away, and I have an application in the old format with tons of answer relating to things newbie may ask, so you could also read that to get a better understanding of how my brain works

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Looks good enough to me, +1 but you’re on thin ice for watching big bang theory

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Would I get more +1 if I say I watch How I Met Your Mother?

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It’s very heartwarming to hear that the team did such a wonderful job getting you situated that you feel inclined to give back by becoming part of the mentor role!

I’m concerned about your hours, but your watching of How I met your Mother tells me that you have the mental fortitude akin to my own and you could dedicate yourself to a… legen…dary, CM career.
I think you could do great within the role. Hours aren’t everything, atleast in my humble opinion. I love and prefer enthusiasm, willingness to listen, learn, and grow, both personally and IC, and I hope you keep that helpful, cheerful, and giving nature going forward if you’re selected.

Good luck!

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Thank you for the kind word.

I assure you I believe from the IC compliments I got, especially in medical where I specialize in, I am competent (ex: I have taught new to medicals ICly as CMO, one of the experiences that push me to be mentor, I like to teach people irl too).

I agree with you on enthusiasm and willingness to learn, its always a good feeling when you have talented and willing to learn students. May I point out my discord logs on #gameplay-help to show you that, me too, always try to learn every part of this game even until now, and in turn, try to answer questions not yet answered (or which I can contribute more indepth knowledge).

For my xeno playtime though, to be honest with my ingame ping I dont enjoy playing xenos unless its boiler, hence my low xeno playtime. But of course, slowly I’m trying out xenos caste to understand all facets of this game, because simply thats what I like to do, understand everything to optimize a role/playstyle I love.

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I for one love the fact you have watched both Big Bang Theory and How I Meet Your Mother.

But onto the meat of this, @Mal_Gloire has already bought up the lowish hours and I share that concern as well, so if you could answer the questions I post below when you get a chance that would help you in my eyes and anyone else.

  • When I click on a vending machine or computer the window doesn’t pop up, or pops up blank. How do I fix that?

  • I’m a smartgunner right now. My gun stop firing all of a sudden how do I get it working?!?

  • What’s the difference between the lifesaver belt and the medical belt. It looks like the lifesaver one is just better.

  • Hey I just found the synth dead. How do I fix it?

  • I was told to load the OB and fire it. How do I actually do that? How can I send supplies down too?

  • How do I make formaldehyde? It keeps turning into something else, I’m not really sure how I’m meant to make it into paraformaldehyde too.

  • There’s an MP breaking the law. What should I do?

  • The Captain is griefing right now. Can you do something?

  • How can I tell if CAS or an OB will be able to hit where I’m lazing?

  • How do I laze stuff for CAS and for mortars, OBs, and supply drops?

  • I was just shot and killed by a guy. Can you do something?

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Copy pasting some answers from my application in the old format but here we go:

  • When I click on a vending machine or computer the window doesn’t pop up, or pops up blank. How do I fix that?
    If it doesnt pop up, first try to see if you click the vending maching/computer with a hand holding someting, if yes drop it, if no then:
    Try to go to OOC tab, then use the fix interface or fix TGUI verb. Barring that you could try the ye olde CM fix which is close game, clear Byond cache, clear internet explorer cache.

  • I’m a smartgunner right now. My gun stop firing all of a sudden how do I get it working?!?
    Formal way:
    Hold SG on one hand, alt+click to open its side hatch, click it to remove the jammed bullet, alt+click to close it again, voila you have a working SG
    Informal that I’m not sure: From my personal experience if I click fast enough the gun will snap back to my inventory and be unjammed

  • What’s the difference between the lifesaver belt and the medical belt. It looks like the lifesaver one is just better.
    Lifesaver hold more medicine but cant hold bigger medic equipment like defib and light ammunition.

  • Hey I just found the synth dead. How do I fix it?
    Synth can be fixed with welder for brute damage and wires for burn damage, after all done you can defib the synth to revive it.

  • I was told to load the OB and fire it. How do I actually do that? How can I send supplies down too?
    Load OB: Go to OB room (Foreship lower deck on south side), use the powerloader to put the OB type on tray and add fuel according to the SPECIFIED on the computer (important to get this right), after all on tray you chamber it.
    Firing OB: On CIC computers there is OB fire control, input the coords as asked by the spotter and press fire when asked to fire
    Send supplies (as CIC): ask the requisition to load supplies on certain squad pad, using CIC computer overwatch on said squad, go to supply drop menu, input coords, and press send
    Send supplies (as requisition): Put supplies on middle pad, use the computer on the wall of the supply pad, input coords, press send supplies

  • How do I make formaldehyde? It keeps turning into something else, I’m not really sure how I’m meant to make it into paraformaldehyde too.
    If you follow kryth guide, the order is wrong, follow wiki, easy steps:
    -have silver catalyst (reaction on silver beaker or have some like 5u of silver on the container) ← must have and people usually forgot this
    -Add the methane
    -Add the phoron
    -Add the oxygen

Edit: Forgot to add how to make paraformaldehyde its formaldehyde + water in 1:1 ratio (important because this is where I usually found the decimal error wrecks things), then put it in a fridge (close the door) and it will become paraformaldehyde with time (IF decimal error happens no problem just add more water and then filter the extra water out later)

There you have it

  • There’s an MP breaking the law. What should I do?
    ahelp (admin help) if its urgent, MP are bound by server rule to follow Marine Law and Standard Operating Procedure
    IC resolving procedure is you ask CMP or Commander (Anyone commanding the ship) to brig the MP and follow standard brig procedure
    CMP can only be brigged on the order of Commander or High Command, if commander doesnt agree with you then you can try faxing High Command

Note: Commanding Officer (CO) is someone who is whitelisted role
Commander: Current commander of the ship, can be anyone according to the chain of command.

  • The Captain is griefing right now. Can you do something?
    IC resolution? Ask CMP to arrest him then HAVE to inform High Command through fax
    OOC resolution? ahelp please

  • How can I tell if CAS or an OB will be able to hit where I’m lazing?
    Shift+click on ground to examine it, read description on the ROOF.
    No roof: Anything can hit
    Metal roof (but wont stop anything): Can use anything but cant use laze for CAS as CAS cant see it, use flare and communicate direction + offset
    Roof (But can stop some) Can only use CAS with flare
    Cavern (Can stop most ordnance): Only OB
    Thick resin roof (hivecore): Nothing

  • How do I laze stuff for CAS and for mortars, OBs, and supply drops?
    Need laser designator, hold in hand, activate it to see through the distance, control click on the place you want to laze and wait (no skill needed, skill increase speed of lazing) but using laze you need to hold the laze until CAS came, dont cancel it

Mortar, OBs, supply drop: Can use laser designator or rangefinder (difference: rangefinder only can laze for coords but not CAS, laser designator can do both, use alt-click to change its mode red is CAS). Same as lazing for CAS but after you are done you will get a set of coords, copy and paste to communicate it to person on the OB/mortar/supply drop. Also last lazed coords are saved on the bino and can be seen when examining the bino.

  • I was just shot and killed by a guy. Can you do something?
    I’m sorry ahelp if you feel its againts the rule (griefing/Improper escalation)

Hope this helps you understand who I am and assess my ability as mentor. Should you (or anyone else) have follow up question feel free to hit me up.

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• Discussion and advertising your application is encouraged. Discussion should remain civil and have relation to the applicant or application.

Anyone can explaim what kind of advertising I should do? Is advertising this on discord allowed? And if so which channel?

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Yes, you may advertise it wherever you like. Obviously don’t spam it, and if a channels rules on Discord don’t permit it obviously don’t.

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I think your hours are decently spread and show some experience in some of our more mechanically dense areas. That being said I’d really like to see you have a lot more xeno experience, maybe a bit more with requisitions, and I’d also like to know if you’re familiar with all the command duties/related mechanics. I’m not sure if I’d like to close this and allow you a month to get acquainted for a reapplication or allow this application to sit for awhile and allow you to also delve into these areas more before I make a final decision.

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Hi thank you, from my perspective I feel I’m ready for this, hence I hope you wont close this yet.

Not sure if I can assure you or anyone else about command but feel free to quiz me or anything. In the near future I’ll be focusing my playtime on command and req.

A bit of my argument about this 2 role is that I play lowpop and solo CIC is too draining for me (1 round and I’m tired). For req I guess I feel like not much depth to it compared to doctors amd research or OT.

But if you want, I heard for synth WL candidates are monitored and shadowed during playing. If we can arrange something similar too, if its not too much. Recently irl been taxing hence my playtime a bit nosedived, hopefully will settle back soon.

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Immediately accept this mans!

On a serious note, let’s get into the actual application.
Your human hours are fine, I always appreciate to see fellow corpsman players :3. Although, your xeno hours are low. I would advise you play some more Xeno, as RP already said.

Good.

Good.

Good.

How would you fix it if it’s decapitated? Also, what about organ damage? Otherwise, good.

During an actual mentorhelp it might be better to just say lower deck, south west side. As a lot of players don’t actually understand stuff like “Port” Or “Starboard”. You could also put a bit more detail into it, as to avoid a miss fuel. Otherwise, alright answer.

Alright answer. As said during the OB question, a little more description can always help. Perhaps let them know where they can find a silver beaker, or where a fridge is located in OT.

Good answer. Although generally you would fax provost. (Not a biggie, just a nit pick.)

I’m not going to go into depth on the rest of the answers, as they are generally alright.

I haven’t really seen your character in-game so I cannot vouch for your ability or RP. But generally, I think you’d be a decent fit for mentor. Although, I just have 3 additional questions, along with the ones asked during my response to your answers.

-Are you allowed to overwatch a squad as SEA?

-Someone is harrasing you in a mentorhelp for whatever reason. How would you go about handling it?

-It’s my first time playing MP. What do I do?

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I love this kind of nitpicks, it rounds up my knowledge. Like they say in F1, to win you have to chase that last 0.1s or 0.01s.

As someone who aspire to be mentor and have would be subjected to higher roleplay standard I would like to quote the rule (mentor code of conduct) to show that I have read it.

So the answer is no a SEA is not allowed to overwatch as a squad. My understanding of the rule is that there are duties SEA can do when its 1. round critical; 2. no other person from related department can do it. But, as overwatch is listed in things SEA may not perform then its a hard no.
I would like to use this opportunity to highlight that I like CM rule & law its like watching a mini-court and I like to read and understand the rules, that I lurk in the forum to read things like player report etc, and I also read other mentor application, like other app where you asked if SEA are allowed to load OB, and my answer would be:
Quoting and deriving from the rule, as long as there is no one in engineering & CIC (as usually CIC member have powerloader skill) are able to do it in time critical manner than SEA is allowed to load the OB.

I would like to quote this rule in the mentor of code and conduct:

First I will stay calm as ice, I would ask them to stop the behaviour I consider as harassment. If it persist I will refer this issue to another staff member who may have higher power or knowledge to help me, either the mentor overseer or moderator to close the case.
I took a long time to write this not much came out, hopefully this is what you expect but as always I’m open to learn new things, please guide me if I have answered anything wrong.

So excited to answer this question. First I would try IC way, I would tell you general idea about MP role and rules like have to follow ML, SOP, etc. Then, I would give you a copy of ML book and tell you to read it first to familiarize with ML. After they get a more general idea of ML & MP role I would tell them to ask/clarify anything with me, and if I have the capacity I will patrol Almayer together to guide them on arrest. I did this once as CMP teaching new MP.

But if they dont respond well ICly, I would open LOOC to give them links and talk in a more OOC way to make it easier for them to understand.

Edit: To clarify on my “guide them on arrest” I have to clarify as SEA cant be deputized for an arrest, that this is only guiding, not directly involved, so they will become an MP who follow proper arrest procedure

Edit2: Forgot to answer one question

Organ damage: nanopaste to bodypart, its in surgery tray but if you are not doctor with access to one I would look around the synth inventory hoping they have one handy
Decap: Its a level 2 surgery (doctor+ only) its retractor → attach head → fix o’ vein → cautery → revive with defib when damage <200

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Takemi taught me how to do OT mixes and it really helped me out. He’s always been really good in game in every interaction I had with him. To me he has an identifiable RP while keeping a welcoming attitude.

+1

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I’ve been pretty back and forth on this application given you’re relatively new to our community and your hours are relatively low. I’ll be accepting it at this time though as I think you show you’re up for it.