Moderation Interview - BoryaTheSlayer

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Interviewer: Goret - 00:30 - 01:55
Interviewee: Borya - 02:30 - 03:55
02/01/2020
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Goret Today at 00:34
Before we start, could you give me your ckey?

BoryaTheSlayer Today at 00:34
Yes
BoryaTheSlayer

Goret Today at 00:35
This interview will be split into two parts. The first one, will be about a set of scenarios that you might encounter while moderating. The second part is some personal questions that I want you to answer. Nothing too personal, though.

As a moderator, here are the following perms you have:

- Access to msay. It allows you to speak with other staff members.
- Access to dsay. Self-explanatory, you see the deadchat and can even speak in it.
- Access to in game logs about a lot of things. This include LOOC, dchat, admin actions(like kick, ban, note, warn) and some things to prevent grief. Imagine Urist McUrist open a phoron tank you'll have a message stating it. Same for a fuel tank or a valve of any kind.
- Access the variables of the objects on the server. While you cannot edit them, you can view attack logs on a player, who touched what the last, etc.
- The ability to adminghost, basically will consider you as if you ghosted from the lobby or died. You can aghost again to re-enter your body.
- The ability to Wind people. It freeze them and keep them from interacting with the game.
- The possibility to AdminPM someone, and check all the tickets that have been made on the server.
- The ability to kick, note, warn, ban. More in-depth about this:

Kick = Just boot someone off the server. You can set a custom message. It's not really used often, but still useful to get someone's attention.
Note = It's basically our notepad about players. It's useful for the other staff that will interact with the player, to know their behaviour and if something already happened before.
Warning = Depending the severity of something, it can be directly a warning. This one is visible to the player, and they need to acknowledge it to play on the server again.
Ban = Same thing as kick expect on a larger scale, or even permanently. A ban is often an escalation of warnings.
Every action taken by a staff member is visible on the player's ckey. Only kicks are not shown.
I may have forgot some, but these are the most important. Before we start, any questions?

BoryaTheSlayer Today at 00:37
Alright, nope. I'll ask as we go.

Goret Today at 00:37
Okay dokay.
First situation we go!
You are observing the round and you see "Joseph Staline, Security Officer, has completed cryogenic revival". What is your reaction to this?

BoryaTheSlayer Today at 00:39
I aghost or just ghost depending on whether I'm in-round or not, and adminPM them regarding their name, which is a reference to a historical figure from real life. I don't have the power to rename, I suppose, so I would ask the admin to help me here.

Goret Today at 00:41
They tell you that they don't see any problem with this name. They keep going, probably heading to security and say "You are going to goulag, cat" to a Tajara passing by. The admin stays on standby.

BoryaTheSlayer Today at 00:42
I wind them and press the issue further by refering them to the server rules and offering them a rename again.

Goret Today at 00:43
They tell you that you are not fun and just disconnect.

BoryaTheSlayer Today at 00:45
I would apply a permaban and write a note on their ckey.

Goret Today at 00:46
You can specify the reason of the ban when applying it directly. No need to note them, it'll be showed. Also thing that I forgot to mention, you can't permaban as a trial mod. In that case, the staff on will generally help you on that matter. We gud?

BoryaTheSlayer Today at 00:47
Oh. Yeah. Lol
I just refer to the admin to perma them and tell them that they failed to communicate with me in the ticket regarding their name.

Goret Today at 00:48
Good enough. Let's go for situation 2.
It is a voted merc round. You are ghosted and you see the warden ordering guns without even knowing the presence of the mercs in-round. What do you do?

BoryaTheSlayer Today at 00:49
I jump to them and adminPM them asking why they are ordering guns.

Goret Today at 00:49
Your only answer is "mercs are coming, we are getting ready"

BoryaTheSlayer Today at 00:50
I tell them that this is metagaming and that their character IC-ly shouldn't have knowledge of the fact that mercenaries would be coming.

Goret Today at 00:52
"someone told me ICly though, its the security officer Frank Ebern"
If you check the notes of the security officer, you have a clear history of metagaming and validhunting. They have been banned once about this, a 3 days ban.

BoryaTheSlayer Today at 00:55
I kindly ask the warden to cancel the weapon order and tell them to have a nice round. I'll probably leave the ticket open for a bit as I adminpm Frank Ebern and ask them about this interaction.

Goret Today at 00:57
"i saw them" is the only answer you get. We are fifteen minutes into the round, as a clarification.

BoryaTheSlayer Today at 00:59
I check if mercs are on station.
Or in their base.

Goret Today at 01:00
They are still in the ship, planning how evil they are going to be.

BoryaTheSlayer Today at 01:00
Right. I come back to Frankie and tell him that it's impossible that he saw them and that he shouldn't lie in a ticket. I remind him of his history of administrative action taken against him.

Goret Today at 01:01
"ffs, I can't play a round without one of you fucktards PMing me. Can't you just leave me alone?"

BoryaTheSlayer Today at 01:03
I tell him to not be rude in the tickets and that a permaban will have to be applied for this behaviour. By this point I close the ticket with the warden, and, after I contacted the admin, I close Frank's.

Goret Today at 01:04
And at this point, goodbye Frank. Situation 3, we are coming.
You receive a shitload of attack logs from someone stabbing themselves to death in the Crew Transfer shuttle. BWOINK, someone ahelp that someone is killing themselves. What do you do?

BoryaTheSlayer Today at 01:07
Jump over to whoever ahelped since that'd be fastest, and upon finding the perpetrator, I wind them and adminpm them to ask why they are stabbing themselves.

Goret Today at 01:08
"Its the end of the round, isn't that allowed?"

BoryaTheSlayer Today at 01:10
I tell them that no, since we are on a HRP server and that they shouldn't break character even after shuttle takes off.

Goret Today at 01:11
They are very apologetic. If you checked their notes, you could see that they are a new player and that is the first offense they do.

BoryaTheSlayer Today at 01:12
I tell them that it's fine but not to do it again, unwind them, and tell them to enjoy their day. I take a note of what they did and how they behaved in the ticket.

Goret Today at 01:12
Gud boi. Situation 4 now. The last one.
You get an ahelp of someone in caps lock saying "WTF THAT NINJA JUST GANKED ME". While jumping to them, you see that they are a sec officer and on them is a ninja killing them with a sword. The guy that ahelped is being toxic in LOOC and still scream about the gank. How do you react?

BoryaTheSlayer Today at 01:13
I adminpm the ninja, asking why are they killing the officer, and also tell the officer to calm down and tone down on their behaviour in LOOC as I deal with the situation.

Goret Today at 01:19
The ninja is telling you that the officer bumped into them in maintenance, and that he tried to shoot him when they were speaking. So he decided to kill after the officer screamed "help sec maint" in radio.

BoryaTheSlayer Today at 01:20
I tell them thank you and focus on the officer. I ask the officer why did they open fire first.

Goret Today at 01:20
Because he's a ninja.

BoryaTheSlayer Today at 01:21
Right. I tell them that's not a good excuse and that their character IC-ly shouldn't know it's a "ninja", and neither should they just open fire on people like that without a good reason and prior escalation.

Goret Today at 01:23
For them, its bullshit and they clearly make you aware of it. A moderator online says "oh this guy lmfao" in the moderator chat.

BoryaTheSlayer Today at 01:24
I check the officer's notes.
And also ask the moderator what do they mean, as well, for further context.

Goret Today at 01:25
They have a history of toxicity. A warning was already applied, but its one month old. All recent notes are about LRP behaviour.
The moderator respond that he already had to deal with him on a situation where he screamed in common channel that a crewmember was a changeling. The last note is about that situation.

BoryaTheSlayer Today at 01:29
Right. I remind them of our rules on metagaming as well as of the fact that we are on a HRP server. I tell him that because of his toxic behaviour and the fact that this is a repeated issue I will have to apply a one-day ban.

Goret Today at 01:30
"Alright" is the only answer you get. Looks like he accept it. Anything else?

BoryaTheSlayer Today at 01:32
Nope, close the ticket.
Oh.
Bans already count as notes, right?

Goret Today at 01:32
Yeah.

BoryaTheSlayer Today at 01:32
Yeah, that's it.

Goret Today at 01:32
We are done with the situations and we are moving on to the questions.
What do you like in Aurora? What makes you stick to the server?

BoryaTheSlayer Today at 01:34
Well, it's really simple. Aurora is by far the best choice for someone who wants a HRP experience in spacestation 13.  Other servers simply do not have the same standard of RP, even though I think we could raise ours a bit higher. I stick to the server because I want it to grow and improve, and because of the great experiences I have here, as well as the friends.

Goret Today at 01:37
Fair enough.
What would you change about the server in its current state?

BoryaTheSlayer Today at 01:39
Be a bit stricter on bans, I would say. Second chances are welcome, but anything beyond a second chance is a no. As I already said, I think the standard of RP could be looked at, as well, but this is very easy to say and very hard to do, since it's hard to define a standard on a server where everyone is different and everyone has different definitions of fun. All in all, simply be a bit stricter with punishments, and stricter with who gets into any sort of staff position.

Goret Today at 01:40
If you had the power to change ONE thing, what would it be? Is it related to what you just said?

BoryaTheSlayer Today at 01:48
Hard question, really. There are a lot of things that I would do with our lore setting had I the power to change it, but I will leave that for now. I suppose I would want to be stricter with toxic people. Leaving them inside our community does not help anyone, if they are not changing their behaviour. They may be willing to, but they do not change it, regardless.

Goret Today at 01:49
I suppose that's correct and fair to think like that.
Some people shared their worries about possible burn out, due to both positions you could hold.
How are you going to manage both lore and moderation?
Do you have any concerns, yourself?

BoryaTheSlayer Today at 01:53
As I already responded in the thread, I am aware of the concern and it's why this application didn't come a month sooner. I took a lot of time to consider it. I will try my best to do my duties as a moderator and a lore deputy, but I will also not forget to take care of myself and my real life responsibilities. I'm not sure how I can answer the first question-- I'll just do it, lol. I'm okay with sacrificing my playtime for moderator duties, and if I'm not playing, that means I'm either relaxing and doing other things, doing RL stuff or doing lore things.
Being a moderator will definitely be extra weight on my plate but I'll manage, especially since I'm doing this out of my own volition. I want to make this server better and I hope that this wish will keep me from being burnt out.

Goret Today at 01:54
Thank you for your answer. Anything to add?

BoryaTheSlayer Today at 01:54
Thanks to everyone who has read through this interview. Have a gnome day.

GoretToday at 01:54
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