Faye Interview

faye — Today at 7:33 PM
hi

ProbablyTrying — Today at 7:34 PM
Hey! Ready to go?

faye — Today at 7:35 PM
yuh yuh

ProbablyTrying — Today at 7:36 PM
So, first thing's first
[7:36 PM]
What's your ckey?

faye — Today at 7:36 PM
PersephoneQ

ProbablyTrying — Today at 7:36 PM
And your discord tag?

faye — Today at 7:36 PM
faye#4607

ProbablyTrying — Today at 7:37 PM
Alright. SO the interview is going to be split into a couple parts.
[7:37 PM]
The first one is going to be some scenarios, where I'll play the bwoink-ee, and you'll play the bwoink-er. The second part is going to be some questions regarding your opinions on things. Sound good?

faye — Today at 7:37 PM
Sure sure
[7:37 PM]
All cool

ProbablyTrying — Today at 7:37 PM
Alright. And do I have permission to post this interview publically?

faye — Today at 7:37 PM
Yeah all good

ProbablyTrying — Today at 7:38 PM
Ok!
[7:39 PM]
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.
[7:39 PM]
If you have any questions about these things, you can ask them now or later.

faye — Today at 7:39 PM
Oky doky
[7:39 PM]
I have read them over

ProbablyTrying — Today at 7:40 PM
Okay! So, first scenario.
[7:41 PM]
You're spectating a round when  you see "Joe Jiden, Chef" Awaken from cryo. What do you do?

faye — Today at 7:41 PM
Hahahaha
[7:41 PM]
Okay, so, I'd ahelp him and ask if he had a moment
[7:41 PM]
The whole "hey, got a sec?" spiel

ProbablyTrying — Today at 7:41 PM
For sure.
[7:41 PM]
He does not respond.

faye — Today at 7:42 PM
Is he doing anything while I'm trying to contact him?

ProbablyTrying — Today at 7:42 PM
He's walking around, seeming a little lost.

faye — Today at 7:42 PM
I would tell him he can click my name to respond to me
[7:42 PM]
I know it says that, but maybe he didn't see it

ProbablyTrying — Today at 7:43 PM
He still doesn't respond, and instead walks up to a locker and picks up a toolbox.

faye — Today at 7:43 PM
oh no
[7:43 PM]
Okay! How long has the acct existed?

ProbablyTrying — Today at 7:43 PM
5 days.

faye — Today at 7:44 PM
I would tell him that his name, Joe Jiden, is against our code of conduct and link the rules page.
[7:45 PM]
Can I change his name within my permset?

ProbablyTrying — Today at 7:45 PM
You cannot.

faye — Today at 7:45 PM
Assuming I can get a response in this kind of situation

ProbablyTrying — Today at 7:45 PM
He still doesn't respond to you, and walks down the cargo stairs to the populated bar.

faye — Today at 7:45 PM
Has he interacted w/anyone?

ProbablyTrying — Today at 7:46 PM
He just found the bar full of people and seems to be talking to them.

faye — Today at 7:47 PM
Given he won't reply, he has a meme name, and he honed in on a toolbox I think I will wind him, just incase he decides to start robusting people with that toolbox of his. Maybe being unnable to move will force a response?

ProbablyTrying — Today at 7:47 PM
You wind him, and a moment later you get an admin pm back of "wtf"

faye — Today at 7:47 PM
I would ask why he did not reply to my messages
[7:48 PM]
While we talk, does he have any moderation history?

ProbablyTrying — Today at 7:48 PM
He responds with "i was busy??? im roleplaying on this "roleplay" server"

faye — Today at 7:48 PM
Any notes or anything?

ProbablyTrying — Today at 7:49 PM
Nope.

faye — Today at 7:49 PM
I would explain to him that we have rules regarding character creation, and offer to help him work on an actual name if he'd like. Link him to tthe rules, as well
[7:49 PM]
Or ratther, a 'more appropriate name'

ProbablyTrying — Today at 7:50 PM
He responds with "this is an appropriate name"

faye — Today at 7:51 PM
I would explain to him that Joe Jiden is not an acceptable name as it references an IRL person, and ask him to please change his name.

ProbablyTrying — Today at 7:52 PM
He says Joe Jiden is not a real person. It is not a reference.

faye — Today at 7:52 PM
Okay, at this point I would unfortunately ban him citing LRP behavior and a referenced name, and ask someone to cryo him.
[7:53 PM]
Appeal on the forums and all.

ProbablyTrying — Today at 7:54 PM
Perma or temp?

faye — Today at 7:54 PM
Perma, he has a low daycount account and he could just come back and do this again.
[7:55 PM]
IMO he should have to go on the forums and make  clear he understands the rules before returning.

ProbablyTrying — Today at 7:55 PM
Alright! Next scenario
[7:59 PM]
It's a traitor round in the lobby, and you see a bunch of logs come up with an antag shooting up a non-antag.

The non-antag ahelps after this. They're a security officer. They say "Hey-- I just heard about someone breaking in to the vault and went to check it out-- opened the vault doors and as soon as I saw the antag they shot me dead. Medical didn't even have a chance to save me."

faye — Today at 7:59 PM
Okay! So, firstt things firstt
[8:00 PM]
I would take the  ticket and tell the officer that I'm looking into it, and to give me a moment.
[8:00 PM]
I'd bwoink the antagonist, and ask him for his side of situation leading up to shooting the officer.

ProbablyTrying — Today at 8:02 PM
The antag responds "I was given traitor, and I wanted to steal the credits from the vault. I guess what I got there, the AI saw me, and alerted sec. When the officer opened the door, I had grabbed a gun from the vault and I shot him before he could shoot me."

faye — Today at 8:02 PM
I would ask him to clarify if he engaged the officer in any dialogue, warned security to stay away, etc.
[8:03 PM]
And,-
[8:03 PM]
What is the officer armed with?
[8:03 PM]
Are lethals enabled?
[8:03 PM]
And what is he wearing?

ProbablyTrying — Today at 8:03 PM
The traitor says "I was trying to stealth the vault, so I didn't say anything?"
[8:03 PM]
The officer had standard kit.

faye — Today at 8:03 PM
Alert?

ProbablyTrying — Today at 8:03 PM
Green.

faye — Today at 8:04 PM
Okay
[8:05 PM]
Does the antagonist have any moderation history?

ProbablyTrying — Today at 8:05 PM
Relatively new account. They have one note for having a refrence name, from two weeks ago.

faye — Today at 8:06 PM
Considering the officer only had regular armor, almost certainly didn't have lethals, I would remind the antagonist that escalation is always required before killing anyone. In the future, they should try to open up a dialogue, maybe show they have a weapon, etc. If it seems like they understand, I would warn them for improper escalation and refer them to the rules.

ProbablyTrying — Today at 8:08 PM
The antag responds "The officer was probably going to shoot me-- why do I need to escalate if I got caught in the most secure area of the station?"
[8:08 PM]
They add on "If they arrested me, I would be HuT"

faye — Today at 8:09 PM
I would empathize and say that being caught does suck, but the officer only had very basic armor and did not have lethals. You could have done a few other things than killing him,- maybe holding him up with your own gun and preventing the use of comms, for instance. The station is on green, so no one is prepared for a large conflict. (edited)

ProbablyTrying — Today at 8:09 PM
The antag reluctantly agrees, and seems to understand.

faye — Today at 8:10 PM
That's that, then. I'd thank them for their cooperation, and tell the officer it was handled.

ProbablyTrying — Today at 8:10 PM
Alright. Next, it's voted vamp, and someone ahelps a chaplain running around spritzing everyone they see with holy water.

faye — Today at 8:11 PM
I'd take the ticket and say I'm handling it, and bwoink the chaplain to ask them what they're doing w/the Holy Water

ProbablyTrying — Today at 8:11 PM
They say "I am blessing people. My gimmick is to be really agressive."

faye — Today at 8:13 PM
I would ask them if their priest had any basis to be running around spraying everyone.

ProbablyTrying — Today at 8:13 PM
They say "Yes I am a really agressive christian"

faye — Today at 8:14 PM
I would ask them to please stop, and try to establish RP with others before spraying them with holy water in the future.

ProbablyTrying — Today at 8:17 PM
They say "ur fucking dumb, i am rping by dousing them"

faye — Today at 8:17 PM
LMAO
[8:17 PM]
based
[8:17 PM]
Okay, so
[8:18 PM]
I would explain to them that they cannot go around blasting people with Holy Water for no reason, and tell them in no uncertain terms that they have to stop that. Spraying people with holy water w/out basis could harm the roundtype's gimmick, and could be considered metagaming.

ProbablyTrying — Today at 8:19 PM
they say "idk what the roundtype is but im roleplaying, i want to speak to an admin"

faye — Today at 8:20 PM
I inform them that they can appeal moderator decisions on the forums for review, and ask if they undersand that they cannot go around spraying people.

ProbablyTrying — Today at 8:21 PM
they say " r u fucking kidding me, I'm roleplaying. this is a "HIGH" roleplay server and u are killing it"

faye — Today at 8:21 PM
Oh, gosh.
[8:21 PM]
I might consider tempbanning them, but given they've insulted staff (i.e. me) I would have to permaban them, and say they can appeal it on the forums.
[8:22 PM]
Or, rather, before this
[8:22 PM]
Do they have any note history?
[8:22 PM]
Could clue me in.

ProbablyTrying — Today at 8:23 PM
Seems like a new account, couple of notes for being argumentative.

faye — Today at 8:23 PM
Yeah, okay
[8:23 PM]
Permaban it is
[8:23 PM]
Reasons given: LRP behavior, not playing a realistic character. Metagaming. Abusive towards staff. (edited)

ProbablyTrying — Today at 8:24 PM
Sounds good!
[8:25 PM]
You are observing a extended round when  you see logs come up with two people fighting eachother. With a knife and with a crowbar.

faye — Today at 8:26 PM
I would go spectate it, and see if I can figure out how it started. Any ticketts?

ProbablyTrying — Today at 8:27 PM
The one with the knife, is a roboticist and he has a plasteel butterfly knife and is stabbing an EMT, who has a crowbar. No tickets have been opened. They're fighting in the hall between robotics and the medbay.

faye — Today at 8:28 PM
Who're the two combatants? Notes and daycount
[8:28 PM]
I wouldn't stop it, though, only spectate b/c I don't have a reason to stop it.

ProbablyTrying — Today at 8:36 PM
They are both relatively new, seem to both be 10 days old. They have no notes/warnings/

faye — Today at 8:37 PM
I'd let the fight play out, and then ask the instigator (per first attack on logs) what started it. (edited)

ProbablyTrying — Today at 8:39 PM
The fight continues, the EMT goes down, and the roboticist keeps stabbing him with the knife.

faye — Today at 8:41 PM
I don't think I would stop them, as there could be a justified reason for the fight. I would poke the roboticist and ask why he's stabbing the EMT to death, why they're fighing, etc

ProbablyTrying — Today at 8:43 PM
The roboticist responds "the fucking emt came at me and attacked me, what did u want me to do?? not defend myself??"

faye — Today at 8:43 PM
I tell them,
[8:44 PM]
"I'm trying to get an understanding for the situaiton." etc. Did the EMT start it, per logs? (edited)

ProbablyTrying — Today at 8:45 PM
The EMT started it, yes.

faye — Today at 8:46 PM
Okay. I'd asks the roboticist to give me just a moment while I speak to the EMT.
[8:46 PM]
I bwoink the EMT, and ask tthem to run me through the fight and why itt started

ProbablyTrying — Today at 8:47 PM
The EMT says "I was trying to get back medical boxes he stole, and he wouldn't give them back. He started threatening me, so I punched him, then he pulled a knife, so I started crowbaring him. He's gonna kill me."

faye — Today at 8:48 PM
So, I would ask the Roboticist if he took anything from medical, and why

ProbablyTrying — Today at 8:50 PM
The roboticist says "I took kits so I could make medibots??"

faye — Today at 8:51 PM
I ask him if he got permission to take them, and if he was aggressive towards the EMT.

ProbablyTrying — Today at 8:51 PM
The roboticist says "we were arguing, idk why it's an issue. i dont need permission to do my job"

faye — Today at 8:53 PM
Okay, I tell both of them that while arguing over stealing and whatnot is fine, clubbing each other with crowbars and knives over a workplace dispute isn't really realistic. I would ask them why they decided to this, instead of talking to security or a Head of Staff. (edited)

ProbablyTrying — Today at 8:54 PM
they say "its my friend, he stole from me so I was getting back at him, we r messing around"

faye — Today at 8:55 PM
i'd explain that friends or not, trying to murder one another isn't realistic if you're working on a research facility and to avoid incidents like this in the future. Characters should, generally speaking, refer to security or command before trying to handle an issue like this themselves. (edited)

ProbablyTrying — Today at 8:56 PM
They agree with you quickly, and the roboticist stops attacking the EMT with a knife. The EMT no longer has a hand

faye — Today at 8:57 PM
Both parties pull back and stop arguing?

ProbablyTrying — Today at 8:57 PM
mhm.
[8:57 PM]
well
[8:57 PM]
the EMT is on the ground.

faye — Today at 8:57 PM
He can't go anywhere haha
[8:57 PM]
If botth parties understand, I'd note them both for LRP behavior / screwing around and consider it resolved
[8:58 PM]
I don't think a warning's neccessary b/c it doesn't seem too terribly damaging to the round

ProbablyTrying — Today at 8:58 PM
Alright. Last scenario.
[8:58 PM]
it is a traitor round once more. An antag ahelps about 45 in in to the round.
[9:00 PM]
They say "Hey, I was just breaking in to the armory and the warden was inside and with no rp stunned me and cuffed me, i couldn't even do anything."

faye — Today at 9:00 PM
Okay, I ask them to give me a moment while I investigate
[9:00 PM]
What do the logs show?

ProbablyTrying — Today at 9:02 PM
The logs show that yeah, the warden attacked the antag with a stunbaton.

faye — Today at 9:03 PM
Oky doky. I would bwoink the warden, and ask why they immediately went for their baton.

ProbablyTrying — Today at 9:03 PM
they say "someone broke in to the armory??"

faye — Today at 9:05 PM
I would say that while yes, someone broke into the armory, you're expected to give antags a bit more leeway to prevent killing their gimmick before it gets off the round. I'd remind them that RP is very importtant in cases like this, and that the warden should gave talked to the antag before going immediately for his stunbaton.

ProbablyTrying — Today at 9:06 PM
The warden says "He was clearly there to steal our guns. What am I supposed to do?"

faye — Today at 9:07 PM
I'd give him a few examples of what he could have done insttead. He could have spoken to the antag, pulled his disruptor and ask them to get on the floor, etc. Pulling his baton and immediately stunlocking them provided the antagonist with no counterplay.
[9:07 PM]
While I'm doing this, does he have any note history?

ProbablyTrying — Today at 9:08 PM
Nope. Three day old account.

faye — Today at 9:08 PM
Do they give me a reply?

ProbablyTrying — Today at 9:11 PM
They say they guess they can do that, but they don't agree with your ruling.

faye — Today at 9:12 PM
I encourage them to use the forums if they disagree with any ruling, and note them for being too harsh towards antagonists.
[9:12 PM]
If tthere's nothing else, it sshould be all

ProbablyTrying — Today at 9:14 PM
Alright. Last bit.
[9:14 PM]
These are open answer questions, take your time answering them
[9:14 PM]
Do you ever think that it is acceptable for a non-antagonist to murder another non-antagonist? Why or why not?

faye — Today at 9:16 PM
I think that yes, there can be instances in which two characters can kill another. However, like with normal antagonists, there needs to be solid excalation and evidence of such to do so. The person doing the killing needs to have a reasonable motive, and be able to demonstrate or inform staff of their escalation up to the killing. I'd argue that scrutiny for a situation like this should be even more stringent, but not disallowed. (edited)

ProbablyTrying — Today at 9:18 PM
Our rules often refer to keeping characters 'believable'. Do you feel there is a difference between a realistic, and a believable character? If so, what is it?

faye — Today at 9:20 PM
I think that in order to allow the widest variety of characters while also ensuring a high standard of RP, believable is tthe superior choice to realistic. What would be 'realistic' is if everyone on the Aurora was a normal, average person. The Epsilon would be considered 'Realistic'. 'Believable' allows us to have a much wider variety of characters and backgrounds, from Imperial nobility to Elyran bounty hunters to Unathi clanmembers. As long as a character can be believably justified, they should be allowed.

ProbablyTrying — Today at 9:21 PM
How do you feel you work in a team?

faye — Today at 9:22 PM
I think I work fine! Teamwork is important not only for ensuring fairness in arbitration, but also for having other people there to give advice and help if you're not sure how to procede. Different backgrounds and personalities makes for a more well-rounded moderation experience.

ProbablyTrying — Today at 9:23 PM
Okay. If you could change one thing about the server, what would it be?

faye — Today at 9:25 PM
Removing Mars. But as a second choice, I think the various usergroups on the Aurora tend to form their own cliques and communities - which is fine, because humans inherently surround themselves with similar people. I wouldn't mind if the community was a bit more interconnected.

ProbablyTrying — Today at 9:25 PM
Alright. This next bit is your space to say anything else you want to add, etc. Any post-notes?

faye — Today at 9:26 PM
Nuh uh

ProbablyTrying — Today at 9:26 PM
Cool. Thank you for your time!!

faye — Today at 9:26 PM
Yw