Jpowell59's Moderator Application Interview

Andromeda - Today at 3:10 AM
I am ready whenever you are.
Strudel - Today at 3:10 AM
Wonderful, alrighty starting now.
I am going to be asking a few questions regarding different Ahelps that I myself and other mods have encountered to gage in how you might handle these types of situations. If you have any questions on what exactly a mod is able to do at any time during the interview don't hesitate to ask, and I'll try to answer it to the best of my abilities.

As for what a mod can do, we are assuming you are in your normal mod residency, and not a trial, so you will have access to the following:
Kick
Wind
Aghost
Mute
Warning/SevereWarning
TempJobBan
PermaJobBan
TempBan
PermaBan

As well as access to msay, which you are able to communicate to other staff members with. And you are able to see any attack logs, as well as any LOOC message that someone sends.(edited)
Sound good?
Andromeda - Today at 3:16 AM
Looks pretty good. I'll just need to get used to having a bet less powers than I was used to.
No questions as of yet
Strudel - Today at 3:17 AM
Cool cool, also yes Mods here are more like little admins.

FIRST QUESTION.
You hop on the server, and begin getting flooded with Ahelps from two different parties. The only other mod at the time is AFK, and isn't responding in PM's or in Msay.

Both ahelps are from two dead characters, one is an antag who believes the other is valid-hunting, the other is a cargo member in the Security Lobby who says he was ganked. This is all the knowledge you have, how do you proceed.(edited)
Andromeda - Today at 3:20 AM
I would first let the dead antag know that I will look into the incident.
Then I will ask the dead cargo member if there were any other's around and to give me a small description of the incident.
Also, where are the two bodies at the moment?
Strudel - Today at 3:22 AM
They are both in security lobby, but were both taken to Medical as of the Ahelp being taken. The Cargo Tech says that there was a Warden that witnessed it.
Andromeda - Today at 3:23 AM
Mind if I use quotes for my response? I feel it would be easier that way for me to process what I would say.
Basically write out what I would actually say instead of using a brief description.
Strudel - Today at 3:23 AM
Go ahead.(edited)
Andromeda - Today at 3:24 AM
To Cargo Tech: "Thank you for the information. Please give me a description of the events to the best of your ability and I will check with the others involved."
Forgot to ask. What type of antag is it?
Strudel - Today at 3:27 AM
Its a Wizard.

The Cargo Tech states that he isn't sure what even happened, but he saw a Wizard when he was dragging a crate to Security.
Andromeda - Today at 3:27 AM
I would then PM the Warden, "Excuse me. I heard about an incident in the brig and was alerted that you saw what happened. I just need to know if you saw anything and what happened between a Cargo Tech and a Wizard around the Security area."
Then I would PM the Antag back, "Sorry for the wait. I just ask at this moment for a brief description of the incident if you please."
Strudel - Today at 3:29 AM
He states that a Cargo Tech ran in, and started just hitting the Wizard with a welder.

The Wizard states that he was just talking to the Warden, when he started to get attacked, so he attacked back with a fireball.
Andromeda - Today at 3:29 AM
I would also ask the ghosts in deadchat if they also saw the incident with the antag and cargo tech
Strudel - Today at 3:30 AM
It is dead hour, there's one ghost and he's sitting at the observe ghost spawn point, not responding.
Andromeda - Today at 3:31 AM
I would thank the Warden for his time then PM the Cargo Tech back, "Are you positive that the Wizard attacked you first and you didn't run up on him after spotting him with a crate?"
Strudel - Today at 3:34 AM
He states that the Wizard was an Antag, and that he didn't have to be attacked first, because the Wizard was a bad guy.
Andromeda - Today at 3:34 AM
I can check his warnings on his account right?
I would also PM him back with, "Unfortunately as a regular crew member you wouldn't know he was actually a Wizard, especially when there are Wizard costumes you can wear. That is technically metagaming and against our rules. You have read the rules correct?"
Strudel - Today at 3:38 AM
They disconnect without responding, and after a bit don't return.
Andromeda - Today at 3:40 AM
I would have to leave a Warning on their account about metagaming and leaving without finishing the questioning. I would also PM the dead antag back "I apologize about this whole incident. I will make sure the situation is sorted out but I unfortunately can't do anything about the death."
Actually what's the difference between a warning and severe warning?
Strudel - Today at 3:41 AM
In all honesty no, it used to be if you got enough of them it would auto-ban you, but that hasn't worked for a while, now its used to gage how bad something was.
Andromeda - Today at 3:42 AM
And did they have prior warnings?
Strudel - Today at 3:45 AM
They did not, their account age was 3 days.
Alrighty, onto the next question.
Andromeda - Today at 3:45 AM
Sounds good
Strudel - Today at 3:49 AM
So, you are aghosted, and notice that there is a bald assistant running around with a welding tank, their account age is 0, and the are holding a welder in their hand. They are quickly moving towards departures.
Andromeda - Today at 3:50 AM
I would have to wind them then PM them, "Sorry to freeze you like that, but I need to ask what you plan on doing with the welder and welding tank?"
Strudel - Today at 3:51 AM
They state that the welder was to light a cigarette, and the welding tank was to fill up the welder after words.
Andromeda - Today at 3:53 AM
I respond, "There are easier and less dangerous ways to light a cigarette. You would be better of using a lighter."
Strudel - Today at 3:53 AM
They send you a simple "ok"
Andromeda - Today at 3:54 AM
Is the welder lit and how quickly can I wind people?
Strudel - Today at 3:54 AM
The welder is lit, and you have to right click, go to the option, and then clock wind.
Andromeda - Today at 3:55 AM
I would respond to them, "May I ask why the welder is currently lit instead of you waiting to have your cigarette?"
Strudel - Today at 3:56 AM
He states he was going to grab a cigarette from the vender.
Andromeda - Today at 3:56 AM
I'm unable to deactivate welding tanks right?
Strudel - Today at 3:56 AM
You ARE able to deactivate tanks
Andromeda - Today at 3:57 AM
That makes things a bit different then. I didn't see that in my list of powers. My apologies.
Strudel - Today at 3:57 AM
I forgot it, my bad.
In all honesty it wasn't something I was told either, I found it out by ghosting around and clicking it by accident
Andromeda - Today at 3:58 AM
At this point however. I would deactivate the welding tank then respond to him, "My apologies for being this jumpy. You may please proceed but try to be a bit more careful with carrying around welding tanks, try to stick to lighters."
Then I would unwind him with the tank deactivated.
Strudel - Today at 3:58 AM
He instantly tries to light the tank.
Andromeda - Today at 3:59 AM
And I'm guessing that's an attack log right?
So it's obvious to me?
Strudel - Today at 3:59 AM
Yup!
Andromeda - Today at 4:00 AM
I would then wind him again and PM him back, "I saw what you tried to do and must ask what your plan was trying to light the tank?"
Strudel - Today at 4:00 AM
He curses at you, and then begins to spam the n-word in OOC as fast as he can, being auto-muted.
Andromeda - Today at 4:01 AM
At that point I would have to ban him for three days and make a note of it for the admins and ask if he should just be perma banned instead.
I would also apologize to the players in OOC and let them know he has been taken care of.
Strudel - Today at 4:06 AM
Cool Cool
Final big question
Andromeda - Today at 4:06 AM
Big questions are fun.
Strudel - Today at 4:08 AM
You get an ahelp about there being Phoron in the engine lobby right outside the elevator in engineering. The tank appears to have been smashed open, with the broken sprite. They state that an apprentice and a borg were near it before it was smashed open.
Andromeda - Today at 4:09 AM
I would check the manifest and see if there are any apprentice's on board and how many.
Then see how many borgs were online at the time.
Strudel - Today at 4:13 AM
There is only one borg, and they are a science borg, the one that was in the room with the apprentice at the time. The apprentice appears to have disconnected after he died.

You are able to check VV's to see if there is any fingerprints regarding who touched it last.
Andromeda - Today at 4:14 AM
I would check those to see if the Apprentice did indeed check it was, but I would also respond to the initial ahelp, "Thank you for alerting us of this situation. We will be looking into it and figure out what happened."
I would also PM the borg, "Excuse me. There appears to have been an incident with a Phoron tank and you were last reported nearby. Do you know anything about this?"
Strudel - Today at 4:17 AM
You notice two fingerprints, one of the original engineer, and one of the apprentice, though the times are much different than the time that the incident was happening. The are no other fingerprints, even though attacking it with objects leaves fingerprints.

The borg responds "What? No I wasn't near it"
Andromeda - Today at 4:18 AM
I would respond to the borg, "Thank you for your time and sorry to interrupt you." I would then ask the ghosts if any saw what happened with the phoron tank. I'm also assuming I'm alone or are there other staff on?
Strudel - Today at 4:19 AM
The ghosts haven't seen anything, but there is another staff on at the time, someone who happens to play engineering a lot and probably would know some stuff.
Andromeda - Today at 4:20 AM
I would ask them for their input on the situation after giving a brief rundown.
Strudel - Today at 4:21 AM
He states that the borg probably doesn't have any fingerprints
Andromeda - Today at 4:22 AM
I was thinking that for a moment actually. What are all the tools the Science borg has access to? I don't play a science borg much.
Strudel - Today at 4:23 AM
Buch of different things used in taking apart and putting back together borgs, as well as the normal grippers and glass beakers.
Andromeda - Today at 4:24 AM
It does look like they have a few things that could be used as weapons.
Would there be a way to check the borg's attack logs specifically? Or just checking the attack logs of the round?
Strudel - Today at 4:25 AM
They don't have much, though the other mod notes that that sort of thing wouldn't put out an attack log anyways.
Andromeda - Today at 4:26 AM
I would PM the borg back, "Are you quite positive you weren't near engineering and a Phoron tank? You were reported nearby and last seen with an Engineering Apprentice."
Strudel - Today at 4:27 AM
They say that they might have been, but doubt it.
Andromeda - Today at 4:28 AM
Does the borg have any warnings on them?
Strudel - Today at 4:32 AM
They have one about lying to staff during a small incident over breaking into the kitchen for food, though other than that they have a pretty clean slate.
Andromeda - Today at 4:32 AM
I will remind them that they have been known to lie to staff before. It wouldn't be wise to lie a second time if they truly did break the container.
Strudel - Today at 4:37 AM
They state that it was just a misclick, but the other mod chimes in in msay and says that it takes way more than just one hit to break a can.
Andromeda - Today at 4:38 AM
"We both know that it would take more than one hit to break that canister, and no one else at the time could have possibly destroyed the canister."
How old is the Borg's account?
Strudel - Today at 4:40 AM
The borg has been around for about three months
Andromeda - Today at 4:41 AM
And their response?
Strudel - Today at 4:44 AM
They state that they don't really want to talk about it anymore, and refuse to respond to further ahelps
Andromeda - Today at 4:45 AM
I would have to kick them first.
See if they come back and decide to cooperate.
Strudel - Today at 4:46 AM
They come back, but continue to not respond.
Andromeda - Today at 4:47 AM
I would then tempban for a day and add a note that they lied at first and refused to respond after claiming it was a "misclick" after breaking open a Phoron canister as a borg. I would also suggest a temporary synthetic ban to admins.
Strudel - Today at 4:48 AM
It should be noted, You are able to perma and temp-ban, as well as perma jobbban and temp jobban, most of the time, the admins will say that is up to what you think they deserve.(edited)
Andromeda - Today at 4:49 AM
I like to not resort to perma bans if I don't have to especially as just a Moderator. I'l like to get admin feedback on whether they believe they deserve a perma ban. I like to believe people change, but I have also seen my fair bit of complete shitters.
Strudel - Today at 4:53 AM
Moderators on Aurora are give a lot more freedom in terms of dealing out punishments, the difference between admins and mods sometimes can just be the perms they have, we are expected to dish out perma bans and such at our own discretion, as well as deal with any of the ban appeals for the bans that you have done.
Andromeda - Today at 4:54 AM
Huh. That does sound a bit better then. It's at least good to know that.
The last guy though I still don't believe a permaban is completely necessary yet, but they do need to know that they messed up quite a bit with a ban.
The second guy probably did though.
that's just greytide shitter status.
Strudel - Today at 4:55 AM
Yup, and that's all fine!
Alrighty, small questions now.
How do you feel the status of Aurora is, in your opinion?
Andromeda - Today at 4:56 AM
From what I've seen. It seems pretty good minus the crashing issues, but coding can be a bitch sometimes and so I can give them a bit of leeway on that. I at least understand that it takes time to sort out bugs.
Strudel - Today at 4:58 AM
Coming from a different staff team, do you have anything you think should change with the current way that things are handled?(edited)
Andromeda - Today at 5:00 AM
Honestly, I really like the Moderator screening process and having different staff for each section is a good way to have it all laid out. Feels quite organized to me really.
Strudel - Today at 5:02 AM
There is a good chance you will be a hazed a little as a trial, are you comfortable with this?
Andromeda - Today at 5:02 AM
I am perfectly fine and support this.
A little hazing is always good.
Plus it helps show if they are truly cool.
Strudel - Today at 5:02 AM
Alrighty, and final question!
Are you alright with me posting the interview on the forums?
Andromeda - Today at 5:03 AM
I am perfectly fine with this. I feel it helps gives others an idea on how well the potential mod could be.