Cylean Interview

Owivia11/21/2020
Okay! Are you alright with me posting this interview on your application? I can rescind your Discord username if you like.
[redacted]  11/21/2020
Rescind the discord name please, yeah.
Owivia11/21/2020
Sounds good. Let's begin, then!
[redacted]  11/21/2020
:eyes:
Owivia11/21/2020
Could you give me your ckey to start with?
[redacted]  11/21/2020
Dantzy
Owivia11/21/2020
This interview will be split into a couple parts. The first will be about a set of scenarios that you might encounter while moderating. The second part is just some questions. There are no right or wrong answers here, just answer honestly.
[redacted]  11/21/2020
Got it.
Owivia11/21/2020
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?
[redacted]  11/21/2020
If I can ask, when would one want to kick a player? I haven't seen/heard of any kicks since I started playing here.
Owivia11/21/2020
Usually, we need to kick a player when they're still online but AFK for an extended period of time, so that they can be cryoed. Other than that, it's mostly your discretion. I know some mods kick some people when they need a moment to chill out, and the reconnection time might do that for them.
[redacted]  11/21/2020
Ah, understandable.
Owivia11/21/2020
Any other questions?
[redacted]  11/21/2020
None at the moment.
Owivia11/21/2020
Alright! SO, let's begin with a pretty common occurence.
You're observing the round, and you see "Clint Eastwood, Janitor, has completed cryogenic revival". What is your reaction to this?
[redacted]  11/21/2020
Hm.
Are they doing anything else?
Or are they still in the cryo wing.
Owivia11/21/2020
They're still in the cryo wing.
[redacted]  11/21/2020
In that case, In the event I see a "Clint Eastwood", I would send a private message to the player, asking if they are of course, able to chat regarding their name. If I'm not observing already, I'd likely aghost if I can and move myself to a secluded area. My aim here would be to explain to the player in question that their name isn't acceptable as it violates the rules regarding "famous figures" under "Creating Characters." In the event they do not respond within, I would say, 3-5 minutes, I would wind the player, likely earlier if they do something obscene or try to. In the event the player leaves, I would issue the punishment I can at my rank and move for a temp ban, I believe notes are already added when a player is banned so there is that.

In the event though the player does not disconnect, I would explain to them what this server is like, explain the nuances and do my best to help them out should they cooperate with me.
Oh, and, if they ask their name to be changed to x or y, I would research it before hand to ensure they aren't getting pass anything.
And, when I mean move, I would alert another admin of what they have so they can push their punishment onto the player.
Further punishments/notes would be added as well in regards to how their behavior was, say, if they were being toxic or acting in a bad way.
Is there anything else to the scenario?
Owivia11/21/2020
Nope! That's good!
[redacted]  11/21/2020
Got it.
Owivia11/21/2020
Alright-- next one.
You're observing a round when an ahelp comes in from an engineer, saying that a security officer ordered them to give them a guest pass with maintenance access so they could sweep maintenance at the start of the round. What do you do here?
[redacted]  11/21/2020
In the event I am observing, I would accept the ticket from the engineer and notify them that it's being looked at but that I might message them soon. I would check the notes on the engineer and ask (if I didn't already get the name of the security officer) who was the security officer.

Is there anything on the duo? Notes, account age and time played on the server?
Owivia11/21/2020
Alright! The engineer has a pretty clean record, account age is fifteen.

The security officer's account age is 126, and he has quite a few notes on some behavioural issues. Things like going lethals a bit too early, a few oversteppings as an officer, and a couple notes about power/metagaming.
[redacted]  11/21/2020
Well, I would AdminPM the security officer, I would introduce myself, maintain a professional yet kind tone as to avoid any provocative assumptions, my goal here would be to explain why what they are doing isn't acceptable. If other admins are on, I would also ask in the admin chat if they've had any experiences with him, stuff they didn't note down but thought were interesting. In the event though that the officer isn't responding, I'd do as I said earlier, wind in the event I get no response as that gets their attention.

In the conversation with the officer, I would explain to him that his behavior isn't acceptable and do my best to explain that, we are here to essentially play a game of pretend, we aren't here to win, he should understand that by sweeping maints early, he is ruining the enjoyment of others, this is all assuming he's cooperating with me and doesn't cause any issues. Unfortunately though, I will have to escalate the punishment to the degree I can for it is repeated behavior. I would instruct/link them the page for admin complaints and pass them my discord/forum account if they want to discuss things further. Finally, other staff members, assuming I can't escalate the punishment further as the rank I currently am, I'd notify someone needs to issue it, explain what happened and so on and so fourth. Screenshots would be saved as well.

Other than that, I feel like I've nailed everything on the head, again, this is assuming it was just him and he wasn't ordered to do so. I would repeat the similar process if I am sent to another player though I would imagine I'd be sent to someone who wouldn't powergame, that being an HoS though exceptions do tend to happen.

Anything else of note? Is it possible I could search his inventory?
Owivia11/21/2020
What action would you want to take?
[redacted]  11/21/2020
In regards to the officer?
If so, I would request a ban on them and very likely jobban as well because it reads like this has been problematic when he has been an officer, assuming the power/metagaming reports were tied to him doing it as a security aligned job.
In regards to when I said escalate further I mean I'd ask an admin to push it to the ban and jobban, I know there is a document/guideline for trial mods and mods in general so whatever punishment fits with his warnings/notes, I would label it under that.
Er, not label, issue the punishment in correlation with the sheet.
Is there anything else you'd like to ask me about?
Owivia11/21/2020
Nope! Alright, next bit.
[redacted]  11/21/2020
got it.
Owivia11/21/2020
So you're observing a traitor round, and you get an ahelp from the AI saying "Bob Williams and Sarah Jones just killed eachother in the janitor closet."

When you aghost over there, you can see that Bob is standing over Sarah's corpse, and there's blood everywhere. Bob has a butterfly knife.
[redacted]  11/21/2020
In the instance of such an act, I would do my best to collect information from all the parties involved but, more importantly, I'd be very curious why the AI of all people ahelped that. I would as well, collect the file on the three involved, the AI, Bob, and of course, Sarah.

Is there anything else I find on the notes of those involved?
Owivia11/21/2020
So, for this one, could you please tell me what you'd say to them specifically? I'll respond, as them.
[redacted]  11/21/2020
And, to elaborate on the AI, I'd ask if they meant they suicided together which is a big no, rule wise. though it doesn't look like it.
Sure,
I would question the players individually, not all at once because that would flood my chat log and cause confusion on my side, I would ask the AI information on the whole case, ask for their POV, that sort of thing. Again, I'd check notes, seeing if they had a history of lying to staff or anything like that. What else?
Owivia11/21/2020
Okay. The AI responds to you: "I don't really know. I was just going around the station and saw them fighting eachother to the death.
Bob tells you "They attacked me and so I defended myself."
Sarah tells you "They killed me for no reason"
[redacted]  11/21/2020
I would acknowledge what they say and say I'm looking into it, keeping it open and if they have remember anything else, send me it now as ahelps getting clogged would cause issues on my end. I'm assuming they have a green record so I don't imagine anything else, just that they return to whatever they were doing previously.

In regards to Bob/Sarah, I assume I do have perms/time to check combat logs and the such?
Owivia11/21/2020
Yep!

Looks like Sarah did start attacking first, but Bob followed up and attacked her with a switchblade, in response to her fists.

Neither of them have any notes on their record, just clean accounts, three and four days old.
[redacted]  11/21/2020
I see. Well, to Bob, I would ask them their understanding of the escalation rules and explain that death should really be the final choice though I do want to ask, what are their jobs?
Owivia11/21/2020
They're both janitors.
Bob responds "They started attacking me for no reason."
[redacted]  11/21/2020
Ah, I see. In that case, I would explain that, even though they attacked for no reason, that doesn't mean they can just kill another player like so. I'm also going to ask Bob how he got a knife as generally, you shouldn't carry around weaponry without any reason, e.g powergaming. I would also explain that Bob has janitor access and he could have left. Essentially, I ask, why does he have a weapon? I explain that I understand she (Sarah) attacked him for no reason but he has janitor access so he could've left the room and sprinted if he was able to. The rules state killing in self defense is not preferred.

During my talk with Bob, I'll ask him that I'll be talking with Sarah and to please suspend any questions for the time being, informing him clogging ahelps isn't very productive and can confuse staff members.

In regards to Sarah though, I would explain to her that she has lied to me, a severe act that won't go unpunished. I'll also ask them questions, the both of them, and cross check for lies and apply an ample punishment, likely being a day ban or three if another admin wants to step in and apply it. Essentially, I'd issue a ban in correlation with the lengths of 1, 3, and 7 days.
Owivia11/21/2020
Alright! That sounds good. Partway through you messaging Sarah, she responds to you with "ffs, stop messaging me and let me play the game. I'm already dead so I need a respawn to join as someone else."
[redacted]  11/21/2020
In such an event, I would talk with Sarah and explain that her behavior isn't acceptable. Falling back on the previous question, I'd explain we are here to have fun and that we are an HRP server, meaning that you can't kill without appropriate escalation and that if she is a bit unsure before killing someone, they should ahelp, I'll essentially explain everything they need to know to avoid a similar situation and, really, I'm here to help them out, they shouldn't lie so I'll explain that, while I'm here to help them out, I'm a moderator and I need to enforce rules in the best way I can manage.

And, again, falling back what I said earlier, I would direct them to my discord and forum account as well as the appeals/complaints section too as they are bound to file either or. In the end, this is an HRP server, I would make it clear that if they just want to play the game, it's best they join a more LRP/MRP server, were here to roleplay and again, play pretend.
Anything else?
Owivia11/21/2020
Alright! Last scenario.
[redacted]  11/21/2020
Actually uh,
I had a question,
Owivia11/21/2020
No worries!
[redacted]  11/21/2020
and two addendums to what I mentioned previously as I dwelled on it.
righty uh,
The situation with the knife, what's revealed? Was it powergame? Did he have a reason?
Owivia11/21/2020
Usually in those situations it's up to your discretion. His only reason was because Sarah hit him first, and he got the knife "just in case." Apologies, I glimpsed over you asking Bob why he had the knife.
[redacted]  11/21/2020
Oh! I see, yeah, I wanna make sure I'm not missing anything : )

And, the other addendum,

In that case, In the event I see a "Clint Eastwood", I would send a private message to the player, asking if they are of course, able to chat regarding their name. If I'm not observing already, I'd likely aghost if I can and move myself to a secluded area. My aim here would be to explain to the player in question that their name isn't acceptable as it violates the rules regarding "famous figures" under "Creating Characters." In the event they do not respond within, I would say, 3-5 minutes, I would wind the player, likely earlier if they do something obscene or try to. In the event the player leaves, I would issue the punishment I can at my rank and move for a temp ban, I believe notes are already added when a player is banned so there is that.

In the event though the player does not disconnect, I would explain to them what this server is like, explain the nuances and do my best to help them out should they cooperate with me.

In the end about the temp ban, I've been told some staff, like you said, do things at their discretion so I confused/doubted myself but, yes, in this instance here and then, it would be a perma ban, reasoning being that in the rules it states the following, Permanent Ban: Permanent bans are issued in two general cases. First, to force communication with staff regarding an issue which was left unresolved, usually due to the player logging out mid-discussion. Second, as a final attempt to curb a player's behaviour, following warnings and temporary bans.
I'll also, when I wrap up all of the reports, thank the people who ahelped and inform those who I messaged that I'm closing the tickets, in case I forgot that/haven't made it clear(er) enough.
Your free to pass me the final scenario though.
Owivia11/21/2020
Alright!
So in this one, a security officer ahelps and says "I walked in on the changeling and they killed me for no fucking reason, this is so stupid."
[redacted]  11/21/2020
Certainly an ahelp,
I ask the security officer everything that has happened, I do my best to get his side of the story while, assuming I can/have time, getting the admin logs from the incident, I would check to see if there is any discrepancies in regards to the attack by the Changeling and cross check the testimonies by the players in question, what should I be aware of in regards to the security officer? Anything else as I check his notes?
Owivia11/21/2020
Looks like the changeling attacked the officer, as the ahelp said. VV shows the ling slashed with an armblade, officer got a couple shots off, and then the officer went down. Ling sucked their DNA after this, leaving them a husk and very, very dead.

The security officer's notes are rather plain, a note from a few months back on some rude attitude in ahelps, and other than that nothing.

The officer responds "We got a call for help in maint and I went in and the fucking ling started attacking me for no reason. This is bullshit they didn't even talk to me."
[redacted]  11/21/2020
So, the Changeling attacked first, I assume?
Owivia11/21/2020
Yep!
[redacted]  11/21/2020
In that case, I would then ring up the Changelings note file, what do I find?
Owivia11/21/2020
The changeling has a pretty clean account, interaction wise. A couple notes on spamming OOC.
[redacted]  11/21/2020
I see, in that case, I don't imagine they would need an antag ban as that is more or less unrelated.
I assume that they didn't use the stun screech or anything to escape? Nothing denoting that they tried to get out of there but panicked and killed them?
Or that, they couldn't escape so they did that to the officer?
Owivia11/21/2020
Nope! No stun screech. The officer walked in on them and they were in a maintenance hallway, so I assume there's the possibility of escape. They were over a dead body, however.
[redacted]  11/21/2020
Hm, how many officers are currently on the manifest?
Owivia11/21/2020
Four.
[redacted]  11/21/2020
ic ic.

In that case, for the officer, I would make it clear that, while understandable given the low amount of cops, you shouldn't enter areas all alone like that, I don't feel that is worth a warning as it could really be iffy, I would check in with other staff though. My reasoning behind this is that they scanned maint, an area known for being dark and generally scary so they should've accounted for any fearRP and the such for as security, strength is in numbers.
Does the officer in question have anything else to add?
Owivia11/21/2020
He says "You're fucking stupid. That's CLEARLY gank. He didn't fucking say anything to me and now I'm DEAD. You're so fucking stupid."
[redacted]  11/21/2020
Seeing how his tone clearly escalated and that he had an history of being hostile, I feel a warning in this case makes the most amount of sense here. I'd tell him that he's been noted as being hostile and that he will need to acknowledge the warning when rejoins the server. I would explain that I'm here to help out and bad behavior such as that doesn't add much. It's clear judging by that sudden jump in escalation it was bound to happen again so I will discourage that.

And, by warning in the previous paragraph, I meant more so a note, it would really depend on how mindless/powergamey he was being at the time though, hard to tell outside of logs by others, this is more of a thing that will be handled later.

Is there anything else?
Owivia11/21/2020
Alright! Nothing else. Any questions at all before we move on to the next part?
[redacted]  11/21/2020
Oh, uh,
Regarding the changeling,
I'm going to talk to the Changeling and ask him his interpretation of the escalation rules to see where he went wrong because he killed someone as a changeling who, has the ability to stun another which, I'm assuming he does have that ability?
Owivia11/21/2020
He might! Changelings can take a bunch of different abilities when the round begins.
He says to you "I killed him because nobody knows who I am yet, and I didn't want him to tell everyone about me. He walked in alone and saw me killing someone else."
[redacted]  11/21/2020
In that case, I will inform him that the above wont fly because, as it says in the "No Ganking" section under the rules, you should avoid collateral with added mentions of the fact that he should shy away from leaving crime scenes wordless, within reasons of course. In general though, he should've taken better precautions when disposing/killing people, before, the security officer had come over. I'll also check in with the player he has killed and ask them if there was build up to the whole incident, if there was no build up then that's a warning/note depending on the severity of the action.

Does anything else come up? I also check the notes/file the player who died had too.
Owivia11/21/2020
The player who died doesn't have anything on them, and the changeling reluctantly agrees.
Next up are a few questions for you-- are you ready to move on?
[redacted]  11/21/2020
More or less!
Owivia11/21/2020
Alright!
Do you ever think that it is acceptable for a non-antagonist to murder another non-antagonist? Why or why not?
[redacted]  11/21/2020
In regards to murdering a non antag as a member of the crew, it depends. Ideally before killing another, you should really ahelp with it. Your actions should correlate with general realism, it has to be realistic.  In an extended round, I don't see this really working out by any means unless, again, something was approved. Agents would no doubt be all over the act as well as general authorities. In the end though, the rules state that conflict, it is acceptable but, it has to be believable.

Now, in the context of aiding an antag, say, they were given a suitcase full of money, you should instead, call security. It isn't your job to be a hero, you should stick to your job, there is a difference between stalling for security and suddenly grab spamming and trying to detain the suspect yourself, in doubt though, you should always ahelp before you do something major.
Owivia11/21/2020
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?
[redacted]  11/21/2020
In literary, believable characters are people who have reasons to do what they do. We (sadly) haven't entered the age of total VR where you are in the game itself and respond like you would IRL. There is a difference between being realistic and believable. I should say that, when I say realistic, substitute it for being believable as that's the vocabulary the rules use. I will be honest, I feel this question here is a bit iffy because, it depends on context. You shouldn't go out of your way to kill another player as a non antag without VERY VERY good reasoning and even then, always ahelp and verify with staff, you should take the safest option imaginable, I feel.
Owivia11/21/2020
If you could change any one thing about the server, what would it be?
[redacted]  11/21/2020
At the moment, if there is one thing I feel there should be changes about, I feel what should be changed is the handling of lore. An example I'll point to is canonization requests, I feel entries regarding the frontier, should be accepted a bit more though I'm sure there are reasons why they've been on the side.
this is more or less a non issue though so, there is that.
Owivia11/21/2020
How do you feel you work as a team? When someone in your team is bothering you, what do you do?
[redacted]  11/21/2020
When I work as a team, I do my best to cooperate with others, I will be honest when I say that, while context dependent, I prefer to be the type of person who does what others ask of them. Middle-management/executory positions is what I prefer. In the event someone bothers me, I often do my best to merely, accept it. You can't get along with everyone but you should do your best to remain cordial with others. It's a team effort, were all cogs, when one has issues, it causes tension in the cogs elsewhere.

Ideally though, I would try to understand the person in question and find a time to talk it out with them if their behavior is mostly aimed at me. I like to recognize my mistakes and work on them, other wise, I'll keep on doing what others don't like, unknowingly of course.