ProbablyTrying — 06/02/2021 Okie So, the interview is gonna be split into two parts 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? Mack — 06/02/2021 Sounds good! ProbablyTrying — 06/02/2021 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? Mack — 06/02/2021 No questions! ProbablyTrying — 06/02/2021 Okay! Let’s start off simple. You’re observing a round and you see “Joe Biden, Atmospheric Technician, has awoken from cryogenic stasis”. What do you do? Mack — 06/02/2021 I would wind them to start- my reason being is that they most likely intend to grief or disturb the round with a name like that. I will then bwoink them and ask if they have read the rules of the server. Are we doing a back and forth where you pretend to be Joe Biden now? haha ProbablyTrying — 06/02/2021 Yep! When you bwoink them, they don’t respond. Mack — 06/02/2021 I keep them winded and send another message after a minute has passed. “Hello, (ckey), are you there?” ProbablyTrying — 06/02/2021 They respond “what.” Mack — 06/02/2021 I reiterate my question “Have you read the rules of the server before joining in round?” Oh- Also while this is going on I ask an admin in msay to change their name to something appropriate so it does not break immersion ProbablyTrying — 06/02/2021 Okay. They respond to you “Yes I read them” Mack — 06/02/2021 I would say “Under the character creation tag it says ‘In general, avoid reference/famous/joke names, please.’ Is there another name that you would like your character’s changed to that is more appropriate?” ProbablyTrying — 06/02/2021 They respond “this is an appropriate name” Mack — 06/02/2021 At this point since the player at first refused communication and seems generally unwilling to engage in HRP I would tell them that their conduct has broken the rules and issue an appropriate punishment ProbablyTrying — 06/02/2021 What punishment would you issue? Mack — 06/02/2021 I would first make a note detailing what happened and then I would issue a day ban that says “(Ckey) joined the round as “Joe Biden” and insisted that it was an appropriate name. A day ban was issued for inappropriate character naming and arguing with staff.” ProbablyTrying — 06/02/2021 Alright! Next thing. You’re playing in round when you see a bunch of logs of Bob McGadden hitting himself. Mack — 06/02/2021 Is he currently still hitting himself? ProbablyTrying — 06/02/2021 Yes. Mack — 06/02/2021 I would aghost to him and see exactly why he is hitting himself repeatedly ProbablyTrying — 06/02/2021 He is standing in the cargo lobby. A cargo technician is telling him to stop. Mack — 06/02/2021 I would bwoink him before winding him to see if he would stop “Hello! Do you have a moment?” ProbablyTrying — 06/02/2021 They respond “yes?” Mack — 06/02/2021 “May I ask why you are hitting yourself repeatedly?” ProbablyTrying — 06/02/2021 “Cargo won’t give me my order” Mack — 06/02/2021 “I see. Have you read the game rules?” ProbablyTrying — 06/02/2021 “Yes” Mack — 06/02/2021 “Are you aware of the rule that states ‘A sane, well-rounded character would not engage in actions that are overly painful, or put themselves in harm's way without consideration’?” ProbablyTrying — 06/02/2021 “Yes but my character is very depressed :(“ Mack — 06/02/2021 “I understand. However, this is not a believable way to role play depression in-game. Please try to refrain from any sort of self harm or pain!” I would then note the interaction up to now and keep a close eye on them in aghost ProbablyTrying — 06/02/2021 Would you close the ticket? Mack — 06/02/2021 I would leave the ticket open to see how they respond ProbablyTrying — 06/02/2021 They respond “but cargo won’t give me my order” Mack — 06/02/2021 “I understand that; however, you cannot self harm in-game. If you continue to self harm and argue with staff it may result in a ban due to rule breaking.” ProbablyTrying — 06/02/2021 “It’s not fair. They won’t give me my things. I want my things.0 Mack — 06/02/2021 At this point I feel I communicated enough times that this was against the rules. I make a second note stating that they continued arguing with staff and issue a day ban. “(Ckey) continually hit themselves due to not getting their cargo order. When told this was in violation of the rules they then argued with staff. A day ban has been applied due to rule breakage.” Side note: are there such things as a round ban? Or is day the shortest? Oh- instead of a day ban I issue a warning- sorry I forgot about those! ProbablyTrying — 06/02/2021 No worries! And day bans are the shortest. Mack — 06/02/2021 Understood ProbablyTrying — 06/02/2021 Alright. Now, you’re in the lobby when you see attack logs coming up of two people hitting each other. Mack — 06/02/2021 I would aghost to them and see what is happening ProbablyTrying — 06/02/2021 There’s two engineers fighting each other in atmospherics. Mack — 06/02/2021 I would have access to the conversation logs and access as to who started it, right? Also- I would check to make sure if either of them is an antagonist ProbablyTrying — 06/02/2021 You don’t have conversation logs until after the round. And neither of them are antags. Mack — 06/02/2021 Does it seem like security is on the way to break the fight up? Also how serious is the fight? ProbablyTrying — 06/02/2021 They’re fighting with fists. A little blood. Security hasn’t caught wind of it yet. Mack — 06/02/2021 I would not intervene yet and wait a bit to see if they naturally stop. ProbablyTrying — 06/02/2021 They keep fighting. Mack — 06/02/2021 Does it seem like they are trying to kill each other? ProbablyTrying — 06/02/2021 They’re still fighting with fists. One of them has a broken arm. Mack — 06/02/2021 I would ask another staff member to help me. We would both bwoink them at the same time in an effort to get them to stop ProbablyTrying — 06/02/2021 One of them stops and the other one continues hitting. Person A has stopped and person B is still hitting. Mack — 06/02/2021 I would wind person b as we talk Mack — 06/02/2021 Who started the attack logs? ProbablyTrying — 06/02/2021 Person A Mack — 06/02/2021 Which person did I bwoink? ProbablyTrying — 06/02/2021 Person A. Mack — 06/02/2021 “Hello- may you tell me who started your fight?” ProbablyTrying — 06/02/2021 “Hi there. I did.” Mack — 06/02/2021 “What happened to cause it?” ProbablyTrying — 06/02/2021 “He insulted me and my mother and my family so I punched him. And now he won’t stop hitting me. Mack — 06/02/2021 Who has the broken arm? ProbablyTrying — 06/02/2021 Person B. Mack — 06/02/2021 Who has been doing the majority of the attacking? ProbablyTrying — 06/02/2021 They’ve been doing about equal. Mack — 06/02/2021 “After the fight started why didn’t you call security?” ProbablyTrying — 06/02/2021 “I couldn’t. He kept punching me.” Mack — 06/02/2021 “How did you intend to stop the conflict?” ProbablyTrying — 06/02/2021 “I was going to punch him until he fell down and then run away” Mack — 06/02/2021 “Why didn’t you run away first?” ProbablyTrying — 06/02/2021 “I couldn’t” Mack — 06/02/2021 “Why is that?” ProbablyTrying — 06/02/2021 “He was blocking the door” Mack — 06/02/2021 “I understand- however I think in the future it may be better if you try to get away from the situation and/or call security.” ProbablyTrying — 06/02/2021 “Oh. But he was hitting me.” Mack — 06/02/2021 “Still- it’s best not to escalate a situation. It’s better to let security handle it.” ProbablyTrying — 06/02/2021 “Okay.” Mack — 06/02/2021 I would then close the ticket and note what happened. ProbablyTrying — 06/02/2021 Alright! So now we’re going to move on to some more open ended questions. Mack — 06/02/2021 Okay! ProbablyTrying — 06/02/2021 Do you ever think it’s acceptable for an non-antagonist to murder another non-antagonist? Mack — 06/02/2021 No, not unless the first person’s life is in danger and they have no other choice ProbablyTrying — 06/02/2021 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? Mack — 06/02/2021 A realistic character and a believable character can be different. For example, some characters that play are not realistic- if it were real life I don’t think a company would hire them. However, they are believable in the setting of the game! ProbablyTrying — 06/02/2021 If you could change anything about the server, moderation and ooc-wise, what would you change? Mack — 06/02/2021 I would like to make it so players cannot late-join until 30 minutes into the round. This would curb the amount of people who simply do not ready so certain game modes can not be played. That’s one thing I would change ProbablyTrying — 06/02/2021 How do you feel you work in a team? Mack — 06/02/2021 I feel that I work well in a team! I can easily defer to others with more experience when the time calls. ProbablyTrying — 06/02/2021 How do you deal with conflict in a team? Mack — 06/02/2021 If it is something incredibly serious I would tell a higher-up member. If it’s a little spat then I would disengage and talk with the person when times are calmer. ProbablyTrying — 06/02/2021 Okay! From what you’ve seen, how do you feel the staff team operates? And would you change anything? Mack — 06/02/2021 From what I’ve noticed the staff team operates very efficiently compared to other servers! I don’t feel I would change anything. ProbablyTrying — 06/02/2021 Okay! Do you have anything you want to add at all? Mack — 06/02/2021 I don’t think so :slight_smile: ProbablyTrying — 06/02/2021 Ok! And can I post this? Mack — 06/02/2021 Sure!