Matt - Today at 15:04
alright
You ready?
ping me when you are

tbear13/brm375 - Today at 15:07
Yep, I'm ready.

Matt - Today at 15:07
Alright.
Do you know your moderator powers?

tbear13/brm375 - Today at 15:07
Most of them. Mind posting a list for me real quick?

Matt - Today at 15:08
Sure.
Alright, so, your powers will be:
Admin PM: You can bwoink the guy.
Winding: Freeze someone in place by permanently sleeping them.
Defusing fuel tanks: Click on a fuel tank to defuse it.
View Variables: Lets you see that person's specific attack logs (attacks received and given) and other stuff.
You can place notes.
You can ban people, you cannot however permaban.
You can kick people.
You can view player panel.
You can place warnings.
Tell me when you've read over them and we'll start.

tbear13/brm375 - Today at 15:10
So for the fuel tanks thing, that just makes welder tanks not blow up, basically?

Matt - Today at 15:10
Yeah.

tbear13/brm375 - Today at 15:10
Makes sense. I'm ready to abuse everyone start the interview.

Matt - Today at 15:11
Alright!
You notice a dude by the name of "Bullshitter" joins as an assistant. Bald hairstyle, grey jumpsuit.
What do you do?

tbear13/brm375 - Today at 15:12
So, they're on the Odin right now? First I'd check their notes and account age, then shoot them a PM asking if they had a minute to talk.

Matt - Today at 15:12
Yes, on the odin.
Notes are clear. It's a zero day account.
You shoot him a PM, he doesn't reply and heads for the shuttle.

tbear13/brm375 - Today at 15:13
Okay, I try one more time, and give him around 10 seconds. If he ignores it and keeps on going, I'll wind him.

Matt - Today at 15:13
He ignores you and is winded.
What next?

tbear13/brm375 - Today at 15:14
Okay. Is there an admin online? I'd consult with them, since I'm not sure exactly how to handle people ignoring bwoinks.

Matt - Today at 15:15
You usually want to keep PMing them until they respond. After a few PMs you can kick them and if they don't come back you can either warn them or ban them depending on what they did.
You find he finally replies and he says the following: "Fuck off admin, I'm trying to play the game."

tbear13/brm375 - Today at 15:16
Alright. I'd reply to that, telling him that his name is not acceptable according to the rules, and suggest he reads the "Creating Characters" and "Roleplaying Characters" section of the rules.

Matt - Today at 15:17
He tells you to get fucked and let him play the game.

tbear13/brm375 - Today at 15:18
I'd ask that he takes a more civil tone, and warn him that failing to cooperate or be civil could lead to punishment.

Matt - Today at 15:18
He logs off in response.

tbear13/brm375 - Today at 15:20
Of course. I'll give him a two day ban to cool off. Will I need to add a note or warning as well, or does the ban already do that?

Matt - Today at 15:20
The ban is already enough since the ban reason shows up in the notes section. Just make sure the ban/warn reason is coincise.
Next scenario. Are you ready?

tbear13/brm375 - Today at 15:21
Great. Yeah, I'm ready for the next one.

Matt - Today at 15:21
Alright.
It's a voted mercenary round, you're observing and a mercenary ahelps that a quartermaster is killing the entire merc team by himself. You notice the quartermaster singlehandedly fighting off the mercenaries in cargo. One is critted and the other one is dying Checking his skills, you find nothing indicating that he has any firearms experience.  What do you do?

tbear13/brm375 - Today at 15:24
Well, I'm gonna let the fight play out for now.  Not much I can do without giving one party a disadvantage. Is the mercenary that ahelped dead or downed? If so, I'll go ahead and ask him to tell me what happened, in better detail.

Matt - Today at 15:25
He is currently alive.

tbear13/brm375 - Today at 15:26
Okay then, I'll leave him be for the moment.

Matt - Today at 15:26
The mercenary replies that they arrived at cargo and held the QM at gunpoint. With the QM's mechanical knowledge he managed to block the bullet when they fired using a wall, and he is now killing the rest of the merc team by himself. He has not called for help.

tbear13/brm375 - Today at 15:27
Okay, I'd thank him for telling me that, and bwoink the QM once the fight dies down, asking him what happened.

Matt - Today at 15:27
The QM replies that since the mercenaries attacked him first, he is within the rights to defend himself.

tbear13/brm375 - Today at 15:28
What weapons did the QM have, by the way?
Did he steal the stuff from the mercs, or had he ordered the guns?

Matt - Today at 15:28
Cargo-ordered weapons.

tbear13/brm375 - Today at 15:28
Alright.
Well, first of all, I'd ask him why he had those weapons in the first place, and why he decided to fight a heavily armed paramilitary rather than cooperating.

Matt - Today at 15:31
He says "Well, it's voted mercenary, so I thought my character knew about the mercs. I fought them because they took me hostage at gunpoint."

tbear13/brm375 - Today at 15:33
I inform him that voted roundtypes are not known ICly, and that he broke several rules by fighting them, such as: Pain avoidance and RP, avoiding killing in self defense, powergaming, and possibly metagaming, depending on when he ordered the weapons.

Matt - Today at 15:34
He says "Alright, sorry, admin." In the meantime three mercs have been killed.
What action would you take on him?

tbear13/brm375 - Today at 15:34
What's his history, in terms of notes and warnings?
I should've checked earlier, but better late then never.

Matt - Today at 15:36
He has one note for powergaming.
No other notes found. Account age is 20 days.

tbear13/brm375 - Today at 15:37
Okay. I'm gonna give the QM a warning, stating that the next powergaming issue will probably lead to a ban. I'll inform the mercenaries that, while I am sorry for what happened, I can't really do anything for them.

Matt - Today at 15:39
That's fine.
Is that all you will do?

tbear13/brm375 - Today at 15:39
Well, I'd thank the merc who ahelped again, and thank the QM for understanding, but that's all.

Matt - Today at 15:40
Next scenario?

tbear13/brm375 - Today at 15:41
Sure.

Matt - Today at 15:41
Alright.
You find that a ling has adminhelped that a security officer cut their head off, claiming it is metagaming. What do you do?

tbear13/brm375 - Today at 15:43
I tell them I'll look into it and ask for them to explain in greater detail, and PM the security officer, asking what happened.
I also check the notes of the security officer.

Matt - Today at 15:45
You PM the security officer, he replies that the ling regenned about 3 times and they had no other choice to kill them permanently.
The security officer has a clean record. 200 day account.

tbear13/brm375 - Today at 15:46
I ask him how he knew cutting the head off would stop him from reviving, and ask why they feel beheading someone is in-character.

Matt - Today at 15:48
He says: "After killing him twice, we found out normal methods wouldn't work. We thought that since the best way to kill a human is stopping their brain, it would work on them too. The CMO complied as well."

tbear13/brm375 - Today at 15:49
So, I'd check the attack logs to see exactly how it went down, did they just grab a knife and hack the guys head off, or what?

Matt - Today at 15:50
The CMO cut off the ling's head after he was killed for the third time, in an operating room.
the previous logs seem like a normal fight.

tbear13/brm375 - Today at 15:52
Okay, so I thank the officer and tell him I'll get back to him in a minute. I shoot the CMO a PM and ask why they executed the ling like that, and if the rest of command agreed to it. I assume the CMO full on executed him, rather than it being an in-combat thing?

Matt - Today at 15:54
The CMO says that the ling had killed a lot of people by then, it was late in the round and they needed to kill the ling. He says that in his opinion the justification was good.
What happened is that the ling was subdued by the officers and them brought to medbay. The CMO amputated their head off.

tbear13/brm375 - Today at 15:55
Okay, they ignored my question regarding the rest of command agreeing to the execution?

Matt - Today at 15:55
He says command agreed.

tbear13/brm375 - Today at 15:57
Okay. So, I really can't fault the officer or CMO at this point. They took their time and thought about how to disable a threat, and went through with it.
I'll thank the officer and CMO, and inform the ling that I spoke with them.

Matt - Today at 15:58
Alright, that's fine.

Next and last scenario, ready?
tbear13/brm375 - Today at 15:58
Mhm.

Matt - Today at 16:01
You see a character who is sick lying on a roller bed and a character who is talking to them, nearby are two medical doctors.
The player on the roller bed ahelps that the two medical doctors are constantly chatting in LOOC and ruining the atmosphere of the tragic scene and that they have already tried telling them to stop but they simply blew them off with "it's not against the rules", what do you do?

tbear13/brm375 - Today at 16:02
Can I see LOOC logs?

Matt - Today at 16:02
No need for LOOC logs.

Just know they're talking about irrelevant things.
tbear13/brm375 - Today at 16:03
Oh, okay then. I'll shoot them both a PM asking them to tone the LOOC down a bit, and take it to discord if they need to. I PM the ahelper that I'll talk to them, also.

Matt - Today at 16:04
The people you PM reply that they're not breaking any rules. The ahelper says "Aight."

tbear13/brm375 - Today at 16:06
I'll PM them both that, while not explicitly against the rules, it does annoy people around them. They are welcome to file a staff complaint if they have a problem with it.

Matt - Today at 16:06
That's fine.
That's all the scenario related questions, now I'll ask some more personal ones.
Ready?

tbear13/brm375 - Today at 16:06
Yep.

Matt - Today at 16:07
Alright.
If there was anything you would change about the server, what would it be?

tbear13/brm375 - Today at 16:08
Hang on just a minute, sorry.
Okay, sorry about that.

Matt - Today at 16:15
It's fine.

tbear13/brm375 - Today at 16:15
I'm overall pretty happy with the server. I do wish antag standards were a bit higher, but that's about it.

Matt - Today at 16:17
The opposite of the last question, is there anything you don't like about the server?

tbear13/brm375 - Today at 16:19
Well, pretty much what I said before, I'm happy with the server. Antag standards are still a bit low in my opinion though.

Matt - Today at 16:22
About administration, do you think there's a problem with how we handle situations? Do you think anything should change?

tbear13/brm375 - Today at 16:23
I like the way things are handled. Things are good in my opinion.

Matt - Today at 16:23
Alright, that's all.