1. Which position do you wish to apply for?
Game Server Admin
2. Have you ever previously applied for a position in SwapShop?
No
3. List any current staff members you know or have any personal relations with.
None
4. Do you have a microphone that you are willing to use?
Yes
5. Age:
13
6. What Time Zone do you live in?
eastern
7. List and describe any previous supervisory, administrative or management experience, in or out of the game:
I have no experience in any game with admin.
8. What are your goals in this community - or, why do you want to hold this position?
I want to see if I can be a good admin and also to help out with servers from becoming too intense in bad stuff. I am definitely not looking for overusing the power of an admin... it's not worth it.
9. How much time will you be able to spend:
A. On the servers?
1-3 hours a day
B. On the forums?
10. How long have you been playing on our group of servers?
I don't have an exact time, but I know a while.
11. Do you speak any languages other than English?
No, I do not.
12. Link your SteamRep and other sources that show your reputation here:
I don't know how to do that.
13. If you have alternate accounts, list any alternate accounts that you own:
I only have one
14. Describe a time when you lost control of your emotions and how you were able to cope with the situation (P.S: This can be about anything; it doesn't have to be from in-game.):
This was in one of your servers with some players trying to get me triggered, and I just told them to stop and find out how this would go if I were them and they were me. They got the point.
15. What do you consider in your personality to be strengths? What do you consider in your personality to be weaknesses?
Coping is strength and finding ways to solve a solution is another strength. A weakness would be being able to stop someone from messing with someone without me being dragged in.
16. Assess these attributes from 1 to 10 based on how you see yourself:
- Logical: 6
- Patient: 3
- Reactive: 9
- Creative: 10
- Polite: 1
- Reasonable: 2
- Objective: 7
- Perceptive: 5
- Compassionate: 8
- Troubleshooter: 4
- Honest: 4
17. After you become an admin, how would you react to these situations below:
A: How would you deal with a person who was making racist comments?
I would tell them to stop. if they do not stop I will put up a strike tab and when they hit the third strike I will temp. ban them.
B: A group of players are offended by remarks that another player made, but you yourself do not find them to be offensive. How would you respond?
I would look at each side of this problem and find the problem. then I would troubleshoot the problem.
C: How would you deal with players who micspam?
I will tell them to stop. If they repeat I will temporarily ban them.For a few days at least.
D: Another TF2SS admin is exploiting their powers in game; what will you do about it?
I will report them to another admin to help execute his admin powers.
E: What would you do when answering a report that [username] is speed hacking on one of our servers?
I would investigate the problem and see what really happened.
F: A regular user threatens to ban another player if they do not comply with rules that do not exist. What will you do about it?
I will tell the player who is threatening to ban to stop for untruthful lies and if he does not listen I will disable ban options on him for some hours or days.
G: A group of enemy players dominate you, ignoring everyone else and changing teams if you join the team they are on, killing only you over and over again. What will you do about it?
I will give myself a temp god mode and tell them to stop this in a friendly manner. if they refuse to do as I said, I will keep god mode on for a bit.
H: How do you deal with a player who comments publicly that: you are an asshole, the server sucks ass, and continues to insult anyone who kills them with profanity & by screaming on the mic?
I will just temporarily ban him from the mic and chat.
I: A regular player on our server says that they will offer free godmode for anyone who trades a hat to them. What will you do about it?
I will stop this from happening and make sure that he can't trade.
J: A player who bought the Headless Horsemann perk from the shop complains after another player slays him/her. What do you tell the slayed Headless Horsemann player?
I will tell them that it is just a short event and it will end in a bit. So they need to just wait and keep calm.
K: How do you define Admin abuse?
I define it as someone making the server a living hell by spamming and making the game not fun with all the perks of an admin.
After filling out this application, what are your feelings toward becoming a Server Admin on our servers?
The feelings I have are, having a heavy responsibility on me and that I am someone who is to help others have fun. not have a horrible time in a non-balanced server.