1. Which position do you wish to apply for?
Game Server Admin
2. Have you ever previously applied for a position in SwapShop?
Yes
3. List any current staff members you know or have any personal relations with.
Any that weren't hired in the last 4 weeks or after i started
4. Do you have a microphone that you are willing to use?
No
5. Age:
26
6. What Time Zone do you live in?
CST
7. List and describe any previous supervisory, administrative or management experience, in or out of the game:
Assistant Head Administrator here.
8. What are your goals in this community - or, why do you want to hold this position?
Inactivity of current staff, seems like we need a few more admins round here.
9. How much time will you be able to spend:
A. On the servers?
as much as possible outside of work, perhaps a few hours a day
B. On the forums?
whenever i check it, which was often when i was an admin.
10. How long have you been playing on our group of servers?
2-3 year range, unsure of exact date when i joined
11. Do you speak any languages other than English?
Not fluently.
12. Link your SteamRep and other sources that show your reputation here:
https://steamrep.com/profiles/76561198185982134
13. If you have alternate accounts, list any alternate accounts that you own:
https://steamcommunity.com/id/aliasstorage/ (https://steamrep.com/search?q=https%3A%2F%2Fsteamcommunity.com%2Fid%2Faliasstorage%2F)
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.):
was dealing with a frustrating test on an online course for my current job and nearly blew my top because of it, ended up just chilling with some music for a while and got on with the rest of it.
15. What do you consider in your personality to be strengths? What do you consider in your personality to be weaknesses?
Strengths: Loyalty. Experience.
Weaknesses: Loyalty.
16. Assess these attributes from 1 to 10 based on how you see yourself:
- Logical: 8
- Patient: 8
- Reactive: 6
- Creative: 6
- Polite: 10
- Reasonable: 9
- Objective: 8
- Perceptive: 8
- Compassionate: 9
- Troubleshooter: 9
- Honest: 9
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?
Warn thrice, twice if they are overwhelmingly aggressive, then bring on the pain, in the form of a nice mute and/or gag.
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?
Go with the majority. no matter who or what is saying the hurtful remarks.
C: How would you deal with players who micspam?
ye olde warn and mute tactic, as mentioned in 17A.
D: Another TF2SS admin is exploiting their powers in game; what will you do about it?
Blame sipow.
For real though, go to the admin themselves and confront them about it AFTER consulting with Head Administration.
E: What would you do when answering a report that [username] is speed hacking on one of our servers?
Scope out the server and determine whether or not said 'hacker' is simply using shop or not, and if needed, ban.
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?
Inform them of our actual rules and punish them according to the severity.
Ex: Muting one such player for aggression in response to being told whats what.
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?
Nothing, its part of the game, perhaps switch to spectator or play some lovely mann versus machine.
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?
use the same methods as I would a normal micspammer.
AKA tell them to chill out and punish if need be.
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?
Warn them for scamming and if they successfully scam someone with this method, permanently ban them.
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?
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/C8A6LdPWsAEpcbv.jpg
K: How do you define Admin abuse?
Any act outside of Official Events that obstructs or otherwise impairs players from having fun or playing the game as a direct result of admin-only powers.
Ex: Smiting via shop is not abuse.
After filling out this application, what are your feelings toward becoming a Server Admin on our servers?
Y'all better shape up.
But for real, ill help out where I can.