1. Which position do you wish to apply for?
Game Server Admin
2. Do you have a microphone that you are willing to use?
Yes
3. Age:
14
4. What Time Zone do you live in?
United States Eastern Standard
5. List and describe any previous supervisory, administrative or management experience, in or out of the game:
I was a Operator on a Garry's Mod DarkRP server called Gamer's Salvation. I was promoted to Moderator and held that position until a big scandal with the staff manager, which led to the firing of all staff, thousands of dollars down the drain of Btc1322, the owner, and the eventual shutdown of the server.
6. What are your goals in this community - or, why do you want to hold this position?
My goals in the TF2SS community are to keep people from breaking the rules and to make sure people enjoy the servers as much as I do. I want to hold this position because TF2SS is my favorite TF2 community. I have made many friends on the servers and I hope that I, along with many others, can make more.
7. How much time will you be able to spend:
A. On the servers?
Starting August 5, I can only get on on weekends and school breaks, but I can get on almost anytime during those breaks.
B. On the forums?
Anytime from 5:45-6:45 Am and 3:00-9:00 PM on most weekdays and absolutely anytime on breaks from school/weekends.
8. How long have you been playing on our group of servers?
I haven't kept track of how long I have beeen playing, but I estimate about a 6 months to a year.
9. List a reputation thread here (your SteamRep URL and/or other reputation threads):
https://steamrep.com/search?q=MaskMan191
10. If you have alternate accounts, list any alternative accounts that you own:
I do not own any alternate accounts.
11. Describe a time during which you lost control:
I wouldn't say I "lost control". Instead I would say I gave a much more severe consequence because I thought one person was a higher-up. Someone was causing trouble on Gamer's Salvation and was being reported to staff. A lot. One of the staff members had a fairly common name and there was someone on with the same name. In the admin chat, this person reports the evil-doer and requests me to ban him. I ban him for 30 minutes, as operators can only ban for that long. I tell him don't come back for another 2 hours. He immediately rejoins after his ban is over then I kick him everytime he rejoins. I got an earful from the real higher-up, the one with the common name. I almost lost my position, but he understood when I told him my story and I got off with a warning.
12. What do you consider in yourself to be strengths? What do you consider in yourself to be weaknesses?
My strengths are that I will follow the rules and enforce the rules, unless a higher-up tells me otherwise. I will question their order first, though.
My weaknesses are that I can be a little bit too harsh at times and that I can be too lenient at other times.
13. Assess these attributes from 1 to 10 based on how you see yourself:
- Logical: 6
- Patient: 4
- Reactive: 7
- Creative: 5
- Polite: 6
- Reasonable: 6
- Objective: 5
- Perceptive: 7
- Compassionate: 7
- Troubleshooter: 8
14. 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 temporarily mute the person and give them a warning. If they continue, a longer mute. After that, permanent mute.
B: If a group of players are offended by remarks that you yourself do not find offensive, how would you respond?
I would give the offender a warning, if it continues, a short mute, then a longer mute, then a perma-mute.
C: How would you deal with players who micspam?
Short mute, long mute, then perma-mute.
D: Another TF2SS admin is exploiting their powers in game; what will you do about it?
I will report them in the forums and to other admins.
E: What would you do when answering a report that [username] is speed hacking on one of our servers?
I would warn the hacker then tell everyone to report if the hacker seems to be speedhacking. If enough people report, I will report him to Valve and ban him from the server.
F: A regular user threatens another player that they will be banned if they do not comply with rules that do not exist. What will you do about it?
I will correct and warn the user that is threatening and make sure that both users read the rules thoroughly. If the threatening user keeps this behavior up, I will punish them.
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 let them be. In the server that I play on most, team balance is off. I will get angry but I will not punish them just for singling me out.
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 tell them to leave the server if they hate it so much. If they stay and keep ranting I will kick them. If the player keeps doing so after rejoining, I will ban them.
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 immediately ban the person making the godmode offer and report them to Valve for scamming. I will also tell the person that was given the offer that they can't do that and that they are being scammed.
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?
If by slay you mean the console command "slay [username], I will apologize and try to help them get their perk back. If by slay you mean getting killed by another player, I will tell them that the HHH perk lasts until death.
