Pending kevin's TTT Staff Application

kevin

kevin

Active member
VIP
Your IGN
voice​
Your SteamID
76561198391541497​
Discord Tag
duckkie_​
Your Age
20+​
Your Time Zone
America/New_York​
Previous staffing experience
N/A​
Why should you be considered for a moderator position?
1. Do you meet all the minimum requirements listed in the Requirements Thread?
If not, please explain which requirement(s) you don’t meet and why.
i meet all the requirements listed

2. Why do you want to join the Giants Lair staff team?
i feel i have a good eye for people that are up to bad things better then some on top of i feel i could be a valueable part of the team

3. What skills or experiences do you bring to the team?
(e.g., past staffing, conflict resolution, technical knowledge, etc.)
i can identify cheaters group trollers, i understand the rules enough to tell when someone has broken them

4. How active are you across our platforms (GMod, Discord, Forums)?
Provide a breakdown if possible.
active daily on everything

5. How much time can you realistically dedicate to staffing per week?
several hours a day after working etc

6. How well do you handle pressure, criticism, or heated situations?
i can remain cool-headed during any type of situations

7. How would you describe your conflict resolution style?
Direct vague and to the point

8. Are you familiar with the TTT server rules and general community standards?
Yes

9. What does your punishment history (if any) look like on our servers?
Be honest — transparency is appreciated. 1 mass rdm ban and a list of karma bans if they count


10. What is your reputation like within the community?
Can you name any reputable players or staff who would vouch for you?
im sure theres a fair share of people that like me and a fair share of people that dislike me and pretty much everything between that​
 
Hey kevin,

I think everyone in the community knows your silly and fun personality. You are also incredibly active everywhere and that is a great thing for a staff member to have.

I have two questions for you at this time:
- I noticed you have 91 slays in 13 days of playtime, with almost 40 of them being on the month of January, with various reasons such as prop RDM and intentional RDM. This is a ton of slays in a relatively short period of time. As a staff member, we are held to a much higher standard when it comes to following and upholding rules. How confident are you that you would be able to remediate this moving forward?
- I would like to know a bit more about how you would handle potential conflict on the server. Your response, "Direct vague and to the point", does not really give a lot of information in this regard.
 
Random Props said:
Hey kevin,

I think everyone in the community knows your silly and fun personality. You are also incredibly active everywhere and that is a great thing for a staff member to have.

I have two questions for you at this time:
- I noticed you have 91 slays in 13 days of playtime, with almost 40 of them being on the month of January, with various reasons such as prop RDM and intentional RDM. This is a ton of slays in a relatively short period of time. As a staff member, we are held to a much higher standard when it comes to following and upholding rules. How confident are you that you would be able to remediate this moving forward?
- I would like to know a bit more about how you would handle potential conflict on the server. Your response, "Direct vague and to the point", does not really give a lot of information in this regard.
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i would be able to lay back on the silly ttt funny moments going foward
 
kevin said:
i would be able to lay back on the silly ttt funny moments going foward
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Saying you would be able to and showing are two very different things. I'd also argue that intentional RDM is not silly ttt funny moments. Can you please elaborate on how you think you could 'lay back on it' and why you haven't attempted to tone it down in the past?

You also didn't answer the 2nd question so I will ask it again. In greater detail, how would you handle potential conflict on the server?

I'll share my final opinions once I see your response to these questions
 
You use very inappropriate language in the server and have personally referred to me as 'bitch' in a negative connotation on more than one occasion in the month of January. You have also instigated the lobby spiraling into more negative topics, bordering racism/discrimination limits often. I've witnessed a LOT of slays for RDM, mostly intentional RDM from the month of January alone.

I cannot in good faith say that I think you would make a good staff member at this time. There is zero evidence that you will be able to be mature, un-biased or frankly not turn the lobby into a toxic cesspool because you think it's funny. Gameplay and attitude need improvement before I could see you being able to staff fairly - as mentioned above, saying you can and showing you can are two different things.

Very little effort went into this application as well. Due to all of these things, my current review is a -1
 
zomborg said:
You use very inappropriate language in the server and have personally referred to me as 'bitch' in a negative connotation on more than one occasion in the month of January. You have also instigated the lobby spiraling into more negative topics, bordering racism/discrimination limits often. I've witnessed a LOT of slays for RDM, mostly intentional RDM from the month of January alone.

I cannot in good faith say that I think you would make a good staff member at this time. There is zero evidence that you will be able to be mature, un-biased or frankly not turn the lobby into a toxic cesspool because you think it's funny. Gameplay and attitude need improvement before I could see you being able to staff fairly - as mentioned above, saying you can and showing you can are two different things.

Very little effort went into this application as well. Due to all of these things, my current review is a -1
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i think that ive called everyone a bitch or some type of other insult and no one has had a problem with it as for people in the server going onto bad topics i do not recall any time of this, however i dont know what i did 20 seconds ago, id just simply change up what type of things i say and stop with said bad things being said by me
 
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Saying you would be able to and showing are two very different things. I'd also argue that intentional RDM is not silly ttt funny moments. Can you please elaborate on how you think you could 'lay back on it' and why you haven't attempted to tone it down in the past?

You also didn't answer the 2nd question so I will ask it again. In greater detail, how would you handle potential conflict on the server?

I'll share my final opinions once I see your response to these questions
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id just simply stop doing it , i havent toned it down in the past because ive just recently been encouraged to apply again

id handle it by sticking to the facts and gathering information before i make or do any decisions
 
kevin said:
id just simply stop doing it , i havent toned it down in the past because ive just recently been encouraged to apply again

id handle it by sticking to the facts and gathering information before i make or do any decisions
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From your perspective, do you think its okay for a member of the community to act in the way that you have RE the intentional RDM? I am just curious because if you've only changed your mind because you've been encouraged to apply, I worry what will happen as staff. Will it slip again? If you were to ever resign will you just end up doing toxic kills again? These are concerns that bounce around my mind when I see applicants pop in and say "yea I'll change" only after someone has said to apply. People who care for this place should want to always be their best self imo and that means following the rules and not being a greivence to the server. And again, saying you will and actually showing us by doing a two very different things. You also mention you don't remember what you have done 20 seconds ago, while maybe be a hyperbole, also concerns me. Being dismissive of behaviour because you can't remember isn't a great mindset to have.

I am not thrilled by the change only because people have encouraged an application. You have had a plethora of slays in the last 4 weeks alone and I would rather see change before an application rather than after it has been made. Regardless, I'll remain neutral for now. Time will tell where I will land based on what I see from you and how you engage with the community going forward.
 
zomborg said:
You use very inappropriate language in the server and have personally referred to me as 'bitch' in a negative connotation on more than one occasion in the month of January. You have also instigated the lobby spiraling into more negative topics, bordering racism/discrimination limits often. I've witnessed a LOT of slays for RDM, mostly intentional RDM from the month of January alone.

I cannot in good faith say that I think you would make a good staff member at this time. There is zero evidence that you will be able to be mature, un-biased or frankly not turn the lobby into a toxic cesspool because you think it's funny. Gameplay and attitude need improvement before I could see you being able to staff fairly - as mentioned above, saying you can and showing you can are two different things.

Very little effort went into this application as well. Due to all of these things, my current review is a -1
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I also have to agree with this statement. You use horrendous language and bully people on the server. I understand some people enjoy the banter, but after asked several times by me you continue to do it.

My most fond memory is that on Dinkledome you mass RDMing with the diamond sword on multiple occasions. At this time I don’t see any reason to +1 this application but this may be subject to change as time goes on. Hopefully you start showing a little bit of mannerisms and respect and I can edit this down the road.
 
“Be respectful to our users and treat them with the kindness you would like to be treated with. You are representing our community as a whole.”

Above is an excerpt from our staff etiquette page that we expect all our staff to follow.

Are you able to hold yourself up to this standard?

Are there any instances of previous behavior you’ve exhibited that you would like to bring up for transparency purposes that haven’t been mentioned yet?
 
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“Be respectful to our users and treat them with the kindness you would like to be treated with. You are representing our community as a whole.”

Above is an excerpt from our staff etiquette page that we expect all our staff to follow.

Are you able to hold yourself up to this standard?

Are there any instances of previous behavior you’ve exhibited that you would like to bring up for transparency purposes that haven’t been mentioned yet?
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im sure there is several instances of behavior ive shown which is most of the time pretty bad, going on i will keep my cool more often and be overall more positive
 
Honestly, my interactions with you have been very sparse, so my word has little sway here. I would like to add that a lot of the time you’ve been an additive force to negativity. While I do believe you could change, the fact your change is coming strictly because of the staff application and not because you yourself want to better yourself has tainted my view of you. And judging from the responses a couple people have posted, they also share that opinion. For now, I’m going to have to -1 this application, pending further improvement on your character.
 
Hey Kevin,

I appreciate you taking the time to make this application, but I will be leaving a -1.

We cannot and should not expect someone to be a perfect, unimpeachable presence prior to becoming staff. Your behavior is by no means unredeemable at least to me. You mostly joke around and take very little seriously, and this can even be an asset when used well with the right temperament. None of this is truly where my concern lies, you absolutely COULD straighten up and be a capable Moderator, if you so desired.

My concern stems largely from this application. You’ve been told that your chosen way of interacting with some of these people left them feeling negatively and at times even targeted, and your response is a very lazy “I will just stop.” No ownership of prior behavior, no empathizing with the people who were bothered, no attempt to meet in the middle. I have a hard time believing that you’re taking this seriously in the slightest, as I cannot see proof that you are. This makes it hard for me to be confident that you’re really listening here, and makes me worry how seriously you would actually take representing us.

Like I said above, we don’t require perfect people. What I do think we should require, is that at minimum, someone seeking Moderator should be a positive contributor who addresses their past negative behavior and strives to stop it for more reasons than just “I was asked to apply”.


Thanks for reading,


-Muffin
 
So, truth be told, I've been debating about this for a while because on one hand, I don't actually have a lot of bad things to say about you, at least not outright.

You are a very easygoing person overall, even if that is taken to the extreme at times and I can genuinely admire your assurances that you'll just stop doing bad things. If anything, this is not too dissimilar to my own method of operations where I can flexibly change course and just not do problematic things on a whim. If I could stop here, maybe this would have been a very easy +1.

Unfortunately, this is not where I have to stop because I have to remark on an issue.
See, while a lot of the discussion has kept your slay history and overall attitude separate, I prefer to look at what that combined picture paints: While you can have the right attitude, you often choose not to, which is rather dangerous for the whole staff team as the risk of doing something extremely inappopriate (and certainly something way below the staff standards) is very high, and any bad day you have can be a disaster for everyone else around you.

This isn't to say you can't reform. Just that... we need to see it happen first. Then it can be possible to have the discussion around you being staff.
-1
 
I don't trust this given your previous history of RDM on this server. It isn't a good example for any staff to be slayed for RDM. I'll keep this short and -1
 
I have to -1 as well. I feel like if you are just starting to make an attempt to change and right now it's very hard to tell if that attempt is genuine or not, both in terms of rdm and vulgarity
 
As an active member/player, what are some areas that you believe Giant's Lair can/should improve? How will you help achieve the changes you would like to see, if any, should you be accepted as a staff member?
 
Sup kevin

I'll start off with I think you could add a sentence or two to your responses if you are choosing to respond to questions people are asking you. Some may see a one sentence response that says "I won't do it" and think you aren't being genuine in saying that and didn't read what they said, it's hard to communicate intent through text especially when little words are used, even if I know personally you do mean that you just wouldn't do that. The answer makes sense and is probably as easy as just not exhibiting the behavior, so I get it.

I personally don't share some of the concerns about your past behavior regarding insulting people because it's never been a concern brought to staff members attention and therefore was never brought to your attention before making this application, so it'd be hard for you to correct something beforehand you didn't know was a problem. It's also possible you did not know there was offense being taken in these instances.

The easy solution in this case is to earnestly communicate with the people raising these concerns and ask them if they can provide context to things you said that bothered them and offer your thoughts on it if they can provide it. You genuinely not remembering these instances I get, it's hard to take note of a random time you called someone a bitch or bothered someone if you did it just to riff on someone like a lot of us do and didn't pay it any mind. It's still good to not minimize it to that and see where the disconnect happened, and usually all is well and good after even a short conversation about it if no ill will is intended like I'm pretty positive is the case here.

In regards to you choosing to RDM on the server at times, on jondome or whatever other map, it's something that's been brought up here that people are right about. Agent phrased it as choosing to not make the right decision, I do think that is accurate in a way. I fully believe it is as simple of a fix as you think it is and said in this app, but again even if it's simple, providing some context yourself and explaining your desire to regulate some of these rules a little more probably goes a long way for people.

As far as the good:

You are a very active and veteran community member and TTT player who knows the rules well, knows the players on the server very well, and is very laid back in playing the game. I genuinely appreciate laid back staffing in a lot of instances and think you would be able to model that very well.

You have a fantastic eye for people cheating and group trolling and are familliar with a staff tool or two already. You've probably personally helped me ban at least 6 or 7 hackers, and I believe this does represent a level of wish for wellbeing of the TTT server.

Since being here you've had a good eye for things that should be added / changed for a better gameplay experience and tend to make forum suggestions when you think they are worth it.

As far as my personal opinion goes - I have no concerns with you being given trial mod as my philosophy is it's a period where stuff can be sussed out and you've shown enough dedication to the community for me to say it's a worthwile attempt, and I also interact with you positively already. However, I do believe people are valid in feeling underwhelmed in your handling not so much of the application itself, but responses to concerns people are bringing up. I think a lot of things here could be cleared up by just stating your genuine interest in staffing TTT and that you aren't here to be mean to anyone.
 
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