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Name of Faction: The Ruain Collective Number of Members (Minimum of 5): 8 active, 41+ interested Type Of Faction: Crime Family Ethnic Background: Irish Catholic Name of Character running the faction: Atlas "Genesis" Crowe Your Discord # (ex: gamer#4210): lorekeeperprodigy Your SteamID: STEAM_0:0:808934409 Your Server playtime: 2w 2d 9h 53m Do you acknowledge and agree to all faction rules as detailed on the server rules page?: Yes Do you acknowledge that your faction discord will be owned by us?: Yes Provide an example of the unique Roleplay your faction will bring to the server/what type of roleplay we can expect from your faction: The usual crime would still occur. Due to the thoughts of diplomacy in the faction, we will be encouraging weekly trades of drugs, firearms and other services we can possibly provide such as people for security, event organization and creating catalogs for items in other factions. Through the front business, Emerald Isle Entertainment, we aim to stimulate casual citizen roleplay that both regular citizens and hardened criminals can have fun with. This includes, but is not limited to: an established boxing circuit with a real time ranking system, a public paintball league with Kill/Death tracking for showing off to your friends, game shows like Family Feud and Deal or No Deal, etc. Due to the background of our group, we will also engage slightly with rituals, promotions and punishments that could be viewed in a cult-like manner. Aside from our front business, during the night we will host feasts and music nights. Due to our Emerald Isle Entertainment connections with boxing, we will also have public fighters for our entertainment while we wine and dine. Provide examples or event ideas to promote activity within your faction and keep people interested. (Reference your unique RP from the question above): Emerald Isle Entertainment A boxing circuit with a ranking system based on wins and losses, persisting based on character A paintball league with a Kill - Death ratio for showing off to others Game shows like Family Feud / Deal or No Deal The Ruain Collective: Traditions Punishments that include partial crucifixion for wrongdoings in the street. Promotions that are similar to Christian tradition with the use of blood and oil. The Ruain Collective: Day & Night Socializing Nighttime feasts and music to create connections and make merriment with friends and allies alike Working as a group to move to other events made by other people in order to make them feel truly alive https://medal.tv/games/garrys-mod/clips/2fl66ubDy5GsgO/d1337tesxBDy?invite=cr-MSxrZ0QsMjIwNTI4Mjc1LA https://medal.tv/games/garrys-mod/clips/29U6HowoI6-wyy/d1337SNkxuMD?invite=cr-MSxCQnYsMTYwMjI2OTEs https://medal.tv/games/garrys-mod/clips/29U5FXvVZM-Aj-/d1337jDpZaz5?invite=cr-MSxMTG8sMTYwMjI2OTEs https://medal.tv/games/garrys-mod/clips/29U5EdLS0VJv_Z/d1337obre747?invite=cr-MSxrMUcsMTMwMTAxMTI1LA https://medal.tv/games/garrys-mod/clips/29U0Q9mV2Ri1by/vYqX9tMHDufo?invite=cr-MSx2VjIsMTYwMjI2OTEs?mobilebypass=true Organization Backstory https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Mfq7...1gJ9Q/edit If you're interested, DM me (lorekeeperprodigy) for the Discord link and I'll happily bring you in as a friend until we're launched! Events Currently Run: 03/30/2024 - Emerald Isle Fight Night #1 04/06/2024 - Emerald Isle Fight Night #2 04/13/2024 - Emerald Isle Fight Night #3: The Gloves Are Off 04/20/2024 - Emerald Isle Fight Night #4: Burning Aura 04/24/2024 - Emerald Isle Paintball Night #1 04/27/2024 - Emerald Isle Fight Night #5: Night Alive 05/01/2024 - Emerald Isle Destruction Derby #1: Training Wheels 05/04/2024 - Emerald Isle Fight Night #6: League of Luxury 05/11/2024 - Emerald Isle Destruction Derby #2: Metal Mayhem 05/19/2024 - Emerald Isle Destruction Derby #3: Clash of Cars 05/24/2024 - Emerald Isle Paintball Night #2 05/25/2024 - Emerald Isle Fight Night #7: Crown of Southside 05/27/2024 - Emerald Isle Paintball Night #3 06/01/2024 - Emerald Isle Paintball Night #4: Reloaded

in-Game Name(s): Cheng lee, Sergent James O`Cray, James Jameson Steam Name:Morty_Sigma Steam Profile Link: https://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561199231189197/ Steam ID:STEAM_0:1:635461734 Discord Username:morty0364 Age:17 When did you first join the server: Around a year and a half ago Total playtime on our Servers (Do !time in-game): 3mo 1d 14h 44m Time Zone: est How much time can you realistically dedicate to moderating?: 3-4 hours a day Have you read the rules?: yes Do you have a working microphone?: yes Do you acknowledge that you must meet the weekly minimum ticket quota of 20 tickets? (Unless you have posted a valid LOA): yes Are you familiarized with SAM and/or Nutscript commands?: no Do you acknowledge that lying on this application will result in immediate denial and blacklisting from staff?: yes ------------------------------------------------- Long Answer Questions proceeded with an asterix require a response of 5 Sentences Minimum. What is your motivation/reason for applying?: * The Reason I'd like to apply is because of the fact most staff don't take tickets after they meet the quota. Many people including myself have experienced long wait times when there are clearly staff on to take tickets. There were many times I was RDM'd and I would make tickets having to wait 30+ minutes or even at times not getting my ticket answered. I personally don't want people having that sort of experience anymore. So my motivation is to change the speed tickets are taken or at least at the rate they are taken. Why should you be considered over other candidates?: * I believe that I should be considered over other candidates because of the fact I'm on so much. Sure there are many people who have lots of game time but I'm actually interacting with people when online. I provide a great experience and interact well with any person I come across, even those I don't really get along with I deal with in a very reasonable way. Do you have any previous staffing experience? (Please list where, what position and how long): No I do not but I'm willing to learn and try my best to become a great staff member. Have you been banned before on any of our servers? If so, why?: yes, twice for metagame and twice for rdm, I dont have a excuse for my bans I was doing dumb things it has been a few months close to a year since my last ban and I try my best to follow the rules Would you say that you are well known in our community, what's your reputation, what do other members think of you?: * Yes I am a well-known guy in our community. Many people would say I'm a funny guy and others would say I'm somewhat of a bully. But at the end of the day, I'm always helping out my peers. And I would even say people like being around me. What is your favorite moment on Diverge so far?: The Christmas event were santa gave drugs and class 4s Have any staff members recommended you? If so, list their names: Boomroasted, caboose, h4xx3z,toast,Mangos,darkfire,fox ------------------------------------------------- Someone RDMs and you are currently off-duty. How do you handle this?: if someone were to get RDM'd while I was off-duty and I wasn't involved with it I would ask/wait for them to make a ticket. And deal with it in a professional way. You have seen a fellow staff member of higher or equal rank than you abusing fairly often, but never doing anything too noticeable. What do you do?: What I would do is gather as much evidence as possible and report them for abuse. And if I didn't get evidence of it I would alert the higher staff team to be on the lookout for that person A member of your faction / friend of yours has a ticket made against them accusing them of RDM’ing, and minging. You know that this person rarely does this when you play with him. How do you proceed knowing this? Does it constitute possible bias?: I would not be biased towards a situation like this, I would let another staff member take the ticket to avoid any chances of the situation being seen as biased and if no-one was available I would then take the ticket and try my best to deal with the situation and gather all available evidence and make a decision from there

And you also poach members from other factions...

+1

or you can just walk up to the vender and see how much time is left....

+1 Funny guy to RP with. Has been playing the server for a long ass time so he knows the rules and how they work.

+1 I do agree with some of the comments made about his lack of experience however a lot of people don't have prior staff experience if this is all they play on GMOD. Personally I think Morty would be great for staff. He is a very disciplined person and would put legitimate effort into this role. I like the fact that he has stated he would be committed to answering tickets as he does make a valid point about current staff after hitting their quota. Looking at all of the recommendations its clear he has made an impact on this server and this would only allow him to make an even larger impact. This man has my full support - the real Greg

well now that someone pointed out the "Kostas Crime Syndicate" is "aiming for a legal racket" I guess it's time to make edit #472

+1 very good application and will do well on the staff team. And very good recommendations

+1 don’t think I’ve interacted with u much as ur not an Italian but u seem to be smart and a lot of the community is backing your app. Looking forward to you joining the team.

+1 Mortyith would be great at being a skygod. He's experienced, unbiased, and would seek help should he ever need it. I've witnessed great rp on his other chars, predict the same as an admin. fuck you morty DIE

+1 this guy is great and has good intentions but may smell like wonton soup

Good guy, used to be a beast cop but now he's a smelly Chinaman. +1

Ain't no way you on this path..... +1 let him be apart of the pendretti crime family

+1 morty

+1 I am all for more people who are knowledgeable and not completely brain-dead. I believe that you will do some good for the staff team.

+1 I have known morty for as long as i've been playing. he's a great roleplayer, person and friend. I can see him being fair minded as staff and he already has a good work ethic. He'd be a great addition to the team

+1 for the torta slayer

+1 fucking hitler goes hard jokes aside great person he would be a good fit

This guy gets no hoes at all, +1

+1 would be a great addition to the staff team

I never thought I’d see the day… Witerally there’s sigma in his name must I say more? +1 nah but fr although he’s done some questionable things like I have in the past, he admits fault to them and he hasn’t really done anything dumb for a while since he became FL again

@morty_sigma don’t let this bring you down cause again I’ve never met you in game or over a discord call, and if the other experienced staff members are vouching for you I’ll take their word, this response is PURELY from just reading the application. If they say you’re a good guy and would make a good fit then I’ll trust them.

Huge +1. Priors aside, I've had many RP instances with him and have never seen him act on OOC information. Only negative thing I've seen on this app is a mention of the Christmas incident, please don't bring it up again. All jokes aside, Morty would be a great candidate for staff.

-1 (idk you really, I’ve never met you before personally so I’m judging you just based off the application, you having staff recommendations is a good sign though as well) you have two priors for metagaming. Not 1, but 2. This to me seems as a massive red flag, as well as having 2 priors for RDM as well, that’s not a great mixture looking at it. Also feels like not too much effort was put into the answers for a few of the questions. oh also you’re opening statement badmouthing staffs ticket numbers is a red flag for me. There’s better ways to word things like that. Also certain tickets like RDM and Metagaming tickets take considerably longer than a whitelist or PK ticket, there’s several factions into why tickets take long sometimes, hence why one of my reasons to apply was to try and mitigate that problem, giving more players another staff member to take their ticket being online all the time also IMO isn’t a separating quality to consider someone, it just shows you have a lot of time on your hands, but that’s about it.

+1 Its about time he put in a staff app. Ive known Morty for awhile on Diverge, he is a good friend and player. I can picture him being a good candidate for staff.

We added some more events we've run to our listing as well as improved our RP section with videos and pictures of all of our exploits during our time here. We've been running events for more than two months now with at least one event per week, running for multiple people and working with multiple businesses. We are a faction focused on having some dumb fucking fun. Come and join us sometime and check out the first post in this topic to get a good look at what we're doing here!

This has been updated with a new count on interested people in the Ruain Collection + our catalog of events we've run since we've gotten started. We have been running a vast array of events since our inception on the server for two months straight and have shown no signs of stopping. We're working with other factions both approved and unapproved (shoutout to my EMS fellas) to make these happen and consistently get up to an entire third of the server at peak hours coming to our events to have fun. We're plenty excited to run more as well, so remember if you're looking for the kings of all things fun, come give us some support! Events Currently Run: 03/30/2024 - Emerald Isle Fight Night #1 04/06/2024 - Emerald Isle Fight Night #2 04/13/2024 - Emerald Isle Fight Night #3: The Gloves Are Off 04/20/2024 - Emerald Isle Fight Night #4: Burning Aura 04/24/2024 - Emerald Isle Paintball Night #1 04/27/2024 - Emerald Isle Fight Night #5: Night Alive 05/01/2024 - Emerald Isle Destruction Derby #1: Training Wheels 05/04/2024 - Emerald Isle Fight Night #6: League of Luxury 05/11/2024 - Emerald Isle Destruction Derby #2: Metal Mayhem

+1 worked with them a little they're pretty quality roleplayers

We managed to run another successful boxing event, making it a month straight that we've done weekly boxing matches for the entirety of Southside! Showing off an image from the early portions of it that Lemon took, but we had a great time and got 11 more matches under our belt, bringing us up to over 50 matches run! Emerald Isle Entertainment is a fun time to run. I'm hoping I get to see more people there!

+1 Irish catholics would be fun to RP with especially with all the Italian catholics on the server

What people need to realize is that even people who won't be allies in the game can create great roleplay as people on opposing sides. With the Cassanos healthy on the other side, I'm damned sure we'll have a ball making roleplay in a healthy way on the server. Shake hands and be nice OOC, have great opposing RP IC. The way it's all meant to be. Thanks for the support, big chief. We'll both get there.

Neither did I, if it means anything. Like I said, I hadn't made any real correlation so it was what it was to me. However, I completely disagree with not being ready to lead a faction! On top of my connections, I do have another solid HC member I didn't feel a distinct need to mention. However, since you bring it up as something for me to be ready, I'll bring him up! He's not only a former capo of the very same family my friend was from, but he's an extremely dedicated individual that assisted in making a lot of our rituals. He's well known in the Lucchese faction and worked a lot with Sanzensekai and Takahashi-kai. We have him as one of our capos at the present moment and he has months of experience with keeping ground-level employees properly organized. I hope the Cassanos get approved alongside us! I think we could have a very fruitful relationship if we could just get past this whole playtime issue. I look forward to when we can eat from the same table.

To your first point, I didn't really make any sort of correlation between the Cassanos and them being the primary ones to give this application -1. I didn't really think there'd be an issue between the Cassanos and a faction that hasn't even been born yet. That is a shame, I hope to break bread with the Cassanos as I can see they've put a lot of effort into their faction and I want to recognize that and roleplay with them! To the second of the highest position I've held, I think that's a totally meaningless notion. I'm of the firm belief that it's not the position but the quality of the qualifications around it. I don't quite know how to break this down without being demeaning, but I'm of the opinion that in some of the families, getting to Made Man is an extremely easy task. You get on, you idle by the NPC while putting timers on to get bricks. You get the bricks, you contribute to a trade, you process it, you sell it. Pay twice your kick ups and you get a reputation for being a 'top earner' and suddenly people like you because you're a profitable asset. Bam, you're in. I firmly believe it takes a strong social aspect to be able to run a faction. You can't just be good at making money, you also need to be able to talk to people, shake hands and be a generally likable individual on the surface. You speak of connections and experience, but I have both and they don't stop at me. My IRL experience of management, delegation and running a team will serve me well in this position. I have been working closely alongside a faction that's been in the city for over a year and we have plans on having a deep connection after the approval of this faction. My second-in-command was a former second-in-command of a very prominent faction on the server as I've mentioned before. On top of all of this, my own Discord dedicated to the events I run has the Dons of two different factions in the game not only in there but actively rooting for the events. I understand if you want to -1 the application over formerly being a cult. I also understand if you want to -1 the application because you're a Cassano advocate (speaking generally to everyone, though I won't point fingers to Cassanos, just using your language here). However, it's extremely disingenuous to state I lack connections and experience when I have showed throughout the past month of events we've been running publicly for everyone in Southside that I have shown examples of both without even outright stating it up until this point. Thank you for your feedback and it's been a joy writing up a response to it! If you have any other questions about the faction's experience or connections, please don't hesitate to ask and I hope you have a great day!

There have been a few changes made to the family after discussions with HC of the Ruain Collective. The lore has had the above added to the end. This is to signify the former cult's pivot to a crime family. The 'Irish Catholic Cult' portion has been removed from the title. The information on the types of roleplay we do has been edited. While we retain some rituals and traditions, we will ultimately be redoing a lot of things to better fit the mold of Southside and bring our own unique spin to roleplay in other ways aside from ways that could result in zealots being born from a cult. The family type has been changed from Cult to Crime Family. While I was in love with the idea of a cult in Southside, I believe it is not worth sinking the ship to save the Captain, so to speak. We are much more interested in being part of the roleplay and making our own events in our own unique way. To that end, we have pivoted our trajectory and aim to be a crime family with a designed cult-like past. Let it be said I do not want to associate with minges and the like. Thank you all for your feedback and I look forward to your further questions.

Have you considered changing the active cult aspect? The organization that began as a cult and instead morphed into a modern crime family. Retain some tradition but largely view the cult aspect as a part of the 'old history' or your group.

I genuinely hope to be able to change your opinion in the near future. Thank you for at least calling it unique, it means the world!

While I don't think I agree with your second point of being Irish being a negative, I would like to make it clear like I have in previous posts. I've heard of how abrasive the cult followings of the past have been, how mingey they can be. I refuse to be that kind of person. Anyone who has met with me in-game knows that I am not personally the type to ever commit such things. The cult roleplay is purely meant to be inward - a bonus for those who have joined the Collective. To bring people into the cult roleplay involuntarily would be an annoyance to the general public. They're not consenting to that sort of thing, so I refuse to make them bend to that. This is a mafia server first and foremost, so going out on the streets and committing atrocities in the name of some god is not the kind of roleplay I am intending to foster. Our aspects as a cult stop at our front door and do not go outward. If we spread our word, it will be through sermons and speaking to others in persuasive ways rather than downing on others, hunting them down or killing for the sake of wanting to commit violence. I hate these things and would hate if they were done to me while I was minding my own business in the game. My mantra is 'If I don't want it done to me, I will not do it to another person.' Despite the reputation of cult-like factions on this server, I don't rebrand because I'm confident I can make it work. Instead, I aim to challenge the notion and turn it on its head. I aim to be the example of how to actually run a cult faction without being a group of miscreants who harass people and make an ass of themselves in public places. It won't be instant, but every single faction on this server has the people who act out because they want to be stupid, that is unavoidable and it'd be naïve to believe we'd be able to perfectly screen every member. No one ever truly can. I won't ask you to change your opinion now. In fact, I hope you stick around and watch as our faction grows in the hopes that you'll believe not all cult-like factions (or Irish, for that matter) are not bad! And if not even that.. maybe just make an exception for us in the future. Thank you for your feedback and if you have any other questions, please don't hesitate to ask!

We have officially edited our business name from Wonkaland to Emerald Isle Entertainment. Something a bit more green, something a bit more our scene! We had another fantastic night as well with our Paintball League! We ran our first official event today just wanting to try it out and we had an amazing turn out! Total Participant Census: 88 players among 10 matches Match #1: 5v5 Red vs Blue | Winner: Red Match #2: 6v6 Red vs Blue | Winner Blue Match #3: 9v9 Shirts vs Suits | Winner: Suits Match #4: 8v8 Shirts vs Suits | Winner: Shirts Match #5: 8v8 Shirts vs Suits | Winner: Shirts Match #6: 4v4 Shirts vs Suits | Winner: Suits Match #7: 4v4 Shirts vs Suits | Winner: Suits Match #8: 2v2 Shirts vs Suits | Winner: Suits Match #9: 1v1 Red vs Blue | Winner: Blue Match #10: 1v1 Red vs Blue | Winner: Blue

Thanks for answering! I really like where your head is at with it all. You clearly have thought through all the reasons why the cult would be doing what it's doing. I think you have what it takes to create a fun and engaging cult faction.

+1 I think a cult faction sounds like it'd create good rp experiences on the server. The only issue is if drugs, crime and gambling are sinful what racket would you be aiming for? I see in your comments you mention it would act like a normal gang, but does having a drug racket fit into the whole no sin lifestyle of a cult?

+1 I think this is would be very beneficial to the server. I think this could be a faction that lasts a long time. Seems like it has a lot of creativity behind it and I think it spice up the RP a bit.

I like the idea. +1

+1 really good roleplay and amazing boxing matches

Extremely solid +1, Prodigy has been working hard trying to improve genuine RP, setting up events and trying to bring the community together. With his own faction I am more than sure he and his team are able to create a more welcoming & positive atmosphere on the server.

I would love to see an Irish faction actually make it for once in the city. Last few factions have failed miserably, +1 good luck, that is if you get accepted

It's a very fun time when people put their guns away! However, the event is what truly emphasizes everyone being allowed to have fun. Unfortunately, most of our matches were run after you had already left, so you likely didn't get to enjoy it all! I hope to see you there next time and we can talk while I do my announcements! Here's what we went through: Wonkaland Fight Night #2 Results: Exhibition Match #1: Mike vs Pusher [Winner: Mike] Exhibition Match #2: Mike vs E-RI [Winner: Mike] Exhibition Match #3: Mike vs Milkman [Winner: Mike] Exhibition Match #4: Mike vs The Commissioner [Winner: Mike] Exhibition Match #5: Mike vs Chris Tucker [Winner: Mike] Exhibition Match #6: Mike vs Genghis Khan [Winner: Genghis Khan] Exhibition Match #7: Hard R vs John Taiwan [Winner: Hard R] Exhibition Match #8: Hard R vs Queef the Almighty [Winner: Hard R] Exhibition Match #9: Hard R vs Genghis Khan [Winner: Genghis Khan] Exhibition Match #10: Mao Zedong vs Method Man [Winner: Method Man] Exhibition Match #11: Genghis Khan vs Pusher [Winner: Genghis Khan] Exhibition Match #12: Gloves vs Piss Clown [Winner: Gloves] Exhibition Match #13: Gloves vs Charlie [Winner: Gloves] Exhibition Match #14: Gloves vs E-RI [Winner: Gloves] Exhibition Match #15: Sharquita vs Pusher [Winner: Sharquita] Exhibition Match #16: Sharquita vs Gino Graveyard [Winner: Sharquita] Exhibition Match #17: Sharquita vs Mr. Giggleshits [Winner: Sharquita] Exhibition Match #18: Sharquita vs E-RI [Winner: Sharquita] Exhibition Match #19: Mao Zedong vs Ricky Arbuckle [Winner: Ricky Arbuckle] Exhibition Match #20: Ricky Arbuckle vs The Shredder [Winner: The Shredder] Exhibition Match #21: Sharquita vs Gloves [Winner: Sharquita] Exhibition Match #22: Sharquita vs The Shredder [Winner: Sharquita] Exhibition Match #23: Sharquita vs Mike [Winner: Sharquita] Ranked Match #1: Mike vs Gloves [Winner: Gloves] I really hope to see you next Saturday. Maybe as a fighter? Come sign up with us!

Honestly, this is a solid application. Your time is a little low, but I’m curious to hear what your experience on the server is.

+1 - It's an incredibly creative idea that seems like it would really spice up the servers RP; the application itself is very well made, the lore included