Kewl's Staff Application

[Kewl]

In-Game Name(s): Leonardo Colombo, Lieutenant Alexander Price, Doriano Carcano

Steam Name: Kewl

Steam Profile Link: https://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561199082231349/

Steam ID: STEAM_0:1:560982810

Discord Username: kxwl

Age: 16

When did you first join the server: April 10th, 2023

Total playtime on our Servers (Do !time in-game): 3mo 3w 6d 23h 5m

Time Zone: EST

How much time can you realistically dedicate to moderating?: 2-3 hours on weekdays, more on the weekends. Weekdays could vary. (More, not less)

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

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Long Answer

 

What is your motivation/reason for applying?: I’ve spent a pretty good amount of time on the server and applying for staff has been something I’ve considered for a good amount of that time. I’ve had lots of fun in my time on the server, and I’ve got a lot more ahead of me. I want to join the staff team to help moderate the server and ensure that the rules are properly followed. I know how frustrating it can be to have your fun ruined by some guy who just bought the game 10 minutes ago and managed to get a gun, or your local crashout who just got demoted from Senior Officer to Officer and decides to start mass rdming, and I want to help ensure that there’s less bad actors on the server. I haven’t been staff before, so I figure that helping out is the best way I can give back to all the people who have made this possible, and try something new at the same time.

Why should you be considered over other candidates?: I’ve been playing the server for well over a year now, and ensuring that I abide by the rules is something that I’ve been meticulous about; it’s one of the reasons I still to this day have no notes/warnings or bans. Violating the rules can be the difference between a fun RP scenario and complete chaos. That’s the main reason I’ve made sure that I understand and follow them very well. My solid and very thorough understanding of the rules is a quality that is very useful to have before becoming staff, as the main thing I’d need to learn is how to enforce them instead of thoroughly understanding them on top of that. As I stated above in the yes or no questions, I sadly don’t have experience with SAM or Nutscript commands, but I’m a rather quick learner and I could easily pick up on how to use them efficiently to carry out staff duties. I would also say that I’m a rather level-headed person and I rarely, if ever at all, get frustrated or annoyed to an extent that would interfere with my judgement. I believe that’s a necessary quality when dealing with staff sits that can possibly get hostile really quickly. A calm and collected mind is something required to make a proper and appropriate judgement on staff matters.

Do you have any previous staffing experience? (Please list where, what position and how long): Unfortunately, I have no previous experience.

Have you been banned before on any of our servers? If so, why?: No, I have not.

Would you say that you are well known in our community, what's your reputation, what do other members think of you?: I would say that most people would have heard of me from either my police character or criminal character if they haven’t met me. I’ve spent the majority of my time in both the police and the criminal aspects of the server, and I have occasionally done some legal rp, usually as a private lawyer. Due to the positions I hold/have held, there’s a good chance even those who haven’t met me or heard too much about me have heard of me by one of the nicknames of my characters. I have had my police character, Alexander Price, for a long time and I reached the rank of Sergeant in ESU around the time when I had made my criminal character that I still have today, originally named Leonardo Russo. If you have read my character list already, it’s pretty blatant what faction I joined on that character, and if you know who I am, what I’ve achieved since then. I’ve been a supervisor in every currently existing bureau of the police and currently reside in the Internal Affairs bureau as a Lieutenant. In regards to those who really know me or have interacted with me before, I would say that it’s probably easier to name the people who would think ill of me than those who don’t. In short, I would say that the majority of people have heard of one of my characters before if they haven’t met me, and I would think that I am generally liked by the majority of those who know me outside of my characters.

 

What is your favorite moment on Diverge so far?:

6/14….

 

Have any staff members recommended you? If so, list their names: Adam, Morty

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Problem Solving

Detail step by step exactly the actions you would take.

Someone RDMs and you are currently off-duty. How do you handle this?: Assuming that the victim already made a ticket, I would first ensure that I’m not in any RP scenarios before dealing with the RDM. After I’m done with any ongoing RP, I would swap to my staff character, properly go on-duty, and take the ticket/deal with the RDM. Of course, if there are any other tickets or issues that need to be addressed by staff, I would do it now before I go back on my other character as to have them dealt with so that people don’t need to wait for an unnecessarily long time and because I wouldn’t be busy with anything else at that moment.

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?: If I truly believed that this staff member’s actions were undoubtedly intentional abuse, I would immediately notify a higher ranking staff member/UA/management of what I believed was occurring. I would specifically say that while I strongly believe the staff member is abusing consistently, I might not currently have substantial proof that is enough for action to be taken against them. Most people would just silently gather evidence and then forward everything as one big report, however I believe that if the proper people are notified right away, evidence might be able to be spotted that wouldn’t have been found otherwise, and an investigation into said staff member’s conduct can be launched easier and sooner, overall giving the abuser less time to do damage.

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?: An important factor to remember in situations like this is that people are inherently biased, even if they aren’t trying to be. Your mind might sway your thinking and make you lean towards a certain decision due to bias without you even realizing it. If a ticket was made against someone within my faction or a friend of mine, I would refrain from taking it, unless absolutely necessary. If I took a ticket and found out that it was against someone who I think I might even possibly have bias towards, I would notify other staff members in the staff chat that I think I shouldn’t handle the issue and arrange for someone else to handle it, or at minimum get a second opinion before handing out any punishments. I would refrain from getting involved in the actual sit if necessary to completely remove any possible bias. If there was a situation where a ticket was made and I believe that I might have a biased opinion, but it’s at a time where I would be the only staff member on for a long time, like 5am or some weird time, I would handle the matter as unbiased as I can. However, just to ensure that the decision I made wasn’t biased, I would send all relevant information and evidence to another staff member higher than or equal in ranking to me, so I can get a second opinion.

[Bear]

+1.

[allenk]

+1 high playtime with no note or ban record is an obvious sign of a high quality player, also considering the ranks he has achieved in both the legal and criminal sides of the server shows he has more then enough knowledge of the role-play function in the city and how to maintain it. Would be a great addition to the staff team.

[morty_sigma]

+1 great app and a good guy

[Toast]

Great guy, would make a good staff member. +1

[xDutchCat]

+1 Great Roleplayer and very active dude. Barely speak to you but ever when you're around you're overall chill

[Ramo]

+1 
grind bricks for pendred

[Reaper]

+1 absolute unit

[ThatBananaGuy23]

+1 W guy

[MxR]

+1 i hate don colombo (all my niggas hate ia)

[Clover]

9 minutes ago, MxR said:

+1 i hate don colombo (all my niggas hate ia)

+1 So real

[Blue1z]

+1 I believe that kewl really wants to make the server better and I think he will do great as staff. 

[Carpenter]

+1 used to know him, solid guy

[Hammer]

+1 Yessir

[Faith]

+1

[MrlogicNova]

+1 even if I had a bad experience with the fella he was still nice the whole  time 

[ASkull]

+1 kewl is a great guy who has knowledge about the rules and experience on the server. I believe he would be a great staff member. 

[Carpenter]

30 minutes ago, ASkull said:

+1 kewl is a great guy who has knowledge about the rules and experience on the server. I believe he would be a great staff member. 

facts

[Canadian-bacon]

Thank you for applying to the Diverge Networks staff team!
It is my pleasure to inform you that your application has been accepted.

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