Helper Application from UkiIsTrash

Member Name UkiIsTrash

Additional In Game Names: I have no alternate accounts

How old are you? I am not allowed to leak age, sincere apologies

Location: Canada

Do you have Discord? No

How many hours per day do you play MeepCraft? (weekdays) 7

How many hours per day do you play MeepCraft? (weekends) 5?

Have you ever been staff on this or any other server? No

References: Please give IGN's GhostlyStar, JamezMeep, BobbyBlueDragon, Me64
And Marthacuddles

When did you join Meepcraft? I believe it was August 14th of last year, almost a whole year now?

Introduction: Hello I am Ukicorn, I'm probably changing my ign to my
Forums name tonight, It would be a complete honour
To be a part of the MeepCraft staff team

MY parents do not allow me to use discord so Ellie asked Courtney if interviewing in game would be possible she said if there is a reasonable explanation then they would consider plus I am a cast typed so I could answer fast. I am also not allowed to leak age, sincere apologies.

Why should you be Helper? I feel like I should be helper because, I have great leadership skills but am also a good listener, I have experience of being staff because I have helped set up my friends server named SkyLoft I don't know if that was advertising so sorry, the server isn't fully set up, I have also had my fair share of bully's so I would really like to help prevent and stop bullying on meepcraft. I am hard working and when I start something I am determined to finish it and won't just leave it half done, I decided to apply because I love helping people and I would like to prevent bullying on meepcraft and I personally think it would be a great honour to join the MeepCraft staff team

What are your weaknesses? My weaknesses are, I am pretty sensitive but with the honour of a staff position I will be willing to put my sensitivity aside and work through issues and resolve them. I tend to be depressed sometimes and that's just a personal problem of mine, but I do promise to work hard if I do get the staff position.

Please give any other information you might think is useful for us to know: I have depression and sometimes have some anxiety attacks, I asked Ellie if she thinks I would be a good staff member and she said that I might have a bit of a hard time in some situations because I am a little sensitive but overall she thinks I would be a good staff, I have been staff in many towns because how hardworking I am and I know how to resolve problems with town situations and such. Hi overall I am kind hearted and hardworking and am willing to forgive and forget past as you can say enemies but not necessarily maybe fights, and turn over a new leaf in that way. Thankyou for viewing my application and please consider my interview in game since I am not able to use discord.

 

• -1
• you NEED discord to be on the staff team
• you're extremely rude
• you're bipolar or something,idk you go from liking people to not in the snap of a finger
• you used to harass me in my town for weeks and I had to have staff come and tell you to leave every few minutes because you would not leave.
• you're extremely immature.
• you actually today were being rude to me
• you were talking about your staff app in global

as of right now, I'm my eyes theres no reason that will change my vote, sorry

 

1+
You are very nice and helpful on the server and fourms. I've also seen that you are welcoming and friendly to new memebers and calm when arguing (as seen above). I think that you would be a very nice asset to the staff team.

 

Ty very much ^-^

 

-1. You aren't very mature, also I have seen you talking about your staff application in global as someone has mentioned above. I think discord would be much easier for you to communicate with the staff team and with other players. I don't see you online that much, and when you are online you are not normally helping others in global. I don't think you are ready yet. Good luck!

 

+/-, leaning towards -1.

I don't feel comfortable giving you a +1, but I do think it's possible you could be an alright staff member.

Firstly, the positives - from what I've seen, you're a fun, friendly, and kind person. I think you could definitely fulfill the attitude requirements for Helper.

But I find a few things in your application and what I myself have seen as concerning, to say the least.

The most obvious is your lack of Discord. I know Ellie and Courtney okay'ed it and that's alright, but I've expressed to you before that it makes it difficult for you to be completely involved in the staff team due to the fact that you will not be able to participate in meetings, interviews, or emergencies that require voice. Furthermore, the fact that you aren't allowed to share your age nor use Discord makes me a little uncomfortable, to say the least. While I think people can be mature at every age to a point, it worries me that your parents don't believe you're mature enough to safely share your age and voice.

As for your forums activity, it's not bad per se, it's just that I've not seen many mature or constructive replies from you. It's less of a concern than others but still something I thought I'd mention - whether you get accepted or denied, I think you should work on structuring your forum replies in a more mature way that would be fitting of a staff member.

Finally, there's your application in and of itself. It's rather short, which isn't a huge problem, except that I feel the quality of it could have been better too. It also doesn't seem to be proofread, which again isn't a huge deal but stacks against you in my eyes.

My major problem is your weaknesses and your other section, though. As someone with anxiety, I'm not going to outright say that it'll prevent you from being a good addition to the staff team - far from it, actually. But it worries me that you say several times that you're sensitive. Staff members have to face a huge amount of backlash and hatred, almost constantly. While on a whole Meepcraft had a pretty good community, people who are angry about bans or the outcomes of modreqs can easily take it out on you as a staff member and you need to be able to take that. People like to troll and mess around with staff members, and you need to be able to take that too. I've actually found, at least when I was staff, that they have to let far more slide against them than against others, so people might not even be punished if they are being bothersome or angry towards you. If you lash out against anyone, it's a big deal in the community as you're supposed to be able to uphold a place as a role model and someone who is more mature than the general server. It's something you have to be able to take without exploding or getting upset, and your application makes me doubt that you can do that.

Plus, this is incorrect - while the final decision is up to the staff team, people on the forums can bring up concerns about your character or positives that they've seen from you, since staff can't be everywhere.

So in the end, I'm unsure. I think you could possibly be a great staff member, but I have a lot of concerns and worries about how you'd handle it.

 

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Well thank you for the comment I'm fine since it's constructive, and it's not that my parents don't think I'm mature enough for discord but more about them being strict about Information of age and voice and such they're just protective

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I didn't know I wasn't allowed and I only said it once and someone mentioned it wasn't allowed after I did it, and I said sorry and didn't do it again also I am in Arles at 5 hours a day and I help in global as much as I can

 

If it helps in any way, the way I convinced my dad back in the day was explaining it to him. Back when we used TeamSpeak, I basically told him exactly what it was - a program somewhat like Skype that only allowed voice chat, in which I'd only be talking to people in a single server that was heavily moderated. There was no way for anyone to use my voice to do anything weird, and they trusted me enough to know I wouldn't share my personal information. Perhaps you could try to explain Discord to your parents? It's really just a chat program for gamers - it only allows voice and text, no video or anything, and all it needs is an email - no other personal information.

Regardless, good luck on your application.

 

Alright, well try to working on fixing some of this then maybe it will be a +1.

 

My answer is a -1
I'm sorry if I sound rude but from what I've seen on this thread is you are:
Immature - The way you responded to Mia's criticism was very immature, you could have left it be. This shows you were/are immature which generally is not a good quality in a staff member.

Well, you said you were sensitive but you also said that you were good at dealing with bullies and wanted to end bullying in MeepCraft. You would most likely have to deal with people who are mean which may cause issues with your sensitivity?

But honestly you seem like a nice kid, I hope to see you improve with those two things in the future? Good Luck!

 

I'm not getting staff I guess I kinda wish I didn't apply to save myself from the heartbreak but there's still a small chance from the staff :<

 

don't lose hope maybe when you grow in the future you'll get it

 

Hey uki! Regardless of the outcome of this application, don't be swayed from your desire to help the server. I have talked to you a bit, and I think personality wise you could be a good helper, there are just some ways you need to show some other people.

I'll start with your application, because that is the first thing some people may see of you. Personally, I think your application has some room to improve, but glanced over some points that would go well if you went a little bit more in depth. If you want help with your application, feel free to message me in game (I love proof reading and helping out on applications). If you want my personal advice for your application, I would take your info you have in the why section, and make that into a billeted section with headers and such. While a short application can be truly amazing, it is very challenging to have a short application that still has tons of the juicy information we want to hear. So overall for the application, just give us more to work with. I would try to go into some qualities you have that would help you be a good staff member (maybe go into your empathy and sincerity, I see that as a strong quality you have (caring about others).

After the application comes the comments. You already have two amazing useful comments, and two lessons to take from both. The first comment I would seriously look at is Mia's. You seem to have had past problems with Mia, part of my goals before I reapplied for staff was rectifying past hatred or vendettas of situations similar to this. I wouldn't go bothering Mia, but give a little and she'll likely give some back. I often find in some situations I was just as bad in the situation as the other person (even if they did something wrong first). Just comprehend both sides of the situation, and look how it may have made the other person feel. Taking the high route, admitting to your own faults, will often show maturity which is a good quality to have for a staff member. (I invite you to go look at my application; a similar comment happened on my application and how I handled it probably helped my chances, and I made up with pmx).

The next comment to look at would be chaos's. Chaos did you a massive favor, in pointing out a ton of useful information for you to use. Along with the suggestion to get discord (which you should try to do even if you can't talk, just type) she mentioned how much hatred is targetted towards staff. The role even as a helper has angry players coming to you, so working on confidence in a stressful situation and maintaining a level head if you have issues with someone is a must.

I will stop here for now, and I will not vote. Remember to never lose spirit if this gets denied, and come back with new confidence and an even better application.

Good luck!
~smkorpi

 

Im just about at neutral here, i haven't physically seen u do things people have said, so i have no reason to currently believe it, i would just recremond getting discord so u can like talk by texting, or just listening to other staff, u don't need to talk on it.

 

Hey uki, i just want to start out by saying you are a cool person and you need to be able to not let this get to you so much. If anything take what everyone has said on board and take it as a learning experience. Take what everyone has said and prove them wrong. Show them you do have what it takes. Dont let it affect you in a negative way, turn it positive, have the mindset that; Okay, so and so said this, im going to work my butt off to improve on this and show them i can do it.

I am a -1 at this point but that doesn't mean that in future it wont be a +1 you just have to give yourself some time and take what everyone has said and improve on it.

Overall your application is weak but there are people out there willing to help in future, i am always okay to read through and give what i can without writing it for you.

I do think there are some things you could work on in game and i am 100% willing to go into that more in a private conversation with you.


Remember don't take everything so negatively, what has been said above is only with the intention to help you improve and become and work and mold into a better candidate!

Best of luck!

 

UKI, id completely agree with everything midnight has here, and I can assume most people would too, so I advise taking this advise

 

Hey Uki,

I think enough have been said here, but I'm amused. First, I really respect you because you can obey your parents and not be a nuisance like most children here. I personally got discord without even asking my parents. (You should ask your parents)
Now, discord is a really useful tool. It's so useful that we suggested to switch over to it from teamspeak and got like 20 people to +1. (And the suggestion was denied and staff decided to make the official discord after we made the unofficial one because Teamspeak broke but who cares) It's so useful that staff meetings and interviews are held on it. Even if you did your interview somewhere else, where would you cast your opinion? I personally communicate with staff members more on discord then in game and forums combined.
Discord is also fun, it has a lot of emojis. (Sorry, off topic)

Anyway, you are not ready right now, but when you improve what people have mentioned, you should reapply

 

Hello Uki,
So first off, I would like to point out that it isn't a good idea not to have discord while applying for staff, because even if you maybe won't need it for your interview, you'll need it one day or another.
Your application.
An introduction in a staff application is all about giving the community which might not know you as some people do, an idea of who you are, your personality, what you do for a living (if you're in that age), etc. Get people to relate to you. You don't even have to share your name, or your age.
Now, the "why" section.
The "why" part is the most inportant of all, and is the one people usually read and give the most importance to. I suggest you read @Courtneyyy 's guide, and get an idea about organizing that specific section into different segements. Get two or three qualities, that you find are your best and the most fitting for a staff member to possess, and develop them, give examples of when you used them.
Now your weaknesses.
I too am conserened about your sensitivity, as you don't seem to be able to handle criticism very well, which is something that is absolutely necessary for a staff member.
Although you are a very nice person, and you are active in game, please, work on these points aswell as the ones posted above.
+/- for the while, but it does not mean I won't be a +1 in your next app if you manage to fix all of these points.
Good luck, Uki!