Best Posts in Thread: Helper Application from Bob4444444

Member Name Bob4444444

Additional In Game Names: aubel (sister's account), Snowball_N_H_C, NotCrazyJustMetz, iRideTrains

How old are you? 14

Location: USA (Timezone is EST)

Do you have TeamSpeak? Yes

How many hours per day do you play MeepCraft? (weekdays) Depends on what's going on that day; average is 2-6 hours.

How many hours per day do you play MeepCraft? (weekends) Depends on what's going on that day; average is 4-7 hours.

Have you ever been staff on this or any other server? Yes

References: Please give IGN's eximius_, Metr0n0me, Fire_Wolf04, Historicmush, Muunkee, Jalapenos, GingerManOWNS, Boobear1227, DevilSpawn112, Zoe89, TheJohnseyClutch

When did you join Meepcraft? August 19th, 2013

Introduction: Hello there, Meepcraft! I know I've done this so many times now, so I'm gonna cut this down a bit. My name is Brian, but most of you know me as Bob4444444. I am 14 years old and I've been playing Meepcraft for over two years now. In the past 2 years, I've been staff twice, banned four times, gotten demoted twice, and had a really "bumpy" road.

Through this bumpy road I have made many mistakes and learned many things, a lot of things that have helped me here and in real life. I feel I have been improving, and I am certain that now I am finally ready to finally have a third shot at being a staff member here.

Now I'll tell you a brief summary about what I do in real life, and a bit about my life here on Meepcraft.

As well as playing minecraft, I do many activities in real life. I play piano, and it is one of my favorite things to do. I also play golf, and I'm planning on joining my high school bowling team in the winter. I am also apart of a gaming design club, which is very fun and has shown me many things I have never seen before in the world of video games. These are my main activities in real life, now to my Meepcraft life.

In Meepcraft, I mainly play in the town worlds. I have my own town in TownsB, Port Charles, and I am a co-mayor in my town in TownsA, Butterland. In both towns I have acquired many skills that have/will help me to be a great staff member. Through these towns I have learned most, if not all, of the towny commands and their functions. I have loved playing such a big role in these towns, and it has taught me a lot. I have loved working with the people involved in my towns, and I would love the opportunity to work with/for all the players of Meepcraft.

I've been a member of Meepcraft for such a long time now, and the server feels like a second home to me. Here I feel I can be myself and not have people judge me, which is one of the many things I love on this server. I've strongly bonded with this magnificent community, admiring all these amazing moments I've had with everyone. I've met so many people and made so many friends, people I will never let go of, because of this server. Meepcraft has made an enormous impact on my life, and it has taught me many things, and many skills.

I know I have made a lot of mistakes in the past, but I have moved forward from that, and I have put all the bad things I have done behind me. I really would love to once again become a staff member here, and it would be an honor to, after all these months, finally be able to redeem myself and be the best staff member I can be.

Why should you be Helper? First of all, I am very active and dedicated to the server. I have been a loyal member now for well over two years, and I don't plan on leaving anytime soon. Even though the school year has come and reduced my activity, I am online way more than I expected, and I am balancing out life and Meepcraft better than I ever have before. Some days, my studies do affect my activity. But most days, I am able to be ingame (on my laptop) for many hours, so I will have a great amount of time to be able to do any of the staff work I have to do. This leads into my dedication. I dedicate so much of my time to Meepcraft. I want nothing but good for Meepcraft, and for the server to be the best it can be. I am not just dedicated to the server, but the players on it. I am willing to go very far out of my way to make a player here get the best experience they could possibly get, no matter if it's from just a simple question to helping them with a large theft case. I want people to greatly enjoy Meepcraft, and for them to choose to stay and have the great experience that Meepcraft has to offer, just like I did. My dedication greatly motivates me to be the best staff member I can, and will definitely help me be a great staff member.

My dedication helps me become more closer and connected to Meepcraft and its players; it helps me be involved. I have been going on Teamspeak a lot lately, and it's been a great amount of fun with everybody. Being involved here is such a great time, and it really helps me get to know Meepcraft and its members even better. I love talking to people on Teamspeak, and it's nice to actually have verbal conversation with some of the member, as opposed to just starring into a screen just chatting with people. Through Teamspeak, I have become more close and involved with the server. Also, I use global chat very frequently. Sometimes I have a little too much fun in there, but this also helps me connect with the community, especially since everybody involved with Meepcraft is ingame, as opposed to Teamspeak and forums. Being involved in global chat has also drawn me closer to the Meepcraft community. Finally, forums. Whenever I am on forums, I'm always looking for something to be involved in. Getting involved in threads, checking out introductions, and scrolling through all other sections of the forums have helped me know the members of Meepcraft better, and it's made me more connected to everyone. Now, you may ask, how is being involved a reason to give you staff? Well, other than the fact that it shows I'm active and dedicated, the community wants people who they know to be staff, and they want people they're comfortable with as staff. The community wants involved people who they know they can trust as staff, and I feel like I fit that. Some people could be more comfortable with me as staff and come to be with their issues and be less scared, as opposed to a "big scary staff member" they've never seen or interacted with. Communication and staff transparency is what the community wants, and I feel I could provide that to them. Overall, I feel my involvement in the server could be greatly beneficial to the staff team, and make me a great staff member.

Lastly, I have plenty of experience here, and I have a high work ethic. As I have mentioned earlier, I have been staff twice and I have been playing for over two years now, so I really know how things go around here. I still remember how to operate Prism, along with all the other staff commands from my time as staff, which I believe makes me really stand out as a candidate. I know what to do, when to do it, and how to do it. Not all people applying have this knowledge, so I could do a lot for the server very quickly if accepted. Due to my experience as a staff member here, I feel that I can adapt to the new environment staff has become since I was demoted. Despite all my mishaps in the past, I worked very hard as a staff member, and I plan to work as hard again, and even go further than that. Because of my previous experience, I believe that I would be an excellent addition to the Meepcraft staff team. Speaking of me working very hard, I had a very good work-ethic as staff, and I have the ability to have an excellent work-ethic now. I try my best to work the hardest I can, no matter what it takes, and I will do nobody what it takes to be the best staff member I can be. I always will strive to end a modreq with the player satisfied, no matter what I have to do to achieve that. I still work hard today, especially in my alpha town, Butterland. Also, I have my own beta town, Port Charles. I have stopped running Port Charles due to financial reasons and lack of staff. But when I was an active mayor there, I learned a lot of leadership skills. I made a great team, was fair to all, learned how to take action and control, and tried my best to make the town a great home for all new players. Now I work in Butterland as a co-mayor, and I strive everyday to make Butterland the best town it can be and to welcome all the new players to the server and help them find their home here on Meepcraft. I want all the new players I add to Butterland each and everyday to have the amazing experience I have been blessed to have. Along with helping Butterland, I do the same with Meepcraft and all its players. I try to make this server seem like a home to all, just like it is a home to me. I will work incredibly hard as a staff member, not just to help the players here, but to make Meepcraft the greatest server it can be.

With all these qualities, I feel I will be a great addition to the staff team. I am willing to do whatever it takes to be a staff member, and if I am accepted, I will try the absolute best I can to be the best staff member I can be, and the best staff member I have ever been.

What are your weaknesses? First of all, my main weakness; immaturity. I love to have fun, joke around, and do all that stuff. But sometimes it gets out of hand, and I have a little too much fun. I am a 14 year old kid, and sometimes my immaturity does conquer me and affect me in a great way. Through my journey here on Meepcraft, I have gained a lot of maturity, and I've learned when I can be immature and when I can't. But, sometimes I do get carried away. I work very hard to keep this weakness on the downside, and now it rarely affects me to the point where I get into a bad situation because of it. This issue will rarely affect me as a staff member, if at all, and it shouldn't be anything to worry about.

Along with my weakness of being immature, I also have a problem controlling myself sometimes, which is commonly referred to as self-control. Sometimes I do stupid things, and I don't have control of myself. I get out of hand, and usually bad things happen as a result. I have overreacted before at many small things, and I have just done bad things because of this weakness. But, I've learned to control this weakness, and take control of myself. I have learned my boundaries, and I know when and where I can and can't do certain things. I have matured a lot, and so I have gained a lot more control over myself and I have stopped having scenes. This weakness shouldn't be anything as staff, but it may get to me once in awhile.

My last weakness is something I do not believe that I have ever mentioned, and it's something I found out very recently; stubbornness. I am not usually a stubborn person. But sometimes, I will do something that will benefit me and not be good for someone else. An example of that is when I got iMel's head accidentally in the towny wild, and refused to give it back. I have learned since then though, and I now realize that was very wrong. I have become a lot more selfless since then, and I feel like I have this under control. I want the best for the players of Meepcraft, not just myself. Being stubborn is the exact opposite of what a staff member should be like. I have really reflected on what I did, but now I am moving forward. If I ever am tempted to be stubborn again, I will look back on this and remember that I hurt iMel in this process. This shouldn't be an issue at all anymore, as I have more control over myself and I have the ability to resist the temptation of focusing on myself more than others, and I now will always put the players here before myself.

All these weaknesses have a common source; not thinking before I take action. When I act too immature, it's because I don't think. When I lose control over myself, it's because I don't think. When I am stubborn, it's because I don't think. This source is also a weakness of mine. I have made many, and I mean many, mistakes because I didn't think before I took action. I have grown a lot in my Meep journey, and so has my maturity. I have learned that thinking before taking action is vital. I try to think before taking action whenever I can, and, along with all my other weaknesses, I have learned to control this weakness. I am using all my weaknesses to my advantage, and using them to help me avoid making mistakes instead of making mistakes because of them. I feel my advantages are under control, and that I will be once again able to hold a staff position here.

Please give any other information you might think is useful for us to know: All the information about my January ban (the incident with the other server), my previous demotion, and some mistakes I have made as staff previously can be found here and here.

Since my last application, a lot of things have came up that I feel that I need to address.

First of all, I have been alerted of another reason why I was demoted; using MineChat do ineffectively do modreqs. MineChat is an application where you can connect to MineCraft servers and chat, just not play. So the reason I never included this in my applications is because I never knew until Castroifyer told me after my last denial. Cooleysworld never mentioned this to me in the demotion letter he sent me on Skype, so that is why it has not been included. Anyways, while I was staff last year, I was restricted from my laptop greatly during the school week and was only able to use MineChat most of the time. I still wanted to help out and be a good staff member, so I did them on MineChat, not knowing that it was wrong. I have learned since then that the only way to do modreqs is by doing them ingame, not on MineChat or any other app. Since high school has started, I have been balancing my time between MineCraft and school. I am on my laptop a lot more now, and the issue of doing modreqs on MineChat should be no more, considering I rarely ever use it anymore. If I am to get staff again, not a single one of my modreqs will be done on MineChat; they all will be done efficiently and effectively, and most likely leave the player satisfied.

Another issue that has came up is my behavior after my last interview denial. I explained it briefly here, but I will explain it more in depth here. So my last application, I worked very hard and prepared for many months. I thought for sure I had the position. I felt I was so close, but then I was denied. I don't even remember why, but I was extremely furious. I let all my anger out to xtJunior and I said many bad things. I couldn't control myself, I was full of anger. But then, Deinen talked to me, and his words really calmed me down. He gave me a wake up call that the world doesn't revolve around me, and that I was just overexaggerating. After that, I was no longer bad, and I regret what I did greatly. I know now that if I get denied, it's not the end of the world. I can always just try again, and that's exactly what I should've thought last time. Ever since then I have never gotten anywhere near that mad here on Meepcraft. I have put this issue in the past, and I am now looking more towards the future if this application is accepted, and I'm hoping for the best.

One other issue I'd like to bring up is me "backstabbing" iMelXP. So I mentioned this a little bit in my weakness section, but here I will explain the whole thing. So iMelXP wanted my head, and I told her 50k for it. We agreed and we went to the wild. I punched her a few times jokingly, and her head fell out. I tried to hide it before something occurred, but iMel found out. It turned into a semi-big mess when I should've just given the head back. We did get it solved when I sold the head to Deljikho (iMel did not mind that). The important thing I learned that day is to not be greedy, and to think about other more than myself. That is exactly what I plan to do if accepted here for helper. This experience really opened up my eyes and helped me, and I plan to look back on this, but use it as a strength, a wake up call, and not a weakness or something to hold me back.

The last issue I will address is my ban regarding the sexual naming of items. It was a very serious ban, despite the short length. So I was in a call with @Metzy, and we were really close and we were just having fun and still. Then, I thought it was so funny to put inappropriate names on items! So I renamed some items to some very disgusting names and gave them to Metzy. Then, Metzy hung them up in her house. Somebody then saw, reported it, and we were banned. I know now that I shouldn't have done that, no matter how close we were. I have not done anything like this on Meepcraft since the incident, and I never will do this again. If I am ever tempted to do anything like this or relating to this, I will reflect on this. I will use it to resist the temptation to do anything inappropriate, instead of reflecting on this as just a negative experience. I have put this behind me, and I'm moving forward and being a rule-following and positive member here on Meepcraft.

Overall, I have done many bad things in my past. Many unforgettable things, and many things I will always regret doing. But, now I am acknowledging the past, and looking more towards the future. I believe I will be a great addition to the staff team, and this time it will be a good run and there will be no demotion needed for me. I am looking forward to try my hardest, and be the absolute best staff member I can possibly be. The past is in the past, and I cannot change that, none of us can. But, I am looking forward to a positive and bright future, one that will make a positive impact on Meepcraft, its staff, and its community.

Conclusion: Thank you to everybody who has took the time to read my application. There are probably many questions and concerns raised by this application. So, like I have stated in my other applications; if you have any questions or concerns, feel free to start a forums conversation with me or add me on Skype and we can have a conversation there (my Skype username is BobPlayzMC). I have made many mistakes in my past, and I acknowledge them greatly. But, I am more than willing to move on from the past, and focus on my future here, and I surely do hope my future is me being a staff member here, and helping staff server succeed to the best of my abilities. I feel 110% ready know, and I'm ready to take on anything coming my way. Also, all constructive criticism and comments from everyone are greatly appreciated! Meep on everyone!