IGN: lespauls19
skype: eeendavid
TS name: see IGN
Mic: Yes (Not as much recently due to the fact that I'm usually on in public locations, I graduate in a week so that will change)
Age: 17 (almost 18 :D)
Time: US ET
Hours online Weekday: 1-8
Hours online weekend: 2-8
Position Change: Ultimate to Helper.
Introduction:
Hello Meeplings! My name is Ian McShane (no relation to the actor) I joined MeepCraft back in late 2012 and got hooked on day 1. I am an aspiring musician and I play Piano, Vocals, Bass, and guitar in my free time along with MeepCraft of course. I graduate from high school in 1 week and am planning on taking a gap year to do some full time work and save some money. After my gap year I plan on going to New Hampshite Technical Institute for a year or two and then transfer to University of New Hampshire, major in Computer Sciences, and eventually end up being a software developer. I currently do lots of coding in my free time as well in several different languages and have been in 4-h and robotics programs for many years now.
Why I should be Helper:
I have had multiple staffing rolls on different servers including helper for 10 weeks a few months back on MeepCraft. I have also maintained a job as a lifeguard for most of my high school career which is something that not a given ability for everyone my age. I have also had many leadership roles in 4-h and in robotics leading kids from many different age groups.
I do believe I have a good ability to maintain a global perspective in situations in game where personal bias or conflict is possible and remain completely pragmatic and fair.
Since I recently started playing Meep again, I have made it my goal to make everyone's experience on Meepcraft better. I recently realized that is far more gratifying to make another person's gaming experience better than my own, even though my own experience is better when I help others. A good example of this is my new Twerkville drop party project where I raise money to do drop parties for the whole server. In just 4 days about 700k worth of items have been given away. I also enjoy doing things like buying free ranks for people with in game money who need them.
As for work ethic, when I am doing staff related work, I treat like a real life paid jobs as it should be treated. I put the well being of the community as a whole over the well being of me as a player. MeepCraft with all it's new additions over the past year can be a very confusing server to a new player and I do believe Helper or no Helper it's my job to try and be as welcoming, informative, and helpful as possible so answering a modreq is something I consider far more important than hosting my casino.
In general my activity on the forums, in game, shout, etc is very high. My one area where I need work is Teamspeak activity which will increase after graduation and over summer.
Weaknesses:
I can tend to be cranky when I don't get enough sleep.
Teamspeak activity as stated above.
Conclusion:
I am a nerdy guy who loves coding, music, and MeepCraft. And I want to improve the MeepCraft community as a whole one modreq and one player at a time. :D
Side Note:
This is where my one worry in this application lies, however it's something that must be brought up.
I own my own personal server and I do help out another small server with dev stuff. I understand MeepCraft's policy on other server involvement, however currently my goal in both these communities is to serve the current members, there is very little I need to do keep them up, and I think my MeepCraft involvement, activity, and dedication speaks for itself. If it is required however I will hand off any time consuming responsibilities to others within those communities and as for my server just continue to pay for it and keep it live for it's current community members. Currently with my server I am running no major ad campaigns or anything that could consider it competition or conflict with MeepCraft. But if required I can hand off all huge responsibilities.
Thank you for reading! :D -Les
