Please go further in depth. I disagree entirely. Just because staff isn't what it used to be, doesn't mean it is in ruins. I still think Trial-Mod should be a staff rank though :/
TrialMod is an extremely illogical rank, to be honest.
Lemme quote JumboAce on the subject, because he honestly put it better than I ever could.
Old staff shouldn't be brought into this.
Everyone that was a part of the Old Staff team should know there was a lot of corruption, and abuse. TrialMods were promoted solely on modreq count regardless if players, even staff, complained about it (@Tsong_Jien brought up a good point, staff fitness should not be judged on modreq count). If you were a TrialMod, you would get on and just do modreqs. It was a competition (unhealthy).
When I was a TrialMod, I felt pressured to get on everyday just to do modreqs, and it got me a Mod position in a week, which is not good. I felt as if I hadn't learned everything, I only knew how to do modreqs, and I got a promotion because of it. This new staff system does not judge your staff fitness on modreq count, but your worth ethic, dedication, activity, and many other aspects, which is why I personally think it's a good idea to apply for Mod.
Adding on, TrialMods GOT SMITE. It's disgusting how much this was abused on a daily basis, and it happened to lead to the demotion of rainbowdogfish. Mods GOT TOWNY ADMIN. This is absolutely unnecessary and the majority of us know what happened with Payten88/Paracite431.
The old staff system had many flaws, the new staff system is better, and prevents abuse in the lower ranks. (for the most part)
~ @JumboAce
Anyways, onto the application.
Forums ||
Opinion ||
I have to admit, Monkey, that your forums activity is pretty dang great. I wish you'd spend a bit more time on your replies in the Q&A, Staff Recruitment, Report a Bug, and Suggestions sections, purely because in-depth and constructive replies are a great thing for staff. I find most of your posts tend to be silly and not have much substance, so that might be a good thing to work on. Just try to respond with lengthier and more mature/literate replies, especially on important posts like the ones in sections I listed above.
You also seem to have a tendency to (jokingly) use most of your posts to poke fun at others, which, while not seeming to have malicious intent, is not always the best idea.
You only seem to have one active warning point, which is pretty good. Also, it's from two weeks ago, which is good as well. Hopefully you learned from that mistake, and won't do it again.
Suggestions ||
In general, just try to post more literate and less joking posts. You need to prove to us you are mature enough to handle this position, because you weren't before.
Vote ||
+/-
For activity, but not very many quality posts.
Worth 30% of total.
In Game ||
Opinion ||
I definitely see you a lot in game, and you are very noticeable because you spend a lot of your time in shout, generally being welcoming. I haven't seen you act out at all in shout recently, and even a few hiccups would have been alright. I just wish you'd spend a bit more time welcoming new player; you seem more focussed on popularity than actual helping, which makes me doubt your motives.
Basically, the time you spend in shout in game is not necessarily good, because it seems more like you care about how the 'important' people see you, and not about improving the experience of others. See, I feel someone should only become Helper if they truly want to help others. It sounds cheesy, but if your motives are otherwise, it makes me not likely to trust you.
Suggestions ||
Don't desperately try to help in game just to get Helper, but instead show to us that you really care about the community and the server. Shout activity means nothing if all you do is chat.
Vote ||
+/-
For activity and shout activity, but doubtful motives and very little helpfulness.
Worth 30% of total.
TeamSpeak ||
Opinion ||
You are active on TeamSpeak and talk a lot, but I know there's been a lot of issues in the past with you trash talking staff members. I want to be sure that if you get accepted/demoted again, you won't revert back to this antistaff sullen little kid you became last time. I don't think I've seen enough of you on TS to do this.
Suggestions ||
Prove to us that you won't get *ahem* 'butthurt' if you get demoted again. In other words, avoid trash talking other people on TS. It may not be allowed to be recorded, but it doesn't make it any better.
Vote ||
-0.5
For activity being cancelled out by previous issues of you trashing other staff members.
Worth 10% of total.
Application ||
Legend ||
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Neutral
Unnecessary
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Spelling/Grammar Corrections
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Comments
Warning: I'm going to be nit picky.
Information ||
[quote]
In Game Name: Monkeyhead1999
Skype: Yes, Monkeyhead19998
Teamspeak Username: Monkeyhead1999/Alexia
Mic use: Yes, in afternoons/ evenings.
Age: 15
Timezone: CST.
Hours online per weekday: During the day, at least 3, during night, 1-3. Although when school starts (sept. 2) My time online will drop to 3-7 hours all day.
Hours online per weekend: During the day at least 4, During night, 2-4
Position Changes: Citizen to Hhelper.
[/quote]
Your hours are alright, though I'm a little confused about your 'Mic Use'. Are you on TeamSpeak without using a microphone during the mornings/at noon? Or do you only go on TS in afternoons/evenings?
Introduction ||
Hello, Meep. You can call me Monkey or Alex! I've been playing on Meepcraft for a year on the 29th of this month, and I can say my time here has been great, from being a citizen, to a Hhelper, to a citizen again. Right now, I own the wonderful town of Monkwood in Bbeta, with nearly 100 residents, and that's always fun. I started getting more into Meepcraft when AndrewRobins gave me free VIP as a surprise, and since then I've progressed, and I just got Ssupreme. It's been a really wild ride, but I'll stay here for as long as I can, through both good times and bad.
I've just started dance classes back up, and this time around I am teaching with a friend! I have about 18 2nd-6th graders in my class, which are quite a handful, especially when you need to cram a lot of information into their heads in 45 minutes. My friends and I manage, and it takes a lot of patience and practice to teach the class. I've also started going back to Pikiti, a Filipino martial art, class, and I'm learning to swing a sword and some knives around, which, of course, ifs fun. It takes precision, control, and work, but who doesn't like breaking things?
What a lovely introduction! Very thorough, but not do long that it gets boring. Although I would have liked a bit of information on your personality, this is pretty good, especially because I can kinda tell your personality through your words. I can't really fault you, except for a few grammar/spelling mistakes.
Why ||
Throughout my time on Meepcraft, I've always looked up to the staff, and one of my things was to be on the team. And, as a lot of you probably know, I was staff at one point, several months ago, and I know that I made a whole lot of mistakes, which I'm learning to own up to and am working on. I do not curse nearly as much as I used to, especially on places like Teamspeak where it is more of an issue, and I am doing my best to be more mature, in-game and out of game.
The first sentence was pretty unnecessary; for some reason, it makes me uncomfortable whenever someone mentions something like that, purely because it feels like sucking up. Futhermore, the third part of it makes little to no sense; I had to read it at least twice to actually understand what you meant. Maybe that's because it's midnight, or maybe it's because it's hard to read. The rest was alright, though I find it strange that you mentioned cursing specifically; I didn't notice too much cursing for you, and you could have lumped that in with being more mature.
As for work as a helper, I've done the job before, and while a few things I may need to refresh or update, I know the commands and the job well enough for it not to be any of a problem. I remember how to use HawkEye and how to do modreqs just fine. For the future, I know better and am more experienced, as I've had more time to think about it. I'll take the extra mile, and make sure everyone gets what they needs, and put quality over quantity, something I really struggled with when I was staff before.
I agree that your experience is good, but you make it out to be like it's supposed to be the deciding factor. I would rather promote someone who is inexperienced but always has had a genuine desire to help than someone who has been staff before but really couldn't be bothered before. I also don't think that saying 'you will' take the extra mile is good; you should be doing that now, which as I mentioned above in the 'In Game' section, I honestly don't see you doing currently.
I'm usually very easily able to be contacted, whether in-game or not. I leave both my skype and forums open all day, and check them often as I can, and reply whenever I get a chance. Also, when school starts, I will still be able to check these because I am homeschooled, and while I can't get in-game in the morning, I can still participate on Teamspeak (sometimes), Sskype, and forums. I'm usually able to get online as well if I'm really needed, however I can nearly always get online by 1:30 PM CST. I know Sskype is not part of the job, but it is useful if someone needs me.
While this was overall very good in the beginning, it kind of fell apart near the end. Part of it is parentheses (I know I'm not good for this either (irony) but it's not the best thing for an application. I really struggled with that for mine, to be honest), another part is that it was just in general a little bit hard to read. I'm also confused at why you say Skype isn't part of the job; Skype is extremely important. I think you mean Skype calls, in which case I agree, but you need to be more clear.
Activity-wise, I am up on all 3 aspects. I'm on TS at least every other day, I'm on the forums constantly, and I play Meep and talk in shout when I can.
I can't fault you on activity, you've got that everywhere. Therefore you don't need to state it for the umpteenth time in your application (sort of kidding, I know you need to put it in your Why, but then you could've removed it the countless other times you threw it in there. It's getting a bit redundant honestly). I'm glad you kept this short, which I honestly shouldn't be.
Helping- Modreqs were my favorite part of being a helper. Newbies are fun! One time I spent an hour helping this one person who didn't even know what a warp was, showing him about the server, educating him on the rules, and setting him up as a VIP in my town. I enjoy helping people, from simple questions to handling thefts and scams.
I seem to remember you not doing this much work. I haven't seen much evidence of this outside of being Helper, either, which worried me. I need to see you acting like this without the tag before I trust you with it, because at this point, it feels more like you want the tag for the tag and not to help people. These words ring pretty hollow with me.
I am confident in my abilities to be a staff member. I have worked on the key reasons for my demotion – Being impulsive, argumentative, immature, and lazy. I think that, with how my real life is going right now, and my Meep life, I've become a bit more responsible over the past month. I'm owning up to my mistakes, and I will fix them.
You forgot 'lacking in teamwork' and 'antistaff after demotion'. All half-jokes aside, I don't see why you added 'how your real life is going now', as I feel this shows that you will quit if the going gets tough in your real life, or as you put it, your 'Meep life'. Furthermore, you contradicted yourself by saying you are 'lazy', and yet earlier, you outlines your work ethic. You also need to be a lot more responsible, not a bit, and you should already have 'owned up' to your mistakes; you've spent a lot of time blaming and raging, and these kinds of things need to be fixed before you even think about applying.
Weaknesses ||
Maturity. Everyone has moments where it's simply not there, and I am, have been, and will continue to work on this issue. Staff are allowed to have fun, but still need to maintain a certain level of maturity.
Honestly very impersonal, and you seem to make it out to be where your 'immaturity' is a one time thing. It isn't, it's nearly constant, and we need to know how you are working on it, not just take your by-now doubtable word for it. I also don't like how you say only staff need to maintain maturity; potential Helpers need to too, and I haven't seen enough of this from you to truly feel like you've been working on it.
Performance / work ethic. Sometimes, especially on days where I'm pretty tired, I will slack a bit on my work, but this is not to much of an issue, as I'm getting better on keeping up with a semi-regular sleep schedule.
I understand better than most how tiredness affects people but it should stay as far away as it can from your work. Being tired shouldn't make you slack. And it obviously isn't the only reason, due to you stating yourself that you tend to be lazy; not just at night, but often.
Being Impulsive: I sometimes do make decisions too quickly, causing mistakes, and getting myself into trouble. Again I have worked on this, although it does still happen, and I've resolved that if I get accepted, I'll ask someone if I do need help or a second opinion, rather than just saying yes or no.
I never ever ever want to see the words 'if I get accepted' in a staff application, because it implies that you don't do that now. Second opinions are lovely, I use this a lot. Have an outlet; I feel redundant considering the sheer amount of times I've told you this.
Going with the base: sometimes, If I have a contrast opinion of a higher-up stuff member's, I will feel tempted to follow along my usual path, because that's what seems normal for me. Like when I was helper before, I made a few wrong bans for hacking, when I was supposed to give the evidence to an s-mod before banning. To fix this, I can make sure I study the rules and ban lengths and all of the staff updates, making sure I stay in line and follow the rules that helpers have. This rule also applies to being biased – for instance, if I want to temp-ban someone when only a kick would suffice.
I sincerely hope that this doesn't pop up much, purely because this is a huge reason for anyone to -1.
Conclusion ||
Conclusion: I was desperate for staff a month ago. I've used this month, and I have improved, and, if accepted, I firmly believe that I can do well again as a staff member. Leave constructive criticism, good or bad, feel free to ask questions, and I shall see you all around on Meep, stay awesome, and keep on having fun! :D
I wish you'd summarized a bit more and taken out the parts listed as unnecessary above.
Suggestions ||
The lack of formatting put me off a lot, although I didn't mention it in the notes above. Try bolding headings, or doing more like what I've done here that makes your application stand out a little from the crowd. It's not good when my reply is better formatted than your application.
Other than that, and like always, a suggested proofreading, I feel the application was a little lack-luster. You repeated yourself a lot and although it was long and some parts were alright (it's a little sad that I liked the Introduction the best), it would be better if you could replace the filler bits with information.
Vote ||
-0.25
The application was pretty mediocre, except for a few above-average spots. There was a fair amount of repetition, redundancy, and in general, I felt like it was without feeling.
Worth 30% of total.
Final Thought ||
0 + 0 - 0.o5 - 0.075= -0.125
Total: -0.125
An interview would be alright, but I think, especially if you get denied, you should work on everything above.
tl;dr ||
I feel you should wait a bit longer, and prove to us that you really have changed. I'm reluctant as always to trust this side of you, and I haven't seen dramatic enough change to truly believe you.
