Member Name Lady_Hestia
Additional In Game Names: N/A
How old are you? 15
Location: EST
Do you have TeamSpeak? Yes
How many hours per day do you play MeepCraft? (weekdays) 3
How many hours per day do you play MeepCraft? (weekends) 5
Have you ever been staff on this or any other server? Yes
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When did you join Meepcraft? July 2013
Introduction: Hi guys! My name is Hestia, and I love meeting new people so if you don’t know me already please message me on the forums here, in game, or come talk to me on TS! I’m 15 now, but I’ll turn 16 in just another month and I can't wait! I’ll be finishing my Sophomore year of High School soon and next year I’ll be taking three AP classes along with some additional Honors classes. Even though normally I find myself sometimes struggling in AP US History, I love learning about the 1960’s and think the Cold War and Vietnam War have lessons that anyone can learn from. I am a fan of the beat generation and adore anything from Allen Ginsberg. His poetry is beautiful and it inspired me to write my own poems in my free time. Ginsberg's poem, "Plutonian Ode," says, "Magnetize this howl with heartless compassion, destroy / this mountain of Plutonium with ordinary mind / and body speech." He is condemning the nuclear arms race of the 70s. He is using beautifully crafted literary devices, such as verbal irony and oxymoron, to persuade the reader to agree. It's political art which fascinates me to no end. One of my two biggest dreams is to play bass in the pit orchestra of a beloved show such as my current favorite show, Hamilton. My other dream is to someday win a Grammy for the music I write. I am a very creative person person and music is my outlet whether I'm singing, playing the bass, writing orchestral symphonies, jazz, and pop rock, or picking up a new instrument to learn. I want to make my mark in music history and to win a Grammy is a symbol of that.
My Meepcraft History:
I joined Meepcraft during my Summer break in July 2013. My parents had bought me Minecraft the January before because I was sick and out of school. I had a mystery illness that prevented me from being able to go to school, so I turned to Meep for my need to be social. Meepcraft helped me keep my thoughts away from the physical pain I was going through, and I loved being here so much that I applied for Helper three months later. Surprisingly, this new citizen who knew nothing about the server, and was only a New Member on forums, was chosen to join the staff team. I was ecstatic. However it quickly faded as my period of staff came crashing down due to my immaturity, and I was demoted. I was crushed. I went through the process of reapplying for staff every two-weeks, just to always be faced with denials. I felt so bad that I left Meepcraft for a few months after that. Since December 2014 I’ve been back though and I feel I’ve been a constant presence on the server, even though some months I’ve been away since I was busy at the time. I could never leave the place that helped me through such a hard part of life.
Why should you be Helper? Why do I want to be Helper?
I love the server, I love helping people, I love the staff team, I could go on and on. I really want to give back to the server that changed who I am in all the best ways. I’m passionate about building and have applied for Architect in the past, but I know that my true calling was to be a Helper. Meep has taught me how to take responsibility for my actions, how to work as a team, and how to be friends with people of all ages.
Why do I deserve to be Helper?
-I’m a dedicated and hard worker: When I commit to something I make sure to give my very best every time.
- I’m very familiar with the commands in all servers and I’m a fast learner so if there’s anything I don’t know I’m confident I can learn it thoroughly.
- I’m very active on Teamspeak which I think is a large role of being a staff member: It allows the community to directly get help and lets the staff connect with players.
-I know that as staff we’re role models for the server and I will act professionally in all situations
- I also have previous knowledge of how staff works from my last experience, and many friends on the current staff team who I find I can talk to easily and am comfortable asking for help, so the transition should be very easy for me.
- I've been on this server for years, I know what works and what doesn't.
- I am fluent in the proper way to handle a modreq
- know my way around forums and even staff forums if not too much has been changed
- I'm nearly always on either teamspeak or forums if I'm home.
-can use minechat but I know this is NOT something that can really be used for staff work that is anything more than answering people in shout or talking to them about an issue if they don't have forums or teamspeak
- familiar with rules
- I get along with people
- I love working in a group
- I'm very responsible, meepcraft has taught me how to own my actions, apologize, and move on, hopefully not making the same mistake again
- I am verbally gifted making me very diplomatic
- I have great patience for any kind of person or issue
What are your weaknesses? Oh Gosh, I have plenty of weaknesses so I am open to any suggestion you have to improvements :) If you have any other weaknesses you’d like to bring to my attention that aren’t listed below please speak up!
Weakness: Maturity
Examples: I use /shout a lot and I make a lot of jokes that though appropriate would be distracting from my work as a staff member.
Solution: "Talk less, smile more, don’t let them know what I’m against or what I’m for." This quote from the Hamilton musical really speaks to me here and I think that it really applies to being a staff member. Especially if the players are being toxic. I see staff members give their opinion on the situation and often that is fuel on the fire. I know to either break it up in pm or use punitive measures to end it.
Weakness: activity
Example: I am in high school and have plenty of homework as well as musical groups. I’m not going to be as active as some other staff members.
Solution: I’ll do more forums work to make up for the time I can’t spend in game.
Weakness: working memory
Example: if you tell me to do something I may forget it or it may take longer for me to do a ban report because I'll constantly be flipping back and forth to remember what the name of a player is
Solution: I’ll write stuff down on a real life piece of paper so that I know that I need to be doing and I'll have a reference sheet for information. Plus, even though my working memory is terrible my short term and long term memory is great.
Please give any other information you might think is useful for us to know: Thank you for your consideration
