Member Name SidTheSeaStar
Additional In Game Names: SpongeyStar (ingame)
How old are you? 16
Location: New Zealand
Do you have Discord? Yes
How many hours per day do you play MeepCraft? (weekdays) 1-3 hours school days but holidays I can do more.
How many hours per day do you play MeepCraft? (weekends) 4-5-6 hours spread out
Have you ever been staff on this or any other server? Yes
References: Please give IGN's GroovyGrevous, onceuponajino, EllieEllie
When did you join Meepcraft? September 20 or 21 2014
Introduction: Hi! SpongeyStar here, just call me Spongey. Y’all probably know me by now so I’ll keep this short and sweet.
I live in New Zealand (great country, highly recommend) and am attending my second last year of school. I plan on completing some sort of Engineering degree when I’m older, probably Software. I enjoy coding and have coded in HTML CSS, Python, C++, and learning Java. In my free time from Minecraft, I program, bake things (not the best), and watch tv. I love watching Spongebob and Parks and Rec!
Why should you be Helper? So I’ve been pondering about this for a bit and I’ve had thoughts bouncing back. I had thoughts like ‘hmmm I should apply’ but then I was like ‘yeah but school and you’ll get distracted’ but then I said ‘but I really enjoyed my first two runs at staff’.. So it was hard for me to make this decision. I know I’ll have to dedicate time to both study and Meep, with exams looming in.
“Every experience, good or bad, is a priceless collector’s item.”
I’ve had my ups and downs through the pastimes of being staff, and past interviews. When I got demoted from my first shot at staff I felt utterly gutted but slightly okay. I knew I was immature but I still loved my job. I’d also been in a boomo game where there was a glitch, and it kept giving me meebles until I had about a million. I kept quiet about it until I told Diana, but then it was too late. I was demoted because of that and other reasons. From that, I learnt staff isn’t all fun and games.
My most recent interview, in which I got denied, I had been really nervous. I couldn’t get my discord microphone working properly and that was really bad organisational skills; not a good quality to see in a staff member. I then had to do a second part to that interview the following day, which turned out to be good but I just wasn’t up for the job despite my willingness. From that, I learnt I needed to be much more organised and cool, calm and collected.
As you can see I’ve learnt a few things from these past ‘bad’ experiences. On top of that, I’d learnt great experience like prism, involving myself in staff projects etc. These experiences have really built on me to become a bigger and better person in the staff team.
"Dedication Takes Sacrifice"
As I have been on Meep for almost 3 years (this month), I’ve had my ups and downs of thinking of leaving or not. But whenever I say that I end up missing Meep so much and my friends here I just can’t leave. I’m usually always on forums and discord but my in game activity might be a little less since I’m at school at peak Meep times. I’ve learnt to do my homework and study first then come on Meep. However I can come on after school which is usually when not many staff members are on. I’ve been in situations recently where there were spammers and rude people spamming in chat and there were no staff on, if there were, they were afk. I feel as though this happens mostly at the later times and it’s better to have more staff online at this time as well.
What are your weaknesses? Immaturity - Shaking my head that I STILL have to write this down as a weakness, every time I’ve applied. You’ve probably seen me online saying the most randomest things like ‘I like potatoes’ or ‘chicken bagel tomato popsicles.’ Immature or not, it’s just something I do I don’t know why...haha.
To be honest, I feel like immaturity is just going to be something that’s just lurking in the back of my mind, waiting to jump out at any given moment. What sparks my immaturity is being around friends mostly. One of my favourite quotes is, ‘Some people are like trees, they take forever to grow up.’ Sorry, but I’m that tree..
Discord - I’m not able to get on Discord every day or every other day like most of you. However if I do get an interview or if I am staff I will find time to try join any staff meetings, interviews or discussions. I know this is important and I really would like to put more of myself in the team.
Please give any other information you might think is useful for us to know: Thanks for taking this into consideration, I wish to bring Meep back to it’s previous amazing state! (It’s still amazing though) :) Edited to take out that space..
