Best Posts in Thread: Bob4444444's Moderator Application

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Bob444444444444444444444,

I wanted to start out with honesty. When you applied for helper, I seen you as a hot-headed, immature little player. I didn't think you would ever do well as staff... I was VERY wrong. From your interview, I knew I had had the most ridiculously wrong impression of you from the start. You are smart, eager to learn, a SUPER fast learner, and are probably one of the friendliest people I have met in a while (outside of one or two others). You have proven me wrong from day one. I am nothing less than impressed with your work as staff so far. I don't think you deserve anything less than a chance at Mod. Good Luck, bud!


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accepted!

 

I have seen a lot of good work since becoming Helper! Keep it up! +1

 

In Game Name: Bob4444444
Skype (Yes/No): Yes, it is BobPlayzMC
Teamspeak Username: Bob4444444
Mic use: Yes, all the time
Age: 13
Timezone: EST
Hours online per weekday: 2-5 Hours
Hours online per weekend: 5-8 Hours
Position Changes: Helper to Moderator

Introduction: Hello everybody! I am Bob4444444. In real life, I do many activities. I play piano, and also play various sports; such as golf and basketball. For basketball, I play in-house at my school and I hope to make the travel team next year. For golf, I am on a team that I participate in all Summer (only 2 days a week, and not a lot of hours.) I am also apart if a robotics league (FLL) and we have made it to the state finals two years in a row. I am an honors student, and I am trying my hardest for high honors. I am also in Advanced Math and Advanced English/Literature. I try to keep my academics my primary focus, but I still play on Meepcraft a lot of the time. But now it's Summer, so I hope to be spending a lot of time on Meepcraft! Even when I go back to school, I still hope to be on a lot!

I have been playing Meepcraft since August 19th, 2013. Once I started playing, I couldn't stop. It is such an amazing server an community, I couldn't log off! It was an amazing time of my life. I made so many new friends and got to do so many things some other people don't do! After three tries, I got helper 5/24/14, which means I have been helper for about a month. In that time, I have really enjoyed being a helper and worked the hardest I could. I have done 440 modreqs in about 4 weeks. Being a helper has taught me a lot; ingame and real life. Being a helper has been the greatest time of my life on Meepcraft. It has been a great experience meeting all the players of the Meepcraft Community, new and old! It has been such a great oppritunity to be a staff member here. A lot of people have been telling me to apply for the moderator position. I didn't feel ready when they told me at first. But now, after weeks of training and being a helper, I feel like I am well-experienced, know the commands, and should deserve the oppritunity to move up to the moderator rank in the Meepcraft Staff Chain!

Why should you be a moderator?

Experience- I have been helper for a month now. In that time, I have really learned everything there really is to be helper. I've learned to use hawkeye, and many other commands. I have been taught many things by many people and it has helped a lot. I know a month doesn't seem like a long time to have a lot of experience, but I have accomplished a lot. I have done many cases, hard and easy. All of them have helped me advance.

Work Ethic- With a total of 440 modreqs, I feel that my work ethic is more than well. I try to do as much things as possible, and get them accomplished the best way I can. Everything I do, I work to the very end. No matter how easy or hard it is, I work my hardest until it is all done. It's not easy, but after it's all done, it's definitely worth it. It makes me happy, and another player happy. I really like to do modreqs, and it is great what I can get accomplished in the end.

Dedication- I am very dedicated to the server. My activity is very well ingame, on Teamspeak, and forums. I always like talking to the community, but sometimes I get busy with staff stuff. The community is my primary focus, and I try to help everybody as much as possible. I am mostly always on Teamspeak and forums since it is accessible on my phone. My ingame activity is weaker than Teamspeak and forums, but I still feel that I have a good ingame activity. Overall, I feel I have a great dedication! I care more about the players more than anything, and try to help them as much as I can.

Involvement- I am very involved with the community and the server. I always try to talk to as many people as I can; ingame, on forums, and Teamspeak. I don't like ignoring people and not hanging out with the community. I love the community, and love to talk to everybody. It's amazing how nice the community is. But, I still have to be involved with staff too. I work as hard as I can as staff and talk to the community as much as I can. Sometimes I get very busy. But most of the time, I am able to be involved with the community and help the community grow and develop.

Performance- With a total of 440 modreqs, my performance has been excellent since I've become helper. I have worked very hard in the past 4 weeks that I have been helper! I have done many kicks and bans, and not all of the bans have been easy! I have done very hard cases, and it has been a challenge. But once I start, I won't stop until it is all done and everything that needed to be done is accomplished. I always try to work, no matter what I am doing, and do it as efficiently as possible. I really feel that my performance as a helper has been excellent and I am ready to move up to the moderator position.

Weaknesses:

Maturity- My maturity has always been an issue. I really like to have fun, but sometimes I just go to far. For the past couple weeks, I have really been working on my maturity. I still like to have fun, I just don't go far. I like having a good laugh, but when things have to get serious, I get as serious as possible, no matter what. Everyday I try to get more mature. Some days are better than others. But, I will always try my hardest working on this and make sure I am mature but can still have fun.

Temper- Sometimes, I cannot control myself. When something goes wrong, I get very frustrated. Sometimes I get super mad, and just am not in a good mood. But, I am really trying to work on this, and I have definitely improved. I try to control myself, take a couple deep breaths, then forget about it. Then it feels like nothing every happened.

Rudeness- Also, sometimes I can be very rude. I try not to be, but when someone gets annoying, I just snap. I have been working on this issue and I have been trying to be as nice as I can in every situation. Sometimes it's not easy. But even so, all people should be treated with respect, no matter how annoying they may be. I will always try to be nice and treat every player with utmost respect.

Conclusion: In conclusion, I think I'm ready for mod. I have had a great performance as helper, and I feel like I'm ready to move up a step. Being apart of the Meepcraft Staff Team has been an amazing experience! I have loved every single part of being helper, and would be very happy to be a moderator! I hope I can be the newest moderator of the Meepcraft Staff! All criticism and feedback are greatly appreciated!

 

Bob,

To start I would like to say thank you for posting this but there are some area's of concern. First, in your strengths section you said "learned everything there really is to be helper", which I do not believe to be true. From my knowledge you have not learned or use the time stamp command for hawkeye which shows to me that the cases you have been handling haven't been challenging enough for you. This leads to the modreq number that you showcase repeatedly. From my personal experience a modreq number means that you have doing your job. It does not show me that you have a great work ethic because it is simply what you should be doing. The thing that I believe would show work ethic is the cases that you deal with where you don't public validation. Since I personally don't work with you too often I would have no record of that, but I would still like to see you mentioning some cases instead of just . This leads to your section on performance where you mention the modreq number again. As I have said before this number does not show characteristics of you or how you will act in a moderator position. That being said, I would have liked for you to include more example of cases that you have dealt with so that I could look into your performance. Overall I would have ot say -1 because you have learned all the commands to use hawkeye, you seemed focused on a modreq number ,not the people you are helping, and certain events within staff groups has lead me to distrust your motives.

 

My only experience with you involves 2 separate incidents of false accusations.
That worries me a bit. They went like this:

"Why did you take away this persons plot?" (I didn't. They unclaimed it when I was offline.)

And: "Remove your encroaching plot." (when I was there first...the other town had encroached)
I had to have Blue step in and check the claim dates for me. I was fine. They broke the rules, Not me.

But yeah, You told me to unclaim land for no reason....like 2 days ago.
You were unknowingly helping someone to harass me, because you didn't bother to check the plots in question.

You take action on Mayors, who have been here a year and never caused any problems, (check my record.)
...based on nothing but the word of first-day nubs?

Would you do a +1 if you were in my shoes, Bob?

 

Oh gosh, I don't want to be biased, but w/e.

Bob. You have been a wonderful friend to me and so many others. You are constantly proving your dedication to the server through your work as a Helper and your general friendliness towards nearly everyone in the community. I am thoroughly impressed by you every time I see you in game, as well as your incredible ethic on the forums. I have to admit, having experienced some of your immaturity firsthand, I was a little worried about what would happen with you as a staff member. I had my doubts about how you would act, but you cleared those away in a heartbeat.

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Bob, in the beginning I honestly had my doubts.

Ever since you got helper I have been looking over your work, and I have been thoroughly impressed. You are constantly messaging me asking me great questions, and wondering how you can improve. I will admit, you have had some issues with your temper and maturity, but you are working really really hard to improve these things. I can definitely tell. Your work ethic is great, proven by your modreq count and the amount of different bans you have done. I would feel very comfortable having you as a moderator.
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-1, looking at some of your posts you can be quite rude, I think you may need work on your people skills before any advancement. Nobody wants to be told they are not the most important person in the world and that staff have things to do. Staff should especially not be talking to players in these terms, it's bad customer service.

 

You never fail to try your hardest in everything you do. You often exceed expectations, which is just what we need in a mod. Good luck bob