Best Posts in Thread: Helper Application from metr0n0me

Member Name metr0n0me

Additional In Game Names: thetwomcd, X7j

How old are you? 15

Location: Portland, Oregon

Do you have Skype? Yes

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) 3

Have you ever been staff on this or any other server? No

References: Please give IGN's xtJunior
Deinen
Bolthur
___Deadpool___
Caaarrrrllll
Phoenixpuppy

When did you join Meepcraft? January 2014 (been playing Halo since early 2013)

Introduction: Hello! My name is Michael, or you can call me Mike. I've been playing Meepcraft since January 2014, and it’s safe to say that I've found a home on Meepcraft. My Meepcraft journey started when I was sick, and I found Mc-Halo. I played happily until the server merged with MeepCraft, at which point I fully engrossed myself in the towny aspect of the server. Outside of MineCraft, I love playing the piano (I've played the piano for 11 years), playing basketball, chess, and reading—currently I’m about halfway through the A Song of Ice and Fire series. I also enjoy learning about different people and cultures, and as a result I'm passionate about geography. Finally, I find great satisfaction in helping members of my local community (more about that in the next section).

Why should you be Helper? I think I would be well-suited to helper because I enjoy helping people. As I mentioned in the previous section, I’ve participated in many community service events in my community. Last summer, I had the privilege of teaching math to at-risk high school students in my area through my church. At the end of the class, most of the students were not only more driven to learn and apply themselves, but happy that they finally understood the concepts. Some have even contacted me during this year and told me about how much of a difference I made in their life—this both surprised me and instilled in me a sense of satisfaction and desire to continue helping. Besides the sense of satisfaction that community service gives me, it also contributes to my growth as a person, and aids the greater community, all things that I would need as a helper on MeepCraft.

My experience in my community helping others also carries over to MeepCraft, where I built a town specifically to help newer players. I begin by giving new residents an overview about what the server is, what towny is about, and some basic towny commands. Then I give them free plots and answer questions. My town never had any tax (and never will) and has amenities such as a grinder, food, etc. I also answer as many questions in shout as I can, and if you ask around I spend a lot of time /tpa-ing to people and helping them with their issues when there are no staff online.

Another reason I think I could be helper is my work ethic. Evidenced by my dedication to piano (11 years) and school (I’ve maintained a 3.9 GPA while taking all the honors or AP classes that I could) my work ethic is something that defines me as a person. I’m what you might call a perfectionist—I strive to be that best I can be, and do the best work that I can in everything I do—this transfers over to MeepCraft as well, where I try to do everything I can to ensure the best experience of players.

What are your weaknesses? Admittedly, I have many weaknesses. I’ll try to go over most of them one by one.

Ban history: My ban history isn’t very nice. I’ve been banned multiple times for language, spamming, and X-ray. These bans were from a time when I was less mature, and I thought that if you got away with things, you win. I haven’t violated any rules recently, though.

Maturity: I definitely sometimes have maturity issues. Sometimes, I’ll just thoughtlessly type an inappropriate joke here, or curse there, or provoke an argument. I’ve been working on this behavior, and although it’s very much a work in progress, I think I can control it. Sometimes, avoiding cursing can be difficult as I curse like a sailor worse than one in real life, but again I’ve been working on this tendency.

Criticism: Sometimes, I can be very sarcastic and biting in criticizing people, especially when I disagree with their remarks or if their remarks make little sense. Regardless of whether or not I get staff, I’ll definitely try to replace these remarks with more constrictive posts.

Teamspeak Activity: My parents don’t really approve of TS, so although I have TS installed and occasionally use it, I’m not really active in any conversations on TS (although I’ll certainly be on TS for interviews, meetings, etc. and can moderate it).

Please give any other information you might think is useful for us to know: Time zone is PST but I come on at very odd hours.
Skype username is Metr0n0mes.
I share alts with xtJunior (X7J and thetwomcd).

 

Accepted for interview