Best Posts in Thread: Helper Application from agnd

Making a joke in global chat makes you not qualified to become staff? That’s odd considering the current members of staff atm.

 

Hey agnd, I'm glad to see you've applied for the helper position.

To begin, I wanted to address your in game behavior. From what I can tell, you're very helpful to those who have questions in game as I do occasionally see you answering questions and concerns in global. I've also seen that you do carry yourself in quite a mature manner, especially for your age, which I think just on it's own is commendable. Overall I think you do a great job of being active in game and helping out those who need it.

When it comes to forums, I definitely think this is somewhere you could improve. Being an active member in game, while important, is not the only place where I believe activity is necessary. A lot that goes on with staff is dealt with on forums, so actively being apart of the forums community is important. I have however seen that your forums activity has improved recently, so keep it up.

Now to talk about how you spoke about your app in game, I personally find absolutely no issue with it, as it's not like you were specifically advertising people to come +1 it. I'm not sure who came up with the stigma that it looks bad to talk about it in game, but I heavily disagree with that idea. I personally believe players should be allowed to discuss applications in game as long as it's done in a polite and respectful matter. Anyways, I'm not going to let that influence my decision on how I believe you'll perform as a staff member.

To speak to the app, I think it was very well written. I can clearly see you put in a lot of time and effort into writing this and you should be very proud of the way it turned out.

I genuinely laughed at this.

Overall, +1

 

Member Name agnd

Additional In Game Names: None

How old are you? 14

Location: New York City, New York

Do you have Discord? Yes

How many hours per day do you play MeepCraft? (weekdays) 4-6

How many hours per day do you play MeepCraft? (weekends) 6-7

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

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When did you join Meepcraft? April 21st, 2017

Introduction: Hey everybody! As probably very little of you know, my 1-year anniversary on Meep has just passed, and I thought it would be a good time to apply for helper, because it’s something I have wanted to do for a while now and I couldn’t think of a better time.

But a little about me: I’ve lived in NYC my whole life, and will be attending Bronx High School of Science in the fall. While it is going to a lot of work and finger-crossing, I aspire to go to MIT through the Regeneron Research Program. Outside of school, I have been playing the piano since 2010 and fencing since 2015. I’m interested in engineering, physics, astronomy, and philosophy and aspire to find work as a physicist later on. I am an atheist who’s been going to a small Catholic school since Kindergarten. I’m not much of a social butterfly, to put it lightly, and I don’t really fit in with the people in my school. That and the fact that I’m not athletically inclined pretty much shapes my hobbies.When I’m not playing Meep, I tend to read a lot, practice the piano, and, to be completely honest, look for interesting articles and videos about physics and real nerdy stuff like that.

Now compared to most Meep’s active playerbase, I am still a newcomer, seeing as most joined several years ago. However, I can say with confidence that I do not lack in knowledge or experience of the server in the slightest. And throughout my time on Meep, applying for staff crossed my mind several times, but only recently have I thought I was ready to do so. This server is the only one I have ever considered becoming staff on because it is the only one that I felt worth was worth it. Meep is the best server I’ve played on, which is why I have a strong desire to give back to it.

Why should you be Helper? First off, I know that I can meet every standard a helper is supposed to meet. I can do that with enough effort that it will appear effortless. But I also know that I can bring so much more to the staff team than simply meeting expectations. I believe that great things never have never and will never be done by meeting expectations, but by exceeding them passionately.
Here are the my characteristics that I feel are the greatest qualifiers for me to be a Helper:

Likeable and a Team Player
I believe that I am a very approachable person, and while my social anxiety disagrees, I like to think that I am generally well-liked throughout the server. This personability makes me easy to talk to in-game, over server-related discords, or on forums. Moreover, I am available and active on all of those platforms. This trait helps me work in a team, another strong characteristic that I possess. I admit I am more of a solo player, but I understand the sacrifices one has to make when working with others, and I have the capacity to take multiple ideas into account.

Unbiased & Persuasive
Being unbiased is obviously very important in the job of a helper. I know that I am able to step back from any situation an look at it with a clear head and an unbiased viewpoint, even if the situation involves a friend (or an enemy) of mine. Whether it be mediating a squabble between my brothers, finding compromise when I’m working with classmates, or solving a spat in towny, I have always been great at ending fights. One reason I can do this so well is because I am very persuasive. Although I may not break bones, I use words as my influence. Hell, I basically talked my way into an instant co-mayor position at Polartown upon joining. Offline and at school, I can talk myself into (and, much more often, out of) things.

Humble
I am extremely humble. To be honest, I am probably the most humble person I know in real life, or on the server. Most people’s inferior minds are unable to comprehend how humble I truly am. My enormous cup runneth over with such pure altruism you wouldn’t believe it. I am so incredibly amazing at being humble, in fact, that all people are utterly dwarfed in the epic shadow of my humility.

Passionate & Determined
These are really two separate characteristics, and are by far my strongest, but I think they go hand-in-hand:

When I begin a project, when I start something myself, I see it through, and I see it through with passion. I make mistakes, and try again. Then again. Then, after that, again. How ever many times it takes for whatever I am working on to be the best that I can make it. I apply this in real life mostly to the piano. I do my best to practice daily, and I bang the wrong notes so many times before I have mastered a piece, but it pays off in the end, because I do not stop trying. As you may see from my seemingly overdone intro to this section in the application, I don’t settle for standard, yet I don’t aim for perfection. I aim for something that satisfies me, and I own it, whether it rises or crashes and burns.

What are your weaknesses? Procrastination
I have trouble finding the motivation I need to start a project. When working on anything, beginnings have always been the most difficult part for me. Honestly, I’m a major time procrastinator, mostly if it is something I don’t think is important for me to do.

Scatter-brained
I get distracted easily, I might be working on one thing and remember something else I need to do, and abruptly stop what I am doing to complete the other activity, therefore leaving some projects unfinished until I finally come back around to it later.

Unserious
I don’t take many things very seriously, which can be a good thing certain cases, but sometimes I can act in an immature way and annoy people, or maybe I won’t handle a serious situation in the proper serious manner, and the other people involved could get offended.

Please give any other information you might think is useful for us to know: Thank you for reading my application! Please ask if you've got any questions regarding the app.

I will crossing my trembling fingers for the next few months.

 

Its not a rule. its a made up restriction made up by the community, not the staff team, and was eventually seen as a norm for everyone to comment. Nothing is wrong with mentioning your app, so long as its not like "go +1 my app haha" or some dumb crap.

its not a rule. it was never a rule.

 

I never really understood this.
+1 mentioning your app online does not make you less qualified for the job

 

I really don’t care about a few little jokes in global, it happens. You’ll do a good job.
+1

 

You know, I never understood why staff gets onto people when they post something about their application in global. It actually irritates me when staff will -1 an app simply because they posted something about their app in global (sorry Vex, not trying to pick on ya). But honestly, when applying for staff it can be exciting, you get impatient & want to see what people have to say about you possibly becoming a staff member. I can understand if it’s excessive or something but something small like this!?

Anyway, +1, your app was really good (I actually didn’t read it all because i didn’t want to but I read a good portion of it) what I did read & skim through was great. You’re a great person to play Meep with, ive seen you helping others in game & are always having a good time, goodluck!

 

Post your opinion on the applicant and leave it at that, thank you.

 

Most people don't care. To me it seems like a joke.

+1 on the app @agnd, I'm certain you will be a great staff member.

 

Everyone should be able to make a mistake or two, it’s not the biggest deal.

+1.

 

While I'm not a huge agnd fan, you're a pretty fine fella. I've never seen you be rude/toxic/funny, and you're usually online fairly frequently. I do think your forums activity is a bit lacking, and I don't remember you ever interacting on discord in the time I was there, but all in all, not a bad guy.
+0.5, I don't see you being anything special but I can imagine you'll be a fine helper.