Best Posts in Thread: Macstre's Helper App #2

Forums
Activity
I haven't seen you as often as I'd wish on the forums. However, you are a Member, so I'll give you a +0.5
Content
I've seen you a fair amount in the areas I count, which are Suggestions, Q&A, Report A Bug, and Staff Recruitment, so I would've given you a +0.75 here, except that when you do post, you don't really contribute very much to the conversation. Most of your posts consist of 'LOL +1' or something along those lines, which I despise. -1 for forums content.
(Total: -0.5)

In Game
Activity
I see you a fair amount in game, although not as much as I would like to see. We are also only an hour apart, so I should have seen you more often than I have. Not to mention that I've only really started seeing you for about a week. +0.5
Content
Now I've never really seen you help. This is a problem for me, as I have seen you, but not really seen you help out. Before you get the Helper position, you should show us that you have the responsibility to help without it. I haven't seen that from you, so that's why I give you a -1 for this part.
(Total: -0.5)

Application
Length
The length of your application was alright. I wouldn't say it was the greatest, but I wouldn't say it's the worst. However, I dislike how short your Weaknesses section is. There were more things you could've mentioned. -/+0
Content
I'll break down what disliked about each section of your application. If I don't mention it, it means I liked it.

• Beginning - I don't like how you wrote under Mic Use 'I'll use it when I have to'. The entire interview is done using a mic. You have to be comfortable using a mic. There are a few ways to do this; Join the fullest channel on TS and listen in until you hear an area you are comfortable with, or join a less filled channel and just strike up a conversation. It shouldn't be a thing you are basically forced to use.
• Introduction - The introduction is meant to be there so that the people who don't know you can get to know you and the people who do know you to see what you see in yourself. It should be less your meep story and more your personality and interests.
• Why - The experience part is vague, and seems to mostly be filler to me. It's part you lavishing praise on Meepcraft and the rest you listing off the commands. I've learnt already that Helper is something you have to experience yourself though, so I'm alright with the listing and such, as it's all anyone can understand unless they've done it. My only problem with the experience section is the lavishing praise. We already know that Meep is a good server; we don't need you to tell us in your application. My only problem with your Dedication section is mentioning your rank; this isn't a rank you pay for. I get that you wanted to mention that you spend all your money on Meep, but Helper's aren't there for that. I'd rather have a Citizen Helper who works their butt off to answer modreqs and help moderate chat than an Ultimat Helper that does nothing.
• Weaknesses - The one thing I really dislike about your app is this. I already touched upon it above, but I wanted to really save it for this. You shouldn't increase your activity after you get the position, you should do it beforehand to show your dedication. If you can't put in the work to increase TS activity before you are a Helper, then I don't trust you to put work into being a Helper. But that doesn't even begin to describe your second 'weakness'. 'Having too much fun' is not a weakness. Period. I don't care that you say that having too much fun is the reason that you are immature; the fact that you think that you are only having too much fun is disturbing. And again with the 'I will change after I get Helper'. We need to know that you can change before.

Big -1, sorry.
(Total: -1)

Personality
Forums
I'd put in examples of your immaturity, but one only has to go through your posts to see it. Most of your posts consist purely of general immaturity. Not to mention you arguing with everyone who -1's you.... -1
In Game
I haven't seen too much immaturity in game, but I haven't seen you enough to really vote. What I have seen, I don't like. -0.5
Overall
Overall, I think you need to learn that you need to fix things before applying. Get your immaturity under control, and make sure you are active everywhere. +/-0
(Total: -1.5)
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TLR, I don't think you are ready for Helper. You need to change things before you apply, such as your activity and your immaturity, which is a biggie. Next time, also try to be more expansive on each point in your application, as it felt a lot like a list.

Final Vote: -3.5

 

-1 over how little activity there is from you, and the application itself was very poor and lacking

• Intro;
  • I don't see much improvement with your forums activity.
  • The rest was fine.
• Experience; You gave us a brief list of points, this is what I got out of it:
  • • You understand the punishments and your role as helping the community.
    • You're not afraid to ask for assistance.
    • Irrelevant flattery to the server.
    • Staff commands
    • You answer questions as efficiently as you can (this at least was further described in the following paragraph, but the rest was left out).
  • I would have preferred if you could have expanded your description more on two to three of these points. I just got a list out of that with not much elaboration.
• Work Ethic;
  • good job on this paragraph, descriptive as your previous paragraph should have been
• Dedication;
  • buying ranks has nothing to do with this position. its awesome that you do support our server but this position cannot be bought(in the sense that you used that as a reason).
  • regardless of what is said here I do not, and have not seen much help from you in shout.
  • loaning out money has nothing to do with this position either; instead of casually handing out loans, why not suggest easy and/or quick ways to make money? that would help them a lot more than just handing them money.
• Involvement;
  • i have not seen much activity(or helping) from you in shout
  • you're not as involved in forums as you should be; this should have been worked on from your last application
  • you're not very involved in teamspeak which you admitted here (it is a requirement you must meet).
• Weaknesses;
  • no. you need to already be active in teamspeak.
  • having fun isn't a real weakness
  • give us relevant and elaborate weaknesses
• Conclusion;
  • yeah we know you think you can handle the position, but you mustn't state the obvious(why else would you have applied?).
  • reinstate reasons here(last chance to sell yourself)
  • make it a short, sweet summary - but not THAT short.
• Activity;
  • provided hours prove to be insufficient
  • regardless of the claims here about in-game helpfulness, i have not seen much activity from you there (your timezone is very close to mine)
  • you should already have a good amount of activity in teamspeak, don't tell us "Yeah, yeah, I'll work on it once I'm staff". no.
  • your forums activity has not changed very much from your last application
  • I see some immaturity, although its not anything atrocious - you should still work on that.