Accepted Hudstorm's Moderator Application

McBrawl Moderator Application:


Are you active and helpful on our servers, forums, and Teamspeak? - I am extremely active in game, on the forums, and on the TeamSpeak. I play on McBrawl for numerous hours of the day, and I'm on the TeamSpeak every more than that. I join the TeamSpeak whenever i'm doing almost anything on the computer, and I am always there to help any players who need it. I am on the forums all day, and I have the tapatalk app on my phone. This way, I get an alert whenever I get a notification, or when someone PMs me. I have quite a dedication to McBrawl, and its defiantly the main thing I do.

Approximately, how many rule breaker reports have you submitted? - I don't keep exact track of my reports, however I believe I have about 6 hacker reports and probably about 10 reports about advertising. When ever I see a player breaking the rules/I feel the slightest bit of suspicion about a player, I will start recording or take a screenshot (It varies on the situation), however it is a bit hard for me to record due to the capabilities of my computer. Luckily, I am purchasing more ram, and recording should not be an issue soon.


How old are you? - I am currently 14 years of age.

What time zone are you in? - I live in the Eastern Standard Timezone of the United States

What is your experience and knowledge of Minecraft? - I have been playing Minecraft for about 3-4 years now, and I have fallen in love with the game. I know almost about everything you could know about Minecraft (Not in terms of code). Over my many years of playing the game, I have met some very great people, and some not so great ones. I have gotten to the point where I very rarely play single player, and spend pretty much all of my time on Multiplayer.

What is your experience with moderating servers? - I have moderated for many servers. These include the following:

MinecraftParty (Mod)(http://gyazo.com/cc560e4a10e792632f5e3aa88634d056)
Sky-Wars.com (Mod+)(http://gyazo.com/e944dc24db53bd311994555d4fca9f73)(No longer running)
Reality Kits (Head-Admin)(http://gyazo.com/69895b9442b712290f335b66455767c8)(No longer running)
EnderKitPvP/EnderHarcore (Head-Admin)(http://gyazo.com/25ab0e084acb3aa436b64c9b0d77768f)(Server still up but I am not longer a staff member)
ThrowBlock Network (Mod+/Admin)(Server still in development)
McSapphire (Admin)(http://gyazo.com/944fa08827d99c4166cf0960c2e94ecf)(No Longer Running)

On all of these servers, I have caught multiple hackers and rule breakers. I am very familiar with what is generally required of a moderator. I have a YouTube channel devoted only to hacker reports and ban proof. If you would like to see the various hackers I have reported on various servers, click here.

What will you provide to the community if you are provided moderator status? - If I earn the rank of Mc-War moderator, I will do everything in my power to make the servers a better place, and to make the players happy. I will make sure all players are following the rules, and if any of our players do break the rules in any way, I will quickly and efficiently deal with them. My reactions to each situation of rule breaking are quite different, and therefore, the way I would "deal" with the situation/player would vary accordingly. One of the main things I would do as a moderator, is keep the server free of rule breaker, while not trying to seem bossy or too controlling. I believe a good moderator knows how to keep the balance between being too strict, and being too friendly.


Have you ever used a hacked client before? - I have used a hack client before. The reason for this being, I was interested to get to know more about hack clients, and what all they could do. I feel that because of my previous use of a hacked client, I can easily recognize, and isolate cheaters from normal players. Take into account, that I never joined a multiplayer severer with these hacks, because the whole reason I installed the client, was to see things from a hackers perspective. I absolutely hate cheaters, and would never become on myself.

Have you ever been banned on a Minecraft server? If so, why? - I have been banned from a Minecraft Server that I used to work for. The reason being I found the owner spawning items for his team (It was a survival Server), and the owner demoted me and banned me out of embarrassment.


How active do you consider yourself in-game? - 8/10 I am very active on the McBrawl servers, and I play all the time. I love interacting with our players, and helping out the players that are not aware of our forums or teamspeak server. Also, due to my current moderating position on McParty, I am required to be active ingame on McBrawl. If I do get promoted to the status of Moderator on Mc-War, I will equally balance my time between both War and Party.

How active do you consider yourself on TS3? - 8/10 I am on our TeamSpeak almost every time I'm doing something on my computer. I love to communicate with our players and staff. I even have the TeamSpeak app on my phone, so I can still be on the TeamSpeak when I'm not at my computer. I believe the moderators of McBrawl represent it, and it is necessary for them to be on the TeamSpeak setting an example. Thats what I try and do.

How active do you consider yourself on the forums? - 9/10 I am almost always connected to our forums someway or somehow. It someone posts a new thread in the Mc-War section or the McParty section, I get an alert sent to me on the forums, and an alert sent to me on my phone. Same thing if someone PMs me. I am constantly posting on our forms, and am always more than willing to give constructive criticism or help to anyone in need of it.

What do you consider your greatest strength? - I would consider my ability to deal with tricky/multiple situations and keep a "cool head" my greatest strength. I can easily deal with multiple people who are breaking the rules, and I always put an moderating duties I have before my own personal enjoyment of our servers.

What do you consider your greatest weakness? - I would consider my greatest weakness in terms of my moderating abilities to be my lack of ability to easily record cheaters. I dont have an amazing computer, and I get an average of 10 fps when I attempt to record. I am already looking into getting more ram or a new computer, so this problem should be fixed in a bit.


How would you handle someone making a minor transgression for the first time? - I would message the player and warn them about what they were doing. I would also willingly answer any question they had about what they did wrong, and why its not allowed.

How would you handle the same person doing it again a second time? - Occasionally, would give them a second warning (Depending on the “crime”), but usually, I would kick the player. (The reason I would occasionally issue a player a second warning is because I believe its much better to talk a player out of doing something bad then kicking them. Kicking a player tends too upset them, and an upset player is way more likely to rejoin and commit the same offense.

How would you handle that person doing it again for the third time? - If the person repeated the “crime” for a third time, I would temp-ban the player. The length of the temp-ban would differ based on the severity of the situation.


What is your reaction if someone publicly proves you wrong on the forums? - If someone proved me wrong on the forums, I would apologize for my mistake, and move on. I am always learning from my mistakes, and I don’t mind criticism at all.

What would you do when someone breaks a rule on the forums? - I would inform the user of his/her wrongdoing, and ask them to edit the post accordingly. Depending on what it is, I may also report it so the Super-Mods/Admins can take further action if necessary.

When would you lock a thread? -
I would lock a thread on the following occasions:

- Thread is way off topic
- The Creator has requested a lock
- Its a spam thread
- The topic has already been brought up and discussed/solved. (I would link them to the topic of similar nature)
- A flame war has begun.
- The thread has been "grave dug"
- There is not much further discussion to be had.
- The thread violates one of the forum rules.


Describe yourself in 3 words: Professional, Reliable, Helpful

Anything else we should know about you? - I love to help people, and I would like to be a Law Enforcement Officer when when I'm older.

Situation: A player is out of the map on MC-WAR. What are the steps that you would take to ensure that this player and situation is properly dealt with? - The moment I realize or hear that someone is out of the map, I would stop what I was doing and attempt to find the player. Once I have located the player, I would screenshot him (In case I need to report the OOM arena, or incase he reached the area by cheating). I would politely ask the player to come back into the map, and if the player still refused to return to the map, I would kick the player from the server.

Do you generally know how all the plugins and commands work? - I do know all of the moderating commands of Mc-War, and from my previous experience moderating, I am knowledge able in all types of commands not just ones that Mc-War uses.

Do you realize that if you are disrespectful or abuse your power, your power will be taken away? - I do indeed, and never in my right mind would I abuse a staff rank.


Please insert a Yes / No poll below.

 

I am defiantly able to evenly split my activity between Party and War. I already do, thats why I applied.

Thanks for the feedback, I can defiantly improve on that!

 

I have edited my post, I forgot too mention almost all of those servers are no longer running x3

 

Thanks Green, ill defiantly get my War Forums activity up!

 

Im almost at prestige, and the reason I haven't reached it yet is because I'm not the greatest of players. The reason I applied is because I felt I was active enough, and I believed I could help out our community.

 

It has become very obvious to me that my activity in the War Section of the forums needs to be increased, however I feel that just because I am not the most skilled War player in the world doesn't mean I am not active on the War servers.
Thanks for you feedback.

 

You make a very good point, however I am not level 10 (Level 27) and just because I don't that much skill doesn't mean I don't have knowledge of the server..