Shirumic's Admin Application
Posted: Thu Apr 04, 2024 5:12 am
BYOND ckey: Shirumic
Character name: Ivelia, Shikii Cemyaza, SUo-476, (among other lesser known characters)
Discord username (+user id): shirumic
How long have you played on Citadel?: Five years, though I only really started being active in 2021.
How long have you played SS13?: Twelve years, since 2011-08-08, starting on Goonstation for a few weeks, then quickly went to and stayed on Baystation, much later, Hestia. I've been on a ton of niche servers from Fallout 13, Halo, SCP 13, Neekothing, Europa, and various 40k servers.
What is your timezone/general hours of activity?: American Central Standard Time, CST. I usually have a lot of free time and come on in the evening hours or very early morning hours, depending on my sleep schedule at the time.
Previous SS13 related admin experience: Archangel of Absolution in at least two iterations, the very first iteration of Drymouth Gulch, Halostation, and Foundation 19. As a result of my long time with Halostation particularly, most of my experience with admin tools has been with bay code.
Previous non-SS13 related admin experience: A handful of gmod servers in the distant past.
Current administrators who have agreed to support your application: Silicons (non-endorsement), Trojan Coyote, Kat Computer, Puddlecathedral, Doctorjay, Sentre.
Reason for application:
Ever since I came to Citadel, it's felt like a second home to me. I came here during a dark time in my life, and the people I've met in and around this server have become cornerstones of my social life. I've always wanted to contribute to Citadel since I became active in 2021, but never had the development skills to do anything, and never felt comfortable with the age verification process, until recently, where I feel more confident with certain others.
Shortly, I see Citadel as my home server, and I want to contribute to it as much as I can, using the experiences I've learned over the years, since I don't think I'll be leaving here until the server dies or my life drastically changes.
Please answer the following questions to the best of your abilities:
1. How would you engage with two players having an out of character altercation?
This will change depending on where they have it, either in OOC or LOOC, but I would first ask both players to drop it and take their problems elsewhere, or adminhelp/otherwise submit a ticket if they need help resolving it. If they continue, then temporarily mutes of both players are in order (or the lazier option of disabling OOC/LOOC, though I try to avoid doing that as much as possible)
2. What should an admin do if they're involved in a situation that needs admin intervention?
It is my belief that an admin should never be responsible for investigating a situation they were involved in. This creates a clear conflict of interest that isn't fair to the other party.
Instead, the admin should act as a normal player in that situation, and call a different admin (preferably one who isn't biased towards them as a staff member) to resolve the situation.
3. How should an admin determine in what way to punish someone who breaks the rules?
By looking at the notes of the player and severity of the rule violation. Depending on internal policy and past violations, generally a warning should be issued first, then a jobban (if applicable, heavily dependent on context) or day ban, to week-long bans and incrementing to longer punishments up to bans until appeal. Anything beyond this should be discussed with upper management.
4. Under what conditions should an admin de-admin themselves while playing?
An Admin should de-admin themselves every time they are actively involved with the round as a player, either crew or antagonist, to prevent metagaming. However, if the character is inconsequential (such as a civilian in a corner somewhere) or the admin is helping to aid in an event in some cases, it is acceptable and even encouraged to not de-admin so they can respond to adminhelps.
5. What is expected of an admin on Citadel?
It's my belief that Admins represent pillars of the community. They are the biggest faces and personalities of the server as much as they are rule enforcers and should keep in mind how they carry themselves in everything they do, within reason.
Character name: Ivelia, Shikii Cemyaza, SUo-476, (among other lesser known characters)
Discord username (+user id): shirumic
How long have you played on Citadel?: Five years, though I only really started being active in 2021.
How long have you played SS13?: Twelve years, since 2011-08-08, starting on Goonstation for a few weeks, then quickly went to and stayed on Baystation, much later, Hestia. I've been on a ton of niche servers from Fallout 13, Halo, SCP 13, Neekothing, Europa, and various 40k servers.
What is your timezone/general hours of activity?: American Central Standard Time, CST. I usually have a lot of free time and come on in the evening hours or very early morning hours, depending on my sleep schedule at the time.
Previous SS13 related admin experience: Archangel of Absolution in at least two iterations, the very first iteration of Drymouth Gulch, Halostation, and Foundation 19. As a result of my long time with Halostation particularly, most of my experience with admin tools has been with bay code.
Previous non-SS13 related admin experience: A handful of gmod servers in the distant past.
Current administrators who have agreed to support your application: Silicons (non-endorsement), Trojan Coyote, Kat Computer, Puddlecathedral, Doctorjay, Sentre.
Reason for application:
Ever since I came to Citadel, it's felt like a second home to me. I came here during a dark time in my life, and the people I've met in and around this server have become cornerstones of my social life. I've always wanted to contribute to Citadel since I became active in 2021, but never had the development skills to do anything, and never felt comfortable with the age verification process, until recently, where I feel more confident with certain others.
Shortly, I see Citadel as my home server, and I want to contribute to it as much as I can, using the experiences I've learned over the years, since I don't think I'll be leaving here until the server dies or my life drastically changes.
Please answer the following questions to the best of your abilities:
1. How would you engage with two players having an out of character altercation?
This will change depending on where they have it, either in OOC or LOOC, but I would first ask both players to drop it and take their problems elsewhere, or adminhelp/otherwise submit a ticket if they need help resolving it. If they continue, then temporarily mutes of both players are in order (or the lazier option of disabling OOC/LOOC, though I try to avoid doing that as much as possible)
2. What should an admin do if they're involved in a situation that needs admin intervention?
It is my belief that an admin should never be responsible for investigating a situation they were involved in. This creates a clear conflict of interest that isn't fair to the other party.
Instead, the admin should act as a normal player in that situation, and call a different admin (preferably one who isn't biased towards them as a staff member) to resolve the situation.
3. How should an admin determine in what way to punish someone who breaks the rules?
By looking at the notes of the player and severity of the rule violation. Depending on internal policy and past violations, generally a warning should be issued first, then a jobban (if applicable, heavily dependent on context) or day ban, to week-long bans and incrementing to longer punishments up to bans until appeal. Anything beyond this should be discussed with upper management.
4. Under what conditions should an admin de-admin themselves while playing?
An Admin should de-admin themselves every time they are actively involved with the round as a player, either crew or antagonist, to prevent metagaming. However, if the character is inconsequential (such as a civilian in a corner somewhere) or the admin is helping to aid in an event in some cases, it is acceptable and even encouraged to not de-admin so they can respond to adminhelps.
5. What is expected of an admin on Citadel?
It's my belief that Admins represent pillars of the community. They are the biggest faces and personalities of the server as much as they are rule enforcers and should keep in mind how they carry themselves in everything they do, within reason.