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Accepted Admin Application from Noodle ball

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Noodle ball

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Personal Information

Name
Luke

Your Age
(Removed after acceptance)

Location
Illinois

Your SteamID
STEAM_0:1:80499213

Server Information

Have you managed servers previously?
Yes

If Yes, which ones?
I was a rank called Council over the summer on PXG for CS:GO (essentially what the rank meant and was that I was assigned a server and I had to manage/build the community within that server).

I am no longer staff on PXG because the owner wanted to switch over to a new server and name. The PXG network was primarily surf combat based and the owner felt that the other surf combat communities didn’t like his server (which was true), so he tried to move the entire community and discord onto a new server. The majority of people didn’t like it and I started to argue with him about his decision and how nothing would change. I eventually got demoted after a ton of arguing and in the switching of servers, it didn’t take him long to switch back after a whiplash of hate from the community (I am not saying it was the owner’s decision I got demoted, just simply saying “I argued with the owner” sounds like I start fights because I don’t agree, so I wanted to give context about why I did).

Are you familiar with admin commands?
Yes

On which servers do you usually play?
I primarily play Blackwonder | Jailbreak NY but if it is empty I will play EU, LA, and TX Jailbreak.

Application Questions

Why do you want to become an admin?
In my opinion, the standard “I want to punish rule-breakers and hackers!” and “I want to improve the community!” isn’t a valid reason to want to become an admin because that is already what they do.

I want to show my dedication and commitment to the advancement of the Blackwonder network. Whether that could be testing plugins, helping future gamemode development, or just being there for a server in need of attention.

What I just said about “being there for a server in need of attention” I speak about my main server NY Jailbreak. NY (from my experience) suffers major neglect from admins and always has the most people, at the same time, being chaotic and unruly which results in people saying all the time “I love this server” ironically, or just flat-out saying something like “wow, this server has become extremely cancer” and I don’t like seeing that.

Do you know any of our current staff members?
Yes

If Yes, please tell us the their names.
Jim
Suicide
ProvidedTimmy
Drax

Please tell us when you usually play and are available.
All times are in (Central Standard Time) Sunday: 7 AM- 8 PM Monday -Thursday: 3 PM -8 PM Friday: 3 PM - Anytime Saturday: All day for as long as I can stay awake

How would you go about punishing a hacker, spammer, simple rulebreaker, etc?
All:
Evasion of punishment:
Whatever punishment they would have gotten will be multiplied by 2
Spamming chat: They will be asked to stop but the punishment is dependent on the severity of the spam
Spamming voice chat: same as above
Playing music : The player will be warned to stop and if not, 2 hour mute > 4 hour mute > 12 hour mute > 1 day mute > 1 week mute > permanent mute
Earrape: Immediate 1 day mute with a firm warning to never do so again > 1 week mute > permanent mute
Pornography spray: Permanent spray ban
Exploiting/Glitching: 1 day ban > 3 day ban > 1 week ban > 2 week ban > permanent ban (this is subject to change on the severity of the exploit/glitch)
Racism: 1 day gag/mute > 3 day gag/mute > 1 week gag/mute > 2 week gag/mute > permanent gag/mute (this is also subject to change based on the context used)
Hacking: I will begin recording and grab steamid before concluding a verdict (which will always be a permanent ban if they are) on the hacker
Advertising cheats/hacks: I will begin recording and grab steamid in case of the advertiser actually hacking himself but it will be a permanent silence if the advertiser is not, otherwise it will be put under hacking
Revealing admins: 8 hour silence > 1 day silence > 3 day silence > 1 week silence > 2 week silence > permanent silence

Jailbreak specific punishments

General:
Sticky traps:
They will be asked to SAFELY detonate the stickies away from reds if they are on blu and on red will just be asked to detonate them, if they don’t they will be slayed
Delaying round/camping: They will be asked to not delay/camp and if continued, slay
Ghosting: They will be gagged or muted for 30 minutes immediately and then firmly warned not to do it again, if continued it will start with a 2 hour gag/mute then multiplied by 3 after each additional offense
False accusations: Falls under spam in my eyes
Talking during mic check: They will be told not to speak a few more times, if continued, 3 hour mute

Red:
Most of the punishments that reds could do, have already been talked about
Freeday abuse/greifing: Warned to stop immediately and if continued, slay

Blu: For reference and simplicity, everytime I refer to a topic in blu/warden about a “guard ban”, it is a guard ban starting with 3 hours and then multiplied by 2 for continuous offenses

Inaudible microphone: Will be deemed as having no microphone and a permanent guard ban until mic is proven to be working
Freehit: Slay, continuous freehits will result in a guard ban
Freekill: 1 day guard ban and the person(s) who were freekilled will be respawned
Mass freekill (4+): 1 week ban and the person(s) who were freekilled will be respawned
Not with warden: Will be told to be with warden and if not, slay, continuously doing this will be a guard ban
Team killing: Will be told never to do so and if done it will be a guard ban
Favoritism: The blu will be asked not to favorite players and if continued it will be a guard ban
Griefing: Immediate slay and then will be told not to, if continued it will be a guard ban
No mic : Permanent guard ban until proven they have a mic
Denial of LR: The killed player will receive a freeday and the killer will recieve a guard ban

Warden:
Tricky orders:
Warden will be told to make them more simplistic and clear, if not, slay
Illegal FF: Friendly fire will be turned off and the warden will receive a 6 hour guard ban
Illegal orders/lieing: Warden will be warned they cannot do so and if continued, slay or guard ban for repeat offenses
Unwardening from server-selected warden: They will be force-wardened and told to stay warden, if not, slay or guard ban for repeat offenses
Not repeating: They will be told to give repeats and if not, slay
Warden hogging: They will be forcibly unwardened and told not to hog, continuous offences will result in a slay or guard ban
Illegal days/games: They will be warned not to do so and if they still attempt to do it, they will be slayed

Please give any other information you might think is useful for us to know.

My history on Blackwonder.

This section is for explaining past blunders on Blackwonder.
---Activity on forums
I first created my account back in February to make an appeal on my first ban for glitch abusing which was completely justified I have nothing to say about it other than that I was abusing a certain glitch. After that I became a lurker on the forums other than maybe commenting on something once every 2 weeks but I was just hidden in the shadows reading new posts and never posting something of my own. I have done more on the forums now that I am back into tf2 and that I now have shadowplay to make reports.

---Comms and bans
I have 9 Comm blocks but when taking away the ones that I was unbanned/joke block, I only have 4 real blocks. 3 of the blocks are for exposing undercover admins and i’ll be honest, all of them I did reveal admins, I just kinda blanked out and wasn’t thinking (it doesn’t excuse what I did though). The other one was for spam which I was using SLAM to play songs for an old, illegal day called “music day”. My only actual ban was talked about in the “Activity on forums” subsection and the most recent ban was just helping Jim testing the hidden punishments change.

I typed this application in a google doc before publishing so I could work on it in different places to make it as best I possibly could. (I mainly worked on this application at school).

I have had a report done against me in the past for racism. (https://blackwonder.tf/threads/report-against-noodle-ball-lemonchickeno.4602/).

I am one of those people who don’t try that much when it comes to something I don’t enjoy or care about, but when I find that one thing that I truly feel dedicated and care enough, I will give it my all.

EDIT 1: Changed a few punishments in the "All" section (Thanks Jim!)
EDIT 2: Fixed a typo in the "Mass freekill (4+)" punishment (Thanks Melectrome!)
 
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will5023

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I'm going to pretty much transcribe what i've just said in admin chat. -

- "it's quite good
- "scratch that it's possibly one of the best apps I've seen in a loooong time"
- " "you've" gone above the usual quick but "thought out" application"
- " it actually looks like "you" actually put effort in"

too long didn't read it's possibly one of the best apps i've seen in a long while, it's well thought out, easy to read and i may speak for myself here but your honesty about your experience on the CS:GO server tells me a lot about how you'd work and act as an admin. i am fully ready barring any other things that come up such as chat logs etc to give you +SUPPORT
 

Jim

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- A little harsh on your first six punishments
- Answered all questions adequately and beyond
- Concise and non eyerape choice of colors
- Good behavior in game
- I can attest to any questioning admins that he has learned from his punishments and no longer behaves in an inappropriate manner
- Not as edgy a teenager as me

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+Support
actually -support because he would become the new youngest admin instead of me :mad:
 
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Drax

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I know I might be a bit bias because I've been friends with Noodle Ball since I first joined Blackwonder, but Noodle Ball has been nothing but friendly and encouraging towards me. Now onto purely the application: This app is one of the longest applications posted, and it does not sacrifice quality for it's length. He put a lot of effort to detail put into each section. While he does have 4 (real) comm blocks and 1 (real) ban, it is because he has been very active on the server and gets comm blocks for things he is doing that he would regret, not that he would do again. His forum activity is a bit low, but he is on forums quite a bit. He has read every accepted admin application and most of the declined ones before posting this and took advice from what the people in those applications said. He has been working on this application for around a month, working on it at school and whenever he has free time. His past experience for the PXG community on cs:go provided him with a lot of similar situations to what being an admin for Blackwonder is like. He is very mature for his age and is responsible. I believe Noodle is more than qualified to be an admin and I give him 100% of my +support!
 

Melectrome

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Just two minor things:
Mass freekill (4+): 1 week guard ban and the person(s) who were freekilled will be respawned
Mass freekill results in a regular ban, not a teamban.
Evasion of punishment: Whatever punishment they would have gotten will be multiplied by 3
This is a bit too harsh, what do you exactly mean here by evasion of punishment? Leaving before you can ban them or?


The app is excellent. I haven't seen you in-game and I don't know you much, but other admins are saying really good things about you, so I have nothing more to say than... +support (y)
Best of luck!
 
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hey ya

Dark Elf

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- A little harsh on your first six punishments
- Answered all questions adequately and beyond
- Concise and non eyerape choice of colors
- Good behavior in game
- I can attest to any questioning admins that he has learned from his punishments and no longer behaves in an inappropriate manner
- Not as edgy a teenager as me

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+Support
actually -support because he would become the new youngest admin instead of me :mad:
Jim posting top secret screenshots of admin chat? The jig is up, everyone jump ship. Also don't worry about his age Jim because when it comes to the age of an admin sak.png


Right now time to talk about this. First off, I like everything so far, and as others have said the app is very nice. I'm really liking this app, but just so I don't have a short comment I'll talk a bit about punishments. I'm fine with them, I just want to nitpick since I want to contribute.

Earrape: Immediate 1 day mute with a firm warning to never do so again > 1 week mute > permanent mute
While I don't like earrapers as much as the next guy, this seems a tad bit harsh. Typically a sub 1 day mute for first timers will be enough to scare them from doing it again, but after the first 2 or so times usually a day is necessary. Ramping from a day->week->perm is also a bit of a high curve, a little bit more lenient such as a few days or 2 weeks could be added.

False accusations: Falls under spam in my eyes
On the topic of false accusations, this rule should only come into play for people who are practically not using their ears. This rule only really gets enforced if, after they cry about freekill and have someone explain to them why it was not freekill, they continue doing so. Just anyone saying "freekill" when it might have not been isn't necessarily gag/mute worthy, so a warning is typically fine on this one in my opinion.

Freeday abuse/greifing: Warned to stop immediately and if continued, slay
Would you issue a ban if you have seen someone freeday abuse on multiple occasions?

Freekill: 1 day guard ban and the person(s) who were freekilled will be respawned
Mass freekill (4+): 1 week ban and the person(s) who were freekilled will be respawned
When it comes to respawns, be careful. You shouldn't respawn someone unless you saw them die and are 100% sure about their innocence. Furthermore, if the round has been going on for at least a few minutes and then the mass freekill happens, we will usually reset the round (slay everyone) rather than respawn them. Respawning is powerful, so make sure you don't just respawn anyone who calls out freekill.

While I don't like the few comm blocks you have, the fact that the admins that know you seem to support you makes me sure that you can/have changed. Best of luck to you, and I'll give a +Support
 

Alex.bsp

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I have nothing to say since I don't know you, but your application is very good.

+1
Thought this was flux. my bad, Jim.

+yes÷2=become admin pls

 
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Lucas

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Just two minor things:
Mass freekill result in a regular ban, not a teamban.
I haven't paid attention to punishments in a while, but this used to be decided by the admin in question.
Some admins would ban for 1 day and teamban for a week, some would ban for a week and perma teamban.
Don't know if that changed though if it did. Then this is unnecessary.
P.S. this is what the applicant would do, if everyone would just blindly follow what was "decided" before your time, there could be no change. If we were to correct every punishment they give, then we could just remove that section entirely.

actually -support because he would become the new youngest admin instead of me :mad:
Psst,
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. You ain't the youngest....
 

RainbowRobb

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CONGRATS!

We have not seen this type of overwhelming support for a candidate in a very long time. We (likely @Viking34 ) will be sending you details shortly. I look forward to working with you, and if you ever have any questions, there is a strong support team ready to help.

Some rubes in Discord will say "I got to say Congrats first!" But they didn't get to say it on your app, so I think I still win.
 
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