Declined CutePyro0's Moderator Application

[CutePyro0]

Username: CutePyro0

Name
CutePyro0

Your Age
29

Do you have at least 3 days cumulative days of playtime on Blackwonder servers in the last year? Just over 5 days

Have you been punished in the last 60 days? Yes

Have you had an application declined in the last 90 days? No

Do you have a microphone? Yes

Have you read the forum guide on how to apply? Yes

If you have ever played on a Blackwonder server, you will have had a user profile automatically generated on tfstats.tf. Locate and link your tfstats profile here. https://tfstats.tf/players/3721867

Location
UK

Your SteamID2
STEAM_0:1:193635220

Your DiscordID
cutepyro0_

Have you managed servers previously? Yes

Which servers have you previously managed?
I used to administrate a minecraft server for a community called Pally's Cafe this server was run for around a year untill the server was discontinued due to lack of activity and the requirement at that time for me to stand down from admin roles due to personal life issues

On what servers do you usually play on, and which servers would you like to moderate?
I play JB mostly but do also play Dustball classwars and hightower x1000 when I fancy a change of playstyle.
I would like to Moderate mainly JB: 85.117.240.51:27005 but would not object to moderating
Dustball | Class Wars: 85.117.240.14:27020 or Hightower | x1000: 85.117.240.14:27020 alongside JB when issues are present on the servers

Why would you like to become a moderator?
I greatly enjoy playing on blackwonder and in the short time of me being on Blackwonder. I have also been a donor for the majority of this time and used my privileges when it been needed but I prefer to avoid using them till it's needed.
These reasons are clear to why the votes was used: Freekilling, MFKing, no mic when on blue , Toxicity , racism and in one case a player being afk on blue for multiple rounds

I feel the purpose being an admin is to insure that everyone who's on the servers can have fun keeping those who wish to rule breaking down to a minimum without being intrusive or distracting for others who are online at that time on the server.

Do you know or have spoken to any of the current staff members? Yes

Please let us know the names of staff members you know or have spoken to
I talk to Cheesy and Darkstalker a bit when they are on the server and have also messaged WasabiBoi also sometimes

How often do you play TF2?
1-3/4 hours to 5-7+ hours on a good day

Please give us your ideal way of punishing players, specific to the servers you want to moderate
Donor abuse
2 day Ban and removal of donor perks if it's required

Jailbreak and General

Exploiting
while this would not be seen as cheating using a flaw in the map's design to get an advantage/grief can make other less able to enjoy themselves when on the server and will at first result in a warning and a smite if continued then a 1 day server ban > 3 day server ban 1 week server ban > perm server ban
Overtalking the warden - warning > 30 minute mute > 1 hour mute > 3 hour mute > 6 hour mute > 1 day mute > 3 day mute > 1 week mute > 1 month mute > Perm Mute

Ghosting - Warning > 30 minute gag > 1 hour gag > 3 hour gag > 6 hour gag > 1 day gag > 3 day gag > 1 week gag > 1 month gag > perm gag

offensive chat/toxicity - Warning > 30 minute mute/gag > 1 hour mute/gag > 3 hour mute/gag > 6 hour mute/gag > 1 day mute/gag > 3 day mute/gag > 1 week mute/gag > 1 month mute/gag > perm mute/gag

racism/homophobia/transphobia
I Will have zero tolerance towards these nature of comments which will result in the following punishments depending on the circumstances at that time - 1 hour mute/gag > 3 hour mute/gag > 1 day mute/gag > 3 day mute/gag > 1 week mute/gag > 1 month mute/gag > perm mute/gag

Mic/chat Spam - Warning > 30 minute mute/gag > 1 hour mute/gag > 3 hour mute/gag > 6 hour mute/gag > 1 day mute/gag > 3 day mute/gag > 1 week mute/gag > 1 month mute/gag > perm mute/gag

Inappropriate Spray - kicked from server asking for spray to be changed > Spray Ban

Cheating - Once sufficient evidence has been gathered to show without any doubt of cheats being used a Perm server Ban will be issued
Advertising Cheats - zero tolerance towards cheats or those promoting cheating and will result in a Perm silence

Revealing Admins - Warning > 30 minute mute/gag > 1 hour mute/gag > 3 hour mute/gag > 6 hour mute/gag > 1 day mute/gag > 3 day mute/gag > 1 week mute/gag > 1 month mute/gag > perm mute/gag

Sticky Trapping - Warning > 1 hour Team ban > 3 hour Team ban > 6 hour Team ban > 3 day Team ban > 1 week Team ban > 1 month Team ban > 2 month Team ban > perm Team ban

Delaying (intentionally) - Warning > Smite > 1 hour ban > 3 hour ban > 1 day ban > 2 day ban > 1 week ban > 1 month > perm ban


Jailbreak Blue Specific

Baiting reds intentionally - warning > 1 hour team ban > 3 hour team ban > 6 hour team ban > 1 day team ban > 3 day team ban > 1 week team ban > 1 month team ban > Perm team ban

No mic > Mic check/warning > team banned till evidence of a mic is confirmed

Camping secrets or armoury - warning > 1 hour team ban > 3 hour team ban > 6 hour team ban > 1 day team ban > 3 day team ban > 1 week team ban > 1 month team ban > Perm team ban

Intentionally freehitting - warning > 1 hour team ban > 3 hour team ban > 6 hour team ban > 1 day team ban > 3 day team ban > 1 week team ban > 1 month team ban > Perm team ban

freekilling - warning and smite > 1 hour team ban > 3 hour team ban > 6 hour team ban > 1 day team ban > 3 day team ban > 1 week team ban > 1 month team ban > Perm team ban

Mass Freekilling - 1 week team ban > 2 weeks team ban > 1 month team ban > 2 month team ban > perm team ban

illegally hunt and chasing - warning and smite > 1 hour team ban > 3 hour team ban > 6 hour team ban > 1 day team ban > 3 day team ban > 1 week team ban > 1 month team ban > 2 month team ban > Perm team ban

Griefing - warning and smite > 1 hour team ban > 3 hour team ban > 6 hour team ban > 1 day team ban > 3 day team ban > 1 week team ban > 1 month team ban > Perm team ban

Warden
Illegal orders - warning > 1 hour team ban > 3 hour team ban > 6 hour team ban > 1 day team ban > 3 day team ban > 1 week team ban > 1 month team ban > Perm team ban

Favouritism - warning > 1 hour team ban > 3 hour team ban > 6 hour team ban > 1 day team ban > 3 day team ban > 1 week team ban > 1 month team ban > Perm team ban

Lying as warden/trick orders - warning > 1 hour team ban > 3 hour team ban > 6 hour team ban > 1 day team ban > 3 day team ban > 1 week team ban > 1 month team ban > Perm team ban

Pardening reds - warning > 1 hour team ban > 3 hour team ban > 6 hour team ban > 1 day team ban > 3 day team ban > 1 week team ban > 1 month team ban > Perm team ban

Intentionally Giving lr illegally - 1 hour team ban > 6 hour team ban > 1 day team ban > 3 day team ban > 1 week team ban > 1 month team ban > Perm team ban

Force wardening more than 3 times in a row - warning > 1 hour team ban > 3 hour team ban > 6 hour team ban > 1 day team ban > 3 day team ban > 1 week team ban > 1 month team ban > Perm team ban

LR denial - warning > 1 hour team ban > 3 hour team ban > 6 hour team ban > 1 day team ban > 3 day team ban > 1 week team ban > 1 month team ban > Perm team ban

Illegally unwardening/refusal to be warden - warning with a smite > 1 hour team ban > 3 hour team ban > 6 hour team ban > 1 day team ban > 3 day team ban > 1 week team ban > 1 month team ban > Perm team ban

Illegal FF - warning and smite > 1 hour team ban > 3 hour team ban > 6 hour team ban > 1 day team ban > 3 day team ban > 1 week team ban > 1 month team ban > Perm team ban
where possible where FF was enabled when it should not have been I would attempt to respawn those who died to it for example illegal cell wars happening I would attempt to respawn all reds who died to the CW.

Anyone found to be bypassing a punishment will just have the next punishment in the ladder being applied to the original account and in the event they use an alt the alt will be perm banned

For example
player 1 got team banned for a week for MFKing but they alt now both player 1's main will receive a 2 week team ban and the alt being permed banned

Is there any other information you would like us to know about?
I'm sure your asking why did I answer yes to receiving a punishment in the last 60 days but applying to help moderate the servers and that is because i received a 30 minute teamban on 15th February for being a bad blue this was mainly due to the fact i had a bad mic and i could not be heard clearly.
I also received a warning for typing in trivia question when I was not warden on march 8th.
The reason why I did this was just to have a bit of a laugh with the reds and meant nothing malicious in that act

I'm sure the punishment ladder will look strange but I intend to hope to teach people what they are doing wrong over simply banning them with no information on how they could avoid further punishments as such I have used accepted applications as a reference however punishments have been altered to fit more in line to how I feel it would be fair to punish for.

Given how much I am online I'm sure to be an active member of staff helping out with the tickets and I look forward to any feedback being given towards me.

I do also have dyslexia so my spelling and grammar may sometimes be incorrect so I apologies for that when that happens.

Thank you for reading this application hope you are having a great day

Are you proficient in languages other than English? No

 

[Quishy]

Hey CutePyro, I'm gonna go over your application real quick.

Sufficient playtime.

Chat logs are clean, nothing to note.

Punishments are basically clean, only 1 teamban from Wasabi for being a a "bad blue", which only lasted for 30 minutes.

Punishment section looks alright, you understand scaling and what punishments suit what rules. I'll just nitpick anything I can find real quick.

Overtalking the warden - warning > 30 minute mute > 1 hour mute > 3 hour mute > 6 hour mute > 1 day mute > 3 day mute > 1 week mute > 1 month mute > Perm Mute

We don't typically mute for this anymore-- if it's obessive and obnoxious, sure, but mostly we just leave it up to warden to mute reds or blus.

Inappropriate Spray - kicked from server asking for spray to be changed > Spray Ban

You can generally just instantly sprayban these kinds of things.

Revealing Admins - Warning > 30 minute mute/gag > 1 hour mute/gag > 3 hour mute/gag > 6 hour mute/gag > 1 day mute/gag > 3 day mute/gag > 1 week mute/gag > 1 month mute/gag > perm mute/gag

This is good, I just want to make sure you're aware that this is only punishable if done with malicious intent. I,e the person specifically calling you out to avoid other's being punished. Especially if you join with common alias's you go by.

Sticky Trapping - Warning > 1 hour ban > 3 hour ban > 6 hour ban > 3 day ban > 1 week ban > 1 month ban > 2 month ban > perm ban

Any rule-violation that can be broken on blue *and* red will usually result in a teamban for the blue instead of red's regular ban. This includes Sticky Trapping, Armoury Camping, etc.

Delaying (intentionally) - Warning > Smite > 1 hour ban > 3 hour ban > 1 day ban > 2 day ban > 1 week ban > 1 month > perm ban

Delaying is one of those rules where you don't *really* need to ban or anything for. You can usually just timebomb, beacon, smite, etc. It's a rule that makes a red "kos" - these kinds of rules we don't typically ban for, such as rebelling, etc.

LR denial - warning > 1 hour team ban > 3 hour team ban > 6 hour team ban > 1 day team ban > 3 day team ban > 1 week team ban > 1 month team ban > Perm team ban

Punishment good, what would you do to compensate the red who got their LR denied?

Illegal FF - warning and smite > 1 hour team ban > 3 hour team ban > 6 hour team ban > 1 day team ban > 3 day team ban > 1 week team ban > 1 month team ban > Perm team ban
where possible where FF was enabled when it should not have been I would attempt to respawn those who died to it for example illegal cell wars happening I would attempt to respawn all reds who died to the CW.

Very tricky process trying to respawn people who died to FF, if it's any more than 3 it's generally not worth respawning people. Would you disable FF as well?

Anyone found to be bypassing a punishment will just have the next punishment in the ladder being applied to the original account and in the event they use an alt the same punishment will be given to the alt

Good thinking, we generally perm ban the alt account though.

How would you handle invalid LR's chosen by Red's?

What is the difference between force-baiting and baiting?

How would you handle a warden imposing progress in a mini-game?

How would you handle a warden playing a banned mini-game?

How would you deal with red's armoury camping?

How would you handle engineers building in mini-games?

How do you define 'AFK Freeze'?

Just some questions to get your brain running, as it stands your application is pretty standard, nothing bad, nothing great. You show a decent understanding of the rules, have a good mentality and attitude to learn & do better.

As it stands i'd be fine with seeing you as a Cyan, between now, and, if applicable during your trial phase you'll have plenty to learn & adapt to.

I do want to point out though, I know you've listed JB as your intended gamemode, however if you want to mod classwars and hightower alongside it, it's best to add rules from those gamemodes as well to show your understanding of those.

 

[CutePyro0]

Hello thanks for responding i'll explain my reasoning behind some of the punishments that have been listed
overtalking the warden
muting would only be done if it's a constant thing they are doing when ever they are un muted forcing the warden to leave the mute active but i would first request the warden to use the mute function before starting any form of punishment towards the player overtalking as the warden does need to maintain control of reds and part of that control is knowing when it's appropriate to mute people secondly they is a /listenwarden command on the server so i would likely also remind people to use that command when having issues listening to the warden. I would say it be very unlikely I would feel the need to actually place a mute for this specific reason but in the event I felt it would maybe be required I listed what I would use as the appropriate stacking ladder.


NSFW Sprays
reason why i chose to kick over an instant ban is sometimes people do forget that community servers have rules in place for inappropriate sprays/signs and a simple reminder that the spray/sign they are using is inappropriate would be sufficient sometimes but with those repeat offenders than it would be a spray ban. It would also highly depend what was actually on the spray/sign as while a spray/sign can be NSFW it might just be something suggestive and not that big of a deal and a simple switch of sprays would be fine but some people do have sprays/signs which are obscene which will result in the immediate spray ban


Revealing admins
I would agree applying a punishment simply for recognising an admin and saying hello would be inappropriate and would only be used if for example i'm using a different name than my normal "Heavy" and they reveal that to the public when someone has used a /call or requested help from the discord.
personally I would only use such of a punishment if they are clearly trying to avoid getting someone punished.

Sticky trapping
Apologies it was meant to be listed as a teamban as a server ban would be inappropriate for this for JB I will update the ladder as required as sticky trapping/armoury camping is a blue offense more typically.


Delaying
I placed a Ladder for this just for the very small few people who might decided that constant camping a secret where blues can not reach you without admin interference is something that is okay, but generally i would likely just beacon/smite them over placing a ban depending on the situation in the round
for example on cesariana they are two places reds can hide in without blues having the ability to reach them 1 is the bathroom secret the other is the ammo secret which kills you if the ammo was taken
in a case i'm online and someone is using the bathroom secret i would simply beacon them and manually open the secret door allowing blues to kill them.
in the case the red is camping the ammo secret i would timebomb them forcing them to actively leave the secret and go and rebel this timebomb would expire the moment they actively rebel. no punishments would be given for those who delay wardens orders or actively rebel as this is a part of the gamemode and the warden can already kill them when they feel the red has taken too much time delaying on an order or has rebelled.

LR denial
following the staff's response when this has happened when I have been online and also asked when i have been warden when a round as had this happen the person who won LR but was denied it would then be given a freeday.


Illegal FF
If FF is turned on when it not meant to be i would first disable the FF using !ff then attempt to respawn the affected reds if possible.
For example illegal CW no one has rebelled i would disable the FF respawn all the reds as no one rebelled and issue a warning for the illegal cw and remind them of the rule in question. If in this situation it was done because the warden is new and reds tricked them to enable FF that warning would be that reds can lie and not to listen to them and that cw can only be done with 4 or less guards but no smite would be issued for this occasion


Punishment Bypassing
I agree with the perm banning of alts and will update the ladder appropriately


How would you handle invalid LR's chosen by Red's?
interesting question as this happens a bit on JB and when it's happened I have denied ether the lr in full or the part of the LR which would not be allowed
the common one i see is "ff on all day killing is kos" as per the rules for FF this lr is denied in its full and when I have been warden I have attempted to re give the lr stating that reason but they has been times when the lr has been something minior for example diner all day when reds are over 8 generally we just do another mini-game till the number is at 8 then we do the diner lr
in the event the lr is something racist or breaks other rules then the lr would be removed and the appropriate punishment would be issued to the player
a common thing that happens is HG/AHG chaining following from example if HG/AHG has been chained 3 times in a row i would inform the warden he can deny the LR in the event of it being AHG chained 3 times in a row i would just state it's been 3 times and it can not be done for this round precede with a normal regular round

What is the difference between force-baiting and baiting?
Force-baiting is when a red hits or in range to hit to a blue when the blue in question was not baiting at that time this has happened on occasion when I have been online and has resulted in the red dying and losing the lr they just won because they decided to force-bait over choosing their lr

baiting however is when a blue is doing a string of things towards reds
1. revving their mini-gun at non rebelling reds constantly
2. being in range of reds being able to be punched without the red disobeying a warden order or force-baiting (ie a blue being inside a warden marker)
3. a blue entering a redside active mini-game be that by accident or on purpose
4. shooting into an active mini-game without a reason

How would you handle a warden imposing progress in a mini-game?
If the progress is handled correctly and fairly for example finish DR by 7:00 and that time is realistic to the Dr for that map I would not interfere if however someone is saying "finish each DR trap within 5 seconds" I would remind them that the time must be realistic and not favour any class/player

How would you handle a warden playing a banned mini-game?
If the warden goes to play a mini-game which is on the ban list i would remind the warden the game has been banned please choose another mini-game
if the warden precedes to ignore the warning and plays the game anyways i would stop the game (if on blue and alive) and smite the warden and where possible a respawn of the affected reds would be attempted though this would depend if the round would make that possible.
If then on another round I see the warden doing another banned mini-game after knowing it was banned i would again smite them and issue a 30 minute teamban and state they need to read the rules in order to avoid further punishments.

How would you deal with red's armoury camping?
I would remind the red(s) that they can not remain inside armoury and camp it, should they choose to remain inside armoury past this reminder i would just use a timebomb on those camping armoury till they leave it.

How would you handle engineers building in mini-games?
This happens a few times when VSH is the LR for the round I would do what I have already done before and that is warn them that building in games for example climb is not allowed should they chose to ignore this warning i would ether smite them if they are the last red(s) remaining or place a timebomb in the event they was caught building at the start of the round as this would allow them to be removed from the area they are not allowed to build while still giving the chance they can still build in time in a valid location.
If it's someone who does constantly build within mini-games then a smite would likely be used over a timebomb due to priors.

How do you define 'AFK Freeze'?
No jumping/moving your character physically around the place
no freelooking
no using any taunts
no using voice lines
no using/swinging your malee


While I intend to moderate for JB mainly but also dustball and higher tower I would likely remain with just JB at first and allow people to get used to me (if accepted) as staff before expanding to moderate dustball and higher tower as present i feel i have not played enough on those server to fairly moderate the server outside of the normal chat/mic rules for racism/toxicity/spam and cheat advertising but intend to review this chance at a later basis once people have seen how I help moderate JB.

 

[sera]

You are currently teambanned for MFK

I know you mean well and this application is very solid but the punishments/warnings on your account are just too recent. We are more than happy to have you reapply in the future. Please reach out if you have any questions. Thanks