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staff app - d33r - 04-18-2025
Ingame Name: d33r
SteamID: STEAM_0:1:418964902
Discord Tag & ID: @/modestmouse & 547780688804446228
Time Played: 646 Hours
When First Joined: I'm still not figuring this out. if you want my first discord message in #ttt was on — 06/12/2020 2:37 PM.
Availability: I have half the week off my job usually Tuesday, Friday, Saturday. Other days I only work a few hours, So I'm available most of the time.
What can you do to help the community: I already know how to use Awarn and the RDM Report Manager from previous staffing experiences. I believe I'm capable of handling situations that are in the realm of trusted to handle. I aswell believe I'm better versed in the rules than my previous application as I've learned more about how they are in different situations.
Why you want to help the community: I care about this community and I wish to show that I am serious in my efforts to be a better person. Aswell as being a better player to this community than I feel like I have been.
Have you been previously banned, or do you have active warn points?: I was banned by mana after asking him to ban me for Mass RDM
Do you have any previous TTT staffing experience in Dinkleberg or anywhere else?: re%$#* TTT/Mafia TTT: Community Manager, DR T-Mod
Have you previously applied for staff? : https://www.dinklebergsgmod.com/site/showthread.php?tid=19540
Did you fill out the required scenario questions for rank you are applying for: ttt_radio yes
Other: I'm running out of words to use. I don't want to copy and paste my last app (no effort) but I also don't want to wikipedia paraphrase my last app either. Don't want to be repetitive.
I also feel the need to address the rules that I were convinced were real being a point. As on example I argued with Fanta that bold booze isn't KOSable because I had never seen a kill for it. I would always hear "oh wow you're moving real fast x, no kos tho..." so I really thought it just wasn't KOSable and I hadn't known until I asked about it after the fact. I assume this is something that would be brought up because it shows I'm not perfectly infatuated with the rules. But I personally don't really think this is my fault, like with "suspicion of cooking a grenade" thing that BG told me was KOSable multiple times so I had believed it. Yet when I was slain for it I was told it "sounds made up", I'd find it unfair if the conditioning is used against me.
RE: staff app - jonifun92 - 04-18-2025
+1 on this. You seem to be well liked and fair. I think you will do good as staff
RE: staff app - Jammin - 04-18-2025
My only concerns I had on your previous applications were clearly resolved, as you are now serving the community as a developer, and are very clearly active.
D33r has past staffing experience in dinks so the moderation side would not be anything new.
I can't speak to the present as I'm deader than the queen, but this is an experienced person who has proven their desire to help the community, despite the wrongs they experienced from it.
I expect you to make the TTT server 24/7 plaza.
+1
RE: staff app - Virunas - 04-19-2025
Hey d33r,
While you are talented with GMod development and I supported that app, I currently can't support your trusted app.
First, I've seen you intentionally RDM more people (and be unforgiven) than any staff member that I have seen here. If you really want to damage people at random, please at least try and make sure they consent to it first / that you are on good terms with them. Second, when RDM happens to you, I've witnessed you spend rounds being vocally upset by it, even when handled properly by staff. This brings me to my last point; when something happening upsets you, you make it very clear in public chat that you don't like it. This can encourage trolls into further upsetting you, so I'd highly recommend bringing things up in asay or DMing a staff member on discord if none are on the server.
I'm sure you'll be able to improve on these things soon, but for now I have to -1.
RE: staff app - icey - 04-20-2025
pretty easy +1. not only have they been active on the development side, but they are fun to play with and a positive influence on the server.
RE: staff app - Saylor Twift - 04-20-2025
-1'ing someone who is giving you pretty solid suggestions and feedback on your app isn't really a good look. Also, it makes me think that there could be some difficulties handling criticism you could get while staffing so I'm gonna be at a -1
RE: staff app - d33r - 04-20-2025
(04-20-2025, 04:23 PM)Saylor Twift Wrote: -1'ing someone who is giving you pretty solid suggestions and feedback on your app isn't really a good look. Also, it makes me think that there could be some difficulties handling criticism you could get while staffing so I'm gonna be at a -1
I find this to be an incredibly bad take, an even worse assumption. Also hypocritical, maybe not from you as I don't know you well but multiple of the staff love to just reply with a +1/-1 emoji instead of voicing real opinions. This has always bothered me as someone whos autism needs to see words. What feedback am I really receiving if after one reply everyone just +1's and leaves it at that? I understand not wanting to repeat what the first person said over and over but when only one person says it I'm less inclined to pay attention as its one opinion over the many people I know have seen this post (but again I see the multiple +1's).
What also doesn't help me intake what virunas said is there's no examples shown. I believe whole heartedly I have improved since tiefling messaged me about my RDMing. I'm also unsure why virunas says "than any staff member". I am not a staff member of any active server. The DEV rank is not staff either even if I'm in the staff discord. While the (unforgiven) reports may be different, BG_Games RDMs/Causes RDM way more often than I believe I do. Especially when he's on the server high, I specifically unforgive reports on him so he stops rdming me.
Same with the "spend rounds being vocally upset by it", With no examples I can only assume these are slays where I had a hard time understanding why. As I am mentally slower than the average person it may take me several times of being told something to understand it or I have to repeat it myself to learn said thing easier. Possibly though they were also slays that I didn't properly understand, for example. On minecraft city yesterday I was RDM'd by Cleo because they thought I had Bold Booze. This report was dismissed by Anxelic(? I forgot who it was) for "non proven with bold booze didn't respond in chat" when I hadn't had Bold Booze. I did exactly what Tdawg4 had told me to do earlier and I used @ chat to relay this information. Anxelic PM'd me asking "did you not?" I replied back with "I didn't have booze." They still never got slayed to my knowledge, after I asked "when do you get slayed" on the last round I think, they also asked "why wasn't I slain?". I did not bring it up again, till now of course. I never was communicated to either about why they weren't slain to my knowledge.
Lastly, the information you decided was enough to reply for. I -1 Virunas's message not because I'm "angry" or whatever you might consider it. It's because them saying that makes me feel like I truly haven't progressed as a person and this community will always view me as the RDMing child I was years ago. I spent genuine hours crying because I feel Like I'm incapable of changing. Which is why I went silent on the server and disabled the chats because I didn't want to continue to feel like a burden to the players. I told rand back in 2024 I would not apply again because I didn't want any improvement I made to be considered tied to wanting a staff rank as it was previously always presumed. So that asks "why now?" well after I had told rand that I was kicked out of my home by my mother and had lost my PC for months until I got a hand me down from a neighbor. So I had to completely get back into the flow of TTT because It had been too long and it felt like so much changed in a short time. ISTG It was taken like I was on purpose trying to be a pessimistic asshole and again accusing me of just trying to avoid punishments by teetering on the line. Time and Time again I feel beat down when never will a single person take the time to ask me how I'm feeling during a situation. It always feels like I'm roadkill getting hit again by the same car just for fun.
Even with this I'm sure I'll hear "tldr", "sob story? manipulation tactic.", and probably more. God forbid I wish to be honest about my feelings when coming to a situation. I continue to lose faith in how the staff team take things I say because you are quicker to make your narrative from what I said, rather than making sure what I intended to say came off correctly. I'm exhausted having to explain everything I mean because one person takes what I said differently from my intention. I can only imagine what rumors I'll hear from this.
RE: staff app - Dildo Shwaggins - 04-20-2025
(04-20-2025, 06:12 PM)d33r Wrote:(04-20-2025, 04:23 PM)Saylor Twift Wrote: -1'ing someone who is giving you pretty solid suggestions and feedback on your app isn't really a good look. Also, it makes me think that there could be some difficulties handling criticism you could get while staffing so I'm gonna be at a -1
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-1. I will preface this with you are generally a fun presence on the server and I think you are a genuinely good person. However, this response raises some concerns about the approach to staffing you would take. The criticism given to you was constructive and respectfully given nor was it implying that you haven't improved on addressing bad habits. The question this raises is your ability to impartially staff in high-stress situations, because frankly, the only people who will care about any of your feelings during a situation might possibly be people you consider yourself friends/acquaintances with on the server. Random guest RDMers, minge groups, etc. will not care about how you feel or anyone on the server feels, they're gonna cause trouble until they receive consequences for doing so. I've been staff myself here and elsewhere. I've had moments where I may have given a bigger punishment or mouthed off a bit at someone getting under my skin a lot. But in the end, I had to accept them nor anyone else was probably going to care about how I felt, rather they cared whether I handled the situation properly to maintain the desired server environment. I think you know the rules and can at some point be good staff down the line, but taking constructive criticism is going to be necessary if you're going to want to grow and improve as a staff member if you get approved.
RE: staff app - jonifun92 - 04-20-2025
(04-20-2025, 06:12 PM)d33r Wrote:I feel like they should give you a chance. I see no reason you would do bad as staff. I do also believe that as soon as a person gets in his staff boots, he starts to give everything a second thought also. Good luck, I hope to see you green(04-20-2025, 04:23 PM)Saylor Twift Wrote: -1'ing someone who is giving you pretty solid suggestions and feedback on your app isn't really a good look. Also, it makes me think that there could be some difficulties handling criticism you could get while staffing so I'm gonna be at a -1
I find this to be an incredibly bad take, an even worse assumption. Also hypocritical, maybe not from you as I don't know you well but multiple of the staff love to just reply with a +1/-1 emoji instead of voicing real opinions. This has always bothered me as someone whos autism needs to see words. What feedback am I really receiving if after one reply everyone just +1's and leaves it at that? I understand not wanting to repeat what the first person said over and over but when only one person says it I'm less inclined to pay attention as its one opinion over the many people I know have seen this post (but again I see the multiple +1's).
What also doesn't help me intake what virunas said is there's no examples shown. I believe whole heartedly I have improved since tiefling messaged me about my RDMing. I'm also unsure why virunas says "than any staff member". I am not a staff member of any active server. The DEV rank is not staff either even if I'm in the staff discord. While the (unforgiven) reports may be different, BG_Games RDMs/Causes RDM way more often than I believe I do. Especially when he's on the server high, I specifically unforgive reports on him so he stops rdming me.
Same with the "spend rounds being vocally upset by it", With no examples I can only assume these are slays where I had a hard time understanding why. As I am mentally slower than the average person it may take me several times of being told something to understand it or I have to repeat it myself to learn said thing easier. Possibly though they were also slays that I didn't properly understand, for example. On minecraft city yesterday I was RDM'd by Cleo because they thought I had Bold Booze. This report was dismissed by Anxelic(? I forgot who it was) for "non proven with bold booze didn't respond in chat" when I hadn't had Bold Booze. I did exactly what Tdawg4 had told me to do earlier and I used @ chat to relay this information. Anxelic PM'd me asking "did you not?" I replied back with "I didn't have booze." They still never got slayed to my knowledge, after I asked "when do you get slayed" on the last round I think, they also asked "why wasn't I slain?". I did not bring it up again, till now of course. I never was communicated to either about why they weren't slain to my knowledge.
Lastly, the information you decided was enough to reply for. I -1 Virunas's message not because I'm "angry" or whatever you might consider it. It's because them saying that makes me feel like I truly haven't progressed as a person and this community will always view me as the RDMing child I was years ago. I spent genuine hours crying because I feel Like I'm incapable of changing. Which is why I went silent on the server and disabled the chats because I didn't want to continue to feel like a burden to the players. I told rand back in 2024 I would not apply again because I didn't want any improvement I made to be considered tied to wanting a staff rank as it was previously always presumed. So that asks "why now?" well after I had told rand that I was kicked out of my home by my mother and had lost my PC for months until I got a hand me down from a neighbor. So I had to completely get back into the flow of TTT because It had been too long and it felt like so much changed in a short time. ISTG It was taken like I was on purpose trying to be a pessimistic asshole and again accusing me of just trying to avoid punishments by teetering on the line. Time and Time again I feel beat down when never will a single person take the time to ask me how I'm feeling during a situation. It always feels like I'm roadkill getting hit again by the same car just for fun.
Even with this I'm sure I'll hear "tldr", "sob story? manipulation tactic.", and probably more. God forbid I wish to be honest about my feelings when coming to a situation. I continue to lose faith in how the staff team take things I say because you are quicker to make your narrative from what I said, rather than making sure what I intended to say came off correctly. I'm exhausted having to explain everything I mean because one person takes what I said differently from my intention. I can only imagine what rumors I'll hear from this.
RE: staff app - Im A Bald Eagle - 04-20-2025
(04-20-2025, 06:12 PM)d33r Wrote:(04-20-2025, 04:23 PM)Saylor Twift Wrote: -snip-
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As a (relatively) new face around here, and as someone who doesn't really know you very well (or your history in the community), one of the first criticisms I had when observing your recent behavior is that you have some difficulty de-escalating situations.
By my personal philosophy, one of the primary purposes of having staff members on the TTT server is to try and maintain a fun environment for everyone involved; And a big killer of fun & enjoyment for people is unnecessary conflict, especially when it bleeds over into voice/text chat for everyone to hear/see. The natural solution to those kinds of conflicts is the practice of de-escalation. Many of this server's rules are designed with that goal in mind: to either mediate conflicts or prevent them before they even begin. When a conflict does start, it should be a staff member's obligation to try and resolve it as soon as they are able, or at the very least remove it from the TTT server. While perfectly completing that goal every time is essentially impossible, it should still be the driving force behind a staff member's actions.
Bearing that in mind, I'd like to use this thread so far as an example. I think it's natural to feel defensive when you think someone is mischaracterizing you, but it's important to realize that this thread is explicitly the forum for these kinds of conversations to happen and critiques to be given. It's also important to approach these conversations as though they are coming from a place of good faith, because that's usually the case. Nothing anyone says here will be 100% correct and objective, so it's a great idea to use this as an opportunity to try and understand where your critics are coming from and do your best to hear them out and find common ground. That kind of behavior demonstrates the intuition/desire to turn a potential conflict into an opportunity for growth (for everyone involved).
Unfortunately, your latest reply seems to move a bit in the opposite direction. You go even a bit beyond being defensive and bring up the names and actions of people who are not involved in your application or the critiques of those you are replying to. (Side note - While it absolutely is important to point out staff misconduct when you notice it, there are dedicated channels for that kind of thing, so it's best to avoid muddying conversations like these with those types of grievances.) This escalatory conduct is not the type of behavior I'd want to see in a staff member. Because of that, I'm going to leave a -1 on this app.
Sorry for the wall of text... I do want to cap this off by saying that nobody on the staff team is perfect, and we're not a particularly exclusionary bunch, so if you hold interest in becoming staff, I think you've absolutely got a shot. I just think it'd be good to see a shift in the direction of keeping things light-hearted and fun whenever possible, even in the face of potential conflict. Thanks for taking the time to read.