[BillyBob]

Steam/Forum Name: BillyBob

Discord ID: Papa Ian#3197

Hours Played: 800+

When did you first join the TTT Staff Team?:  October 2020.

What do you plan to do as a TTT Admin?: I believe my best role as a TTT Admin would be in the lane of community management. My current vision for an admin team is a mixture of server developers and community managers. This allows the Admin team to focus on the aspects they enjoy and prevents burn-out by not having to tackle every issue within the Community. Primarily I see myself as being involved in the staff application process, TTT rules and the responsibility of training new staff members, and Ban/Unban requests. I think I serve as a good gap between the different personalities in our community as a person who attempts to see the point to each side. Hopefully I will be able to reduce the amount of disconnect that tends to happen between our community and the staff. 

How can you help the community beyond TTT as an Admin?: I think my views on this primarily go in line with what some of my other staff members have put in this section. I think overall I can serve as a bridging of the gap between the TTT community and our other communities. I'd be able to chat with the other admins and have the ability to bounce ideas off one another in order for us to work towards a better community as a whole. Hopefully I could become an admin that our players feel comfortable approaching with an issue regarding any of our servers. 

What made you decide to apply?: I just want to have the ability to continue creating a space that allows our players to have fun. I've started to notice a return to having a divide between our players and our staff team. Being in this community as many years as I have, I've seen this happen countless times and I know it ends up becoming incredibly frustrating for both sides, leading to a lot of our players becoming burnt out. 

Anything else you would like to add?: I took a lot of feedback from my previous application into account and hopefully have approved on the aspects brought forth. stop 1984 

[BIIG_SAD]

+1

I think billybob is a voice we need as one of the TTT admin. 

heres why:

-billybob is really qualified at dealing with openly hostile and shitty people. recently, billybob, me, and one other person were in a voice call, when a person joined the voice call, and started to be extremely toxic and hostile. Billybob was not only able to difuse the scenario, he did so while keeping the mood  light

-billybob is a super wholesome dude overall. Strange concept, yes. While billybob can troll, billybob is a wonderful guy overall. I think he would be a good face to represent us as TTT. I would go so far as to say that Billybob is the model TTT player. While billybob can troll, he can reign it in if someone is not comfortable. he is funny, but does not put others down.

--Billybob is approachable. again. I have reached out to billybob at least twice recently, and he was easy to approach, and did not look down upon me for asking something that I would honestly not ask others in the community for fear of being mocked.

-Stop 1984 (in TTT).

+1

good luck billy

[Ryzif]

As higher staff, or any staff or even as a community member, you can already have influence on many things you're hoping to take on as Admin. As a Moderator for TTT you can provide training to staff members, new and old. You can already handle ban requests and while you can't handle unbans, you can provide direct commentary and explicit feedback on individuals partaking in the process. You can provide suggestions, changes, where you'd handle certain individuals during a rule breaking scenario and evidently provide feedback to TTT's current rules and regulations. 

I'm assuming you mean you can serve as a bridge, not a gap? We don't need any larger gaps in separate gaming communities underneath the Dinkleberg's name as it is lol
You can always talk to any of the Admins and provide ideas. Your rank doesn't need to change for that to happen. If you have any ideas for the community please bring it forward so that we may dissect and assess. Also becoming an Admin that our players feel comfortable approaching? I understand what you mean but it's better to build ties with the community and become dependable before you assume the rank. 

I guess what I really need to say is why do you need to become an Admin to accomplish these things? What are these ideas that you would like to bring forward with the Admin team? Where is it that you believe you could take TTT with a change in rank? Believe me my friend, you are already a voice. You simply need to speak out. 

I apologize if anything I said sounds rude, it's not intended to.

[tiefling lesbian]

I'm gonna have to agree with skullfire and -1, I think billybob is fine as mod but he lacks some of the qualities I'd like to see in an admin for the time being

[BillyBob]

Yes, bridging of the gap is what I meant. As for feeling approachable, I feel that I already am as several people have come to me seeking advice. What I meant is as an Admin you have a wider reach over the entire community as a whole, thus I am hoping to be a figure people will come to that are even outside the TTT community.

As for your other question, I will flip it back to you in reference as to the circumstances of when you became Admin. As you know, there is a difference between recommending something, and having the ability to implement something. It becomes increasingly frustrating when you suggest something, what you suggest is not implemented, and then what you said would happen does exactly so. This is not shade being thrown at our staff team either, a person can’t be expected to know everything that is going on, and several voices can tend to be louder then one.

I think you yourself can relate to this, considering you were in the same situation of frustration as a moderator that eventually led to you resigning for a period. Regardless of what we may try to say, an Admins voice and recommendation will always be regarded higher.

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Also,

Since I hate responding on my own applications and I already see I have received some of these comments, I’ll leave my final thoughts here. If anyone posts questions they’d like me to answer I’ll individually message y’all my responses, anywho:

To those who say that I’m immature, or even go so far as to say I act like a child on the server, I am starting to get frustrated. If all of that was true, I would surely think at some point I would have received a complaint from players, yet to my knowledge I never have. Can all of you say the same? Again, this isn’t meant to throw shade at anyone, but some of you need to start realizing that just because I staff differently then you does not make me any more immature then yourself. Some of the posts made, and I’m sure that will still be made are one of the most direct reasons as to why I am applying for Admin. I think a lot of y’all have lost your way as to the entire point of not only TTT, but the entire Dinks community. The point is this place is to have fun, not be a government entity. When we create an environment that enables players to enjoy themselves and have a good time, and in a lot of cases, escape the stresses of their life we are succeeding in exact point of what Dinks is for.

I’ll leave it at that.

[tiefling lesbian]

To those who say that I’m immature, or even go so far as to say I act like a child on the server, I am starting to get frustrated. If all of that was true, I would surely think at some point I would have received a complaint from players, yet to my knowledge I never have. Can all of you say the same? Again, this isn’t meant to throw shade at anyone, but some of you need to start realizing that just because I staff differently then you does not make me any more immature then yourself. Some of the posts made, and I’m sure that will still be made are one of the most direct reasons as to why I am applying for Admin. I think a lot of y’all have lost your way as to the entire point of not only TTT, but the entire Dinks community. The point is this place is to have fun, not be a government entity. When we create an environment that enables players to enjoy themselves and have a good time, and in a lot of cases, escape the stresses of their life we are succeeding in exact point of what Dinks is for.

I’ll leave it at that.

For me it's less how you staff and more just various little things about the way you behave. I wouldn't necessarily say you're childish, but I also don't think you have enough of a responsible personality for admin, or at least you don't come across that way at the moment. I agree with your sentiment for lower staff, and like I said I think you do fine as moderator when I see you on, but I think admin has a different set of standards and criteria. When I consider someone for an admin position, the first thing I consider is whether I would be confident in looking to them as a leader and be able to trust their judgement as someone with the highest influence over the server, and I personally just don't see that in you currently, though my mind could potentially be changed with time.

[HONG]

agreeing with others, i dont think you’ve matured all that much since your last app and i dont feel like you’d be able to be wholly responsible in the position of admin

-1

[Mana]

+1 he cool

[♥Chloe♥]

You are a great staff member and a great community member however I do not think you have the personality nor the drive to become a leader in dinks, sorry champ i gotta -1

[slater]

1) Primarily I see myself as being involved in the staff application process, TTT rules and the responsibility of training new staff members, and Ban/Unban requests. I think I serve as a good gap between the different personalities in our community as a person who attempts to see the point to each side. Hopefully I will be able to reduce the amount of disconnect that tends to happen between our community and the staff. 

1) I feel that stating you are to be involved in the staff app process, training new staff members, and being involved in ban/unban requests are things you can already do in your position as a Mod, such as more comments/input on staff apps and ban/unban requests. I don't see you putting much input and that's understandable since you have a busy schedule irl and the least important thing would be to focus on making a comment on staff apps/ban & unban requests. But that's one thing I wanted to point out that you could currently do that you don't need to have the rank of admin to do. The other thing is training new staff members. Again, busy schedule, but it's another thing you could still do as a Mod in which you don't need the rank of admin to do. What could you do besides being a community manager? What plans would you have for the TTT server in general?

2) I think my views on this primarily go in line with what some of my other staff members have put in this section. I think overall I can serve as a bridging of the gap between the TTT community and our other communities. I'd be able to chat with the other admins and have the ability to bounce ideas off one another in order for us to work towards a better community as a whole. Hopefully I could become an admin that our players feel comfortable approaching with an issue regarding any of our servers. 

2) I definitely think that outside of the server, you are able to be more open arms and welcoming to people who need advice and that's a good attribute to consider. For serving the bridge between each server, I feel that you can make suggestions and ideas as a Mod in which you don't need admin to do. Other members of the community give out ideas/suggestions to each staff team, community member, or even every admin in the community from suggestions in the discord to suggestions in the staff server. What other things would you be able to consider or be able to do that you aren't able to do as a Mod?

3) I just want to have the ability to continue creating a space that allows our players to have fun. I've started to notice a return to having a divide between our players and our staff team. 

3) Same issue that I stated with being able to do this in your current position. You can speak out and be able to create that space for players to have fun as a Mod that you wouldn't necessarily need to be able to do if you were to be an admin. How would you be able to create a fun space for players to enjoy in and outside of the TTT server?

Overall, I think that you present ideas that would be beneficial to have as an Admin, but you can currently do these in the rank that you currently reside in. I don't see much plans on what you can do beyond doing bans/unbans/staff apps, creating a fun engaging space, or being able to make suggestions/ideas. I don't see much engagement in all of these aspects that you present nor ideas/plans on what you can do for the TTT server as well. I wanted to state how I felt since I don't see you having a big vision for TTT besides being the one to handle reports when they come in. 

Hi Billybob, I'm glad to see you reapplied! My responses are in red.