IGN: My main accounts nickname/IGN is gregdaboss. However, i own two alternative accounts named Slyguy991 and HolyRS, that i occasionally use. BUt for this server i will be using gregdaboss. Age (minimum 13): I am currently fourteen years young, established in 1999. However i am mature for my age and i have 'proof' i can list you to some of my past applications that have taken hours upon hours of work. Skype (?): My skype is gmdgproductions, it used to be used mainly for my youtube but i quit that so now it is my personal account that i use to deal with all of my affairs. Mail (?): My current email that i use is [email protected] but i don't really like to use it that much due to the fact that skype and other services are quicker and more convenient. TimeZone: I am currently located in the EST also known as EASTERN STANDARD TIME. I know it is very common but i am very active on mine craft and other computer things. Real Name (Not required): My Real life name is Andrew but most people call me drew for short, and i would prefer if you called me drew as well, as i prefer that name over Andrew. What specific will/can you bring to the server?: If this means what i can bring to the server? than i will say that i can bring maturity and server management knowledge to the staff team and server as a whole. I will also be committed to getting stuff done not just fooling around with commands. Will you continue to stay active after server opening aswell?: Of course! The most fun part of being a server manager is watching the community grow and managing it! That will probably be when i am even more active than the start. What rank would suit you best?: I think i would best fit in as a Co-owner or admin. This is because, i am good at managing teams of staff so that we can get to the desired goal we are aiming for. I also am experienced in server management having owned and developed two servers. Anything about you we should know about? One of the servers i was producing was a custom developed OP factions server and the plugins were very unique to other servers. And you said that factions will be one of your plugins so i will have experience with managing factions. How good would you're building be?: I used to be part of a professional build team called EpiFX, were we were payed but i quit that a while back. However i still love to build and i believe that my building skills would be considered above average. Ever developed you're own plugin?: I currently am not a developer however i am learning how to code on this website called code academy. I am learning html, java, and java script. I look forward to investing more time in that. You got any experience in server managing?: Like i have stated i have owned two servers and managed them, and i got one of my servers to a average 15 players online at a single time within a month. I know where to go to get your server out there. Having 20 players on at one time within a single month will be hard unless you hire me to help you out. You good at social engineering?: I looked up social engineering, and it said it was the manipulation of people to get there passwords. So if you mean am i good at stopping it? than yes i am.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_engineering_(security) You're previous building experience: Like i said i was part of a profesional payed build team named EpiFX and participated in several massive group build projects for other servers spawns and more. You're previous coding/developing experience: None, accept learning how to code on that coding website i talked about above. But i'm going to try to become more experienced with coding and developing. How many hours will you be able to play each day?: (doesn't really count that much, But 3+ hours is recommended) Currently, it is summer time for me so i will be able to be on a lot. probably 6+. But during the school year probably 3/4+ on weekdays. However on weekends it is same as summer. Anything else?: I cant wait to join your staffing squad and manage our server towards greatness. Message me on Skype if you would like to know anything else.
Nice long good application!
staff is picked in a day.
What specific will/can you bring to the server?: I am currently developing a pixelmon server so eventually could possibly make it part of the network.
Will you continue to stay active after server opening aswell?: Yes.
What rank would suit you best?: Co-Owner
Anything about you we should know about? I am a third year Computing Science student, I know Java, plus general web languages such as PHP HTML5 and CSS so can do website stuff or learn to do plugin stuff if needed.
How good would you're building be?: I haven't honestly done that much building myself, but if I set my mind to a task I can achieve it. GIve me the outline of what you want the build to look like and I will go away and try my best to suit your specification.
Ever developed you're own plugin?:No, but have the knowledge to potentially learn how to.
You got any experience in server managing?: Currently developing a pixelmon server. I am paying the hosting/website host/domain name for it all, so that isnt an issue. I haven't hosted a server prior to this but it is a learning experience and I am enjoying seeing my ideas grow!
You good at social engineering?:I can talk to somebody and get my point across. Im not one for manipulation but I can discuss my argument clearly and coherently.
You're previous building experience: None, not applying for builder.
What specific will/can you bring to the server?: Don't let my age fool you, I am a very mature 15 year old and am very reliable. I know a bit of Java, and I am getting into coding, but I'm not looking to develop. I have tons of experience in Minecraft (played since Beta 1.0), and in Minecraft servers (especially Bukkit). I have played on my share of servers. I would like to become an admin, because I would like to be able to help out further, and share my knowledge with others.
Will you continue to stay active after server opening aswell?: Yes, if anything I'll stay active the same amount throughout the server's lifetime.
What rank would suit you best?: Co-Owner or Admin
Anything about you we should know about? Very organized, above-average intelligence for my age, lots of experience in Minecraft and servers, wide knowledge of computers (built one of my own), kind, generous, hard-working, fun, creative, good with redstone, good at helping others, and more. I play Minecraft everyday, and have logged a couple thousand hours+ in-game.
How good would you're building be?: When I have inspiration I'm very good, but when I'm just randomly selected to build something with very vague guidelines, I'm not amazing, but I'm not bad.
Ever developed you're own plugin?: No.
You got any experience in server managing?: I have owned and been OP/Admin/Mod/Co-owner on several servers.
I've been staff on tons of servers, but here are some names of ones I found I posted applications for (checked MCF) and remember actually following through with: RiftServers, MultiLeagues, MineLand, Minecraftia Detention Centre (changed name a few times, one was also Minecraft Community Prison), HEIST: BANK ROBBERY GAME, a factions server that I can't remember the name of, a survival server that I was going to be admin when completed but I'm not even sure what happened to the server, some medieval building server, Seakip Walls (The Walls by Hypixel), and DJCraft. I also owned Exodus PvP and Miner Warfare
You good at social engineering?: I'm fairly good.
You're previous building experience: I haven't done strictly builds on servers, mainly just builds as an admin or builds on my own servers.
You're previous coding/developing experience: I know a bit of Java
How many hours will you be able to play each day?: 6
(doesn't really count that much, But 3+ hours is recommended)
What specific will/can you bring to the server?: Don't let my age fool you, I am a very mature 15 year old and am very reliable. I know a bit of Java, and I am getting into coding, but I'm not looking to develop. I have tons of experience in Minecraft (played since Beta 1.0), and in Minecraft servers (especially Bukkit). I have played on my share of servers. I would like to become an admin, because I would like to be able to help out further, and share my knowledge with others.
Will you continue to stay active after server opening aswell?: Yes, if anything I'll stay active the same amount throughout the server's lifetime.
What rank would suit you best?: Co-Owner or Admin
Anything about you we should know about? Very organized, above-average intelligence for my age, lots of experience in Minecraft and servers, wide knowledge of computers (built one of my own), kind, generous, hard-working, fun, creative, good with redstone, good at helping others, and more. I play Minecraft everyday, and have logged a couple thousand hours+ in-game.
How good would you're building be?: When I have inspiration I'm very good, but when I'm just randomly selected to build something with very vague guidelines, I'm not amazing, but I'm not bad.
Ever developed you're own plugin?: No.
You got any experience in server managing?: I have owned and been OP/Admin/Mod/Co-owner on several servers.
I've been staff on tons of servers, but here are some names of ones I found I posted applications for (checked MCF) and remember actually following through with: RiftServers, MultiLeagues, MineLand, Minecraftia Detention Centre (changed name a few times, one was also Minecraft Community Prison), HEIST: BANK ROBBERY GAME, a factions server that I can't remember the name of, a survival server that I was going to be admin when completed but I'm not even sure what happened to the server, some medieval building server, Seakip Walls (The Walls by Hypixel), and DJCraft. I also owned Exodus PvP and Miner Warfare
You good at social engineering?: I'm fairly good.
You're previous building experience: I haven't done strictly builds on servers, mainly just builds as an admin or builds on my own servers.
You're previous coding/developing experience: I know a bit of Java
How many hours will you be able to play each day?: 6
(doesn't really count that much, But 3+ hours is recommended)
Or you could buy a server, like the actual hardware. You don't have to pay a monthly fee, just a one time thing and you can get like a 64 gig server for like 130$
What specific will/can you bring to the server?: Experience as Admin on a bending server however the server has died because Owners had disputes and broke off :/
Will you continue to stay active after server opening aswell?: Definetly Minecraft and(hopefully) leadership are big parts of my life.
What rank would suit you best?: Admin preferably, my builds are adequate but nothing innovative, and I would not want the responsibility of Owner or Developer but as I said i do have Admin experience.
Anything about you we should know about? I have real world leading experience as President and Drill Instructor of my high school Marching Band so I have no problem connecting with people as well as enforcing rules.
How good would you're building be?: Explained above, my builds are adequate but nothing innovative.
Ever developed you're own plugin?: No, but I would love to learn how to if when you are working on one i could be in a call with you or the developers.
You got any experience in server managing?: Explained above, but I also was Admin on minealot but that server shut down awhile ago.
You good at social engineering?: By social engineering I assume you mean people skills, and as I plan to major in psychology to be a therapist I would hope Im good at social engineering.
You're previous building experience: None for any server, b my friends and I built an amazing base for our old faction server(discontinued).
How many hours will you be able to play each day?:Definetly at the least 3 but it will depend on my working schedule.
(doesn't really count that much, But 3+ hours is recommended)
Anything else?: No, I have pretty much said it all, but thanks for reading and considering me and even if i dont get staff I would love to check out the server!!
What specific will/can you bring to the server?: Very good at plugin managing, writing ranks, Good with Group Manager and Various other plugin related stuff. Im a strict but funny guy, im a good leader and love training people. Im a very patient person. I can spot when people are using hack clients
Will you continue to stay active after server opening aswell?: I would surely be on almost everyday.
What rank would suit you best?: Admin because i would like to lead the people and have them be good staff.
Anything about you we should know about?: I am a very dedicated person ive been admin on various servers and i love pizza
How good would you're building be?: On a scale of 1-10 im an 8.
Ever developed you're own plugin?: Not yet.
You got any experience in server managing?: Yes indeed ive been owner on several servers and I am starting my own soon.
You good at social engineering?: Not very bad at it but not an expert.
You're previous building experience: Ive built in one of my favorite servers.
You're previous coding/developing experience: Ive tweeked the bending plugin a bit to add some stuff.
How many hours will you be able to play each day?:
(doesn't really count that much, But 3+ hours is recommended) 10+
Why do you think you'd be best out of all other applicants?
To begin with, I feel I should take part in the staffing community here because I ensure a large portion of qualified time as well as extreme experiences and a sincere inclination in moderating over the chat and providing the necessary satisfaction to players in need of any particular assistance. I am a person who shares a natural obligation and heavy dedication to those in need of a correct moderation. I will be there to help them with confusion/questions for hours worth of time as well! My highest priority when it comes to staffing is that I focus on most is moderating over servers. I am not really a person who wants to dedicate themselves to formulating new structures or residing to head-to-head combat. I find it more intriguing to supply players with a jubilant sense of feeling from my overall performance. I would be sure to keep dissonance from progressing to ghastly circumstances. I would basically focus on the whole idea of my existence to staffing within this community, which is simply stated by pursuing a largely said portion of time spent on the server, encompassing the chat within a correctly moderated state, assuring the prosperity of attentiveness to answer all questions to my highest potential, keeping in touch with other fellow staff about suggestions/ideas/answers, and securing the server from all egregious irrelevancy.I am also special and different in lots of ways. First off, my mentality is basically to work hard and play later. I do everything with the best of my ability or at least die trying. My effort is genuine and I am a very nice and reasonable person. I treat people with respect and I take stands based on facts and evidence, not because they are my friends or I know them. I am also a very neat and organized person. I may be considered a neat freak but the results pay off. Everything will be organized and in tip top shape. My experience also plays a huge role in who I am. I know lots of things and I have years of experience in running a team. I know what it takes to run a tip top team and how to maintain it. In the end, I have a lot of traits that would make me the ideal person for the job.Many people have different reasons to apply for staff. Mine will sound a little cheesy but its true. I purely enjoy helping people. It gives me a sense of gratitude when I show someone how to do things the right way or help someone with their issues. I am a good problem solver and I have an analytical brain. These traits make my job easy and fun. I know that staff isn’t meant to be a fun job, but keeping a cheerful attitude on job and being friendly to players makes more people want to come back to the server. I have two modes when being staff; one cheery light mood when I joke around and talk with players and a serious mood when dealing with issues. I NEVER allow these two to mix together because that could jeopardize my position and probably annoy some players. Lastly, I know that certain people apply for the rank because they think it will bring them respect and make them cool. I have never considered this as a reason to apply and I frankly hate these types of people. They often end up abusing their power and getting banned. I have never abused and will never abuse. I am applying because I believe that I have what it takes to help the server.There is a very clear reason in my head that makes me believe I am suitable to be staff, experience. Others may downplay experience but it has taught me a lot. From all of my different staff positions I have learned different things. First, my strategy for dealing with rule breaking players, I have reviewed lots of applications where the person says I will warn them three times and than mute them. Honestly I hate this strategy; its very robotic and the player will probably appeal and do it again. My personal preference to dealing with such issues is convincing. I like to try to talk a spammer out of spamming. In my opinion showing them how what they are doing is pointless and really does nothing can possibly convince them not to do it again. Of course this doesn’t always work than in that case I have to mute them. Banning to me is a last resort. I always oppose banning players unless it is obvious that they must be banned or it’s a last resort. In my view servers love their members and all that banning does is remove members. If we can change the view of such troublemakers than we can have a great community base. Also I understand how to treat a staff rank. When I have been given the privilege to serve on a staff team I take it very seriously. I will joke around with others but I have learned to respect the rank. Being staff will not make me cool or give me respect but it is my goal to help and server the players of this server. I understand that under no circumstances should I abuse and that I have been given a chance to be a part of the staff team, a chance I should be very grateful for. I hope that I can qualify above mediocre and be exceptional. My experience in the past has taught me how to deal with people, how to inspect and analyze a situation, and how to respect everyone. Lastly I do not have anger issues and I don’t rage. I have learned how to keep my cool even in the most frustrating situations. It will be very rare that you see me genuinely pissed off at someone. I have handled many situations in the past and I believe that the challenges I will face on your server will be within by ability.I am that guy you see online on a server that has 200 slots available and only one person online, that being me. I am that guy you see at 3 O'Clock in the morning playing Minecraft for no apparent reason on a cool Summer night. Dedication is what I lack in the past server I was working for and that was the reason why I quit or the server ended up being closed. I can assure you that I am very dedicated with everything. I will answer personal messages within a few hours, I can answer Skype messages the moment you send them. It's how I work and how I live my life. My job as a forum moderator requires me to be active so I am always on some sort of electronic device regardless of the time, area, and day. In return I expect my peers to be dedicated as well. The least I can do is return the favor by being active. I personally have a large sum of time on my hands. I only take one musical instrument outside of school, which frees up my time a lot. In order to balance this time I plan what I need to do every day. Currently I am holding 1 separate staff position (which I will list below with evidence), which is very time consuming. However if I am accepted and given the privilege to work with the your server and its staff team I would immediately leave such positions. On an estimate between practicing my musical instrument, doing schoolwork, and moderating the server, I would be able to spend around 3-5 hours on your server and the Forums. I understand that Moderating or Administrating is a very demanding job, but I am prepared to take it on. I have held 5 staff positions in the past. Unfortunately I can only provide evidence for four of them. I am currently a Head-Mod on Music craft this is a low scale server mainly because previously it was a minigame server. Lack of funds forced us to downgrade to survival and creative. Although I didn’t deal with a lot of people there, it taught me how to deal with minigames contrary to survival. Also, I hold an admin position on an opening server called Cracked cube this server is starting out so there isn’t much to say about it. The website is up but server is currently down for maintenance. Lastly I hold a Co-Owner position on a server me and my friend made I deal with around 7 people a day here but the other staff members of this server has taught me a lot about professionalism. There is one more server but unfortunately it shut down due to lack of funds I held a head-admin position on it and I was around the only active staff on it. By myself I handled around 30-50 people on a day. This server taught me how to handle large crowds, which I believe will be especially helpful on the server. I held one more moderator staff position but I have no proof of it so I will not be mentioning it here.I've had a lot of experience on many servers. I have had all the positions that basically gives me complete control over the server. These can vary from , Head-mod, Head Admin, General Manager, and such. As I said before, managing a server is nothing new to me and managing servers is what I enjoy best.
Extra Question:
Scenario: What would you do if someone was advertising another server?
Like I said before, the tactic of 3 warnings and then a ban system is very robotic. On the other hand there are two things that make me ban people automatically,hacking and advertising, these two are an exception to which I will not take lightly. There are many reasons for this, one hacking ruins the fun on a server,which is to have fun, and advertising takes our players away. So if advertising was to happen I would ban then on the spot no questions asked.
Scenario: What would you do if another moderator was abusing, teleporting to players, griefing, and banning people?
Well this question is hard, let me rephrase it"what if a trustworthy staff member and friend was found abusing power". Now that is very different, when players do something it's easier to handle it since you do not know them per se, but a staff member although hard, has to learn the consequences of there actions just like very other player has. Saying this I would always talk to the staff member see why he/she did it.I have been in many scenarios where staff members, trusty staff members, were caught abusing power. After a week of investigating ,it was found that the staff member was hacked and his account was being manipulated. So in end it depends on the staff member and his actions prior to the abusing.
Plugin Knowledge?
Having owned a few servers, its very crucial to be able to work with plugins. Without it, a server can be as good as nothing even with a million dollar idea. I know how to manage plugins and use them to create the best experience for the player. Imagine an empty pallet and the paint is plugins. You need to create something amazing with those plugins, those are your main source of art. I can do all of that and a lot more. I myself have a few good friends who can work with Java and Bukkit Plugins and I am able to get some amazing custom made plugins done. A server just isn't a server without the right and amazing plugins.
Can I build:
I have created some amazing things with a group of builders and it always amazes me how much creativity a group of people can bring out. It is just truly amazing to be able to create a great structure using your creativity and a group of friends. I do not have many pictures but I do have a video. This is one of the first builds I did all by myself and without World Edit. After finishing I was inspired to do more and thats when it all took off.
Am I more technical or social:
When it comes to technical I am VERY technical. In times of a job I am very serious and I only expect the best. I'm a type of leader who is willing to get down and work along with the staff on the server. This is where my social part comes in. Everywhere I have worked in I made some great friends and I have never received a complaint ever. I am very professional and I treat everyone as I wanted to be treated.
How Would Your Best Friend Describe You: Well, accordingly to my friends overall speculation, I'm sure he'd qualify me as a very precisely wise and rather “debatable” person. As he has long come to comprehend, I in fact find a sincere inclination in providing a rather heavy set of vocabulary to my writing pieces. It is one of my favorable habits.
What Is Your Greatest Weakness: Personally stated, I can simply claim that one of my highest weaknesses is living in a state of depression. I am generally a very jubilant soul. According to my past experiences, I have attempted to mend those of a sentimental mind. Ones who besieged themselves in a form of egregious melancholy. It had soon come to haunt my being, feeding off of my essence and depriving me of my natural ways. At that moment, I couldn't keep dedicating my very life to those who couldn't seek ways to walk on there own.
What Is Your Greatest Achievement: Forever and always I have found a sincere inclination in supporting people, writing essays/stories, drawing, and giving my honest aphorisms. Yet, the main idea I am going to focus on as my highest achievement is supporting others. As you have come to understand, I consist of a very ecstatic personally. I can be considerably frivolous at times while still maintaining my very perceptive disposition. I find an exceptional amount of prosperity when I help others seek there very own place of happiness. Simply said, I feel there is nothing better than keeping others satisfied as they should be!
What Are Your Long-Term Goals: A few of my long-term goals I look forward to in my nearing future are to develop a very spectacular amount of vocabulary to incorporate to my writings/quotes, learn to draw detailed and well drawn realistic animals, and be sure to always be there for someone who yearns to feel welcome in this world of illusion. Out of all of these few goals, I look forward to helping people most. I completely comprehend the misfortunes of this world.
What Major Obstacles Have You Overcome: One major obstacle I have overcome within my life, were the sincere struggles of my personal problems. There was once a time where I was in a hole of trickery and delusion. All I had managed to grasp was the tenacious lachrymose of loss and deceiving ways. It was almost as if there was no where to go and no one to come to. I was flatly lost, dilapidated from the sadness. It was until one of my family members had come into my life and taught me the ways of a true heart, that I had learned we all had reasoning within our very soul. I had come to learn that we all are capable of the same power, it's just that not always do we use it correctly.
What Unique Experiences Separate You From Others: I have to say, a major experience that differentiates me from others encounters, is the fact that I can simply claim heaven and hell along with demonic deities are existent to this rather cruel world without a single sheer of hesitation (my own form of proof.) It is a long story that I prefer not say (I feel that it shouldn't simply be rambled about unless necessary come to catechize by that individual.)
What would you say would be grounds for a global server ban?
Well a ban is something staff does to ensure the safety and comfortable environment for players to play in. There are two things that would cause an auto-ban, no questions asked, hacking and advertising. Now these are the major bans, why you ask well to start off hacking causes unfair disadvantage in pvp, causing players to rage which will ultimately causes them to leave the server. This is not something that neither staff, nor players would want to happen which will cause us to say good bye to one of our players. The second is advertising, this is something that not only is bannable, but is actually one of the few things that players can do that royally pisses me off. The audacity someone has to have to go on a server and advertise is something I will never comprehend. Now the reason that it get's me being into an austere guy with it, is that it causes players to try the ip the advertiser gives out. So if I was a Mod, I would instantly ban both hackers and advertisers with clear evidence. Now since I get accepted as a Helper not Mod, in a situation of someone hacking or advertising I would have to deter my original way of dealing with them. As a Helper, if I saw a player advertising I would permute get evidence and tell a higher ranking staff to ban immediately. As for a hacker I would get evidence and just report it to a Mod or Admin. Thats my top to insta-bans and how I would handle them, in a Mods perspective and a Helpers point of view on the matter.
Do you work well with others?
I work amazingly with others, as I respect immensely my superiors. I think that comes from my respectfulness
Hypothetical Questions
Two players are complaining and requesting assistance from a staff member, you're the only one online, how would you deal with the situation?
Well although not all players have this, the answer to something like this happening is patience. Patience is key to life, without it we would be in a world of strains. Saying that if there were three even four people msging me questions, I would calmly ask everyone to be patient and that I will answer all there questions accordingly.If people were to get impatient, and start cursing and calling me a lazy staff I would tell people that I am trying my best and that I am only human. The trick to always have a smile on your face, does the trick to calm down people. So I would always stay calm, and all I ask for in return to players for my kind answers would be there patience. I am going to leave a little poem.
Patience
Do you know why the leading cause of death, is accidents?
It's because people are impatient.
If that, man didn't speed up, to get to work early, those three children wouldn't have died in a car accident.
If that child didn't turn the oven heat up, to get his cake baked faster, his family wouldn't have died in a fire.
If that woman didn't leave the door open, so she could get her groceries faster, her dog wouldn't have gotten out and killed a baby.
Get the picture?
Patience is the key to life
Two players are fighting in server chat and causing grief to everyone else on the server, what do you think would be the best way to go about difusing the situation?
Well this is a bit complicated if you think about it. In a game like faction and pvp, there will always and instantaneously be many chat fight. Reason being that people get mad when they are raided or die in pvp. So in some circumstances I will let it pass, some times players need to get there anger out. Now saying this if a chat battle begins to get out of hand into racist slurs or just language get out of hand I will have to get involved. I would first calm then down by telling them that if they don't stop I will mute them. After calmed down I will get each of the players side of the story, with that I will basically put in a verdict to either mute them if it gets to out of hand. Give them a warning or just try to fix the problem that caused the argument prior to the fight.
Mail (?):email? If so, again, private!! Sorry about private things.
TimeZone: Central Time Zone. GMT+/-5:00
Real Name (Not required):Vladimir G****
What specific will/can you bring to the server?: I can bring people, friends, and really anything you need.
Will you continue to stay active after server opening as well?: Yes, but I think I will need time to get used to minecraft again, I haven't played in a few months so I dont remember much
What rank would suit you best?: Im hoping Admin?
Anything about you we should know about?: I am VERY impatient. I am very immature if something happens and a rank below me just WONT listen to me about how to fix it, but when I'm calm and situated like now, I am nice and friendly
How good would you're building be?: Eh. Im not too into building so I try not to strive into it.
Ever developed you're own plugin?: No.
You got any experience in server managing?: I owned my own paid server, was Co-Owner on another and Admin on 2 others.
You good at social engineering?: I am about regular at social engineering
You're previous building experience: Dont remind me.
You're previous coding/developing experience: N/A
How many hours will you be able to play each day?: I can play about 5 hours a day but not in a row, so about 1 hr on, 30 min off and so on so forth.
(doesn't really count that much, But 3+ hours is recommended)
What specific will/can you bring to the server?:I can bring players to the server and ofcourse give the server my knowledge and skills and give this job my whole time and do the best I can
Will you continue to stay active after server opening aswell?:I will! and I will be active for LONG hours daily
What rank would suit you best?:Admin is suitable but I have been a Co-owner so You decide
Anything about you we should know about? Yes, I am friendly and I have a vast knowledge about minecraft and building and I do my best to satisfy players and I know 4 languages ( helps to understand players more ) and I respect everybody equally and I treat everyone equally
How good would you're building be?:It is pretty good
Ever developed you're own plugin?:currently learning
You got any experience in server managing?:Yes, alot
You good at social engineering?:I am the best at it
You're previous building experience: I have built spawns, houses, statues and even a airport with planes and everything!
You're previous coding/developing experience: I have been a developer on 2 servers
How many hours will you be able to play each day?:3-4 hours daily
(doesn't really count that much, But 3+ hours is recommended)
Anything else?: I am grateful to have a opportunity like this and thank you!
Nice long good application!
staff is picked in a day.
Im not completly sure if hes the best.
its online 24/7 with the best protection,
but im not sure about prices.
Oh, Please try to do one on
the computer, would increase
you're chance!
I have way to much to do this weekend myself
The best prices I have every seen belong to trueworldgaming, but I've never actually hosted with them, so idk if they have good service or not.
Prices
Best would be to get a
dedicated server.
Not the best application yet.
staff is picked in a day.
Age (minimum 13): 15 almost 16
Skype (?): Jewbacca98
Mail (?): I prefer Skype, but PM me for my email.
TimeZone: PST (GMT-8)
Real Name (Not required): Shea (pronounced Shay)
What specific will/can you bring to the server?: Don't let my age fool you, I am a very mature 15 year old and am very reliable. I know a bit of Java, and I am getting into coding, but I'm not looking to develop. I have tons of experience in Minecraft (played since Beta 1.0), and in Minecraft servers (especially Bukkit). I have played on my share of servers. I would like to become an admin, because I would like to be able to help out further, and share my knowledge with others.
Will you continue to stay active after server opening aswell?: Yes, if anything I'll stay active the same amount throughout the server's lifetime.
What rank would suit you best?: Co-Owner or Admin
Anything about you we should know about? Very organized, above-average intelligence for my age, lots of experience in Minecraft and servers, wide knowledge of computers (built one of my own), kind, generous, hard-working, fun, creative, good with redstone, good at helping others, and more. I play Minecraft everyday, and have logged a couple thousand hours+ in-game.
How good would you're building be?: When I have inspiration I'm very good, but when I'm just randomly selected to build something with very vague guidelines, I'm not amazing, but I'm not bad.
Ever developed you're own plugin?: No.
You got any experience in server managing?: I have owned and been OP/Admin/Mod/Co-owner on several servers.
I've been staff on tons of servers, but here are some names of ones I found I posted applications for (checked MCF) and remember actually following through with: RiftServers, MultiLeagues, MineLand, Minecraftia Detention Centre (changed name a few times, one was also Minecraft Community Prison), HEIST: BANK ROBBERY GAME, a factions server that I can't remember the name of, a survival server that I was going to be admin when completed but I'm not even sure what happened to the server, some medieval building server, Seakip Walls (The Walls by Hypixel), and DJCraft. I also owned Exodus PvP and Miner Warfare
You good at social engineering?: I'm fairly good.
You're previous building experience: I haven't done strictly builds on servers, mainly just builds as an admin or builds on my own servers.
You're previous coding/developing experience: I know a bit of Java
How many hours will you be able to play each day?: 6
(doesn't really count that much, But 3+ hours is recommended)
Good application!
Age (minimum 13): 18
Skype (?): jstruggz1
Mail (?): [email protected]
TimeZone: EDT
Real Name (Not required): Jason
What specific will/can you bring to the server?: Experience as Admin on a bending server however the server has died because Owners had disputes and broke off :/
Will you continue to stay active after server opening aswell?: Definetly Minecraft and(hopefully) leadership are big parts of my life.
What rank would suit you best?: Admin preferably, my builds are adequate but nothing innovative, and I would not want the responsibility of Owner or Developer but as I said i do have Admin experience.
Anything about you we should know about? I have real world leading experience as President and Drill Instructor of my high school Marching Band so I have no problem connecting with people as well as enforcing rules.
How good would you're building be?: Explained above, my builds are adequate but nothing innovative.
Ever developed you're own plugin?: No, but I would love to learn how to if when you are working on one i could be in a call with you or the developers.
You got any experience in server managing?: Explained above, but I also was Admin on minealot but that server shut down awhile ago.
You good at social engineering?: By social engineering I assume you mean people skills, and as I plan to major in psychology to be a therapist I would hope Im good at social engineering.
You're previous building experience: None for any server, b my friends and I built an amazing base for our old faction server(discontinued).
You're previous coding/developing experience:None.
How many hours will you be able to play each day?:Definetly at the least 3 but it will depend on my working schedule.
(doesn't really count that much, But 3+ hours is recommended)
Anything else?: No, I have pretty much said it all, but thanks for reading and considering me and even if i dont get staff I would love to check out the server!!
Age (minimum 13):15
Skype (?): el_gabo1202
Mail (?): [email protected]
TimeZone: UTC
Real Name (Not required): Luis
What specific will/can you bring to the server?: Very good at plugin managing, writing ranks, Good with Group Manager and Various other plugin related stuff. Im a strict but funny guy, im a good leader and love training people. Im a very patient person. I can spot when people are using hack clients
Will you continue to stay active after server opening aswell?: I would surely be on almost everyday.
What rank would suit you best?: Admin because i would like to lead the people and have them be good staff.
Anything about you we should know about?: I am a very dedicated person ive been admin on various servers and i love pizza
How good would you're building be?: On a scale of 1-10 im an 8.
Ever developed you're own plugin?: Not yet.
You got any experience in server managing?: Yes indeed ive been owner on several servers and I am starting my own soon.
You good at social engineering?: Not very bad at it but not an expert.
You're previous building experience: Ive built in one of my favorite servers.
You're previous coding/developing experience: Ive tweeked the bending plugin a bit to add some stuff.
How many hours will you be able to play each day?:
(doesn't really count that much, But 3+ hours is recommended) 10+
Anything else?: Pizza is good.
What is your minecraft username? poldy1
What timezone are you in? Eastern time zone
Which server are you applying for staff on?
Main Questions
Why do you think you'd be best out of all other applicants?
To begin with, I feel I should take part in the staffing community here because I ensure a large portion of qualified time as well as extreme experiences and a sincere inclination in moderating over the chat and providing the necessary satisfaction to players in need of any particular assistance. I am a person who shares a natural obligation and heavy dedication to those in need of a correct moderation. I will be there to help them with confusion/questions for hours worth of time as well! My highest priority when it comes to staffing is that I focus on most is moderating over servers. I am not really a person who wants to dedicate themselves to formulating new structures or residing to head-to-head combat. I find it more intriguing to supply players with a jubilant sense of feeling from my overall performance. I would be sure to keep dissonance from progressing to ghastly circumstances. I would basically focus on the whole idea of my existence to staffing within this community, which is simply stated by pursuing a largely said portion of time spent on the server, encompassing the chat within a correctly moderated state, assuring the prosperity of attentiveness to answer all questions to my highest potential, keeping in touch with other fellow staff about suggestions/ideas/answers, and securing the server from all egregious irrelevancy.I am also special and different in lots of ways. First off, my mentality is basically to work hard and play later. I do everything with the best of my ability or at least die trying. My effort is genuine and I am a very nice and reasonable person. I treat people with respect and I take stands based on facts and evidence, not because they are my friends or I know them. I am also a very neat and organized person. I may be considered a neat freak but the results pay off. Everything will be organized and in tip top shape. My experience also plays a huge role in who I am. I know lots of things and I have years of experience in running a team. I know what it takes to run a tip top team and how to maintain it. In the end, I have a lot of traits that would make me the ideal person for the job.Many people have different reasons to apply for staff. Mine will sound a little cheesy but its true. I purely enjoy helping people. It gives me a sense of gratitude when I show someone how to do things the right way or help someone with their issues. I am a good problem solver and I have an analytical brain. These traits make my job easy and fun. I know that staff isn’t meant to be a fun job, but keeping a cheerful attitude on job and being friendly to players makes more people want to come back to the server. I have two modes when being staff; one cheery light mood when I joke around and talk with players and a serious mood when dealing with issues. I NEVER allow these two to mix together because that could jeopardize my position and probably annoy some players. Lastly, I know that certain people apply for the rank because they think it will bring them respect and make them cool. I have never considered this as a reason to apply and I frankly hate these types of people. They often end up abusing their power and getting banned. I have never abused and will never abuse. I am applying because I believe that I have what it takes to help the server.There is a very clear reason in my head that makes me believe I am suitable to be staff, experience. Others may downplay experience but it has taught me a lot. From all of my different staff positions I have learned different things. First, my strategy for dealing with rule breaking players, I have reviewed lots of applications where the person says I will warn them three times and than mute them. Honestly I hate this strategy; its very robotic and the player will probably appeal and do it again. My personal preference to dealing with such issues is convincing. I like to try to talk a spammer out of spamming. In my opinion showing them how what they are doing is pointless and really does nothing can possibly convince them not to do it again. Of course this doesn’t always work than in that case I have to mute them. Banning to me is a last resort. I always oppose banning players unless it is obvious that they must be banned or it’s a last resort. In my view servers love their members and all that banning does is remove members. If we can change the view of such troublemakers than we can have a great community base. Also I understand how to treat a staff rank. When I have been given the privilege to serve on a staff team I take it very seriously. I will joke around with others but I have learned to respect the rank. Being staff will not make me cool or give me respect but it is my goal to help and server the players of this server. I understand that under no circumstances should I abuse and that I have been given a chance to be a part of the staff team, a chance I should be very grateful for. I hope that I can qualify above mediocre and be exceptional. My experience in the past has taught me how to deal with people, how to inspect and analyze a situation, and how to respect everyone. Lastly I do not have anger issues and I don’t rage. I have learned how to keep my cool even in the most frustrating situations. It will be very rare that you see me genuinely pissed off at someone. I have handled many situations in the past and I believe that the challenges I will face on your server will be within by ability.I am that guy you see online on a server that has 200 slots available and only one person online, that being me. I am that guy you see at 3 O'Clock in the morning playing Minecraft for no apparent reason on a cool Summer night. Dedication is what I lack in the past server I was working for and that was the reason why I quit or the server ended up being closed. I can assure you that I am very dedicated with everything. I will answer personal messages within a few hours, I can answer Skype messages the moment you send them. It's how I work and how I live my life. My job as a forum moderator requires me to be active so I am always on some sort of electronic device regardless of the time, area, and day. In return I expect my peers to be dedicated as well. The least I can do is return the favor by being active. I personally have a large sum of time on my hands. I only take one musical instrument outside of school, which frees up my time a lot. In order to balance this time I plan what I need to do every day. Currently I am holding 1 separate staff position (which I will list below with evidence), which is very time consuming. However if I am accepted and given the privilege to work with the your server and its staff team I would immediately leave such positions. On an estimate between practicing my musical instrument, doing schoolwork, and moderating the server, I would be able to spend around 3-5 hours on your server and the Forums. I understand that Moderating or Administrating is a very demanding job, but I am prepared to take it on. I have held 5 staff positions in the past. Unfortunately I can only provide evidence for four of them. I am currently a Head-Mod on Music craft this is a low scale server mainly because previously it was a minigame server. Lack of funds forced us to downgrade to survival and creative. Although I didn’t deal with a lot of people there, it taught me how to deal with minigames contrary to survival. Also, I hold an admin position on an opening server called Cracked cube this server is starting out so there isn’t much to say about it. The website is up but server is currently down for maintenance. Lastly I hold a Co-Owner position on a server me and my friend made I deal with around 7 people a day here but the other staff members of this server has taught me a lot about professionalism. There is one more server but unfortunately it shut down due to lack of funds I held a head-admin position on it and I was around the only active staff on it. By myself I handled around 30-50 people on a day. This server taught me how to handle large crowds, which I believe will be especially helpful on the server. I held one more moderator staff position but I have no proof of it so I will not be mentioning it here.I've had a lot of experience on many servers. I have had all the positions that basically gives me complete control over the server. These can vary from , Head-mod, Head Admin, General Manager, and such. As I said before, managing a server is nothing new to me and managing servers is what I enjoy best.
Extra Question:
Scenario: What would you do if someone was advertising another server?
Like I said before, the tactic of 3 warnings and then a ban system is very robotic. On the other hand there are two things that make me ban people automatically,hacking and advertising, these two are an exception to which I will not take lightly. There are many reasons for this, one hacking ruins the fun on a server,which is to have fun, and advertising takes our players away. So if advertising was to happen I would ban then on the spot no questions asked.
Scenario: What would you do if another moderator was abusing, teleporting to players, griefing, and banning people?
Well this question is hard, let me rephrase it"what if a trustworthy staff member and friend was found abusing power". Now that is very different, when players do something it's easier to handle it since you do not know them per se, but a staff member although hard, has to learn the consequences of there actions just like very other player has. Saying this I would always talk to the staff member see why he/she did it.I have been in many scenarios where staff members, trusty staff members, were caught abusing power. After a week of investigating ,it was found that the staff member was hacked and his account was being manipulated. So in end it depends on the staff member and his actions prior to the abusing.
Plugin Knowledge?
Having owned a few servers, its very crucial to be able to work with plugins. Without it, a server can be as good as nothing even with a million dollar idea. I know how to manage plugins and use them to create the best experience for the player. Imagine an empty pallet and the paint is plugins. You need to create something amazing with those plugins, those are your main source of art. I can do all of that and a lot more. I myself have a few good friends who can work with Java and Bukkit Plugins and I am able to get some amazing custom made plugins done. A server just isn't a server without the right and amazing plugins.
Can I build:
I have created some amazing things with a group of builders and it always amazes me how much creativity a group of people can bring out. It is just truly amazing to be able to create a great structure using your creativity and a group of friends. I do not have many pictures but I do have a video. This is one of the first builds I did all by myself and without World Edit. After finishing I was inspired to do more and thats when it all took off.
Am I more technical or social:
When it comes to technical I am VERY technical. In times of a job I am very serious and I only expect the best. I'm a type of leader who is willing to get down and work along with the staff on the server. This is where my social part comes in. Everywhere I have worked in I made some great friends and I have never received a complaint ever. I am very professional and I treat everyone as I wanted to be treated.
How Would Your Best Friend Describe You: Well, accordingly to my friends overall speculation, I'm sure he'd qualify me as a very precisely wise and rather “debatable” person. As he has long come to comprehend, I in fact find a sincere inclination in providing a rather heavy set of vocabulary to my writing pieces. It is one of my favorable habits.
What Is Your Greatest Weakness: Personally stated, I can simply claim that one of my highest weaknesses is living in a state of depression. I am generally a very jubilant soul. According to my past experiences, I have attempted to mend those of a sentimental mind. Ones who besieged themselves in a form of egregious melancholy. It had soon come to haunt my being, feeding off of my essence and depriving me of my natural ways. At that moment, I couldn't keep dedicating my very life to those who couldn't seek ways to walk on there own.
What Is Your Greatest Achievement: Forever and always I have found a sincere inclination in supporting people, writing essays/stories, drawing, and giving my honest aphorisms. Yet, the main idea I am going to focus on as my highest achievement is supporting others. As you have come to understand, I consist of a very ecstatic personally. I can be considerably frivolous at times while still maintaining my very perceptive disposition. I find an exceptional amount of prosperity when I help others seek there very own place of happiness. Simply said, I feel there is nothing better than keeping others satisfied as they should be!
What Are Your Long-Term Goals: A few of my long-term goals I look forward to in my nearing future are to develop a very spectacular amount of vocabulary to incorporate to my writings/quotes, learn to draw detailed and well drawn realistic animals, and be sure to always be there for someone who yearns to feel welcome in this world of illusion. Out of all of these few goals, I look forward to helping people most. I completely comprehend the misfortunes of this world.
What Major Obstacles Have You Overcome: One major obstacle I have overcome within my life, were the sincere struggles of my personal problems. There was once a time where I was in a hole of trickery and delusion. All I had managed to grasp was the tenacious lachrymose of loss and deceiving ways. It was almost as if there was no where to go and no one to come to. I was flatly lost, dilapidated from the sadness. It was until one of my family members had come into my life and taught me the ways of a true heart, that I had learned we all had reasoning within our very soul. I had come to learn that we all are capable of the same power, it's just that not always do we use it correctly.
What Unique Experiences Separate You From Others: I have to say, a major experience that differentiates me from others encounters, is the fact that I can simply claim heaven and hell along with demonic deities are existent to this rather cruel world without a single sheer of hesitation (my own form of proof.) It is a long story that I prefer not say (I feel that it shouldn't simply be rambled about unless necessary come to catechize by that individual.)
What would you say would be grounds for a global server ban?
Well a ban is something staff does to ensure the safety and comfortable environment for players to play in. There are two things that would cause an auto-ban, no questions asked, hacking and advertising. Now these are the major bans, why you ask well to start off hacking causes unfair disadvantage in pvp, causing players to rage which will ultimately causes them to leave the server. This is not something that neither staff, nor players would want to happen which will cause us to say good bye to one of our players. The second is advertising, this is something that not only is bannable, but is actually one of the few things that players can do that royally pisses me off. The audacity someone has to have to go on a server and advertise is something I will never comprehend. Now the reason that it get's me being into an austere guy with it, is that it causes players to try the ip the advertiser gives out. So if I was a Mod, I would instantly ban both hackers and advertisers with clear evidence. Now since I get accepted as a Helper not Mod, in a situation of someone hacking or advertising I would have to deter my original way of dealing with them. As a Helper, if I saw a player advertising I would permute get evidence and tell a higher ranking staff to ban immediately. As for a hacker I would get evidence and just report it to a Mod or Admin. Thats my top to insta-bans and how I would handle them, in a Mods perspective and a Helpers point of view on the matter.
Do you work well with others?
I work amazingly with others, as I respect immensely my superiors. I think that comes from my respectfulness
Hypothetical Questions
Two players are complaining and requesting assistance from a staff member, you're the only one online, how would you deal with the situation?
Well although not all players have this, the answer to something like this happening is patience. Patience is key to life, without it we would be in a world of strains. Saying that if there were three even four people msging me questions, I would calmly ask everyone to be patient and that I will answer all there questions accordingly.If people were to get impatient, and start cursing and calling me a lazy staff I would tell people that I am trying my best and that I am only human. The trick to always have a smile on your face, does the trick to calm down people. So I would always stay calm, and all I ask for in return to players for my kind answers would be there patience. I am going to leave a little poem.
Patience
Do you know why the leading cause of death, is accidents?
It's because people are impatient.
If that, man didn't speed up, to get to work early, those three children wouldn't have died in a car accident.
If that child didn't turn the oven heat up, to get his cake baked faster, his family wouldn't have died in a fire.
If that woman didn't leave the door open, so she could get her groceries faster, her dog wouldn't have gotten out and killed a baby.
Get the picture?
Patience is the key to life
Two players are fighting in server chat and causing grief to everyone else on the server, what do you think would be the best way to go about difusing the situation?
Well this is a bit complicated if you think about it. In a game like faction and pvp, there will always and instantaneously be many chat fight. Reason being that people get mad when they are raided or die in pvp. So in some circumstances I will let it pass, some times players need to get there anger out. Now saying this if a chat battle begins to get out of hand into racist slurs or just language get out of hand I will have to get involved. I would first calm then down by telling them that if they don't stop I will mute them. After calmed down I will get each of the players side of the story, with that I will basically put in a verdict to either mute them if it gets to out of hand. Give them a warning or just try to fix the problem that caused the argument prior to the fight.
Quality over quantity. Then again, I'm not reading that.
Age (minimum 13):13
Skype (?):Private, will message, sorry!!!
Mail (?):email? If so, again, private!! Sorry about private things.
TimeZone: Central Time Zone. GMT+/-5:00
Real Name (Not required):Vladimir G****
What specific will/can you bring to the server?: I can bring people, friends, and really anything you need.
Will you continue to stay active after server opening as well?: Yes, but I think I will need time to get used to minecraft again, I haven't played in a few months so I dont remember much
What rank would suit you best?: Im hoping Admin?
Anything about you we should know about?: I am VERY impatient. I am very immature if something happens and a rank below me just WONT listen to me about how to fix it, but when I'm calm and situated like now, I am nice and friendly
How good would you're building be?: Eh. Im not too into building so I try not to strive into it.
Ever developed you're own plugin?: No.
You got any experience in server managing?: I owned my own paid server, was Co-Owner on another and Admin on 2 others.
You good at social engineering?: I am about regular at social engineering
You're previous building experience: Dont remind me.
You're previous coding/developing experience: N/A
How many hours will you be able to play each day?: I can play about 5 hours a day but not in a row, so about 1 hr on, 30 min off and so on so forth.
(doesn't really count that much, But 3+ hours is recommended)
Anything else?: Nope.
Age (minimum 13):16
Skype (?):avedisdakessian
Mail (?):[email protected]
TimeZone:Lebanon GMT +3
Real Name (Not required):Avedis short name: Avo
What specific will/can you bring to the server?:I can bring players to the server and ofcourse give the server my knowledge and skills and give this job my whole time and do the best I can
Will you continue to stay active after server opening aswell?:I will! and I will be active for LONG hours daily
What rank would suit you best?:Admin is suitable but I have been a Co-owner so You decide
Anything about you we should know about? Yes, I am friendly and I have a vast knowledge about minecraft and building and I do my best to satisfy players and I know 4 languages ( helps to understand players more ) and I respect everybody equally and I treat everyone equally
How good would you're building be?:It is pretty good
Ever developed you're own plugin?:currently learning
You got any experience in server managing?:Yes, alot
You good at social engineering?:I am the best at it
You're previous building experience: I have built spawns, houses, statues and even a airport with planes and everything!
You're previous coding/developing experience: I have been a developer on 2 servers
How many hours will you be able to play each day?:3-4 hours daily
(doesn't really count that much, But 3+ hours is recommended)
Anything else?: I am grateful to have a opportunity like this and thank you!