- December 1st, 2018, 1:23 am
#157024
We scream "Power to the people, power to the people
Power to the people" (until that power corrupts)
We scream "The system stay evil, the system stay evil, man
Them systems are evil" (until it benefits us)
They tell me "Give to the poor, give money to the poor"
Tell me "Give to the poor" (First I gotta make a little more)
They screamin' peace over war, there's peace over war
Man there's peace over war (until they came for yours)
EDIT: Before you start, this post might give you some context --> https://pandahut.net/forums/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=25746
Rose was a roleplay administrator that I frequently bumped into while I was helping the staff. One night, I was helping her clear Alberton buildings when she suggested that I apply for the staff team again. I say again, because my first staff application was a complete and utter failure. I made it after being KOSed five times on 13, and it was more a plea of desperation than an actual application.
After hesitating and thinking about it for a few days, I decided to apply for staff once more. This time, I got accepted. My first day as a trial-mod was probably one of the most hectic days of my roleplay life. I had zero experience with the commands, and was thrust into a server with tons of KOS. Miraculously, I didn't screw up and survived the initial transition. After a few days (and various messups, each with a resignation attempt from myself), I ended up getting settled in the moderating position. I did (and still do) rely on the rest of the RPStaff team for sits that I didn't know how to handle. After a month, I was promoted to a full moderator. Honestly, the jump from trial-mod to full mod is not that far. The only important additional duties you get is /checkowner, /unban, /freeze, and /addrole, as well as additional security in your moderating job.
Anyway, around that time, I was able to serve the community and the servers, but, of course, real life had to intervene. The York University strike of 2018 happened (see here --> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2018_York ... ity_strike), which put my education in academic limbo. I ended up taking a break from PH staff because I didn't know when the strike would end and I would have to do exams. Unfortunately, when the strike ended, my PH break had lasted approximately three months. Even I agreed that that was too long for me to be on break, so I resigned from staff.
After my exams were finished, I came back to Pandahut staff, though my application was delayed a week because I had just come back. I ended up being accepted, and I was back to step 1, which was easier than I thought because of my PH staff experience. After rising up the ranks once again, but with less screwups and subsequent resignation attempts, I was promoted back to full mod after a week.
Then, my laptop broke (the SATA cable was damaged), and I had to go on break due to the laptop being needed to be fixed in the middle of midterm season. It was not fun seeing all the RPStaff pings and knowing I couldn't help them because my laptop was broken. Eventually, my laptop was fixed, and I returned to moderating the Pandahut servers.
I recently was promoted to RolePlay Super Moderator alongside MattCobra and NeedlessMemeing. It was a huge jump from Moderator to Super Moderator, mainly because now we had to take care of ban appeals and most of the roleplay forums. It was not fun being reprimanded for accidentally taking over another supermod's ban appeal, or shutting down another one so early. Ironically, I basically felt like a trial mod again. (the first time, not the second)
I remember one sit I had during my second trial mod run, I was dealing with Matt Newton (yes, that Matt Newton) during a FailRP sit and he made a comment along the lines of "oh, Pandahut's staff have really gone down the shitter. I could have done 10 sits in the time you finish this one". Yes, I do agree that my modsits can be a bit long, but that's because I always try to make sure that the person that is being punished knows why they are being punished. So if it's a KOS sit and the KOSer has 0 hours, I will make sure that the KOSer knows that this is a roleplay server, and that KOS is not allowed, then point them towards the rules and ban them for an hour. If it is a FailRP sit, I will make sure the person know why they failed RP, then punish them accordingly. I don't believe in efficiency in modsits, I believe in effectiveness in modsits, making sure that the people involved understand what I am doing and why I am doing it.
Very recently, the number of modsits that I have dealt with have taken a serious toll on my brain. I started calling people different names, accidentally looked up the wrong logs, and even got into a sort-of-argument with other staff members. I even accidentally ignored someone's @RPStaff tag and got reported for it. Hence why I am taking a break from modsits. It's funny, how so many people in the Pandahut community want to become staff, but they never take into account the amount of verbal abuse and toxicity that you must deal with as a staff member. It's like a sledgehammer on a concrete wall. After a while, the sledgehammer is going to break through. People are not fun to deal with, especially when they see staff members as not people but banhammers that will do what they tell us to do. We're the staff members here, please stop telling us how to do our jobs.
I think that Pandahut has a great roleplay community, and I'm also thankful that the Global Admins, as well as the Roleplay Admins, are as helpful and open-minded to consider suggestions and new ideas. I've talked to Mushy and Miku about new ideas, Ragnaros for rule changes, and I've helped Classified with searching up logs. Hell, I've even interviewed the latter two in SIM Magazine Issue 3. So, thanks to Mushy, Miku, Ragnaros, Classified, Aren and Rose for supporting me through my Pandahut staff journey. Next stop: RP Admin! (or demoted. all good things come to an end.)
Thanks for reading my unfiltered rant about my staff experience on Pandahut. I'm going to make my third post on my Pandahut forums creative experience soon.
P.S. If you want a referral from me, DM me on Discord, iMC#8217. Note that I will need to screen your staff application first, then you're going to have to answer some modsit-related questions in Discord DMs.
EDIT: Unfiltered Imagination of a Pandahut Creative --> https://pandahut.net/forums/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=25749
Rose was a roleplay administrator that I frequently bumped into while I was helping the staff. One night, I was helping her clear Alberton buildings when she suggested that I apply for the staff team again. I say again, because my first staff application was a complete and utter failure. I made it after being KOSed five times on 13, and it was more a plea of desperation than an actual application.
After hesitating and thinking about it for a few days, I decided to apply for staff once more. This time, I got accepted. My first day as a trial-mod was probably one of the most hectic days of my roleplay life. I had zero experience with the commands, and was thrust into a server with tons of KOS. Miraculously, I didn't screw up and survived the initial transition. After a few days (and various messups, each with a resignation attempt from myself), I ended up getting settled in the moderating position. I did (and still do) rely on the rest of the RPStaff team for sits that I didn't know how to handle. After a month, I was promoted to a full moderator. Honestly, the jump from trial-mod to full mod is not that far. The only important additional duties you get is /checkowner, /unban, /freeze, and /addrole, as well as additional security in your moderating job.
Anyway, around that time, I was able to serve the community and the servers, but, of course, real life had to intervene. The York University strike of 2018 happened (see here --> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2018_York ... ity_strike), which put my education in academic limbo. I ended up taking a break from PH staff because I didn't know when the strike would end and I would have to do exams. Unfortunately, when the strike ended, my PH break had lasted approximately three months. Even I agreed that that was too long for me to be on break, so I resigned from staff.
After my exams were finished, I came back to Pandahut staff, though my application was delayed a week because I had just come back. I ended up being accepted, and I was back to step 1, which was easier than I thought because of my PH staff experience. After rising up the ranks once again, but with less screwups and subsequent resignation attempts, I was promoted back to full mod after a week.
Then, my laptop broke (the SATA cable was damaged), and I had to go on break due to the laptop being needed to be fixed in the middle of midterm season. It was not fun seeing all the RPStaff pings and knowing I couldn't help them because my laptop was broken. Eventually, my laptop was fixed, and I returned to moderating the Pandahut servers.
I recently was promoted to RolePlay Super Moderator alongside MattCobra and NeedlessMemeing. It was a huge jump from Moderator to Super Moderator, mainly because now we had to take care of ban appeals and most of the roleplay forums. It was not fun being reprimanded for accidentally taking over another supermod's ban appeal, or shutting down another one so early. Ironically, I basically felt like a trial mod again. (the first time, not the second)
I remember one sit I had during my second trial mod run, I was dealing with Matt Newton (yes, that Matt Newton) during a FailRP sit and he made a comment along the lines of "oh, Pandahut's staff have really gone down the shitter. I could have done 10 sits in the time you finish this one". Yes, I do agree that my modsits can be a bit long, but that's because I always try to make sure that the person that is being punished knows why they are being punished. So if it's a KOS sit and the KOSer has 0 hours, I will make sure that the KOSer knows that this is a roleplay server, and that KOS is not allowed, then point them towards the rules and ban them for an hour. If it is a FailRP sit, I will make sure the person know why they failed RP, then punish them accordingly. I don't believe in efficiency in modsits, I believe in effectiveness in modsits, making sure that the people involved understand what I am doing and why I am doing it.
Very recently, the number of modsits that I have dealt with have taken a serious toll on my brain. I started calling people different names, accidentally looked up the wrong logs, and even got into a sort-of-argument with other staff members. I even accidentally ignored someone's @RPStaff tag and got reported for it. Hence why I am taking a break from modsits. It's funny, how so many people in the Pandahut community want to become staff, but they never take into account the amount of verbal abuse and toxicity that you must deal with as a staff member. It's like a sledgehammer on a concrete wall. After a while, the sledgehammer is going to break through. People are not fun to deal with, especially when they see staff members as not people but banhammers that will do what they tell us to do. We're the staff members here, please stop telling us how to do our jobs.
I think that Pandahut has a great roleplay community, and I'm also thankful that the Global Admins, as well as the Roleplay Admins, are as helpful and open-minded to consider suggestions and new ideas. I've talked to Mushy and Miku about new ideas, Ragnaros for rule changes, and I've helped Classified with searching up logs. Hell, I've even interviewed the latter two in SIM Magazine Issue 3. So, thanks to Mushy, Miku, Ragnaros, Classified, Aren and Rose for supporting me through my Pandahut staff journey. Next stop: RP Admin! (or demoted. all good things come to an end.)
Thanks for reading my unfiltered rant about my staff experience on Pandahut. I'm going to make my third post on my Pandahut forums creative experience soon.
P.S. If you want a referral from me, DM me on Discord, iMC#8217. Note that I will need to screen your staff application first, then you're going to have to answer some modsit-related questions in Discord DMs.
EDIT: Unfiltered Imagination of a Pandahut Creative --> https://pandahut.net/forums/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=25749
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Power to the people" (until that power corrupts)
We scream "The system stay evil, the system stay evil, man
Them systems are evil" (until it benefits us)
They tell me "Give to the poor, give money to the poor"
Tell me "Give to the poor" (First I gotta make a little more)
They screamin' peace over war, there's peace over war
Man there's peace over war (until they came for yours)
- Sho Baraka, "Pluralism"