BLKBEARD_

+1 Very good application, very very nice person and handles her cool in-game. She would make a good addition to the staff team.

I THINK I SHOULD WIN BECAUSE I THINK I SHOULD WIN 🙂

+1 Mans chill af, nothing but good vibes from him in game

I can say, so far I've done it 2 times, I will openly admit to that. Though the only way a person can prove themselves is by action, and I included that post script to own up to my past and show why it occurred. Only difference is now I'm doing my best to try and improve myself.

Thank you for pointing out I missed the first question, Im a little blind lol

AetherNetwork Staff Application In-Game Name (List ALL variations, if accepted your Forum/Discord name will be changed to your most used one): BLKBEARD Age: 21 Steam ID: STEAM_0:1:128556374 Discord Tag: BLKBEARD#2806 Total Playtime: 2w 6d 19h 8m Timezone: EST Steam Profile: https://steamcommunity.com/id/BLKBEARD/ Times you're most active (If you have a unpredictable schedule let us know): I am most active between the times of 8am and 12am (It varies due to work and hobbies) General Questions How can you contribute to Aether?: Lets start off with experience, as most people know I was staff on Retribution RP and even so on Aether Network. As of right now that experience carry's into my past of me owning 2 communities back in 2014 and 2017 running a First Responders Roleplay server and Military Roleplay server. In my past and current Garry's Mod playthrough's, I've racked over 5,800+ hours, many of which was staffing on MilitaryRP, CityRP, SantosRP, First Responders RP, Jail Break, and even DarkRP. My love for the servers Jouaram has created has and more than likely will never parish, meaning I am active. I also have very intuitive and extensive knowledge within server development for Garry's Mod. Now lets talk about my personality; I am extremely laid back and cool headed, I love to see both sides of everyone's situation to get a better understanding. I also love to leave people in a positive headspace with my interactions, I am selfless and find joy in making others happy. With that being said, my staffing abilities in the past have been very proficient and I feel I am extremely competent and fit to properly conduct my staffing on Aether. Have you read the rules fully, understand and feel comfortable enforcing them as correctly as possible?: Most definitely, as it stands I have and always had 0 warns whilst my duration at both Retribution and Aether. Are you willing to listen to any Staff member guide you as a Staff, even if you feel you don't need to?: Of course, criticism is key to being proficient. Are you certain you will be able to staff for several hours a week?: Of course! DarkRP Rule Questions Raids can last how long?: From the initiation of a raid you have 10 minutes to complete it. If a player in your party dies mid-raid, how long do they have to wait to come back?: According to the current standing rules, you must abide by New Life Rule (NLR) which is 3 minutes. You must not return to your area, in this case your base, until the 3 minutes are up. What initiates a raid?: Any advert in chat that specifies what type of raid is being conducted is what initiates a raid (ex: "/advert raid" , "/advert PD raid" , or "/advert bank raid"). If no raiding tool is being used can the player steal the item from a base without an advert?: If you can steal an entity or money without having to use any raid(ing) tools, you do not have to provide an advert. Give an example of a valid raid advert (type it as you'd type it in-game): "/advert raid", "/advert PD raid" , or "/advert bank raid" If the owner of the base is standing outside on their base entrances sidewalk as you're about to raid but haven't announced a raid yet, can you kill them?: An advert for a raid MUST be given prior to killing anyone in the proximity of the base otherwise it would be RDM. If you get arrested mid-raid can you return after your arrest?: If you are arrested by the police during a raid, then technically speaking the raid is over, which means after your arrest duration is up, you may return to your base. If you get RDM'd are you allowed to kill the RDMer back without repercussions?: If you are RDM'd you may not kill the RDMer back, this is called revenge RDM, its not allowed, you should instead report the RDMer to staff and allow them to handle it. A player punches somebody unprovoked and runs away, the player who got punched calls a sit - what punishment would you give the instigator?: If a player punches somebody unprovoked or without a valid roleplay reason, I would consider this attempted RDM. Thus I would punish the instigator with attempted RDM. List all default Laws of The Land: Raiding is Illegal. Bitcoin Racks are Illegal (S2's are not). Life Threats are Illegal. Drugs, Money Printers, and Explosives are Illegal. Kidnapping, Theft, and Harming Other Players is Illegal. Harming Other Players is Illegal unless its in defense of your Base. Having a gun license makes all weapons on a person legal whilst they're holstered. Using any dangerous weapons in public is Illegal. Laws must be enforced with AOS instead of KOS unless the officer's life is in danger or the player is wanted. Non-default laws must be things that players must go out of their way to do. Laws that are seen as baiting kills or arrests are not allowed. How many bases can you own per party?: Simply put, a singular party may only own 1 base. A player is refusing to co-operate with you in a staff sit, how do you handle the non-cooperative player?: I'd love to attempt de-escalation with the player by talking to them, though if a player truly is failing to cooperate in a sit, it depends what said person is doing that will dictate how I handle it. If the person is running away, moving around, or killing themselves, I'd simply freeze them. If the person is being loud, argumentative, interruptive, or excessively disrespectful, I would gag them. If they're spamming chat or being excessively disrespectful I would mute them. Can you punish a player for intentionally ruining others time, even if they say it's out of fun?: I like to make sure everyone is enjoying their time on the server and having fun. It isn't fair to have someone ruining your experience on the server. Besides, we use video games as an escape from the reality around us, so, I'd conduct a thorough investigation and get both sides of the story to see what's going on. If I found a player was truly ruining another players time on the server I would try to meet a peaceful resolution. If the instigator has previous warns that show they have a past of doing this or it continues, I would give them a player harassment warn/no intent to roleplay punishment. Give an example of a Staff abusing their powers and how you would handle it: If I were to find a staff member abusing their powers to otherwise benefit themselves or alter the gameplay within the server, I would try to grab a picture of logs and clip the incident. I'd also pull them to the side and address what it is they're doing and how they're in the wrong before reporting it to my higher up. A great example of an abuse situation would be utilizing god mode in a raid or no clipping around to get from place to place. A player is excessively RDMing, how would you intervene/stop them from continuing and what punishment would you give?: Excessive RDM is Mass RDM. If I were to find a player Mass RDMing, I would try to freeze them or immediately pull them to a sit before talking to them. I would also review their warns to see if they have a past history of such behavior, this would dictate my punishment whether its a Mass RDM ban or a Mass RDM and No Intent To Roleplay ban. A Mayor enabled a lockdown without reason and is refusing to turn it off, how do you resolve this?: A lockdown must have a roleplay reason behind it. If a mayor initiates a lockdown without a valid RP reason, it would be considered FailRP. I'd be sure to pull the Mayor into a sit and give them a warning to stop the lockdown. If for whatever reason they chose not to stop the lockdown or continued to initiate lockdowns it could result in me assigning a FailRP punishment and a possible demotion. PS: I have a history of being staff for numerous months then "disappearing" and/or resigning. I'd like to take a second to explain why that is; I suffer from extreme mental illness (no I'm not looking for pity) and it causes me to "shut-down" and pretty much lose interest in things fairly quick. So to counter this I am now undergoing therapy, I assure you if things get too hard for me I will ask for an extended LOA or push my hardest through it, I truly hope everyone understands.

+1 Good answers on his application. Great activity within the community. Nothing but positive interactions on my end. Really chill, super laid back, and well-rounded dude.

AetherNetwork Staff Application In-Game Name (List ALL variations, if accepted your Forum/Discord name will be changed to your most used one): BLKBEARD Age: 21 Steam ID: https://steamid.io/lookup/76561198217378477 Discord Tag: BLKBEARD#2806 Total Playtime: 1w 5d 17h 17m Timezone: EST Steam Profile: https://steamcommunity.com/id/BLKBEARD/ Times you're most active (If you have a unpredictable schedule let us know): My current activity is from 1pm EST to about 4am everyday. Although it may become unpredictable as I'm hopefully getting a job in the close future. General Questions How can you contribute to Aether?: As it already stands, I've got over 5,500+ hours on Garry's Mod. With that in mind, I've been in numerous communities and even owned 2 of my own for some time. This has granted me extensive knowledge on development and staffing as a whole. I worked my way through the ranks on numerous game modes including but not limited to: CityRP, First Responders RP, DarkRP, MilitaryRP, SantosRP, and Jailbreak. Overtime, Ive learned how to remain calm in hostile sits and resolve them to where all parties involved are satisfied. Furthermore, I am extremely laid back, have a passion for making people happy, and I do my job thoroughly. This means Ill do my best to resolve my sits proficiently making sure everyone gets the proper punishment (if needed), whilst maintaining a professional attitude with a calm approach to resolve any problem that may arise. Have you read the rules fully, understand and feel comfortable enforcing them as correctly as possible?: I have, yes. Are you willing to listen to any Staff member guide you as a Staff, even if you feel you don't need to?: Of course. Are you certain you will be able to staff for several hours a week?: Most definitely. DarkRP Rule Questions Raids can last how long?: According to the current rules, raids can only last 10 minutes. What initiates a raid?: An advert listing what type of raid is commencing (ex. "/advert bank raid", "/advert PD raid", "/advert raid") If the owner of the base is standing outside on their base entrances sidewalk as you're about to raid, can you kill them?: I would say if the owner of the base is standing on the sidewalk or are within close proximity of the base. As long a proper advert is given initiating a raid prior, you may kill them. List all default Laws of The Land: Bitcoin Racks are illegal. Raiding is illegal. Harming other people (unless in a self defense situation) is illegal. Drugs, Explosives, and Money Printers are illegal. Discharging your firearm in public is illegal. Kidnapping and any sort of theft is illegal. All laws must be AOS enforced instead of KOS unless the Officer's life is in danger. Any and all KOS/AOS laws must be enforced with a 10 second warning prior. How many bases can you own per party?: Each party is limited to one base. A player is refusing to co-operate with you in a staff sit, how do you handle the non-cooperative player?: There's multiple approaches I could take to a player not cooperating with me in sit. Though the first thing I would do is try to de-escalate the situation and talk with them . I'd do my best to assure them the sit will be handled so all person's involved are satisfied. If, for whatever reason the person is still refusing to cooperate, I'd be forced to use my staff privilege's to gain compliance with them. Can you punish a player for intentionally ruining others time, even if they say it's out of fun?: It depends on the situation. If a person reports another player a sit must be done as well as a investigation to make sure no rules were broken. If rules were found to be broken, you must address it accordingly. If a player is intentionally ruining another players time, it can be considered harassment if the other player reports it. With that in mind I'd take the reporting player and the player being reported to a sit and deal with it in accordance to the severity of the situation. Typically, if its their first offense or a low tier rule broken, Ill try to see if all parties in the sit can resolve it amongst themselves peacefully with my presence. Give an example of a Staff abusing their powers and how you would handle it: If I found a staff member abusing, for example, using god mode and no-clip during a raid. I'd approach the situation with a level head, I'd make sure said staff member was aware of the fact they used god mode and no-clip during a raid and inform them why they shouldn't have. I'd also take a screenshot of logs and/or clip the event if applicable and report it to my higher up following chain of command. A player is excessively RDMing, how would you intervene/stop them from continuing and what punishment would you give?: If a player is excessively RDMing its considered Mass RDM. The first step to intervening would be spectate or go to said player, if they have yet to stop mass RDMing I'd freeze the player. After gaining control of the situation I'd begin to initiate a sit, making sure to investigate thoroughly and pull any players who may have filed a report. If I determine it is in fact mass RDM id review the players previous warns before administering a punishment. Depending on their previous warns, it would dictate the severity of the the offenders punishment.. A Mayor enabled a lockdown without reason and is refusing to turn it off, how do you resolve this?: If a mayor initiated a lockdown without a valid reason and is refusing to turn it off it can be considered FailRP. With that being said, I'd pull the Mayor into a sit and explain that what he's doing is considered FailRP. Whilst in the sit I'd also check the players warns to see if they may have done this before or have previous warnings. For this example lets say this player has no warns, I'd then give them a verbal warning after reiterating what it is they did and how its FailRP. If they continue to conduct lockdowns with no valid reason, Id pull them to a sit once again, explain what they've done wrong and how they're blatantly FailRPing, and then administer another warning with a job demotion.

To be fair, I didn't know you were just playing around until I talked to you, that's why I let it slide

Look, I dont care what anyone says, I was a super chill staff member lol

Im the creator and owner (with Descrai) of DeadCenter Gun Store, which many of you may associate me with. I'm back and ready to get on that grind tho. For the OG's and new players to Aether, you may know me as BLKBEARD. To the retribution OG's you may know me as skullmohawk. Also, got locked out of my actual account, rip.