[Garro]

I've know Garro for several years now and I think at this point what he really needs is just some training. 

He has basics down but by joining the staff team he could get polished up a bit better with someone to help guide him.

So I propose he be accepted and someone (or multiple people) help him to become a good to great staff member.  

It is more rare to find a candidate or applicant that is practically perfect in every way. 

Garro, if accepted listen to your peers/team members for guidance and don't be afraid to ask for help. 

Best of luck to you

Hi Voss and thanks for the kind response.

Of course i will listen, help is more than welcome.

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Let's just break this down into pros and cons.  That seems like the simplest way to digest all of this:

Pros:
1. You're relatively active on the server.  You don't necessarily interact with the other players very much, but people know who you are.  The time difference is definitely a plus since most of our staff are in NA timezones.
2. You are very quick to notice things on the server, and you immediately let staff know through admin chat if you think someone is hacking/ghosting.  I am not worried that you'll make a mistake handling hackers/ghosters.  Your past ban requests are good as well.
3. You do contact staff when there are issues.  To address what @unfortunatepossum said, you haven't done many pings in the discord for staff.  However, you have often contacted me directly about issues.  I just did a quick count: since last January you messaged me 8 times about groups of players on the server causing issues, and most of the time I was able to get online to deal with it.  You have also messaged me via steam messenger, but steam clears those every so often so I can't get a count for that.  I will say that it's probably more efficient to use the staff ping in the discord.

Cons/Concerns/Questions:
1. Handling trolls.  You live very close to/in a war zone and it's clear from your PFP which side you support.  When you are a normal player on the server, nobody is going to care/pay attention.  However, as staff, you will find yourself under a microscope from every troll on the server, and I guarantee someone is going to start poking you about the current situation in Ukraine.  Are you absolutely sure you're going to be able to handle the trolls? We have protocols we have to follow and knee-jerk reactions aren't helpful.
2. You absolutely will have to rejoin the dinks discord if you want to be staff.  You'll need to be able to see the pings from players and we don't expect players to contact staff directly with issues (unless both staff and the player are on the PH server together). EDIT: If you aren't actually able to use discord due to geopolitical circumstances, ignore this.
3. Are you open to being trained? What MissPauling said concerns me about how in the past you might have not liked being told you're wrong.  Ryzif, Possum, and I are unofficially filling the roles of staff trainers.  Once you become staff, you realize that some things are not so black/white and a certain amount of discretion is required.  There will be some things you'll have to defer to us about.

I await your response, the emperor protects (40K reference for those who don't know).

Hi Chell.Thanks for commenting.

1.I get this every day without rank.Death threats,insults etc .Not going to lie, it was annoying at first,but i visited my abbot and his speech helped me to realize how insignificant their impotent rage is.They can spit their venom all they want, i don't care.This includes other trolls.No personal vendetta,only rules of this server.
2.I rejoined discord.So no problem with that.
3.Sounds like i'm a pet.Jk.Of course i'm not going to argue with other staff, who knows more than i am.Help is welcome.

The Emperor protects.But having a loaded bolter never hurts either.;)