[bunniey]

Jokes an y'all you thought I was a trumpet

Ingame Name: NotRand (current/usual), Spooky Scary SkeleRand

SteamID: STEAM_0:1:40546659

Time Played: More than 417 hours

When First Joined: January 19, 2019

Availability (Approx. times you play, and time zone): Pretty scattered but mostly evenings and weekends

Rank Desired: Moderator

Current Rank: Test Mod

What can you do to help the community: Before I've talked about community togetherness, quashing toxicity, and just making the community a better place. I'm still committed to all of this, and am actively working towards it. But I realized that there are just as big of issues, as well as others, elsewhere. One of the biggest one I've found recently, which I am going to be a hardass on, is how women are treated here lately. Women being called disgusting names, being DM'd inappropriately, being treated inappropriately in general, and other issues. Things that seem to fly below the radar of our upper staff, which is another issue. I have been stressing about this app all week because I didn't feel that I'd done enough in the past month to justify it, then I realized that we have multiple Mods that are either inactive, or just not outsanding in any way as staff members, and would be just as effective as a TMod as they are a Mod. We need to have a staff team that is active, and actively there to  help, and have knowledge of the server in its current climate. If someone has no bearings on a bigger recent event that impacted the way we're handling certain things at that time, something needs to change. I very clearly can't make it so there's never an issue, server issues will always exist, staff issues will always exist, I'll make mistakes, but I know for certain that I can cultivate a more comfortable environment for everyone that wants to play, especially women and marginalized groups that have to deal with bullshit forum everyone in their day-to-day and everywhere else online. Dinks should be a place people can escape that and make friends, not have to deal with the same negativity that follows them everywhere.

Why you want to help the community: To combat the constant toxicity, and quell the harassment that certain groups go through constantly, as well as making the community as a whole a better, more welcoming place for all, hopefully with community events and other fun things.

Have you been previously banned? (Link Relevant Posts): Name change bans and a karma ban or two

Have you previously applied for staff? (Link Relevant Posts):
https://www.dinklebergsgmod.com/site/sho...?tid=12784
https://www.dinklebergsgmod.com/site/sho...?tid=12470
https://www.dinklebergsgmod.com/site/sho...?tid=12947

How did you find us?: Just from servers

Did you fill out the required scenario questions for rank you are applying for? (Links under requirements in format thread): Yes

Other: Since a lot of this was mildly callout-y, which I am completely okay and at peace with, I'll end on a lighter note with some thank yous and other shoutouts.

@dong I know I've been a bit of a troll at times, but you still seemed to trust me with the idea of becoming a mod back when we first became friends, and  you're a big part of why I decided to do that anyway. Thanks for helping me with this stuff.

@"derp" the bloke that I've been on this staffing journey with for a few months now, more or less the reason I decided to actually fully become staff, which I think was a good move for me all-in-all.

@bryanbrr this ones kind of out of nowhere, but you're more or less the Mod I aspire to be, and have been how I've staffed after for awhile. Serious, but not too serious, gets things done, has a good repertoire with both staff and player alike. Great bloke.

@Ethan Another weird one, but one time after I did a ban request on some people I consider friends, you congratulated me and I think even said you were proud of me, and that was just a pretty uplifting moment for me honestly, especially since I thought you had nothing but disdain for me for whatever reason.

@Prince Nicky La Flama Blanca You're a great friend who helps me with a lot of things, and though we're pretty opposite on staffing terms, the discourse you offer me is a big part of why I like staffing as well, I think our differing opinions on most issues are extremely complimentary and whatnot.

Thanks for reading, I look forward to a response, good or bad.