Sgt.James/James Jefferson's Server Enforcer Application
PERSONAL INFORMATION
STEAM NAME: Sgt.James [Steam Profile]
IN-GAME NAME: James Jefferson
STEAM ID: STEAM_0:1:30089891
AGE: I'm 18 years old. (10/12/1997)
COUNTRY: Born in Portugal, but been living in Germany for the past 11-12 years.
MAIN INFORMATION
Introduction
I joined this Community back in 2013 when Evo City was still being used. I role-played as James Belinsky who really didn't know what he was doing and what he was supposed to do. After a short amount of time being on the Server, I was banned by @Xquality for violating the Server Rules (more information down below). After learning from my mistakes and returning to the Community I found myself in S-Hooden (Very old Organization), who were kind enough to show me how keep myself out of trouble and overall being friendly in showing me around.
After a couple of weeks being part of the Community, I eventually changed my name to James Shepherd and that's when I started helping new players and getting them started properly to avoid them from making the same mistakes I've made. I then applied to be a Server Enforcer to show my dedication to this Community which was acknowledged by the Senior Administration (Consisting of @Bolli and @Menta back then).
Couple of weeks after being successfully accepted into the Staff Team I made my Moderator application. After it being accepted, I spend day and night responding to reports, sorting out ban requests and appeals. I really enjoyed doing my work which once again, was acknowledged by the Senior Administration (Consisting of @Bolli , @Menta and @Johnsontucker back then). It didn't took me long until I was promoted to Administrator. With that in mind, it also became my duty to help new Staff members and give them feedback on how they could improve.
After one year of service I decided to resign from my position as a Server Administrator, due to several issues within the Staff Team. Still till this day I regret making that choice and think I could of have it resolved in a different manner. Then I became inactive for 3-4 months due to personal IRL problems which I had to resolve. I then came back to the Community as James Jefferson, impressed to see how the Community has improved in such a small period of time is really fascinating. I eventually decided to resume my duties as a Staff Member and made a Enforcer Application, but unfortunately I was not active enough and my application was denied.
And here we are, me, applying to become a Server Enforcer again.
Why I want to become an Enforcer
Ever since my last Enforcer application was denied, I made it to my objective to improve my overall activity within the Community, and that with success. I also believe that I've improved a lot and feel that I am more then capable to Enforce the Server Rules on a daily basis. While the Community has developed in a fantastic way, there are unfortunately still members who think, they could ruin someone's experience to their liking, and while I know for fact that the current Staff Team is doing everything possible to enhance everyone's experience, there are still people violating the rules on a daily basis. Also at times where no Staff Member is available, usually around 1-4 am (GMT +1). With my excellent Rule and Law knowledge I think I would make a great addition to the Team that aims to improve your experience on the Server.
Key Qualities
Here are some key skills that I think are important for any Staff position and that define me.
- Professionalism
- Calm, polite and mature
- Extreme Dedication
- Excellent understanding of both Rules & Laws and the ability of interpreting them
- Capable of remaining Neutral in situations
- Ex-Staff/Previous experience
Involvement within the Community
As a member of the ranked Police Structure, and as a Lieutenant it is important to display an active presence within the Forums and give advice to anyone who needs it. Being part of a big change like the white listed Police Department is a real honor to me.
As mention before already, it is important for any Community Member to report anyone who is in violation of the Server Rules, I've contributed to that by using "/report" when such member is in violation of the rules, in addition to that, I also post Action Requests when situations cannot be dealt with in-game and require evidence to be dealt with.
Here is a small list of ARs I've done a couple of weeks ago:
https://perpheads.com/threads/ban-request-madlyn-beasly-alex-beasly.9498/ https://perpheads.com/threads/ban-request-by-sgt-james.4832/ https://perpheads.com/threads/action-request-lg-denni-vincent-coll-emjo98004-emilia-coll.15436/ https://perpheads.com/threads/action-request-jeffer-cake-jeffrey-geeza.15437/
Here is another small list of Action Requests/Ban Appeals and Warning Disputes where I gave my feedback:
Small list but only contains feedback given within only one week.
https://perpheads.com/threads/4-1-use-of-force.16015/
https://perpheads.com/threads/ar-on-h20shane.16032/
https://perpheads.com/threads/loading-ban-apeal.15950/
https://perpheads.com/threads/synatecs-ban-appeal.16005/
https://perpheads.com/threads/running-under-gunpoint.16038/
https://perpheads.com/threads/ar-on-matt.16035/
https://perpheads.com/threads/ar-on-h20shane.16032/
https://perpheads.com/threads/loading-ban-apeal.15950/
https://perpheads.com/threads/synatecs-ban-appeal.16005/
https://perpheads.com/threads/running-under-gunpoint.16038/
https://perpheads.com/threads/ar-on-matt.16035/
I've also got several recommendations the past couple of weeks/months:
My Record
As a ex-staff and a respected member, it is important for me to keep a clean record.
List of Warning(s)
List of Ban(s)
As you can see I only have 1 ban which was issued back in 2013. More information about the ban can be found down below.
Activity
My activity has improved a lot ever since my last enforcer application was denied due to insufficient activity on the TeamSpeak and Help chat. I've also received a lot of positive feedback from several Community Members due to my increased activity, which I really appreciate it from the bottom of my heart, it really means a lot to me. As that wasn't enough, I'm always looking for ways to improve my activity and involvement within the Community.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
As mentioned above I wanted give a short background to my ban that was issued back in 2013, or at least attempt to do so.
The situation started of when I saw one of my Organization members being arrested by the Police (in this case @Xquality), in attempt to free him I started punching the Officer in attempt to knock him out, and save my friend. As you can see it didn't quite go the way I wanted, and whatever I did after resulted in the ban. And that is all I remember... Regardless, I do appreciate for @Xquality dealing with it in a professional manner.
FINAL WORDS
First of all, I would like to thank everyone who took their time to read this wall of text, and hope I was able to give you an insight as to how serious I am about trying to be part of the Staff Team again. Furthermore, I would like to thank anyone in advance for the feedback that you may give me, whether it be positive or negative.
With kind regards,
Sgt.James aka. James Jefferson
Big Thanks to @Fredy , @StephenPuffs , @Xquality and every single member of the Staff Team for your great service to this wonderful Community.