Ficklin's Mod Application

In-game name: Ficklinrules

Real name: Josiah Ficklin

Age: 15

Time zone: Mountain Standard Time (MST)

Server you are applying for mod on: I will take my chances and apply for skywars. I know that there have been tons of arguments and conversations on whether it is or is not accepting. I hope that my chances are not ruined by my decision to do this, and that my application will be considered for what it is and who I am.

Respectfulness on a scale of 1-10: I believe I am a solid 9.5 here. Respecting people is a priority to me, I don’t want any bad relationships or hurt feelings because of something I have said or done. I respect people’s views and opinions, and do not make fun of people or harass them over it because I think it is wrong. Overall, I try my best. Sometimes I just lose it and rage a little bit, but I make sure to apologize to those I have offended and make up with them when I realize that I was mean or wrong.

Obedience on a scale of 1-10: I would rate myself a 9.8. Sure some of you might think that’s a little high, but I will honestly do anything I am told to do as a moderator (assuming that I won’t be forced to be mean to players or any other act of ridiculousness).

Experience: I have recently become a mod on Snowbud’s server, as well as another friend’s server. They are both very small and just starting, but I am learning what to as a mod and the responsibilities of being one. Even though I have not had much experience as a mod yet, I learn very quickly and will not be a nuisance to teach.

Any past offences: Fairly tempbanned twice for very small amounts of time. I accidentally spammed GGiinger on skywars because my computer lagged out, and I did a scam auction on skyblock that got me a 5 minute ban or so.

Reasons you should be moderator:

I hope that I can get this chance, and I can guarantee you that if I am given this chance it will pay off. There have been a few promotions on skywars, congratulations to Jonny and Whiteg, but I still think that skywars could use more moderators. If I were to be a mod on skywars, I would help to rid it of the hackers that make playing it unenjoyable. I would also teach new players the rules, and warn the experienced players that choose to break the rules anyways. I’m not saying that the current mods are not, but Squad could really use a mature player like myself (sorry to brag) on the mod team. If I am a mod on Squad, I would dedicate much more of my time to playing on it. I would consider this as a job, and take it seriously. I won’t lose my position as a mod for abuse of players under me, or any other players for that matter. I will be fair to everyone, I'm not saying anyone does this but I will not give out ridiculous ban/mute times. I want players to learn their lesson, but I also want them to know what they did wrong and I will discuss their punishment with them afterwords. Abusing the powers and responsibilities of mod is something I will never do, being a mod is an extreme responsibility and privilege and I don't ever want to lose that. I am on Squadcraft whenever I can, and will probably be on even more if I'm a mod. I am COMPLETELY trustworthy, I do not do things that I would be ashamed of a person of authority seeing. I want to help this server, and destroying it by abusing moderator powers will be the last thing to ever happen if I was a mod. Also my maturity level is very high. I try to never cuss, especially because minecraft is for all ages and I don't want to expose kids to things they should not see. Racism is disgusting and vulgar, I am never racist and any discriminate jokes or comments I see in chat will result in a mute longer than most other things that I would mute you for. I am a good humored guy, I can take a joke and like to laugh, but most of the time I am pretty serious and will not mess around with this opportunity to be a mod and respect the responsibilities of being one.

I elaborated on a few of the reason stated above, and decide to add more detail to each one I chose. Here they are:

· I am way above the maturity level of an average fifteen year old male. I do not want to brag or seem cocky, but I strive to handle every situation with extreme maturity. I define maturity as either the things you do when no one, or no adults/parent/guardian are watching, or how you handle arguments, fights, harsh words, etcetera… I do not act differently when I am alone and not being watched, which would translate into me not abusing the authoritative powers of helper when a moderator or administrator is not online. I try my absolute hardest in situations where either I or other players are being treated unfairly and with disrespect, to stay calm, solve the problem as efficiently and quickly as possible, and to not cause any more difficulties in the process. As a moderator, if a player on Squadcraft was harassing another player, I would warn the player who is being mean to stop firstly, and then if that player continued to be unkind I would either use a short mute or a very small temporary ban to stop the problem. If the player being mean brought me into the situation, which is highly likely, I would remain calm and not be irritated by any comments that player may make and not make any unjust decisions because he offended me.

· I am particularly gifted in my respectfulness towards all players. I would define respectfulness as how you act around other people, specifically the language you use. Because Minecraft is for all ages, one must be tremendously cautious about his or her choice of language if they do not want to offend any small children especially, but other teens and adults who find bad language revolting. I am a player you will never find cursing in chat; I endeavor to keep all players protected from words they should not be exposed to. I rarely swear at all, but depending on who my company is, I may use milder language so we are relatable. Which is not a good habit I know, but it is the same principle as using proper English when you are around parents and those who require higher respect, and using slang and a lazier version of English when you are around friends. I respect everyone’s opinions, and do not criticize people for them if it is something I disagree with. I respect each person’s religion, even though religious talks are not common in Minecraft chat. Now let us move to racism. I believe that racism is utterly disgusting, and any forms of it in chat should result in a temporary ban. There is only one race, the human race. I cannot say I respect people for their race, because there is nothing different from any of us.

· Obedience is something all of us should have, I am not saying that we should not have respectfulness and maturity, because those are great things to have, but obedience is imperative. Now, I am not talking about blind faith, I will do whatever I am asked to do as a helper that contributes to the better of the server. I am strict and I always refer to rules. I would love to see this server grow even more and keeping the rules enforced would help tremendously. I have been taught well by my parents and it is unfortunate what some kid’s behavior is like today because their parents do not bother to teach them how to act in public or online.

· I have become as active as I can on the forums. I usually check the forums every 2 hours to see if I can help anyone with an answer to a question or any other way. As a moderator I would become even more active, and help to keep reports and mod requests under control, and to help people in any way I can.

· I am an avid skywars player, and I try to log on at least every day and I usually play around 4 hours on weekends. Skywars is the primary server I play on Squadcraft, and when it is down I do not usually stay on and that is why I may seem inactive at some times. I normally just spend my time on skywars working hard on gaining points, but I do try to socialize as well. Becoming a mod I think much more of my time would be spent helping people and socializing. Which is no problem whatsoever, I will enjoy any responsibility I am given as a mod.


Any extra things you want to add: If this app is not accepted, I’m not giving up. I’d love to be a part of the awesome Squad moderator team. I would name certain people, but I am afraid I would miss people and that would make me embarrassed and sad lol, so thanks to everyone that has given me their support, I really appreciate it. Also big thanks to those of you who comment and tell me why or why not I should be a mod, your feedback matters to me.

Also I want everyone to know, that if I was rude to you on skywars recently, I’m going through some tough things in life right now, and sometimes when I get bow spammed or killed by a hacker I just lose it. I try my best to apologize after I realize that I was mean, but this is my apology to everyone, whether it be your second or first. This was not just to gain your favor or be a suck up in the hope of getting mod, that was a sincere apology and I hope you will all forgive me.

Thanks, Ficklin.

 

You can find Yonda's post here on page 3: http://squadcraft.net/threads/xchizle-and-revelutions-quitting.4962/

 

Nice app. Good luck!

 

Oh also nice to see that you are in the Mountain Time Zone :3 Thought I was alone >.>

 

Thank you

 

Lol so did I. What state do you live in? If you're in the US.

 

Nice app and Gl. But what is a scam auction?

 

I'm in New Mexico, you?

 

Thank you, and in Skyblock when you start an auction you put the starting bid and raising bid, I made the starting bid $1 and the raising bid $1000, and when you put a rare item in the auction players bid quickly, so the goal was to get $1001 for an item that wasn't worth $1001 lol.

 

No way lol, so am I! I'm in Albuquerque, what city are you in?

 

:O lol I'll message you

 

Oooooooohh, I think someone is getting accepted

 

Thanks I'll hope for it.

 

There are many players, who make a great application, but ig they are mean, swore, is racist etc. I think you are player who do NOT belong in that <---
+1

 

Thank you for the support, it means a lot

 

Np

 

Dont think that ti quik
Tcw's app got denied while everyone tought he war going to get accepted

 

Ok no chance GG

 

Jk

 

Im just being realistic tbh good app

 

It's true that quite a few apps were denied and everyone thought the applier was going to get mod, but I'll still hope for the best.

 

Never lose hope

 

My suggestion is to add more detail, but good luck!

 

In which area? And thanks.

 

Also I thought my reasons I should be a moderator section was somewhat short, but after reading it a few times I felt like I had said what I wanted to say.

 

nice app good luck hope this doesnt stay open for 2 weeks

like mine

 

Thanks, and lol one of the first apps I made was open for like 3 weeks XD
Good luck on yours as well, I was going to post on it put it already had multiple pages so I thought it was little late.

 

@Slayer77 Well u have always been nice to me and seem like a cool obident guy but the problem is i never see u on skywars i feel like ur heart lies in sky block but still +1

 

I appreciate that And it is true, I mainly play skyblock. However I still play daily on skywars, I think we just miss each other because of time zones.

I would have applied for skyblock, but I don't like squads anymore, not all of the commands work, the nether isn't enabled, so on and so forth...

 

ok thanks for clearing that up

 

No problem.

 

Add more content ya nub :3

 

I edited it and added more details to "reasons you should be a moderator". Any more specific areas you'd like to see more content?

 

Actually, we are accepting.

It has been stated in mod chat (You have to read mod chat as it's important)





If you're unsure if a server is accepting or not, ask Yonda.

Don't just guess if they are.

Application UNLOCKED

 

oooooo burned u now have to unlock like 10 threads sucks to be u

 

I unlocked them all within 5 minutes lol.

 

o stop kiling my jokes den

 

Hmm you know you dont have to be rude...

 

Hm i just thought it was rude when u said "Sucks to be u"

 

well u have obvisouly never been on the internet before

 

Haha thanks for the made up post for Jasmin, thank you for clearing that up I would have been very disappointed if it was just randomly locked without a comment as to why.

 

Love your app!
P.S I asked Evravon to unlock your appliction

 

Thank you And thank you again!

 

Good app, though your Respectfulness and obedience is high. Gl though

 

Thank ya You're right both of those numbers are high, but I put what I honestly would rate myself. If someone asked in person, that's what I would tell them.

 

Too much detail/content. Locked and Declined. Feel free to reapply in 2-3 months. Sorry to do this.




Jk

 

Please kindly explain what mountain time is for me and all my fellow australians.

 

Dick move

 

That scared me sooooo bad I didn't see the jk until minion replied to it XD

 

Are mods allowed to make those jokes?
I dont think so

Just wondering

 

I edited the application because what I put was somewhat inaccurate, it's called mountain standard time and its between Arizona and New Mexico and runs all the way up through the US from there. I'll try to upload a map but it's not working on my tablet right now.

 

All in good fun, but it did scare me lol.

 

Still its making fun of your powers and making jokes about then and i think that isnt allowed but thats my opinion

Correct me if im wrong

 

I thought you were dead serious lmao

 

I'm not really sure what to think, I personally took it for a joke, but I do understand what your thinking.

 

Ikr lool

 

In the same post there was a jk.. I don't get why ppl are complainin?

 

It freaked us out even if it was jsut a joke

 

FICKLIN YOU APPLIED AGAIN GOOD LUCK!

 

Lol and its cause of him me and a few others apps were denied xD

 

Lol well if he knew that would've happened probably wouldn't have posted it

 

Lol ik its not entirely his fault

 

Time to see what i'm capable of >:l

 

Yup, I will never give up on applying lol. Thanks

 

I had no intention of getting anyone denied by mentioning apps to Yonda, I'm truly sorry yours and Raptor's were denied ( and whoever else I mentioned ).

 

No no, its fine Yonda doesn't like me so it would have been denied either way.

 

I don't think my chances with Yonda are great either:/ I don't think it's anything I've done to offend him, but I'm just open with my opinions and something I said about how an admin should do his job might have come across as me bossing him around. Even if my comment wasn't directed at him specifically...

 

Bacokn s so gud I'm eating it right now muahahah and my joke can be said by any1, since no power was abused or given. Normal players can't give power anyway, but can still make the joke. FTR I was tired and sleepy c:

 

Ok? xD

 

ME >_>

 

Yours was denied before I made that post, I didn't mention your app to Yonda.

 

Gosh i was jk :/

 

Oh I couldn't tell

 

It's good c:

 

So, um, two days of no comments, great. Anybody know if this has been forwarded to the Universe King yet? *cough cough @Jonny_503 cough @Whiteg1122 cough cough* Otherwise there's no point in this being open still.

 

Donz tag staff

 

You tagged the two staff members that can't forward it and don't know if it's been forwarded xD

 

Oh haha, I thought any mod could

 

I haven't checked out the rules recently, sorry I didn't know. And btw, you can't backseat moderate either, so, um, let a mod tell me if they don't want to be tagged

 

There's a difference between backseat moderating and just saying a rule which you didn't know

 

Yeah, I wasn't backseat moderating. I just said it you cant tag staff its a rule

 

You're right, but that's not what he did. If he was saying it, he would have said something like "you can't tag staff anymore btw". Instead it was a comment that sounded something like a mod would say, which is telling someone what to do "don't tag staff". I'm not going to say anything else about this because firstly, my app is now off topic, and secondly, I'm not going to start an agreement which is not what I interned to do.

 

Will I don't have anything against you btw, just my thoughts and opinions seem that way sometimes.

 

I liked your application. We live in the same timezone . Good luck!

 

Thank you for the support And cool! Haha now it's Raptor, you, and I that are in the same time zone. However if anyone is getting mod, it's you. Your application is better than mine haha. Thank you for the luck, back at you

 

*Application edited for more content*

 

How much longer am I supposed to wait patiently?

 

It's gonna get locked in a few days due to the 2 week rule.Btw my Mod app got forwarded and a few days after locked due to the 2 week rule

 

hmm this taped open 2 long in my opinion it should have either been accepted or denied by now

 

Yeah I agree.

 

The two week rule is stupid and unfair, people need an accepted or denied, locking it because no one gave that answer is a really lazy way out of doing work.

 

Ok 2 week rule as far as I know is not official so unlocked

 

Thanks

 

I'm not trying to be mean but even though Yonda said he was accepting I don't think he will(honest opinion). He also chooses random mods
KitKatCate- Girl and good app
MLG- Totally deserves it
Good luck though





What a way to celebrate my 100th post xD

 

I don't have much contact with him and I would like to see something happen here so

@Yonda would you accept this or deny it?

 

The MAN agrees

 

the girl part should've been in bold xD

 

HEY NYTEO

 

Ive denied this before