Helper Application from kirby99

Member Name kirby99

Additional In Game Names: N/A

How old are you? 14

Location: Canada, Ontario

Do you have Discord? Yes

How many hours per day do you play MeepCraft? (weekdays) 1-6

How many hours per day do you play MeepCraft? (weekends) 2-6

Have you ever been staff on this or any other server? Yes

References: Please give IGN's Kling, Klitcher, CluelessKlutz, Pmx728, Alexxaaa, Megastuforeo,

When did you join Meepcraft? May 18th 2015

Introduction: Hello everyone, so I’m guessing most of you know me by my past run as a helper and from my most active aspect of Meep which is Discord. So, my name is Kirby99 or Nick and I have created a home on Meepcraft. I have made some of my greatest memories on here and I’d like to have the best chance at making more by being able to thoroughly help and make people understand and find the fun out of Meepcraft and Minecraft. I know that the helper tag is not needed to help, but I would enjoy having it because it basically means that I am trusted and my job is meant to help people. Now I’d like to get this out of the way as quick as possible, I may have been the worst staff member at my time, my only excuse for that is that I cannot type very fast so it's usually harder for me to get the modreqs and I became inactive for about 2 weeks. I’m not very sure what I should say here because I’ve already introduced myself enough inside of my last application. So, let's start off with my Grades in school. I’ve put a lot of dedication into my schoolwork and tests. My last report cards ended with 80’s and 90’s (And a 75 in English but don’t think too much of that). I have been dedicated to my classical guitar, classical piano, school, and Meep. My future ideas have not changed too much; I still would like to become an optometrist or a guitar/piano teacher. On my first year of High school, I have dedicated myself to the concert band, which was a real step for me because I was new to the instrument that I played. At school, I have dedicated myself to double bass, and the electric bass, by practicing every weekend and free time at school. I still have not found an opening at any of my desired jobs (anyone grocery store within five minutes). I enjoy hearing of other people’s cultural norms, religions, climate, landscape, I even sometimes find it interesting to hear about all their biggest economies or things that add the most to their GDP.
I sadly have not created any new special achievements in my life other than the completing of my grade 8 piano exams, while having a migraine. I would like to set an achievement on Meep to try and reach 400 modreqs which would not be a stretch if I could type faster but it is because I type slowly. I would also enjoy becoming more active on forums and reach out to the farther parts of the community through debates or answer simple questions. I know most of my introduction is a lot of just repeating itself but I just emptied everything last time and I cannot figure out what else I can say.

Why should you be Helper? I am currently an assistant in a town that is very welcoming to new or old users, our town currently does not have a tax on anything so it makes it easier for new and old users to be successful and satisfy their in-game dreams. As I stated in my last application I co-owned 3 towns that all had no tax and they all had many residents. We were very welcoming to new players that joined, and we would give them resources such as food, blocks, or even some tools. I noticed that Meep has not been getting as many new players as it used to, and I would like to be here to help make the drop of players easier for people to handle by giving out extra unneeded cash or helpful resources
As I stated in my last application I have had a day to teach an underprivileged child how to play piano and how to read music, which showed me the goodness and happiness of being able to help people out in the smallest or largest ways. In the past year or so I have seen him play at some recitals and I can say he did an amazing job.
Maturity: I think I would be a good helper and be a lot better than my last shot as staff because I have matured very much since my last time being staff. I would defend my old friends in immature ways when I only needed to simply ask the person to stop offending them or bugging them. I have made a lot of stupid jokes that I should not have made or said just because they were inappropriate or just stupid and unnecessary.
Discord activity: I go onto Discord a lot and I see random people spread out in channels alone or sometimes Mega, Clueless, Kling, Techno, and Nick. Other than that, I never see staff come online onto Teamspeak and talk with the community through their microphones, which I enjoy doing daily.
Work Ethic: I have played Classical piano (9 Years), I am balancing a mid 80 average in most of my high school classes, Classical guitar (Barely counts I’ve been playing for a month), Rock guitar (4 years) and my school clubs and activities. If I do not end up being re-accepted onto the Meep staff team I will keep helping people until I take a break or get accepted.
Active with the community in-game: I am active with the community in-game by welcoming people to Meep, participating in conversations and debates that are allowed on Meep. And by helping and answering questions in global chat if I ever see them pop up.

What are your weaknesses? I still sometimes get carried away and lose my filter. An example of this happening was when IneXxer was being rude to LordBaka in global and I immaturely decided to defend him by throwing insults (Or what I think were, I do not remember exactly) at IneXxer
Grammar: Sometimes I will type to quickly or I will not know how to type certain words and then I will mess up in chat, also this is one of my downfalls for claiming modreqs
Maturity: I still make Immature jokes in Discord but I’ve stopped most of them now or filtered them to make them appropriate
Inactivity: Sometimes I will get migraines or have a lot of school work due and when that happens I will become inactive to a point where I may log onto Meep for 5 minutes a day. I will try to limit all the times that this would happen by using free time to work on projects so that I will have more free time to play on Meep at home.

Please give any other information you might think is useful for us to know: Migraines have become less frequent but they are still happening

 

Wow great app!

+1
~ experienced
~ super kind
~ always helping

 

Meh.
You were nothing more than the average helper. You pissed about a lot. You made it a pain in the backside with forum alts. There is nothing about your attitude that strikes me in a negative or positive way.

We dont need more staff that are just...there. There are already too many staff compared to active players. We should be looking for the staff that offer more than just modreqs. Which is basically all you seem to have to give.

 

Muunkee I fully agree with you on that but with this run, I want to put time into using trello and forums to make more of an impact.

 

+1

I know i didn't work with you long as staff but I feel you are ready to come back.
I look forward to working with ya again within the team.

-Kindness
-Friendly
-Very Helpful

 

Okay, Kirby

I really want to +1 this because you play the piano and that's all I care about! I don't like biased opinions, so I will not leave a vote on this application. However I'm sure you will do great either way. Good luck

PS: what are you currently working on? I'm on Liszt's Liebesträume No. 3 (the famous one) and Beethoven's sonata quasi una fantasia Op. 28-1 in Eb major. Hope to hear from you soon! (Please excuse me for irrelevance)

 

I'm currently in grade 8 so I'm working on Beethoven's Six variations on a swiss folk song, Heinrich Hofmann's In the evening, and Felix Swinstead's Study in D major. The last one is really fascinating because it is a left-hand only piece

 

+1 you know what you are doing, get your backside back on the team.

 

+1, I liked you before but I'm sure you can do even better now

 

As per usual I'll take not of what I see here.

For the Application itself, I notice these issues:

• Occasional grammatical, spelling errors which could be fixed with a little proofreading
• Unnecessary detail which acts as fluff rather than information
• Details missing or unclear which would help the reader understand your application
• Conflicting strengths and weaknesses demonstrated in the application

As for behavior in game, you have improved quite a bit. However, you've only just recently begun playing again, and have resigned quite recently. I would give it a few more weeks or a month before you consider applying again,

For now, -1.

 

-1

Throughout your time as helper, you messaged @Alexxxxxx on three different occasions about you leaving staff. The very first time you messaged him, it was less than a month after getting accepted. You obviously couldn't handle the "powers" of being helper, and weren't very enthusiastic about helping either. I rarely saw you in chat, as helper and before, and you tended to stay near your friend group.

Okay this is obvious bias, even if you weren't in his references. The app was mediocre at best, his intro was almost as long as his "why" section, which is something members of this forum tend to dislike.

Is there really a reason to post this? If you don't get along with a current staff member, you shouldn't be helper, especially if you're going to put his name in there just to make him look bad.

I get migraines also, they don't affect my performance or physically stop me from doing anything. If they stop you from physically doing something, you should go to the doctor, as it can be a sign of a brain tumor.

edit:

If you were truly doing it for the good of helping someone, you wouldn't be bragging about it.

 

Sorry I'd like to clarify some stuff. I get abdominal migraines where I get very dizzy and vomit and I can't do much . I think I get along with inexxer fine right now he was just fairly toxic at the time. I could handle my staff position fine but I needed to focus on my classical guitar because it was one of the things I thought that's what I would do with my life. I do agree with the bias part and a tight friend group but what is so wrong with that? And the last part, I wasn't trying to brag about it but I understand why you thought I did
Oh and pseudo I never really quit in fact my playing stayed about the same

 

plus we have a couple more staff now, and i don't think we need another helper who didn't help out, but just stayed away.

if you need to focus on your guitar things, don't be here, go focus.

-1

 

+1, I have no doubt that you will do even better than before.

 

+1 you're cool

 

Kirby:
As an experienced staff member, you know exactly what you're applying for and what you're getting yourself into if accepted. Sure, in your first run you could have been more active in certain parts of the server, but where you were active most you did an awesome job. And, I feel this run you're willing to take on the other aspects on more strongly and willing to sit down and learn so you can do your best. Your enthusiasm in this application shows that you really care about earning this role. And yeah, you have your flaws as pointed out earlier, but who on Earth doesn't? The app was very good. As said above, your introduction was almost as long as your why, but why should that matter? All you did was go above and beyond on your introduction, and the why was still good. It had it's flaws, but nothing can be perfect. Overall, I believe that you can come back on this team strongly, learn what has to be learned, and you will do awesome. +1.

 

You're a great guy, love talking to you on discord, you know what you're doing, yes you made mistakes but we all do and I don't get why people are making a big deal out of small things when all the awesome things about you overweight a couple of things. Massive +1 from me.

 

+1
You were the first staff member to answer my modreq before clueless answered it.

 

+1 bring ma baby pickle back