Helper Application from onceuponajano

Member Name onceuponajano

Additional In Game Names: N/A

How old are you? 19

Location: Coventry, England

Do you have Discord? Yes

How many hours per day do you play MeepCraft? (weekdays) 4-8 but while at university, 2-6

How many hours per day do you play MeepCraft? (weekends) 5-8 but while at university, 3-6

Have you ever been staff on this or any other server? No

References: Please give IGN's @EllieEllie @Draqq @Midnight_Galaxy @StarryKnights @CluelessKlutz @Vi7935

When did you join Meepcraft? May 15th 2015

Introduction: Hello all, I’m Sophie also known as once or onceuponajano in game. I am 19 and currently studying an Undergraduate degree in Criminology at university.

I first came across Meepcraft when I was looking for a towny server. I trawled through numerous servers but many did not have the same warm welcoming that Meep did. I believe this is because everyone treats the server as a tight knit community unlike bigger servers where there is a high volume of player traffic each day and too many people to get to know. Today as a player and like most, I try to give the same friendly welcoming that I received as a new player to those who join or rejoin today. Doing this has mainly come from seeing staff act as good role models to all players and passing on their positive attitude to everyone!

The majority of my 2 years on Meepcraft have been based in towny, where before the reset, I was a Co-mayor in the Beta town of Legend. Thanks to this position, it gave me the confidence to apply for staff in the more recent town of Legend, in which I have earned the position of Assistant. In addition to this, I have made some of the best friends from these towns and I hope to continue these friendships into the future.

As for my personal life, my hobbies, apart from playing Minecraft, include playing field hockey, drawing, walking my dog, cooking, and I am hoping to get back into playing in a brass band when I graduate, where I used to play the Cornet (or a small Trumpet).

Why should you be Helper? Knowledge:

Despite having no previous experience of being a staff member on another server or on Meepcraft, I don’t see this as a weakness. It is an exciting opportunity to put my knowledge to the test and learn more about the server in a staff capacity, rather than in a player capacity (which I definitely have experience of).

From spending most of my time in towny, this is where a lot of my knowledge will come in handy. However, I have recently been playing Skyblock and understanding how to survive and complete challenges, so I am constantly trying to learn new things about the server. This is alongside trying my hardest at Parkour, which has been a struggle, but thanks to Ellie and Vi pushing me through the countless times I’ve wanted to give up, I have been getting much better at it! I feel I would be able to apply this mindset to my knowledge of Meepcraft and also use this determination to my advantage to get problems solved.

Involvement:

I used to keep quiet and not really speak up in global chat, as I was quite a shy person that kept to myself. However, I believe that in the past year, while being at university, I have gained a lot of confidence in person and in game, and have come out of my shell.

I hope that many of you have seen me chatting and welcoming people in global recently as I have been actively trying to speak up more. You can always find me making or clearing plots in Legend or failing miserably in Parkour, so if you need to ask a question or to just have a chat, come find me!

On the subject of Legend, I am always around to help new residents get settled in or to aid them when they need it. It never gets old to me and with the other staff members of Legend there to help when needed, this support system that we have built reminds me a lot of our staff team. I believe I am ready to expand beyond Legend and help more practically in a server-wide role.

Location:

With being in the UK, I can offer to help in times where there are gaps in staff not being online (especially in the morning GMT) but I can also offer to relieve pressure when the server gets busy (late evening GMT). While there are other members of staff based in and around the UK, I can assist them when they personally might be busy. I have recently been getting to know these members of staff.

Experience:

As I have previously said, I have been on Meepcraft for over 2 years now and I believe I’ve gained nearly enough experience and knowledge to feel confident enough to apply for the role of Helper. Even though my expertise lies with towny, if a player was asking for help I know that I can still use the command /help or ask a higher member of staff.

Outside of Minecraft, I am currently the Ladies’ President for the university’s hockey society. I have to take on responsibilities such as ordering and sorting playing kit, managing the society’s website that I have created, handling subscriptions and the organizing of events. This role shows that I can work under pressure of the asking from the Students’ Union and am time efficient, but also trustworthy as I was voted into the position and majority thought that I was best suited to the role. Furthermore, I am one of the two people for 1st years and/or anyone new who joins to ask for if they need any help about the society itself.

Dedication/Work Ethic:

Growing up playing in team sports such as hockey and rounders, I have picked up good team building skills that can be applied to being part of the staff on Meep. If I am successful, I will dedicate myself fully and will perform tasks given to me quickly and effectively, and not shy away from any job.

What are your weaknesses? I have been thinking about this section for a while now and the majority of my weaknesses have a recurring theme of lack of confidence and getting over the first ‘hurdle’ (or in other words, scared to try things for the first time, but as soon as I’ve done it once I am completely fine and am happy to try it again). I have battled this self-doubt throughout my life, especially during school, and it is still as problem that is present to this day but it is definitely something that I am working very hard at to tackle.

Discord:

Discord is something that I want to get more actively involved with and I have been trying to do that recently. Even in lectures and seminars at university, I am quite a reserved person only speaking up if I need to or have been picked to do so. But with past experience chatting to a few friends on Skype while playing on an old Minecraft server, I believe that once I have spoken for the first time on Discord, I will be perfectly fine and my nerves will have passed. Even by doing this, the environment at home and while I’m at university can be quite busy so I wont be able to get on as much as I would like.

Forums:

This is a similar story to Discord, I am trying to be more active on that platform but I am getting there so bear with me!

Insecurity:

As my problem with confidence is quite prominent, this brings out the insecurity in myself. I often doubt my own ability in most things even though I know I am correct. I am starting to grow out of this by pushing myself to take up roles and jobs that I wouldn’t have done before and that is why I am currently writing this application. This also wouldn’t be possible without the help from the friends I have made on this server, who in fact make up some of my references, believing in my ability to become a Helper.

Availability:

As I will be going back to university in September and will be starting my 2nd year, my amount of time to spend playing on Meepcraft will be reduced to what it is now. I did take a break from Meep last year while I was settling down into life at university, but I believe that I have learnt how to manage my time effectively with work and I will be able to get onto Meep more often. The only days that I will struggle to get on would be on a Wednesday, as this is the day that I have BUCS hockey matches and the student night out, and a Saturday, as this is the day that I will have hockey matches for my club outside of university.

As I have said many times, these weaknesses will not hold me back forever and I am looking forward to changing into a more confident person!

Please give any other information you might think is useful for us to know: Even without the Helper tag, I want to keep up the reputation of the server being warm and friendly to anyone of all ages and gender, for example. Please don’t hesitate to ask me anything about my application, as I am always willing to chat.

Thank you for reading!

 

+1
I don't even think I need to explain why

 

Once upon a time (jano) there was a human being (or not) called Onceuponajano. She lived. and became staff. and also ate pretzels in her sleep. also tied marbles to her toes. the end.
what a silly goose onceuponajano!

story time over you are an incredible person and when I saw your application on the recent threads I was like heck yes I knew it i knew it !! you are really chill and cool and helpful and lovely being to be around. +1

 

Your app is nice and long. It hits all the key points I look for in a staff applicant. I see you online a fair amount. +1

 

(we all know who once is @EllieEllie gosh)

Heyo once!

Nice to see that you're finally applying. Of course, there is the possibility that applications will be reviewed, and I do hope that staff do not include your app in it or at least let it up for a week or two. Nevertheless, onto my vote.

I don't know you that well to be sure if I'm going to give a +1. However, your application itself allows me to use my "creative" imagination to know and get the feeling of who you are. I love how in your application you describe how you discovered Meep, an event which some of us can relate to, though we all have had our different ways of finding Meep. And with your personal hobbies and what you are studying now allows us to know just the kind of person you are. Your Why section was fantastic to read. Just the right aspects a staff member needs for the current staff team. And I'm glad that you mentioned the big weaknesses you have in your weakness section. Had you not I wouldn't be pointing them out. Which I still will. Would love to help ya out with Discord activity by trying to talk to ya and start some convos, since I used to be an active discord meep user but I'm banned from it at the moment, lol (not gonna start my staff rants here sooooo). Then theres also forums activity which can be easily fixed by just posting on someone's profile or even if you see a thread you like, just post there. With insecurity being a weakness, fear not, you always have others to be there for you, especially within the staff team who you can look to to help you or make you feel sure about certain things. Now, one thing someone did mention was us not seeing you interact that much in game, which should be a point that you should look at fixing. And then comes up the question of your availability. Are you 100% certain that you'll be able to see this? Its one of the few reasons why I resigned due to not wanting Meep to not control my life while in university. Nevertheless, outstanding app and great player. Just keep note those things I mentioned.

Otherwise, I'm a +1.

Good luck.

 

I don't know you too much, but you seem like a very nice person based on what people have said above. It seems like global and discord are your two main weaknesses. +1

 

Calling this now - the next Admin has applied for staff.

I don't think anyone can be more qualified.

+6.02 * 10^23

[If anyone knows what that number is please PM me. We need to talk.]

 

I firmly believe you are more than capable of this position. Anytime you're active in game, I don't even have to look at names because the tone I pick up just reading the words tells me it's you. You've always been quite the caring person, and have an incredible amount of passion for the server. You are always willing to try and learn new things (Let us fail parkour together while Ellie blows us by!).

Best of luck!

 

Hi Sophie!
Loved your application. I got to know you a little over the past month, and I can definitely say you're an extremely nice and helpful person. I'm a huge plus one, of course.

If you get this, let's finish City with @EllieEllie

 

I'd like to understand more of what you will bring to Meep, +1 for interview.

 

Avacado's number!
(Avagadro)

I don't really drop in for long periods anymore, but you seem like a nice person, and the app shows that if you put in the work, you can do the job well.

Good luck! +1

 

+1

 

Your app was really good. I've only been back for a short time but you seem like a really nice person who will be able to handle the position properly

+1

 

This comment is necessary, @Courtneyyy.

You're qualified, good luck. +1

 

Thank you for all of the great feedback so far!!

 

You're English.
Ticks all the boxes for me.