ChrisRid

Cheers for the mention, I hope all goes well for you with your time away from staffing here and perhaps I'll catch you in game sometime? I'm not sure what the crack is with reserves but in any case, be sure to look after yourself and see you around

Congratulations everyone on a fantastic launch to a truly amazing server! I’ve had such a great time with many of you guys and I’ve got a few things planned that I would love to do, so hopefully I’ll be able to find enough time this month to do them providing my work IRL gets a bit more settled. Well done to our MVP’s FlameSoul and DooDooCaCa, that’s actually a lot of sits considering the server is just getting started. You guys are always online whenever I’ve been on And lastly a big thank you to @Nutter and @Proggy and all of the managers who’ve no doubt had their work cut out to get everything up and running, you guys are awesome! Here’s to a successful month

Congratulations to all those who have worked hard and strived to be their best over the last month to make this server awesome Well done to our MVP’s DonBlotto, Bluey, and Moe who’ve done a crazy number of sits this month! You guys should be proud as that’s a superb achievement! Shoutout to Jacobs and Bob the Builder who I’ve trained this month having joined the team, it’s fantastic to see you’ve both got promotions already, awesome job guys! Here’s to another month

-1 I don't think you've put any effort into making this application and there are some red flags in my opinion. In this question, it asks for at least two paragraphs as a minimum in order to demonstrate qualities that would make you a good moderator on this server, and you've literally given two sentences with part of one sentence made up of "I used to troll when I was a low level" and part of another "I am kind sometimes but also mean". This needs significant improvement at best, but serves as a red-flag for me. This is your opportunity to show us why you're someone we would want on the team over other potential applicants. The ban was 6 months ago and Mass RDM is another big red flag for me. I understand that new players don't understand some of the rules when they first start out, but Mass RDM is a deliberate and repeated action. I'd want to understand exactly what happened and how you've matured / changed your ways. Remember that staff members are role models within the community and set an example for others to follow. You haven't read the staff rules.

Neutral I don’t mind the idea and I enjoy card games myself, so while the idea is generally good, I just can’t see people using it enough to warrant the additional download as DarkRP is meant to be a no download server (or at least minimal download for the small collection of addons that exist currently). However if it was only a small file then it may work out.

Changed my post after having read Shank’s response below, I didn’t know about that myself! So follow what he said

Strong -1 You’ve left out some important information which includes that of your previous offences. Having checked your record, you where banned 3 times in total, twice were this year for disrupting an event and exceeding the warn limit, the most recent of which is today! I don’t feel it necessary to critique your application any further as this alone is enough for my -1. Outside of applying for staff, I think it would be a good idea to work on improving your behaviour in game,

-1 While I think that you seem like a decent guy from what you’ve said, and you’ve got some good hours on the server, I was intrigued to understand why you were banned, as what you’ve said isn’t something I would necessarily ban someone for. After looking into it, I’ve realised this was literally a few days ago for mass FailRP. I think it would be a good idea to gain a better understanding of the rules and give it a bit of time before applying for staff on the server, as this alone is my reason for giving you a -1. Remember that staff members should be role models within the community and lead by example. Edit: Permanent -1 after your edit, you could have just given it some time before reapplying and said you’d made some beginner mistakes. But you’ve shown your true colours now.

The vehicle retrieving system works really well, I remember you telling me about it in-game and it was an absolute god send! Especially with the number of times I lost my car haha I'm glad that this has been added! I can't see any decent reason to pick up a car and propminge with it, so it will save the staff team a lot of issues, allowing them to focus on positive things as I belive this has been quite commonplace. CityRP is such a good laugh, I've really enjoyed playing on there. Hopefully the pop is maintained especially through the summer when it should be naturally higher. Personally I need to increase my staffing on DarkRP as I've been playing on CityRP a fair amount this week but as xFish said, always trying to support this awesome server through donations and otherwise. I'll look into doing another giveaway of sorts as that was a really good laugh last time

Ask her if she wants to try out the new CityRP mate But for sure it’s to take a break then to leave the team, enjoy your time away and hope to see you in game soon!

Last night was such a good laugh! I woke up this morning and couldn't wait to jump back in Great updates too!

Hi there Baller, I wouldn't normally respond for bans I have put through on behalf of other staff members but I'm doing so as not only have you DM'd me with a link to this, but also I was tagged by an ex-staff member in the offence-links section of our discord, so I'm just making sure this can get settled by the correct parties involved. Just to avoid any further confusion, the staff member who requested this ban is @Tax_Collector and their name is added to the end of the 'reason' as you can see in the image below. I put this ban through on their behalf after they requested it through the staff chat in-game, as they aren't able to ban at their current rank. Just for future reference, you are able to check the details of any ban by searching Steam ID's at the following link, just in case you ever need to check in the future https://garnetgaming.net/darkrp/bans/ I have tagged Tax Collector here and in the GG Staff Discord, so they will respond to this appeal as soon as they are free. I hope this helps

-1 I do like the idea, but unfortunately I just can't see anyone following the orders and/or the police chief might make people do silly things. I think it would be much better idea to get a good group of mates to all be police at once to achieve the same result, and I think it would be more fun that way. I personally think anything more serious in terms of roleplay, is better suited to PoliceRP than DarkRP.

-1 While I do totally understand and I've seen players leave after reporting MRDM when they were blown up in this sort of raid, I think GunShark made a pretty good point on this. Other than that, there are good reasons to allow firing off rockets straight away, for example in a legitimate raid a great tactic is to catch the baser off guard by knocking on the door, waiting a few seconds, and then hitting the front entrance with a rocket or two in order to take out the baser which will allow the raider to move through the entrance and crack the keypads. I get this is a more advanced raiding tactic, but I don't see anything wrong with it. Advanced basers can still protect themselves from such an attack anyway if they know how. I very rarely (if ever) raid myself, but I do actually appreciate a good team of raiders who come up with cool tactics like this and I wouldn't want to take it away from them. So unfortunately I'm going with a -1 on this, but I do see your reasoning behind your suggestion for sure.

+1 Because the credits are given for time spent in-game, I can't see the need for an additional cooldown timer to purchase payroll. Although I do understand that there might be people with lots of credits who would have to purchase payroll 10,000 times to use them up, so maybe introduce an option to buy multiples of payroll (e.g purchasing 10x payroll) to avoid spamming the chat if this was to happen

Precisely. This is the biggest problem with applications, very often the response people give doesn’t address their suitability as a staff member but rather just serves as a chance for them to publicly rant about whatever personal disagreements they have had in the past, tarnishing their application as a result. In fact some people are loved by the community for just being a good laugh, when in actual fact, they may not be the best candidate for the staff team. Similarly, some people aren’t liked much for various personal reasons, but are actually a good candidate and get overlooked.

-1 There have been some fantastic staff members who have bought VIP mod and done a superb job helping the server while also offering a financial contribution in support which we should be thankful for. There have also been some terrible staff who applied through the forums and have been toxic ever since. What I’m saying is the quality of a moderator isn’t directly related to how they joined the team. At the end of the day, if someone buys VIP Mod for $50 for the sake of 10 minutes of fun minging on the server, then they will simply have their rank removed and be blacklisted, while the server might get some nice upgrades with the money. I have personally had to ban someone who did exactly this until their rank could be removed. I think it also offers those who have been victims of bullying a chance to get onto the staff team. Just one group of toxic friends can tarnish their application and deny them that opportunity as we’ve seen recently, and therefore feedback on an application doesn’t necessarily prove whether someone is a good fit for the team in these kind of scenarios.

In-game name: ChrisRidSteamID (https://steamid.io/): STEAM_0:1:17720402In-game rank: T.AdminTimezone: London, UK (GMT +1)Length of LOA: 1 WeekReason: I'll DM a manager

+1 (changed after improvements were made) I agree with Shank that there is some filler in your paragraphs, however if I were to ignore that, you’ve still given some good reasons for why you’d like to be on the team. I’m not worried with repetition of words or phrases because at the end of the day it’s not an English exam so as long as you’ve put some effort into spelling and grammar in an attempt to be reasonably presentable then I’m happy. The points Shank made about being more active and meeting more people aren’t reasons for wanting to become staff, so I totally agree with him. You can achieve both of those things without being staff, and staffing doesn’t have any impact on your RP. But it’s still nice that you’d like to spend more time and meet more people for sure. Checking your previous offences, you only have the one ban for MassNLR which you’ve mentioned with is common with new players, but nothing else of concern, so I believe you are of a good character. Like I say, perhaps it’s best to spend some time reading over the rules and make an edit to your post, as I’ll reconsider my response if you do. Edit: I changed my application to a +1 as you’ve taken on board the criticism mentioned and have now read the staff rules. You’ve got a clear desire to be a part of the team and help make the server a great place for players to be in the additional paragraph you’ve added, which is awesome to see. I wish you the best of luck!

I think it’s always important to be constructive when giving any criticism, otherwise how can you expect someone to understand what they need to do in order to improve? Sure it’s opinion based, and nobody’s opinion is necessarily wrong, but without any reasoning it doesn’t really mean anything, and just sounds like “I don’t like you” but for all we know that’s because Toddd supports a different football team. So with that said, I totally agree with WreckEm. It would certainly help Toddd know what to work on and give some context, especially with the recent toxicity that’s been directed towards him without reason.

-1 While the bitcoin miners might be pretty cool, the reason for my -1 is to keep the vanilla aspect of the server and reduce the download which is one of main reasons I liked Garnet DarkRP over other servers. Perhaps if CityRP came back, this could be something interesting to try out there and I'd be happy to give it a go for sure. I can't see any issue if people just want to enjoy printer-farming with their friends? In fact the baser / raider aspect of DarkRP is one of the oldest concepts of the game mode. I'm personally not a fan of raiding myself, but I still see why others enjoy it. That's the beauty of DarkRP, there's something for everyone; that includes chilling with a few friends while farming printers and listening to music. I made millions without the use of alts by simply buying printers off other people and manufacturing meth. In fact I would often check the TAB menu and I was usually in the top 5 richest online, all without the use of any alts. It's only in recent times I use alts when the server pop is low and I fancy farming, so in that sense I'm living proof you don't need alts to still become incredibly wealthy relative to others in-game. It's just whether you want to spend the time and effort getting to that point, just as I and many others have done?

So this has been a difficult one for me, and I wasn’t sure whether to go for +1 or stay at neutral for now. The thing is, I genuinely think you’d be a great staff member, just as you were previously last time you were staff. All my interactions with you have been great, and there are a good amount of people who’ve said the same. I think you are helpful and kind, incredibly active and very knowledgable, holding a previous executive position within the staff team. The reason I’ve been indecisive about giving a straight-up +1 is because of you’re current reputation within the community. I feel it’s important to be respected by the community if you’re re-joining the staff team and that it’s something you need to properly address, which will unfortunately take time to rebuild. But I’m very confident you can make it happen. I’d like to mention that Fetn is absolutely correct in what he’s said about you being a victim of toxicity yourself, and I have made it explicitly clear how unfair and contradictory those people are, and I will continue to call those people out for their actions. Anyone who is bullied will eventually lash out, and I feel a lot of the things you are accused of recently are a direct result of the angry mob’s enticement. You’re showing a strength of character in continuing to improve and stay within the community which I have a lot of respect for. And I agree with Shin that I too am rooting for you and it’s always cool to chat and have a laugh. I’ve got absolute faith in you and I think you’d do an incredible job. But it may take time to rebuild certain relationships and that’s something only you’ll be able to do. I know you’ve made a superb effort to do this already, but it may just take a little bit of time as I’ve said before. If I had to give a clear response then it would be a +1 knowing that you’ll be there in time anyway

I decided to do a little bit of research about whether the TEC-9 is a pistol or a SMG and I'm going to change my response to neutral, but hear me out on a couple of things: So just to mention, legal classification isn't really applicable here because that all depends on where you live as to how something is classified, and for example pepper spray is classified in the UK as a firearm, so you can see how the IRL legal classification argument is kind of invalid. To add to that, fun-clip's to convert Glocks to fire full-auto are mostly illegal without additional licences from what I can see so that doesn't really apply either. Similarly the classification a manufacturer gives something isn't really applicable because they want to sell to the widest market and will adapt their product to suit, for example pistols are banned even with a firearms licence in the UK so manufacturers just extended the barrel and throw on a stock to make it into a rifle, so that's also kind of irrelevant. What I've come to learn is that it's commonly accepted that a SMG is an automatic pistol with a stock. That means that a TEC-9 with a stock is an SMG, and without a stock it's a pistol. This means that the classification would depend on the model and firing position of the weapon and (I haven't actually checked but) I assume the model is without the stock and therefore a pistol. The reason I'm changing to neutral and not to a +1 is that I still believe the hobo role is passive and doesn't need additional firepower as I previously mentioned. I can't see a good reason for a hobo to be firing a full-auto weapon, but I'm not totally against it either. If people really like the idea then I don't want to ruin anyone's fun by any means but I'm not an advocate for it either.

Neutral (changed from -1, see my other post for details) I can’t see why a hobo would have a tec-9 or similar weapon, being as they can’t have a weapon larger than a pistol. The tec-9 is more of an SMG in my eyes, even if it’s stats aren’t as good as other SMG’s. They don’t really have a need for more firepower either seeing as they don’t have a base to defend, can’t raid, and are immune to being mugged, with self-defence being the main reason for owning a pistol. I think the hobo is generally a more passive class and seeing hobos firing off full-auto weapons just seems odd and out of place to me at least.

+1 I’m glad to see you made an application after we spoke in game, and while I don’t know you well enough to give you a referral, you seem a really decent guy in the time that I’ve spent talking with you. I like that you’ve put a lot of time into explaining quite a number of reasons that you would be a good fit for the team and how you’d be able to help, you’ve mentioned some good qualities about yourself with an emphasis on helping players and giving off good vibes which I feel is important to maintain a friendly and welcoming community for any new players who join the server. Plus you have experience staffing before which is great. With that said, there’s a couple of points that I’d like to mention. You said you like trolling which is ok if it’s friendly and between you and a couple of mates, but just make sure it doesn’t spread into your interactions with others you don’t know well as you’ll be representing the staff team if your application was accepted. I know you have also mentioned you have a couple of bans in the past which were both quite a long time ago. The mass NLR is very common for new players so I understand that one, and the mass RDM is concerning but as it’s a year ago and you’ve built up a couple of hundred hours, I feel that may have been a learning curve and I’m hoping you’ve matured since then, especially with your experience staffing on other servers. Overall I think you’ve got a reasonable application, and having spoken with you in game, you seem like a decent person, so I wish you the best of luck