Volunteer Staff Application Terms & Conditions
Last updated: January 20th, 2021
These Volunteer Staff Application Terms & Conditions constitute a legally binding agreement made between you, whether personally or on behalf of an entity (“you”) and Star by Star Gaming ("Company", “we”, “us”, or “our”), concerning your volunteer services on any of our services and or platforms such as and not limited to, our websites, game servers, any other media form, media channel, console or PC application, mobile website or mobile application related, linked, or otherwise connected thereto. You agree that by posting this application and or responding to application question (1.) with "Yes, I do agree to these terms and conditions.", you have read, understood, and agreed to be bound by all of these terms and conditions. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE WITH ALL OF THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS, THEN YOU ARE EXPRESSLY PROHIBITED FROM APPLYING FOR A VOLUNTEER STAFF POSITION AND YOU MUST DISCONTINUE YOUR APPLICATION PROCESS IMMEDIATELY.
You accept and understand that you are not any form of an employee, contractor, or agent of Star by Star Gaming. You accept and understand that the volunteer services you provide will be a donation and under no circumstances will you expect wages, salary, or benefits from Star by Star Gaming for the services provided during your time as a Volunteer Staff member. We reserve the right to remove or let go of any volunteer staff member for any reason and at any time at our sole discretion.
Any and all actions, including and not limited to, player and or user punishment, such as issued bans or otherwise on our game servers, websites, or other platforms, as well as any statements made by you, or any behavioral misconduct, does not express the views of Star by Star Gaming and are conducted at your sole discretion. You agree that all of these are of your own and you withhold full personal responsibility. Your actions, behavior, and or statements will be taken or given at your sole discretion and you agree to defend, indemnify, and hold us harmless, including our subsidiaries, affiliates, and all of our respective officers, agents, partners, contractors, volunteers, volunteer staff, and employees, from and against any loss, damage, liability, claim, or demand due to the outcomes of your gross negligence, willful misconduct, actions, statements, and or behaviors or any other conduct on your behalf, which cause or may give rise to criminal liability while performing volunteer staff services for Star by Star Gaming.
IN NO EVENT WILL WE OR OUR DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, CONTRACTORS, VOLUNTEERS, VOLUNTEER STAFF, OR AGENTS BE LIABLE TO YOU FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, CONSEQUENTIAL, EXEMPLARY, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, INCLUDING LOST PROFIT, LOST REVENUE, LOSS OF DATA, OR OTHER DAMAGES ARISING FROM YOUR VOLUNTEER SERVICES, EVEN IF WE HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.
These Volunteer Staff Application Terms & Conditions can and may be updated at any time without notice at our discretion, so be sure to frequently check back for any updates to these terms and conditions. An effort to inform you that they've been updated will be made, but not promised, so it's your responsibility to periodically check back. By posting this application and or responding to application question (1.) with "Yes, I do agree to these terms and conditions.", you are accepting and agreeing to these terms and conditions indefinitely regardless of any changes or amendments to these terms and conditions unless or until you are no longer a Volunteer Staff member. If at any point you no longer agree to these terms and conditions, you must immediately resign from your Volunteer Staff position and cease to continue your volunteer services immediately.
Please do not remove or delete these terms and conditions from your application, otherwise your application will be considered and declared void.
Applicants Steam ID - STEAM_0:1:117019330
(1.) Do you agree to and accept the Volunteer Staff Application Terms & Conditions?
If so, please answer with "Yes, I do agree and accept these terms and conditions." -
Yes, I do agree and accept these terms and conditions.
(1a) What is your most recent or commonly known in-game name or alias? -
Mia Ragno - Formally Dea Ragno
(1b) What is your current year level in-game? (MUST be at least 7th year to apply.) -
7th year - Master prestige
(2.) In which time zone do you reside? -
Eastern-standard
(2a) Please provide the hours of the day that you are the most active on the Hogwarts RP server
according to CST (Chicago, US), so the managers and staff know when they can expect to see you. -
I believe my most active hours are 10am-1pm and 5pm-10pm but of course it varies
(3.) What is your age? -
Twenty-nine
(4.) Approximately, when was the first time that you joined our
Hogwarts RP server and how did you initially discover it? -
I joined in 2019 while searching for new HP themed games.
(4a) How can we be certain that you will remain active on the
server upon being accepted for a volunteer staffing position? -
I have been fairly active, nearly online daily.
[Do not rely on my gametracker as I have changed
my steam name. I can provide those if you wish.]
(4b) Do you understand that you can be let go at any
time for excessive inactivity at our discretion? -
Yes, of course.
(5.) Do you understand and agree to not only comply with,
but also enforce the rules of the server when necessary? -
Yes, I agree.
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(5a) When listing the 10 basic rules, please explain what they each mean to convey to us
that you understand and comprehend them wholly. List Rules below:
1: No fail roleplay:
Do not do anything your in game character would not actually do.
An example: Voldemort should not be attending classes nor entering the school.
2: Be respectful:
It's important to be kind to one another. Using hate speech (racism, homophobic and slurs along those
lines) are not permitted regardless of context and are taken very seriously.
3: No random deathmatch:
Random deathmatch or as we know it of RDM is not allowed on the server unless there is a
valid RP reason. Students should not be killing each other under any circumstance, this includes self defence.
4: Obey staff and RP leaders:
There is a hierarchy within jobs on the server. You must listen to your RP leader UNLESS they are
attempting to get you to break rules [Headmaster telling students to kill each other]. What staff
says goes, if you believe they are wrong you may use the forums. [name changes, bans & staff reports]
5: No mass free spelling:
All spells must have an RP reason. Repeatedly casting damage and even non-damage spells without
a valid RP reason is not permitted. It usually is handled in RP but in certain situations staff can be called.
[Free spelling damage spells can lead to RDM]
6: No metagaming:
Do not use any information that your RP character would not know, this includes using information from
PMs and 3rd party platforms such as discord and/or team speak. [telling your friends that you're snatched and where.]
7: No mic/chat spamming:
Playing sounds, music, soundboards, or just screaming into your mic is considered mic spam. Repeatedly sending messages
in ooc and local chat is chatspam and is also not permitted.
8: No fail OP:
You may only use owl post for RP reasons, such as buying and selling students that have been captured by the
dark forces. If you're not sure if something is a valid reason for using OP be sure to ask.
9: No erotic role play:
Doing, saying and manipulating your character to mimic sexual themes is not allowed. The server is not
18+ and would like to keep that off the server.
10: No map exploiting or cheating:
Abusing glitches with the map and spells such as getting someone stuck on purpose with a spell is not permitted.
Using scripts, aiming tools and other things that help you get an advantage over other platers is also not permitted.
Avoiding the afk kick of 20mins is via macros also falls under this rule.
(6.) Tell us a little about yourself and why you would like to be accepted
for a volunteer staffing position on SBS. (100 words or less) -
Hello I'm Mia previously known as Dea, head of the Ragno clan. I like spiders. :b
I have notice there is a need for staff in the times that I play and would once again
like to join the team to help out.
(7.) In your opinion, which quality of yourself do you
feel that you need to improve on the most? -
I have been working on myself as a whole lately. Coming back I was not exactly the most friendly and approachable
person. I feel that even though I've been working on that already, there is always room from improvement.
(7a) In your opinion, which skill set of yours do you
feel that you need to improve on the most? -
As stated before, patience is the 'skill' I feel that I need to improve on.
(8.) How would having you on our volunteer staff team benefit our server
and what qualities set you apart from the rest of the applicants? -
I don't want to put myself above other applicants as the question suggest. Every person has their own qualities that can benefit the server.
I have been around for a few years now, have a good understanding of the rules and how things work although I don't think its possible for
everyone to know every little detail I do believe I have a good handle on it.
(9.) Have you ever previously maintained a game server staffing position,
or currently are, on any other Garry's Mod servers? If so, which ones,
and in which staffing positions? (List them if possible) -
I have held a moderator position on this server before.
(10.) Have you ever previously been banned on any Garry's Mod or SBS servers?
If yes, then please list approximately when, how long, and the reasoning(s). -
I have been banned on this server before. I do not recall how many times as those were long ago but my
most recent was an RDM earlier this month.
(11.) In your opinion, are the server staff or the players of more importance? Why? -
The server staff and community are equally important. Without each other the server
would simply not be what it is.
(12) How would you rate your skills overall out of 10 (E.g., patience, response time, etc.) -
I think a fair rating would be a 7/10.
I plan to keep making improvements within myself.
(13.) If you find yourself in a 'staff-sit' where you're unsure of how to fairly distribute punishment
and or handle the situation or discrepancy at hand, what do you do? -
Being in a situation like this before... asking other staff members their opinion of the matter can really help you out.
Of course you need to use your best judgment in the end but having second options are very helpful.
(14.) You both understand and realize, that by applying for a volunteer staffing position
on the server, you are sacrificing the complete freedom of being able to role-play and
or socialize freely all the time without any interruptions, and are obligated to handle all server
issues and or volunteer staff position tasks at hand no matter the situation and to the best of your abilities? -
I completely understand.
(15.) If applicable, please provide a list of all your previous volunteer staff applications,
provide a link to them if possible, and list any reasons why they may have been locked.
If they were previously accepted, please provide a short explanation of why you are no longer volunteer
staff at the time of this application. (Disregard if this is your first application) -
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** If you have any questions and/or concerns please feel free to message me in game or on discord. **
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