Bmon - The Guiding Light For /TG/

[Bmon]

I am going to be rather blunt, TG is in a bad state right now and something needs to change or else the community we know will fizzle away, it's now or never.

Hi, I am Bmon. You know me from either Manuel or Terry, I split my time on TG between the two servers. I consider myself first and foremost a player and have been actively involved with Space Station 13 for over seven years.

I was made an admin in June of last year and have racked up many hours admining on TG. I like to think I have an excellent understanding of TG's rules and culture.



https://scrubby.melonmesa.com/ckey/bmon (broken for months not up to date)

The next six months are clear sailing for me, if you vote for me I'll be as active as ever.

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The Wallening...

It's been horrible for the servers. It doesn't take a genius to look at TG's front page and see Manuel and the other servers dead and Terry gut-punched in population— this can't stand.

Headmins have no control over the repo, but I will try my absolute damn hardest to convince either MSO to fork or the Maintainers to revert this change to our servers.

I don't have any ill will against the Maintainer team, you guys breathe life into TG and make us what we are, but sometimes a change can go too far and we need to stop and do what is healthy for the server.

It would kill me to see a large chunk of the community leave over this.


Non-human command...

I want to poll each server individually to see if they want it enabled or not. Nothing too complex, I just feel as if there is a cultural shift on some of the servers which leads them to want this.

If one server wants this and another doesn't so be it, I'll only set the config to allow non-human command on the server which wants it.

Even if a poll passes on one of the servers I won't be messing with roundstart AI lawsets unless there is a major demand, if there is I'll run another poll to decide which lawset to use (personally biased towards Corporate).


Being 100% with you...

I promise to take the greater consensus of the server into account when making decisions as a Headmin and to resolve complex issues hand-in-hand with the community and staff team.

I will be there for you, to support and mediate when needed, to make the fairest good faith-based judgements that I can, to simply being around to talk with.

Our community is amazing and I love every bit of what makes TG... well TG. Let's keep it that way.

[iansdoor]

Unexpected surprise! I don't mind those changes that you have suggested. I see the future what whom you are as someone like xemo did for sybil last fall. The action of sitting around and goofing off makes players happy. I know that you have the means to do so.

I am always in the firm belief that trying out new things to see how they work and function is more fun. With that said, would you consider helping quell the fires and bridge what TG lore that has been written to make those executive order on the config? I mention this is rather important for direction.

Anyways! Good luck, bmon!

[Bmon]

I am always in the firm belief that trying out new things to see how they work and function is more fun. With that said, would you consider helping quell the fires and bridge what TG lore that has been written to make those executive order on the config? I mention this is rather important for direction.

I believe there is already an exception in the lore for non-human Centcom commanders, I don't see why that can't be extended to normal command staff. The lucky few who surpassed the rest!

That's just my headcanon though, I don't think I have any control over Common Core.

Also thank you for the kind words!!

[xzero314]

I think Bmon is worth your consideration as one of your top votes.

I see Bmon as a gold standard for admin conduct. To elaborate on this. One thing that you are allowed to do as a TG admin is "playmin" Also known as being in the round playing while adminned. This comes with many many admin conduct risks attached to it and limitations to what you are allowed to do. Such as refraining from fighting back against Antags in anyway. Personally I dont see this as something I will ever do. But Bmon is able to pull it off with no conduct issues. I think this is commendable and worth considering.

They are also very active. The single thing in their campaign that I would disagree with is their willingness to potentially change off asimov if non human heads were made reality. That is a personal preference on my end however.

If you want somebody who you can count on to be very fair as a headmin you should consider voting for Bmon.

[Striders13]

bmen's always been an awesome admin ngl. He's got balls to do things he believes will be good for server's health and I respect it.

[btcbuster]

Seems pretty good. Concise and to the point. And from what other people have said, you seem like a pretty good admin. However, and hopefully this question isn't outside of scope, many people have talked about allowing nonhumans into command staff. Does this include the captain? Sorry if this is off topic but several people have this in their platform and I want to know what it really means. Thanks!

[carlarc]

I know this is a borderline thing to bring up, but the logs brought up in viewtopic.php?t=36887&view=unread#unread make me pretty uncomfortable.To a degree being honest and to-the-point is respectable, but the way you spoke to the player, who was assumed of cheating, is very derisive in a way that was completely unnecessary and is an ill omen for a future of you as a head administrator. I considered the possibility of dishonest logs, but the way MSO responded heavily implied that was not the case.

I understand that the appeal above is of-now unresolved, and that it's only been a day. But the points I'm raising here are not about the ban, who won, who was right, and whatnot. But about how the administrator engaged with a player that either was, or acted like, a polite and confused person.

I would wait until everything is resolved to bring this up - but the elections are here and they won't wait for that. It's best to bring it up early rather than at the end of it.

The policies are good. I'm just concerned about recent events.

[Lacran]

I know this is a borderline thing to bring up, but the logs brought up in viewtopic.php?t=36887&view=unread#unread make me pretty uncomfortable.To a degree being honest and to-the-point is respectable, but the way you spoke to the player, who was assumed of cheating, is very derisive in a way that was completely unnecessary and is an ill omen for a future of you as a head administrator. I considered the possibility of dishonest logs, but the way MSO responded heavily implied that was not the case.

I understand that the appeal above is of-now unresolved, and that it's only been a day. But the points I'm raising here are not about the ban, who won, who was right, and whatnot. But about how the administrator engaged with a player that either was, or acted like, a polite and confused person.

I would wait until everything is resolved to bring this up - but the elections are here and they won't wait for that. It's best to bring it up early rather than at the end of it.

The policies are good. I'm just concerned about recent events.

This was a sting on a player to get them to out themselves for cheating, I'd assume the tone was there to antagonize with that in mind, as getting the player to confess would've meant they didn't need to reveal their detection method.

I could be wrong, but I don't think Bmon was operating on assumption based on MSO's findings, the evidence is conclusive, so while you could determine the ticket conduct as impolite and rushed, its important to take into consideration this is bmon's ticket conduct with a confirmed cheater, not Bmons ticket conduct in general.

[RaveRadbury]

You have a reputation for being strong-willed in bus discussions.

What advantages and disadvantages does it provide you? Will your use of it change as headmin?

How do you plan to resolve disagreements with your fellow headmins? I would like to hear one of your best stories where you mediated a conflict or compromise.

[Bmon]

I know this is a borderline thing to bring up, but the logs brought up in viewtopic.php?t=36887&view=unread#unread make me pretty uncomfortable.To a degree being honest and to-the-point is respectable, but the way you spoke to the player, who was assumed of cheating, is very derisive in a way that was completely unnecessary and is an ill omen for a future of you as a head administrator. I considered the possibility of dishonest logs, but the way MSO responded heavily implied that was not the case.

I understand that the appeal above is of-now unresolved, and that it's only been a day. But the points I'm raising here are not about the ban, who won, who was right, and whatnot. But about how the administrator engaged with a player that either was, or acted like, a polite and confused person.

I would wait until everything is resolved to bring this up - but the elections are here and they won't wait for that. It's best to bring it up early rather than at the end of it.

The policies are good. I'm just concerned about recent events.

I think Lacran spelled it out for you.

The dude is a cheater and I have zero respect for someone that cheats in our game. I knew that before going into the ticket, yes.

Edit: To add a bit more context, when dealing with a cheater we as admins have to be very very very careful with what we reveal as most of our techniques to catch cheaters are considered private. Yes, this comes off as being dismissive in the ticket but it is ultimately for the benefit of the server.

[Bmon]

You have a reputation for being strong-willed in bus discussions.

What advantages and disadvantages does it provide you? Will your use of it change as headmin?

How do you plan to resolve disagreements with your fellow headmins? I would like to hear one of your best stories where you mediated a conflict or compromise.

I don't necessarily agree with this sentiment. I think I can come off as strong willed when I am talking about consistency or double standards with the rules but that Isn't me trying to be stubborn, it's me trying to be fair.

If I didn't care about the opinions of my fellow admins I would never speak in the bus— yet quite frequently I do just that for both views on tickets and other issues.


Solving disagreements is easy, you either compromise or vote on the issue.

I suppose if you want examples of me doing this you can look at the ban appeal forums and filter by my name but it's hard to provide examples without leaking the bus/tickets