Waddles Staff App

[JoJo]

Hi Waddles,

While I commend you on trying to apply for staff again, unfortunately you did not state the details in your application that you were removed from staff. In your response to Canadian you stated: "I was asked to leave staff" and then stated "I was told by Verax (the one who removed me)"

These two statements are incongruent. You may have forgotten the details but what you did as the Co-Faction Leader of Malina Bratva under Macho_Man (who was also a staff member) was egregious. A member of your faction had died and because he owed money, you tried to get him to give you that money on his alt character, which is abusing your position as faction leader, and as staff because you held authority over him as he is the player.

Also, you did not "hand over" your faction to anyone, as I blacklisted you from being in faction leadership. Diverge Management had to approve the next faction leader due to you and Macho_Man being removed for the metagame money incident. We removed your ability to choose anyone and stated the next person had to be vetted by staff.

I stress these details not to +1 or -1 your application, but only to give context to those judging your application to know the full story of what you did wrong before they accept you. I've attached a (CLICK HERE) screenshot to show our conversation for the ban, in which we talked for 14 minutes, and the only thing you "voluntarily" turned over was your SteamID for me to ban you. (And the SteamID I posted was Macho_Man for later)


Next, the staff application asks you: Have you been banned before on any of our servers? If so, why?: I believe once for LTAP but it was expunged due to the circumstances of mishandling by a staff member.

This is also another lie, anyone who looks at your SteamID can see that I banned you for five days for what you did. As this (CLICK HERE) screenshot shows.

Also, you were not accurate when you answered this question from the application: Do you have any previous staffing experience? (Please list where, what position and how long): Moderator on original MP, Preck era MP under Error and Alexa, and Typhon

You were a staff member on Diverge, which constitutes previous experience.

Lastly, you stated "yes" on this portion of the Diverge application states: Do you acknowledge that lying on this application will result in immediate denial and blacklisting from staff?: Yes

There is no excuse for not reading this question and answering yes when you have lied on the application four times:

1) For not stating on the application the full history of your time as staff here, including any mention of your demotion and ban.
2) You were banned for five days for abusing your position as staff and faction leader, and as you stated it was an "LTAP that was expunged".
3) You did have previous experience as staff on Diverge Networks.
4) You acknowledged under false pretenses that you were understood that the application would be denied and you would be blacklisted from staff after I had already done that to you.

I will state for the record that I did say you could come back in the future and that second chances are possible, but it is disappointing that you failed to mention any of your previous behavior in this application and played it off with incongruent statements and not being honest about why you were removed in the first place. 

Finally, if any staff members are reading this post, do not simply "recommend" people for staff without checking their background. Your ability to recommend, especially if you are in a higher administrative position, reflects on your ability to make good and rational decisions. It is especially true for the people you vouch for as staff.

I wouldn’t consider not stating that I had experience on diverge as lying... it was just not included..