Counter Strike Confederation

12:40 AM

Why would you like to join the Arbiter Committee?

In the time I have been a member of the server I have come to really enjoy my presence in it and the quality of the community that it has created. I would like to contribute on a more macro scale to seeing it persevere as a strong community and believe that I am someone who is capable of being a neutral presence when it comes to making rulings in this server. I think that because I have spent time being an active member in this community that I have a familiarity with the members of it, its structure and for the culture that it consists of. This contextual knowledge provides a good edge in making rulings and assessing situations in the right way. I also have a clean record in the server and have not violated any rules as far as I know.

12:40 AM

What prior experience do you have, if any, do you think is relevant for this position?

I have experience as an administrator and moderator of 2 medium sized servers (100-300 members) as well as experience being an AGM for 2 seasons now and administrating the franchise satellite servers both times. This has also allowed me to be familiar with the CSC community.

12:40 AM

Staff Nominator: @SANTATRONIC 🏆

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@BS | lum 🏆

hi

12:57 AM

im up for a bit but wont be in about an hour . its late in the midwest but ill try to answer things tomorrow morning ive got a long car drive ill be the passenger for (edited)

What do you think the most difficult part of being an arbiter will be for you?

Making objective rulings for complicated situations such as where people are unaware of how they may have broken rules. Say someone mistakenly contributed to making fun of another player where they thought it was an inside joke but the player actually interpreted it as a personal attack. Issues that more come from perspective rather than blanket and obvious rule violations such as saying a slur (edited)

1:03 AM

Additionally issues where people are edging the rules such as what can be interpreted as NSFW may be different for certain people in the server, and having the responsibility to decide where the line is will take more consideration than just my own feelings

What exactly do you think you can bring as an arbiter that others don't?

Response time is a common staff complaint. What do you think is a reasonable response time for a case that gets to your role, and do you believe there could be systems put into place that could expedite the process while still maintaining fairness and consistency? Edit:Firehawk basically answered this question in the main channel, so I'm not expecting a response, but I'll leave it here in the event you have anything additional to add. (edited)

COW | Saunce

Response time is a common staff complaint. What do you think is a reasonable response time for a case that gets to your role, and do you believe there could be systems put into place that could expedite the process while still maintaining fairness and consistency? Edit:Firehawk basically answered this question in the main channel, so I'm not expecting a response, but I'll leave it here in the event you have anything additional to add. (edited)

So per the regulations it’s 7 days response time as firehawk already clarified however I also want to add that I am literally on discord all the time so you should never expect a delay from me of longer than 2 days or so to come to a conclusion. As far as expediting the process I don’t see how that would work without getting the bot to nudge us which seems like a lot of work with limited payoff since we are all expected to be carrying out this responsibility anyways

ATO | Assass1n

What exactly do you think you can bring as an arbiter that others don't?

I think I can bring a speedy response time, my undivided attention as it’s needed and a willingness to learn and question as well as lay down the line when necessary. I believe I can provide the kind of judgement that is important in this community for its lifespan and it’s quality

I appreciate your response. admittedly, the second half the question is a bit unfair as I'm sure most aren't returning arbiters and something like that seems to be more the discretion of head arbiter. Systems was improper. Practices would have been more appropriate.

10:10 AM

But the practice of always being on discord is more than enough to help nudge things along

10:11 AM

Best of luck!

Thank you

BS | lum 🏆

I think I can bring a speedy response time, my undivided attention as it’s needed and a willingness to learn and question as well as lay down the line when necessary. I believe I can provide the kind of judgement that is important in this community for its lifespan and it’s quality

While you may be able to respond quickly, do you think you would be able to get your fellow arbiters to respond with the same speed? (edited)

ATO | Assass1n

While you may be able to respond quickly, do you think you would be able to get your fellow arbiters to respond with the same speed? (edited)

Absolutely. I’m More than happy to be annoying if I have to be, I don’t mind being the guy that pings or DMs I’d something needs a response. When it comes to rulings, the fates of certain people can be quite important that we don’t drag our feet. And if someone is challenging say a 3 day mute, it’s quite pointless if it takes us 33% of this persons punishment to ultimately rule against the mods for example.

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Do you believe that most cases should looked at with "did they break the rule Y/N" or do you think the context as to why something was done matters?

I believe this is a question with a varying response depending on the course of the appeal. As I’ve stated before and especially the thing that I think will be the biggest challenge for people in this role is determining when it’s as simple as: “Yes they broke this rule, we uphold the ruling” where some situations will require scrutiny (evidence, questions potentially, etc.) so I think it will really vary for the ruling as well as the extremity of what the initial ruling may have been

As an arbiter there are 3 different types of cases that are commonly dealt with. The first being an appeal where the person making said appeal is purely attempting to have an area to complain to the staff about their case, while having broken the rule and making no attempt to argue against that fact. The second being an appeal where the case isn't about the evidence, but rather that the evidence presented being across the line or not. (i.e. was the message sent political argument in bad faith or not, or other method where the evidence may not break the guidelines). The third being an appeal where the evidence may or may not prove sufficiently that the appellant committed the act (A case where the question isn't if the act broke the rules, but if the evidence is enough to prove the rules were broken.) Which of these cases do you think you'd have the most issue taking part in personally?

I think the third case archetype would be the most difficult personally but still not impossible to solve necessarily. Of course we don’t want to be running a kangaroo court and we want to verify that if someone is facing punishment that it’s for a just reason. When it comes to something requiring further evidence to verify it could be difficult to track down and make sure that everyone is being truthful, nothing is being withheld and that we are being fair with the case. When it comes to a situation like where a rule may have been broken in a franchise server that especially complicates things with all the closed channels. Of course I think it’s possible it will just be a larger process (edited)