2013-12-02, 08:55 PM
Hello folks of McTopia, I am here to produce my Moderator app to hopefully join the team. I have been through some ups and downs with the people on this server, and I see now that I am getting along with about everyone. A lot has changed since June 7th, 2013 when I made my Admin app. Back then, I was on my last day of being thirteen, my sister almost killed herself by drug overdose, and I was not very good at socializing.
Since then, I have tried to overcome my social anxiety, I went to an out-of-district school and made some new friends, became an agnostic atheist/secular humanist, and just generally became a better human being. I caused the permanent resign of an admin, and even though I wrote a huge sincere apology, I knew I blew it. For a while, I had my entire image demolished when I lashed out on a player. I lost all my friends except for a hand-full who supported me no matter what I go through, what true friends do.
Alright, lets get this started, shall we?
I joined the server around March 24, 2012 with two of my buddies from school just wanting to play on a server. We were all in the same art class in 7th grade, and we all were interested in Minecraft. I tried to start up a server, but I was too lazy to figure out port-forwarding. I went over to Zach's (Daredevil4's) house, and helped him set up Minecraft, then went on the Minecraft Server List website in hopes to find a great server we can have fun on. I was crossing my fingers because I didn't want to find a bad server, and we scrolled though. I found one server that sounded interesting so we checked it out. This server was called McTopia. I don't know why I chose it, it didn't have a very fancy graphic representing the server, a very outdated style of a website, and about 20 players that played on the server. Other servers I saw had thousands of players, very flashy and engaging graphics, and everything high tech. So I tell them the Server IP, and we have a good time.
So we join the server, skip the rules, and go on to build the best base we could make! The feeling of playing on this server was amazing. The best thing was traveling to other cities for something, and I would bring my laptop, go into Starbucks, and play with my two buddies. Later on, I figured out port-forwarding, made a server, and my buddies started working on that. The thing is, they quickly stopped playing on McTopia, which made me feel lonely. Zach became an annoying turd, which he always was but a tolerable one, and David just stopped playing games and was probably too busy getting girls like I know he does. I didn't want to stop playing on the server, but I didn't have anyone to play with. It was hard to make friends as a Member since I had almost no self-esteem.
So I started a one man journey around the server to discover new lands and inhabit them by myself. Fast forward a few months later, I apply on the forums for Trusted and I get accepted. I was the happiest kid in the neighborhood, and had an extreme self-esteem boost. I started making more friends on the server, and even some enemies like the ones who sat in front of spawn killing you when you left the safe zone, but they were more of a nuisance than an enemy and they didn't bother me when I dodged them so everything was still awesome.
August 25, 2012; I publish my own Minecraft server. I started getting donations from it and I felt like I was rich. I was so rich that I was able to buy VIP on McTopia. As soon as I got VIP, I automatically started magic carpet trolling like normal, and it was a new experience since I never made my own money to spend online. I started spending more of the money I got on my server every month, and eventually got SuperDonator, the highest rank of them all. I was the top of the ranks. I was top sh*t. You couldn't touch me because I had power. I had power going to my head, and I started controlling people negatively. I stopped caring about Members and low donors, and only cared about myself and maybe some of the staff. I wasn't a very good person. Not only was I being a prick to the Minecraft server, but I also started neglecting people on the forums. I didn't care about anyone else's opinions but my own, and I lashed out on every player I could. This stopped after I almost made Brooke quit, and started again a few weeks forward. I stopped and did it again when I lashed out on Chaos_Ls_91, an ex-staff member on my personal server, and everyone stopped giving the ounce of respect they had for me again. I deserved that. After nobody trusted and accepted me, I had to rebuild my life on the server the hard way. I had a small amount of support from people, but it didn't help me get back up. I really hard to start my one man journey again, but to regain trust. That is also the time my sister almost overdosed, so I was in a real struggle.
In August 2013, I stop my server and my sister almost kills herself by getting impaired by drugs and almost jumped out of the second story window. I knew it wasn't a suicide attempt since my sister bullsh*ts everything, but it was a struggle on my family. A few months later, I am here today making this app. I have became friends with all my enemies including Chaos. I am really happy with how my life is right now, and how much support I have from my friends on this server. Without them, I would not have any confidence in making this app.
The reason I am not going for Admin this time, is so I can prove myself worthy. A wall of text does not show worthiness, but actions do. If I became a Mod, it could help me someday get up the stepladder to becoming an Admin. As a Moderator, I hope to be strict and laid back at the same time. I would try to have fun with players, but also be in charge when Admins aren't on. I know all the commands to be a Mod, since I ran a server for exactly a year. I am honest and unbiased, as well as funny and cool to be with (atleast I think I am those things). I will jail my best friends for a crime they committed the same as anyone else with the same criminal history. I think I would be a great addition to the list of Staff Members.
Thank you in advance for reading this,
-MattJTV
McTopia
Since then, I have tried to overcome my social anxiety, I went to an out-of-district school and made some new friends, became an agnostic atheist/secular humanist, and just generally became a better human being. I caused the permanent resign of an admin, and even though I wrote a huge sincere apology, I knew I blew it. For a while, I had my entire image demolished when I lashed out on a player. I lost all my friends except for a hand-full who supported me no matter what I go through, what true friends do.
Alright, lets get this started, shall we?
I joined the server around March 24, 2012 with two of my buddies from school just wanting to play on a server. We were all in the same art class in 7th grade, and we all were interested in Minecraft. I tried to start up a server, but I was too lazy to figure out port-forwarding. I went over to Zach's (Daredevil4's) house, and helped him set up Minecraft, then went on the Minecraft Server List website in hopes to find a great server we can have fun on. I was crossing my fingers because I didn't want to find a bad server, and we scrolled though. I found one server that sounded interesting so we checked it out. This server was called McTopia. I don't know why I chose it, it didn't have a very fancy graphic representing the server, a very outdated style of a website, and about 20 players that played on the server. Other servers I saw had thousands of players, very flashy and engaging graphics, and everything high tech. So I tell them the Server IP, and we have a good time.
So we join the server, skip the rules, and go on to build the best base we could make! The feeling of playing on this server was amazing. The best thing was traveling to other cities for something, and I would bring my laptop, go into Starbucks, and play with my two buddies. Later on, I figured out port-forwarding, made a server, and my buddies started working on that. The thing is, they quickly stopped playing on McTopia, which made me feel lonely. Zach became an annoying turd, which he always was but a tolerable one, and David just stopped playing games and was probably too busy getting girls like I know he does. I didn't want to stop playing on the server, but I didn't have anyone to play with. It was hard to make friends as a Member since I had almost no self-esteem.
So I started a one man journey around the server to discover new lands and inhabit them by myself. Fast forward a few months later, I apply on the forums for Trusted and I get accepted. I was the happiest kid in the neighborhood, and had an extreme self-esteem boost. I started making more friends on the server, and even some enemies like the ones who sat in front of spawn killing you when you left the safe zone, but they were more of a nuisance than an enemy and they didn't bother me when I dodged them so everything was still awesome.
August 25, 2012; I publish my own Minecraft server. I started getting donations from it and I felt like I was rich. I was so rich that I was able to buy VIP on McTopia. As soon as I got VIP, I automatically started magic carpet trolling like normal, and it was a new experience since I never made my own money to spend online. I started spending more of the money I got on my server every month, and eventually got SuperDonator, the highest rank of them all. I was the top of the ranks. I was top sh*t. You couldn't touch me because I had power. I had power going to my head, and I started controlling people negatively. I stopped caring about Members and low donors, and only cared about myself and maybe some of the staff. I wasn't a very good person. Not only was I being a prick to the Minecraft server, but I also started neglecting people on the forums. I didn't care about anyone else's opinions but my own, and I lashed out on every player I could. This stopped after I almost made Brooke quit, and started again a few weeks forward. I stopped and did it again when I lashed out on Chaos_Ls_91, an ex-staff member on my personal server, and everyone stopped giving the ounce of respect they had for me again. I deserved that. After nobody trusted and accepted me, I had to rebuild my life on the server the hard way. I had a small amount of support from people, but it didn't help me get back up. I really hard to start my one man journey again, but to regain trust. That is also the time my sister almost overdosed, so I was in a real struggle.
In August 2013, I stop my server and my sister almost kills herself by getting impaired by drugs and almost jumped out of the second story window. I knew it wasn't a suicide attempt since my sister bullsh*ts everything, but it was a struggle on my family. A few months later, I am here today making this app. I have became friends with all my enemies including Chaos. I am really happy with how my life is right now, and how much support I have from my friends on this server. Without them, I would not have any confidence in making this app.
The reason I am not going for Admin this time, is so I can prove myself worthy. A wall of text does not show worthiness, but actions do. If I became a Mod, it could help me someday get up the stepladder to becoming an Admin. As a Moderator, I hope to be strict and laid back at the same time. I would try to have fun with players, but also be in charge when Admins aren't on. I know all the commands to be a Mod, since I ran a server for exactly a year. I am honest and unbiased, as well as funny and cool to be with (atleast I think I am those things). I will jail my best friends for a crime they committed the same as anyone else with the same criminal history. I think I would be a great addition to the list of Staff Members.
Thank you in advance for reading this,
-MattJTV
McTopia
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Ranks: Member, Trusted, VIP, VIP-Obsidian, SuperDonor, VIP-Obsidian, Staff
Ranks: Member, Trusted, VIP, VIP-Obsidian, SuperDonor, VIP-Obsidian, Staff
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