Kyber is super active, friendly and always offering help to people when they need some. Very very cool and pogchamp. Big big big +1
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I do not think you have changed in your motive. If it comes to helping people, you actively help staff and mostly staff. Not the community. You donât interact with most players unless theyâre staff. I do not think you are here for the MunchyMC community, just for the staff community.
Not being toxic anymore? If being passive aggressive towards people who disagree with you, calling people who mightâve picked up nether stars during wither events âleechesâ and all in all having a selective tone depending on whether the target is a player or a member of staff is considered ânot being toxic anymoreâ, then Chernobyl must be the city with the cleanest air in the world. Your tone has historically affected people within the community negatively. Your words have caused Cyber to quit for a significant amount of time over stars in the past. I highly doubt you respect the community anymore than you did in the past.
A player who stole, lied and cheated in the recent fantasy build comp? Taking what youâve done together with others, editing it and submitting it? Calling those who called you out âfalsely accusingâ you of doing so? You went against the trust of those who built the place with you and attempted to submit it together with paengi and cleaned up your tracks after it was discovered.
Unless thereâs plans to have a thief at a RECENT build competition who tries to hide from their wrongdoings to represent MunchyMC, I do not think you are deserving of being staff.
A person who is still what he claims to no longer be, a person who has went against the trust of members within the community, a person who uses others as another rung of the ladder.
I understand that people can change, some for the better, some for the worse. Time flows and mannerisms can change.
Time has proven that you have not changed, Kybz.
But hey, maybe youâll end up as staff anyway. Youâve got your hands in the back pockets of many after all.
-1.
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Thanks for the detailed response Sev.
I will take some time to comment on a couple of these.
We were falsely accused of using schematica on our build competition, which Alk can back up. The only issue was otherâs feeling they contributed to the build. The castle itself on its own, was indeed built by me and paengi except for a few blocks, some of which we had known about and none of the players who had placed those felt they needed to be credited. It was merely just oversight on our part, we should have payed closer attention. The blocks were all checked, and initially we updated our post with everyone who showed up in block logs, however it wasnât meant to be taking other peopleâs work. In the end we pulled out entry from the competition, since it was upsetting so many people.
With Cyber, I asked him to help in wither events and not be there purely to try and catch the star. This was a one time event, but I was never informed that it impacted him in such a way. I wasnât meaning to offend or push him off the server obviously, but clearly I should have reacted differently.
As for everything else, I do think I see most of your comments differently than you do. If youâd like to talk about it in DMs, they are always open. Thank you for showing me what I need to work on and expressing a genuine opinion and criticism rather than just a brief comment. But ultimately, I am not trying hard for staff, I am sorry if you feel I am using people as ârungs on a ladderâ as you put it. Most of my friends are staff members, but thatâs just the group I tend to hang out with. It isnât because of their staff status, its because of who they are as people. And yes, I could definitely serve to focus on more players, you are entirely right in that. All in all, very constructive post, thanks for taking to time to give feedback!
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Just to add on to what I said ^
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Very well said and very accurate severtrim.
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Hiya Kyb, Iâm sure you know Iâm a bit of a fan boy for Kybz_. And I am all for, and excited for, seeing you as a staff member. However some of the criticisms Iâve seen here have rung true and Iâd like to talk about a few of them.
For what it counts, although i hardly think you need more positive feedback, you are a remarkably competent candidate and you are very polite and respectful to those that show you that same respect- and youâre always willing to give those that arenât respectful the chance to talk about it.
Kyb, as Severtrim said, you find yourself involved with a great many staff members and not nearly as many members of the community. I have no doubt this was unintentional, however in my view I see the perfect candidate as an exceptional member of the community, and unfortunately I would not be currently able to say you are one of those members. Your achievements are very behind the curtains (for example, your role on the BIT and your writing for the Ms Claus NPC) and while that works out great as a staff member I would prefer to see more public achievements and contributions in a candidate.
If you are denied this season, or offered a Helper position, I suggest you create some unique, public contributions to the Survival and Munchy communities. My current view of this issue is through no fault of yours, rather through the level of competition the Survival staff applications have shown (although I have the same complaints about not being an exceptional member of the community for other top applicants).
Good luck! I wonât give this a number rating, but I am in favour of Kyb becoming a staff member.
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Thanks for the very honest response, Six. I am realizing a lot more now that I do need to work on my public face to players far more than just contributing to areas that people canât see. I think you nailed it in your description, and all of your criticisms are entirely valid. I am by no means any sort of perfect candidate, but Iâll take this and work on some things for the future. And thanks @Storm_Spider for your comment as well!
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Well, I wonât say too much because Severtrim and Six kinda summarised everything I mainly wanted to talk about. I know that youâre a nice guy Kyber, kind, mature and everything that goes with it. You know that I really appreciate you though we donât really chat that much.
For me, youâve always seemed to involve yourself more into the staff team than the survival community. Basically, youâre just closer to staffs where you should try being closer to the community itself. Perhaps you already have everything that it requires to be a good Jmod but I still feel like you could improve by interacting with new players, joining them into building competition or like, you could do many things other than just⌠you pretty much know what Iâm talking about right ?
I also donât feel like I should rate this application so Iâll leave it a +0. I really wanted to make it short but at least, you got my comment!
Good luck Kibbles! 
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TYSM for the kind response Candle, and yes! I know exactly what you mean. I need to work on involving myself with players more. Thanks for the feedback!
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what I said was in response to sev
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Status isnât everything, Kyber.
Sure, you didnât mean to include parts from past team members in your build, but what were you thinking in the first place by trying to enter something from 4 months ago? Even if that part wasnât against the rules, how in the world did you think that was a good idea? Then to say you didnât think they wanted credit. People who built it originally didnât even know you submitted it, so how would you know they didnât want it? You clearly never informed them or asked if they were okay with you submitting something they worked on too. Then, after you got called out on the forums, instead of dealing with it yourself, you needed a staff to post a response for you which you then quoted on your staff app. Sure, youâve got friends in staff positions thatâll help you out with your troubles, but you really should be able to stand up for yourself.
Not only have you only hung around staff members in the past, youâve deliberately stayed out of the path of regular players. To the staff team, you pretend youâre friends with them for who they are, but youâre really using people to get yourself in a staff position yourself.
Donât think that community members donât realize how rude youâve been to survival players, as sev already outlined your passive aggressive attitude has already made people quit survival for lengthy periods. Youâre not a good fit for staff, and while you claim youâre not the same toxic person you were on prison, you are, you just hide it the best you can so you can fit in with the staff community. Your toxic attitude leaves many worried about your intentions, youâve already shown youâre a bad community member, one can only imagine how much harm you could do in a staff position.
You already act as if you have the rank you hope to obtain, bragging about how much youâve done behind the scenes and gloating at things such as the lines for the advent NPC in the community discord. Itâs great that youâve accomplished these feats, but bragging will do you no good in the past, now, or in the future. You even recently commented on the Valentineâs Day events that you werenât credited, showcasing just how much you care about being seen.
You said youâd work on interacting with the community, but Iâve never seen you welcome back anyone that didnât have some sort of staff rank. Whenever you see a staff member join back, you immediately scream their name in caps but canât find the time to welcome back regular players. I really think you should take some time to involve yourself more in the community, but that isnât something that can be changed in the span of a staff season. I think getting yourself involved in the community will take a while, meaning youâd be a better fit for a future staff season. You also undermine players kind acts on the server, such as when you offered a paid anet service to members in full color chat while you clearly saw that other community members were offering anet services for free, even spam auctioning renamed items selling the animals.
Your motives are also corrupt. Either moderating chat or helping people out isnât your intention at all - instead, your only motive to apply for staff is to hang out with the staff community, and as such I donât think youâd be suited for a staff position yet. Iâve never seen you actually take time out of your day to help players - unlike some of the top candidates who have a passion of helping players out, with both items and learning about the server, you tend to focus more on your own experience, or acquiring materials for staff members. Frankly, I donât think you mean to ignore the community when you play, itâs just something youâve learned to do as a habit, and again something you should work on before you consider a staff position.
The bias support you retain from upper staff will only harm the server we all love - just because you have higher ups supporting your every mistake doesnât mean that you deserve this position, instead youâd continue to ignore chat, continue your current bad chat habits and only serve to hang out in staff chat. All of the favoritism you have doesnât go unnoticed, your TeamSpeak channel has already been moved into the staff section and youâre constantly backed up for the mistakes youâve made. This bias not only means youâd be a bad staff member, but it also scares away others from commenting on your flaws as seen in this app - while many share the same opinion as me, theyâre too afraid to post them since they know how much staff support you have.
As a survival community member, Iâm worried for the day you ever get JMod - selecting Kyber is not only selecting a bad candidate, but also lowering the moral standards for any candidate in the future.
-1.
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Okay, okay. We get it. Some of you really donât like Kybz. However, may I remind you that this is a place for constructive criticism and not for literal bullying. Some of your posts are filled to the brim with accusations and assumptions that are in no way helpful, but just straight up mean. If a majority of your criticism is destructive and can basically be condensed to â-1 I donât like youâ, just cut out your âessaysâ so the rest of us donât have to read through unnecessary rambling. Iâll leave your posts up in the hopes that most people (including Kybz) will not be affected too much by their mean spirits. I recognize that my intervention plays right into your ridiculous narrative of a âcorrupt staff teamâ but as the forum manager I will punish any further comments that fail to maintain a basic level of respect.
Feel free to continue to downvote applications if you like, just do it in a respectful and constructive manner. If you have legitimate concerns about the motives of an applicant, you are also very welcome to contact a staff manager about it if you cannot find a way to formulate it as constructive criticism.
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+1
- Great application.
- Great and very kind person.
- Usually see you online.
- Nothing else to really say except good luck!
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Huge +1
I donât really get why there is so much negativity, no one is perfect and everyone can improve, there is far far more positive from what Iâve seen, and I donât see a reason why you shouldnât be staff. Everyone has bad days and we shouldnât let those define us. I think you can work on activity with the community, but I donât see why that should stop you from getting staff
- Friendly and easy to approach
- Really active
- Super helpful
- Mature
- Yes.
Goodluck fren <3
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Thanks you for the response Icey. There is a lot here, and a lot of it I do believe comes down to opinion and how you view certain situations. If you dislike a person, it is very easy to see everything that happens to them or anything they do as something negative, so I understand how you could see all these things as huge red flags. Personally, Iâd prefer you get to know me before you make assumptions and judgements on my intentions in every scenario. If youâd like a more detailed response on the various accusations, Iâm always happy to speak about it in DMs or VC.
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And thank you for the feedback @Sharkpaws and @BradyXD
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i just hope survival isnt one group of friends(staff) who accept anyone who is in their group as well. but based on what i read its literally just a copy of prison where every staff member is in 1 gang and they support each other to get mod ignoring everyone else not in that gang. maybe u did change kbzy but i hope that you do help other players and not speak to only staff to get staff. but who am i to talk i barely play this. gl
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Iâd like to press and clarify that most of our stance was to speak out from a different point of view. Not every negative comment here was a form of bullying and some are straight up criticism that some of us have observed either from a friendâs point of view or from being the receiving end of it. On the surface it looks mean and aggressive, but realistically speaking we just wish for people to see both sides of the coin.
If we went ahead with â-1 i donât like youâ, itâll come off as dismissive as a â+1 youâre goodâ. While true that I did bring up the âcorruptâ argument, it was used as an ending statement with nothing much to it. It was not the main point of my comment. Evidently, it has blew up quite a bit and some of it really does seem like bullying, but I hope youâll understand that itâs but the impact of âdifferent people, different experiencesâ.
Edit: If anyone is offended by the thingâs Iâve said, I apologise for it. I will state again that my main objective was to apply criticism and a different point of view, not to bully or encourage bullying.
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if 1 more person writes and entire essay under this application Iâm gonna cry
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As Cheater already said, letâs stop writing essays under peopleâs application and have constructive criticism instead of general harassment and arguments. A mere -1 or +1 with your reasoning will be enough, if you have any personal experiences with the applicant that you want to address please do it privately, otherwise we will eventually start handing punishments out.
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