Goonhub
09-20-2019, 09:31 AM
Aleks is an active member of the community, especially on the discord server where she participates both in chat as well as in voice. I expect to see a lot of support in this thread from the active voice channel users which includes myself, but will do my best to eliminate bias in my post in the pursuit of fairness.
Primarily my interactions with her have taken place when she is playing as a medical doctor role or as a staff assistant. She's been able to save me from dying a few times, and is familiar with the various medical chems, medical equipment, and station layout - all of which are essential parts of being a good medical player. As a staff assistant I have observed Aleks engaging in some light RP with other members of the crew, as well as finding new and exciting ways to get herself killed. Overall I haven't observed any notable negative behaviors or abuses in either of these roles.
I have limited experience with her in a sec role, and as such will defer to the observations of others. I think seeing how someone plays in sec can be very telling, as it introduces a very different dynamic of interaction between yourself and the rest of the crew. If anyone as any strong feelings in regards to this I'd encourage them to share.
She is a relatively new player by comparison to some of our other mentors, but has good general game knowledge, and learns relatively quickly. Pathology is often regarded as one of the more difficult (and broken) roles on the station. Yet through asking questions and observation Aleks has been able to make viable pathogens where as most players haven't even touched that aspect of the game. I bring this up as I personally find that some of those who make the best teachers are also those who know how to ask the right type of questions. By having gone through the learning process yourself you pickup on things that others are likely to get stuck on and are able to better explain those same topics to others.
There are some areas where she is lacking experience, but if she continues at her current pace she will be more than up to par with being able to answer just about any of the general questions we get in mentor help (assuming the rest of you nerds ever leave any for the rest of us...)
Among the most important roles of a mentor is being trusted with IC information and not acting upon it when you yourself are also playing the game. Being a mentor means that you might find out who the changeling is 5 minutes into the round, and yet be forced to not run away screaming when that player approaches you in the maintenance tunnels asking if you can help find their lost dog. I believe that Aleks understands the responsibility of this and can be trusted not to metagame; keeping what her character knows separate from what she herself knows. We may often times joke about "meat gaming" in discord, but I find that the players have done an overall decent job of policing both themselves and others in this respect.
Primarily my interactions with her have taken place when she is playing as a medical doctor role or as a staff assistant. She's been able to save me from dying a few times, and is familiar with the various medical chems, medical equipment, and station layout - all of which are essential parts of being a good medical player. As a staff assistant I have observed Aleks engaging in some light RP with other members of the crew, as well as finding new and exciting ways to get herself killed. Overall I haven't observed any notable negative behaviors or abuses in either of these roles.
I have limited experience with her in a sec role, and as such will defer to the observations of others. I think seeing how someone plays in sec can be very telling, as it introduces a very different dynamic of interaction between yourself and the rest of the crew. If anyone as any strong feelings in regards to this I'd encourage them to share.
She is a relatively new player by comparison to some of our other mentors, but has good general game knowledge, and learns relatively quickly. Pathology is often regarded as one of the more difficult (and broken) roles on the station. Yet through asking questions and observation Aleks has been able to make viable pathogens where as most players haven't even touched that aspect of the game. I bring this up as I personally find that some of those who make the best teachers are also those who know how to ask the right type of questions. By having gone through the learning process yourself you pickup on things that others are likely to get stuck on and are able to better explain those same topics to others.
There are some areas where she is lacking experience, but if she continues at her current pace she will be more than up to par with being able to answer just about any of the general questions we get in mentor help (assuming the rest of you nerds ever leave any for the rest of us...)
Among the most important roles of a mentor is being trusted with IC information and not acting upon it when you yourself are also playing the game. Being a mentor means that you might find out who the changeling is 5 minutes into the round, and yet be forced to not run away screaming when that player approaches you in the maintenance tunnels asking if you can help find their lost dog. I believe that Aleks understands the responsibility of this and can be trusted not to metagame; keeping what her character knows separate from what she herself knows. We may often times joke about "meat gaming" in discord, but I find that the players have done an overall decent job of policing both themselves and others in this respect.