🧭 Joining Staff

All players who wish to join staff must join as assists to show their fit with the team and understanding of our rules and processes. During that time, their primary focus should be the tasks under that Role. After a time, we evaluate their activeness and may add additional roles or move them to a different one based on their skills and what they enjoy doing.

For us to consider someone joining staff, they should have played in Deadline extensively with no recent Concerns regarding behavior and cannot be active staff on another server.
If you wish to apply to become an Assist, make a General ticket. We do not accept applications for Storyteller or Moderator outside of the Assist pool of staff.

✨ Staff Roles

🙏 Assist

Applications accepted. Appointed for a term of a chapter.

Reviews Access Requests from new players.
Helps with character creation and player questions about the server, lore and roleplaying.
Once the initial review of a new character is complete (when the assist is confident the character fits the character creation rules and understands the server), they will refer to Character Master or a designated approver for approval.
Actively helps players in Character Plans
Helps collect player submitted and shared content for spotlight and ads.
Creates helpful guides for new players and complicated mods like chat commands and music mods.
May be tasked as NPC when available to help with events and encounters under supervision of a Storyteller or Moderator.
Generally, does not have admin powers or handle tickets. These may be given for the limited period of certain tasks or emergencies. As needed, (Character Master) or (Ticket Master) may assign specific types of tickets to an Assist.

🎭 Apprentice Storyteller

Appointed from active Assists.

Continues performing Assist duties.
Runs smaller events and random encounters.
Assists with larger events and world scenes.
Learns Storyteller tools, procedures, and event planning.
May run bigger events with guidance from a Storyteller.

📝 Apprentice Moderator

Appointed from active Assists or existing Storytellers.

Continues performing their existing staff duties.
Observes and learns moderation procedures.
Handles straightforward tickets following established procedures.
Gains experience with admin tools and common support tasks before becoming a Moderator.

🎩 Moderator

Appointed by Management for a term of a chapter. They are selected from those who have done well as Apprentice Moderator.

Managing in-game issues that need admin solutions like glitches, crafting and general tickets.
Discord chat moderation where necessary, dealing with problems, collecting suggestion recommendations and pinning summaries.
Creating small in world scenes and stories which they document.
Portraying NPCs, actively working with players and fellow staff to embody the wider world consistently.

🪄 Event Storyteller

Appointed by Management for a term of a chapter. They are selected from those who have done well as Apprentice Storyteller.

Running planned pre-approved events as well as small world scenes and stories which they document.
Creating and portraying NPCs, actively working with players and fellow staff to embody the wider world consistently.
May work with a particular faction (working collaboratively with at least 1 other staff member to ensure consistent coverage) on long-term plot stories.
Should be actively working on at least 1 event per week. This could be multiple small events, building for a larger plot, running an investigation session in the world for players.

🔮 Management

Appointed by Management when needed.

Manages server (game and discord) as well as large scale decisions like mods and staffing.
Coordinates major chapter-long stories and overarching plot.
Handles disciplinary matters that include permanent bans, as well as complex log situations.
Each member of the Management team is responsible for specific areas internally such as Discord/Bot, Game & Test Server, Moderator/Admin Oversight, and Concerns.

🧙 Founder

Deadline was established by Alba Picard, idleSatire and Junkwolf. This role may be given to a long term member of Management who steps down from those duties but plays an influential role in the server's life. They will generally retain an Event Storyteller/Management Consulting role, focusing on special projects.

🎪 Staff Leads

There are times when we need one person to be in charge of particular areas to make things run smoothly. These roles are assigned by Management.

🎭 Character Master

Manages the Assist team
Has the final say on character creation apps and delegating any character /approval powers.
Regularly reviews the Character Creation queue to manage any issues.
Actively involved in designing new character requirements for each chapter as well as streamlining character creation/application processes.
Has final say relating to character shelving/graveyarding when there is a concern.
Documents any Admin Bot issues and recommends improvements.

🪚 Craft Master

While Crafting tickets will be discussed by Moderators in ticket chat, the crafting master thinks of a recipe/requirements for the crafting ticket.
Listens to other staff suggestions on crafting recipes, but makes the final decision.
Writes guides for staff on how to handle the different type of crafting tickets.
Checks the list of crafting tickets for forgotten/buried tickets, may ask a specific staff member to handle or take over the ticket themselves.
Responsible for providing a list of recipes approved to Aerx for addition to Craftline mod. Reports to Aerx.

🎥 Event Master

Oversees event planning and proposals from Event Storytellers and Moderators.
Coordinates with staff to help run events.
Assists in training new Event Storytellers.
Manages quality/quantity of event loot.

👽 Group Master

Creates group discord roles and channels for player groups.
Updates known groups and locations.
Follows up with any groups that go inactive, posting group graveyards.
Works with management to adjudicate base sizes and standards for groups and communities.

🐛 Modding Master

🔦️ Raid Master

Responsible for approving Moderators for the ability to handle raids (giving the role Raid Handler).
Assigns Moderators to raiding tickets (if not already claimed by a raid ready Moderator).
Has the final say on whether a raid is allowable if there's a concern.
Logs raids in a special raid logbook.
Makes sure raid rules are followed.
Actively involved in suggestions/improvements of raiding rules.

🎫 Ticket Master

Checks the list of general (non-management) tickets for forgotten/buried tickets and may ask a specific staff member to handle.
Makes decisions on how general tickets are handled when it's not written somewhere.
Helps with writing guides for staff on how to handle general tickets.
Helps organize/prioritize tickets.
Responsible for creating/maintaining/updated all ticket categories.
Makes suggestions for the improvement of our discord/ticket reporting system and reports any issues to idleSatire.

💡 Staff Additional Expertise

Some tasks require additional expertise and special staff permissions, so we've designed these roles so you can reach the staff members you need. However, do not contact them outside of a ticket regarding your request.

Lorekeeper

Updates the Timeline on the Lore site with important happenings.
Designs and portrays on the Radio the NPC Radio Host who shares information about major events (obtained from event runner), shares tidbits (gained from monitoring random events), and shares commentary on radio roleplay happenings between characters (with the consent of players involved)
Answers questions from players on the current chapter's lore in the appropriate forum.

Build Team

Builds event areas, world scenes, and creates general environmental immersion.
Mainly focuses on staff needed builds, but can help with player build tickets too.
Learns and shares building tips and tricks with the rest of the building team.
Helps develop future build policies and procedures for players.
Must be a Storyteller, Moderator, or Apprentice.
This role is granted by Management.

🪵 Log Handler

Has access to logs so they can handle tickets involving complicated item loss, character restores and concerns involving log tracking.
May have access to different levels of logs depending on their need.
This role is granted by Management.

⏱️ Mediator

Has shown they are capable of handling sensitive concerns on behalf of Management and may be assigned concern tickets for handling.
Addresses concerning behavior witnessed or reported to them using the ticket system.
Documents the results of any concern tickets they handle.
Consults with management on any ban recommendations.
This role is granted by Management.

🎟 Raid Handler

Has been confirmed by the Raid Leader to understand the raid rules.
Is able to handle raid tickets for players
Is responsible for reporting raid results and handling any clue investigation that comes from a raid.
This role is granted by Raid Leader.

💻 Modding Staff

This role is granted by Management.