Steam ID: 76561199074528541
Discord name: krakowthebenevolent
For how long have you played on CG SCP: Approx. 236 hours (Joined Aug 7)
Age: 19
In what country are you located?: United States of America
Time zone: PST
Character name: Krakow B.
What server are you applying for?: SCP-RP USA
Do you have a mic?: Yes
List all whitelisted, MTF, or CI roles that you hold or have held:
Have you received any kicks/bans/warning? and why?:
Why are you applying for Executive Researcher?
What makes you suitable for Executive Researcher?:
How many excellent-graded documents have you written? What makes a document excellent?
What are the responsibilities of the Executive Researcher in RP?:
Please give some lore about your Executive Researcher character and what storylines they would be involved in:
Krakow B. was born into a rich American family and grew up hating it. He hated knowing things were as easy as they got and that there was no excuse for failure. Most of all he hated being labeled as the rich kid who probably had his parents buy him through his education. He didn’t bother trying to make a social life, what's the point when everyone already (thinks they) knows who you are? Spiteful of his upbringing he sought to become the most prestigious job he could, do anything people thought he was too lazy for. Upon first hearing about the SCP Foundation it didn’t seem real. He always loved knowing secrets, but this opportunity felt like something greater than that. This was a chance to work with things that didn’t make any sense, to make achievements that are still thought to be impossible by science. Ironically, the Foundation only hired Krakow because his parents paid them off. No one cared that some rich kid got bought into a research position, but Krakow would make them care. He had to...
Discord name: krakowthebenevolent
For how long have you played on CG SCP: Approx. 236 hours (Joined Aug 7)
Age: 19
In what country are you located?: United States of America
Time zone: PST
Character name: Krakow B.
What server are you applying for?: SCP-RP USA
Do you have a mic?: Yes
List all whitelisted, MTF, or CI roles that you hold or have held:
- None, I haven’t and don’t intend to play as combative roles.
Have you received any kicks/bans/warning? and why?:
- I have received a verbal warning for metagaming because I pointed out that a doctor having 250 health was “suspicious” (Sorry Byron!). I was unaware that this was against server rules and I intend to act with more consideration toward others' experiences.
Why are you applying for Executive Researcher?
- I hate taking the time from Executive Researchers (or DoR) to supervise my test or sign my documents.
- I wish to be able to sign documents for Sr. Researchers and supervise CL-4 tests
- I feel infinitely appreciative of the Executive Researchers who supervised my tests and I hope to be that person for other researchers. Not only will it allow me to gain perspective by viewing the approaches of other researchers, but it might also allow me to assist in creating an enjoyable experience for them too.
- Whether I get approved or not, I wish to receive criticism for what I could do better as a researcher.
- I have a lot of fun conducting experiments and writing documents.
- As an Executive Researcher I would be able to access more SCPs to test on so that I may continue to document all of the SCPs at Site 65.
What makes you suitable for Executive Researcher?:
- I have found that I am capable of assisting Jr. Researchers.
- There have been a few times where Jr. Researchers would seek out my assistance in understanding the research process. To my own surprise, I found that I was able to guide them through the basics of Research. I never saw myself as much of a teacher, but I believe that I was able to effectively help them get started in their first steps with the Research Department.
- I have learned from my higher ups.
- I would like to thank two Executive Researchers in particular, Weebe and Lanahan. I’m confident that if I had learned from anybody else I wouldn’t feel half as ready to apply for the Executive Researcher position. While all Executive researchers I’ve encountered have been wonderful people, I believe that these two in particular have told me most of the information that isn’t explicitly needed, but is still very good to know. From receiving the information gained from my higher ups it made a large impact on my career and I hope to do the same for others as an Executive researcher.
- I have had the chance to make mistakes.
- While of course mistakes are never intended to be made, that doesn’t mean they can’t have unintended benefits. For example, making a mistake that got me in trouble with Internal Affairs offered me valuable insight as to what it might feel like for a researcher whom I might be called to discipline. I believe that this experience will help me treat those who make mistakes with the gentleness they deserve so as to not foster animosity. While this is only one example of the mistakes I've made, I have also made many mistakes that have allowed me to become a better researcher.
How many excellent-graded documents have you written? What makes a document excellent?
- Currently I have written [4] excellent documents. While the second question is incredibly hard to answer because there isn’t one correct answer, I will attempt to do so anyway. I believe that these are a few of the most important things I think make a document excellent:
- Formatting
- This is a very basic aspect that most documents follow without issue, but is still important nonetheless. Correct formatting allows a document to feel more formal and make the reading experience much more pleasant for the reader.
- Originality
- This is one of the hardest aspects of a document to achieve. Being original with your document doesn’t necessarily mean performing an experiment that has never been done before, but could also mean making unique observations or correlations. Even for a predictable and uninteresting experiment, it is still possible to make a creative hypothesis and write interesting speculations and observations about your results. The observations you make might even inspire you to think of new experiments!
- Attention to Detail
- Adding more detail to your document is crucial to helping your reader understand your intentions and findings. Being more detailed about your findings not only helps your document convey information with more clarity, but also helps your document feel more professional. However, detail should only be applied to things that warrant it, as giving too much detail that has little to no bearing on your experiment will confuse your reader. Lastly, good grammar and spelling is another thing that should be paid close attention, as proper grammar and spelling can help your document feel more elegant and professional.
- Passion
- While this is not something that can be critiqued or sometimes even identified, I believe that is one of the most important aspects. Feeling passionate about the experiment you are documenting makes it so much easier to spend the time to make your document excellent. Not only that, passion also helps guide the writer to add elements to make the document feel more authentic. Things like a logo or a picture of your findings can be more powerful than words in communicating the quality of your documents. However, it must be acknowledged that passion is not something you are really able to critique and it technically isn’t even required. Even so I just can’t see someone writing an excellent document who has no interest in doing so.
What are the responsibilities of the Executive Researcher in RP?:
- Uphold the Code of Ethics and the Research Policy.
- This is one the most basic responsibilities of any researcher, but for an Executive the stakes are lifted considerably. As an Executive it is inevitable that others will seek to learn from you, and so possessing intimate knowledge of the CoE and RP will be expected. Not only that, Executives must ensure that violations by anyone in the Research Department are properly identified and explained. Following these codes are the foundation of successful and safe research.
- Prioritise assisting fellow researchers over your own endeavours.
- I believe that as an Executive Researcher that you should drop most of your concept of self. If you are even considering applying for Executive Researcher you have likely already been around the block exploring the research department and pursuing things that interest you. Therefore as an Executive Researcher I think it is your primary objective to give your time to others so that they can do the same. Executive Researchers should have no problem taking the necessary time to grade or critique documents, because these actions have an outsized impact on the people you are helping. Of course this doesn’t mean that an Executive Researcher can’t do their own thing, but they should be mindful of how meaningful new experiences can be for more junior members of the Research Department.
- Try as hard as possible to create healthy relationships with other researchers.
- It is obviously impossible to get along with everyone you come across, but if you are able to then I believe that there are surprisingly pleasant benefits to be had. I think that having a positive relationship comes most in handy when you need to explain the mistakes that a researcher has made. It is much easier to accept that you have done something wrong when you know that the person telling you has your best interest in mind. Whether it be a minor critique of your document or explaining why Internal Affairs detained you, the advice given is much more powerful from someone you respect.
Please give some lore about your Executive Researcher character and what storylines they would be involved in:
Krakow B. was born into a rich American family and grew up hating it. He hated knowing things were as easy as they got and that there was no excuse for failure. Most of all he hated being labeled as the rich kid who probably had his parents buy him through his education. He didn’t bother trying to make a social life, what's the point when everyone already (thinks they) knows who you are? Spiteful of his upbringing he sought to become the most prestigious job he could, do anything people thought he was too lazy for. Upon first hearing about the SCP Foundation it didn’t seem real. He always loved knowing secrets, but this opportunity felt like something greater than that. This was a chance to work with things that didn’t make any sense, to make achievements that are still thought to be impossible by science. Ironically, the Foundation only hired Krakow because his parents paid them off. No one cared that some rich kid got bought into a research position, but Krakow would make them care. He had to...
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