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by mrmelbert
Mon Nov 06, 2023 2:17 am
Forum: Player's Club
Topic: They're gone
Replies: 184
Views: 77953

Re: They're gone

zxaber wrote: Mon Nov 06, 2023 2:01 am Ignoring everything else, holding funerals for those permabanned is funny and should be encouraged. Just, y'know, leave out the rest.
by mrmelbert
Mon Nov 06, 2023 12:48 am
Forum: Player's Club
Topic: They're gone
Replies: 184
Views: 77953

Re: They're gone

Timberpoes wrote: Sun Nov 05, 2023 11:24 pm Terry Chapel Incident.
Maybe Terry players aren't so different to Manuel players after all
by mrmelbert
Sat Nov 04, 2023 8:53 pm
Forum: Player's Club
Topic: The death of Manuel sector, the Christmas gift from the Fimoify term to the TGstation community
Replies: 94
Views: 46538

Re: The death of Manuel sector, the Christmas gift from the Fimoify term to the TGstation community

mindstormy wrote: Thu Nov 02, 2023 1:29 am I have always said Manuel shouldn't exist. Slightly above LRP and slightly below MRP is the sweet spot.
What in the world is between LRP and MRP
by mrmelbert
Thu Nov 02, 2023 3:01 am
Forum: Player's Club
Topic: NTPW Exhibition Survey
Replies: 24
Views: 2200

Re: NTPW Exhibition Survey

Haven't watched it yet but I'm putting money on Axle

Edit:
► Show Spoiler
by mrmelbert
Fri Oct 20, 2023 3:59 pm
Forum: Closed Policy Discussion
Topic: Bring back golem ship to the Icemoon on MRP
Replies: 15
Views: 3451

Re: Bring back golem ship to the Icemoon on MRP

MRP or not doesn't change anything, I've seen countless golems come onto the station to soft grief. ...what makes Icebox golems that much worse than lavaland golems? Does the lack of a 10 seconds shuttle trip between them and the station really make that big of a difference? I'm fairly certain Free ...
by mrmelbert
Mon Oct 09, 2023 7:50 pm
Forum: Player's Club
Topic: Nonhuman heads of staff, yay or nay?
Replies: 89
Views: 30954

Re: Nonhuman heads of staff, yay or nay?

Limitation breeds creativity
by mrmelbert
Mon Oct 09, 2023 3:53 am
Forum: Player's Club
Topic: Nonhuman heads of staff, yay or nay?
Replies: 89
Views: 30954

Re: Nonhuman heads of staff, yay or nay?

Imagine making an opinion thread with a poll. Also No.
by mrmelbert
Wed Oct 04, 2023 4:10 am
Forum: Ideas
Topic: Remove the Adult section of the library
Replies: 14
Views: 3970

Re: Remove the Adult section of the library

Relevant: viewtopic.php?f=85&t=29218

Lots of interesting points brought up in above, including by people who were around when ERP was banned.
Headmin term at the time thought the adult section could stay because it was "funny".
by mrmelbert
Tue Oct 03, 2023 10:01 pm
Forum: Player's Club
Topic: Shooting first and asking questions if we're still alive later.
Replies: 168
Views: 49783

Re: Shooting first and asking questions if we're still alive later.

Once I was acting captain and a nukie arrived pretending to be cc official with the name Chad Nuclear Operative. I was in the middle of RP with them when a dragon showed up. I ended up using all of my gun ammo and defensive tools I had in hand for the dragon. When I was walking back to continue the...
by mrmelbert
Tue Oct 03, 2023 8:20 pm
Forum: Player's Club
Topic: Shooting first and asking questions if we're still alive later.
Replies: 168
Views: 49783

Re: Shooting first and asking questions if we're still alive later.

Manuel admins need to cancel midrounds more often, especially if they notice security is being overwhelmed or another antag is attempting a roleplay based gimmick.
by mrmelbert
Wed Sep 27, 2023 7:34 am
Forum: Player's Club
Topic: YOU WILL PLAY CULT policy peanut thread
Replies: 81
Views: 22536

Re: YOU WILL PLAY CULT policy peanut thread

Have you tried roleplaying cult instead? I once kept all the shades company all round while the rest of the cult steamrolled.
by mrmelbert
Wed Sep 27, 2023 7:04 am
Forum: Closed Policy Discussion
Topic: Make harming a human's holoparasite/guardian as an Asimov borg human harm
Replies: 39
Views: 15536

Re: Make harming a human's holoparasite/guardian as an Asimov borg human harm

Seems like way more headache than it's worth having to verify with silicon players. "Erm, did you know the holo-parasite you were attacking belonged to a human?" "No, how could I have figured that? The AI [who has no way of telling the holo-parasite's owner if they don't see it summon...
by mrmelbert
Sat Sep 23, 2023 1:38 am
Forum: Player's Club
Topic: LOOKING FOR INTEL ON CLASSIFLED ART PAINTING AI
Replies: 26
Views: 6787

Re: LOOKING FOR INTEL ON CLASSIFLED ART PAINTING AI

Such a thing does certainly exist but utilizing it is shameful.
by mrmelbert
Sun Sep 17, 2023 6:46 am
Forum: Player's Club
Topic: THEBIBLEMELTS IS A CANNIBAL
Replies: 44
Views: 8630

Re: THEBIBLEMELTS IS A CANNIBAL

TBM is a Lizard
by mrmelbert
Fri Sep 15, 2023 5:03 am
Forum: Player's Club
Topic: Self requested ban expires tomorrow
Replies: 50
Views: 12890

Re: Self requested ban expires tomorrow

Get banned immediatly for max capping sec
by mrmelbert
Thu Sep 14, 2023 6:01 pm
Forum: Player's Club
Topic: it's so joever for manuel sec
Replies: 62
Views: 17524

Re: it's so joever for manuel sec

I escalate against people who refuse to take vaccine pills often (up to crit so I can force them to take it) but I dunno about this.
by mrmelbert
Thu Sep 14, 2023 7:15 am
Forum: Player's Club
Topic: if you see this thread you HAVE to post the music you're listening to
Replies: 45
Views: 10615

Re: if you see this thread you HAVE to post the music you're listening to

Lately I have been listening to the Dirt Poor Robins:



I've also been listening to a lot of broadway musicals, like Les Miserables.
Albums that tell stories all the way through have been my shit recently.
by mrmelbert
Thu Sep 14, 2023 3:12 am
Forum: Resolved Appeals
Topic: [Mr Melbert] presolum - ban evasion
Replies: 7
Views: 1427

Re: [Mr Melbert] presolum - ban evasion

Hello again, and thank you for appealing, but the ban will not be lifted. I believe we have collected enough evidence to prove you are evading a ban. Quoting Timberpoes circa 2021: The admin team use much more than CID, IP, ckey and stickyban magic to connect evading accounts. I don't think that is ...
by mrmelbert
Mon Sep 11, 2023 12:13 am
Forum: Player's Club
Topic: Count to 1000.
Replies: 93
Views: 13424

Re: Count to 1000.

No
by mrmelbert
Fri Sep 08, 2023 8:07 am
Forum: Ideas
Topic: New Technological Antag Ideas?
Replies: 23
Views: 7841

Re: New Technological Antag Ideas?

Shadowflame909 wrote: Fri Sep 08, 2023 4:59 am What if there was wizard but instead of magic he had science like instead of freeze traps he had a freeze ray and instead of a fire ball he had a heat ray. Am I cooking
https://wiki.aurorastation.org/index.ph ... chnomancer
by mrmelbert
Thu Sep 07, 2023 6:37 pm
Forum: Player's Club
Topic: Former president Donald Trump imprisoned over sharing screenshots of nuclear disks over social media platform Discord
Replies: 381
Views: 105421

Re: Former president Donald Trump imprisoned over sharing screenshots of nuclear disks over social media platform Discor

I'm missing some context here, but I don't think it's ever too late for something like that. Back when Manuel was created all "roleplay" (Manuel) discussion had to occur in /tg/ general because hey, it's all /tg/ right? But all the "roleplay" discussion ended up getting pushed o...
by mrmelbert
Thu Sep 07, 2023 6:16 pm
Forum: Player's Club
Topic: NTPW Staticname collection bucket
Replies: 43
Views: 9801

Re: NTPW Staticname collection bucket

Tag my boy Joey Petunia in, "Does All His Own Stunts"
► Show Spoiler
by mrmelbert
Wed Aug 30, 2023 7:15 am
Forum: Closed Policy Discussion
Topic: Ghost Court in Wizard Events Allowed?
Replies: 17
Views: 5204

Re: Ghost Court in Wizard Events Allowed?

Outside of someone changing their ghost name to "CMOisa Traitor" I would never act on a ghost for doing ghost things with summon ghosts, it's soul

This is just a dynamic moment and could probably be coded out if it's too much of a problem
by mrmelbert
Fri Aug 25, 2023 8:07 pm
Forum: Player's Club
Topic: HEADMIN ELECTION 18 PEANUT:
Replies: 585
Views: 130308

Re: HEADMIN ELECTION 18 PEANUT:

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by mrmelbert
Sat Aug 12, 2023 8:36 pm
Forum: Player's Club
Topic: Host vote headmin pick prediction thread
Replies: 45
Views: 9973

Re: Host vote headmin pick prediction thread

I think there's an unironic non-zero chance it passes to MSO, and from there, who knows - maybe a gamemaster
by mrmelbert
Sat Aug 12, 2023 7:40 pm
Forum: Player's Club
Topic: you can reverse one PR from TG. which do you choose and why?
Replies: 62
Views: 8240

Re: you can reverse one PR from TG. which do you choose and why?

I'd probably have to say Singulo and Tesla removal from cargo. Even though I completely understand the reason for it, I had a lot of fun making teslas and singularities in wacky places, like in the middle of the bar. Something something "Hate to see 'em go, love to see 'em leave". Honorabl...
by mrmelbert
Mon Aug 07, 2023 5:26 pm
Forum: Closed Policy Discussion
Topic: Lazarus'd sentient mobs, friendly or hostile?
Replies: 18
Views: 4060

Re: Lazarus'd sentient mobs, friendly or hostile?

This is a code issue, it straight up says in the item's description:
"this device can seemingly raise animals from the dead, making them become friendly to the user"
...but it makes no indication to player-mobs revived with it that they must.
by mrmelbert
Wed Aug 02, 2023 10:57 pm
Forum: Player's Club
Topic: Obsure refrences ingame
Replies: 111
Views: 17405

Re: Obsure refrences ingame

The janitor's uniform is a reference to Roger Wilco, "Custodial Engineer" from Space Quest.

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by mrmelbert
Wed Aug 02, 2023 6:36 pm
Forum: Resolved Appeals
Topic: [DISCORD][mrmelbert] Typhnox#7258
Replies: 6
Views: 1070

Re: [DISCORD][mrmelbert] Typhnox#7258

By "now" I mean I literally can't set it up until you re-join the discord so ping me when that happens
by mrmelbert
Wed Aug 02, 2023 6:29 pm
Forum: Resolved Appeals
Topic: [DISCORD][mrmelbert] Typhnox#7258
Replies: 6
Views: 1070

Re: [DISCORD][mrmelbert] Typhnox#7258

I won't allow read permissions, honestly I think you're better off. Sticky doesn't post very much anymore ever since they retired anyways.

I'll get that handled now.
by mrmelbert
Wed Aug 02, 2023 5:38 pm
Forum: Resolved Appeals
Topic: [DISCORD][mrmelbert] Typhnox#7258
Replies: 6
Views: 1070

Re: [DISCORD][mrmelbert] Typhnox#7258

We will cut to the chase, since I'm not really interested in fueling drama anymore. From what I can tell you have played pretty consistently over the past year without any trouble, so I'm okay with lifting this, under two conditions: - Any discussion of what incited the original incident (you know w...
by mrmelbert
Mon Jul 31, 2023 7:59 am
Forum: Player's Club
Topic: Local shitter thrown under the tram peanut
Replies: 32
Views: 6051

Re: Local shitter thrown under the tram peanut

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Don't let this one die
by mrmelbert
Sat Jul 29, 2023 7:13 pm
Forum: Player's Club
Topic: Local Catgirl declares war on soul.
Replies: 50
Views: 9211

Re: Local Catgirl declares war on soul.

Personally I think the funnier alternative is replacing the Mosin the Russians use / that you get in cargo with these new ones, but putting one singular Mosin deep in a space ruin somewhere with the description "holy shit these things are still around" while making it jam every other shot ...
by mrmelbert
Sat Jul 29, 2023 5:43 pm
Forum: Player's Club
Topic: Local player loses his head in admin complaints
Replies: 102
Views: 228533

Re: Local player loses his head in admin complaints

Average space explorer
by mrmelbert
Fri Jul 21, 2023 9:54 pm
Forum: Player's Club
Topic: Guess the admin
Replies: 15
Views: 1567

Re: Guess the admin

Omega_DarkPotato wrote: Fri Jul 21, 2023 7:56 pm timberpoes
It's not even capitalized, ain't no way

I'm putting my bid in for Paxil
by mrmelbert
Fri Jul 21, 2023 5:37 am
Forum: Player's Club
Topic: do you listen to music while playing?
Replies: 35
Views: 5217

Re: do you listen to music while playing?

I used to till I started recording rounds. I miss that. Is there a way to separate music and ingame sounds while recording? If you feel like going through the effort you can set up a Virtual Audio Cable, lets you separate out your audio into separate tracks which you can then disable or modify at a...
by mrmelbert
Fri Jul 21, 2023 2:38 am
Forum: Player's Club
Topic: Vote of no Confidence Peanut
Replies: 70
Views: 6837

Re: Vote of no Confidence Peanut

kinnebian wrote: Thu Jul 20, 2023 10:41 pm can i get a tldr? me no read good.
they went out of their way to highlight the important parts and you still want a tl;dr? jeez...
by mrmelbert
Thu Jul 20, 2023 8:42 pm
Forum: Player's Club
Topic: Vote of no Confidence Peanut
Replies: 70
Views: 6837

Vote of no Confidence Peanut

viewtopic.php?p=694835

I appreciate that they highlighted all the important parts
by mrmelbert
Sat Jul 15, 2023 7:48 am
Forum: Coding Feedback
Topic: Miners get nerfed yet again
Replies: 14
Views: 3282

Re: Miners get nerfed yet again

I greenlit someone buffing shaft miners in the discussion of the PR someone just has to do it now
by mrmelbert
Thu Jul 13, 2023 6:18 am
Forum: Ideas
Topic: cyborg design thread
Replies: 7
Views: 1117

Re: cyborg design thread

I always thought the mediborg skin would be funnier as a rare research optional skin unlock or something (maybe from space or BEPIS), and it should have never been made a regularly selectable skin
by mrmelbert
Tue Jul 11, 2023 7:03 pm
Forum: Ideas
Topic: cyborg design thread
Replies: 7
Views: 1117

Re: cyborg design thread

We like less humanoid cyborg models so this is rad
by mrmelbert
Mon Jul 10, 2023 4:14 am
Forum: Player's Club
Topic: Name one straight admin
Replies: 51
Views: 8445

Re: Name one straight admin

Can I say myself?
by mrmelbert
Sat Jul 08, 2023 2:57 am
Forum: Player's Club
Topic: Doktur Explosions Internal Affairs Intern
Replies: 43
Views: 3500

Re: Doktur Explosions Internal Affairs Intern

iain0 wrote: Fri Jul 07, 2023 3:24 pm
What? So if someone is being a shitter in my department and I decide to demote them, under your idea of what rules should be, I'm basically just giving them a pass to be a bigger shitter and grief me personally?
Iain you're a smart person, you don't have to engage with ekaterina
by mrmelbert
Sat Jul 08, 2023 2:53 am
Forum: Coding Feedback
Topic: Give us something interesting to do with the xenos egg
Replies: 14
Views: 4796

Re: Give us something interesting to do with the xenos egg

Do you have any ideas for something interested to do with the egg
by mrmelbert
Thu Jul 06, 2023 5:05 am
Forum: Player's Club
Topic: ?
Replies: 34
Views: 4351

Re: ?

Now that Constellado has derailed the thread, (thanks numbnuts). This is a silly note. You can totally say the concept of "?" through voice. As an example, please see this youtube clip: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iAPfrQDSibM Hate to ruin everyone's fun but they didn't get noted for j...
by mrmelbert
Sat Jul 01, 2023 9:44 pm
Forum: Player's Club
Topic: fuck off racist 2
Replies: 20
Views: 3499

Re: fuck off racist 2

SS13 is not 8-bit
by mrmelbert
Sat Jul 01, 2023 1:18 am
Forum: Player's Club
Topic: Fuck off racist
Replies: 185
Views: 22577

Re: Fuck off racist

this is a great bookmark to season 2
by mrmelbert
Sat Jul 01, 2023 12:27 am
Forum: Player's Club
Topic: Timdupoes confronts a Sidious player: Revenge of The Peanut
Replies: 125
Views: 19254

Re: Timdupoes confronts a Sidious player: Revenge of The Peanut

Voting to unban because the video was funny, not because I think they're a good player