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by Pandarsenic
Thu Feb 08, 2024 10:50 pm
Forum: Closed Policy Discussion
Topic: What is the place of the Grey Tide in MRP?
Replies: 23
Views: 2156

Re: What is the place of the Grey Tide in MRP?

It's actually incredibly easy to RP yourself into a situation where being disruptive is sensible instead of setting out to ruin people's days unprompted
by Pandarsenic
Mon Feb 05, 2024 5:22 am
Forum: Closed Policy Discussion
Topic: I FOUGHT THE LAW
Replies: 46
Views: 3566

Re: I FOUGHT THE LAW

The more lawyer, the better
by Pandarsenic
Wed Jan 03, 2024 9:37 am
Forum: Closed Policy Discussion
Topic: Paradox Clones and Metagaming
Replies: 32
Views: 12314

Re: Paradox Clones and Metagaming

This seems to be the same sort of precedent as checking if you can borgo a changeling
by Pandarsenic
Mon Dec 11, 2023 7:37 pm
Forum: Closed Policy Discussion
Topic: Space exploration/Ruins Loot
Replies: 31
Views: 12705

Re: Space exploration/Ruins Loot

Using space loot to become The Goddamn Batman seems like something covered under the rule 3 changes, maybe.
by Pandarsenic
Mon Dec 11, 2023 7:36 pm
Forum: Closed Policy Discussion
Topic: reopen ban requests
Replies: 28
Views: 17719

Re: reopen ban requests

With the addition of public logs, I would initially say make it happen. Make the accuser provide full logs of the incident, broken into several codeblocks, with stuff like any interactions they had with the person before in the round of the accusation, then the incident(s) within that round, then an...
by Pandarsenic
Sat Dec 09, 2023 5:56 am
Forum: Closed Policy Discussion
Topic: MRP - forbid robotics from making combat mechs FNR
Replies: 40
Views: 18526

Re: MRP - forbid robotics from making combat mechs FNR

Don't take away what little content robotics has other than managing the cyborg horde.
by Pandarsenic
Wed Nov 15, 2023 3:25 pm
Forum: Policy Discussion
Topic: (Proposal) Raise minimum expectations of security to at least not ignore crime.
Replies: 73
Views: 32851

Re: (Proposal) Raise minimum expectations of security to at least not ignore crime.

Please show the tickets of admins breathing down the neck over a 500 point gulag sentence
by Pandarsenic
Sat Nov 11, 2023 8:05 pm
Forum: Coding Feedback
Topic: Progression Traitor Rework - High Risk, High Impact, High Reward
Replies: 10
Views: 2752

Re: Progression Traitor Rework - High Risk, High Impact, High Reward

I hate to say it but I feel in my heart that medbay bomb speedruns were far less burdensome to the game than Progtraitors whackin' it for 40 minutes waiting to do anything interesting
by Pandarsenic
Wed Nov 08, 2023 7:11 pm
Forum: Resolved Appeals
Topic: [Nabski] Usednapkin - Permaban
Replies: 28
Views: 4114

Re: [Nabski] Usednapkin - Permaban

You have been asked to advised to produce and provide proof, and instructed how, here: You need to play on another server for a while and prove that you've changed in some capacity before you're unbanned here. You said you'd played on /vg/ before, so I would recommend doing so again and building up ...
by Pandarsenic
Mon Oct 23, 2023 11:47 pm
Forum: Closed Policy Discussion
Topic: Urgent Adminhelp information requirements
Replies: 10
Views: 2497

Re: Urgent Adminhelp information requirements

I would prefer to Code Request:
  • The ability to check antags from Discord
  • The ability to check the Crew Manifest from Discord
  • The ability to Reject an insufficiently useful Urgent Ahelp with the standard "Reword your ahelp and try again" message from Discord
by Pandarsenic
Fri Oct 13, 2023 11:20 am
Forum: Closed Policy Discussion
Topic: Headmins should document dynamic changes in the auditorium.
Replies: 15
Views: 4611

Re: Headmins should document dynamic changes in the auditorium.

However you should not expect all changes to be documented immediately. Some changes are intentionally kept secret until enough time has passed to be able to sample rounds to see the impacts of their changes. Announcing these types of changes influences people's feedback and muddies our ability to ...
by Pandarsenic
Wed Oct 11, 2023 8:37 am
Forum: Closed Policy Discussion
Topic: proper moth naming policy
Replies: 13
Views: 3938

Re: proper moth naming policy

All Moths must be named Soup
by Pandarsenic
Wed Oct 11, 2023 8:36 am
Forum: Closed Policy Discussion
Topic: Escalation Policy Rewrite
Replies: 53
Views: 21771

Re: Escalation Policy Rewrite

Might be worth adding a bit about conduct when security gets involved
by Pandarsenic
Wed Oct 11, 2023 8:34 am
Forum: Closed Policy Discussion
Topic: Headmins should document dynamic changes in the auditorium.
Replies: 15
Views: 4611

Re: Headmins should document dynamic changes in the auditorium.

I am in favor and I don't see any real reason that anyone could reasonably object.
by Pandarsenic
Mon Oct 09, 2023 5:44 am
Forum: Player's Club
Topic: Nonhuman heads of staff, yay or nay?
Replies: 89
Views: 29322

Re: Nonhuman heads of staff, yay or nay?

TheBibleMelts wrote: Mon Oct 09, 2023 5:35 am naw, keeps some flavor.

nobody needs captain xemo.
Counterpoint

You did this once and it ruled
by Pandarsenic
Mon Oct 09, 2023 3:23 am
Forum: Closed Policy Discussion
Topic: Could we start Halloween earlier this year?
Replies: 10
Views: 2584

Re: Could we start Halloween earlier this year?

Turn the Halloween races loose on Campbell
by Pandarsenic
Mon Oct 09, 2023 2:11 am
Forum: Closed Policy Discussion
Topic: Restore LRP Threat Level Back to How It Was
Replies: 13
Views: 9960

Re: Restore LRP Threat Level Back to How It Was

Honestly we need low-threat antagonists to be able to contribute more to the ongoing chaos.
by Pandarsenic
Sat Oct 07, 2023 8:52 pm
Forum: Closed Policy Discussion
Topic: Roboticists and AI making pt. 2
Replies: 24
Views: 8138

Re: Roboticists and AI making pt. 2

This honestly just sounds like Typical Terry behavior from the second AI and the robo setting out to immediately shit in your cereal without taking any effort to tell if the extremely typical joke was a joke explicitly because that choice allows them to fuck with you
by Pandarsenic
Fri Sep 22, 2023 3:55 am
Forum: Closed Policy Discussion
Topic: Make harming a human's holoparasite/guardian as an Asimov borg human harm
Replies: 39
Views: 13770

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

No strong opinions either way, here - I think both cases have very strong IC and OOC/gameplay considerations, so it's not a simple "this makes better/more sensible roleplay" or "the game itself frequently breaks down unless we do this" situation. I think I lean very slightly towa...
by Pandarsenic
Thu Sep 21, 2023 2:24 am
Forum: Closed Policy Discussion
Topic: Of Null Rods and Shotguns
Replies: 25
Views: 4749

Re: Of Null Rods and Shotguns

Maybe y'all motherfuckers could roleplay with the chaplain and try to convince them to help instead of insisting that they join your crusade and resorting to violence instantly if they don't go along with you
by Pandarsenic
Mon Sep 18, 2023 7:38 pm
Forum: Resolved Appeals
Topic: [thunder12345] Annihilite - Having a self preservation instinct is failRP
Replies: 9
Views: 2889

Re: [thunder12345] Annihilite - Having a self preservation instinct is failRP

Purely informational: [2023-09-17 15:16:35.265] ATTACK: SirNooben/(Wraith (829)) attacked Annihilite/(Hans Heisenberg) (NEWHP: 100) (Command Hallway (104,127,2)) [2023-09-17 15:16:36.127] ATTACK: SirNooben/(Wraith (829)) attacked Annihilite/(Hans Heisenberg) (NEWHP: 85) (Command Hallway (102,127,2))...
by Pandarsenic
Fri Sep 15, 2023 1:53 pm
Forum: Closed Policy Discussion
Topic: Phonetically saying words.
Replies: 12
Views: 3770

Re: Phonetically saying words.

Deliberate phonetic vocalization just hits different from the letters
by Pandarsenic
Fri Sep 15, 2023 1:47 pm
Forum: Closed Policy Discussion
Topic: MRP and Choose-Your-Own-Objective
Replies: 5
Views: 1404

Re: MRP and Choose-Your-Own-Objective

If you set your objective to "BORN TO DIE / WORLD IS A FUCK / Kill Em All 1989 / I am trash man / 410,757,864,530 DEAD COPS" you better be doing it in a really cool way, like so stylish even the most uptight admin would give you a Rule 0 pass for making the round better, because the point ...
by Pandarsenic
Wed Sep 13, 2023 6:18 pm
Forum: Video Games
Topic: Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon
Replies: 11
Views: 5041

Re: Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon

It would probably be hard for them to implement but it would also be amazing
by Pandarsenic
Sun Sep 10, 2023 4:08 am
Forum: General Chat
Topic: What happened in the last couple of years?
Replies: 24
Views: 7349

Re: What happened in the last couple of years?

Timonk wrote: Sat Sep 09, 2023 9:28 pm
Pandarsenic wrote: Thu Sep 07, 2023 1:49 am If it was a lot of years, there used to be a limit on how frequently your clicks would register and that's gone now
straight up false
Whattttt

Did MSO lie to me? I was told this got figured out sometime like 2016, that the clicky had a hard rate limit
by Pandarsenic
Sat Sep 09, 2023 1:30 am
Forum: Video Games
Topic: Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon
Replies: 11
Views: 5041

Re: Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon

Updating that I have 100%ed as of like a week ago and this game rules

EASY game of the year pick, hands down, sorry @ Baldur's Gate and lmao get fucked @ Starfield
by Pandarsenic
Thu Sep 07, 2023 1:49 am
Forum: General Chat
Topic: What happened in the last couple of years?
Replies: 24
Views: 7349

Re: What happened in the last couple of years?

If it was a lot of years, there used to be a limit on how frequently your clicks would register and that's gone now

The engine is now Supermatter Only and doesn't require Plasma Collectors
by Pandarsenic
Thu Sep 07, 2023 1:34 am
Forum: Ideas
Topic: Make roundstart perma prisoner have a low chance of rolling 'Ling
Replies: 7
Views: 2777

Re: Make roundstart perma prisoner have a low chance of rolling 'Ling

Ling escaping perma is trivial so probably best to just leave it for RP/dicking around/testing stuff
by Pandarsenic
Thu Sep 07, 2023 1:33 am
Forum: Closed Policy Discussion
Topic: Someone clearly didn't think this through.
Replies: 7
Views: 2288

Re: Someone clearly didn't think this through.

Understandable, banning u for OOC in IC immediately
by Pandarsenic
Wed Sep 06, 2023 2:13 am
Forum: Closed Policy Discussion
Topic: A strange and confusing clause in rule 2 precedent.
Replies: 13
Views: 3443

Re: A strange and confusing clause in rule 2 precedent.

Basically, RPing in reference to it is fine as long as you're not dicking someone over about it
by Pandarsenic
Wed Sep 06, 2023 2:09 am
Forum: Player's Club
Topic: Cheater Karen demands unbanning peanut
Replies: 27
Views: 3725

Re: Cheater Karen demands unbanning peanut

It is unbelievably easy to get a second chance on /tg/, as evidence by us having multiple community members famed for having literally dozens of "permanent" bans
by Pandarsenic
Sun Sep 03, 2023 12:57 am
Forum: Video Games
Topic: Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon
Replies: 11
Views: 5041

Re: Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon

I find S-ranking stuff as you go is an INCREDIBLE way of guiding grinding for cash to buy more parts. Instead of staying in one "optimal" mission, you can do runs of whatever you're trying to S-rank and do a little better each time until you clinch the s-rank and buy what you need/move on ...
by Pandarsenic
Sun Sep 03, 2023 12:54 am
Forum: Coding Feedback
Topic: What makes meta special?
Replies: 30
Views: 18507

Re: What makes meta special?

Yeah but I was part of that following and a superior form of human being for it
by Pandarsenic
Sun Sep 03, 2023 12:53 am
Forum: Player's Club
Topic: From the creator of the lathe tax- Rock and no ores torture (Codenut)
Replies: 68
Views: 15556

Re: From the creator of the lathe tax- Rock and no ores torture (Codenut)

Desperately need to keep at least some wall minerals for non-miners who just want the mats to do their damn jobs and for gulag.
by Pandarsenic
Sat Sep 02, 2023 4:28 pm
Forum: Video Games
Topic: Starfield
Replies: 14
Views: 5303

Re: Starfield

Tried it, played to getting on the first ship, crashed to desktop, went back to armored core
by Pandarsenic
Sat Sep 02, 2023 1:44 pm
Forum: Closed Policy Discussion
Topic: Framing others using "ligger"
Replies: 51
Views: 18231

Re: Framing others using "ligger"

There was a time everyone thought WGW would never really be banned because somehow people were convinced it was "soul" or something. Eventually, people realized it contributes nothing and every round it's present in is worse of for having it. It's not funny, it's not clever, it's not creat...
by Pandarsenic
Sat Sep 02, 2023 10:59 am
Forum: Video Games
Topic: Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon
Replies: 11
Views: 5041

Re: Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon

I waited 10 years for a new Armored Core and it was everything I could have hoped for Runs like a dream, makes you feel like a god when you figure things out, hectic in all the best ways The way NG+/++ subtly changes things along the way is honestly a little unsettling in a really fun way, where you...
by Pandarsenic
Sat Sep 02, 2023 10:56 am
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: Help me name this dog (NAMED)
Replies: 42
Views: 11435

Re: Help me name this dog (NAMED)

What excellent creatures

Pictures are a little crunchy but not unacceptably so
by Pandarsenic
Sat Sep 02, 2023 10:56 am
Forum: Video Games
Topic: Starfield
Replies: 14
Views: 5303

Re: Starfield

I have it from buying some AMD stuff, but I haven't played it because I'm busy with Armored Core VI.

I have, however, heard that it's the best state a Bethesda game has ever launched in, which is at least something?
by Pandarsenic
Sat Sep 02, 2023 10:53 am
Forum: Closed Policy Discussion
Topic: Framing others using "ligger"
Replies: 51
Views: 18231

Re: Framing others using "ligger"

We had this exact same conversation about WGW before it got banned, and let's be real

We ought to just cut the Gordian Knot and ban it outright, just like we did with WGW. Better to just get it over with, because I'm pretty sure that's the way it's going to go sooner or later.
by Pandarsenic
Sat Sep 02, 2023 5:45 am
Forum: Coding Feedback
Topic: What makes meta special?
Replies: 30
Views: 18507

Re: What makes meta special?

The thing is, people only said Box was best when it was compared to pre-Box maps, which largely Also Sucked. When Meta was released, it IMMEDIATELY picked up a sizable following despite Box Inertia. I think some of what makes it work is... Population: It doesn't struggle at low, medium, or high popu...
by Pandarsenic
Fri Sep 01, 2023 12:33 am
Forum: Closed Policy Discussion
Topic: ban using the word 'bad' on MRP
Replies: 33
Views: 7850

Re: ban using the word 'bad' on MRP

Chronically calling out ";Xemo bad!" or "Xemo evil!" is absolutely NRP shit and, at admin discretion, I think more than fair for a 15-minute OOC in IC ban. People typed better callouts all the time even in the golden days of GLORFcode (losing your message entirely to being attack...
by Pandarsenic
Fri Sep 01, 2023 12:22 am
Forum: Closed Policy Discussion
Topic: Ghost Court in Wizard Events Allowed?
Replies: 17
Views: 4859

Re: Ghost Court in Wizard Events Allowed?

Ghosts can do as they please, and if the crew does something stupid because of that, it's really their own fault.
by Pandarsenic
Thu Aug 31, 2023 8:49 am
Forum: Player's Club
Topic: Anti-Woke Clown Silenced For Free Speech
Replies: 172
Views: 44039

Re: Anti-Woke Clown Silenced For Free Speech

Timberpoes with the based responses every time
by Pandarsenic
Thu Aug 31, 2023 8:47 am
Forum: Closed Policy Discussion
Topic: [MRP] Make pirates an unrestricted antag
Replies: 22
Views: 5454

Re: [MRP] Make pirates an unrestricted antag

Pirates get ruthlessly validhunted so basically anything they do is self-defense anyway
by Pandarsenic
Mon Jul 31, 2023 2:49 am
Forum: Site, Forums, And Wiki
Topic: Allow people to block administrators and moderators.
Replies: 4
Views: 1952

Re: Allow people to block administrators and moderators.

Does that mean we can drop a "When you code it" on this
by Pandarsenic
Sat Jul 22, 2023 11:55 pm
Forum: Ideas
Topic: Reimagining Mood: Weariness
Replies: 10
Views: 1551

Re: Reimagining Mood: Weariness

While it has a lot of commonalities with existing mood, I think this may hopefully be the kind of improvement to mood we've been dreaming of

Godspeed mooncat, I hope it turns out good
by Pandarsenic
Tue Jul 18, 2023 7:28 pm
Forum: Video Games
Topic: What are you nerds playing?
Replies: 3321
Views: 840759

Re: What are you nerds playing?

I want to play DBD more, at least in theory, but the servers have been so bad it's basically impossible