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by Cobby
Fri Dec 01, 2023 1:59 pm
Forum: Player's Club
Topic: two nutters RR'd from /tg/station community by MSO
Replies: 467
Views: 488457

Re: two nutters RR'd from /tg/station community by MSO

i hope im next at this point. i havent even done anything but i hope they find something to get me banned. make something up for all i care. if they're gonna go down the line banning deadminning and blacklisting all my friends then whats the fucking point of being here. waiting to see who's next to...
by Cobby
Fri Sep 29, 2023 6:39 am
Forum: Player's Club
Topic: Maia didn't link the appeal
Replies: 31
Views: 9713

Re: Maia didn't link the appeal

The Wrench wrote: Fri Sep 29, 2023 2:19 am
You hate us because you ain’t us.

I have one thing and one thing only to say to you.

dog brothel.
exhibit a
by Cobby
Fri Sep 29, 2023 6:38 am
Forum: Closed Policy Discussion
Topic: Team antags and doing your job
Replies: 38
Views: 12123

Re: Team antags and doing your job

your post I mean I understand the fear but like we have people who get replaced already and their stand in doesnt diddle space kids or whatever. Your situation is an anomaly and one not exclusive to your character being offered to ghosts. A simple voice changer could largely replicate that problem,...
by Cobby
Thu Sep 28, 2023 11:24 pm
Forum: Closed Policy Discussion
Topic: Rule 12 Clarifications
Replies: 63
Views: 21932

Re: Rule 12 Clarifications

Metagaming or shoehorning your weird fantasies on people not consenting to it (IE ghosts who are forced to turn off spectator ears specifically to avoid you) is absolutely clear cut being a dick. All of the rules fall under rule 1 so to use that as an example here is really weird and besides the poi...
by Cobby
Thu Sep 28, 2023 11:17 pm
Forum: Closed Policy Discussion
Topic: Team antags and doing your job
Replies: 38
Views: 12123

Re: Team antags and doing your job

I can understand intentionally sandbagging your team by passively resisting as a nono, but you also have to keep in mind the antagonist doesnt necessarily have the full information to deduce "Someone needs to help me convert at dorms" means THEY need to immediately go to dorms or if the ot...
by Cobby
Thu Sep 28, 2023 6:22 pm
Forum: Player's Club
Topic: Maia didn't link the appeal
Replies: 31
Views: 9713

Re: Maia didn't link the appeal

politics channel cringe, my favorite episode.

We should send politic channel users to the "concentration camps" aka away from the community and it be a noticeable positive. Sorry for getting political!
by Cobby
Thu Sep 28, 2023 3:33 pm
Forum: Player's Club
Topic: YOU WILL PLAY CULT policy peanut thread
Replies: 81
Views: 21256

Re: YOU WILL PLAY CULT policy peanut thread

you also ultimately should be prioritizing converting people you know are good at cult too. While i understand it I really hate this mechanic that to get good at the mode you need to be converted to understand how it plays, but realistically the only people who would convert you (the newbie) are th...
by Cobby
Wed Sep 27, 2023 11:51 pm
Forum: Player's Club
Topic: Immovable note supplexed by headmin review nut
Replies: 193
Views: 39387

Re: Immovable note supplexed by headmin review nut

If it requires a multi paragraph post by the guy that implemented the feature to explain the consequences, then maybe this isn't knowledge every random player should be expected to know. goof didnt make chloral? He may have touched it down the line when he switched the chems from trekkies but i wou...
by Cobby
Tue Sep 26, 2023 6:34 pm
Forum: Closed Policy Discussion
Topic: Add "upon being caught" Rule 5 Subsection 2
Replies: 29
Views: 8994

Re: Add "upon being caught" Rule 5 Subsection 2

The suicide verb is generally considered an IC action. Calling it OOC is like arguing that using the say verb to avoid being converted successfully is an OOC action. It can only be used while alive and while the appropriate set of IC restrictions are met. It's pretty much a fancy emote at this poin...
by Cobby
Tue Sep 26, 2023 6:02 am
Forum: Player's Club
Topic: Do you need Admins for rule 0 to apply? The thwarted attack on the Russian Mafia.
Replies: 89
Views: 19831

Re: Do you need Admins for rule 0 to apply? The thwarted attack on the Russian Mafia.

What is silly and funny about it? Its like "heh hes in centcomm somehow ok" and then they continue playing town of salem. I can understand some personal allure into getting into centcom since its generally an admin zone, but framing it like its a public service or helps the narrative in th...
by Cobby
Tue Sep 26, 2023 4:47 am
Forum: Player's Club
Topic: Do you need Admins for rule 0 to apply? The thwarted attack on the Russian Mafia.
Replies: 89
Views: 19831

Re: Do you need Admins for rule 0 to apply? The thwarted attack on the Russian Mafia.

i mean the man was mad about them speaking russian, exploited, and metagamed. I wouldnt be surprised if he just started killing them because theyre not crewmembers and OOC. This is fanfiction. In the appeal itself, I say that them speaking russian wasn't hurting anyone's enjoyment of the round. I'm...
by Cobby
Mon Sep 25, 2023 6:14 pm
Forum: Closed Policy Discussion
Topic: Add "upon being caught" Rule 5 Subsection 2
Replies: 29
Views: 8994

Re: Add "upon being caught" Rule 5 Subsection 2

i think doing ooc actions like ghosting or suiciding via verb are pretty clear cut actions of misuse. Both indicate you do not want to play the game anymore, they are not meant to be used as a get out card for IC denial. This is consistent with the policy that AIs cannot suicide verb to avoid subver...
by Cobby
Mon Sep 25, 2023 5:11 am
Forum: Player's Club
Topic: Do you need Admins for rule 0 to apply? The thwarted attack on the Russian Mafia.
Replies: 89
Views: 19831

Re: Do you need Admins for rule 0 to apply? The thwarted attack on the Russian Mafia.

ive seen admins “crash” into mafia games plenty of times. i.e. spawning in items or doing other shenanigans. i dont see how playfully interrupting mafia (in a very creative way, btw. it’s a really cool surprise- or rather would be a very cool surprise for a random non-admin player to crash into you...
by Cobby
Mon Sep 25, 2023 4:32 am
Forum: Closed Policy Discussion
Topic: Does type baiting apply to action windows?
Replies: 30
Views: 8973

Re: Does type baiting apply to action windows?

pretty much. if it becomes an issue, it needs to be handled as rule 1, not some special clause buried in the rules that say it's okay when x or y criteria is met. The typebaiting policy is pretty restrictive to typebaiting in the headmin ruling page though, the policy needs to be expanded on becaus...
by Cobby
Mon Sep 25, 2023 1:52 am
Forum: Closed Policy Discussion
Topic: Summon ghosts and meta information
Replies: 8
Views: 2020

Re: Summon ghosts and meta information

Do people actually do this?

I mean if they happen upon your body maybe, but if john doe sees me murder via ghost im not really going to actively look for his body. I absolutely would if the ruling is he can out me immediately as he respawns.
by Cobby
Sun Sep 24, 2023 11:50 pm
Forum: Closed Policy Discussion
Topic: Does type baiting apply to action windows?
Replies: 30
Views: 8973

Re: Does type baiting apply to action windows?

the IC parallel argument doesnt really hold because the idea that I would take my full focus away from someone potentially suspicious is absurd, especially when looking at a handheld object or something. If youre using mechanics of the OOC game such as a window popup that takes focus from the game i...
by Cobby
Sun Sep 24, 2023 11:35 pm
Forum: Closed Policy Discussion
Topic: Summon ghosts and meta information
Replies: 8
Views: 2020

Re: Summon ghosts and meta information

Which is again no different than seeing a murder of someone while youre invisible. Just because the murderer can tell that youre watching him means that you get to kill him when you respawn. The only argument I can think of for this is well the murderer could also kill you when you revive, but you c...
by Cobby
Sun Sep 24, 2023 11:29 pm
Forum: Player's Club
Topic: Do you need Admins for rule 0 to apply? The thwarted attack on the Russian Mafia.
Replies: 89
Views: 19831

Re: Do you need Admins for rule 0 to apply? The thwarted attack on the Russian Mafia.

Centcom exploits are a really stupid reason to get banned. There's nothing really too interesting there, and definitely nothing worth getting banned over. If you happen to find one and you get into centcomm, yes. If you use the exploit thats already been reported, thats a bit stinky. Metagaming to ...
by Cobby
Sun Sep 24, 2023 3:43 pm
Forum: Closed Policy Discussion
Topic: Make harming a human's holoparasite/guardian as an Asimov borg human harm
Replies: 39
Views: 13768

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

Holoparas were used regularly and I mean you’d have people observe for the role regularly, and they are a pain to fight because they are simple mobs so once they do enough damage to slow you down it’s gg. Silicons had no way to stop it because they could just break doors or straight up tp you. I don...
by Cobby
Sun Sep 24, 2023 3:34 pm
Forum: Closed Policy Discussion
Topic: Summon ghosts and meta information
Replies: 8
Views: 2020

Re: Summon ghosts and meta information

You still forget what you saw as a ghost whether you’re visible or not, your visibility shouldn’t impact how you retain info.

You can see a murder just the same without summon ghosts, the only difference is the murderer can ahelp you more easily if you act on that since they knew your presence.
by Cobby
Thu Sep 07, 2023 2:04 pm
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.

I wouldn’t want someone to nonconsensually refer to me being an antag in the previous round especially if it becomes a sort of legalized metagrudge. If I opened the door then it’s fine to refer to my “dark past”, but I wouldn’t really want people to choose to behave poorly against me the following r...
by Cobby
Wed Sep 06, 2023 7:59 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: 100187

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

I didnt parse thru all 4 pages but just looking at the first bit... Is this REALLY metacomms? Its not really actively trying to communicate locations/actions/etc. Purely from the appeal linked and the screenshots posted it looks like really bad forms of IC in OOC, but i wouldnt really ever call that...
by Cobby
Sun Sep 03, 2023 6:21 am
Forum: Player's Club
Topic: Cheater Karen demands unbanning peanut
Replies: 27
Views: 3723

Re: Cheater Karen demands unbanning peanut

you know im going to be honest having the same username as someone on a cheating forum is not the smoking gun everyone thinks it is. anyone can sign up with any name they want on those sites. it wouldn’t be that difficult to pick some random name you see in-game and steal it for the forums. if i wa...
by Cobby
Sat Sep 02, 2023 6:15 pm
Forum: Closed Policy Discussion
Topic: Framing others using "ligger"
Replies: 51
Views: 18229

Re: Framing others using "ligger"

WGW actually spams your chat though, a single word causing such a viceral response is because you the OOC individual is putting a ton of stake into it. Now if someone is spamming Ligger in chat then thats already a rule 1 issue from spamming. Im really unimpressed by the idea that because the host m...
by Cobby
Sat Sep 02, 2023 5:55 pm
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)

Honestly when cobbychem came out I missed the old chems but I see the merit in cobbychem now. Truly a visionary. trust the process. Cobby chem does live rent-free in my head. So much I got it mixed up with fermichem which is what I was thinking of in my previous comments. It's cool we all want the ...
by Cobby
Sat Sep 02, 2023 12:45 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)

let me know when you'd like my rent I assume im way behind since i didnt even know i was using this space until your post. If youd like to have a productive conversation about medical/chem im happy to indulge, but harboring this amount of disdain for a feature years after is a bit much. Not sure how...
by Cobby
Fri Sep 01, 2023 5:57 pm
Forum: Player's Club
Topic: bring back event hall
Replies: 3
Views: 915

bring back event hall

i miss her
by Cobby
Fri Sep 01, 2023 5:56 pm
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)

can we ban gay chat like im about to start being homophobic and i like dudes.
by Cobby
Fri Sep 01, 2023 2:15 pm
Forum: Closed Policy Discussion
Topic: ban using the word 'bad' on MRP
Replies: 33
Views: 7849

Re: ban using the word 'bad' on MRP

It’s because you are forcing them to sit out of the game so they want to be able to be revived, which I don’t think there’s anything wrong with that in its own. We have items to disrupt nearby comms, we have the capability to sabotage comms globally, and even speaking from an immersive pov you are u...
by Cobby
Fri Sep 01, 2023 2:08 pm
Forum: Player's Club
Topic: Fellas, is it 1984 to ask me to not maxcap as a non-antag?
Replies: 50
Views: 6719

Re: Fellas, is it 1984 to ask me to not maxcap as a non-antag?

Obscuring whether or not someone completed their objectives because a select amount of players have an unhealthy playstyle surrounding it seems a bit silly. You can just ask someone to chill, liiiiike not make bombs roundstart to preemptively btfo antags. You can ban these people if they can’t catch...
by Cobby
Fri Sep 01, 2023 1:49 pm
Forum: Closed Policy Discussion
Topic: ban using the word 'bad' on MRP
Replies: 33
Views: 7849

Re: ban using the word 'bad' on MRP

How is calling someone’s name with no context ok and supposedly understandable as they’re being an antag, but adding the word “bad” to that makes it NRP? Is the actual issue calling someone out as an antag when you don’t know what antag they are or…? Like I’m genuinely confused how “John is bad” or ...
by Cobby
Wed Aug 30, 2023 11:54 pm
Forum: Closed Policy Discussion
Topic: Framing others using "ligger"
Replies: 51
Views: 18229

Re: Framing others using "ligger"

You would still be allowed to detain or otherwise subdue the person, which would still deter people from using the word themselves. You are not OWED a kill. There is no gameplay disadvantage associated with a mime talking or a person saying ligger. If you wanted the word banned then well ban the wor...
by Cobby
Wed Aug 30, 2023 2:37 pm
Forum: Closed Policy Discussion
Topic: Ghost Court in Wizard Events Allowed?
Replies: 17
Views: 4859

Re: Ghost Court in Wizard Events Allowed?

Honestly feature, wizardry should not be happening often enough that this needs to be clamped down on.

If anything the onus would be on the player using ghosts as their only evidence and not the ghost themselves
by Cobby
Wed Aug 30, 2023 2:32 pm
Forum: Closed Policy Discussion
Topic: Framing others using "ligger"
Replies: 51
Views: 18229

Re: Framing others using "ligger"

No the issue is no one is pushing back at all right now (hence why we have this thread). Once people start catching notes for braindead killing the behavior will be curbed like any others. That makes a lot more sense than being able to talk BUT if you talk pretending to disguise as the mime and they...
by Cobby
Tue Aug 29, 2023 10:15 pm
Forum: Closed Policy Discussion
Topic: Framing others using "ligger"
Replies: 51
Views: 18229

Re: Framing others using "ligger"

Players should be confirming the person actually said it similar to how silicons cant just rely on word of mouth that the person the hos just harmed was a ling, especially when the only reason youre doing it is because you have a green light. If there is some actual ambiguity then obviously its emer...
by Cobby
Tue Aug 29, 2023 10:04 pm
Forum: Closed Policy Discussion
Topic: [MRP] Make pirates an unrestricted antag
Replies: 22
Views: 5454

Re: [MRP] Make pirates an unrestricted antag

This is an enforcement issue, not a rule one. Pirates are already giga lethal antags, you literally just have to pretend youre doing the objective too. the kill policy is NOT "you can kill more than 5 people", it's "you can forego mechanics to just pick people off with no rhyme or rea...
by Cobby
Mon Aug 28, 2023 2:40 pm
Forum: Closed Policy Discussion
Topic: Ghost roles going for D20.
Replies: 5
Views: 1494

Re: Ghost roles going for D20.

Ghost roles foregoing their role to roll for antag should be curbed.

If you don’t want to play ash liz then don’t click the egg.

At worse if you get wizard you should prioritize your roles objective imo.
by Cobby
Thu Aug 17, 2023 3:31 pm
Forum: Closed Policy Discussion
Topic: The piggybacking problem (MRP)
Replies: 39
Views: 12519

Re: The piggybacking problem (MRP)

You should be able to zombie powder your target and give a fake confirmation but future antags will have a priority to target you for betraying the syndicate. Generally speaking I think you should be playing to win but doing it in such a way that it’s just A priority and not the utmost one (else why...
by Cobby
Thu Aug 17, 2023 3:14 pm
Forum: Player's Club
Topic: Concerning that mosin nagant sprite pr
Replies: 62
Views: 11170

Re: Concerning that mosin nagant sprite pr

who gives a fuck https://github.com/tgstation/tgstation/pull/77169 https://i.imgur.com/HuT28t6.png https://i.imgflip.com/5kvuv.jpg?a469872 That third react is literally bm why did they add that lol. They already have a dislike button that third one is like a passive aggressive form of calling someo...
by Cobby
Mon Aug 14, 2023 9:49 pm
Forum: Coding Feedback
Topic: Suggestion: Centralize Design Work in a RFC Repo
Replies: 5
Views: 2093

Re: Suggestion: Centralize Design Work in a RFC Repo

is this not hackmd design documents?
by Cobby
Mon Aug 14, 2023 5:41 pm
Forum: Player's Club
Topic: sinfulbliss satiates soul with salaicious sexpest stirring, suffers sadly from short sighted success
Replies: 111
Views: 19719

Re: sinfulbliss satiates soul with salaicious sexpest stirring, suffers sadly from success

the softban could expire when the headmin threads are out so I can engage (in a civil manner!) with those. sinfuls one of the most pro player voices i know who uses forums so id like this too I think youre misunderstanding his takes. He is pro-sinful, and sinful happens to be a player. He is not &q...
by Cobby
Mon Aug 14, 2023 2:42 pm
Forum: Closed Policy Discussion
Topic: The piggybacking problem (MRP)
Replies: 39
Views: 12519

Re: The piggybacking problem (MRP)

If an antag has no way to feasibly interact w you because you’re making a point to permanently be near another player solely because of an OOC friendship that is pretty poor play. If you’re in the same job or you are tackling a common goal okayyyy, but even then if it gets to the point it’s done eve...
by Cobby
Wed Aug 09, 2023 11:10 pm
Forum: Player's Club
Topic: Officer asks roboticist to show it all (peanut)
Replies: 106
Views: 13339

Re: Officer asks roboticist to show it all (peanut)

Maybe im just taking the hindsight pill or something but when I see "that it" from an admin it kinda signals like "are you sure you want to do this" from a DM or lawyer. My other assumptions are the guy can read the rules (turns out he cant) and that he is trying to resolve the i...
by Cobby
Wed Aug 09, 2023 9:26 pm
Forum: Player's Club
Topic: Hail, Hail Resprites
Replies: 90
Views: 9690

Re: Hail, Hail Resprites

can we go back to whining about crate sprites i still dont like them
by Cobby
Wed Aug 09, 2023 9:16 pm
Forum: Player's Club
Topic: Officer asks roboticist to show it all (peanut)
Replies: 106
Views: 13339

Re: Officer asks roboticist to show it all (peanut)

to be fair, he never WAS told what rule he was in violation of. it took a bit in the appeal itself for rule 8 to be brought up and explained reading the ticket I feel like thats really splitting hairs, it was obvious from the start the issue was that he was getting in trouble for "...solicit[i...
by Cobby
Wed Aug 09, 2023 1:54 pm
Forum: Player's Club
Topic: Officer asks roboticist to show it all (peanut)
Replies: 106
Views: 13339

Re: Officer asks roboticist to show it all (peanut)

The ban could have been avoided had he read rule 8, which isn’t explicitly ERP but bans explicit content in general. It’s a shame he snuck in the I want to see you naked comment, I’d be unimpressed if someone caught a perma for just “send nudes” especially w the follow up of “send bob and vagene”. T...
by Cobby
Tue Aug 08, 2023 2:12 pm
Forum: Coding
Topic: Midround Alternatives to Antags
Replies: 16
Views: 4808

Re: Midround Alternatives to Antags

I think im on the inverse of this, If a lot of people die I think you should feel that on the station. If we had a lot of roles that interacted on the station or mimic'd second lives its really difficult to pick up what is going on. If someone wipes out engineering I want to see power start flickeri...
by Cobby
Tue Aug 08, 2023 2:04 pm
Forum: Closed Policy Discussion
Topic: [MRP] What actually is the identity of manuel and what does it try to do?
Replies: 21
Views: 3995

Re: [MRP] What actually is the identity of manuel and what does it try to do?

I think this is pretty mis-representative of why manuel was created tbh, Manuel was more "Trying to 'capture the feel of earlier tgstation' because people were giving up on ever returning the main servers to a more roleplay-y environment without adding a bunch of harsh roleplay rules, and thos...
by Cobby
Sun Aug 06, 2023 5:08 am
Forum: Closed Policy Discussion
Topic: [MRP] What actually is the identity of manuel and what does it try to do?
Replies: 21
Views: 3995

Re: [MRP] What actually is the identity of manuel and what does it try to do?

manuel was created because LRP was literally a cockmeasuring contest of who found the latest meta strategy to wipe the station and admins did not want to ban people treating it like TDM, perhaps because some found that to be the most fun, so they made a server with new rules instead. The problem was...
by Cobby
Sun Aug 06, 2023 4:52 am
Forum: Closed Policy Discussion
Topic: [MRP] Make pirates an unrestricted antag
Replies: 22
Views: 5454

Re: [MRP] Make pirates an unrestricted antag

If you use TB defensively its not really against kill policy, as its self defense on top of bystanders who pickup the disease. If you used a maxcap for defense and a bystander died that wouldnt offending, I think TB is similar although obviously more transmissible and a lot more accessible when you ...