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by somerandomguy
Tue Jun 12, 2018 6:00 pm
Forum: Coding Feedback
Topic: Virtual Reality Feedback/Ideas Thread
Replies: 87
Views: 21443

Re: Virtual Reality Feedback/Ideas Thread

Add a master VR controller or something, like the holodeck that lets you swap or load up mini levels or attempt to restore to defaults if the area gets too fucked (I'm aware on larger maps this would cause severe lag or be outright impossible, but on smaller ones it should be workable. Its the same...
by somerandomguy
Tue Jun 12, 2018 4:19 pm
Forum: Coding Feedback
Topic: Virtual Reality Feedback/Ideas Thread
Replies: 87
Views: 21443

Re: Virtual Reality Feedback/Ideas Thread

Add a master VR controller or something, like the holodeck that lets you swap or load up mini levels or attempt to restore to defaults if the area gets too fucked (I'm aware on larger maps this would cause severe lag or be outright impossible, but on smaller ones it should be workable. Its the same...
by somerandomguy
Tue Jun 12, 2018 12:30 am
Forum: Closed Complaints
Topic: [daxyeen] Dohn Joe - incompetence
Replies: 7
Views: 2035

Re: [daxyeen] Dohn Joe - incompetence

Don’t post logs without linking. Also rule 6 means the kick was justified. If you didn’t like the ruling you should take it to the forums rather than cussing the admin only to then take it to the forums. https://tgstation13.org/parsed-logs/basil/data/logs/2018/06/11/round-89322 I was going to see i...
by somerandomguy
Sun Jun 10, 2018 11:25 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: SS3D
Replies: 40
Views: 14949

Re: SS3D

This is making me wonder about the use of the google "email these things out when I'm dead/haven't logged in for 6 months" system. What will become of their bank account if they're dead since the patreon's still up I assume? i mean i genuinely would but he left literally not a single lett...
by somerandomguy
Sun Jun 10, 2018 2:04 am
Forum: Ideas
Topic: Minor Suggestions
Replies: 3767
Views: 955950

Re: Minor Suggestions

make the trash bag pick trash things up when you walk over them please there are too many darts, send help Click the tiles with the trashbag in hand the darts were invisible and you need to click an item on the tile for it to work also they were mid-air dart projectiles not dart items so it's not l...
by somerandomguy
Sun Jun 10, 2018 1:04 am
Forum: General Chat
Topic: /tg/station Summer ball 2018
Replies: 111
Views: 31925

Re: /tg/station Summer ball 2018

iksyp wrote:an inferno
Spoiler:
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by somerandomguy
Sat Jun 09, 2018 10:23 pm
Forum: Resolved Appeals
Topic: [jordie0608] Beardbeard - Blacklist Appeal
Replies: 44
Views: 12927

Re: [jordie0608] Beardbeard - Blacklist Appeal

I mean we unbanned terbs and tonto, at worst he is gonna grief for one round then get permabanned again which isn't really that bad. Worth a shot probably relevant: https://tgstation13.org/phpBB/viewtopic.php?f=34&t=11946&p=313434#p313496 <ausleeping> someone has thought exactly the same th...
by somerandomguy
Sat Jun 09, 2018 12:43 pm
Forum: Coding Feedback
Topic: Minor Feedback
Replies: 693
Views: 233389

Re: Minor Feedback

Not sure if it deserves a thread but the new Experimenter merge is giving people cloned traitor PDAs (someone spent +180 TC) and all manner of traitor loot, including ops gear (shielded hardsuits). I just died to an ebow on a rev round. The stupidly op ones were disabled, it should fix when the ser...
by somerandomguy
Thu Jun 07, 2018 6:16 pm
Forum: Closed Policy Discussion
Topic: Chaplain's "pre-watering" the station
Replies: 33
Views: 9170

Re: Chaplain's "pre-watering" the station

Wizards can choose to buy a scrying orb or plan ahead with many different other tactics. AIs being cucked if atmos tinkers with pipes is a bit unfair as its only because AIs have borgs, atmos, and occasional reliable traitor allies and nearly no other strategies. They also get advanced cam consoles...
by somerandomguy
Thu Jun 07, 2018 5:43 pm
Forum: Resolved Appeals
Topic: RoleBan from HoS for rule 5(Edit: Apparently ALL head roles)
Replies: 49
Views: 12616

Re: RoleBan from HoS for rule 5

Anon3 amendment time "I see no rule saying you cannot drink as HoS" - jelly "don't do this" - admin "no i will do it" - jelly "wtf why banned?" - jelly The admin decided to make up a rule on the spot that didn't exist before because he got personally upset I'm...
by somerandomguy
Thu Jun 07, 2018 12:19 pm
Forum: Ideas
Topic: Making spess ruins more challenging
Replies: 19
Views: 3616

Re: Making spess ruins more challenging

if you make them more challenging the loot has to be better, if the loot is better it unbalances the rest of the game I don't think that they need better loot - caravan ambush has the grenade launcher out in the open, deep storage has a blood-red hardsuit and two rifles behind nothing but locked do...
by somerandomguy
Tue Jun 05, 2018 3:57 am
Forum: Coding Feedback
Topic: Minor Feedback
Replies: 693
Views: 233389

Re: Minor Feedback

Give me a number and I'll alter the force damage I dunno, the standard 18-20 range seems fine if it's going to keep its current effects - still keeps it on the high end for null rod variants without being the best weapon on the station. Lower would be too drastic a change since it can't block, high...
by somerandomguy
Mon Jun 04, 2018 1:10 pm
Forum: Ideas
Topic: Crew Reporter/journalist job
Replies: 29
Views: 5770

Re: Crew Reporter/journalist job

People don't report on things because they don't think people will read it. The only time I've ever read the news is when someone threw a newspaper at me and told me I was in it. I think that making the news more important in the metagame would be nice, since then there would be a reason to read it...
by somerandomguy
Sun Jun 03, 2018 12:50 pm
Forum: Ideas
Topic: Making spess ruins more challenging
Replies: 19
Views: 3616

Re: Making spess ruins more challenging

if you make them more challenging the loot has to be better, if the loot is better it unbalances the rest of the game I don't think that they need better loot - caravan ambush has the grenade launcher out in the open, deep storage has a blood-red hardsuit and two rifles behind nothing but locked do...
by somerandomguy
Sun Jun 03, 2018 4:50 am
Forum: Closed Policy Discussion
Topic: Antagonist reputation system
Replies: 160
Views: 42622

Re: Antagonist reputation system

Honestly. It's a good way to guarantee wizard. Play every round as an antag you love for like 100 rounds. When the next wizard round appears you'll have like 1000 points above everyone else and will 100 percent get it. The feature is just too easy to "game" compared to the previous one......
by somerandomguy
Sat Jun 02, 2018 4:05 pm
Forum: Closed Policy Discussion
Topic: Yet another Drone Policy thread
Replies: 96
Views: 28579

Re: Yet another Drone Policy thread

Saegrimr wrote:Hardly matters now, they've been removed from the maps.
If we figure drone policy out we can re-add them
by somerandomguy
Sat Jun 02, 2018 4:01 pm
Forum: Closed Policy Discussion
Topic: Should an involuntary polymorph make you an antag?
Replies: 33
Views: 8217

Re: Should an involuntary polymorph make you an antag?

MaximumOverlizard wrote:Bans for people who ask to be polymorphed into Syndicate Cyborgs then follow their laws because "They're my laws lol" when?
Poly'd borgs don't get any laws.
by somerandomguy
Sat Jun 02, 2018 1:03 pm
Forum: Coding Feedback
Topic: Fucking SPARKS
Replies: 28
Views: 6150

Re: Fucking SPARKS

Good example of just how utterly fucked this is Observe - Go to charlie station Rebuild, get laser guns, fight nasty machines After one fight the air alarm in the main corridor is at 90 degrees Beat them all, manage to make a heater, make some borgs Borgs make sparks Main room goes up to 200 degree...
by somerandomguy
Sat Jun 02, 2018 1:23 am
Forum: Ideas
Topic: Crew Reporter/journalist job
Replies: 29
Views: 5770

Re: Crew Reporter/journalist job

It's called curator
by somerandomguy
Thu May 31, 2018 3:13 pm
Forum: Ideas
Topic: New megafauna: clockwork titan
Replies: 15
Views: 3243

Re: New megafauna: clockwork titan

Maybe replace the holopara one with a weakened slab with the submission sigil (we don't want to start a real cult), replicant (don't want real slabs), and abscond (no free personal space base for you) disabled, and can make you a semi-cultist on use (you can use CC gear but aren't antag) but that ab...
by somerandomguy
Thu May 31, 2018 2:19 pm
Forum: Ideas
Topic: Lets say, in theory, changelings got a special power when they absorbed every other changeling.
Replies: 16
Views: 3464

Re: Lets say, in theory, changelings got a special power when they absorbed every other changeling.

Uh. Don't we want changelings to kill each other? That sounds like too much of a debuff. I mean, that's why KOR gave them "fight each other" objectives. If you're referencing my idea, it's not really a debuff. You'll always get buffs, (around 6-8 depending on how much Changelings), and th...
by somerandomguy
Wed May 30, 2018 1:54 pm
Forum: Closed Policy Discussion
Topic: Yet another Drone Policy thread
Replies: 96
Views: 28579

Re: Yet another Drone Policy thread

If the PR on github gets merged, what I would suggest (and obviously do myself as an admin) would be: The "TC Trade" model of drones (AKA Soft-whitelist) During the round, an observer/ghost player can ahelp requesting being spawned as a drone. If this ahelp is not answered or is rejected,...
by somerandomguy
Wed May 30, 2018 11:15 am
Forum: Coding Feedback
Topic: >xrays now only hit one mob
Replies: 83
Views: 19486

Re: >xrays now only hit one mob

There is a counter, eating the research servers before you're discovered. It's been so long since that war cult meta most people don't remember they can just build another server in a safer place.
by somerandomguy
Wed May 30, 2018 2:12 am
Forum: Coding Feedback
Topic: >xrays now only hit one mob
Replies: 83
Views: 19486

Re: >xrays now only hit one mob

Cobby wrote:They also give you 15 rads I think, idk if that’s a bunch of what
That's pretty small
by somerandomguy
Tue May 29, 2018 5:29 pm
Forum: Ideas
Topic: Replace science lathe with omnilathe
Replies: 18
Views: 3864

Re: Replace science lathe with omnilathe

Has the omnilathe been removed from the Golem ship yet? No, why would it be? It's not like it's the only one left or there's a reason to remove it. It's actually one of the harder ways for the station to get one. wait, there's more? Russian station (easy), derelict (hard), delta white ship (even ea...
by somerandomguy
Tue May 29, 2018 12:25 pm
Forum: Ideas
Topic: Replace science lathe with omnilathe
Replies: 18
Views: 3864

Re: Replace science lathe with omnilathe

ComradeNecron wrote:Has the omnilathe been removed from the Golem ship yet?
No, why would it be? It's not like it's the only one left or there's a reason to remove it. It's actually one of the harder ways for the station to get one.
by somerandomguy
Tue May 29, 2018 12:11 pm
Forum: Ideas
Topic: ITT: We make shitty suggestions and come up with poor ideas.
Replies: 3940
Views: 1063233

Re: ITT: We make shitty suggestions and come up with poor ideas.

Solution to all drone policy confusion: make all drones free
by somerandomguy
Mon May 28, 2018 12:00 am
Forum: Ideas
Topic: Replace science lathe with omnilathe
Replies: 18
Views: 3864

Re: Replace science lathe with omnilathe

ShadowDimentio wrote:I mean on the scales of dumb shit each job can get R&D is pretty meh tier compared to kudzu, viruses, genetics, cargo and the singu.
Don't forget xenobio, toxins, pre-nerf circuitry, and robotics
by somerandomguy
Sun May 27, 2018 10:46 pm
Forum: Resolved Appeals
Topic: Ban appeal - For MoonTruther - Banned by darkgenerallord
Replies: 10
Views: 2877

Re: Ban appeal - For MoonTruther - Banned by darkgenerallord

This is a conversation I had with him on discord: https://imgur.com/a/CKoCr

He also made this post: https://tgstation13.org/phpBB/viewtopic ... 85#p399885

This was after he got banned (probably) for opening a plasma can to try to keep someone from using it to start a fire.
by somerandomguy
Sun May 27, 2018 4:20 pm
Forum: Ideas
Topic: Replace science lathe with omnilathe
Replies: 18
Views: 3864

Re: Replace science lathe with omnilathe

I would also like to have the Omnilathe back. That is not a request to "remove techwebs", but the "departmental protolathes" portion that was shoved into the techwebs PR at the final stages. It is that part that steals a significant amount of interest from R&D. The Techweb u...
by somerandomguy
Sun May 27, 2018 1:58 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: How do I be good as miner
Replies: 24
Views: 8428

Re: How do I be good as miner

miners who immediately fuck off to the nearest tendril instead of mining are scum and you should toss their corpse on lava ASAP and your air is running out because you didn't powergame and fill your large airtank up at round start this genuinely never happens It did before the hugbox change of alte...
by somerandomguy
Sat May 26, 2018 11:36 am
Forum: General Chat
Topic: How do I be good as miner
Replies: 24
Views: 8428

Re: How do I be good as miner

Bluespace wrote:don't try and release yourself from the memento mori it gibs you
*dusts
by somerandomguy
Sat May 26, 2018 11:16 am
Forum: Closed Policy Discussion
Topic: Yet another Drone Policy thread
Replies: 96
Views: 28579

Re: Yet another Drone Policy thread

Jordb3 wrote:I hope drones don't get removed, one thing I think that could help is giving drones the ability to speak common, since a lot of the time when people get angry at me I feel the issue could be solved if I could just tell them I didn't do it.
"me 'shakes its "head" ' "
by somerandomguy
Fri May 25, 2018 11:34 pm
Forum: Ideas
Topic: ITT: We make shitty suggestions and come up with poor ideas.
Replies: 3940
Views: 1063233

Re: ITT: We make shitty suggestions and come up with poor ideas.

iksyp wrote:virtual reality is actually just the station except everyone has all access and opening doors in VR opens them in the real world
Virtual reality is actually actually the station and everyone spawns with AA in arrivals
by somerandomguy
Fri May 25, 2018 6:04 pm
Forum: Resolved Appeals
Topic: [ausops] brianhyde - inquiry about probation violation
Replies: 10
Views: 2875

Re: [ausops] brianhyde - inquiry about probation violation

Not an admin but anon3 amendment [2018-05-24 16:34:52.719] ACCESS: 16:34:52.719] ACCESS: Login: -censored(ip/cid)- from -censored(ip)--3954874751 || BYOND v512 [2018-05-24 16:34:52.719] ACCESS: 16:34:52.719] ACCESS: Notice: BrianHyde has the same IP (-censored(ip)-) as Twaticus/(Hanna Tireman). [201...
by somerandomguy
Fri May 25, 2018 12:05 pm
Forum: Roleplaying
Topic: SS13 INTO REALITY?
Replies: 22
Views: 12495

Re: SS13 INTO REALITY?

Pull up ublock origin's logs and figure out which request causes the lockout, then block it, but don't try to click the link again.
by somerandomguy
Fri May 25, 2018 2:22 am
Forum: Roleplaying
Topic: SS13 INTO REALITY?
Replies: 22
Views: 12495

Re: SS13 INTO REALITY?

Turn on noscript and this time rightclick the link and select view link source
by somerandomguy
Fri May 25, 2018 1:42 am
Forum: Roleplaying
Topic: SS13 INTO REALITY?
Replies: 22
Views: 12495

Re: SS13 INTO REALITY?

Copy text of a link on the page, paste into google docs (preserves formatting including the link) and click it, then inspect element
by somerandomguy
Thu May 24, 2018 8:40 pm
Forum: Roleplaying
Topic: SS13 INTO REALITY?
Replies: 22
Views: 12495

Re: SS13 INTO REALITY?

Inspect element, see if there's any hidden options anywhere, if there aren't, I pick wizard
by somerandomguy
Thu May 24, 2018 3:52 pm
Forum: Closed Policy Discussion
Topic: Antagonist reputation system
Replies: 160
Views: 42622

Re: Antagonist reputation system

At least I'll get to play malf more often, assuming shitters don't steal the AI slot too
by somerandomguy
Thu May 24, 2018 2:33 pm
Forum: Closed Policy Discussion
Topic: Yet another Drone Policy thread
Replies: 96
Views: 28579

Re: Yet another Drone Policy thread

Curiously enough, the only thing that went through the mind of the admins reading this was Oh no, not again. Many people have speculated that if we knew exactly why the admins had thought that we would know a lot more about the nature of the Universe than we do now. I think the drone laws should be ...
by somerandomguy
Thu May 24, 2018 12:11 pm
Forum: Ideas
Topic: Additional Station Goals
Replies: 24
Views: 5723

Re: Additional Station Goals

Kor wrote:I don't think an infinitely refreshing spellbook is really the same as "you finished the vault so now biotech techwebs are unlocked next round"
The spellbook thing was brought up, but both kinds can potentially be used for meta-antagging, some much harder than others though.
by somerandomguy
Thu May 24, 2018 3:10 am
Forum: Ideas
Topic: Additional Station Goals
Replies: 24
Views: 5723

Re: Additional Station Goals

[but the most abuse-able Elaborate Black Box? >get wiz/endgame/admin-only/OP thing in round A >put in cross-round storage >get antag next round (or any round that you can still access it) >beeline for storage >haha now you're an antag with OP gear also holds for weakened versions of the station goa...
by somerandomguy
Wed May 23, 2018 5:59 pm
Forum: Coding Feedback
Topic: Virtual Reality Feedback/Ideas Thread
Replies: 87
Views: 21443

Re: Virtual Reality Feedback/Ideas Thread

Mechpilot outfit, gives you a device that lets you call in a mech and equipment
by somerandomguy
Wed May 23, 2018 4:08 pm
Forum: Ideas
Topic: Additional Station Goals
Replies: 24
Views: 5723

Re: Additional Station Goals

It might be interesting for one of them to be a normal vault, that can preserve items into the next round. It would probably be pretty OP though.
by somerandomguy
Wed May 23, 2018 3:27 pm
Forum: Ideas
Topic: Assistant should be Tutorial Mode
Replies: 10
Views: 2250

Re: Assistant should be Tutorial Mode

I don't think departmental assistants would fix greytide. At some point it should be obvious that picking greyshirt is for bunking off duty and picking a role is for bunking off duty with yellow gloves. I'd rather not share resources with a designated bunking off duty role. And yet it will still as...
by somerandomguy
Wed May 23, 2018 1:03 pm
Forum: Ideas
Topic: Assistant should be Tutorial Mode
Replies: 10
Views: 2250

Re: Assistant should be Tutorial Mode

So poll everyone in a department for each assistant that picks that department? This definitely won't get spammy. >do you want to tutor? >no >don't get asked again >do you want to tutor? >yes >don't get asked again Only someone stupid would bother to ask the same question twice. And yet it will sti...
by somerandomguy
Wed May 23, 2018 12:35 pm
Forum: Ideas
Topic: Assistant should be Tutorial Mode
Replies: 10
Views: 2250

Re: Assistant should be Tutorial Mode

So poll everyone in a department for each assistant that picks that department? This definitely won't get spammy.
by somerandomguy
Wed May 23, 2018 2:05 am
Forum: Roleplaying
Topic: SS13 INTO REALITY?
Replies: 22
Views: 12495

Re: SS13 INTO REALITY?

See if there's any info as to what "RNG GAMBLE?" means without choosing it
by somerandomguy
Tue May 22, 2018 10:18 pm
Forum: Spriting and Mapping
Topic: The Gateway Room
Replies: 27
Views: 9955

Re: The Gateway Room

Deitus wrote:#BringBackAwayMissions2k18
We did but it was re-removed