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by somerandomguy
Tue May 22, 2018 5:31 pm
Forum: Roleplaying
Topic: SS13 INTO REALITY?
Replies: 22
Views: 12533

Re: SS13 INTO REALITY?

Examine the (...) next to Lovecraftian Nightmare
by somerandomguy
Tue May 22, 2018 11:49 am
Forum: Coding Feedback
Topic: Virtual Reality Feedback/Ideas Thread
Replies: 87
Views: 21521

Re: Virtual Reality Feedback/Ideas Thread

Is the dueling arena the only one currently? Trying out all the guns was pretty cool, got to practice robust shooting techniques with another greyshirt. More than half the guns didn't have firing pins for some reason and couldn't be used. Bodies and bullet casings pile up very fast and looks like s...
by somerandomguy
Mon May 21, 2018 4:36 pm
Forum: Ideas
Topic: Goonstation style Gen-pop brig.
Replies: 22
Views: 5343

Re: Goonstation style Gen-pop brig.

N20 would be too unstable to exist and is useless for riot control
by somerandomguy
Mon May 21, 2018 4:02 pm
Forum: Ideas
Topic: Roundstart Side Antagonist Spawn
Replies: 16
Views: 4249

Re: Roundstart Side Antagonist Spawn

>war ops >Saboteur McGreytide is the first to get AA >rushes armory, takes everything useful >spaces it >snips the wire to cargo >rushes cap headset, buys syndie key and agent card >asks ops to take them when they nuke the station >gets a space suit, hides, taunts the crew over common >ops arrive, l...
by somerandomguy
Mon May 21, 2018 3:45 pm
Forum: Closed Policy Discussion
Topic: Free golems retailation on the crew.
Replies: 18
Views: 4414

Re: Free golems retailation on the crew.

How do we even have so many threads on golem bohbombing people think bohbombs are cool bohbombs can only be done as antag some people think all lavaland roles are antags and/or use the confusion to griff without getting permad bohbombs take you out of the round golems let you get back in the round ...
by somerandomguy
Mon May 21, 2018 1:35 pm
Forum: Ideas
Topic: Replace random events with Automated Game Master/Storyteller
Replies: 10
Views: 3049

Re: Replace random events with Automated Game Master/Storyteller

Make it so that if enough people pray the name of an event/admin button it activates that event/presses that button
by somerandomguy
Mon May 21, 2018 2:47 am
Forum: Coding Feedback
Topic: Xenomorph tackle spam is seriously broken.
Replies: 23
Views: 5913

Re: Xenomorph tackle spam is seriously broken.

a lot of things in the game have really stupid ideas that blow my mind that they're still in the game take flesh to stone >hey bruh wanted to play a game >LOL nah how about you just stay in one spot for literally ~10 minutes unable to move or do absolutely anything at all >t-this is a good idea cod...
by somerandomguy
Fri May 18, 2018 1:55 am
Forum: Coding
Topic: Code bounty, distributed materials 100 usd
Replies: 26
Views: 8163

Re: Code bounty, distributed materials 100 usd

That's when you rally sci to raid the vault
by somerandomguy
Fri May 18, 2018 1:53 am
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Simple Questions Thread
Replies: 2095
Views: 543381

Re: Simple Questions Thread

Blood can't make stuff like headslugs though, you want a stabilized pink extract, it gives all the mobs on screen your faction as long as you don't attack them (which is enough to get the headslug out with much less risk of a massive containment breach)
by somerandomguy
Thu May 17, 2018 6:04 pm
Forum: Ideas
Topic: Cut all maps but the most popular one
Replies: 104
Views: 23743

Re: Cut all maps but the most popular one

TribeOfBeavers wrote:Items aren't a problem. It's features that require remapping areas or adding new rooms (the citcuit labs for example).
If we're using circuits as an example, it didn't actually need a dedicated room. Sure it does make it more convenient, but they worked perfectly well as a research item too.
by somerandomguy
Mon May 14, 2018 6:36 pm
Forum: Ideas
Topic: Seven Deadly Sins Ruins Suggestion - Wraith, Sloth, and Lust
Replies: 7
Views: 3714

Re: Seven Deadly Sins Ruins Suggestion - Wraith, Sloth, and Lust

You're thinking of rage

Wrath should make you fast and hit hard but either really really weak or attacking someone hurts you too.
by somerandomguy
Mon May 14, 2018 6:32 pm
Forum: Coding Feedback
Topic: Techwebs situation.
Replies: 45
Views: 10559

Re: Techwebs situation.

SpaceInaba wrote:
PKPenguin321 wrote:
SpaceInaba wrote:I mean to be fair every time I involve myself with science I still print 5 eguns, a flightsuit, bag of holding, riot shield, etc etc etc etc, just now it takes zero mental
work and it takes 30 minutes longer than it did before
No you don't unless you stole the sec protolathe
>he doesn't know
by somerandomguy
Mon May 14, 2018 6:31 pm
Forum: Ideas
Topic: additional way to earn tech web points
Replies: 10
Views: 2761

Re: additional way to earn tech web points

More ways of getting points: Ballmer peak exists but it's barely an impact Rad collector tritium exists but it's also barely an impact Tesla researchers are really good but tesla engines are never used Tesla researcher + paper engine but using stuff that does damage (because of the nerf) works but h...
by somerandomguy
Mon May 14, 2018 3:42 pm
Forum: Coding Feedback
Topic: Techwebs situation.
Replies: 45
Views: 10559

Re: Techwebs situation.

on one hand yeah science was powerful on the other techwebs combined with department lathes are so horrible and boring it made me completely drop the department completely despite literally 70% of my playtime being in it It's honestly extremely depressing that we've gone this far and STILL the only...
by somerandomguy
Mon May 14, 2018 12:15 am
Forum: Coding Feedback
Topic: Morphs are very easy to cheese.
Replies: 26
Views: 4526

Re: Morphs are very easy to cheese.

Just remove the speech alterations
by somerandomguy
Mon May 14, 2018 12:12 am
Forum: Ideas
Topic: Cyborg Modules and Upgrades Ideas
Replies: 5
Views: 1796

Re: Cyborg Modules and Upgrades Ideas

mizolo wrote:
Shezza wrote:You forgot clownborgs
Clown borgs can no longer be chosen as a module, like security borg.
they were unpickable from the start
by somerandomguy
Sun May 13, 2018 9:41 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: How do I be good as miner
Replies: 24
Views: 8462

Re: How do I be good as miner

If you end up being a free golem print out a GPS once you get the Legacy, become a sand golem, and fight the Colossus (with an upgraded KA).
by somerandomguy
Sun May 13, 2018 4:43 pm
Forum: Coding Feedback
Topic: Techwebs situation.
Replies: 45
Views: 10559

Re: Techwebs situation.

Personally i dislike how the only thing that can affect the speed of research are bombs. Does the experimentor do anything or is that just a forgotten relic by now? Got bored and made a bunch of canister bombs as Atmos and detonated them at the test site trying to get a bigger boom so hey at least ...
by somerandomguy
Sun May 13, 2018 12:21 pm
Forum: Ideas
Topic: Cyborg Modules and Upgrades Ideas
Replies: 5
Views: 1796

Re: Cyborg Modules and Upgrades Ideas

Illegal modules still exist. A borg mode having a hand built by default in is probably a bad idea, but a very expensive hand upgrade for standard that can't be used with defender and has a blacklist (to keep the borg from using it for something that's balanced around only humans being able to do) c...
by somerandomguy
Sat May 12, 2018 4:18 pm
Forum: Ideas
Topic: ITT: We make shitty suggestions and come up with poor ideas.
Replies: 3940
Views: 1069978

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

Gigafoam: formed by heating up 300u of foam, makes 5u. When any amount is mixed with water, it makes foam that tries to spread infinitely
Gigasmoke: same as gigafoam, but with smoke
by somerandomguy
Sat May 12, 2018 1:51 am
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Best Blood-Brother Combos
Replies: 22
Views: 6287

Re: Best Blood-Brother Combos

Xenobio and botany.

NANITE BEES
by somerandomguy
Thu May 10, 2018 2:26 pm
Forum: Coding Feedback
Topic: nuke op saw lmg is massively op
Replies: 86
Views: 19717

Re: nuke op saw lmg is massively op

DemonFiren wrote:
Qbmax32 wrote:Wow it’s almost like average crewman #9175 shouldn’t run towards the big bad mercenary with the two handed military grade lmg!
is there such a thing as a civilian-grade lmg though?
It's called the donksoft LMG with normal darts
by somerandomguy
Wed May 09, 2018 12:21 pm
Forum: Ideas
Topic: Move ATVs (biker gang kit) into the main cargo catalog.
Replies: 7
Views: 1758

Re: Move ATVs (biker gang kit) into the main cargo catalog.

DemonFiren wrote:ATVs wil only be acceptable if we can mount weapons on them tbh

and as role-restricted traitor item, a cloaking device that everyone will complain about but no one will remove
I think there's already some way, I've seen one with a honkmother turret on it before but it might have been adminspawned
by somerandomguy
Wed May 09, 2018 12:18 pm
Forum: Coding
Topic: Replacing firelock/etc electronics
Replies: 11
Views: 3243

Re: Replacing firelock/etc electronics

Airlock electronics can be used inhand to change access requirments, other than that not really (also merge APC electronics/power control module into it)
by somerandomguy
Wed May 09, 2018 2:02 am
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Whats a thing that you did once on ss13 that you fear ever doing again?
Replies: 159
Views: 48785

Re: Whats a thing that you did once on ss13 that you fear ever doing again?

didn't revert cats http://iruntheinternet.com/lulzdump/images/gifs/russia-soviet-union-simpsons-laughing-reaction-1380821531m.gif trying to play games with the crew as malf AI is something I am afraid of ever doing again, the mad monkeys can think of only one thing and that is to get into your core...
by somerandomguy
Tue May 08, 2018 5:24 pm
Forum: Coding Feedback
Topic: Weeb jail is not very fun
Replies: 43
Views: 9013

Re: Instant 4nr permabrig jail is not very fun

The permabrig is totally lame. All you can do is grow plants! It's almost like you've been removed from the round, wtf? Fix this >walking in halls doing nothing >antag walks by >trapped instantly >teleported to perma and fullstripped after a few seconds of waiting, no way out (if there is a way the...
by somerandomguy
Mon May 07, 2018 2:34 am
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Do plasma fires just not happen anymore?
Replies: 29
Views: 7239

Re: Do plasma fires just not happen anymore?

Bomb? Yeah wow the library is a hole oh no call the shuttle. Really lame how there's no way to repair the damage in a expedient way, although that would kinda ruin the game some... Smart foam grenades say hello. bombs can be sealed with a few of them, leaving just some busywork cleaning the area up...
by somerandomguy
Sun May 06, 2018 5:28 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Do plasma fires just not happen anymore?
Replies: 29
Views: 7239

Re: Do plasma fires just not happen anymore?

I see plasma fires a lot, but my favorite way to kill the station was the singularity beacon, but no one uses the singularity engine anymore. The singularity engine is kindof... well, gone.... It can be ordered, but the rounds ain't quite long enough for it to do much good. I and the CE one shift o...
by somerandomguy
Sat May 05, 2018 8:26 pm
Forum: Ideas
Topic: Radical chemistry idea that isn't a shitpost
Replies: 6
Views: 1719

Re: Radical chemistry idea that isn't a shitpost

There would probably have to be a machine that condenses the gas into beakers though (and vice versa)
by somerandomguy
Sat May 05, 2018 8:25 pm
Forum: Ideas
Topic: Radical chemistry idea that isn't a shitpost
Replies: 6
Views: 1719

Re: Radical chemistry idea that isn't a shitpost

I was going to PR it but I think I'll make a forum thread first What if all the different gases were all reagents, not just plasma/n2o/oxygen and plasma and oxygen could combust in beakers and tritium could exist in beakers and all the other reactions could happen in beakers..? Sure if it means you...
by somerandomguy
Sat May 05, 2018 4:07 pm
Forum: Town Hall
Topic: Trialmin Review: Optimumtact
Replies: 184
Views: 45445

Re: Trialmin Review: Optimumtact

pubby wrote:
oranges wrote:I've never said no offense before I've offended people because I intend to usually cause them quite a bit of offence.
what was that signature you had

something about apologizing in advance
I think that was niknak
by somerandomguy
Sat May 05, 2018 2:57 pm
Forum: Town Hall
Topic: Trialmin Review: Optimumtact
Replies: 184
Views: 45445

Re: Trialmin Review: Optimumtact

i mean i would rather hire admins who know that fucking shit up because you're burnt out isn't okay compared to someone who knows if they got burnt out they're going to fuck shit up and quit because of it. that's just me but yknow you do you fam If he didn't know that it wasn't ok, why would he qui...
by somerandomguy
Sat May 05, 2018 2:50 pm
Forum: Town Hall
Topic: Trialmin Review: Optimumtact
Replies: 184
Views: 45445

Re: Trialmin Review: Optimumtact

ColonicAcid wrote:
Kor wrote: More specifically to adminning, he quit last time he felt he was going to abuse it because he was getting sick of it, which is probably the most important judgement we need admins to be able to make.
by somerandomguy
Sat May 05, 2018 1:32 pm
Forum: Coding Feedback
Topic: Moodlets
Replies: 258
Views: 53104

Re: Moodlets

Grazyn wrote:It's ooc because the distortion doesn't outright tell you THE SM DELAMINATED and you don't get any message for other engineering fuckups
Everyone on the station is trained to know what a delam does, just like they can recognize a cult or blue apcs.
by somerandomguy
Sat May 05, 2018 1:13 pm
Forum: Coding Feedback
Topic: Moodlets
Replies: 258
Views: 53104

Re: Moodlets

Antidepressants sound depressing unless they're named joy pills and I really can dance in the pools of rainbows that leak from the clowns body as everyone hugs him with face splitting smiles, as Miracles said. Taking pills to satiate your happy meter is just a hunger bar with one more chemistry int...
by somerandomguy
Fri May 04, 2018 3:25 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Pet Peeves Thread - Little things that REALLY annoy you
Replies: 2282
Views: 627098

Re: Pet Peeves Thread - Little things that REALLY annoy you

>Try to save on chems and medkits by using the infinite chems in the sleeper machine >They scream bloody murder, shove you over, put you in the sleeper and morphine you This is why I'm beginning to consider just letting assistants bleed out on the floor Rule of thumb: if they're standing near the s...
by somerandomguy
Fri May 04, 2018 11:53 am
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Pet Peeves Thread - Little things that REALLY annoy you
Replies: 2282
Views: 627098

Re: Pet Peeves Thread - Little things that REALLY annoy you

>Someone hits me with a bolt of death by accident (200 oxyloss)
>Immediately taken to med
>Perfect use case for defib
>Cloned
by somerandomguy
Thu May 03, 2018 3:13 pm
Forum: Closed Policy Discussion
Topic: The naming policy IS DUMB
Replies: 165
Views: 35484

Re: The naming policy IS DUMB

Grazyn wrote:As I said elsewhere, IRL we see kids everyday with names that only 10 years ago would've have looked outrageously silly. SS13 takes place more than half a millennium from now. Who knows what kind of zany names will people have by then?
Image
by somerandomguy
Thu May 03, 2018 2:50 pm
Forum: Closed Policy Discussion
Topic: The naming policy IS DUMB
Replies: 165
Views: 35484

Re: The naming policy IS DUMB

Would I get booped if I named my ligger "Fucks-That-Ass" ? yes Then at WHAT POINT are ligger names "Too silly"? Because I thought X the Y names were okay, but now I am being told that this name is "Too hardcore for the ERP server" Peanuts! who made you this way He was ...
by somerandomguy
Thu May 03, 2018 12:48 pm
Forum: Closed Policy Discussion
Topic: The naming policy IS DUMB
Replies: 165
Views: 35484

Re: The naming policy IS DUMB

imblyings wrote:Allowt Hisfo Odname

Meati Smurder

Gallo Nofmil Kaday

first name, last name

phonetically sound

admins btfo
Vlad S. Allad
by somerandomguy
Wed May 02, 2018 11:04 pm
Forum: Closed Policy Discussion
Topic: Bug abuse - is it ok and how much?
Replies: 16
Views: 3181

Re: Bug abuse - is it ok and how much?

>barely in rules at all, except for #4 which can be misinterpreted
>"be less stupid next time"

Also if it's not supposed to be done, there should actually be a rule against it
by somerandomguy
Wed May 02, 2018 10:58 pm
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: Philosophy problem that genuinely keeps me up at night
Replies: 79
Views: 25429

Re: Philosophy problem that genuinely keeps me up at night

DemonFiren wrote:so how are corporations going to make money teleporting people if they don't make it accessible to the public?
What I mean is, it doesn't go through public areas like every other form of transportation has
by somerandomguy
Wed May 02, 2018 10:52 pm
Forum: Closed Policy Discussion
Topic: Bug abuse - is it ok and how much?
Replies: 16
Views: 3181

Re: Bug abuse - is it ok and how much?

Arianya wrote:Context: OP got a note for abusing a reported bug intentionally, which while it wasn't round ending or outrageous (duping some water vapour canisters) they felt they were entitled to do.
Entitled is a bit of an overstatement, I didn't know it wasn't allowed in the first place
by somerandomguy
Wed May 02, 2018 10:15 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: circuit craigslist: post your cool stuff you made
Replies: 112
Views: 48747

Re: circuit craigslist: post your cool stuff you made

PKPenguin321 wrote:Oh, I thought you meant actually generating the codes at runtime
use other circuit to plaintext attack and get 1 passkey-length encryption key, put that into the opener circuit
by somerandomguy
Wed May 02, 2018 10:14 pm
Forum: Closed Policy Discussion
Topic: Bug abuse - is it ok and how much?
Replies: 16
Views: 3181

Bug abuse - is it ok and how much?

See title, I had thought that abusing non-round-ruining bugs was ok, but was noted for it when I did it today. In addition, it seems like there's a bunch of confusion on bug abuse.

Is bug abuse ok, and if so, how much?
by somerandomguy
Wed May 02, 2018 10:10 pm
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: Philosophy problem that genuinely keeps me up at night
Replies: 79
Views: 25429

Re: Philosophy problem that genuinely keeps me up at night

DemonFiren wrote:What kind of weird-ass government do you have that does not regulate public transportation?
Teleportation isn't public though. All it involves are two separate machines.
by somerandomguy
Wed May 02, 2018 9:34 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: circuit craigslist: post your cool stuff you made
Replies: 112
Views: 48747

Re: circuit craigslist: post your cool stuff you made

I bet the concept could somehow be adapted to (once you input the first part of the key) try to open the same door using *every* access, no ids required (based off of the existing plaintext attack) It would take an incredible amount of time to open even one door, assuming you could even design such...
by somerandomguy
Wed May 02, 2018 9:32 pm
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: Philosophy problem that genuinely keeps me up at night
Replies: 79
Views: 25429

Re: Philosophy problem that genuinely keeps me up at night

DemonFiren wrote:In that case it'll have to be approved by the government, won't it.
No? Air travel has to be partially run by the government because they don't want another 9/11, and that can't happen with this.
by somerandomguy
Wed May 02, 2018 7:55 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: circuit craigslist: post your cool stuff you made
Replies: 112
Views: 48747

Re: circuit craigslist: post your cool stuff you made

I bet the concept could somehow be adapted to (once you input the first part of the key) try to open the same door using *every* access, no ids required (based off of the existing plaintext attack)
by somerandomguy
Wed May 02, 2018 7:51 pm
Forum: Ideas
Topic: Skill books! Library and Trait Ideas.
Replies: 28
Views: 5648

Re: Skill books! Library and Trait Ideas.

Can't hack a door unless you're an engineer or have read the hacking book. Can't use chemistry unless you have read chemistry for dummies. Can't do genetics unless you read the cloning book. Can't do botany unless you read that little paper from jimbo or whatever that thing is. This seems like it w...