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by Mickyan
Tue Jun 13, 2023 3:49 pm
Forum: Ideas
Topic: Please give ideas for things in outfits
Replies: 58
Views: 22234

Re: Please give ideas for things in outfits

Last time I tried to add this the PR was unceremoniously closed after barely a day and I'm still a bit salty about it but at least it does mean I had a lot of time to think about this There are a few design points I aimed to abide by that I think are worth bringing up. For the most part these exist ...
by Mickyan
Sat Apr 29, 2023 12:36 am
Forum: Coding Feedback
Topic: I like the text-to-speech, What do you think?
Replies: 35
Views: 13423

Re: I like the text-to-speech, What do you think?

I find TTS to be immersion breaking and the oblivion-tier voice acting to be distracting and annoying, and that's my entirely subjective opinion What I really don't like is that there are several design issues with its implementation that seem to always be brushed aside: Why can you hear it through ...
by Mickyan
Fri Jan 13, 2023 4:22 pm
Forum: Closed Policy Discussion
Topic: Naming policy draft public perusal thread
Replies: 74
Views: 11410

Re: Naming policy draft public perusal thread

This is fine you're always going to get people who'd rather skirt the rules and then complain about being asked to change instead of just working within the limitations of the rules in the first place Although beside the point I agree that the ethereal (and plasmaman) naming conventions are severely...
by Mickyan
Mon Jan 02, 2023 4:56 pm
Forum: Coding Feedback
Topic: Text To Speech feedback
Replies: 22
Views: 3182

Re: Text To Speech feedback

I am genuinely sad that so much effort has been spent on this but making everyone sound like robots is a huge immersion downgrade from using your imagination It's largely agreed upon that bad voice acting is worse than no voice acting and it applies here I've always been of the opinion that TTS is d...
by Mickyan
Sun Aug 28, 2022 8:41 pm
Forum: Closed Policy Discussion
Topic: Rule 0 Re-write- Forcing players to have fun edition.
Replies: 18
Views: 3060

Re: Rule 0 Re-write- Forcing players to have fun edition.

The secret rule is a plausible escape clause for anyone that wants to not follow the rules, that's why it should never be officially in writing
by Mickyan
Tue Aug 23, 2022 2:44 pm
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: What scares you IRL
Replies: 59
Views: 21496

Re: What scares you IRL

Turtles

they bite hard
by Mickyan
Thu Aug 11, 2022 10:50 pm
Forum: Coding
Topic: On death and deadliness
Replies: 51
Views: 16078

Re: On death and deadliness

Our current random events are almost always major and station-wide, having localized but more frequent small events like a breaker tripping, a machine exploding or a hull piece breaking would go a long way in adding a layer of unpredictability and opportunities for mayhem We have something like this...
by Mickyan
Tue Aug 02, 2022 8:20 pm
Forum: Coding
Topic: On death and deadliness
Replies: 51
Views: 16078

Re: On death and deadliness

I dont necessarily disagree with the sentiment but consider this: there's a reason why most movies do not end with the main character getting run over by a bus on their way to fight the big bad boss Imagine you're having a great time, maybe you even survived an encounter with an antagonist! The stat...
by Mickyan
Thu Jul 14, 2022 3:55 pm
Forum: Roleplaying
Topic: Everyone on manual is so nice and accepting it gives me a fucking headache.
Replies: 96
Views: 44116

Re: Everyone on manual is so nice and accepting it gives me a fucking headache.

I don't think you're wrong but too often people complain that nothing is happening and that's because there's nobody willing to make things happen, get out there and be a menace But don't confuse starting a conflict with cheap griefing, walking in the bar and smashing all the glasses without saying ...
by Mickyan
Fri Apr 29, 2022 1:44 am
Forum: Closed Policy Discussion
Topic: Re-enable all access maintenance access
Replies: 43
Views: 7055

Re: Re-enable all access maintenance access

I would rather assistants didn't have maint access in the first place if it was an option but I don't like this either way Maintenance access drastically opens up the map, it provides protection from being stranded, excellent freedom of movement and places to hide in. As most jobs have maintenance a...
by Mickyan
Fri Mar 11, 2022 9:23 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Older players - what did you enjoy about playing on /tg/?
Replies: 239
Views: 80833

Re: Older players - what did you enjoy about playing on /tg/?

Back when I started playing /tg/ was a nice middle ground between goon's unbridled chaos and bay's text heavy roleplay, I can't comment if this is still accurate as I never felt the need to try other servers ever since
by Mickyan
Wed Feb 16, 2022 10:08 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: What's your, "God i wish /tg/ had this" moment
Replies: 87
Views: 19418

Re: What's your, "God i wish /tg/ had this" moment

Starting loadouts, not necessarily the same way is done on other servers
by Mickyan
Wed Jan 05, 2022 3:47 pm
Forum: Closed Policy Discussion
Topic: Families: Hold another vote
Replies: 86
Views: 11050

Re: Families: Hold another vote

From a brief search on manuel any substantive discussion on families only upticks after carsh makes his thread and very few people actually pinging goof to provide direct actionable feedback. If people aren't seeking out the coder of the gamemode to provide feedback that is useful (and by useful I ...
by Mickyan
Sun Dec 26, 2021 9:25 pm
Forum: Closed Policy Discussion
Topic: Families: Hold another vote
Replies: 86
Views: 11050

Re: Families: Hold another vote

Until families doesn't spit in the face of the beautiful work Inept and Co have done on the common core lore repo, the gamemode doesn't have a place on any server, let alone MRP. A)common core was not primarily written by inept b) it's only a guideline, and no developer is under the requirement to ...
by Mickyan
Sat Dec 18, 2021 10:34 pm
Forum: Closed Policy Discussion
Topic: Add the hard c word to the filter list
Replies: 38
Views: 5114

Re: Add the hard c word to the filter list

Bad bait unless oranges vows to immediately remove the numerous uses of the word cracker from the codebase
by Mickyan
Fri Dec 17, 2021 8:24 pm
Forum: Closed Policy Discussion
Topic: Utilizing soft filters for slurs (Slur Filter 2 Electric Boogaloo)
Replies: 72
Views: 14700

Re: Utilizing soft filters for slurs (Slur Filter 2 Electric Boogaloo)

I think the only practical difference is that we would be allowing people to get themselves banned (or otherwise play the admin lottery) by using slurs rather than stopping them from doing so in the first place which I'm not sure can be considered an improvement
by Mickyan
Sat Dec 11, 2021 11:53 pm
Forum: Ideas
Topic: Player-owned dorms
Replies: 35
Views: 4516

Re: Player-owned dorms

Put it on centcom, add a few room slots that can be loaded in, put in some facilities around it to use as tutorials or mess around so we can stop pretending that's what people use ghost roles for, let people respawn there when they die
by Mickyan
Tue Nov 30, 2021 6:14 pm
Forum: Coding Feedback
Topic: Allow operating computers to work with stasis beds again
Replies: 87
Views: 14479

Re: Allow operating computers to work with stasis beds again

Cobby wrote: Tue Nov 23, 2021 3:11 pm Stasis beds being a cure-all crutch is bad for the game.
This is an issue that needs to be addressed with proper tools for triage and stabilization instead of pretending stasis beds are a problem rather than a bandaid
by Mickyan
Sat Nov 13, 2021 8:43 pm
Forum: Site, Forums, And Wiki
Topic: Space Law: Rewritten
Replies: 42
Views: 11759

Re: Space Law: Rewritten

EoC is kind of a necessity to the flow of the round, security has no reason to expect an antagonist will just give up after being released and it's not the kind of meta-information you can ignore, even subconsciously However I think having clear guidelines that make a distinction between perma and e...
by Mickyan
Fri Nov 12, 2021 3:30 am
Forum: Site, Forums, And Wiki
Topic: Space Law: Rewritten
Replies: 42
Views: 11759

Re: Space Law: Rewritten

The short time limits on sentences has always felt pretty awkward to me because if security is doing their job correctly (searching, gathering evidence, retrieving stolen property, putting away their belonging etc.etc.) it's very likely the amount of time required to process a prisoner is going to t...
by Mickyan
Tue Nov 09, 2021 3:45 am
Forum: Player's Club
Topic: athath peanath
Replies: 75
Views: 9562

Re: athath peanath

Can you imagine admitting doing practice tryouts for your bug abusing like it's a normal thing and after so many repeated offences you're still only getting a 1 week ban and still trying to appeal it
by Mickyan
Sun Nov 07, 2021 12:48 pm
Forum: Ideas
Topic: Construction overhaul
Replies: 79
Views: 14550

Re: Construction overhaul

You can set the bonus based on the total submitted amount instead of current stock
by Mickyan
Sun Nov 07, 2021 12:47 am
Forum: Ideas
Topic: Construction overhaul
Replies: 79
Views: 14550

Re: Construction overhaul

In terms of resource acquisition it would probably help if the mining points payout was at least partially based on the amount of that specific material already in the silo so miners are encouraged to keep all materials equally stocked
by Mickyan
Sun Oct 24, 2021 1:10 am
Forum: Coding Feedback
Topic: Luxury shuttle in its current state is awful.
Replies: 29
Views: 6091

Re: Luxury shuttle in its current state is awful.

Why the fuck should we, in a game that is infamous for its interlocking systems and creativity have a shuttle that bottlenecks creativity so the only solution is "get money lmao"? This is a good way to put why I don't like any of the gimmick shuttles, you have a billion different ways to ...
by Mickyan
Mon Sep 20, 2021 12:07 pm
Forum: Ideas
Topic: Traitor item print gloves
Replies: 5
Views: 1507

Re: Traitor item print gloves

The detective scanner is already so unreliable and easy to counter it would suck big time if you had to second guess every print you find
by Mickyan
Sat Aug 28, 2021 8:33 pm
Forum: Player's Club
Topic: [OFFICIAL] headmin election 14 discussion megathread and peanut emporium (GONE WRONG)
Replies: 427
Views: 83358

Re: [OFFICIAL] headmin election 14 discussion megathread and peanut emporium (GONE WRONG)

There's a billion candidates but only a handful of them even care enough to post in debate threads in any meaningful manner, what a sad state of affairs

And that is why I am going to win
by Mickyan
Sat Aug 28, 2021 10:41 am
Forum: Coding Feedback
Topic: Okay seriously what's the point of the detective's revolver
Replies: 77
Views: 16517

Re: Okay seriously what's the point of the detective's revolver

Mostly for self defence since the detective is not supposed to be the one arresting people, which may just be frowned upon but if you start braining people to arrest them for petty crimes admins are definitely going to start noticing
by Mickyan
Fri Aug 27, 2021 9:33 pm
Forum: Archived/Deleted
Topic: How do you qualify a successful event?
Replies: 5
Views: 2736

How do you qualify a successful event?

Consider the situation: an admin makes an event with 10 participants. At the end, 5 people enjoyed the event while the other 5 hated it. Later, the admin repeats the event, complaints are made, but the admin keeps running the event, citing the people that enjoyed it Was this a good event? If not, wo...
by Mickyan
Mon Aug 16, 2021 9:52 pm
Forum: Coding Feedback
Topic: Crematorium needs a massive nerf
Replies: 20
Views: 4262

Re: Crematorium needs a massive nerf

The supermatter is a high security area, often closely monitored with a considerable danger for the user and possibly the reason why I've never heard of someone getting killed by being thrown into the SM unless they were trying to show off The crematorium is one maint door away and doors have never ...
by Mickyan
Sun Aug 15, 2021 9:20 pm
Forum: Coding Feedback
Topic: Crematorium needs a massive nerf
Replies: 20
Views: 4262

Re: Crematorium needs a massive nerf

The only time I've ever gotten mad about dying just due to the sheer lameness of it was when someone was camping near the chapel with a stun baton, grabbing people and throwing them into the crematorium before the stun could even wear off
by Mickyan
Mon Aug 09, 2021 1:01 am
Forum: Player's Club
Topic: !!MSO ran out of weed!! (The cooler August 2021 Drama Megathread)
Replies: 340
Views: 56939

Re: !!MSO ran out of weed!! (The cooler August 2021 Drama Megathread)

All feedback is important, not all feedback requires a reaction Beyond that, you can't please everyone The fact that server is still very popular and whenever someone tries to make a "tg station but only with the GOOD CHANGES" server it generally fails miserably seems like an objective ind...
by Mickyan
Thu Jul 22, 2021 11:53 pm
Forum: Closed Policy Discussion
Topic: Monastery shuttle. Is it a grief shuttle?
Replies: 22
Views: 3853

Re: Monastery shuttle. Is it a grief shuttle?

The jukebox is just a cursed lag machine
by Mickyan
Thu Jul 22, 2021 5:31 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Why Powergaming Exists
Replies: 41
Views: 5848

Re: Why Powergaming Exists

I'm just here to own the noobs
by Mickyan
Mon Jul 19, 2021 5:32 pm
Forum: Ideas
Topic: Delete common radio
Replies: 45
Views: 9255

Re: Delete common radio

more like someone handsome and sexy enough to convince us I know a few maintainers that were interested in it when it was discussed, obviously any big change is going to be controversial so the only way to settle it is to PR it and watch all the maintainers fight over it! Not much can be said that ...
by Mickyan
Mon Jul 19, 2021 4:44 pm
Forum: Ideas
Topic: Delete common radio
Replies: 45
Views: 9255

Re: Delete common radio

It's been discussed before we just need someone who's handsome and sexy enough to do it
cocothegogo wrote:this gets suggested every few years. remove your headset in game for a week then come back and see if your opinion changes
I tried it, my opinion hasn't changed
by Mickyan
Fri Jul 09, 2021 6:30 pm
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: best signatures
Replies: 71
Views: 11639

Re: best signatures

signature quotes are cool they show people that everyone loves you
by Mickyan
Tue Jun 29, 2021 6:49 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: this fact will shock you! [UNEXPECTED] [TW: NUMBERS]
Replies: 21
Views: 2847

Re: this fact will shock you! [UNEXPECTED] [TW: NUMBERS]

I am reasonably shocked by this fact
by Mickyan
Tue Jun 29, 2021 5:27 pm
Forum: Player's Club
Topic: Banned for reading open source code?
Replies: 332
Views: 48541

Re: Banned for reading open source code?

Can you please tell us how he was trying to ruin an event i think many in this thread have trouble seeing this, me included. The event was clearly designed to be a surprise Even though code diving already goes against the spirit of it nobody would have cared had he not started spoiling it for every...
by Mickyan
Tue Jun 29, 2021 12:13 pm
Forum: Player's Club
Topic: Banned for reading open source code?
Replies: 332
Views: 48541

Re: Banned for reading open source code?

People giving far too much credit to ATH as he's far more selective with his bug reports than you might think as can be observed by how often he's arguing on github whenever there's a PR to fix a bug he likes to abuse, and he will routinely keep exploting bugs even after reporting them I can't say i...
by Mickyan
Fri Jun 18, 2021 12:57 pm
Forum: Closed Policy Discussion
Topic: Kosher to loot the cryo room?
Replies: 15
Views: 2740

Re: Kosher to loot the cryo room?

It's a good example of why cryo pods dropping everything on the ground made them a pointless waste of space and I'll never use them for this reason but if you don't allow looting then you run into the metagaming problem of automatically assuming anyone who's looting is either an antag or breaking th...
by Mickyan
Sun Jun 13, 2021 2:11 pm
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: i got my covid shot
Replies: 20
Views: 3490

Re: i got my covid shot

I got the shot about two weeks ago unfortunately my wifi reception is still pretty bad so that's disappointing
by Mickyan
Wed Jun 09, 2021 10:18 pm
Forum: Resolved Appeals
Topic: [Owegno] Mickyan - Note appeal
Replies: 2
Views: 1202

Re: [Owegno] Mickyan - Note appeal

Understood, thank you!
by Mickyan
Wed Jun 09, 2021 12:05 pm
Forum: Resolved Appeals
Topic: [Owegno] Mickyan - Note appeal
Replies: 2
Views: 1202

[Owegno] Mickyan - Note appeal

BYOND account: Mickyan Character name: Swanni Ban type: Note Ban reason: Built a uranium block in departures. Didn't realize it irradiated the area. Should know better for the future. Time ban was placed: 2020/10/2 Server you were playing on when banned: Manuel Round ID in which ban was placed: 147...
by Mickyan
Mon Jun 07, 2021 8:53 pm
Forum: Closed Policy Discussion
Topic: Banish all nsfw writing and art from the library officially?
Replies: 136
Views: 22371

Re: Banish all nsfw writing and art from the library officially?

not worth our time to moderate or even code a solution to because it is not an issue change my mind by convincing me that it is an issue, as you have failed to do in your OP There's an argument to be made that giving players a free outlet for rule breaking material is a very bad idea for a variety ...
by Mickyan
Tue Jun 01, 2021 3:49 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: /tg/station 13 is dying.
Replies: 92
Views: 19393

Re: /tg/station 13 is dying.

I don't get it but imsxz is a knave and still owes me a video tutorial on how to kill people with kindness
by Mickyan
Tue May 18, 2021 12:35 pm
Forum: Coding Feedback
Topic: Shuttles are too easily vented
Replies: 11
Views: 2994

Re: Shuttles are too easily vented

Perhaps make the shuttle doors bolt upon entering hyperspace. Honestly, This should be done for every single space craft. I don't think we should go this far. I really like the idea of people getting shoved out of shuttles and such, and would hate to lose it There's only a few ways to round remove ...
by Mickyan
Sun May 16, 2021 9:00 pm
Forum: Coding
Topic: Code bounty: Printable Portraits
Replies: 11
Views: 3756

Re: Code bounty: Printable Portraits

For what it's worth there's already issues with portraits getting duped, as you can see on statbus. I know it can be done by moving a persistent painting to a different category but occasionally it seems like some paintings also get saved in the same category more than once, I do not know why. It wo...
by Mickyan
Sun May 16, 2021 7:58 pm
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: I didn't retire :(
Replies: 35
Views: 7343

Re: I didn't retire :(

#Freearmhulen2021
by Mickyan
Wed Apr 21, 2021 12:12 pm
Forum: Closed Policy Discussion
Topic: Assistant slots population scaling
Replies: 54
Views: 11368

Re: Assistant slots population scaling

My 2 cents is the root of this problem is assistant is far too desirable and versatile for what's meant to be a beginner role and the proper way to fix this problem would be to lower that desirability until experienced people move on and naturally spread to more specialized roles. You have freedom, ...