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by Tornadium
Sat Jul 09, 2016 2:56 am
Forum: Closed Policy Discussion
Topic: Lethal Escalation Against Security
Replies: 42
Views: 11974

Lethal Escalation Against Security

So I just wanted to check what is the current policy on this. Just encountered an issue in a round where admins gave a player the go ahead to murder security and welder bomb the brig because their contraband was confiscated. Is this a thing now? I was under the impression that lethal force required ...
by Tornadium
Fri Jul 08, 2016 1:42 am
Forum: Closed Policy Discussion
Topic: Basil rule enforcement and High RP Enforcement.
Replies: 59
Views: 13988

Re: Basil rule enforcement and High RP Enforcement.

The sperg certainly demonstrates that the community there considers itself to be serious high rp. It really is just shitty hugbox ooc bitching though.
by Tornadium
Wed Jul 06, 2016 12:13 pm
Forum: Closed Policy Discussion
Topic: Basil rule enforcement and High RP Enforcement.
Replies: 59
Views: 13988

Re: Basil rule enforcement and High RP Enforcement.

I dont know what to tell you man. A shitload of people manage playing there just fine and enjoy it. Why does everyone keep saying this like it's relevant. If you operate two different servers you need to clearly define the differences in the policies and rulesets. People playing on the server need ...
by Tornadium
Wed Jul 06, 2016 2:21 am
Forum: Closed Policy Discussion
Topic: Basil rule enforcement and High RP Enforcement.
Replies: 59
Views: 13988

Re: Basil rule enforcement and High RP Enforcement.

There is a rather large difference between wanting everything set in stone and wanting to be informed about the rules of the playing environment. If any kind of playstyle is enforced by rules then they need to be communicated clearly to the players. Inb4 want to toe the line. Again there is a differ...
by Tornadium
Wed Jul 06, 2016 1:54 am
Forum: Closed Policy Discussion
Topic: Basil rule enforcement and High RP Enforcement.
Replies: 59
Views: 13988

Re: Basil rule enforcement and High RP Enforcement.

Our rules are the same, but generally enforced more to encourage a higher roleplay standard. I haven't heard anything about high roleplay, but basil strives for a medium roleplay standard but equals around low and above. That's incredibly vague. How can you "enforce more", you enforce whe...
by Tornadium
Wed Jul 06, 2016 1:41 am
Forum: Closed Policy Discussion
Topic: Basil rule enforcement and High RP Enforcement.
Replies: 59
Views: 13988

Re: Basil rule enforcement and High RP Enforcement.

Bawhoppennn wrote:Kor literally said yes
I didn't see that,

In which case I would like confirmation of that along with the current basil ruleset and policy list.
by Tornadium
Wed Jul 06, 2016 1:37 am
Forum: Closed Policy Discussion
Topic: Basil rule enforcement and High RP Enforcement.
Replies: 59
Views: 13988

Basil rule enforcement and High RP Enforcement.

So since I asked Kor in OOC chat like 20 times but didn't really get a clear response other than "Durrr don't play there" from some random pubbies. Is Basil based on it's own unique ruleset and is High RP admin enforceable on Basil. The current rules state nothing about this and a clarific...
by Tornadium
Tue Jul 05, 2016 6:23 pm
Forum: Closed Policy Discussion
Topic: Lavaland roles and their rules.
Replies: 24
Views: 5108

Re: Lavaland roles and their rules.

Zilenan91 wrote:Things happen and they need to git gud
It's extremely hard to react in a situation where they look like security and have access. Especially when you're already trying to deal with other shit and don't have 0.5 ping retard.

Git Gud isn't the answer to shitty game concepts faggot.
by Tornadium
Tue Jul 05, 2016 6:18 pm
Forum: Closed Policy Discussion
Topic: Lavaland roles and their rules.
Replies: 24
Views: 5108

Re: Lavaland roles and their rules.

prisoners tho The last prisoner I had an issue with was one of them murdering a chaplain in self-defense. 99% of the time, prisoners are a great mid-round additional security team that rarely cause problems. Two days ago the entirety of sec was murdered by the prisoner squad while they were busy de...
by Tornadium
Tue Jul 05, 2016 2:51 pm
Forum: Successful Complaints
Topic: [Hornygranny] Silently deadminned
Replies: 64
Views: 19593

Re: [Hornygranny] Silently deadminned

paprika wrote:Just a shitty admin
Many would argue otherwise.

Go take your medicine and come back when you can act like a reasonable human being.
by Tornadium
Mon Jul 04, 2016 11:30 pm
Forum: Resolved Appeals
Topic: [HBL] Banned for not pleasing admins
Replies: 41
Views: 9718

Re: [HBL] Banned for not pleasing admins

Kor at the end of the day you dont want to actually improve the quality of the playerbase on the server you just want people to like you and your whole attitude and process in this thread is proof of that. I'm here because that kind of shit drove me up the fucking wall, and still does. Like look: H...
by Tornadium
Mon Jul 04, 2016 10:52 pm
Forum: Ideas
Topic: Make paranoia great again
Replies: 33
Views: 9720

Re: Make paranoia great again

The only way paranoia will mean anything is if we do a 180 reverse in the development directiom and make death something to fear again.

The number of antags spawned as well as ghost roles makes death a nonfactor.
by Tornadium
Mon Jul 04, 2016 10:47 pm
Forum: Ideas
Topic: Shit son let's go spelunking
Replies: 23
Views: 5429

Re: Shit son let's go spelunking

InsaneHyena wrote:Have you considered gitting gud?
If by that you mean moving to the building the server is housed in, then yes.

Didn't seem worth it.
by Tornadium
Mon Jul 04, 2016 9:23 pm
Forum: Ideas
Topic: Shit son let's go spelunking
Replies: 23
Views: 5429

Re: Shit son let's go spelunking

So how do we solve this? I know I'm just going to get shouted down with memes but I'm genuinely interested in trying to figure out a way to keep lavaland relevant but nerf its capability to completely fuck with a round. Example : Three prisoners walk into the brig with 1911s without any warning and ...
by Tornadium
Mon Jul 04, 2016 8:22 pm
Forum: Coding Feedback
Topic: Tele-Gulag
Replies: 67
Views: 15829

Re: Tele-Gulag

This is great, especially for dealing with round start shitlers breaking the brig windows in the first 30 seconds.
by Tornadium
Mon Jul 04, 2016 8:19 pm
Forum: Ideas
Topic: Shit son let's go spelunking
Replies: 23
Views: 5429

Re: Shit son let's go spelunking

I think the point is lavaland is entirely too successful. It takes too much away from the round and can have a major negative impact.

Dont get me wrong I think in terms of its core design lavaland is great but kinda sick of the 12 miner thing.
by Tornadium
Mon Jul 04, 2016 5:46 pm
Forum: Resolved Appeals
Topic: [HBL] Banned for not pleasing admins
Replies: 41
Views: 9718

Re: [HBL] Banned for not pleasing admins

I think that's an omen about how badly you're derailing this with your need to Stand Up For The Little Guy and Protect The People and Stop Admin Corruption and all those other super noble things, Kor. Those are goals that basically the entire admin team share, you know. Maybe you should consider th...
by Tornadium
Mon Jul 04, 2016 10:20 am
Forum: Successful Complaints
Topic: [Hornygranny] Silently deadminned
Replies: 64
Views: 19593

Re: [Hornygranny] Silently deadminned

You don't hire high functioning autistic people just because they're good at math if they can't do the rest of the job which is working well with their peers because they're socially retarded and think everyone is out to get them and it makes them 'uncomfortable' It's a volunteer job, why do we hol...
by Tornadium
Mon Jul 04, 2016 10:17 am
Forum: Ideas
Topic: [POLL]Is it worth the time/effort to enforce a sci fi theme?
Replies: 67
Views: 16927

Re: [POLL]Is it worth the time/effort to enforce a sci fi th

I came here to talk about themes but do people seriously still think even in 2016 that bay is some ultra-hardcore uber-RP server? they literally are only slightly more RP than us they are still extremely wacky and funkly holy shit people its not hard to understand also its a big universe thats why ...
by Tornadium
Mon Jul 04, 2016 10:14 am
Forum: Successful Complaints
Topic: [Hornygranny] Silently deadminned
Replies: 64
Views: 19593

Re: [Hornygranny] Silently deadminned

They have a single requirement, which is to be in irc, it is not onerous or difficult to achieve. The only requirements should be conduct and judgement. BGO and PAS are some of the better admins in my opinion, in both respects. Silently getting rid of "good" admins because they didn't loi...
by Tornadium
Mon Jul 04, 2016 2:12 am
Forum: Successful Complaints
Topic: [Hornygranny] Silently deadminned
Replies: 64
Views: 19593

Re: [Hornygranny] Silently deadminned

requiring people to be in the admin irc channel when they are adminning is not a really the same as treating adminning as a "professional job" You might be missing the point entirely here. No one is saying admining should be a professional job, I just think it's extremely odd that you wan...
by Tornadium
Mon Jul 04, 2016 12:27 am
Forum: Successful Complaints
Topic: [Hornygranny] Silently deadminned
Replies: 64
Views: 19593

Re: [Hornygranny] Silently deadminned

It's almost like. This is a video game. And not real life. I fail to see the relevance of this statement. If this is a video game why is something as trivial as adminbus loitering being used as a metric for admin standards? Dunno just seems incredibly hypocritical to wash hands of any need for admi...
by Tornadium
Sun Jul 03, 2016 9:44 pm
Forum: Successful Complaints
Topic: [Hornygranny] Silently deadminned
Replies: 64
Views: 19593

Re: [Hornygranny] Silently deadminned

Why are you treating this as if it's a professional job if you continually remark with regard to bans that being an admin is not a job and they shouldn't have to upload a certain level of conduct. I honestly don't understand this. So admins can do whatever they want with regards to their conduct tow...
by Tornadium
Sun Jul 03, 2016 2:49 pm
Forum: Successful Complaints
Topic: [Hornygranny] Silently deadminned
Replies: 64
Views: 19593

Re: [Hornygranny] Silently deadminned

Can i reserve tickets for AdminBus 2016 : The Civil War?
by Tornadium
Sun Jul 03, 2016 12:47 am
Forum: Resolved Appeals
Topic: [HBL] Banned for not pleasing admins
Replies: 41
Views: 9718

Re: [HBL] Banned for not pleasing admins

Players have never been under any expectation to gravel and profusely apologize or even be nice to admins. And while you may be reading it as a bad faith statement, and interpret it as "I'm not breaking any rules :^)^)^)^)" I don't see it that way. Nor do I like that this entire ban basic...
by Tornadium
Thu Jun 30, 2016 4:30 pm
Forum: Coding Feedback
Topic: Positivity thread
Replies: 15
Views: 2966

Re: Positivity thread

Too many threads in feedback are complaining about shit - sometimes rightfully, sometimes not so. Here we discuss positive changes that coderbus brought to us! I'll start. Chameleon kit, ported from Bay by goofball, is godly. Voicechanger gas mask was too easily meta'd, and I'm having fun playing d...
by Tornadium
Thu Jun 30, 2016 2:28 pm
Forum: Ideas
Topic: [POLL]Is it worth the time/effort to enforce a sci fi theme?
Replies: 67
Views: 16927

Re: [POLL]Is it worth the time/effort to enforce a sci fi th

I actually really enjoy the bay design methodology and direction.

It's a pity the administration and player policy killed it.
by Tornadium
Thu Jun 30, 2016 10:28 am
Forum: Ideas
Topic: Make gangs great again
Replies: 41
Views: 9423

Re: Make gangs great again

The reason no one goes for the dominators anymore is because a good gang will position it somewhere behind countless R-Walls and disposal bins, lube the entrances and have a mech to block.
by Tornadium
Wed Jun 29, 2016 10:25 pm
Forum: Ideas
Topic: [POLL]Is it worth the time/effort to enforce a sci fi theme?
Replies: 67
Views: 16927

Re: [POLL]Is it worth the time/effort to enforce a sci fi th

I would argue that Lavaland needs toned down heavily, major theme overhaul and complete cut of the antag spawn roles.
by Tornadium
Wed Jun 29, 2016 11:52 am
Forum: Closed Complaints
Topic: [Isratosh]Antag Favoritism, Badminery
Replies: 28
Views: 6417

Re: [Isratosh]Antag Favoritism, Badminery

Either make team antagonists take 100% priority over everything else or remove the ability to convert lone antags.

Situations like this are cancerous.
by Tornadium
Wed Jun 29, 2016 9:19 am
Forum: Coding Feedback
Topic: Science is no longer balanced to roundtimes.
Replies: 49
Views: 12232

Re: Science is no longer balanced to roundtimes.

The round length seems to be tied directly to the game mode (at least from my observations) : -Nuke/TratiorLing/Wizard are all incredibly short and over quickly. -Both cult variants and gang variants can either be a short blitz or take 40-50 minutes easily. Blob is blob so fuck that. -Rev tends to b...
by Tornadium
Mon Jun 27, 2016 8:49 pm
Forum: Ideas
Topic: [POLL]Is it worth the time/effort to enforce a sci fi theme?
Replies: 67
Views: 16927

Re: Is it worth the time/effort to enforce a sci fi theme?

Can we have a new job slot for explorers or some shit and separate mining and lavaland?

Seriously, no fucker ever mines now.
by Tornadium
Sun Jun 26, 2016 4:17 pm
Forum: Resolved Appeals
Topic: [Bob Dobbington] darwin wins, flawless victory
Replies: 36
Views: 7144

Re: [Bob Dobbington] darwin wins, flawless victory

Wait I'm confused,

Can I get day banned if I for example break a window that leads to like 6 people dying from electrocution or suffocation?
by Tornadium
Fri Jun 24, 2016 10:56 pm
Forum: Ideas
Topic: More bad ideas to integrate the station with lavaland
Replies: 62
Views: 15817

Re: More bad ideas to integrate the station with lavaland

>hit someone with a harmbaton >they die >exile someone to lavaland >they die wowww actually if you just kill them on station they might get cloned afterwards whereas if they die on lavaland they're gone for good so exiling can be thought to be even worse this is exactly what I mean when I say there...
by Tornadium
Fri Jun 24, 2016 10:36 pm
Forum: Ideas
Topic: More bad ideas to integrate the station with lavaland
Replies: 62
Views: 15817

Re: More bad ideas to integrate the station with lavaland

The thing about the permabrig is that when an officer permas or gulags the clown for no reason (or any other of the infinite range of extenuating circumstances) crop up, the HoS can go in and release him. With drop pods they're just... gone. Which is fine and dandy if they deserve it, but since exi...
by Tornadium
Fri Jun 24, 2016 8:45 am
Forum: Closed Policy Discussion
Topic: Station damage FNR
Replies: 83
Views: 19735

Re: Station damage FNR

Dope i get my own step in the flow chart.
by Tornadium
Fri Jun 24, 2016 4:57 am
Forum: Ideas
Topic: More bad ideas to integrate the station with lavaland
Replies: 62
Views: 15817

Re: More bad ideas to integrate the station with lavaland

Lavaland should stay as far away from security as possible. Yeah sure let me just go exile that fucker to lavaland so he can go have fun collecting fun antag level gear. Get real Kor, exile is supposed to be a fucking punishment not what half the station runs to the HoP to get access to at round sta...
by Tornadium
Thu Jun 16, 2016 11:49 pm
Forum: Coding Feedback
Topic: Holoparasite Reviews **UPDATED :)***
Replies: 65
Views: 16172

Re: Holoparasite Reviews **UPDATED :)***

Doesn't sound too strong if you killed six of them. The only time I find them vaguely threatening anymore is a chaos one on the shuttle. I killed six of them mostly through sheer luck and lag. If you have even a remotely robust player with a chaos holo who has half of his brain still functioning th...
by Tornadium
Thu Jun 16, 2016 9:29 pm
Forum: Coding Feedback
Topic: Holoparasite Reviews **UPDATED :)***
Replies: 65
Views: 16172

Re: Holoparasite Reviews **UPDATED :)***

Can we fucking remove these already or at least make them 20/20 TCs.

Wayyy too strong, wayyyy too cheap. I had to kill 6 fucking parasites in one round, that is infuriatingly annoying to deal with.
by Tornadium
Tue Jun 14, 2016 8:23 pm
Forum: Ideas
Topic: Remove Lavaland Morph
Replies: 25
Views: 4657

Re: Remove Lavaland Morph

Armhulen wrote:This thread is a thin veiled "remove morph" thread

Am I right?
No, I don't mind morph.

It's a "Lavaland is fucking dumb and you shouldn't be able to farm antag status and be able to cripple security in under 10 minutes.
by Tornadium
Tue Jun 14, 2016 5:32 am
Forum: Ideas
Topic: Remove Lavaland Morph
Replies: 25
Views: 4657

Re: Remove Lavaland Morph

Tornadium wrote:
Pretty sure it falls under the "don't fortify the armory at round start" rule.
by Tornadium
Tue Jun 14, 2016 5:08 am
Forum: Ideas
Topic: Remove Lavaland Morph
Replies: 25
Views: 4657

Re: Remove Lavaland Morph

Zilenan91 wrote:No admins is gonna do anything to you for welding the scrubber if morphs have been invading the armory every round
Pretty sure it falls under the "don't fortify the armory at round start" rule.
by Tornadium
Tue Jun 14, 2016 5:04 am
Forum: Ideas
Topic: Remove Lavaland Morph
Replies: 25
Views: 4657

Re: Remove Lavaland Morph

Zilenan91 wrote:just git gud and weld the armory scrubber dude. There's a toolbox in there.
Metagaming.
by Tornadium
Tue Jun 14, 2016 4:46 am
Forum: Ideas
Topic: Remove Lavaland Morph
Replies: 25
Views: 4657

Re: Remove Lavaland Morph

Being able to get Antag status consistently and get into the armory and eat the entire armory in 10 minutes is fucking retarded. > Consistently Once again, Tornadium talks about things he has no clue about. Git gud. It has happened 8 times in the last two weeks in rounds where I have been playing. ...
by Tornadium
Tue Jun 14, 2016 3:30 am
Forum: Ideas
Topic: Remove Lavaland Morph
Replies: 25
Views: 4657

Remove Lavaland Morph

Being able to get Antag status consistently and get into the armory and eat the entire armory in 10 minutes is fucking retarded.
by Tornadium
Mon Jun 13, 2016 9:59 pm
Forum: Closed Complaints
Topic: [Sawucalls] Political censorship over OOC, muting
Replies: 22
Views: 5500

Re: [Sawucalls] Political censorship over OOC, muting

You really call that offensive?

Christ. TRIGGER WARNING
by Tornadium
Mon Jun 13, 2016 6:12 pm
Forum: Successful Complaints
Topic: [Sawucall] OOC overmoderation, threatening admin retribution
Replies: 18
Views: 5885

Re: [Sawu] OOC overmoderation, threatening admin retribution

Sorry to burst your bubble Sawu, Legitimate criticism of a violent, intolerant and backwards religion not spreading hateful bullshit. Saying that we should start purging and attacking muslims in the US is spreading hateful bullshit, legitimate critique and discussion about how islam does not mesh wi...
by Tornadium
Sat Jun 11, 2016 11:16 pm
Forum: Successful Complaints
Topic: [HBL]- Spawning Perma Prisoners tools
Replies: 20
Views: 5294

Re: [HBL]- Spawning Perma Prisoners tools

I would like to know how I was the asshole though.
by Tornadium
Sat Jun 11, 2016 10:59 pm
Forum: Successful Complaints
Topic: [HBL]- Spawning Perma Prisoners tools
Replies: 20
Views: 5294

Re: [HBL]- Spawning Perma Prisoners tools

>it's fine and not in any way being a dick if I lock someone in a room they can never call for help in or get out of on their own and if they ghost out they can't do any ghost roles at all and you know this nope not metagaming fuck the admins for trying to stop you from doing this The only person I...
by Tornadium
Sat Jun 11, 2016 10:48 pm
Forum: Successful Complaints
Topic: [HBL]- Spawning Perma Prisoners tools
Replies: 20
Views: 5294

Re: [HBL]- Spawning Perma Prisoners tools

If you legit believe that then you are an idiot

If you are trying to make some shitty point see above.

No one mentioned anything like that.