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by TehSteveo
Thu Mar 02, 2017 11:53 am
Forum: Coding Feedback
Topic: War ops is entirely pointless when shotguns exist
Replies: 58
Views: 11463

Re: War ops is entirely pointless when shotguns exist

Nerfing the damage on the pellets isn't bad. Just not over nerfing to where it's back to just getting slugs as buckshot isn't worth it. It should be somewhere in the realm that buck shot is good, but slugs are also more useful again.
by TehSteveo
Tue Feb 28, 2017 11:55 pm
Forum: Closed Policy Discussion
Topic: Drone laws
Replies: 119
Views: 27320

Re: Drone laws

Apologies. As I have a migraine so my comprehension isn't the best at the moment. Still after getting these drone law debates we're not going to change drone laws to allow drones to play with a camera to interact with shit. It's another case of IGNORE IT if you want to play drone. By the way a chang...
by TehSteveo
Tue Feb 28, 2017 11:44 pm
Forum: Closed Policy Discussion
Topic: Drone laws
Replies: 119
Views: 27320

Re: Drone laws

Why is it that drone laws are always confusing for people? The OP's version of drone laws are incorrect and interruption is incorrect. Default drone laws: "1. You may not involve yourself in the matters of another being, even if such matters conflict with Law Two or Law Three, unless the other ...
by TehSteveo
Mon Feb 27, 2017 11:59 pm
Forum: Coding Feedback
Topic: Remove the singularity in favour of the supermatter
Replies: 235
Views: 51053

Re: Remove the singularity in favour of the supermatter

Give atmospheric technicians access to engine 2017 so they can hold the baby engineers hands.
by TehSteveo
Sun Feb 26, 2017 9:07 pm
Forum: Successful Complaints
Topic: [Cobby,Cedarbridge] Poor understanding of escalation
Replies: 14
Views: 7039

Re: [Cobby,Cedarbridge] Poor understanding of escalation

Well, this is pretty much resolved.
by TehSteveo
Sat Feb 25, 2017 9:49 am
Forum: Successful Complaints
Topic: [Cobby,Cedarbridge] Poor understanding of escalation
Replies: 14
Views: 7039

Re: [Cedarbridge] Poor understanding of escalation

sounds to me like cedar may have been mislead by cobby's use of the IC Issue button? hard to give full blame to them in that case but i might be misreading something here That's pretty much what my posts said in regards to this as a trial is expected to make errors; gameadmins are meant to help and...
by TehSteveo
Sat Feb 25, 2017 2:56 am
Forum: Successful Complaints
Topic: [Cobby,Cedarbridge] Poor understanding of escalation
Replies: 14
Views: 7039

Re: [Cedarbridge] Poor understanding of escalation

I have given the offending player a note and a message that will appear upon the next time they log into the server. My response to this thread should be enough to say that it wasn't handled correctly, that it should have been looked into further, and the admins on at the time should have discussed ...
by TehSteveo
Sat Feb 25, 2017 2:27 am
Forum: Successful Complaints
Topic: [Cobby,Cedarbridge] Poor understanding of escalation
Replies: 14
Views: 7039

Re: [Cedarbridge] Poor understanding of escalation

Thing is Cobby, you kinda set the precedent for the Cedarbridge not to pursue it by intervening then saying you're going to leave it as he was being cloned. Cedar then looks at the logs and decides that it was valid due gouty starting the fight; which was not corrected by any the senior admins onlin...
by TehSteveo
Sat Feb 25, 2017 12:48 am
Forum: Successful Complaints
Topic: [Cobby,Cedarbridge] Poor understanding of escalation
Replies: 14
Views: 7039

Re: [Cedarbridge] Poor understanding of escalation

It could at least warrant a talking to the party for jumping straight to murder and explain escalation in that they shouldn't went straight to killing but rather disarmed back; with a possible note of the situation and explanation they were talked with. Ban isn't necessarily needed due to security a...
by TehSteveo
Fri Feb 24, 2017 7:16 pm
Forum: Spriting and Mapping
Topic: The Female Body
Replies: 203
Views: 56806

Re: The Female Body

imblyings wrote:how badly would the game crash if all clothes were removed, then have clothes be re-added in chunks
While I wouldn't care much; I know a lot people are attached to the different clothing. They'll panic.
by TehSteveo
Sat Feb 18, 2017 2:47 am
Forum: Closed Policy Discussion
Topic: Extending bans because someone appealed your ban
Replies: 68
Views: 16976

Re: Extending bans because someone appealed your ban

Extending bans due to appeals does set a bad precedent; which is why I lifted Oldman's ban early due to the extension. I made clear when I responded that it didn't mean they were right; just that the extension wasn't the greatest. As far as extension to bans when someone appeals; they should relativ...
by TehSteveo
Sat Feb 18, 2017 2:37 am
Forum: Resolved Appeals
Topic: [excessiveuseofcobby] - basilman - assistant ban
Replies: 4
Views: 1277

Re: [excessiveuseofcobby] - basilman - assistant ban

To be fair; this was a dayban so it really did not need a headmin to intervene upon. I will add that taking the armory as a non-antagonist is a grey area. Sure, you can do it but all it results in you taking a punishment. Using the weapons as a non-antagonist without a good reason will generally res...
by TehSteveo
Tue Feb 14, 2017 7:58 pm
Forum: Closed Policy Discussion
Topic: How does one become an admim?
Replies: 109
Views: 22930

Re: How does one become an admim?

Kind of a siderail, but why are EUmins/non-US mins so rare as to be worth noting as being particularly desired? From what I've seen from chatting to people the servers have a decent EU playerbase, and laws of statistics would dictate that atleast some of these people are un-shit enough to get trial...
by TehSteveo
Tue Feb 14, 2017 4:48 am
Forum: Former Admins
Topic: [No longer an admin]Dannno
Replies: 107
Views: 25858

Re: Dannno

This will be interesting. Also in before complaints about sprites.
by TehSteveo
Tue Feb 14, 2017 4:32 am
Forum: Former Admins
Topic: [No Longer Admin] Cedarbridge
Replies: 79
Views: 29650

Re: Cedarbridge

They had a thread from a long time ago.
by TehSteveo
Tue Feb 14, 2017 4:30 am
Forum: Former Admins
Topic: [No Longer Admin] Ausops
Replies: 135
Views: 37826

Re: Ausops

Can never be freeeee.
by TehSteveo
Tue Feb 14, 2017 4:26 am
Forum: Admin Feedback
Topic: Shaps
Replies: 112
Views: 53724

Re: Shaps

Shaps is back.
by TehSteveo
Tue Feb 14, 2017 4:24 am
Forum: Auditorium
Topic: Admin Staffing Log
Replies: 1199
Views: 838511

Re: Admin Staffing Log

Upon suggestion of the Admintrainers both Cedarbridge and Dannno have been added to the .txt as trialmins.
by TehSteveo
Mon Feb 13, 2017 3:22 am
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Gender reassignment gone?
Replies: 135
Views: 35006

Re: Gender reassignment gone?

Anyone hear that buzzing sound? Sounds like a dumb bee.
by TehSteveo
Mon Feb 13, 2017 3:12 am
Forum: Closed Policy Discussion
Topic: How does one become an admim?
Replies: 109
Views: 22930

Re: How does one become an admim?

Exactly, turn them away for negative history and so on, not just because they dared to ask. I guess that hearing an admin trainer literally say "a player asking for admin unprovoked is usually a red flag" really grinds my gears Because most people who ask have negative history or no histo...
by TehSteveo
Sun Feb 12, 2017 11:18 pm
Forum: Closed Policy Discussion
Topic: How does one become an admim?
Replies: 109
Views: 22930

Re: How does one become an admim?

>it's a volunteer job but if you volunteer that's a red flag What's the logic behind this? Kind of like filling out an application to volunteer for most anything in life. I guess logic for that is dumb too as they can deny application based upon negative history, lack of experience, or other circum...
by TehSteveo
Sun Feb 12, 2017 4:04 am
Forum: Closed Policy Discussion
Topic: Admins intervening against antags
Replies: 17
Views: 4648

Re: Admins intervening against antags

I'm locking this as everything that's been said has been said in terms of policy. Everything being discussed is either going on about the admin's actions or the fact that the rules are not going to be changed to make greentext protected from intervention. If Reondin wants to make an admin complaint ...
by TehSteveo
Sun Feb 12, 2017 3:40 am
Forum: Closed Policy Discussion
Topic: Admins intervening against antags
Replies: 17
Views: 4648

Re: Admins intervening against antags

Smells like an admin complaint. Is this an admin complaint in policy discussion? As I can already tell you nobody is going to change rules to make people's greentext sacred.
by TehSteveo
Sun Feb 12, 2017 12:43 am
Forum: Closed Complaints
Topic: [mimicfaux] "Distasteful station name"
Replies: 17
Views: 3317

Re: [mimicfaux] "Distasteful station name"

Well, being as nothing more came of this I'm closing this. :honkman:
by TehSteveo
Sat Feb 11, 2017 12:21 am
Forum: Closed Complaints
Topic: [mimicfaux] "Distasteful station name"
Replies: 17
Views: 3317

Re: [mimicfaux] "Distasteful station name"

1. You were not banned nor was this noted. It was left as an admin message which is something left for you to see once. Not sure if he meant to leave a note or not but the end result is there is no note. 2. Renaming the station to something dumb generally isn't noteworthy unless someone is trying to...
by TehSteveo
Wed Feb 08, 2017 12:16 am
Forum: Town Hall
Topic: Trialmin Review: SomeTinyPrick
Replies: 13
Views: 4233

Trialmin Review: SomeTinyPrick

It's been two months since STP was brought back to the team. So, TG how did they do?
by TehSteveo
Tue Feb 07, 2017 3:51 pm
Forum: Closed Complaints
Topic: [kevinz000] failure to communicate
Replies: 3
Views: 1389

Re: [kevinz000] failure to communicate

Both parties are pretty bad at communication here in all honestly. I'll probably talk with Kevinz about communication and tunnel vision on a specific issue, but the vague answers and accusations from Icepacks don't help matters either. Other than that, seeing the appeal got resolved there isn't much...
by TehSteveo
Sun Feb 05, 2017 8:19 pm
Forum: Resolved Appeals
Topic: [SWKittens] Ignoring precedent and circumstance for dayban
Replies: 12
Views: 3653

Re: [SWKittens] Ignoring precedent and circumstance for dayb

So I reviewed the logs relevant to this and frankly ForcefulCJS is in the wrong. The miner who launched the shuttle did give warning and when looking at logs the shuttle was launched within the timeframe of when the warning was given. Obviously, both you and the second miner failed to see the warnin...
by TehSteveo
Thu Feb 02, 2017 3:17 am
Forum: Town Hall
Topic: Ban Requests has been closed
Replies: 97
Views: 27705

Re: Ban Requests has been closed

I think a "tidy up" happened, I was in adminbus and admin forum for awhile now, even after i've gone AWOL. But now I seemed to be removed. Also Qbopper, the thing is these days trail mins are treated as if they are already full admins. I can remember when trails couldn't actively trial if...
by TehSteveo
Wed Feb 01, 2017 5:40 am
Forum: Closed Policy Discussion
Topic: MFW its 2017 and admins are still awful at sillicon policy
Replies: 111
Views: 23823

Re: MFW its 2017 and admins are still awful at sillicon poli

That's the order in the wiki, that's where I got it from. As per cedar, I had assumed that since station equipment was higher up in priority, it was considered more expensive than crew. I was wrong, since I based my assumptions off the wiki (and a discussion that I saw in another server) Wiki is aw...
by TehSteveo
Wed Feb 01, 2017 5:27 am
Forum: Auditorium
Topic: Admin Staffing Log
Replies: 1199
Views: 838511

Re: Admin Staffing Log

PKPenguin321 and Owegno have been promoted to Admintrainer.
by TehSteveo
Wed Feb 01, 2017 5:23 am
Forum: Closed Policy Discussion
Topic: MFW its 2017 and admins are still awful at sillicon policy
Replies: 111
Views: 23823

Re: MFW its 2017 and admins are still awful at sillicon poli

That's the order in the wiki, that's where I got it from. As per cedar, I had assumed that since station equipment was higher up in priority, it was considered more expensive than crew. I was wrong, since I based my assumptions off the wiki (and a discussion that I saw in another server) Wiki is aw...
by TehSteveo
Wed Feb 01, 2017 5:14 am
Forum: Closed Policy Discussion
Topic: MFW its 2017 and admins are still awful at sillicon policy
Replies: 111
Views: 23823

Re: MFW its 2017 and admins are still awful at sillicon poli

Law 1: You are expensive to replace. Law 2: The station and its equipment is expensive to replace. Law 3: The crew is expensive to replace. Law 4: Minimize expenses Look at the order of laws. If you had read the silicon policy then you'd understand the ones higher up get more priority. Unless they ...
by TehSteveo
Tue Jan 31, 2017 9:40 pm
Forum: Closed Policy Discussion
Topic: Admin events caused by deadchat/bored player demands
Replies: 57
Views: 11593

Re: Admin events caused by deadchat/bored player demands

I want my salt and a natural round end from my effective sec gameplay, not a low effort admin event because of ADHD dead players that don't understand dying is part of the game and next time don't die. Then git gud and end the round instead of making half the server sit through an hour-long round w...
by TehSteveo
Tue Jan 31, 2017 5:23 am
Forum: Former Admins
Topic: [No Longer Admin] Exalted12
Replies: 15
Views: 4958

Re: Exalted12

Has been resurrected as a trialadmin; so bump.
by TehSteveo
Tue Jan 31, 2017 5:22 am
Forum: Auditorium
Topic: Admin Staffing Log
Replies: 1199
Views: 838511

Re: Admin Staffing Log

Exalted12 has been brought back to the team as a trialmin.

Duncdar as decided to step down from the team. They are welcomed to come back in the future once more.
by TehSteveo
Tue Jan 31, 2017 5:20 am
Forum: Closed Complaints
Topic: [Atlanta-ned, ExcessiveUseOfCobby]Spawning a Killer Shuttle
Replies: 12
Views: 2561

Re: [Atlanta-ned, ExcessiveUseOfCobby]Spawning a Killer Shut

Honestly, I don't find this really actionable for what occurred as a round was floundering on and the admin got permission from the last antagonist. Buttons were pushed and likely most people didn't mind it. Yes, getting killed by a gimmick shuttle sucks but curtailing admins from trying to run occa...
by TehSteveo
Tue Jan 31, 2017 1:47 am
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Dominance Of NTR Hut
Replies: 40
Views: 8890

Re: Dominance Of NTR Hut

geilebeer wrote:also, the forums have always been awful, will never change
This is true.
by TehSteveo
Sun Jan 29, 2017 10:54 pm
Forum: Closed Policy Discussion
Topic: MFW its 2017 and admins are still awful at sillicon policy
Replies: 111
Views: 23823

Re: MFW its 2017 and admins are still awful at sillicon poli

Should the AI prevent the Captain if they were dumb enough to announce a law change to paladin/corporate specifically. Yes, they can. Must. I don't think so. Why? Corporate may allow harm, but it doesn't make the AI a personal security/command slave that lets them be shit as they can still interject...
by TehSteveo
Fri Jan 27, 2017 2:08 pm
Forum: Resolved Appeals
Topic: [QBopper] Reondin Banned for validhunter spaceing self
Replies: 32
Views: 7370

Re: [QBopper] Reondin Banned for validhunter spaceing self

To be fair, it isn't so much Qbopper's fault as it is the fault as it is due to a warning should have likely been issued with said watchlist. Qbopper is only doing as they were taught which is to take into consideration notes/watchlists with the current action before deciding an action to take. In a...
by TehSteveo
Fri Jan 27, 2017 8:02 am
Forum: Resolved Appeals
Topic: [QBopper] Reondin Banned for validhunter spaceing self
Replies: 32
Views: 7370

Re: [QBopper] Reondin Banned for validhunter spaceing self

I hate that just because a ban is about to run out anyways it's suddenly okay to let it stick even though the appeal is valid and passable. If this appeal was deemed valid and his actions not truly ban-worthy, just unban him and remove this from his record. Half of the reason to even appeal a ban i...
by TehSteveo
Fri Jan 27, 2017 7:19 am
Forum: Resolved Appeals
Topic: [QBopper] Reondin Banned for validhunter spaceing self
Replies: 32
Views: 7370

Re: [QBopper] Reondin Banned for validhunter spaceing self

Yes, behavior should have been discussed before hand, but as of now I'm going to say let this ban serve as the official warning in regards to it. The point is now to change certain behaviors; such as breaking into the armory as a non-antagonist so you can go kill PvE bosses on lavaland better for yo...
by TehSteveo
Wed Jan 25, 2017 10:54 pm
Forum: Town Hall
Topic: Trialmin Review: Mimicfaux
Replies: 10
Views: 3235

Trialmin Review: Mimicfaux

So, this one is a special case as Mimicfaux was demoted from Gameadmin to trialmin due to abusing admin buttons which was handled internally when it was caught. Right now, what we want to know is how well they have done since their demotion; whether or not we should promote them once more or should ...
by TehSteveo
Wed Jan 25, 2017 7:48 am
Forum: Resolved Appeals
Topic: [Saegremir] Executing a det as HoS as retaliation.
Replies: 39
Views: 5126

Re: [Saegremir] Executing a det as HoS as retaliation.

I spent likely over an hour looking at logs, matching up both say and attack with one another, and discussing this over with Lzimann. Your logic is flimsy in plenty of areas, you ignore parts and only attach to certain others that add some context to what happened. Telling me I'm wrong isn't going t...
by TehSteveo
Tue Jan 24, 2017 11:39 pm
Forum: Resolved Appeals
Topic: [Saegremir] Executing a det as HoS as retaliation.
Replies: 39
Views: 5126

Re: [Saegremir] Executing a det as HoS as retaliation.

Firstly, the actions of helping yourself to someone's belongings in a search is some the most basic of shitcurity behavior; behavior which I'm willing to bet the detective took your 'reward' for yourself because of that, which isn't really the best way to go about it obviously. After the pen inciden...
by TehSteveo
Tue Jan 24, 2017 12:50 am
Forum: Coding Feedback
Topic: Monkey Logic
Replies: 35
Views: 7824

Re: Monkey Logic

>Investigate random griff.
>Someone was put into crit due to griff.
>Bojangles the monkey disposals one the people in critical from the griff

10/10
by TehSteveo
Mon Jan 23, 2017 11:53 pm
Forum: Resolved Appeals
Topic: [Tehstevo] scrubs2009 Wrong ban type
Replies: 7
Views: 1148

Re: [Tehstevo] scrubs2009 Wrong ban type

Somehow I must have hit the wrong ban type while handling multiple things. Even though I'm pretty sure I was using the jobban panel so I'm not sure if some edge case happened when you suicided to play drone or what. I apologize and have lifted that wrong ban but will be applying the correct drone b...
by TehSteveo
Mon Jan 23, 2017 11:49 pm
Forum: Successful Complaints
Topic: [Bgobandit] Poor form, rude.
Replies: 20
Views: 7531

Re: [Bgobandit] Poor form, rude.

There was several things going on with this one. Firstly, there was a conflict of interest being that at the time Bgobandit responded to the adminhelp they were also playing in which they ended up being sharded themselves and was a construct at the time. They should have deadminned as soon as they w...