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by newfren
Sun Dec 20, 2015 5:59 am
Forum: Ideas
Topic: secure the chapel office
Replies: 8
Views: 2073

Re: secure the chapel office

It would probably make sense for the chapel office to have shutters for counselling or w/e but that wouldn't solve the problem unless they started down at roundstart.
by newfren
Fri Dec 18, 2015 9:11 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Stories of rage, tears and regret
Replies: 2833
Views: 841600

Re: Stories of rage, tears and regret

> Sybil is down so on Basil with ~30 people > Meta > Traitor > Have to steal AI, decide I don't want to bother storming an AI sat that I don't understand, I'll make my own! > Grab tools and shit, plasteel from EVA > Break into RD's office from toxins and take AI Core board > Find an afk and abduct t...
by newfren
Fri Dec 18, 2015 4:52 am
Forum: General Chat
Topic: OFFICIAL SERVER IS DOWN THREAD: MSO GOT HIGH!
Replies: 508
Views: 227353

Re: OFFICIAL SERVER IS DOWN THREAD: RETURN OF THE CRASH

Hour 4 of sybil being down and the shakes are starting to set in. People have to play on basil.

I predict total collapse of /tg/ in another couple of hours.
by newfren
Fri Dec 18, 2015 2:44 am
Forum: Ideas
Topic: New Job/Department ideas
Replies: 35
Views: 4779

Re: New Job/Department ideas

That's called Lawyer
by newfren
Fri Dec 18, 2015 1:54 am
Forum: Spriting and Mapping
Topic: Major Trouble from Lack Of Spriters
Replies: 33
Views: 9387

Re: Major Trouble from Lack Of Spriters

guys look spriting is so easy I just made a hairball sprite.

feel free to credit me when you use it coders.
by newfren
Fri Dec 18, 2015 1:50 am
Forum: Ideas
Topic: Insulated tiles
Replies: 14
Views: 3262

Re: Insulated tiles

But wires are coated in rubber, and so are the handles of wirecutters. How do you even electrify yourself if you're not touching a conductive material? It's evidently not rubber because you can shock the shit out of yourself through it. I like to imagine that NT is so cheap that they just use a con...
by newfren
Fri Dec 18, 2015 1:46 am
Forum: Coding Feedback
Topic: Removing Malf Mode and sticking it into traitor AI
Replies: 29
Views: 5200

Re: Removing Malf Mode and sticking it into traitor AI

edited the op and title to better reflect the change and include the new PR.

https://github.com/tgstation/-tg-station/pull/13727

Also here's the new PR right here if you can't be fucked scrolling up.
by newfren
Thu Dec 17, 2015 12:53 am
Forum: Ideas
Topic: ITT: We make shitty suggestions and come up with poor ideas.
Replies: 3938
Views: 1044582

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

on the topic of AI laws and shitty ideas: ASCII-mov, which forces the AI to speak in images and only obey orders from people who communicate with symbols. Only if admins still ban humans and lizards that try to communicate back in symbols, unless they type the full name out for each one. "Uh.....
by newfren
Wed Dec 16, 2015 8:58 pm
Forum: Ideas
Topic: New Job/Department ideas
Replies: 35
Views: 4779

Re: New Job/Department ideas

No can you imagine the average medbay player charging into a viro lab and fucking touching everything? Or using up my fucking chemicals in chemistry? I'm already pressured for power when there's another chemist in the lab, let alone every doctor that runs in to make lube or whatever.
by newfren
Wed Dec 16, 2015 8:15 pm
Forum: Ideas
Topic: New Job/Department ideas
Replies: 35
Views: 4779

Re: New Job/Department ideas

Medbay has time sinks for everyone except for ordinary doctors - Geneticists hunt for hulk to hand out like candy, Chemists shit out patches and deadly fire grenades, Viro researches voice change + sneezing diseases.

Regular doctors get to uh... Raid medbay storage and grab a handheld crew monitor.
by newfren
Wed Dec 16, 2015 8:10 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Simple Questions Thread
Replies: 2095
Views: 533138

Re: Simple Questions Thread

Yes. Theres two modes, one that does a quick stun and one that has to be held down to cause immediate cardiac arrest. I believe its based on whether you're in disarm or harm intent. It's worth noting that the disarm intent stun doesn't keep them down for long enough for your defib to recharge, so y...
by newfren
Wed Dec 16, 2015 6:53 am
Forum: Spriting and Mapping
Topic: Major Trouble from Lack Of Spriters
Replies: 33
Views: 9387

Re: Major Trouble from Lack Of Spriters

People asking ausops for a tutorial should probably check out the stickies in the spriting subforum to see the guide he's already written.
by newfren
Tue Dec 15, 2015 6:35 am
Forum: Ideas
Topic: Military RCD for Nuke ops
Replies: 14
Views: 2873

Re: Military RCD for Nuke ops

Penetrator sniper rounds are very neat as an AI killer A++
by newfren
Tue Dec 15, 2015 6:19 am
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Simple Questions Thread
Replies: 2095
Views: 533138

Re: Simple Questions Thread

Coffee also negates any slowdown from space (as does leporazine but that's way harder to get).
by newfren
Mon Dec 14, 2015 7:10 am
Forum: Coding Feedback
Topic: Ops can't fly to Sattelite or Derelict
Replies: 28
Views: 5736

Re: Ops can't fly to Sattelite or Derelict

Here is the PR, by Kor, that removed the ability for Ops to go to these destinations: https://github.com/tgstation/-tg-station/pull/13529 It seems like the only compelling reason as to why it was removed was due to the presence of a teleport board on one of the Satellite's. What strikes me is that ...
by newfren
Sat Dec 12, 2015 3:41 am
Forum: Ideas
Topic: Hamster Batteries
Replies: 12
Views: 2002

Re: Hamster Batteries

Oh yeah, hamsters would definitely be neat. Or just a rodent Life Support Unit (IE a cage with a water bottle) that you could put mice and, presumably, hamsters into. Infinite batteries already exist, by the way. The sprite is a gold battery, I assume they're admin spawned, got given one once by a ...
by newfren
Thu Dec 10, 2015 11:57 am
Forum: Ideas
Topic: Have emagging Drones do *something*
Replies: 35
Views: 8238

Re: Have emagging Drones do *something*

Emagged drones get given a scottish hat and a sword and are told that they are playing drone highlander.
by newfren
Mon Dec 07, 2015 8:36 am
Forum: Coding Feedback
Topic: Bleeding out is terrible.
Replies: 27
Views: 5329

Re: Bleeding out is terrible.

No because if you do that then someone else will get to steal all of the patches before I break in to do it.
by newfren
Mon Dec 07, 2015 7:07 am
Forum: Ideas
Topic: Minor Suggestions
Replies: 3766
Views: 940564

Re: Minor Suggestions

I'd prefer those things just costing an absolute shitton of biomass so that science's help will get you them QUICKER but you can get them on your own with sufficient plant autism. Like if noslips were 10K and the others were floating around 5K it'd be pretty difficult to get without tunnelling towar...
by newfren
Sun Dec 06, 2015 8:52 am
Forum: General Chat
Topic: sibyl gets a cap of 50-60
Replies: 26
Views: 5830

Re: sibyl gets a cap of 50-60

ShadowDimentio wrote:What is with all the fucking terrible ideas lately
by newfren
Sat Dec 05, 2015 8:17 am
Forum: Resolved Appeals
Topic: [host] cancer_engine -ban evasion
Replies: 68
Views: 14315

Re: [host] cancer_engine -ban evasion

please leave an ooc ban on him he was the worst person to read on ooc
by newfren
Sat Dec 05, 2015 8:05 am
Forum: Coding Feedback
Topic: Plasmamen at Roundstart (MERGED!)
Replies: 196
Views: 48357

Re: Plasmamen at Roundstart (MERGED!)

Danowar wrote:That might have been it then. That mistake got me a pickaxe promptly in my face. Guess I'll just avoid them the next time I'm a rev head.
I think shift clicking might work to check?
by newfren
Sat Dec 05, 2015 8:01 am
Forum: Spriting and Mapping
Topic: Socially segregated station
Replies: 62
Views: 15534

Re: Socially segregated station

1g88a wrote:The mime works in hightown and the clown is kept in lowtown.
I thought this map would be shit but now I'm suddenly 100% behind it.
by newfren
Wed Dec 02, 2015 8:24 am
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Stories of Awesome (Or something close to it.)
Replies: 2028
Views: 646811

Re: Stories of Awesome (Or something close to it.)

>mime >give clown sexy clown outfit >clown later asks to erp >nod and play along >once we're both stripped steal all of their stuff and run away >come back wearing their shit and the clown is still all naked and sad in the dorm cabin >play sad trombone on their pda before tossing their stuff on the...
by newfren
Wed Dec 02, 2015 5:59 am
Forum: Ideas
Topic: New reactive armour/blocking mechanics
Replies: 42
Views: 8655

Re: New reactive armour/blocking mechanics

A personal shield device for the HoS or Captain would be amusing. I remember we toyed around with the concept a year or so ago. The general idea was that this shield generator would have to be equipped in the 'Suit Slot' of their armour in order to work, and that akin to what has been said it would...
by newfren
Wed Dec 02, 2015 12:26 am
Forum: Coding Feedback
Topic: Wizard acadamy feedback
Replies: 17
Views: 2734

Re: Wizard acadamy feedback

It's balanced out by being clunky to use and getting most wizards to fireball themselves.
by newfren
Mon Nov 30, 2015 9:12 pm
Forum: Ideas
Topic: ITT: We make shitty suggestions and come up with poor ideas.
Replies: 3938
Views: 1044582

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

peoplearestrange wrote:pet's fox's
neither of these needed apostrophes and i thought it was important that you know
by newfren
Mon Nov 30, 2015 10:10 am
Forum: Coding Feedback
Topic: Minor Feedback
Replies: 693
Views: 229565

Re: Minor Feedback

TheNightingale wrote:When giving someone plastic surgey, you should be able to choose their new name.
God yes I'm ready for 12 copies of Butts McButts all with random colours of hairs wandering around.
by newfren
Mon Nov 30, 2015 5:12 am
Forum: Town Hall
Topic: TRIALMIN REVIEW: TehSteveo
Replies: 14
Views: 4190

Re: TRIALMIN REVIEW: TehSteveo

That sort of sounds like sarcasm it wasn't meant to be promote ASAP.
by newfren
Mon Nov 30, 2015 5:11 am
Forum: Town Hall
Topic: TRIALMIN REVIEW: TehSteveo
Replies: 14
Views: 4190

Re: TRIALMIN REVIEW: TehSteveo

Has the most shitposts on his trialmin thread which I'm sure only reflects good things.
by newfren
Sun Nov 29, 2015 6:28 am
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Simple Questions Thread
Replies: 2095
Views: 533138

Re: Simple Questions Thread

You have to check "Forbidden to use the same colour twice" or that solver doesn't work.

Or you could just figure it out yourself you lazy shitheel.
by newfren
Tue Nov 24, 2015 5:29 am
Forum: Ideas
Topic: brig should have more leg restraints
Replies: 25
Views: 4168

Re: brig should have more leg restraints

Zilenan91 wrote:Just replace both their arms with chainsaws.

HAVE FUN ESCAPING NOW WITH NO ARMS
This is amazing.
by newfren
Tue Nov 24, 2015 5:25 am
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Stories of Awesome (Or something close to it.)
Replies: 2028
Views: 646811

Re: Stories of Awesome (Or something close to it.)

The easiest way to practice traitor is to practice stealing shit as an assistant.
by newfren
Wed Nov 18, 2015 9:37 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: What removed features/items/glitches do you miss?
Replies: 148
Views: 32289

Re: What removed features/items/glitches do you miss?

You can still get toys pretty reliably from an arcade machine if you have the ion rifle but we never got a HoS cool enough to let you borrow it.
by newfren
Wed Nov 18, 2015 1:15 am
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Stories of Awesome (Or something close to it.)
Replies: 2028
Views: 646811

Re: Stories of Awesome (Or something close to it.)

ShadowDimentio wrote:
Zilenan91 wrote:Get dunked on
>beating a parasite by punching it to death

Fucking what. Either you're the second coming of christ or that parasite is absolutely awful
The parasite had been lasered 4 times before that and I think the host was in crit.
by newfren
Tue Nov 17, 2015 11:10 pm
Forum: Coding Feedback
Topic: Would removing changeling be any real loss?
Replies: 59
Views: 13402

Re: Would removing changeling be any real loss?

Hallucination sting is honestly a neat side tech for overt lings, given that if you stab a few people before you start combat with them they have fuck all chance of actually being able to beat you in that combat. Like at the moment it's just used for "sting everyone memes leleleele" but th...
by newfren
Tue Nov 17, 2015 9:39 am
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Stories of rage, tears and regret
Replies: 2833
Views: 841600

Re: Stories of rage, tears and regret

>traitor >decide to do dumb RP stuff instead of killing my target, especially because hunting down random assistants is basically the worst thing in the world >pray for and get fun santa gimmick >give a couple people presents in the halls >stim'd up cargo tech runs up to me and revolvers me twice >s...
by newfren
Tue Nov 17, 2015 5:04 am
Forum: Coding Feedback
Topic: Chemical Rebalancening 2, The necromancers chemistry
Replies: 15
Views: 3060

Re: Chemical Rebalancening 2, The necromancers chemistry

That's because patches are awful and infintely worse then the bicard/tricord/DD spam that it was supposed to "fix". I just wish more base chemicals (potassium via bananas, stable plasma via misc new SCIENCE plant, other chem dispenser chems from whatever) were available outside chemistry ...
by newfren
Mon Nov 16, 2015 1:06 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Stories of rage, tears and regret
Replies: 2833
Views: 841600

Re: Stories of rage, tears and regret

Malkevin wrote:what?
seems pretty straightforward to me
by newfren
Mon Nov 16, 2015 12:10 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: What you wish there was more of in the game
Replies: 53
Views: 12058

Re: What you wish there was more of in the game

FantasticFwoosh wrote:nested quotes
It dehumans you - that's the penalty.
by newfren
Mon Nov 16, 2015 11:44 am
Forum: General Chat
Topic: What you wish there was more of in the game
Replies: 53
Views: 12058

Re: What you wish there was more of in the game

More opportunities for sabotage really, like being able to put a very small amount of explosives in APCs and have them set to go off with a signaller. You can sorta do that with plasma in the power cell but that's more of boobytrapping for if/when an engineer comes along, and hooking up a signaller...
by newfren
Mon Nov 16, 2015 10:11 am
Forum: Closed Policy Discussion
Topic: 1 easy way to solve any "is X harm?" debate
Replies: 22
Views: 4209

Re: 1 easy way to solve any "is X harm?" debate

Not-Dorsidarf wrote:Being turned into a monkey does none of these but we consider it harm
Pretty sure the reason we consider that harm is because it allows future harm, which can still be defined in the terms goof outlined.
by newfren
Sun Nov 15, 2015 4:03 am
Forum: Coding Feedback
Topic: Plasmamen at Roundstart (MERGED!)
Replies: 196
Views: 48357

Re: Plasmamen at Roundstart (MERGED!)

Anyone who doesn't have a pda when they're made a traitor will get the headset version. So if you ever want it, just drop your pda before you get the message. Incidentally if you don't have a pda OR a headset, you're screwed out of your points. I... believe there's also something in game preference...
by newfren
Sun Nov 15, 2015 3:46 am
Forum: Coding Feedback
Topic: Plasmamen at Roundstart (MERGED!)
Replies: 196
Views: 48357

Re: Plasmamen at Roundstart (MERGED!)

Anyone who doesn't have a pda when they're made a traitor will get the headset version. So if you ever want it, just drop your pda before you get the message. Incidentally if you don't have a pda OR a headset, you're screwed out of your points. I... believe there's also something in game preference...
by newfren
Sun Nov 15, 2015 3:42 am
Forum: Coding Feedback
Topic: Chemical Rebalances and Additions
Replies: 25
Views: 5269

Re: Chemical Rebalances and Additions

If this goes through please please please update the guide to chemistry. Other than that this all looks rad as hell. Oculine buff is fantastic, as is Rezadone and Pentetic Acid's. Worried this will make epinephrine a bit too powerful - it's already ridiculously strong for how long the 10u pens last ...
by newfren
Sun Nov 15, 2015 2:17 am
Forum: Closed Complaints
Topic: [WJohnston] - alien (###)
Replies: 29
Views: 7588

Re: [WJohnston] - alien (###)

NikNakFlak wrote:Get over yourself J_Madison
by newfren
Sat Nov 14, 2015 10:22 pm
Forum: Ideas
Topic: Cable Coil Manufactory R&D buildable Engineering machine
Replies: 14
Views: 2753

Re: Cable Coil Manufactory R&D buildable Engineering machine

They already swarm Cargo, and Cargo can already make handcuffs. Cable coils aren't a big deal. Requires hacking, wires would be off the bat and two cuffs a coil meaning that would quickly multiply and arm every single revolutionary and shitler to walk in with a pair or one each no matter how many p...
by newfren
Sat Nov 14, 2015 10:53 am
Forum: Closed Policy Discussion
Topic: Sillycone Mindswap Salt
Replies: 18
Views: 5982

Re: Sillycone Mindswap Salt

That human body is still a living human body though. It doesn't hurt the body at all and it doesn't de-human the body.
by newfren
Sat Nov 14, 2015 8:08 am
Forum: Coding Feedback
Topic: The flash needs a purpose outside of borg murdering
Replies: 29
Views: 4410

Re: The flash needs a purpose outside of borg murdering

Zilenan91 wrote:But the thing is is that it's just a better version of disarm that has limited uses.
"just"