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ERP is banned again

Posted: Fri Sep 04, 2015 12:08 am
by Hornygranny
Scones and I have agreed that the experiment allowing ERP with admin intervention has failed, and ERP is once again forbidden under server rules.

Re: ERP is banned again

Posted: Fri Sep 04, 2015 12:10 am
by J_Madison
That post on the thread Bluespace interested me enough that I searched the logs of the last two days.

I can't stop laughing. This isn't even citadel.
http://hastebin.com/ihuqajixum.xml

Re: ERP is banned again

Posted: Fri Sep 04, 2015 12:19 am
by Nexendia
Goodbye fun.

Re: ERP is banned again

Posted: Fri Sep 04, 2015 12:21 am
by Bluespace
What've I done

Re: ERP is banned again

Posted: Fri Sep 04, 2015 12:24 am
by DrPillzRedux
I knew this was gonna happen. Part of the conspiracy.

RIP sweet lewd prince.

Re: ERP is banned again

Posted: Fri Sep 04, 2015 12:25 am
by Saegrimr
Now who do I spawn an infinite cloud of choking gas on?

Re: ERP is banned again

Posted: Fri Sep 04, 2015 12:26 am
by daman997
what a goddamn shame

Re: ERP is banned again

Posted: Fri Sep 04, 2015 12:26 am
by Ahammer18
Was there any particular reasoning behind the re-banning?

Also, it was never a 'trial' to allow ERP, no one ever said that.

Re: ERP is banned again

Posted: Fri Sep 04, 2015 12:30 am
by Wyzack
I am quite glad. I initially supported the unbanning but it was cringeworthy and awful and I am not sad to see it go.

Re: ERP is banned again

Posted: Fri Sep 04, 2015 12:31 am
by oranges
I'm sure the next set of headmins will be more pliable and no more hg to stop them

dont' worry everyone, just a temporary setback

Re: ERP is banned again

Posted: Fri Sep 04, 2015 12:31 am
by Scones
Wyzack wrote:I am quite glad. I initially supported the unbanning but it was cringeworthy and awful and I am not sad to see it go.
This more or less mirrors, in brief, my feelings on the situation and subsequent change.

Re: ERP is banned again

Posted: Fri Sep 04, 2015 12:32 am
by Danowar
I'm going to miss Salts' antics.

Can we still cuddle?

Re: ERP is banned again

Posted: Fri Sep 04, 2015 12:33 am
by Ahammer18
"I personally have an issue with it, and even though there was a democratic vote supporting it I feel as if I should ban it." ~Scones, 2556

Re: ERP is banned again

Posted: Fri Sep 04, 2015 12:33 am
by DrPillzRedux
It's like I'm watching an old style goonmin sperg. Oh wait, I am.

Image

Re: ERP is banned again

Posted: Fri Sep 04, 2015 12:35 am
by Scones
Ahammer18 wrote:"I personally have an issue with it, and even though there was a democratic vote supporting it I feel as if I should ban it." ~Scones, 2556
Isn't it still '55?

It contributed nothing of value to the server, and the older problems with it simply re-emerged worse than before. The next headmins are welcome to repeal this, but I encourage them to skim through the emote logs in the past month and ask themselves... Is it really worth it? All we got out of this was a select handful of players ERPing all round every round in roles of potential relevancy and important to round progression. It even reached the point where there was an (unsubstantiated) complaint thread related to admins interrupting their exhibitionist funtimes.

We will be better off without it. Bribery doesn't pay.

Re: ERP is banned again

Posted: Fri Sep 04, 2015 12:36 am
by Ahammer18
Yes, of course its worth it. Even though some of it was cringy (lel the entire server is anyway), some of the funniest shit I have ever seen in spess has come from it.

Re: ERP is banned again

Posted: Fri Sep 04, 2015 12:47 am
by Wyzack
I don't think we can lean on the old vote anymore, I have done a complete 180 of my opinion on it and I am sure I am not alone

Re: ERP is banned again

Posted: Fri Sep 04, 2015 12:48 am
by NikNakFlak
Ahem, Ahammer18. I believe you gotta remove that thing from your signature now.

Re: ERP is banned again

Posted: Fri Sep 04, 2015 12:48 am
by Aloraydrel
Sleep tight pupper

Re: ERP is banned again

Posted: Fri Sep 04, 2015 12:50 am
by Thunder11
I though the whole point of interim headmins was to keep things going until the election, not make major policy changes when two rids of the headmin team were never voted for by anyone. Just make another poll and leave it up to the next round of headmins to decide what to do.

Re: ERP is banned again

Posted: Fri Sep 04, 2015 12:53 am
by Scones
Thunder11 wrote:I though the whole point of interim headmins was to keep things going until the election, not make major policy changes when two rids of the headmin team were never voted for by anyone. Just make another poll and leave it up to the next round of headmins to decide what to do.
As HG and I have both said, the next team of head admins are free to alter this change as they see fit.

Re: ERP is banned again

Posted: Fri Sep 04, 2015 12:53 am
by iamgoofball
"wah wah how else will I space fuck"

you dont need to be able to fuck to play ss13

go to a platform designed for 2d fucking if you want to do 2d fucking

Re: ERP is banned again

Posted: Fri Sep 04, 2015 12:54 am
by oranges
in all seriousness this is a disappointing result where unelected headmins reduce public freedom, instead of dealing with the problematic players with rule 1 or zero bans.

It's especially disappointing that people like scones or tsari even think they have the right to make decisions with such serious nature when they were not elected by any means.

Re: ERP is banned again

Posted: Fri Sep 04, 2015 12:54 am
by DrPillzRedux
oranges wrote:in all seriousness this is a disappointing result where unelected headmins reduce public freedom, instead of dealing with the problematic players with rule 1 or zero bans.

It's especially disappointing that people like scones or tsari even think they have the right to make decisions with such serious nature when they were not elected by any means.
They are literally saying, right now, that player opinion does not matter.

Despite the server being crowd funded.

Re: ERP is banned again

Posted: Fri Sep 04, 2015 1:07 am
by Ahammer18
NikNakFlak wrote:Ahem, Ahammer18. I believe you gotta remove that thing from your signature now.
Too late, you already ate it.

Re: ERP is banned again

Posted: Fri Sep 04, 2015 1:07 am
by iamgoofball
DrPillzRedux wrote:They are literally saying, right now, that player opinion does not matter.

Despite the server being crowd funded.
please cut the doomsaying for a bit because you know damn well that's not what they're saying
oranges wrote:in all seriousness this is a disappointing result where unelected headmins reduce public freedom, instead of dealing with the problematic players with rule 1 or zero bans.

It's especially disappointing that people like scones or tsari even think they have the right to make decisions with such serious nature when they were not elected by any means.
People started bitching about getting dunked on for ERPing. So they lost their ERP privileges. What part of this do you not understand?

Re: ERP is banned again

Posted: Fri Sep 04, 2015 1:10 am
by 420goslingboy69
Oh, I getcha. This is a good idea.

Re: ERP is banned again

Posted: Fri Sep 04, 2015 1:12 am
by oranges
iamgoofball wrote:
DrPillzRedux wrote:They are literally saying, right now, that player opinion does not matter.

Despite the server being crowd funded.
please cut the doomsaying for a bit because you know damn well that's not what they're saying
oranges wrote:in all seriousness this is a disappointing result where unelected headmins reduce public freedom, instead of dealing with the problematic players with rule 1 or zero bans.

It's especially disappointing that people like scones or tsari even think they have the right to make decisions with such serious nature when they were not elected by any means.
People started bitching about getting dunked on for ERPing. So they lost their ERP privileges. What part of this do you not understand?
I'm sorry no, I missed the part where the entire server was punished for the actions on one person, does that seem like a proportionate response?

They didn't even open up a thread for proper feedback. It's just lazy and unacceptable frankly, I expect a higher standard from them.

Re: ERP is banned again

Posted: Fri Sep 04, 2015 1:17 am
by Kel
Wait, the provisional headmins actually had power?

Re: ERP is banned again

Posted: Fri Sep 04, 2015 1:23 am
by DrPillzRedux
iamgoofball wrote:
DrPillzRedux wrote:They are literally saying, right now, that player opinion does not matter.

Despite the server being crowd funded.
please cut the doomsaying for a bit because you know damn well that's not what they're saying
They did though. They said this place isn't a democracy, and it isn't even a republic. You have no choice. The playerbase changes constantly, so it doesn't matter. Even though most people around now are fine with ERP being in because it's funny to watch get rekt and you can ignore it if you don't want to see it, unlike some asshat spamming radios or reading WGW.

The whole metafriend example is horrible as well. IC friendships are the only form of roleplay you can really get anymore. The rest is murderboning and hunting for greentext. It's not like a bunch of people are gathering around attacking people like the meta bar gang was in 2012, it's just people hanging out in a retarded spaceman game chatting and dunking each other.

Re: ERP is banned again

Posted: Fri Sep 04, 2015 1:26 am
by TechnoAlchemist
We no longer live in a world without boundaries

Re: ERP is banned again

Posted: Fri Sep 04, 2015 1:28 am
by Shaps-cloud
Wyzack wrote:I don't think we can lean on the old vote anymore, I have done a complete 180 of my opinion on it and I am sure I am not alone
Same here

also lol kor was an interim admin when he voted for it to happen, and guess what else? Him and Sticky literally took a bribe to unban it, don't act like they did it solely out of good will

Re: ERP is banned again

Posted: Fri Sep 04, 2015 1:35 am
by Durandan
Disappointing change. What am I supposed to send ERTs to the station for if not to stop the Captain fucking the lizard clown?

Re: ERP is banned again

Posted: Fri Sep 04, 2015 1:41 am
by Stickymayhem
You don't elect a vice president but when the president dies they're in charge.

Scones and Tsaricide have as much authority as any actual headmin. I was hearing the same shit when I was making important changes in my temporary headminship and it was for the better.

Anyway as with everything, lizards ruined it. Nothing has made me want to make lizards entirely valid more than this horrific freak show.

Re: ERP is banned again

Posted: Fri Sep 04, 2015 1:45 am
by DrPillzRedux
Sticky, the VP typically runs with the president so you do get a choice. The last time a president was assassinated was John Kennedy, and that was a long time ago. Head admins quit often so that comparison isn't fare.

Re: ERP is banned again

Posted: Fri Sep 04, 2015 1:56 am
by Shad0vvs
I don't see how this logically prevents those metafriendships to continue, it's been said multiple times implying that this is the main reason.

Re: ERP is banned again

Posted: Fri Sep 04, 2015 2:08 am
by Xhagi
I'm glad it's over.

Really, it contributed nothing and I'm not sad to see it gone. I thought it would be funny too, but in the end it just became annoying and creepy. Like many others I did a complete reversal of my opinion on it.

Re: ERP is banned again

Posted: Fri Sep 04, 2015 2:30 am
by Saegrimr
I want ERP back solely for how much it infuriates goofball.

Re: ERP is banned again

Posted: Fri Sep 04, 2015 2:34 am
by Takeguru
Called it.
Takeguru wrote:So, until the elections happen, will anything noteworthy change?

I really don't want to see any major policy changes from people just filling in.
Scones wrote:Probably not.
That being said, I agree with doing this.

Re: ERP is banned again

Posted: Fri Sep 04, 2015 2:50 am
by invisty
Let's be honest here. ERP wasn't banned because it was removing people from the round. It was banned because, once again, it proved that the actual drama came from the "free game" admin policy on ERP and not the ERP itself.

Either way, nothing has really changed. The ERP was never of quality worthy of attention anyway.

Re: ERP is banned again

Posted: Fri Sep 04, 2015 2:54 am
by WJohnston
I find ERP to be hilarious. It leads to some of the best soap operas I've ever seen where lizards are screaming at eachother on who is pregnant with whose baby.

It's fantastic.

Sad to see it go.

Re: ERP is banned again

Posted: Fri Sep 04, 2015 2:58 am
by Shadowlight213
Sad to see erp go before I get to see any ling erp kills.
Worth it as long as I don't have to see any more of Salt's gay lizard erp.

Re: ERP is banned again

Posted: Fri Sep 04, 2015 3:00 am
by captain sawrge
i will never understand how people pretending to fuck manages to make so many people as angry as it does

Re: ERP is banned again

Posted: Fri Sep 04, 2015 3:13 am
by bandit
Add me to the list of people who supported the ERP unban and have now changed their mind 100%

Re: ERP is banned again

Posted: Fri Sep 04, 2015 3:18 am
by Steelpoint
Can we ban Lizards while we're at it?

Re: ERP is banned again

Posted: Fri Sep 04, 2015 3:22 am
by Saegrimr
Steelpoint wrote:Can we ban Lizards while we're at it?
Lizards were the real mistake.

Re: ERP is banned again

Posted: Fri Sep 04, 2015 8:46 am
by Tornadium
If these people are going to crybaby this much, just fucking re-do the poll.

It'll be an overwhelming majority in favor of banning it I guarantee.

Re: ERP is banned again

Posted: Fri Sep 04, 2015 10:08 am
by Durandan
Tornadium wrote:If these people are going to crybaby this much, just fucking re-do the poll.

It'll be an overwhelming majority in favor of banning it I guarantee.
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wew

Re: ERP is banned again

Posted: Fri Sep 04, 2015 10:25 am
by Tornadium
Durandan wrote:
Tornadium wrote:If these people are going to crybaby this much, just fucking re-do the poll.

It'll be an overwhelming majority in favor of banning it I guarantee.
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wew
The ERP Lizard crew are on Sybil as we speak.

Not to mention the poll participants are hidden. I could go make new accounts and fuck with the poll if I really wanted to without it.

Re: ERP is banned again

Posted: Fri Sep 04, 2015 10:30 am
by Saegrimr
Tornadium wrote:Not to mention the poll participants are hidden. I could go make new accounts and fuck with the poll if I really wanted to without it.
Theres already measures against poll rigging.