Is that acceptable to distribute stuff like:
- Healing viruses
- Genetics power injectors
- Xenobio potions and items including stuff enhanced with those (say, speedpotioned duffelbags)
- Tools
- Healing chem mixes
- Virtually anything else that might benefit spessman taking it
If not, I'd want comparison with:
- Same things a bit deeper into station (how much?)
- Self-spreading healing viruses
- Bad things like N2O/plasma floods and holes in station which commonly don't respect "neutrality" of arrivals area
For the context, following conversation happened in admin ticket during 139396:
Admin PM from-TheMidnightRose: Did you dump a couple bags worth of virus pills in arrivals?
PM to-Admins: I did, you have problem with providing healing virus to newcomers?
Admin PM from-TheMidnightRose: Please at least leave them in the chemfridge in medical.
PM to-Admins: Less visible that way. I do put them here too.
Admin PM from-TheMidnightRose: Just from now on, dont just dump virus pills in arrivals. If you want newcomers to grab a pill, get the AI to put it in the automated annoucement system or figure out how to make a big neon sign in medical for it.
PM to-Admins: May I learn why?
Admin PM from-TheMidnightRose: Its a bit powergamey to toss them in arrivals instead of keeping them in a medical fridge. Plus floorpills are floorpills.
PM to-Admins: Uhh, ok, I am dragging smart fridge there then. I... have issues with that judgement.
followed by a bit of discussion in OOC at start of 139405:
P.S. Chewing did nothing wrongOOC: Ivuchnu: now...
OOC: Ivuchnu: do I have station sneezing and coofing or dump virus pills like before?
OOC: Ivuchnu: I have little trouble putting them on table as opposed to "floor pills", if that's convenient to do, I do exactly that.
OOC: Ivuchnu: however, I am not willing to limit myself to fridges only
OOC: Ivuchnu: and my virus has bad resistance
OOC: TheMidnightRose: Lets stick with a fridge. Otherwise, slap it into a policy discussion.
OOC: Ivuchnu: it's in my interests to eradicate miasma diseases by ~100% crew coverage
OOC: Ivuchnu: Rose, do you have issue with self-spreading healing viruses?
OOC: Ivuchnu: it's different approach to virus distribution
OOC: TheMidnightRose: I dont have an issue with it no
OOC: Ivuchnu: that one is very good to get 100% coverage but may kill slimepeople and virus might be not as versatile as what I do
OOC: Ivuchnu: but you forbid me from doing virus pills
OOC: Ivuchnu: do I create policy discussion thread for this or just make the same thing in more neat way?
OOC: TheMidnightRose: I forbid you from virus pills in Arrivals
OOC: TheMidnightRose: Thats the only hting I had problem with on that
OOC: Ivuchnu: why?..
OOC: TheMidnightRose: Arrivals itself is supposed to be completely neutral territory
OOC: Ivuchnu: someone hugging new arrival with contact virus would provide essentially the same thing, new arrival getting virus ASAP