Roderick Grey

Chaznoodles does not have the same case as 1138. 1138 is a different story... He's not here anymore. Some the issues shadow raised against Chaz's application were similar to some discussed in Delta's application, but you're right, they are definitely not one in the same.

I'm pretty confident I have read your post in it's entirety and I have already agreed with you that escalation really wasn't an issue here due to the aforementioned bombings. The issue I'm seeing here is is you trying to use your military background to justify going toe to toe with a wizard. Your character has been bombed, twice by someone whom you believe to have supernatural powers. You claim that your character's decision-making and levels of aggression have been altered due to this, which is fair enough however this altercation happened with you walking into the wizard in maint while you're trying to bring an air-pump to, wherever. According to the logs you posted your character, whom has been bombed twice by the wizard, tells the wizard to move, ignores Morrigan's warning and then attacks them after saying "move move move move." From what I can see from the situation the issue wasn't even a matter of self-defence, the issue was the wizard wasn't listening to an atmos tech who was telling them to move, and was attacked after they gave them a warning which the atmos tech really should've listened to, unless Jorven lost all levels of self-preservation and caution in the bombings... Yeah but, they're an antag they exist to create conflict, filing a complaint is a very mundane way for a wizard to create conflict... If you knew anything about me or my history you'd know that I'm definitely not an established nor even respected player, I also have my fair share of qualms with the staff and their philosophy and methodology of dealing with the issues that arise. You need to understand that I'm not giving feedback to defend the warning, nor am I giving feedback to defend you; All I'm doing is giving you my two cents on what the issue may or may not be and why the kind of thought process that lead to this situation could be seen as problematic for your future on this server. Next to nobody on this server likes the hero; if you managed to knock out the wizard there probably would've been even more ahelps than before. I don't think anyone has any issue with you losing that fight, I think they're unhappy as to why and how you took that fight in the first place.

Are you sure that burning someone's face with a welding tool after they have clearly established they could mess you up big time is a particularly sane thing to do? If your character had the means to dispatch them quickly and without risk then sure, but he didn't, you had a welding tool. All Jorven managed to do was make the wizard more aggressive. As far as escalation goes you definitely could justify retaliation but the methods employed would be something I would deem stretching the sane character guidelines. Understand that although your character had the right and the training to defend himself and the crew, the means you had at your disposal should've made it clear that your retaliation would only make the threat more aggressive. If somebody is robbing a bank with a gun and you're off-duty with only a stapler to defend yourself, so you rush them and plant a big ass staple in their face what have you actually achieved? Was that a sound move for one militarily trained?

I personally find Chaz to be a very direct and genuine person if you want to give decent feedback on the lore he'll be responsive to that, it doesn't really matter who you are or his opinion of you he'd be willing to work with you if you actually have anything constructive or interesting to offer. +1 Build a wall and make the Tajara pay for it.

Didn't include Cult-armor Adamantine Golems, the most robust force in the known universe.

No, not really it doesn't create a trust issue between civilians and antags ooc, a reasonable and considerate antagonist would note as they barge into toxins that: A: Toxins are where bombs come from and: B: Scientists inside toxins or near toxins may indeed have a bomb. This isn't a civvie covertly chucking a grenade at antags in a hallway without provocation, this is an antag making a conscious choice to enter a high-risk area with the possibility of staff working there being potentially dangerous, especially when harmed and cornered. Antags work counter to all crew, not just security. You can't expect to blow open somebodies work place and start a shoot out near them with any kind of consequence or reaction from them. Antags always have to be aware of bystanders and civilians, ignoring certain crew members involved in the conflicts you're creating just because they're not security or part your objective is silly. I'm not saying dispatch them... but certainly consider them, why they're there and what they're doing, because if you don't it may turn out the varuca whose hand you blew off as you entered is now trapped in a room with you and has a bomb which they feel threatened enough to use... From reading that thread I think his primary issue was people hijacking a ban appeal thread to use as a platform for personal attacks, something I also have an issue with, from experience.

I'm struggling to understand why hurling a bomb at an antagonist that from the player's standpoint, had just blown up the room they were working in plus their hand and were now, without a word "attempting" to shoot at them is an issue? I feel like using the bomb, which they were told to make and had at their disposal is a sound move ic and ooc. The situation from the player's standpoint had already escalated to a kill or be killed. Just because from the mod's and the antag's perspective that actually wasn't the case doesn't really matter, as the player was mutilated in the antag's explosion and woke up to gunfire, which renders the players observation to be pretty well justified. From my perspective it appears that Catnip saw what had occurred, received an ahelp after a gibbed antag didn't understand why some random scientist they weren't paying any attention to just blew them up and I think that's a totally fair complaint to make.I'm assuming the interaction between Absynth and Catnip, from what I saw of the previous thread with absynth attempting to justify himself was very emotionally charged, and/or poorly explained and taking into consideration Absynth's supposed "history" would render the science ban a fair move to make in the situation. But now that Absynth has calmed down a bit and explained his reasoning clearly, unless it's entirely false, I don't think punishment is really necessary. What I do think you need to realize Absynth is that the staff aren't going to respond well to aggression, sarcasm or mockery so just keep that in mind when you're trying to plead your case, especially on the forums.

Edgar used to be a canonically terrible Xenobiologist with the amount of times he ended up releasing the slimes during extended rounds but he's vastly improved since then, enough to be RD? Not sure.

I've enjoyed the rounds we've played together and I don't think I'm alone in wanting to have you back but I think giving it some time for the issues you've had with staff to collect dust before applying would lead to you enjoying your time here a lot more. If you argued your way back in and had to deal with staff with these issues still fresh I feel it may spark another incident. Maybe give it a break for a while and come back later?

RIP Helper, too helpful for his own good.

When was this done? I'm asking as I had some problems a while ago pertaining to Detectives and when they can/cannot perform an arrest, while discussing it with an admin out of curiosity they told me the page was incorrect/out of date, I later talked to Jackboot about it who made a clarification on the page, this was about a month ago. EDIT: Reread the wiki page seems immensely better than it did a month ago which I'm assuming is Severis' work.

To be honest this seems like a pretty valid reason to remain inside provided you weren't performing any mundane work while still being hurt by the pressure. There's still a grey area though about the information your atmos tech was operating under when they entered unprotected; from your account lives were in danger and your character wanted to help them which is totally fine, but going back to the fireman metaphor an unprotected fireman doesn't enter a flaming building if there's other firemen with protection already inside, or making their way inside. I understand that your character wanted to ensure those people were safe, and were willing to put themselves in harms way to do it but them doing that can be extremely detrimental in a variety of circumstances. Did Manfred ask the CE what was going on? If any other engineers were geared up in handling it? Was Manfred aware of other crew better equipped to deal with the situation than he?, was any effort made to make himself aware before putting himself at risk? I understand in a crisis situation a moment can mean the difference between life and death, as your character cares about his co-workers he wants to do the best he can for them but rushing head-first into situations unprepared both mentally and physically isn't beneficial to anyone. From these accounts it appears there were other people operating alongside you, and realistically the CE, as he was aware you were putting yourself in serious danger should've immediately diverted his/someone else's efforts to getting you the fuck out of harm's way because, if you're a fireman with protection in a burning building, another fireman without protection getting his skin toasted infront of you is more of a liability than an assest to any rescue effort, and Manfred, as a professional and one that takes the lives of others seriously should know that. If Manfred didn't see anyone trying to handle it and asked if anyone was there handling it, or nearby, or prepping for it and then made a reasonable and informed decision to act then the ban should be lifted because in my mind that's sound and sensible RP for his character. If Manfred wasn't aware of any crew handling it, but made no effort to inform himself before going dick-deep into low pressure land that's a pretty questionable area as I feel characters like that wouldn't live/stay employed very long, that's some pretty risky behavior for a trained professional to be doing, the sort of behavior that would warrant a warning. If Manfred was aware of crew attempting to handle it, attempted to get a sitrep but they didn't respond then I think that fits sort of between the two listed above as in crisis situations people with good intentions can make mistakes due to a lack of communication. If Manfred was aware of crew attempting to handle the situation and didn't attempt to communicate with them, instead trying to go hero mode along side them without protection or information then you start to enter poor OOC play, the kind of play that could be justifiably met with things like warnings and bans in my own opinion.

From your account it seems to me like you went into a dangerous area with good reason but poorly prepared (not super important) and then instead of leaving you then attempted to make it, or atleast a portion of it habitable which to me definitely seems questionable. I can understand your argument and your sound methods for making the area you were in a safe place for you to be in, but do you understand that leaving the area would definitely be the more sensible option if your presence there wasn't doing anyone any good? I'm interested in what attempts at communication you made during the chaos aswell; what did Manfred actually understand about the situation before putting his life at risk? You relate your account to firemen, but it would take a lot of information for a fireman to rush into a burning building without protection. Them doing it if they could get in, save someone and get out quickly is definitely plausible but spending time searching fruitlessly and then barricading yourself inside the burning building until the flames subside is pretty iffy. Could you explain in a bit more depth your reasoning for staying, did you go too far in until escape wasn't possible?

I would definitely recommend 5th edition just for how easy it is to pick up. Unless most of the players are more familiar and fond of another go with 5th. If you do choose fifth here's some awesome resources: Status effect ref-sheet: http://crobi.github.io/dnd5e-quickref/preview/quickref.html Rules: https://roll20.net/compendium/dnd5e/BookIndex Character creator point-buy system: http://1-dot-encounter-planner.appspot.com/point-buy-calculator.html Another 5e SRd: (the one I use) https://5thsrd.org/ 5e spell lists: https://5thsrd.org/#spellcasting

I've said my part, not going to bother justifying myself to you any further.