DatSamTho

As it stands, cult is an unloved gamemode, and for good reason. It is almost fundamentally anti-roleplay. It can be actually really engaging in early to mid game, but after that? After that, cult almost always goes one of two ways: a) Flops completely, with the rest of the round playing out as extended b) Murderbones half the station Now, why is that? In my opinion, there is one main problem with this gamemode: It has a preset objective. Yeah, seems kinda obvious, at least to me, when you look at it this way. In a server, where "playing to win" is frowned upon, exists a gamemode, with a preset "win" condition, which to get to, you NEED to go out of your way to attack other characters and convert them. I believe there are two things that can be done to make this in someway better: a) Delete Cult as a gamemode all together b) Rework it in a substantial way, for it to better serve an HRP server Personally, I would rather avoid the first option as we already have removed a lot of gamemodes from the secret rotation, which essentially puts them on the backshelf to be played once a month as a "FuNnIe JoKe", but then again, cult is barely ever played as is. Now how would it be reworked? I'm. . . honestly not too certain, it's currently in a very bad state, and would need some major work done, but any suggestions are of course welcome.

I feel that the problem with that, is that you're not guaranteed to have research engineering or service. What if there isn't anybody in research? Do the revs just make station go boom while not rping for the first half an hour?

Oh yeah that's also one of the main points which I totally forgot to mention : x Thanks for adding onto that

Right now, afaik crawling is a thing you can do while: a) you use the "rest" verb b) I'm guessssing if your leg/foot is gone, since that makes you go horizontal, iirc. Right now, crawling is really just not worth it. Even when you have a broken leg/torn ligament, you move faster while not crawling, and if you are missing a foot or leg, you're not gonna be concious long enough to crawl anywhere. I think it would be neat to buff crawling to be faster than walking with a severe leg injury. (Maybe depending on the type of fracture?). It would also be beneficial, to change it, so that you can crawl with just your movement keys (as of now you need to drag your sprite onto the tile you want to go to.)

I agree with all the comments above

It's pretty much zombie event lite mode. I'm not sure why it was in the secret rotation to begin with, when it was only just introduced and tested. It's an alright one-off gamemode, but from what I can see everyone despises the few rounds a day of revenants. . . please save us from this torment.

The problem with that, is that most people will go to great lengths to explain it logically, and few characters will think that it's the supernatural, and thus the vamps never go to the chaplain, the few times the stars align and there is one. Imho it would be a cool idea for the xenobiologists to do something with them.

So you're essentially stripping the right to vote from a chunk of the playerbase under the threat of a warning. Unless you make it, that you are able to retract your vote, when you see the outcome not going your way (Which would make the whole system pointless), you wouldn't know when to not vote. What I suspect will happen, is that probably over half the people that already vote (Which already isn't great due to antag drafting), will stop voting, and the votes will be swayed by a minority of the people that actually are possibly willing to play, and in the dead hours you'll get barely anyone voting.

You're missing the point here, I feel like. I've nothing to do for the next 2 hours, I want to play, but I want to play a chill morning round of RP, without having to bother with an antag blowing up random parts of the station. I vote for extended, secret passes, I cryo, and go off to play some other game or what not. After a few times like that, I get bwoinked and get a note/warning on my record. So I'm really not sure how it is not punishment.

And. . .how would that not fix it. .? If those people voted for extended, they'd still be forced to play, if it passed. I really don't see your point here.

If a person does a "meme" vote, and that gamemode doesn't win, then their vote is inconsequential, it's essentially somebody abstaining from a vote. And I really don't see anybody complaining about that. What people do have a problem with, are people voting for "ToWeR DeFeNsE", it actually passing, and everyone having to be stuck with the shitstorm that ensues, while the voters go off saying "Welp, not my problem!"

I very, very much don't like this if it's going to be everybody who voted that's locked in. Sometimes in the mornings or at night, I just don't feel like dealing with antags, so I vote for extended. I am willing to participate in the game, if it's during a specific gamemode. This is doing way too much, rather than the initial intention of stopping meme voters. A -1 from me, in its current form.

Yeah- I'm not really angry at that, happened in the heat of the moment, I get it. Was just recalling how the round went for me

BYOND Key: Tomkiel Game ID: b07-djWB Player Byond Key/Character name: Voidcrawler (name dropped as the biggest offender), Radstorm, Blondie, Jason Melson. (I am not a 100% if EVERYONE was the offender here, but these are all the mercs, the ERT mercs could've also been a part of it? But I haven't heard many complaints about that directed at them) Staff involved: None, some people in deadchat essentially came to the conclusion that to make a report on the players. (Although Read told us that we should've ahelped this earlier which- yeah, we probably should've) Reason for complaint: Validhunting, essentially deathmatching Did you attempt to adminhelp the issue at the time? If so, what was the known action taken by administration/moderation? As said above, shuttle was basically at the station so I didn't want to draw the round end out with an ahelp Approximate Date/Time: 14.01.2021-15.01.2021 - Around Midnight GMT +1 So, to start off with, I did not witness a large part of what happened, this report was a collective decision from a few people in Deadchat, after piecing together the situation. For more info, @DanseMacabre, Spider4062, @Scheveningen, and possibly some more people whose names I didn't catch, should be contacted. I started the round as my cadet on their first day at the job, yay! After a while, a hostage situation call came in. An officer died in a normal situation, no biggie so far. After a while, security retreated to command, where my cadet was shot dead. (My gun was on the floor, and I was surrendering, but it all happened in the fray of the action so eh, whatever). After I ghosted, the ERT that was called in, came in, and actually joined with the mercs, annoying but not rule-breaking. And after that, it seemed almost that the mercs went on a power trip, gunning down everyone, including the HoS, that they had hostage, unarmed, and just standing there, as well as apparently gunning down civilians, and through all of that, they seemed to pretty much ignore their whole objective (Which was never really relayed as anything other than a single word of "finances"). During all of that in deadchat, I heard from different (mostly security players) that they were fired upon without a warning, prior to the escalation of hostilities.

I RP'd quite a bit with Erica, and I can safely say, that their rp and engineering skills are very good, and in my opinion they would make a great CE. It's a +1 from me

I've met a lot of good people here, a lot of friends. And I hope good people continue coming into the community. Hopefully we all have a better year.

Yes please. We need the cute.

BYOND Key: Tomkiel Character Names: Jose Dean - Engineer Ostroverkhov Urvan - EMT Andres Belbase - Captain Koskek Sauh - CE Species you are applying to play: Vaurca What color do you plan on making your first alien character: RGB 150, 180, 255 Have you read our lore section's page on this species?: aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaayup Please provide well articulated answers to the following questions in a paragraph format. One paragraph minimum per question. Why do you wish to play this specific race: The Vaurcae, are probably one of the most alien, of the alien species (rip Vox), with their social structure and culture being something incredibely unique that can't really be found anywhere else. Identify what makes role-playing this species different than role-playing a Human: Well, to start off with, Vaurca don't exactly work for themselves, they work for the hive. The work they do do for themselves, is simply so they can sustain themselves and do more work for their hive. Vaurca are split into three (Or four if you count the stinkees >:T) hives, along with different broods, each with a different relation to other hives, personality and flavour, in general Character Name: Za'Akaix'Ghur C'thur Please provide a short backstory for this character: Ghur, born to The Recondite Queen, spent the first year of their life, in VR, learning Skrell, as well as Vaurcae research techniques, and any other bits of information, they might need. After being taken out of VR, they spent around a half a year, assisting at a Skrell orbital research facility, during that time, they had grew quite a liking to Skrell, or- federation Skrell, to be precise. After that, they ended up being chosen as one of the workers, to be sent off to Tau Ceti, after NT requisitioning a C'thur workforce to help out with the recent Phoron crisis. They begrugingly went (not like they had much of a choice) they are now in an unfamiliar place, mistrustful of everyone but Skrell and their own hive. What do you like about this character? Ghur is a Vaurca in a very new enviroment to him, surrounded by a lot of things he would find strange, and he'll have to find where he will stand, in this far away land How would you rate your role-playing ability? I'd say around a 7.5/10 Notes: INHALE IT IZZZZ ILLEGAL TO REVVUZZE A VAURCA VVHORON IF VHEY NEED IT TO PREVENT SUVVOCATION, DO NOT REVVUZZZE A VAURCA VVVHORON IVVV YOU ARE A CHEMIZZZZT

Hey there! I play the captain Andres Belbase, and it's honestly always nice to see April on shift. They seem very much competent at what they do, and their roleplay ability is impecable. +1 from me

Xiao seems to know what they're doing, and the rp from them is always enjoyable, a +1 from me. And to add to the situation with the robotocist, I was the captain, the robotocist went to fight spiders, I got security to charge them for this, and told Xiao to have a talk with him, as my captain is a firm believer in second chances. After that, I was going to have security investigate a report about them trying to sell company property, and if it turned out to be true, most likely suspend them, but alas, they cryo'd. I didn't see any fault of medtech, in that, and they handled the situation as well as they could.

Seems to be really competent, while playing their HoP, I didn't have any one on one RP with them, but I have no doubts about that. Easy +1 from me

They show a lot of knowledge on Vaurca, and are able to facilitate a lot of good RP, it's a +1 from me!

BYOND key: Tomkiel Character names: Jose Dean, Ostroverkhov Urvan, those are the main ones, but I got some other ones that I never really play. How long have you been playing on Aurora?: I've been playing on and off since around late 2018-ish, if my memory serves me correct, and then pretty consistently from late 2019, to now Why do you wish to be on the whitelist?: I've been given interim status, a few times, now, and I gotta say- it was fun. Other than it simply being fun, I'd like to be able to coordinate and organize, as I'm often available during lower pop rounds, where command isn't plentiful. And I want to finally use my Unathi whitelist which I've neglected. Why did you come to Aurora?: Aurora was the first server of SS13 that I was introduced to. I did try to branch out to other servers, but most of them just didn't scratch the rp itch, and usually were too chaotic, so I often enjoy the calmer moments on the Aurora. Have you read the Aurora wiki on the head roles and qualifications you plan on playing?: Ayup Have you received any administrative actions? And how serious were they? Worst was a 3 day ban for validhunting, some months ago, now, I believe. Please provide well articulated answers to the following questions in a paragraph each. Give a definition of what you think roleplay is, and should be about: Roleplay, is in all essentiality, having fun pretending to be a different person or a bug, in an alien, and exciting universe. Do you like being a rat scurrying around the station and stealing food or a bartender doing bar rp for three hours? Having fun at it? Go right ahead. As long as you keep withing the rules, that is. What do you think the OOC purpose of a Head of Staff is, ingame?: A head of staff is there to 1. Organize the crew, to be able to effectively deal with issues, and help drive a story that the antags migt come up with 2. Provide new rp possibilities, that would often not be possible without a head of staff. (Expeditions, banquets, a raffle, etc.) and 3. Be there, to teach new players What do you think the OOC responsibilities of Whitelisted players are to other players, and how would you strive to uphold them?: A whitelisted player, is supposed to, in my opinion, have a high degree of competenecy in the departaments they play, as well as rp in general, and the current overall lore, all to be able to take part and encourage in new roleplay options for the rest of the players onboard. And, as to how I'd strive to uphold that, well, I'd try to maintain a high standard of roleplay, as well as keep up to date with the current lore (which isn't hard, as it's interesting already :>) Could you give us the gist of what is currently happening in Tau ceti and how it affected your character and their career? Currently, there is an ongoing Phoron shortage, that might quite likely, develop into a crisis. More locally, the Aurora seems to have been once again, the hotspot for everything bad happening, with Tajarans with guns, coming in the struggle of the suns against the moon, and more recently, the Dionae have also been up to. . . stuff. Jose has been affected quite a bit, by the recent events, losing a lot of friends to them. Him, as well as my new CE character, will have pressure put on them, to try and minimise the use of Phoron in engineering, switching more to the Tesla, and using more non-Phoron based set-ups. And my captain, will most likely be pressured to make sure the mining departament gets everything they need, as well as ensure their safety. What roles do you plan on playing after the application is accepted? I'll definetly be playing a CE character, as that is the departament I feel the most comfortable in, and have the most knowledge in. Other than that, I'll dabble with playing captain. And maaaybe a Counselor or Liason? But- that's in the future, I'd have to do some more research before I jump into one of those. Characters you intend to use for command or have created for command. Include the job they will be taking.: Koskek Sauh - CE Andreas Belbase - Captain How would you rate your own roleplaying?: I'd say it's a 6 to 7/10 Do you understand your whitelist is not permanent, and may be stripped following continuous administrative action? Yes Have you familiarize yourself with the wiki pages for the command roles? Yes Extra notes: N/A

Yes, yes I have. I've not been one for some time now, as my current characters aren't really good for antags, but unless something changed over a few months, I really don't get what problem people have with recruiting. I get that some rounds the people playing may just. . .not be for it, but from what I've observed, it's usually the players doing a crappy gimmick.