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So, some context: There was a suspected virus on board. We were instructed to warn new arrivals of it as they entered. Hence, yes, the checkpoint actually served a purpose, to my knowledge.

Closing and archiving due to inactivity. If you would like it reopened at any time, contact myself or Jennalele.

Avery gets a 9. I'm too lazy to run my other characters through this.

Explanation and apology noted. We don't really have a set way of resolving self-aimed complaints, to be honest. If you find yourself in need of feedback, you should probably pursue it using other channels, as we have a few subforums that would be a better avenue for this. Furthermore, I can guarantee you that you're not receiving any sort of special treatment. You simply haven't messed up enough for any real action to be taken. I'll be marking this as resolved, since, as stated previously, there are better ways of requesting feedback.

Jenna had a word with Brage. I'll mark this as resolved. If the originator wishes to contest this, they're free to PM myself or Jennalele. Locking and archiving.

If you're in a position where you're preventing the antag from escaping, for example, it seems perfectly legitimate for them to at least attempt to kill you, yes. If they're picking a random bystander to ice as a distraction for security with little to no previous contact/roleplay, though, it's kind of shitty. That's my opinion, at least.

Okay, I'm posting this as a player and not a staff member. Also, I'm tired, so this is probably incoherent. I'm fine with losing. I don't like it and I don't want it to happen, but I'm not going to throw a fit because someone happened to outgun/outsword/outtoolbox me. I'm also fine with being more or less taken out via surprise attack after having engaged an opponent, as outlined in the changeling death sting scenario up there. What I'm /not/ fine with is being taken out of the round abruptly without any sort of roleplay or chance to retaliate, "higher purpose" be damned. Yes, sure, it might be realistic and it might be interesting for others, but I'm not keen on being used as a sacrificial lamb to better everyone else's roleplay while I personally get nothing out of it. Selfish? Maybe, but reasonable. TL;DR: If escalation of force took place and both sides are aware of it, then a surprise sniper round to the head is perfectly fine by me. Bullet/bomb with no prior contact isn't, though.

Good RPer, good command staff, good player in general. Much support. +1.

I have one of the most ridiculous, insane characters on the station. Shitting in someone's birthday cake because they're unrealistic while I myself have fun with something unrealistic would be immensely hypocritical, and that is where my complaint lies. Certain people's creed of "absolute unquestionable realism above all" seems to extend to everyone but themselves. There's "fun" ridiculous and then there's ridiculous ridiculous. I'm asking for complaints for those in the latter category.

Okay, hi again. So, I'm not quite as talented at posting walls of text as others, thus I'll try to summarize my response. Let me try to clarify the main issue you seem to have, first: We don't have restrictions on IPC heads because everyone is a furry, we have restrictions on IPC heads because most of the lore team has been unfortunately focused on realism (or, at least, their own definition of realism) before fun. This is being actively discussed and will, hopefully, be remedied soon enough. Regarding ridiculous characters, please, /please/, take a few precious moments out of your day to make a character complaint or five. I run that board, I actively handle them, but I can't do anything about the issue unless it's properly brought to my attention. As for relationships between heads and subordinates/other heads, well, this happens in real life too. It only starts to become a problem when they're actively neglecting their duties due to said relationships. Again, I'd like to direct you to my favorite subforum, the complaints board. It can do wonders, yes?

To the people my previous post pertained to, let me make this clear: I apologize if you feel attacked or offended in any way. What I want to make you understand is that sitting here and being bitter will not solve a single thing - it might actually be detrimental. What I propose is to try getting yourself to play again, even if it's only occasional, and see what you can do about solving our current predicament now that it's being brought to everyone's attention. To those of you who currently play, I urge you to examine your overall attitude and how you treat others as objectively as possible. See what can be improved. It's not easy, but it needs to happen if we're to make things better.

As stated before, the player in question will be spoken to about this behavior once he is spotted on the server, and we'll see how it goes from there. Resolved, more or less. Locking and archiving.

My opinion? SS13 reddit is unfortunately full of shit, but there are a bunch of valid opinions on there, surely. With that aside, yes, our hostility towards new players is a real problem, and I'm glad that it's being brought to the public's attention. The staff can't fix this alone - we need the cooperation and understanding of the players above all. Now, one thing I'd like to say a word or two about pertains to all the old players who keep going on about how they no longer play on our server because it's oh so distasteful and has become too cringeworthy for them. Let me ask you this: Apart from abandoning us in our time of need, what exactly have you done to remedy the situation? You were a part of this community, and like it or not, you helped make it what it is today. You're "disgusted with what it's become"? How about you do something to fix it, then? Take responsibility and contribute to improving the general atmosphere or step aside and quit being self-righteous, because /that/ is the most disgusting thing of all.

A little bit of clarification, as I may have worded that poorly. The rank exists in the code, but it's given out temporarily for mods who want to host events, basically. You can't be a permanent event mod as of right now.

The administrators presiding over the complaints board have agreed to an appropriate resolution. You are free to inquire with Kingmatt if you wish to know how this was resolved. Locked and archived.

Does a wrong question exist? ... Wait, I got one. When will ERP be unbanned? "Does a wrong question exist?" is the only wrong question that I can think of. As for ERP? Nnnnot any time soon.

Perhaps they can't think of anything to ask, or think we'll eat their souls if they ask the wrong question.

Looking to be an IC issue. I see no OOC violations on Jackboot's part. Marking this as resolved. If the originator wishes to contest this, they are free to PM me. Locked and archived.

No one is going to leave the server because we don't wear uniforms.

Player's behavior has been noted and appropriate action will be taken should it resurface. Complaint resolved. If the originator wishes to contest this, they may PM me. Locked and archived.

Seven Ghost has been spoken to and dealt with accordingly. The other players will be observed, but otherwise not punished as of right now. With this, I believe our complaint is resolved. If the originator wishes to contest this, they may PM me. Locked and archived.

Things are perfectly fine as they are. Unless you're epileptic and five different admins are typing at the same time at the speed of one message per second, you shouldn't really be affected by this in any way.

So far, I believe we've established two things: a) There were no violations of protocol committed by the accused party. b) No metagame of any sort was involved. Considering the facts outlined above, I'm marking this complaint as resolved. If the originator wishes to contest this, he is free to send me a PM. Otherwise, all complaints regarding this player/character will have to be presented in a new thread. Locked and archived. Edit: I did an oops. I'm so sorry.

Removed "discussion" type posts. This is simply for listing things IPCs should/shouldn't be able to do. Let's keep it that way.

I believe we've already established the fact that the player behind the AI acted as he did due to a rather flawed fifth law. The player in question has already been spoken to regarding the metagame during that round. With that, I believe the complaint is resolved. If you wish to contest this decision, you're more than encouraged to PM me. Otherwise, if any further complaints regarding this player should arise, a separate thread will have to be made. Locked and archived.