Guest Posted December 9, 2014 Share Posted December 9, 2014 Noted and looking into, wasn't a feature that we added of changed. Quote Link to comment
Chaznoodles Posted December 9, 2014 Share Posted December 9, 2014 I was here from the start which if I recall was Chaz, Tool, Sphere and Farcry. I got the initial forums started about a few weeks (I think but I could be lying) in after the server was made. Exactly the same week as the server went up, if not before that! Quote Link to comment
tuiee Posted December 9, 2014 Share Posted December 9, 2014 OK, I have some legitimate questions. When did you all become mods/admins? Were you here from the beginning? Was there an original Glorious Supreme Admin Leader before Frances? Are there other staff that aren't currently here anymore that served before? *rises, back popping, from a rocking chair* I became an admin in the first few days of Aurora - Tool asked me to lend a hand in moderating the then-fledgling server. I was demoted as Tool's staff were mostly all purged following his resignation and told to apply the proper way, then I started from square one as a mod and worked back up to adminship. Yep. I was here from way before the start. I'm ancient, actually; I was a regular when Covert received his first whitelist on old Apollo, I watched the split happen and talked with Laser about his feelings over the whole ordeal, and, way back when, I even got to participate in the angry mob that almost got Rusty banned when he first joined because we all mistook him for an alias of an admin that had recently been demoted. Yes, there was another Glorious Leader, but that was covered already. And, mhm, there are; a few, actually. Almost but not quite including me, heh. Quote Link to comment
Baka Posted December 26, 2014 Share Posted December 26, 2014 What is your ideal player, besides "not a shit heel"? Quote Link to comment
Frances Posted December 26, 2014 Author Share Posted December 26, 2014 What is your ideal player, besides "not a shit heel"? For me, somebody who plays a personifiable, yet average character. Samantha Mason and Imraj Brar come to mind as immediate examples (though there's many more I can think of, apologies for only naming these two). But the reason why I really like these characters is that they're average, yet recognizable. Unique, but not for something stupid, like being a super robust army man or a crazy scientist. Instead, they've got their own sets of strengths and flaws, minor details which, while unremarkable on their own, come together to create a believable complexity representative of life. There's two kinds of characters we see a the most. "Extreme" space dudes who are good at everything and super badass, and everyman characters who are so bland nobody remembers them. (The two people I've seen play everyman characters well are Rebel and Drew, these guys are champs at giving anything average a "local" flavor.) But people need to take more liberties in giving their characters "unique" traits that are believable. And that might mean stepping out of your comfort zone, because perhaps your perfect character isn't black or indian, or part of some religion you don't really know about, or 20 years older than you are. But if you can find a trait that'll add flavor to your character, and find a good groove to play with (an issue I see fairly often is a lot of people stick to younger characters because older characters have a limited dating pool, or just present foreign experiences to them), you'll end up with a /lot/ of roleplay opportunities, because people will appreciate your character and enjoy roleplaying with you. And your "perfect" character won't be remembered. But your "flawed" one will. Besides creating diversified characters, I always appreciate people who have a good sense of humor, and a general appreciation of the game. Good players don't need to be sociable (in fact, a lot of our good players have barely said anything in OOC), but they should be able to take things lightly, and recognize when something is an issue and when something is simply part of the round's flow. Basically, when you complain, you better make sure you know what you're complaining about. I don't mean to scare people away from complaining if they believe they have a reason for it (we exist to receive feedback and address it), but constantly hearing "wahhh the antag ruined my chair-rp" gets annoying after a while. Quote Link to comment
SpiffyFishface Posted December 27, 2014 Share Posted December 27, 2014 Being new here, I just have to ask this. How many grievers usually show up on a regular basis? Quote Link to comment
VikingPingvin Posted December 27, 2014 Share Posted December 27, 2014 Being new here, I just have to ask this. How many grievers usually show up on a regular basis? Varies. Sometimes we don't have any for 2-3 rounds. Sometimes we have to deal with them every 10 minutes. Quote Link to comment
SpiffyFishface Posted December 30, 2014 Share Posted December 30, 2014 Also, I've noticed something interesting on other pages of the forum, and I have to ask: How do you people keep track of warnings and notes against certain offenders? Quote Link to comment
Skull132 Posted December 30, 2014 Share Posted December 30, 2014 Also, I've noticed something interesting on other pages of the forum, and I have to ask: How do you people keep track of warnings and notes against certain offenders? The game has a "Player Notes" system built into it. Basically, for every CKey ingame, there is an associated list of notes. We can review these at any time, really, or add to them. Quote Link to comment
SpiffyFishface Posted January 14, 2015 Share Posted January 14, 2015 Is it possible for Admins to do special things by entering commands, like play music or change Nar'Sie's sprite into a gif or make people explode into bloody gibs? Quote Link to comment
Chaznoodles Posted January 14, 2015 Share Posted January 14, 2015 Is it possible for Admins to do special things by entering commands, like play music or change Nar'Sie's sprite into a gif or make people explode into bloody gibs? I have a picture of such a moment occurring on the fledgling Aurora. There's a lot of things the admins can do, and it's mostly only limited by imagination. Quote Link to comment
SpiffyFishface Posted January 14, 2015 Share Posted January 14, 2015 Is it possible for Admins to do special things by entering commands, like play music or change Nar'Sie's sprite into a gif or make people explode into bloody gibs? I have a picture of such a moment occurring on the fledgling Aurora. There's a lot of things the admins can do, and it's mostly only limited by imagination. Will this sort of goofy shit ever happen again? Quote Link to comment
Dea Tacita Posted January 15, 2015 Share Posted January 15, 2015 Will this sort of goofy shit ever happen again? Probably not. We're generally lighthearted, but Aurora is a Heavy-RP server and we've (I think) generally begun treating it like that. While that might be astoundingly fun at times, it's generally not the atmosphere we aim for. But then again, we're all here to have fun. Quote Link to comment
Guest Posted January 15, 2015 Share Posted January 15, 2015 Whenever Frances comes on and wants to do an event, you should expect her to pitch the griefiest but the funniest shit on the planet. Quote Link to comment
SpiffyFishface Posted January 19, 2015 Share Posted January 19, 2015 Is Wizard an event you need to get whitelisted for in order to get chosen to be one, or is my luck just really shitty that whenever there's a chance it might happen, I never become it? Quote Link to comment
Dea Tacita Posted January 19, 2015 Share Posted January 19, 2015 Is Wizard an event you need to get whitelisted for in order to get chosen to be one, or is my luck just really shitty that whenever there's a chance it might happen, I never become it? Antags aren't whitelisted Quote Link to comment
SpiffyFishface Posted January 20, 2015 Share Posted January 20, 2015 How bad of a sign is [Author Attention Needed] for a whitelist application? Quote Link to comment
SgtSammac Posted January 20, 2015 Share Posted January 20, 2015 Not that bad, it just means the staff have a few points they want addressed, so they can get an idea of you, or to help you. Quote Link to comment
Covert0ddity Posted January 20, 2015 Share Posted January 20, 2015 The Author Attention Needed is, simply that. The moderator/whitelist approver will generall detail what you did wrong (Or simply need to expand upon) and then you can post and the said approver will look over it again. It's nothing to be scared about or anything. Quote Link to comment
SpiffyFishface Posted January 23, 2015 Share Posted January 23, 2015 What is the most stupid question you have ever received (Either Ahelp or Forums) as an admin/mod/etc? Quote Link to comment
Doomberg Posted January 23, 2015 Share Posted January 23, 2015 What is the most stupid question you have ever received (Either Ahelp or Forums) as an admin/mod/etc? There are no stupid questions, but if it had to pick one, it would be "Can I have a rocket launcher?". Quote Link to comment
incognitojesus Posted January 23, 2015 Share Posted January 23, 2015 What is the most stupid question you have ever received (Either Ahelp or Forums) as an admin/mod/etc? There are no stupid questions, but if it had to pick one, it would be "Can I have a rocket launcher?". Didn't he....actually get one? Quote Link to comment
Doomberg Posted January 23, 2015 Share Posted January 23, 2015 What is the most stupid question you have ever received (Either Ahelp or Forums) as an admin/mod/etc? There are no stupid questions, but if it had to pick one, it would be "Can I have a rocket launcher?". Didn't he....actually get one? I spawned him a cookie. Quote Link to comment
SpiffyFishface Posted January 23, 2015 Share Posted January 23, 2015 Did that cookie at least make him explode? Quote Link to comment
Jennalele Posted January 23, 2015 Share Posted January 23, 2015 I don't recall, no. But we have implanted satanist chaplains in the past to explode on saying the words "Hail Satan", or "Satanic". Quote Link to comment
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