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by vect0r
Mon May 19, 2025 1:36 am
Forum: Closed Policy Discussion
Topic: Add rape to the hard word filter
Replies: 33
Views: 1199

Re: Add rape to the hard word filter


Part of me agrees, but part of me also acknowledges that there's valid reasons to use the word from time to time and another third part of me thinks it should stay because it's a good trap for the kind of person who gets really fucking mad at us for telling them they can't make rape jokes.


What ...
by vect0r
Tue Apr 22, 2025 3:50 pm
Forum: Closed Complaints
Topic: [thebiblemelts] - Exploiting an oversight to subvert lux pen restrictions
Replies: 4
Views: 6090

Re: [thebiblemelts] - Exploiting an oversight to subvert lux pen restrictions

I thought that admin complaints were for admin conduct, not player conduct.
by vect0r
Sun Mar 16, 2025 10:50 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Revert to save pop
Replies: 74
Views: 28501

Re: Revert to save pop

mrmelbert wrote: Sun Mar 16, 2025 10:29 pm Remember when we ran 2017 code for like a week and the pop died after the first day
*2019
by vect0r
Wed Mar 05, 2025 12:53 am
Forum: Closed Policy Discussion
Topic: Spin up US MRP 2
Replies: 16
Views: 10552

Re: Spin up US MRP 2

Shut down Sybil for a week reopen it with big fanfare in a week see if pop stays.
by vect0r
Fri Feb 28, 2025 5:51 pm
Forum: Closed Policy Discussion
Topic: The Inevitable Rule 11 Thread
Replies: 84
Views: 29010

Re: The Inevitable Rule 11 Thread


I find it funny how most policy threads are people waxing philosophical about issues only tangentially related to the rule. Then, either nothing is changed because the conversation never has a conclusion, or someone at the top makes an executive decision based on their own opinion regardless of ...
by vect0r
Tue Feb 25, 2025 5:39 pm
Forum: Closed Policy Discussion
Topic: The Inevitable Rule 11 Thread
Replies: 84
Views: 29010

Re: The Inevitable Rule 11 Thread



I don't think anybody will disagree that like calling a black person the n word is worse than calling a white person a "cracker" but I don't think something should have to be as bad as the n word to be banned. I agree with the premise that white on black violence has historically and currently ...
by vect0r
Tue Feb 25, 2025 5:23 pm
Forum: Closed Policy Discussion
Topic: The Inevitable Rule 11 Thread
Replies: 84
Views: 29010

Re: The Inevitable Rule 11 Thread



Does it?

The way I read the post, nian is saying that white-on-black racism is more serious and deserves harsher scrutiny than black-on-white racism, and therefore they should be administrated differently.

However, that sounds to me like you want to administrate the server based on your ...
by vect0r
Tue Jan 14, 2025 4:53 pm
Forum: Site, Forums, And Wiki
Topic: Statbus Development Log and Announcements
Replies: 39
Views: 23819

Re: Statbus Development Log and Announcements


Hewwo!!!!!

In a previous version of Statbus, players had the option to flag their tickets as public, which would generate a random link and make their ticket visible to anyone. Only the player was allowed to mark a ticket public, admins didn't have that right. Is that something that would be ...
by vect0r
Wed Jan 08, 2025 7:13 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: I need the communities opinion on this.
Replies: 5
Views: 5723

Re: I need the communities opinion on this.

It's pretty cut & dry you should follow that law.
by vect0r
Tue Dec 24, 2024 4:19 am
Forum: Closed Policy Discussion
Topic: Make heads possible antag with a station trait
Replies: 8
Views: 6093

Re: Make heads possible antag with a station trait

This feels like a policy issue with a code solution, so I do not oppose having a policy discussion for it.
by vect0r
Thu Dec 19, 2024 10:23 pm
Forum: Coding Feedback
Topic: REALISM ISN'T FUN
Replies: 6
Views: 6598

Re: REALISM ISN'T FUN

lol
by vect0r
Sun Dec 15, 2024 7:46 am
Forum: Coding Feedback
Topic: I would like a more viceral combat system
Replies: 14
Views: 10005

Re: I would like a more viceral combat system



It all links back to Baymed


always


I've long wanted a more complex health system, a system somewhere between baymed and /tg/med - and in fact I've been working on one for another project - but it's al ways seemed that most of the /tg/ playerbase prefers the fast paced, fast treatment of ...
by vect0r
Sun Nov 17, 2024 12:12 am
Forum: Closed Policy Discussion
Topic: No starting antag for command
Replies: 43
Views: 11238

Re: No starting antag for command

I don't think this would be a good idea but it would be something I would be interested in trying for a week or two and see how people react to it.
by vect0r
Fri Nov 01, 2024 9:55 pm
Forum: Resolved Appeals
Topic: [LiarGG] Aliceee2ch - Sillicon note
Replies: 11
Views: 2961

Re: [LiarGG] Aliceee2ch - Sillicon note

As a note, a human in critical condition is still considered human. A human is only a non-human once they become a corpse (read: dead).
by vect0r
Wed Oct 30, 2024 4:22 pm
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: New root expansion
Replies: 5
Views: 6036

Re: New root expansion

Vekter wrote: Wed Oct 30, 2024 1:53 pm Hey buddy, I think you've got the wrong door. Off Topic is two blocks down.

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Hey buddy, I think you've got the wrong door. Auditorium is 6 blocks up.
by vect0r
Mon Oct 21, 2024 3:52 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: damn it's dead
Replies: 509
Views: 106758

Re: damn it's dead

dendydoom wrote: Mon Oct 21, 2024 12:58 pm
vect0r wrote: Sun Oct 20, 2024 5:39 pm
Terry is down because the server ran out of disk space.
terry is down because of hardware failure, the HDDs didn't run out of space they died.

it will take a while to get it back up
Oh yeah reread the message you're correct.
by vect0r
Sun Oct 20, 2024 5:39 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: damn it's dead
Replies: 509
Views: 106758

Re: damn it's dead





wait did pepper get banned. DO I STAND ALONE? AS THE VICTOR? UNBLEMISHED AND FREE??


They got blacklisted.

holy shit. only took them half a decade. i told them bro i told them about those stairs 5 years ago when i was an admin, and as always i am right about everything. truly nobody has ...
by vect0r
Sat Oct 12, 2024 4:11 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: damn it's dead
Replies: 509
Views: 106758

Re: damn it's dead


Honestly by putting these changes out there you make a good point that it's not only the code base but also the admin staff that are important for a server. Unfortunately in my case it's going to be months away if ever before I get any kind of server up and even then it's going to be a 5 player ...
by vect0r
Tue Oct 08, 2024 12:23 am
Forum: General Chat
Topic: damn it's dead
Replies: 509
Views: 106758

Re: damn it's dead



Reasons I believe tanked Sybil:

- QC bans also taking the friends of the QC banned with them, reducing population far more than intended
- Weighted random and pop requirements for specific maps leading to death spirals of unpopular maps, which for the most part also have not changed
- Sybil ...
by vect0r
Thu Oct 03, 2024 1:40 am
Forum: General Chat
Topic: damn it's dead
Replies: 509
Views: 106758

Re: damn it's dead





I mean can't y'all host Sybil with blackjack and hookers? fork /tg/ and revert whatever changes you want to revert and have your fun time with your friends like Pepper and Axle?

Yes, but also no. There's a lot that goes into running a server even on a temporary basis, and you're kind of ...
by vect0r
Mon Sep 30, 2024 5:39 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: damn it's dead
Replies: 509
Views: 106758

Re: damn it's dead



Fair enough. As for your questions regarding what it would take to revert those changes you were you looking at, the answer would be not hard. In order to create a server while what you're thinking of, first you'd fork the most recent version of the /tg/ repo. Then, go to the PRS that made the ...
by vect0r
Sun Sep 29, 2024 11:58 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: damn it's dead
Replies: 509
Views: 106758

Re: damn it's dead

8bot wrote: Sun Sep 29, 2024 10:26 pm
dirk_mcblade wrote: Sun Sep 29, 2024 1:48 pm
massa wrote: Sun Sep 29, 2024 12:23 pm
dirk_mcblade wrote: Sun Sep 29, 2024 9:44 am I think ultimately people hate anarchy
excuse me sir i love anarchy
Make a server about it then
we had one
it was murdered
Yeah the evil tg admins took it behind the shed and shot it to death smh.
by vect0r
Sat Sep 28, 2024 5:43 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: damn it's dead
Replies: 509
Views: 106758

Re: damn it's dead


Imo, the coding subforum is so depreciated, nobody even opened a wallening thread to discuss it, the discord server put towards that purpose is totally suprised at its repealment, nobody joined it to realistically criticise it even when it failed and now it is soon to be discontinued.

The coding ...
by vect0r
Fri Sep 27, 2024 8:16 am
Forum: General Chat
Topic: damn it's dead
Replies: 509
Views: 106758

Re: damn it's dead









I mean can't y'all host Sybil with blackjack and hookers? fork /tg/ and revert whatever changes you want to revert and have your fun time with your friends like Pepper and Axle?

Yes, but also no. There's a lot that goes into running a server even on a temporary basis, and you're ...
by vect0r
Fri Sep 27, 2024 5:56 am
Forum: General Chat
Topic: damn it's dead
Replies: 509
Views: 106758

Re: damn it's dead







I mean can't y'all host Sybil with blackjack and hookers? fork /tg/ and revert whatever changes you want to revert and have your fun time with your friends like Pepper and Axle?

Yes, but also no. There's a lot that goes into running a server even on a temporary basis, and you're kind ...
by vect0r
Fri Sep 27, 2024 5:40 am
Forum: General Chat
Topic: damn it's dead
Replies: 509
Views: 106758

Re: damn it's dead





I mean can't y'all host Sybil with blackjack and hookers? fork /tg/ and revert whatever changes you want to revert and have your fun time with your friends like Pepper and Axle?

Yes, but also no. There's a lot that goes into running a server even on a temporary basis, and you're kind of ...
by vect0r
Fri Sep 27, 2024 4:36 am
Forum: General Chat
Topic: damn it's dead
Replies: 509
Views: 106758

Re: damn it's dead



I mean can't y'all host Sybil with blackjack and hookers? fork /tg/ and revert whatever changes you want to revert and have your fun time with your friends like Pepper and Axle?

Honestly considering it but that would be months away at best for various reasons.
I barely even know what a GitHub ...
by vect0r
Fri Sep 27, 2024 4:24 am
Forum: General Chat
Topic: damn it's dead
Replies: 509
Views: 106758

Re: damn it's dead



I mean can't y'all host Sybil with blackjack and hookers? fork /tg/ and revert whatever changes you want to revert and have your fun time with your friends like Pepper and Axle?

Yes, but also no. There's a lot that goes into running a server even on a temporary basis, and you're kind of ...
by vect0r
Fri Sep 27, 2024 2:33 am
Forum: General Chat
Topic: damn it's dead
Replies: 509
Views: 106758

Re: damn it's dead

I mean can't y'all host Sybil with blackjack and hookers? fork /tg/ and revert whatever changes you want to revert and have your fun time with your friends like Pepper and Axle?
by vect0r
Thu Jul 25, 2024 4:45 am
Forum: Resolved Appeals
Topic: Lorwp: I have not escaped
Replies: 1
Views: 1092

Lorwp: I have not escaped

BYOND account: vect0r

Ban/note type (Check what applies): ban
(x) - Server Ban
() - Note
() - Forum Ban
() - Discord Ban

Ban/note length: 7 days
Ban/note reason: beaned.png
Time ban was placed: like a bit ago idk
Server you were playing on when banned: Manuel
Round ID in which ...
by vect0r
Wed Jul 24, 2024 7:57 pm
Forum: Ideas
Topic: Minor ERT change for the better.
Replies: 2
Views: 1780

Re: Minor ERT change for the better.

New players being ERT command or nuke ops leader is peak ss13.
by vect0r
Mon Jul 15, 2024 11:54 pm
Forum: Closed Policy Discussion
Topic: Convert teaching metacomms from ask for forgiveness to ask for permission.
Replies: 23
Views: 5865

Re: Convert teaching metacomms from ask for forgiveness to ask for permission.



tf2 has/had a coach system for you to have a buddy watching from your vantage point who can see what you can see, (and only what you can see).

We can already do this with the observe hud system (its a check box in the orbit menu) so if we had a way for a player to mark themselves as a coach for ...
by vect0r
Sat Jul 13, 2024 4:10 pm
Forum: Ideas
Topic: Carlarc's Wacky Idea Repositorium
Replies: 23
Views: 9381

Re: Carlarc's Wacky Idea Repositorium

If you want some inspiration goonstation has something similar
https://wiki.ss13.co/Arcfiend
by vect0r
Tue Jul 09, 2024 6:38 pm
Forum: Closed Policy Discussion
Topic: Make Station Traits Less Common
Replies: 17
Views: 6008

Re: Make Station Traits Less Common

Idk man I like the amount we have.
by vect0r
Sun Jul 07, 2024 12:21 am
Forum: Resolved Appeals
Topic: [Dragomagol] Muffindrake - ban due to ongoing hostility, OOC in IC
Replies: 8
Views: 2383

Re: [Dragomagol] Muffindrake - ban due to ongoing hostility, OOC in IC

As a note, as default perma bans are one year and expect a vouch before being accepted.
by vect0r
Sat Jun 01, 2024 8:31 am
Forum: Coding Feedback
Topic: Replace Roboticist experiments with positive work tasks
Replies: 3
Views: 5643

Re: Replace Roboticist experiments with positive work tasks

It's already been replaced by scan one built mech, then the discount is scan two fully kitted out mechs.
by vect0r
Tue May 21, 2024 7:57 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: TG 2019
Replies: 21
Views: 11421

Re: TG 2019

TheSmallBlue wrote: Tue May 21, 2024 7:35 pm God I never realized just how much I missed nanites. Don't get me wrong they're ass but I loved what they allowed you to do and I miss them greatly
Yeah it's really cool. I wasn't around for it but it's cool to see what you can do with them
by vect0r
Sun May 05, 2024 12:21 am
Forum: Ideas
Topic: So: AI no AA, Y/N ok?
Replies: 6
Views: 2391

Re: So: AI no AA, Y/N ok?

Haha no thank you.
by vect0r
Wed Mar 27, 2024 1:18 am
Forum: Closed Policy Discussion
Topic: Wasting points during Nuke Ops = Immediate Kill?
Replies: 58
Views: 16710

Re: Wasting points during Nuke Ops = Immediate Kill?


This could have been a funny story in the player's club about how the RD researched clown tech during war ops, so the crew built HONK mechs and used them to fuck up some nukies and/or die.
Instead, it's a thread in policy discussion about some whiny dipshit killing their boss over a tiny amount of ...
by vect0r
Fri Mar 15, 2024 3:09 am
Forum: Resolved Appeals
Topic: Bmon - vect0r Banned for balling to hard with a ball of death
Replies: 4
Views: 2025

Re: Bmon - vect0r Banned for balling to hard with a ball of death

I've been thinking about this whole thing and it's completely valid- thanks for dealing with me lol. feel free to lock this up :)
by vect0r
Thu Mar 14, 2024 8:49 am
Forum: Resolved Appeals
Topic: Bmon - vect0r Banned for balling to hard with a ball of death
Replies: 4
Views: 2025

Bmon - vect0r Banned for balling to hard with a ball of death

BYOND account: Vect0r

Ban/note type: Ban

note length: 3 Days

Ban Reason: Intentionally delamed the SM into a singu ending the round and killing a good number of the crew. Although you had a vote ran not everyone consented to dying violently in a singularity.

Server you were playing on: Manuel ...
by vect0r
Sat Mar 09, 2024 11:25 pm
Forum: Closed Policy Discussion
Topic: Update the policy on antag tokens.
Replies: 40
Views: 8725

Re: Update the policy on antag tokens.



As a player I would rather get a cool positive note for something cool I did instead of an antag token. One is cool and unique and the other is just "you get heretic lmao".


By definition an antag token is a positive note. The difference would be this:

positive note: "Did a really good ...
by vect0r
Sat Mar 09, 2024 9:09 pm
Forum: Closed Policy Discussion
Topic: Update the policy on antag tokens.
Replies: 40
Views: 8725

Re: Update the policy on antag tokens.

As a player I would rather get a cool positive note for something cool I did instead of an antag token. One is cool and unique and the other is just "you get heretic lmao".
by vect0r
Tue Mar 05, 2024 6:02 am
Forum: Closed Policy Discussion
Topic: Implementatiopn of voting bans.
Replies: 16
Views: 5264

Re: Implementatiopn of voting bans.

This feels like a code issue tbh.
Also banning somebody for a mapvote lmao
by vect0r
Sat Feb 24, 2024 4:51 pm
Forum: Resolved Appeals
Topic: [<Iain0>] Ekaterina von Russland - bwoinked over a bag search
Replies: 23
Views: 3696

Re: [<Iain0>] Ekaterina von Russland - bwoinked over a bag search



My submitted basis is the current part of rule 4 that states
Crewmembers are not allowed to pre-emptively search for, hinder, or otherwise seek conflict with antagonists without reasonable cause to do so.


As I understand it, this rule is intended to stop "valid hunting" among crew members ...
by vect0r
Fri Feb 02, 2024 10:32 pm
Forum: Closed Policy Discussion
Topic: MRP: What exactly constitutes sabotage?
Replies: 8
Views: 3453

Re: MRP: What exactly constitutes sabotage?

Also blowing up the SM the sabotage is not having power, but an ash drake or whatever it’s a GIANT FUCKING MONSTER murdering crew left and right. That’s fucking epic and more interesting than any SM blowing up.
by vect0r
Fri Feb 02, 2024 6:19 pm
Forum: Closed Policy Discussion
Topic: MRP - Offensive Genocide of Security
Replies: 67
Views: 32758

Re: MRP - Offensive Genocide of Security


you shouldn't be allowed to murder an entire department of people unprompted. if you try to justify doing it because security will eventually come after you, you could also justify killing all of medbay because they might revive your victims. and then murdering science because they might build ...
by vect0r
Thu Jan 04, 2024 12:58 am
Forum: Closed Policy Discussion
Topic: Paradox Clones and Metagaming
Replies: 32
Views: 18045

Re: Paradox Clones and Metagaming


I think that's a very weird assumption to make when the OP is clearly written from the perspective of the person who was executed and whether that was a decision that we should uphold as desirable, not the perspective of someone who might be doing the executing
it's pretty transparently obvious ...
by vect0r
Sat Dec 09, 2023 8:21 pm
Forum: Closed Policy Discussion
Topic: Enforce Human Authority: 0
Replies: 244
Views: 192019

Re: Enforce Human Authority: 0


I know the major complaint is gonna be "but what about muh asimov" but we already let non-humans be security which conflicts with the AI WAY MORE than the average head of staff in most rounds, and the game still works just fine.


Gonna level with you, the reason it 'works' is because every ...