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by iwishforducks
Tue May 20, 2025 11:16 pm
Forum: Closed Policy Discussion
Topic: Add rape to the hard word filter
Replies: 33
Views: 1197

Re: Add rape to the hard word filter

it’s kind of funny that nobody actually knows what is on the soft filter or what is on the hard filter because you have to say the words to find out if they are for sure


Not only is it already filtered, it was filtered many moons ago under MSO's former reign.


is it currently hard filtered ...
by iwishforducks
Thu Apr 10, 2025 8:53 am
Forum: Closed Policy Discussion
Topic: Head role assignment compromise that will leave everyone unhappy.
Replies: 26
Views: 11890

Re: Head role assignment compromise that will leave everyone unhappy.

sounds good on paper but this just seems too complicated. i think changing the job title can cause confusion. if we are to do alternate job titles i think it should just be “Acting Head of Personnel” “Acting Chief Engineer” - it keeps it obvious that they’re less prestigious but still hold the same ...
by iwishforducks
Wed Apr 09, 2025 9:23 am
Forum: Closed Policy Discussion
Topic: Funnelling OoC non-human changes out of game in replacement of In-game events.
Replies: 26
Views: 8639

Re: Funnelling OoC non-human changes out of game in replacement of In-game events.

NT realizes they can reduce spending by hiring non-humans in place of humans (non-humans only receive 75%)

or some “woke DEI” shit. They’re hoping the new DEI program will cover up the recent carpet bombing of civilians. Out of touch megacorpo trying to come up with some new controversial thing to ...
by iwishforducks
Sat Apr 05, 2025 9:17 pm
Forum: Closed Policy Discussion
Topic: Pointing being fastest way to communicate
Replies: 30
Views: 12024

Re: Pointing being fastest way to communicate

gas mask fov looking ahhh solution

edit: not to reiterate what has already been said by the plenty of people above, but "inaccurate pointing" is just dumb. a cooldown would be fine, as long as it isn't like a Two Second Cooldown. (something akin to the way tf2's voice line cooldown works, and ...
by iwishforducks
Fri Apr 04, 2025 8:35 am
Forum: Player's Headmin Election
Topic: Rex9001: Even if I fall 9000 more stand ready
Replies: 21
Views: 9289

Re: Rex9001: Even if I fall 9000 more stand ready

*throws up several other player’s ballots*

we… we did it.. we… we got rex elected

*throws up several more ballots*

oh fuck… THESE ARE ALL FIKOU’S BALLOTS! I DID THIS ALL FOR NOTHING!
by iwishforducks
Thu Apr 03, 2025 4:47 am
Forum: Player's Headmin Election
Topic: Striders13 - I guess you could consider this a platform
Replies: 23
Views: 10005

Re: Striders13 - I guess you could consider this a platform

STOP THE COUNT
► Show Spoiler
by iwishforducks
Wed Apr 02, 2025 7:13 am
Forum: Player's Headmin Election
Topic: Striders13 - I guess you could consider this a platform
Replies: 23
Views: 10005

Re: Striders13 - I guess you could consider this a platform

just saw several owls in trenchcoats stuffing the ballot boxes

WHERE ARE THE PEOPLE LOOKING INTO THIS
by iwishforducks
Tue Mar 25, 2025 11:08 pm
Forum: Candidate Debates
Topic: Metagaming and metacommunications (scary organ music)
Replies: 7
Views: 6380

Re: Metagaming and metacommunications (scary organ music)


Metacomms fucking suck, cheating takes out a lot of fun from the game especially for others, but using them to help a new player and not cheat is ok imo, just don't play in that round and stay in VC to help the new guy.



Im with Rex on this one, 100% agreement.


A little confused about these ...
by iwishforducks
Mon Mar 24, 2025 5:52 am
Forum: General Chat
Topic: what the fuck
Replies: 7
Views: 7410

Re: what the fuck

TheLoLSwat wrote: Mon Mar 24, 2025 4:30 am and the admin team went "HELL NAH!".
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qmnenQ_FEXw
by iwishforducks
Sun Mar 23, 2025 8:19 am
Forum: Player's Headmin Election
Topic: Jackraxxus - Non-Human Heads Guy (And other stuff!)
Replies: 6
Views: 6363

Re: Jackraxxus - Non-Human Heads Guy (And other stuff!)

ALSO GOD DAMN DUDE. That’s a lot of words. But I read most of them and I respect the vision. I’m also a big believer in expiring notes. Like seriously I don’t really care if someone ends up ick ocking every 6 months. It’s only a problem if it’s constant.
by iwishforducks
Sun Mar 23, 2025 8:16 am
Forum: Player's Headmin Election
Topic: Jackraxxus - Non-Human Heads Guy (And other stuff!)
Replies: 6
Views: 6363

Re: Jackraxxus - Non-Human Heads Guy (And other stuff!)

i agree with a lot of your policy but i gotta say that the mononame stuff is dumb and i Hate. i couldn’t agree more regarding new players and metacommunications. I think the crackdown and puritan take on metacomms has straight up stifled growth by a large margin. I know for a fact that I’ve avoided ...
by iwishforducks
Sun Mar 23, 2025 8:04 am
Forum: Player's Headmin Election
Topic: Striders13 - I guess you could consider this a platform
Replies: 23
Views: 10005

Re: Striders13 - I guess you could consider this a platform

WHO gives a SQUAWK about this GUY?

solid policy. nice and short. good stuff. and i couldnt agree more concerning rule 4. but i do think there’s a fine line to tread regarding murderboning and whether or not it is truly healthy.
by iwishforducks
Sun Mar 23, 2025 7:45 am
Forum: Candidate Debates
Topic: Metagaming and metacommunications (scary organ music)
Replies: 7
Views: 6380

Metagaming and metacommunications (scary organ music)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ho9rZjlsyYY

Metagaming and metacommunications. Beyond people simply purposefully cheating, what are your general thoughts on this? I have heard many admins say that they would simply not care if someone was discord calling someone to teach them the game, while I've ...
by iwishforducks
Tue Mar 18, 2025 12:41 am
Forum: Closed Policy Discussion
Topic: captain as security restrictions [MRP]
Replies: 15
Views: 8671

Re: captain as security restrictions [MRP]


We've been through this


even though this specific entry is about “sea” captains, the rank of “captain” in ss13 comes exactly from that. (starboard, aft, etc are also all terms from naval ship directions)

i think it’s pretty clear that a captain’s duties lie in security just as much as every ...
by iwishforducks
Mon Mar 17, 2025 8:16 pm
Forum: Closed Policy Discussion
Topic: A MATTER OF SECURITY
Replies: 52
Views: 26005

Re: A MATTER OF SECURITY

putting in my -1 against this for several reasons:

1. it's poorly thought out and dishonest. you're rewriting rule 4 but calling it a security policy change. if you don't agree that it's a rule 4 rewrite, then why does it affect security AND people acting as security?.. which would be dealing with ...
by iwishforducks
Mon Mar 17, 2025 7:32 pm
Forum: Closed Policy Discussion
Topic: Add respawn to sybil while the pop is dead
Replies: 13
Views: 10397

Re: Add respawn to sybil while the pop is dead



I wish we had a cooler system for getting people back into the round. Latejoins are kinda dull as is.


Did you know that cargo can order reviveable dead bodies that pull ghosts into the round? It's a totally IC way to get more people back into play. I don't know if people are using it that ...
by iwishforducks
Thu Mar 13, 2025 5:22 pm
Forum: Closed Policy Discussion
Topic: Add respawn to sybil while the pop is dead
Replies: 13
Views: 10397

Re: Add respawn to sybil while the pop is dead

yeah this would be nice
by iwishforducks
Thu Mar 06, 2025 10:00 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Farewell MSO?
Replies: 63
Views: 23220

Re: Farewell MSO?



So why is the question about a man and not a woman? Well, first and foremost, males statistically tend to commit more violent crimes.


Big facepalm. So now we are at "bigotry is allowed if I try to back it up with statistics"?


is the implication that what i said is equivalent to the ...
by iwishforducks
Thu Mar 06, 2025 9:13 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Farewell MSO?
Replies: 63
Views: 23220

Re: Farewell MSO?

I think the question [as a woman, would you rather be stuck in the woods with a random man or a bear?] is a very contemporary question on social gender norms and general gender biology.

But I think the framing of the question is very important. Ultimately, you tend to actually try to avoid anything ...
by iwishforducks
Wed Mar 05, 2025 9:17 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Farewell MSO?
Replies: 63
Views: 23220

Re: Farewell MSO?

maybe the point wasn't to be respectful to a very disrespectful person or have a "civil discussion" with someone that consistently used their iron fist to control civil discussions
by iwishforducks
Tue Feb 25, 2025 6:56 pm
Forum: Closed Policy Discussion
Topic: The Inevitable Rule 11 Thread
Replies: 84
Views: 29008

Re: The Inevitable Rule 11 Thread


Recall still, this rule was written by the same person with the following take on our Discord:
Riley - MSO/MTO - She/They — 20/09/2022 18:49
there is nothing wrong with saying the nigger word
its only when you use it to be bigoted that it becomes an issue

One of many instances of MSO wearing ...
by iwishforducks
Tue Feb 25, 2025 8:17 am
Forum: Coding
Topic: Progtot removal thank you thread
Replies: 8
Views: 7787

Re: Progtot removal thank you thread

Now the coders have replaced them with WOKE tots and DEI tots. WAKE UP SHEEPLE
by iwishforducks
Mon Feb 24, 2025 10:47 pm
Forum: Closed Policy Discussion
Topic: The Inevitable Rule 11 Thread
Replies: 84
Views: 29008

Re: The Inevitable Rule 11 Thread

i want more admins with more conviction and opinion… not everyone believes the same, imitates
by iwishforducks
Thu Dec 26, 2024 4:52 pm
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: counting is anti-establishment
Replies: 16
Views: 9209

Re: counting is anti-establishment

yeah can we kill bingus for not counting

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by iwishforducks
Tue Dec 17, 2024 10:49 am
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: counting is anti-establishment
Replies: 16
Views: 9209

Re: counting is anti-establishment

im breaking the count with a double post here but like i really feel like we’ve lost the plot in favor of being ego tripping assholes. i opened the tg discord after i made the above post and got reminded of what this “game” is all about: having. fucking. fun.

look at this shit. this is the funniest ...
by iwishforducks
Tue Dec 17, 2024 10:26 am
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: counting is anti-establishment
Replies: 16
Views: 9209

Re: counting is anti-establishment

YOU WILL NOT ENJOY YOURSELF PLAYING THIS GAME. YOU ARE NOTHING BUT A TOOL TO BE USED IN MY FICTIONAL POWER TRIPPING FANTASY. GOD FORBID YOU ACT LIKE A REAL HUMAN TRYING TO EXPRESS THEMSELVES FROM BEHIND A SCREEN. REMEMBER: REPORT ALL ACTS OF OOC THINKING TO YOUR LOCAL ADMIN. ALL ACTS MUST BE BACKED ...
by iwishforducks
Sun Dec 08, 2024 6:17 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: farewell MSO
Replies: 143
Views: 62048

Re: farewell MSO


If that's it, idk how that's a crab bucket. Pretty fucking bad faith to assume I'm "dragging somepan for speaking out". This isn't speaking out, it's indulging in pointless behaviour that serves no purpose other than continue an argument that won't end.


i believe it to be in perfectly good faith
by iwishforducks
Sun Dec 08, 2024 5:49 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: farewell MSO
Replies: 143
Views: 62048

Re: farewell MSO




What I do think is that it's a colossal waste of time. MSO is the host (in transition but still host) and arguing with him is like arguing, yelling expletives and throwing footwear at a hurricane expecting it to change direction.

The hurricane will continue doing its business and likely will ...
by iwishforducks
Thu Nov 14, 2024 7:28 pm
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: counting is anti-establishment
Replies: 16
Views: 9209

Re: counting is anti-establishment

why in the hell did i make this thread
by iwishforducks
Thu Nov 14, 2024 6:16 pm
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: counting is anti-establishment
Replies: 16
Views: 9209

counting is anti-establishment

you ever notice that the OLIGARCHS and people who TAKE THIS SHIT WAY TOO SERIOUSLY hate COUNTING?

POWER TO THE PEOPLE

i can no longer talk in player’s club and i do not plan on renewing my membership. that roleplay policy thread was the gayest shit i ever read. goodbye forever until i randomly ...
by iwishforducks
Sat Oct 26, 2024 1:22 pm
Forum: Roleplaying
Topic: you are in the jungle, when...
Replies: 1
Views: 5010

Re: you are in the jungle, when...

Cutting through the jungle thicket, pushing away stray leaves out of my face, I arrive in front of the most peculiar object. In front of me lays a finely-woven basket, strewn together by dried and cut strands of the same leaves I had so brutishly pushed to the side. But this object only serves to ...
by iwishforducks
Fri Oct 25, 2024 3:59 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: farewell MSO
Replies: 143
Views: 62048

Re: farewell MSO

oh also thank god these forums have increased pfp size limits. every time i use another php forum they still have the shitty ass default 15Kb 80x80 limit. that shit drives me up a wall. this is a belated thanks but yeah
by iwishforducks
Fri Oct 25, 2024 1:34 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: farewell MSO
Replies: 143
Views: 62048

Re: farewell MSO


if you don't see how using the word incel, as an insult, is a part of the patriarchal enforcement of toxic masculinity then I can't help you.

You can call out misogyny without making it an attack on their sexual history and reinforcing the notion that a guy's self worth is tied to his sexual ...
by iwishforducks
Thu Oct 24, 2024 3:41 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: farewell MSO
Replies: 143
Views: 62048

Re: farewell MSO

i have mixed feelings about mso. in the realm of server hosts i’ve seen, mso is definitely much more well adjusted and less of a dictator than the other hosts that exist. with that said, the times that mso has ruled with an iron fist i find myself agreeing with him at times- so i don’t think all ...
by iwishforducks
Thu Oct 24, 2024 3:00 pm
Forum: Closed Policy Discussion
Topic: Actually write down you are not allowed to murderbone on LRP lowpop
Replies: 25
Views: 6864

Re: Actually write down you are not allowed to murderbone on LRP lowpop


One of my headmin platforms every time, has been to make a channel on the discord to post accepted policy changes / headmin rulings. I still think it would be a great idea, as not everyone uses forums, but more people use the discord.


#policybus exists but it hasn’t been used since january ...
by iwishforducks
Wed Oct 23, 2024 7:09 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: damn it's dead
Replies: 509
Views: 106738

Re: damn it's dead



everyone here sounds completely insane


It is truly tragic that you have not chosen to remain silent, since the main posters of this thread don't particularly care for your thoughts on the matter.


i care about fikou and his thoughts on any matter and i am going to beat you senseless with ...
by iwishforducks
Wed Oct 16, 2024 10:08 pm
Forum: Video Games
Topic: FACTORIO (ft. space)
Replies: 11
Views: 15294

Re: FACTORIO (ft. space)

it's so close................... so fucking close.................................................................................
by iwishforducks
Tue Oct 15, 2024 6:37 am
Forum: General Chat
Topic: damn it's dead
Replies: 509
Views: 106738

Re: damn it's dead


it never left


https://github.com/tgstation/tgstation/pull/63588
del: Removed romerol, surplus crate and the special syndicate kits from regular traitor uplink. Romerol is now a final objective that you can receive.

unless you’re saying it never left as in “it’s a final objective now” - in ...
by iwishforducks
Thu Oct 03, 2024 4:41 am
Forum: General Chat
Topic: damn it's dead
Replies: 509
Views: 106738

Re: damn it's dead


Well I have been putting it off, but today I decided to sit down and do it like I have promised and here is an example PR that does most of these changes: https://github.com/Vect0r2/Signia-Station/pull/16. The info about what changes have been made are inside the PR, but I think I got most of them ...
by iwishforducks
Tue Oct 01, 2024 8:32 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: damn it's dead
Replies: 509
Views: 106738

Re: damn it's dead

massa wrote: Tue Oct 01, 2024 7:15 pm each collapse corresponds to a gun or antag removed or Really Bad™ PR
big claims require big evidence
by iwishforducks
Tue Oct 01, 2024 5:47 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: damn it's dead
Replies: 509
Views: 106738

Re: damn it's dead

This is the lowest the 30-day average has ever been since mid-2017 (since the data has been collected)

Granted, this is in part due to the DDoS. But even then, we've had worse DDoSes and people still kept playing. (The dip in 2022-2023 is because of a DDoS, I believe.)
And also the wallening. But ...
by iwishforducks
Tue Oct 01, 2024 5:40 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: damn it's dead
Replies: 509
Views: 106738

Re: damn it's dead

by iwishforducks
Tue Oct 01, 2024 5:12 pm
Forum: Closed Policy Discussion
Topic: [LRP] Rule 4 and deconverting
Replies: 44
Views: 7091

Re: [LRP] Rule 4 and deconverting



I’m going to have to be in full agreement with Burger/Gamer here. I’m not sure why we’re starting to spearhead this policy under the guise of “stopping NRP” when, as Necro kind of eluded to, the specific situation could easily have been interpreted as a Rule 0/1 issue. I don’t see the need for ...
by iwishforducks
Tue Oct 01, 2024 4:00 pm
Forum: Closed Policy Discussion
Topic: [LRP] Rule 4 and deconverting
Replies: 44
Views: 7091

Re: [LRP] Rule 4 and deconverting


It's not that more rules equals more RP.

Rule 4 often equals less RP on the side of non antags . Non-antags are often seen furiously quoting it when they have limited to no IC reason to do what they did and are just relying on the rules in lieu of RP to justify their actions.


I disagree ...
by iwishforducks
Tue Oct 01, 2024 3:13 pm
Forum: Closed Policy Discussion
Topic: [LRP] Rule 4 and deconverting
Replies: 44
Views: 7091

Re: [LRP] Rule 4 and deconverting

I’m going to have to be in full agreement with Burger/Gamer here. I’m not sure why we’re starting to spearhead this policy under the guise of “stopping NRP” when, as Necro kind of eluded to, the specific situation could easily have been interpreted as a Rule 0/1 issue. I don’t see the need for this ...
by iwishforducks
Tue Oct 01, 2024 6:46 am
Forum: General Chat
Topic: damn it's dead
Replies: 509
Views: 106738

Re: damn it's dead

one thing i never understood was that dynamic shit is policy for some reason. why would it not be a coder thing? feels like coders should be the ones tweaking those values, not admins
by iwishforducks
Sun Sep 29, 2024 5:30 am
Forum: Closed Policy Discussion
Topic: [LRP] Rule 4 and deconverting
Replies: 44
Views: 7091

Re: [LRP] Rule 4 and deconverting

i dont see why people should have any amount of mercy on people that's sole mission is to summon an inter-dimensional blood god to feast on the bodies and souls of everyone on the station

with that said, oocly, if people are actively trying to deconvert other people and you come in and just kill ...
by iwishforducks
Fri Sep 27, 2024 2:52 pm
Forum: Video Games
Topic: FACTORIO (ft. space)
Replies: 11
Views: 15294

Re: FACTORIO (ft. space)

Capsandi wrote: Fri Sep 27, 2024 2:32 am snip
holy hell dude. first time i've seen someone use boats for seablock surprisingly enough. is it not annoying to fuel them?