Search found 301 matches

by Kryson
Sat Jan 15, 2022 3:33 pm
Forum: Ideas
Topic: What Reagents should make Gold Slime mobs for cytology?
Replies: 1
Views: 844

Re: What Reagents should make Gold Slime mobs for cytology?

The way to design samples is to ensure that the recipes for the different mobs conflict to make growing more difficult.

I'd support a paranormal type sample with spacebat, eyeball, aberrant residue, mimic, etc though.

Random spawn mimics in maint carrying a standalone mimic sample could also be ...
by Kryson
Sun Dec 26, 2021 1:05 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Does heretic need to be buffed? (I ded topic)
Replies: 33
Views: 8632

Re: Does heretic need to be buffed? (I ded topic)

I disagree that sidepaths are useless, some of the best abilities are in the side paths.

Taking priest's ritual is virtually required for playing rust for example, it is one of the best abilities and allows you to access jaunt.

Armorers ritual also very good once you loud.

Blood cleave will let ...
by Kryson
Mon Oct 11, 2021 2:27 am
Forum: Closed Policy Discussion
Topic: New Allowance to the In-Game Word Filter
Replies: 74
Views: 73856

Re: New Allowance to the In-Game Word Filter

Wait, wasn't this you explicitly ran on NOT doing?
by Kryson
Thu Sep 16, 2021 4:18 pm
Forum: Closed Policy Discussion
Topic: Usage of non-english speech
Replies: 39
Views: 11131

Re: Usage of non-english speech

The game logs and speech logs also don't take on the characteristics of the coded language. It's a very mechanical distinction.

Yeah but it is not like speech in foreign languages is unlogged, it can still be reported and investigated if someone hears rule breaking speech.

I think the game ...
by Kryson
Thu Sep 16, 2021 3:53 pm
Forum: Closed Policy Discussion
Topic: Usage of non-english speech
Replies: 39
Views: 11131

Re: Usage of non-english speech

is speaking another language as a gimmick really that different from taking the foreigner quirk or just being mute?

Shouldn't we encourage playing characters that isn't just John American?

Obviously in moderation, we don't want half of the server refusing to communicate in english.

It matters ...
by Kryson
Sat Sep 04, 2021 10:08 am
Forum: Ideas
Topic: Ethereal Crystal Replacement: Post-Mortem Shock
Replies: 19
Views: 3904

Re: Ethereal Crystal Replacement: Post-Mortem Shock

The crystal looks cool and feels powerful, defib feels very boring in comparison and would probably drive people away from the race.
by Kryson
Sat Aug 28, 2021 1:03 pm
Forum: Spriting and Mapping
Topic: The Cytology Mapping Problem
Replies: 18
Views: 15452

Re: The Cytology Mapping Problem

Recently I've seen some sentient cubes with the artstyle of something like Risk of Rain being pulled around which I think may be from cytology? That sort of piqued my interest but as Sticky pointed out they don't seem to do anything..

The cubes are actually probably the strongest mob in all of ...
by Kryson
Sat Aug 28, 2021 12:11 pm
Forum: Coding Feedback
Topic: Okay seriously what's the point of the detective's revolver
Replies: 77
Views: 22476

Re: Okay seriously what's the point of the detective's revolver

The point of it is to be able to investigate crimes scenes in maint without getting stinkhanded and killed without resistance.

I believe it being lethal only actually deters the detective from making arrests which is a good thing. Also it is cool.

>least do SOMETHING to perhaps aid in my journey ...
by Kryson
Sat Aug 07, 2021 1:40 pm
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: The coders are always fucking things up.
Replies: 115
Views: 32109

Re: The coders are always fucking things up.

The game has never been better.

Most of the features bitter burnouts cry about being excised were cancerous and made the game worse.
by Kryson
Sun Jul 25, 2021 3:34 am
Forum: Closed Policy Discussion
Topic: How is "grief" handled (specifically against non-humans).
Replies: 29
Views: 7580

Re: How is "grief" handled (specifically against non-humans).

I like being discriminated against and abused for being a cat.

It creates a source of conflict that isn't life or death, most of the time.

Of course it can go too far at times, but interspecies conflict & loyalty is important in making the different races play and feel different, rather than ...
by Kryson
Tue Jul 13, 2021 1:45 am
Forum: Coding Feedback
Topic: Space Dragon Issue Discussion
Replies: 32
Views: 7587

Re: Space Dragon Issue Discussion

Today, i killed two carps at the entrance to atmos which left me with red health, then like 15 seconds later, a carp with the same ckey as one of the ones i killed shows up and kills me before i can treat my wounds.

This was a very bad experience for me.


I think maybe a short respawn cooldown ...
by Kryson
Sat Jul 03, 2021 1:15 am
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Confession thread. Confess your SS13 sins.
Replies: 88
Views: 22213

Re: Confession thread. Confess your SS13 sins.

I have replanted event kudzu many times as non-antag.

It is so sad to see it get found out instantly and dogpiled.
by Kryson
Sat Jun 19, 2021 9:51 pm
Forum: Closed Policy Discussion
Topic: ban people who draw/write porn about other players
Replies: 105
Views: 21984

Re: ban people who draw/write porn about other players

iamgoofball wrote:the player character is just a stand-in for the actual player, and everyone knows that when you're referring to someone's static name character, you're referring to the person behind the static name character.

Ban people who think and play like this instead.
by Kryson
Tue Jun 15, 2021 2:23 pm
Forum: Closed Policy Discussion
Topic: Making Station Heads protected roles
Replies: 53
Views: 13953

Re: Making Station Heads protected roles

Meta-trustworthy roles outside of sec are profoundly bad for the game.

Not knowing who to trust is integral to building paranoia.

Protected heads is just the type of hugbox designed we should try to get away from.

In my experience, mainly from playing CMO. You get plenty of respect if you are ...
by Kryson
Tue Jun 08, 2021 7:07 am
Forum: Closed Policy Discussion
Topic: Banish all nsfw writing and art from the library officially?
Replies: 136
Views: 31747

Re: Banish all nsfw writing and art from the library officially?

Of course it should not be banned.

One of the big advantages to developing a non-commercial game is that we DON'T have create a sanitized PG13 product in order to appease a gaggle of comstockians.

The common sense approach would be that every man decides for themselves if they want to print and ...
by Kryson
Thu Mar 11, 2021 4:00 pm
Forum: Closed Policy Discussion
Topic: Messing with tourist bots - IC or not IC?
Replies: 42
Views: 14857

Re: Messing with tourist bots - IC or not IC?

Unless it is done every round, it is IC. But makes you valid to chef.

Ivan Milat roleplay.
by Kryson
Wed Mar 10, 2021 10:23 pm
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: imsxz appreciation thread
Replies: 19
Views: 7188

Re: imsxz appreciation thread

[youtube]8MiJTxlEdtQ[/youtube]
by Kryson
Thu Mar 04, 2021 12:02 pm
Forum: Coding Feedback
Topic: bar/restaurant tourists feedback
Replies: 45
Views: 18660

Re: bar/restaurant tourists feedback

Some prices are REALLY bad, one of the more annoying ones was champagne just being a 30 when I had to spend over 300 for the bottle.

The fact an assistant smashed the bottle just because also didn't help.

This feels like a good justification to either reduce or completely eliminate booze-o-mat ...
by Kryson
Wed Feb 24, 2021 12:29 pm
Forum: Coding Feedback
Topic: bar/restaurant tourists feedback
Replies: 45
Views: 18660

Re: bar/restaurant tourists feedback

I'm seeing something called light beer in the requested drinks section, I'm pretty sure that we don't really have separate light/normal beers.


We do.

/datum/reagent/consumable/ethanol/beer/light

It is pretty rare though, I was SURE it was created by fermenting grass, but turns out you have to ...
by Kryson
Wed Feb 03, 2021 11:18 am
Forum: General Chat
Topic: has space station gone to far?!! [CONTRAVERSTIAL TAKE]
Replies: 14
Views: 4068

Re: has space station gone to far?!! [CONTRAVERSTIAL TAKE]

The stars aligned and the heretic PR was opened during the week oranges had retired.

I don't think any big magic themed feature would get merged today.
by Kryson
Tue Jan 19, 2021 10:03 am
Forum: Resolved Appeals
Topic: White-faced Capuchin ban appeal (Spookuni)
Replies: 7
Views: 2546

Re: White-faced Capuchin ban appeal

It is important to recognize that monkey said the n-word once shortly after joining the round and was in response almost wordlessly stunned, cuffed, beaten to near death, full stripped and put into the execution chamber to be executed a mere ~40 seconds after saying the word.

Only after this ...
by Kryson
Thu Nov 26, 2020 3:01 am
Forum: Ideas
Topic: Genetics rework ideas
Replies: 27
Views: 9149

Re: Genetics rework ideas

You would need to counteract this with mutadone

This is not good design since you can easily produce thousands of units of mutadone at no real cost. We can already see this type of design failing with brain damaging drugs, people just routinely mix their drugs with mannitol, since obtaining ...
by Kryson
Mon Nov 23, 2020 6:26 am
Forum: Resolved Appeals
Topic: [Spookuni]White-faced Capuchin | Racism
Replies: 3
Views: 1728

Re: [Spookuni]White-faced Capuchin | Racism

Was the word nigger directed at someone of African descent?

This is relevant since the host has stated just saying a racial slur, such as nigger, is not in itself prohibited.

Best regards
by Kryson
Thu Nov 19, 2020 3:47 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Chem Gang, What Is Your Favorite Way To Murder People?
Replies: 22
Views: 7131

Re: Chem Gang, What Is Your Favorite Way To Murder People?

My favourite way of killing people is 10u bungotoxin, 4u pan galactic gargle blaster and 1u hippies delight. This slowly kills the victims heart, while making them druggy and very dizzy. The bungotoxin sets their confusion stat to their dizziness stat, so their confusion ramps up to fully randomize ...
by Kryson
Tue Nov 17, 2020 7:48 pm
Forum: Coding Feedback
Topic: give us back our paychecks
Replies: 123
Views: 36420

Re: give us back our paychecks

Sucks for the chef, I've seen people go apeshit over him asking for a single penny or in better cases avoiding him entirely.
Heh, put the food in the sale machine and watch the station turn into bioshock's rapture

You need to steal all the food vendors for this to work, they should all fit in ...
by Kryson
Tue Nov 17, 2020 4:34 pm
Forum: Coding Feedback
Topic: give us back our paychecks
Replies: 123
Views: 36420

Re: give us back our paychecks

Sucks for the chef, I've seen people go apeshit over him asking for a single penny or in better cases avoiding him entirely.
Heh, put the food in the sale machine and watch the station turn into bioshock's rapture

You need to steal all the food vendors for this to work, they should all fit in ...
by Kryson
Mon Nov 16, 2020 12:10 pm
Forum: Closed Policy Discussion
Topic: Yeet Nicknames From Existence
Replies: 20
Views: 5578

Re: Yeet Nicknames From Existence

Jihad can be a first name or a family name.

https://www.upplysning.se/person/?x=1092&who=jihad&m=1
by Kryson
Thu Oct 29, 2020 12:11 pm
Forum: Town Hall
Topic: Naming Policy Update
Replies: 18
Views: 14834

Re: Naming Policy Update

Are you telling me Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr is an invalid name?

Do you want me to invoke rule 11?
by Kryson
Thu Oct 15, 2020 9:33 am
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: fagmin nut - the third day.
Replies: 4
Views: 2446

fagmin nut - the third day.

https://tgstation13.org/phpBB/viewtopic.php?f=27&t=27770

Can we please hold sec and robotics to the same standard when it comes to spamming flashbangs and tear gas on the shuttle.

Should I really be required to purchase ear muffs to be able to engage in some light end of shift conversation ...
by Kryson
Tue Oct 06, 2020 2:19 pm
Forum: Coding Feedback
Topic: Operating Rooms
Replies: 23
Views: 7039

Re: Operating Rooms

I hate stasis because it removes any tension and sense of urgency in treating serious conditions like death mixes, heart failure, critical wounds etc.

I usually use the operating rooms however, because outside of the most serious cases, atropine and formaldehyde does the job of stasis and the ...
by Kryson
Sun Sep 27, 2020 3:18 pm
Forum: Ideas
Topic: Add a smuggling mechanic for pieces of cloth.
Replies: 10
Views: 3056

Re: Add a smuggling mechanic for pieces of cloth.

Rags are great with zombie powder, instant knockout. I would do it more often if it didn't feel like cheating.

You can also keep one rag in each hand and smother them twice to deliver 10u.

I'd love a more advanced rag that could hold like 10u.
by Kryson
Wed Sep 16, 2020 6:58 am
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: How should US allies react if American civil war pops off?
Replies: 151
Views: 41954

Re: How should US allies react if American civil war pops off?

Sell weapons to both sides of the conflict.

Pour some champagne.
by Kryson
Mon Sep 14, 2020 6:35 am
Forum: Ideas
Topic: A Chemical That Forcefully Makes You Flip
Replies: 4
Views: 1784

Re: A Chemical That Forcefully Makes You Flip

This is already in development as part of my drug PR.

It should be done some time after this weekend.
by Kryson
Fri Sep 11, 2020 5:53 am
Forum: Coding Feedback
Topic: Cytology / Vatgrowing feedback
Replies: 16
Views: 5344

Re: Cytology / Vatgrowing feedback

[...]or more exotic samples this is downright dangerous (I grew a blobbernaut in xenobio containment and couldn't grow another without making it docile).
This is something i thought about when designing cytology. One of my main gripes with gold extracts are that you can spawn mobs that are ...
by Kryson
Tue Sep 08, 2020 10:33 am
Forum: Closed Policy Discussion
Topic: Ban players who create 'blackface', 'transface', etc characters
Replies: 35
Views: 8283

Re: Ban players who create 'blackface', 'transface', etc characters

This makes perfect sense.

This type of censorship is a form of self gratification.

When punishing the "evildoers" for playing a bigoted character doesn't hit like it used to, there is always an even more fragile and neurotic person with new grievances the censor can use as justification to ...
by Kryson
Mon Sep 07, 2020 1:14 am
Forum: Site, Forums, And Wiki
Topic: Announcing a new rule against bigotry
Replies: 69
Views: 36391

Re: Announcing a new rule against bigotry

I should be able to portray a bigoted character if i so choose on any sane server.

It is alarming that presumed adults are hurt by something said in character, that is not a sign of an emotionally well adjusted person.

Do you people watch Tarantino movies on mute?

How do you survive without ...
by Kryson
Mon Sep 07, 2020 12:19 am
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Rest in Peace, /tg/Station
Replies: 260
Views: 73384

Re: Rest in Peace, /tg/Station

Very cool to override the wishes of the community like that.
by Kryson
Wed Sep 02, 2020 7:17 am
Forum: Coding Feedback
Topic: Arconomy Final Form: Pre-PR Feedback Hole
Replies: 22
Views: 6973

Re: Arconomy Final Form: Pre-PR Feedback Hole

Ammonia and Diethylamine are not essential and can be made by grinding a mixture of grass and lightbulbs(+ spray cans if you want diethylamine).

I lower instability by planting a 0 instability, high potency, high yield plant next to my unstable plant.

I think the better designed bounties pay out ...
by Kryson
Mon Aug 17, 2020 7:28 am
Forum: Ideas
Topic: Add Ringer to the departments
Replies: 25
Views: 6610

Re: Add Ringer to the departments

I like the goonphones more but mechanically the holopads fill pretty much the same function.

I think if the people who know about holocalls made a conscious effort to use them more i think other players would catch on, the ringing sound is annoying enough to force people to answer the call.
by Kryson
Sat Aug 08, 2020 12:08 pm
Forum: Closed Policy Discussion
Topic: On Massive Synthetic Banana Peel Spam and other Senseless Clown Grief
Replies: 27
Views: 6169

Re: On Massive Synthetic Banana Peel Spam and other Senseless Clown Grief

Just because it has counters doesn't mean it's suddenly okay. The fact that you need to specifically go to an autolathe and do a mass effort to clean it all is bullshit.

Well if it is too much to ask that you fix it yourself, you could ask the janitor could do his job. He has brooms in the ...
by Kryson
Fri Aug 07, 2020 11:06 am
Forum: Closed Policy Discussion
Topic: On Massive Synthetic Banana Peel Spam and other Senseless Clown Grief
Replies: 27
Views: 6169

Re: On Massive Synthetic Banana Peel Spam and other Senseless Clown Grief

go to the coders and ask them to introduce a countermeasure like a banana vacuum the janny can acquire
or just beat the shit out of the clown for being an annoying asshole

The countermeasures exist.

You can either:

Sweep them into a pile / into a disposal bin with the broom.

Spray them with ...
by Kryson
Sun Jul 26, 2020 10:55 am
Forum: Coding Feedback
Topic: Civilian bounties feedback
Replies: 5
Views: 2289

Re: Civilian bounties feedback

They yield far too much money.

No assistant should be able to buy a crate of combat shotguns after 10 min of picking trash.
by Kryson
Fri Jul 17, 2020 3:09 pm
Forum: Coding Feedback
Topic: Arconomy Final Form: Pre-PR Feedback Hole
Replies: 22
Views: 6973

Re: Arconomy Final Form: Pre-PR Feedback Hole

These bounties grant too much money for trivial stuff.

This means you can get loaded up with guns as any job within like 10 min.

3000 credits for a heart i can print roundstart at the medical lathe?

That is 1.5 hellguns for like 10 seconds of work and half a metal sheet.

Good bounties would be ...
by Kryson
Fri Jul 03, 2020 10:26 am
Forum: Coding Feedback
Topic: Heretics Feedback
Replies: 19
Views: 8448

Re: Heretics Feedback

There is too much overlap between aggressive spread and rust wave. These abilities exist largely to support leeching walk, which is an ability that is substantially weaker than imperfect ritual and ashen passage.

Mark of rust is useless and you feel bad spending two points on it, in contrast with ...
by Kryson
Tue Jun 30, 2020 2:39 am
Forum: Coding Feedback
Topic: Heretics Feedback
Replies: 19
Views: 8448

Re: Heretics Feedback

the curse rituals have potential to be unique and should be buffed

They seem to be very powerful as is, especially curse of corrosion. The problem is that almost all jobs, and certainly the jobs you'd most want to hit spawn with, or quickly obtain gloves.

If you want to hit a sec officer, you ...
by Kryson
Mon Jun 29, 2020 5:29 pm
Forum: Coding Feedback
Topic: Heretics Feedback
Replies: 19
Views: 8448

Re: Heretics Feedback

Heretic really hurts early on. They are given no tools and told to go kill people who can be significantly more powerful to the point where theres next to nothing you can do about them. Theres so few offensive abilities, and all of them tend to be at the very end of the paths

The only ways to ...
by Kryson
Thu Jun 25, 2020 2:03 pm
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: Lowtax's Patreon has dipped below 5000 dollars because he beats women
Replies: 33
Views: 10543

Re: Lowtax's Patreon has dipped below 5000 dollars because he beats women

I like his gaming garbage streams. I am going to ask him to play ss13.
by Kryson
Fri Jun 19, 2020 12:53 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: heretic is cool but kinda trash change my mind
Replies: 4
Views: 2119

Re: heretic is cool but kinda trash change my mind

I have been doing well as heretic, i think as the strategies get refined it will feel stronger.

I really enjoy antagonists that start out with next to nothing, which is why i have always loved vampire. A few of the spells are kind of crappy though, but they could always be buffed if the meta ...
by Kryson
Thu Jun 18, 2020 1:41 pm
Forum: Coding Feedback
Topic: Heretics Feedback
Replies: 19
Views: 8448

Re: Heretics Feedback

I agree with what RandolfTheMeh said. It would be good to be able to choose a target from some pool of players.

Can't you make a new living heart and get a new target that way?

I think heretic will get much stronger once people figure out how to play it.

Here is some strategical pointers ...