Pet Peeves Thread - Little things that REALLY annoy you

[cedarbridge]

Bottom post of the previous page:

Coders who stealth delete posts and think nobody will notice.

[Qbopper]

I am as sick as anyone else is of al that but yall are sensitive boys over here

so should people not post their pet peeves in the pet peeve thread? I mean it's not "server killing shit that makes you livid", it's "little things that REALLY annoy you". You can say "u r sensitive" but it doesn't change anything

[cedarbridge]

I am as sick as anyone else is of al that but yall are sensitive boys over here

so should people not post their pet peeves in the pet peeve thread? I mean it's not "server killing shit that makes you livid", it's "little things that REALLY annoy you". You can say "u r sensitive" but it doesn't change anything

[PKPenguin321]

On a related note, I'm getting sick of characters who are entirely based around "GAS THE LIGGERS", all round, erryround.

There's a guy on Sybil whose name is "Firstname "Ligger Skinner" Lastname". Every round, he has to bring it up.

It's like /pol/ doesn't understand that they're (/pol/, not the lizards) the new furries.

fuck ligger skinner, guy's a shithead who will recall the shuttle as antag EVERY TIME regardless of the amount of destruction/death.

[confused rock]

I am as sick as anyone else is of al that but yall are sensitive boys over here

so should people not post their pet peeves in the pet peeve thread? I mean it's not "server killing shit that makes you livid", it's "little things that REALLY annoy you". You can say "u r sensitive" but it doesn't change anything

I guess you've got a point, well more than guess. I've been real worked up lately because I'm scared snowflakes are gonna take over and turn it into a hugbox or something. I dunno, something about now nightingale worded that put me off. all sorts of lizard memes put me off too I guess.

[DemonFiren]

nightingale is the kind of person who unironically calls others "ableist" though

[confused rock]

yea thats kind of the reason why they piss me off so much

[cedarbridge]

Autistic bartenders who get their gun out the second somebody wrenches a chair or table. I'm sure its just hubbies or something, but it hurts my soul to see the time honored tradition of construction projects in the bar dying.

[DemonFiren]

There's something called "talking it over with the barman first".

[Weepo]

People who break into a department than expect the royal treatment by the staff even though their soul motive was 'do things for me, Shithead Nobody the staff assistant' than they get REAL salty when they wind up thrown down disposals.


Double points for if they try and break back in when removed.

[Armhulen]

>do all of rnd as an assistant

>scientist uses rnd to build a supergun to kill me

[A3STH3T1CS]

Autistic bartenders who get their gun out the second somebody wrenches a chair or table. I'm sure its just hubbies or something, but it hurts my soul to see the time honored tradition of construction projects in the bar dying.

only on meta station

[cedarbridge]

Autistic bartenders who get their gun out the second somebody wrenches a chair or table. I'm sure its just hubbies or something, but it hurts my soul to see the time honored tradition of construction projects in the bar dying.

only on meta station

The ones that always throw the biggest fit are on Delta of all maps

[Munchlax]

delta is shit that's why

[cedarbridge]

Minor gripe, but mining that doesn't bring back iron. I know its not worth hardly anything points wise but several departments can easily burn through all of the roundstart metal in no time. Going to the ORM and finding 5 metal is really heartbreaking.

[Raphaella]

Minor gripe, but mining that doesn't bring back iron. I know its not worth hardly anything points wise but several departments can easily burn through all of the roundstart metal in no time. Going to the ORM and finding 5 metal is really heartbreaking.

This is true. The mentality I was first met with when I started playing (and mining) was 'No, stop gathering iron, we can just order it at cargo'. So, for a while, I never got any, because I was scolded for it.

Then I played Science and oh Jesus God did I run out of metal and glass and everything fast.

[Munchlax]

liggers with human names

[confused rock]

I mean selling plasma makes loadsa points to use to get iron from cargo, and in an emergency if you are metal starved the first way I learned to get metal was to wrench all the chairs in arrivals

[D&B]

When nobody works on RnD so you take it and work on it and then you get blown up because "I was going to work on it later!" Even though the fucking acid was still untouched however stealing from departments breaks the NAP so you can't even ahelp if you do get blown up because your grief TM license doesn't cover job abandonment.

[TheNightingale]

yea thats kind of the reason why they piss me off so much

Am I your pet peeve?

[confused rock]

its not a pet peeve if its perfectly justified

[BeeSting12]

When nobody works on RnD so you take it and work on it and then you get blown up because "I was going to work on it later!" Even though the fucking acid was still untouched however stealing from departments breaks the NAP so you can't even ahelp if you do get blown up because your grief TM license doesn't cover job abandonment.

You should know by now that science is a restricted area. Moonlighting is NOT okay.

[Doctor Pork]

Minor gripe, but mining that doesn't bring back iron. I know its not worth hardly anything points wise but several departments can easily burn through all of the roundstart metal in no time. Going to the ORM and finding 5 metal is really heartbreaking.

This is true. The mentality I was first met with when I started playing (and mining) was 'No, stop gathering iron, we can just order it at cargo'. So, for a while, I never got any, because I was scolded for it.

Then I played Science and oh Jesus God did I run out of metal and glass and everything fast.

Literally how. Go steal it from Aux Base if you are so strapped for metal and glass.

[cedarbridge]

Minor gripe, but mining that doesn't bring back iron. I know its not worth hardly anything points wise but several departments can easily burn through all of the roundstart metal in no time. Going to the ORM and finding 5 metal is really heartbreaking.

This is true. The mentality I was first met with when I started playing (and mining) was 'No, stop gathering iron, we can just order it at cargo'. So, for a while, I never got any, because I was scolded for it.

Then I played Science and oh Jesus God did I run out of metal and glass and everything fast.

Literally how. Go steal it from Aux Base if you are so strapped for metal and glass.

I built one borg, no mechs and

Spoiler:

literally 50 med/floor/scrub bots

and went through probably 150 to 250 metal and around 60 glass at least. Granted, I don't think I got any efficiency upgrades that round.

[Weepo]

When nobody works on RnD so you take it and work on it and then you get blown up because "I was going to work on it later!" Even though the fucking acid was still untouched however stealing from departments breaks the NAP so you can't even ahelp if you do get blown up because your grief TM license doesn't cover job abandonment.

I can tell you that as an RD I don't give a shit if you're a fucking clown with a double esword and a dead HoS dragged behind you, if you offer to do R&D of your own free will I will accept with open arms and definitely upgrade your ID with access.

Because fuck doing R&D myself, but fuck doing anything science related without it getting done.

[XDTM]

Any non engineer/assistant/atmos who has insulated gloves, die in a fire please

ESPECIALLY heads, and even more so the HoP and Captain, when they get them at round start too (and I'm looking at you too cargo, black glove superiority)

You literally are ONLY wearing rubber gloves in the slight chance the AI shocks a door, because anyone competent who hacks a door doesn't need insulated gloves, and you certainly shouldn't be fucking with power wires

They're useful the first time you hack a door since you could get shocked there; plus it's handy for hacking other stuff like vending machines or APCs. I often have to replace APC batteries manually in science due to power failures, and i like not having to get stunned twice then have to take a trip to medbay because i pulsed the power wire; while vending machines have the quirk of staying electrified for about a minute if you pulse the wrong wire, which is a huge waste of time, that can be skipped with those handy gloves.

[Anonmare]

>Cap wearing insulateds when his gloves are already heat-resistant AND shock-proof
smh tbh fam

[D&B]

The entirety of toxins and its function are my pet peeve

[PKPenguin321]

The entirety of toxins and its function are my pet peeve

the worst part are toxins "mains" who act like they can do literally no wrong

[Weepo]

Toxins isn't real science and provides absolutely no constructive benefit.

[AnonymousNow]

I'd have to contest that.

I've seen toxin maxcaps used for their ultimate purpose - mining charges. Massive swathes of Lavaland turned into pockholed orefields filled with injured mobs, which anyone can frolick through to pick up so much ore, it's incredible.

Admittedly that doesn't happen often, but as far as I'm aware that's both the original and current intention of the department, and when it goes well, it's absolutely wonderful.

[cedarbridge]

I'd have to contest that.

I've seen toxin maxcaps used for their ultimate purpose - mining charges. Massive swathes of Lavaland turned into pockholed orefields filled with injured mobs, which anyone can frolick through to pick up so much ore, it's incredible.

Admittedly that doesn't happen often, but as far as I'm aware that's both the original and current intention of the department, and when it goes well, it's absolutely wonderful.

Yep, that's why the security page references the practice. It didn't see much use until lavaland for some reason, but the only time I've gone mining and a scientist didn't carpetbomb the mining area was when toxins and/or mining were antags.

[AnonymousNow]

On a related note, I've just seen a travesty.

A scientist made a maxcap for mining, got about halfway there, got killed by a bagtrap (mousetrap & C4 in a bag), and then taken to medbay. A cyborg removed their bag for some reason, found the bomb, told the CMO there was a bomb in the dead scientist's backpack, and dragged it away to security (which is fine, since it's a dangerous weapon whose creator is now out of commission).

The CMO took one look at his body, and wordlessly shoved him into the morgue, taking him out of the round forever. When questioned in deadchat about this course of action ten minutes later, he said "He had a bomb".

Inform your family. Inform your children and your parents. Inform your teachers, your postmen, your police officers, your members of parliament, your senators. Inform everyone from the great blue whales to the tiniest little ant - it's okay for scientists to make bombs for mining. It's allowed. It's what they're equipped to do by Nanotrasen. It's not an excuse to take someone out of the game, and anyone who doesn't, at the least, take people they strongly suspect to be traitors to be borged is either uninformed or being a shit.

While we're at it, let's narrow down the three most malignant cancers of SS13...

- Play2Win

Not as big of a problem as the other two, and it doesn't actually cover people who carry out their objectives etc. with ruthless efficiency. No, P2W is a different term - it covers those people who won't budge on the funny on interesting things, who will go directly to their target and will do so without a word.

- Murderboning

My god, if you're going to murderbone, you can at least have the decency to have some fucking awareness. Double E-swords was burnt out literally years ago, as was E-Bow-E-Sword and No-Slip Waterfest. It wouldn't be so bad if there was just a hint of creativity to it - gimmicks, people, gimmicks! - like setting up clever traps with lube, conveyer belts, obstacle courses, pneumatic tubes, bombs and riddles, acid grenades, MMI brain gathering, showdowns and duels... something! But no, time after time it has to be the boring old hackneyed killing-spree-with-a-stun-and-a-slice-and-a-dead. Has to be the most boring thing someone can do in a round, and it's done by mindless automatonic drones who daren't try to speak in case someone mistakes them for being people.

- Shuttlerushing

I see Gygaxes and Durands every couple of dozen rounds now, at most. I've seen a Phazon once in the last couple of months. So many jobs have so much to offer the station if you just give them a little tiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiime - science's everything, medbay's everything, mining's everything, engineering's everything. If you hang around, you'll get that antagonist roll chance you want so much, mid-round! Stop to smell the fucking roses, instead of crying over a hangnail and calling the shuttle immediately. You can get cool shit distributed to you: adamantium golems, space-age guns and equipment, exciting boss encounters and items, the works.

I've never seen the big Legion be killed. Many have tried, and I know some have succeeded, but literally every attempt I've witnessed has ended because the round did.

If you want to be a better player, regard these simple rules...

- Are you going to take someone out of a round, as an antag (or non-antag, in certain situations)? That's fine. But is there a reason for this? Killing your target? Covering your tracks? Improving your odds of success or survival, or forcing them to become a minion of yours? If you answered "No" to all of these, then it's time to reconsider your behaviour. At the very least, if you can get away with it, put their brain somewhere near robotics.
- Any gimmick which involves bringing lots of people into the round - particularly as your allies, be they golems, androids, minebots, sentient mobs etc., whatever - is fun as balls for pretty much everyone involved. If your "gimmick" involves killing off a large number of people and disposing of their bodies, then you're a selfish bastard.
- Is it an emergency? Are there no interesting things happening? Is the station in danger? If you answered "no" to all three of these, don't call the shuttle. Get involved with the interesting things, bring more people into the round through the above methods, make mechs, follow GPS beacons, fight bosses and space pirates, save the universe. If there's lots of people dead and with no means to bring them back/create roles for ghosts, then by all means, THAT'S the time to call the shuttle. Or if the singularity/tesla is loose, again. Or if you reasonably think that the station could be nuked. If there's a deathsquad, fight it! And sometimes, the most fun rounds are where you have to battle through fire, adversity and a blighted station to reach safety and call the shuttle.

Is it so hard?

[D&B]

I don't even have to read it to know you're crying about bagil not being 6+ max pop extended all rounds with some slight deviations

Or something that eventually devolved into that.

[AnonymousNow]

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Man, wrong on every point, even the server. I'm impressed.

[cedarbridge]

I don't even have to read it to know you're crying about bagil not being 6+ max pop extended all rounds with some slight deviations

Or something that eventually devolved into that.

That's not even close to what that post said.

[InsaneHyena]

> When cult is competent enough to kill the target and take over the station, but not competent enough to stand in a 3x3 square for a few seconds before the shuttle leaves
> Even despite Manifest Spirit rune being a thing

[calzilla1]

Wait, mr.whitehaircmo, what if you have the escape alone obj? I think I did it pretty good since I made the round absolutely insane. Powet sink, bomb cloning, gib the cap, release the tesla, ect

[AnonymousNow]

Wait, mr.whitehaircmo, what if you have the escape alone obj? I think I did it pretty good since I made the round absolutely insane. Powet sink, bomb cloning, gib the cap, release the tesla, ect

Instinct is to say "If you've got the objective, by all means", but practice says do something more exciting. What you're describing there sounds marginally more interesting than a vanilla murderbone, but why don't you go full Joker?

[Qbopper]

I don't even have to read it to know you're crying about bagil not being 6+ max pop extended all rounds with some slight deviations

Or something that eventually devolved into that.

pet peeve: this post

[D&B]

One of my biggest fucking peeves is when people do something antagonistic and complain and ahelp when they get a taser shoved up their asshole.

"RUOH YO I ONLY EMMAGED 2 DORS Y U KILLIN ME FNR ADMINS PLS BAN HE"

[Anonmare]

Wardens who leave the brig
Sec officers who don't lock lockers
HoPs in the armoury
Captains playing security officer

[DemonFiren]

I generally leave the brig to fetch a tie and spare labeller tape.
Fite me.

[Anonmare]

I generally leave the brig to fetch a tie and spare labeller tape.
Fite me.

[DemonFiren]

Fucking scrub rabbit, lizards in neckties are beautiful.

[Qbopper]

Ban requests is dead, but:

ban appeals/requests that have a ridiculous bias in the title, eg. referring to people as validhunters

I mean obviously everyone brings their own bias to everything, but when you start making me roll my eyes before I even open your thread... wew lad

[bandit]

Ban requests is dead, but:

ban appeals/requests that have a ridiculous bias in the title, eg. referring to people as validhunters

I mean obviously everyone brings their own bias to everything, but when you start making me roll my eyes before I even open your thread... wew lad

this also applies to adminhelps

[cedarbridge]

Ban requests is dead, but:

ban appeals/requests that have a ridiculous bias in the title, eg. referring to people as validhunters

I mean obviously everyone brings their own bias to everything, but when you start making me roll my eyes before I even open your thread... wew lad

this also applies to adminhelps

"HELP HELP SHITCURITY KILLING ME"
>Jump to player
>He's wandering the halls with minor bruising

[Reece]

Anti security greytide and my own inability to man up and put it down.
To explain.
> le attack security at random.
> Le me HOS not ordering all criminals be lethalled on the spot to send a message.

Both annoy me.

[cedarbridge]

Anti security minor IC crime and my own inability to man up and put it down.
To explain.
> le attack security at random.
> Le me HOS not ordering all criminals be lethalled on the spot to send a message.

Both annoy me.

The station is covered in airlocks for a reason.

[Plunderphonics]

People who break into medical storage instead of waiting for a doctor to sleeper/cryo them.

I wish I could jam a lexorin syringe up the asshole of anyone who does this.