Why security can do not good

[Nnystyxx]

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this drills down to a core problem in goonstation, that its essentially a built-upon heavily complicated game of mafia, but you risk getting in ooc bannable trouble if you slaughter a non traitor, when the entire idea of a mafia type game is that innocents can and will be slaughtered both by the antag and by the violent mobs trying to hunt the antag down

Agreed. This is part of why I always show strong support for crewmembers having more improvised weapons, since pipe bombs, flamethrowers and zip guns can all damage the station (zip guns explode for reference), which is a huge no-no for a non-antags and discourages self-defense with these weapons (tying into this: I think a major problem with the game is that some major game segments are entirely fucking pointless for a non-traitor to use, like these weapons, pathology, and toxins)

Security is crippled by a fucked up culture in and around them, vigilantism is discouraged, people either hate or love rampages and immediately shift positions whenever the previous one is brought up, yadda yadda this comes up all the time I can't wait to be told why I'm wrong and why everyone is wrong for this coming up for the 27th time.

I've brought this mafia issue up when I noticed "get the station to lynch mob you" was a miscreant objective despite the fact that, you know, whoever did it would probably get in serious trouble?? unless admins give a pass if that's the guy's objective but what's the point
It's also why I've felt irritated and helpless when people were just being annoying pieces of shit, I only go full rambo if they actually try to significantly hurt me, traitor or none