something needs to be done about greytiding

[jan.antilles]

Targetted hate towards sec use to be shunned on Goonstation. Use to have people get banned for breaking into sec for no reason. It was punished because that made no one want to play security and having no one in security was lame and made the game worse. Is that no longer how it is?

It's more a thing that the current trend on the RP server (at least on Sylvester where I play) is that Sec gets so much consistent RP that we have a ton of Sec regulars, leading to rounds where we have 1-2 antags and a third of the crew is Sec of some flavor. Antags on RP often tend to target Security out of the desire to "not mess up anyone's round who just wants to do their job" so it leads to a dynamic where Sec is always the one getting antag RP and antags are always clashing with Sec. It's not a hateful dynamic and I don't see Sec getting abused or trash talked or anything, but it does lead to non-Sec non-antags getting left out of a lot of the action. It also means that antags get ALL the focus of Sec as soon as they get caught, which is quick because Sec presence is so heavy, and even when Sec has the lightest touch imaginable, it can be frustrating to feel that your gimmick will only last as long as Sec decides it will.

Personally I think it's a trend and it's going to end when more RP regulars switch to other departments and RP consistently, but for now, this is where we are.