Goonhub
07-28-2022, 01:22 AM
(This post was last modified: 07-28-2022, 01:24 AM by nefarious6th. Edited 1 time in total.)
I think it's situational, like you said. Screaming "HELP LING MAINT" doesn't necessarily add extra and cool RP opportunities, but being a doctor that knows about lings and can be called in for a blood test or as a witness in a case is potent stuff.
And to be honest, I'm not sure how there'd be any definite way to clarify what is and isn't in some solid, single-sentence best practice sort of line; so I can only say that I think it's sorta a gut feeling "is now the right time to introduce this?". It has a lot to do with reading a round but people are reading at different "paces", if you will. If I'm an engineer and I've seen three people fall over in the hall and had to carry them to medical, maybe I've decided I know and say as much to command or security/take precautionary measures to not also get stung. If I say something about it on radio, someone who hasn't seen anyone fall over at all might play the "what? What are you on about?" card because from their experience, the read of the round is very different.
Related but not at all a hard-and-fast "you gotta try this", something I enjoy doing sometimes when I dont think I quite meet the knowledge standard for Knowing All Abilities And Everything This Monster Does is to Know, but Know Slightly Wrong. Maybe I learned of changelings from Spacemen the Griffening cards (all monster types are in there, so it's an easy pull for me). I like literature and most cultures have vampires or vampire analogues, so maybe I know of vampires but not /quite/ the Victorian-era Irish type we have in the game; "I learned about this from a movie" is common, but I think it works too! Our little space people dont have to exist in a silo and can know of other pop culture things that might exist around them, like a silly card game, Bram Stoker's "Dracula", or John Carpenter's "The Thing".
I think the biggest thing is something bill reiterates every so often about what level people should be RPing at: just try.
Anywho, interesting thread. As for me personally, I play a lot of sec so I take liberty to know most stuff during those rounds. If I'm Engineer, I'll know about power drainers unless there's other antag types and the round is moving particularly fast, then I might know a thing or two about other creatures. A staff assistant need not know what they fight, only that they can fight it
And to be honest, I'm not sure how there'd be any definite way to clarify what is and isn't in some solid, single-sentence best practice sort of line; so I can only say that I think it's sorta a gut feeling "is now the right time to introduce this?". It has a lot to do with reading a round but people are reading at different "paces", if you will. If I'm an engineer and I've seen three people fall over in the hall and had to carry them to medical, maybe I've decided I know and say as much to command or security/take precautionary measures to not also get stung. If I say something about it on radio, someone who hasn't seen anyone fall over at all might play the "what? What are you on about?" card because from their experience, the read of the round is very different.
Related but not at all a hard-and-fast "you gotta try this", something I enjoy doing sometimes when I dont think I quite meet the knowledge standard for Knowing All Abilities And Everything This Monster Does is to Know, but Know Slightly Wrong. Maybe I learned of changelings from Spacemen the Griffening cards (all monster types are in there, so it's an easy pull for me). I like literature and most cultures have vampires or vampire analogues, so maybe I know of vampires but not /quite/ the Victorian-era Irish type we have in the game; "I learned about this from a movie" is common, but I think it works too! Our little space people dont have to exist in a silo and can know of other pop culture things that might exist around them, like a silly card game, Bram Stoker's "Dracula", or John Carpenter's "The Thing".
I think the biggest thing is something bill reiterates every so often about what level people should be RPing at: just try.
Anywho, interesting thread. As for me personally, I play a lot of sec so I take liberty to know most stuff during those rounds. If I'm Engineer, I'll know about power drainers unless there's other antag types and the round is moving particularly fast, then I might know a thing or two about other creatures. A staff assistant need not know what they fight, only that they can fight it