Goonhub
05-05-2025, 11:12 PM
To add to what's been said:
- It's never a bad idea to flip between secoff and secass for really any reason. You wanna directly deal with the antags vs being a ticketing menace. Either way, it's important to keep in mind with the next point.
- Knowing how to properly escalate the situation as security is handy to make rounds more a more interesting narrative to the round. Give an antag a reason to be an antag.
- When dealing with an antag early on, it's okay 'play dumb' every once in a while if you feel an antag's bit could lead to something funny/fun assuming things haven't escalated too far.
- This is definitely something that I have learned over time: You don't always have to run to every call on radio if you know others will go there. Sometimes just a small check in a couple minutes later is all that is needed.
- My last piece of advice is a bit of a combination of all that has been said: Your role in security is to help progress the story of the round for the antags and those involved, but not every round needs to be high octane. Try to not have the mindset of win-lose when you play security [or as an antag either]. Remember, it is just a game where we are all here to have fun.
My last thought is that you reaching out like this for advice is great to see. Generally, the HoS apps are as much an application for the beret as it is for aspiring secoffs to receive constructive feedback. Hopefully, there will be enough advice here to pick up on and work with, though I do know it can be a lot to take in all at once. Just take it one or two steps at a time and remember that practice makes perfect.
- It's never a bad idea to flip between secoff and secass for really any reason. You wanna directly deal with the antags vs being a ticketing menace. Either way, it's important to keep in mind with the next point.
- Knowing how to properly escalate the situation as security is handy to make rounds more a more interesting narrative to the round. Give an antag a reason to be an antag.
- When dealing with an antag early on, it's okay 'play dumb' every once in a while if you feel an antag's bit could lead to something funny/fun assuming things haven't escalated too far.
- This is definitely something that I have learned over time: You don't always have to run to every call on radio if you know others will go there. Sometimes just a small check in a couple minutes later is all that is needed.
- My last piece of advice is a bit of a combination of all that has been said: Your role in security is to help progress the story of the round for the antags and those involved, but not every round needs to be high octane. Try to not have the mindset of win-lose when you play security [or as an antag either]. Remember, it is just a game where we are all here to have fun.
My last thought is that you reaching out like this for advice is great to see. Generally, the HoS apps are as much an application for the beret as it is for aspiring secoffs to receive constructive feedback. Hopefully, there will be enough advice here to pick up on and work with, though I do know it can be a lot to take in all at once. Just take it one or two steps at a time and remember that practice makes perfect.