Goonhub
06-27-2025, 06:25 AM
This post being an indirect ban appeal muddies the waters around the questions of roleplay escalation.
As the banning admin that triggered this post I want to empthasise this part of what Jan said. Focusing purely on the escalation rule distracts a bit from the key point for why you were banned.
The root issue was behavior on the roleplay server that disrupted other players in progress roleplay scene. Your actions were very disruptive to other players who were actively performing their jobs/role (security and antagonist). Coming in with a flamethrower and setting fire to everyone isn't much different to throwing a bomb at the antagonist. We're not going to think highly of it unless there was some good roleplay to make other players feel involved.
Could you end up hunting a changeling on roleplay as a doctor with a flamethrower? Absolutely! But that's a very different scenario to "I set everyone on fire, my bad".
(06-25-2025, 04:41 PM)jan.antilles Wrote: To refer to specifically the issue with your situation: as a doctor, you went out of your way to test crew without being asked for help by Sec, built yourself a flamethrower, and then set everything on fire when Sec tried to continue roleplaying with the antag instead of just immediately acting on your independent investigation and accusations. This is one of those times when sure, it makes sense for *your character* to be paranoid and take hunting monsters into their own hands as a doctor, but it does not make sense for *the round* for you to do all the Sec legwork unasked as a doctor and then open fire on a whole group of people because you didn't think you were being listened to.
As the banning admin that triggered this post I want to empthasise this part of what Jan said. Focusing purely on the escalation rule distracts a bit from the key point for why you were banned.
The root issue was behavior on the roleplay server that disrupted other players in progress roleplay scene. Your actions were very disruptive to other players who were actively performing their jobs/role (security and antagonist). Coming in with a flamethrower and setting fire to everyone isn't much different to throwing a bomb at the antagonist. We're not going to think highly of it unless there was some good roleplay to make other players feel involved.
Could you end up hunting a changeling on roleplay as a doctor with a flamethrower? Absolutely! But that's a very different scenario to "I set everyone on fire, my bad".