05-22-2014, 11:45 AM
Klayboxx Wrote:What the fuck? Since when is it a bad thing to sell explosives? Since when is it a bad thing to capitalize on people doing ~evil~ things in this game? You are not blowing up the station, you are not telling people to set off the bombs, you are not directly doing anything to harm anyone. You aren't even marketing the explosives to only traitors, you're selling them to anyone who comes up to you and buys one. You're not even directly helping a traitor, you're making them pay for a service, and I thought bribing was an acceptable thing to do? Why is it ok to bribe a security guard to ignore your traitoring but it's not ok to sell a bomb to a traitor? Both are potentially harmful and against the play2win mentality, but one is totally acceptable but the other isn't? Now that being said you shouldn't get legitimately mad if you're shut down by security, but bomb selling is not be something admins should have any business regulating unless you are setting them off yourself and you're not a traitor.
Basically, saying that selling bombs is a bannable offence is saying that if you make bombs for VR testing and a guy comes in, steals one, and runs out, you should be banned for allowing that guy to get a bomb.
Gotta agree with klayboxx here.
Explosive selling is a big no-no IN-GAME. Someone selling bombs at the market will be shut-down by any security force/disgruntled player/AI (ESPECIALLY THE AI), pretty much as soon as it's set up. This is seen from experience. Most people will not tolerate bombs that can take out entire hallways being spread around the station. THAT is the sole reason setting up an explosive market is bad, because it doesn't last very long. Bad business move.
The seller however, shouldn't be frowned upon. If he blows up a bomb, then his ass needs to be banned. Blowing up a bomb is rarely accidental. If the seller sells a bomb and some non-traitor blows it up, and then blames the seller, then he's an ass and needs to be banned.
It wouldn't hurt if someone selling bombs actually used their head. A scientist/miner have legit uses for the explosive material, engineers might find use from the super heated gas, etc. It'd be pretty retarded of him selling it a clown, who will trip over his own shoes and get it stolen in two seconds flat.