Goonhub
06-02-2016, 06:10 PM
(This post was last modified: 06-02-2016, 06:17 PM by Roomba. Edited 1 time in total.)
Scenario 1:
AI: *skimming through cameras*
Paranoid jerk: "AI STOP WATCHING ME LAW 2!"
AI: "Ugh, fine." *skims over genetics by accident a couple of minutes later*
Paranoid jerk: "AI ROGUE KILLSWITCH HE!"
The AI is promptly unable to get anything done for the rest of the round due to the random assistant hordes beelining for the door, realising the AI isn't rogue, then uploading random meme laws anyway because they're in there.
Scenario 2:
Telescientist: *skimming through cameras*
Paranoid jerk: "AI STOP WATCHING ME LAW 2!"
AI: "What? I'm not!"
Paranoid jerk: "AI ROGUE KILLSWITCH HE!"
See Scenario 1.
Basically, even as someone who enjoys playing AI more often than not, the job is a soul-crushing slog where literally any proactive action is frowned upon by the crew (and several admins on more than one occasion). Being able to look at things without people catching on is the one thing the AI has going for it, please don't take that away from it. There doesn't need to be any more reasons for the AI to be solely the domain of players who forgot to take it off unwanted and promptly go braindead.
Yes, the cameras would display the light whenever anyone is looking through them, but on most rounds the only person who would bother is the AI, and even on the rare occasions when it isn't the AI would still be blamed anyway, and when people go on a camera-cutting rampage in response the AI is the one that's hit hardest because without the cameras it's effectively blinded, it has no way of restoring them on its own, and even the most well-meaning crewmembers rarely restore cameras for them.
And yes, the only people who would notice are the most observant crewmembers. This is also the subset of crew most likely to load up on insulated gloves and a full toolbox, then run around cutting cameras on the barest of pretexts because a round isn't fun unless they're messing up someone else's.
AI: *skimming through cameras*
Paranoid jerk: "AI STOP WATCHING ME LAW 2!"
AI: "Ugh, fine." *skims over genetics by accident a couple of minutes later*
Paranoid jerk: "AI ROGUE KILLSWITCH HE!"
The AI is promptly unable to get anything done for the rest of the round due to the random assistant hordes beelining for the door, realising the AI isn't rogue, then uploading random meme laws anyway because they're in there.
Scenario 2:
Telescientist: *skimming through cameras*
Paranoid jerk: "AI STOP WATCHING ME LAW 2!"
AI: "What? I'm not!"
Paranoid jerk: "AI ROGUE KILLSWITCH HE!"
See Scenario 1.
Basically, even as someone who enjoys playing AI more often than not, the job is a soul-crushing slog where literally any proactive action is frowned upon by the crew (and several admins on more than one occasion). Being able to look at things without people catching on is the one thing the AI has going for it, please don't take that away from it. There doesn't need to be any more reasons for the AI to be solely the domain of players who forgot to take it off unwanted and promptly go braindead.
Yes, the cameras would display the light whenever anyone is looking through them, but on most rounds the only person who would bother is the AI, and even on the rare occasions when it isn't the AI would still be blamed anyway, and when people go on a camera-cutting rampage in response the AI is the one that's hit hardest because without the cameras it's effectively blinded, it has no way of restoring them on its own, and even the most well-meaning crewmembers rarely restore cameras for them.
And yes, the only people who would notice are the most observant crewmembers. This is also the subset of crew most likely to load up on insulated gloves and a full toolbox, then run around cutting cameras on the barest of pretexts because a round isn't fun unless they're messing up someone else's.