Dealing with Harassers

[Crumplehat]

Is this that guy that was so opposed to actually doing the useful part of his job that a centcomm reminder to actually try to clone people wasn't enough to get him to bother with it?

It's seriously not that hard, and if you're playing with gene stuff properly anyway, you should have plenty of free time to do that kinda junk, man.


On the subject of ACTUAL harassment, yes, if it's to the point where someone is just meta-griefing you across multiple rounds, just adminhelp it. If someone is literally singling you out every round and attacking you, like LITERALLY attacking you and not just farting on you, adminhelp it.

There are fine distinctions to be made. If you're well-known and established as acting like a goober (a geneticist who never clones people left RIGHT where they can see them), and you never learn to stop doing that goober behavior (still not cloning people after a ton of people repeatedly try to ask you nicely to do so), you're going to keep getting harassed, and you'll probably deserve it.

If someone is just doing stupid shit to you every round regardless of your occupation (such as in the case of Cadence's stalker, who had apparently been sending PDA messages of bizarre content under Cadence's name, several rounds, and generally singling them out on a regular basis), that's something you adminhelp. Those people are being lame.

[ReginaldHJ]

Have you actually been attacked/damaged by anyone, or is it people doing annoying but harmless things that make you really mad? If it's the former, like everyone else says, adminhelp it. That's clearly unacceptable.

If it's the latter, and this is Joe Cool? Maybe if you stop trying to loudly and visibly murder several people for attempted facefarting, over multiple rounds, others will be more sympathetic. Even the NPC staff assistants have better etiquette/restraint than you, dude.

[Fox McCloud]

im assuming you're joe cool, right

I used the flash's room flash ability, which doesn't actually do anything except make an annoying white screen, while standing outside genetics, your response was to bludgeon me to crit, straightjacket and muzzle me, then bucklecuff me, and when questioned said "I don't see how I'm in the wrong about this at all."

Oh, wow, yeah, I didn't think of that; if that's the case:

-You started a fight with the mechanic (as a non-antag), by stunning him for no reason, then whined for the next half an hour on how to make suicide vests; your pestering was so bad, I announced myself as antag just to try to keep the peace (total number of players: 3).
-When there were 4 people on,, I requested all access. Instead of just saying no, you stole my ID, then attempted to trap me in metal foam...this was when there was a confirmed wizard on the station and you were clearly not an antag.
-Generalized starting of fights over really trivially matters

[Pigbear1]

this thread is now going to become the Joe Cool hate thread at this rate.

[Ali0en]

I farted in your face once. You tried to kill me so I cuffed you and fartspammed you until you logged out.

Joe Nerd more like it.

[VictorMAngoStein]

im assuming you're joe cool, right

I used the flash's room flash ability, which doesn't actually do anything except make an annoying white screen, while standing outside genetics, your response was to bludgeon me to crit, straightjacket and muzzle me, then bucklecuff me, and when questioned said "I don't see how I'm in the wrong about this at all."

I've never heard of this ability before

[GorillaMyDreams]

This was also (and still is maybe?) a method to decloak cloakers.

[RedbeardRum]

im assuming you're joe cool, right

I used the flash's room flash ability, which doesn't actually do anything except make an annoying white screen, while standing outside genetics, your response was to bludgeon me to crit, straightjacket and muzzle me, then bucklecuff me, and when questioned said "I don't see how I'm in the wrong about this at all."

I've never heard of this ability before

Just click on the flash while it's in hand (or use "c" when using the wasd macros).

[atomic1fire]

I personally don't care for the room flash thing, all it takes is a missed flash and everyone is blinded for a few seconds.

Anyway here's how to deal with jerks.

1. Call security

2. Call admin


If someone is a huge jerk adminhelp and see if you can't resolve the problem that way.

Barman has a riot shotgun and can call for help via radio or PDA.

Chemists have plenty of drugs that can either wreck or disuade a griefer. (I would not recommend "set that guy on fire" as a first response though") Also a radio and a PDA.

Given enough public cause, you can usually assemble a crew of angry warriors, primarily with a radio.

Doctors got morphine (although it's not really effective as a knock you out drug) but sleepy gas works better if you can get them down long enough to detain them.)

Roboticists got borgs (but don't immediately borg someone unless they try to murder you and you can prove it)

Botanist got a green chainsaw that sounds painful.

QMs can get stun gloves, as can roboticists, engineers, and mechanics. Also roboticists have flashes and mechanics (and the appropriete heads) can scan and make flashes)

If you want to over retaliate super flashes can set people on fire.

Pretty much anyone can make a zip gun or flamethrower but both are sort of "use this on antags only" so I wouldn't suggest them as a self defense tool.

Bottom line is you should be well capable of beating the crap out of someone, or getting enough help to beat the crap out of someone if they are that bad, but your first and best choice is security or admins.

Also Security alert on PDA and say ; HELP PUBBIE JOAN won't leave me alone! should be sufficient enough in most cases.

/end wall of text

[KikiMofo]

This was also (and still is maybe?) a method to decloak cloakers.

Yeah it stopped working a long time ago. Same with Tray scanners not working on cloakers.

[atomic1fire]

Also farting is never cause for murder, trespassing isn't really either unless they're destructive as well. Like in the case of roles that only fit one person per machine at a time, like chemistry or barman.

The best way to deal with farters is fart on them back, eventually they have to quit, or flash and swirlie as many times as you can swirlie them in the toilets.

[Lantern]

Also farting is never cause for murder, trespassing isn't really either unless they're destructive as well. Like in the case of roles that only fit one person per machine at a time, like chemistry or barman.

The best way to deal with farters is fart on them back, eventually they have to quit, or flash and swirlie as many times as you can swirlie them in the toilets.

You know what really works sometimes? Ignoring them. If they are just running around acting like an idiot, ignore them. They will get bored and leave. And yes, if they fart on you, fart on them, an 9 times out of 10 they will leave at that point because they arnt gonna get the reaction they want from you, which is to beat as murder them.

[Frank_Stein]

A zip gun with stunner rounds isn't too bad of a self defense weapon. I made one once when I was janitor after some jackanape beat me to steal my galoshes. Hunted the guy down, shot him, roughed him up a little, took my shoes back, then tossed him a medkit and told him to clean himself up. Afterwards we had a good laugh about it.

[Amuys]

The barman's shotgun REALLY hurts by the way (just one can set someone to red), so please don't go crazy and exact your revengeance upon those who dare use your chem dispenser by unloading half a dozen slugs into their face.

[Fragmaster Lee]

Even better, don't destructively break into an armed man's domain.