In Regards to breaking into areas having OOC consequences.
Posted: Sun Nov 24, 2019 2:38 pm
So, as of late there has been a flurry of complaints towards people who break in to areas to steal items. ICly this ranges from petty theft to theft depending on what is stolen. I'm not talking about high tech items or items that are specifically antag items. I'm talking about items that are semi-rare such as Mesons, insulated gloves, toolbelts, biosuits, etc. I feel like the admin team needs to reach a conclusion whether it is okay or if it is not okay to steal such items from an OOC standpoint.
In my opinion, enforcing OOC rules on Petty theft is ruining RP more than it is encouraging it. This encourages people to immediately hit that F1 button everytime someone does something they don't like and spread the community further apart that it is already is. This is one of the first few steps pushing us to old HRP servers like Hypathia where you need to ask permission from an admin to even breath. This is obviously me taking it to the extreme but it honestly is starting to feel like that to some of us.
If the admin team is adamant on enforcing OOC rules on IC petty theft then that should be make loud and clear in the discord or forum announcement sections.
A few examples of recent complaints/punishments.
viewtopic.php?f=24&p=12498
viewtopic.php?f=10&t=3245
As you can see, the responses from the different admins vary in both of these threads. For the note appeal, the admins chastise the player despite asking for permission and close the appeal. In the complaint, kevinz immediately asks Forrest 'if he does the same' calling him out for his hypocrisy. Which i'll also do here since i'm not allowed to 'peanut' on complaints.
Yes, this threat is slightly salt-flavored since I just got a maximum severity note for breaking into places and taking things. This is also in part, being made due to the note I received today because i'd like a verdict to be made by the admin team in regards to it.
Here's my note appeal for reference.
viewtopic.php?f=8&t=3252
In my opinion, enforcing OOC rules on Petty theft is ruining RP more than it is encouraging it. This encourages people to immediately hit that F1 button everytime someone does something they don't like and spread the community further apart that it is already is. This is one of the first few steps pushing us to old HRP servers like Hypathia where you need to ask permission from an admin to even breath. This is obviously me taking it to the extreme but it honestly is starting to feel like that to some of us.
If the admin team is adamant on enforcing OOC rules on IC petty theft then that should be make loud and clear in the discord or forum announcement sections.
A few examples of recent complaints/punishments.
viewtopic.php?f=24&p=12498
viewtopic.php?f=10&t=3245
As you can see, the responses from the different admins vary in both of these threads. For the note appeal, the admins chastise the player despite asking for permission and close the appeal. In the complaint, kevinz immediately asks Forrest 'if he does the same' calling him out for his hypocrisy. Which i'll also do here since i'm not allowed to 'peanut' on complaints.
Yes, this threat is slightly salt-flavored since I just got a maximum severity note for breaking into places and taking things. This is also in part, being made due to the note I received today because i'd like a verdict to be made by the admin team in regards to it.
Here's my note appeal for reference.
viewtopic.php?f=8&t=3252