Incident Description: Alberto Merryman got a chainsaw arm attached, and proceeded to go on a quest to gather all the maints loot, leading myself (the HoS) and my fellow mime deputy dealing with multiple chases, multiple escapes, and a lot of confiscated dangerous contraband. This would have been quite entertaining but it turns out he wasn’t an antag! (Or at least he wasn’t in the round end report, he did cryo after his chainsaw arm was removed)
Additional Information: The first arrest involved him arming an EMP grenade that he found, resulting in the theatre and maints around it getting completely disabled. I let him keep his chainsaw arm with the knowledge that if he tried to escape, I would have it removed. He then proceeded to escape (shocking!). The second time he was arrested, my deputy and I found him attempting to break into the arrivals security locker with a spear. The subsequent escapes involved him t̶h̶r̶e̶a̶t̶e̶n̶i̶n̶g̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶ ̶r̶o̶b̶o̶t̶i̶c̶i̶s̶t̶s̶ ̶I̶ ̶h̶a̶d̶ ̶a̶s̶s̶i̶g̶n̶e̶d̶ ̶t̶o̶ ̶r̶e̶m̶o̶v̶e̶ ̶h̶i̶s̶ ̶c̶h̶a̶i̶n̶s̶a̶w̶ ̶a̶r̶m̶.̶.̶.̶ ̶w̶i̶t̶h̶ ̶h̶i̶s̶ ̶c̶h̶a̶i̶n̶s̶a̶w̶ ̶a̶r̶m̶ Correction, they actually bribed the roboticists with plushie cargo crates, if I recall correctly the mention of violence was made specifically by the roboticists and acted as a cover up for the bribe.
Eventually the late joining CMO was finally able to do it at which point he cryo’d. While all of this happened I held the general belief that he was some kind of an antagonist, but it’s very possible he was not. I don’t know if cryoing removes you from the round end report so here we are!
Yea, I’ll just own up and eat the ban here, drunken spessmans was a mistake. Although I don’t really understand the mentality of enjoying the interaction and having fun then complaining anyway.
My understanding of the issue is, sometimes you get a fun interaction when you’d otherwise be bored - but if it happens too much, you’ll instead get overwhelmed by people who are supposed to be proper employees, so much so you can’t deal with the actual people who are supposed to be the threat.
You can’t have everybody be the main character of a story, and if everybody tries to be the main character, you just end up with a mess. In a similar vein, getting a chainsaw arm might be fun, until you’re a blood brother and your target decided to get a chainsaw arm for no reason whatsoever.
Ah I think I forgot an important detail there. I think Wisteria and the other roboticist told me you threatened them with violence as a way of covering up the fact they accepted a bribe for some plushie cargo crates (very respectable bribe). They told me they were bribed at the end of the round and I straight up forgot about that detail. I’ll include it now!
Yes this was the exact problem. It was an entertaining gimmick to deal with, but there is a level of trust and tolerance that comes with dealing with an antagonist’s antics when you know such behaviours are only permissible with a unique role, so acting as an antagonist WITHOUT such a role really just shafts everyone involved, regardless of how entertaing the antics were to deal with in the midst of the round. (especially sec, heads of staff, and other antagonists).
Ultimately, there’s only so many people one HoS (and a deputized mime) can spend their time and attention with, and it’s unfair to have those who actually rolled an antagonist role to have their spotlight robbed by a random crewmember.
Could have worked if you played a drunkard and or possibly drug addict, lacking a few braincells would justify most of it you see.
If you don’t constantly do it and keep it to low activity rounds it should be cool.
So I will admit to not really interacting with forums/discord at all previously, do these sorts of things usually take half a century to resolve or is that just another product of the staff shortage
It typically does take around this much time, but staff shortage is at what I assume to be an all-time high for Beestation and they’ve got 20+ reports opened currently that haven’t been done. This’ll take a bit I imagine