Took a 2 month break and joined up again today, played on the nyan server since wizards was full for a couple rounds nothing happens, i joined wizard and then played 4-5 rounds as mime, a couple rounds in i get a bwoink from Pancake who immediately accuses me of handing out guns as captain, i don’t think i have ever played captain. I tell them so, and they reply in a way that makes me feel uncomfortable, like they holding it against me or don’t believe what i said, so i reply slightly more aggressive (no swearing or bad words) and state Ive never played captain. Soon after they make an excuse and say they got the names mixed up and leave me alone.
I continue playing for a couple rounds as mime and again i get bwoinked by Pancake, this time they claim i have 4-5 ahelps for the last few rounds, they even stated i went mime and slaughtered the crew? My actions were normal, i have not murdered nor even assaulted/hurt a single person since joining, the worst thing i had done was multitool into bridge and wave at the captain and dance from outside the actual bridge, i was then jailed and did time in sec. I am unsure if i am being targeted by Pancake who is looking for an excuse to ban me, Pancake brought up previous reports that are months old, i admit that i did deserve those reports because i had just started playing and was acclimating to ss14 from ss13, i did get an early ban for WGW over announcements because i didnt realise it wasnt allowed, i havnt done so since.
Pancake did state that i should take this further with someone in discord, but they arnt on the server list so i thought i’d just post it here for now.
I guess this thread is just a question,
Am i being unfairly targeted?
Is it my playstyle as mime that is against the rules?
As mime i do make a slight nuisance of myself and block doors with invis wall, occasionally i will put a vending machine in front of a door but never in front of actual important areas like medbay, i do often slip sec officers with soap and because im good i can usually get away in maint, if an officer pulls a baton and tries to hit me, if i have soap ill drop it slip them and then take the baton and run, not attack them with it. I assume that this is a normal playstyle for mime, similar to the clown who is always a minor nuisance not that the mime cant be played differently.
I guess this is an entreaty to the official devs, a lot of ss13 servers die because of poor moderation but in the end that’s just a server, im unsure if ss14 an entire game with a small but growing community can survive poor moderation, to be clear i am not asking for Pancake to be removed as moderator, im merely hoping this post will get you to consider guidelines for how admins communicate in game bwoinks, to an admin a slight mess up in accusations is just another monday. To a player, being accused of doing something against the rules can be a death sentence (perma ban).
Anyway ill just play on the unofficial servers for now until i get some sort of response, i have to admit my initial hope for this game has decreased greatly. SS14 is it’s own entire GAME not just another server on ss13, i guess i feel disappointed because you expect a more professional/rational/corporate response from official GAME admins and moderators which is not what happened today.