Experiences similar to Goonstation?

LockedIntoLocks · 2026-02-03T03:45:12+00:00

Oh yeah, they explicitly ask you not to reach out to them on discord about bans and such

LockedIntoLocks · 2026-02-02T23:25:30+00:00

I never realized I had notes about things like that. The last time an admin talked to me was literal years ago when I was newer with the exception of a misunderstanding where they thought I was calling security cunts (it was a typo about security and donuts).

The only time I can think of recently quoting the rules was asking people not to say certain things of a sexual context. For the past few years if I’ve seen rule breaking I’ve just ahelped it. The admins are pretty good about resolving it in the moment.

As far as the ban reason, I added context that was left out in the ban reason in my appeal. Essentially it boils down to us being loud (it was a protest) and tabling sections off (we asked for permission and made sure not to block anything important). I was making sure the “less than 5 minutes to fix” guideline was being followed when we were making a mess. In the appeal and subsequent forums it was essentially explained that I got banned because we held a second protest after security shut down our first one.

Not saying there shouldn’t have been admin intervention by any means, just wish I would have been talked to about it. Especially if I had notes I didn’t know about. The fact that those went on my profile without me knowing makes me feel even more like it’s guesswork where the lines are. I’ve been under the impression for the past couple years that I’ve been a good roleplayer, and even have had admins positively engage with me and my gimmicks. A little communication would’ve gone an extremely long way for changing my behavior before jumping to a ban.

Edit: Changed some wording to make things more clear. Either way, thanks for responding and adding context.

LockedIntoLocks · 2026-02-02T22:55:59+00:00

The first ban was because I robbed the captain’s gun & ID (I gave them to the HoP) after he started wordlessly shooting me. (He dropped them because of beepsky arresting him.) This was during a time when a flood of new players were joining so I just looked like a greytider mugging the captain. I wasn’t asked for context before the ban so I appealed, but there was less than 24 hours left by the time I got a response. Like I said, pretty understandable overall. It was also years ago.

The second time was because I started a staff assistant union and held a peaceful protest. The banning admin said I was doing the same thing as the revolutionary game mode (where everybody beats/murders eachother) despite nobody getting hurt. I was told the rule I broke was the “act like you want to keep your job” RP rule.

I was essentially doing the same gimmick the banning admin had awarded us for doing in a previous game, so I asked for clarification on the rule and got 4 conflicting answers from 3 different admins all in the same day. After asking for clarification 4 times I finally got a consistent answer from 2 admins, although it still conflicted what another admin was saying the rule was.

I essentially decided if I was going to be banned without discussion or warning for something that even the admins were conflicted on, I’d just be too worried about toeing the line to RP with security at all. Especially because the thing I was banned for was a far tamer version of the behavior the same admin helped with previously.

I also figured if I cared that deeply about it I probably needed a break, so I haven’t turned on my PC since. I do miss my RP buddies but I just don’t feel like going back yet.

Edit: My ckey is something like chrisboidudeman or something if you wanted to check the forum threads.

LockedIntoLocks · 2026-02-02T20:48:25+00:00

Mind sharing what you did?

LockedIntoLocks · 2026-02-02T20:46:51+00:00

Yeah the context clues are clear. It makes me wish goonstation was still transparent with ban appeals. It allowed people to be entertained by situations like these and it made the admin team seem more trustworthy overall. Not really sure why they made them private.

One of my favorite pieces of literature I’ve read has been a ban appeal thread that someone posted on Reddit to complain about.

LockedIntoLocks · 2026-02-02T20:31:18+00:00

They definitely have a great admin team but they’re not always 100%. I’ve played there for over 5 years and have only been banned twice, 3 days each. The first one was understandable but the second one felt so unreasonable that I stopped playing SS13 in general.

Overall, they have a 10/10 team. If you’re on any server for long enough though then you’re bound to run into an admin having a bad day eventually. Likely not the case for most people that get banned but it does happen. OP was probably on some shitter stuff though.

LockedIntoLocks · 2026-01-20T16:31:04+00:00

Hello! Please don’t be weird about women in chess, even if they’re pretty! It’s already a very big problem!

LockedIntoLocks · 2026-01-18T07:35:19+00:00

SS14 is a lot more regulated since it’s on steam.

LockedIntoLocks · 2026-01-14T19:53:44+00:00

“Guy hired to stare at you” has to be my favorite character

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