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 Okay, what the hell is this? Space Station 13 is a 2D top-down Multiplayer RPG/intrigue/ Each crew member is another player, the amount of players fluctuates between 20 – 50 depending on when you log in. The game is played in rounds, each one a separate game. This will be explained further in the videos. Wait, I heard about this game, it's really complicated, why would anyone play it! Let's just get right to it: SS13 is not an easy or intuitive game to play at all. The interface can be buggy and the BYOND engine lags like hell. Also, doing things is about as cumbersome as juggling chainsaws while on fire. However, in spite of these shortcomings it's an absolute blast to play. Because nearly all characters are players and the rounds are only about 30-60 minutes each, the game is always a unique experience every round. With a variety of game modes and the coders always adding new features, the experience never gets stale. So what are you going to be doing? I'm going to show you guys the game from the perspective of all the different jobs on the station (with the exception of the Head of Security since that one is restricted to approved players) and also show how the game works and the basic mechanics for doing things. I won't be revealing any of the lesser known secrets of the game, because a lot of fun can be had from discovering these things yourself. Also, the admins have a habit of changing these things once they're widely known to keep abuse down. Thread rules No posting of chemistry recepies or the lesser known secrets. If you're unsure, then don't post it. Don't post about how you got banned or some other drama crating stuff. Thread Participation Due to the nature of the game, I'll have to create a random name prior to joining. Suggest names for me to use, they have to follow some basic rules: Have a first name and a last name, both capitalized. Start with an honorific title and then a last name. You can use conjunctions, like my name ingame is usually “Zhar the Mad” so that's fine. Also, suggest gimmick-job combinations if you have any ideas. The main rule here is that it can't get me banned and I'll be the judge of what will get me banned or not. Episodes: Episode 1: Introduction and Staff Assistant Daily Motion Episode 2: The quick and the slipped (Janitor) Daily Motion Episode 3: The Good Father (Chaplin) Daily Motion: Part 1 Part 2 Episode 4: Drug Computer (AI) Daily Motion: Part 1 Part 2 will be up when Daily Motion stops being annoying. Episode 5: The Dirt on Space Station 13 (Scientist) Daily Motion: Part 1 Part 2 Episode 6: A Master of his Quarters (Quartermaster) Daily Motion Episode 7: Builder Bot (Cyborg) Dailymotion Episode 8: A Miner Inconvenience (Mining) Daily Motion. Episode 9: A Thing Happened Daily Motion Part 1 Part 2 Episode 10: Green Thumb Daily Motion coming soon. Episode 11: The Solarium Daily Motion: Part 1 Part 2 Episode 12: Quantum Portal Episode 13: A Change of Heart (Changeling Round!) Episode 14: What's for Dinner? Daily Motion Episode 15: Marry Spacemas! Daily Motion: Part 1 Part 2 Episode 16: Bomb Carts (Detective) Episode 17: Ham for Dinner Daily Motion: Part 1 Part 2 Episode 18: Have a Secure Day (Security) Daily Motion:Part 1 Part 2 Episode 19: Medical Assistance (Doctor) Daily Motion: Part 1 Part 2 Episode 20: And Then I got High (Captain) Daily Motion: Part 1 Part 2 Episode 21: Worst Wizard Ever (Wizard Round!) Daily Motion: Part 1 Part 2 Episode 22: Traitor Botanist Daily Motion Episode 23: Wizarding 2 The Redemption Daily Motion Episode 24: The Gang Daily Motion rejects this video? Weird. Episode 25: How About a Friendly Game of Chess? Daily Motion Bonus to 25: A Different Perspective Episode 25A: An old Friend Daily Motion Episode 25B: Just Blobbin Daily Motion Episode 26: DEEP DANGER Episode 27: Polite Station 13 Episode 28: Get dat Disk! Episode 29: The Research Director Episode 30: Shooting up Episode 31: Daeren's Space Station 13 Episode 32: BLOOD Episode 33: Feeling Clonesome Episode 34: Eli Vox's SS13 Episode 35: Digital Clown Episode 36: Just Another day as CE Episode 37: Danger! Danger! High Voltage Episode 38: Stanta Claws the Cyborg Episode 39: An old Atmos Tech Episode 40: A Bombing and Tradio Episode 41: Magical Elixer Episode 42: How to Wizard by Peter Xanax Episode 43: A bad day to be a Roboticist Bonus Reels Bonus 1: Highlights from a boring QM round. Daily Motion Bonus 2: Clown Captain Daily Motion Part 1 Part 2 Bonus 3: Technical Difficulty! Bonus 4: Just Blow it all up Bonus 5: Escape is Fire Bonus 6: Craptain Convention Daily Motion Bonus 7: What is Happening! Forums User NeoGeo0823 has a different interpretation Welcome Back Bonus! Other Let's Plays of Space Station 13 Plumphelmetpunk has a pretty good series of Let's Plays on this, going all the way back to Overy Station: https://www.youtube.com/user/PlumpHelmetPunk/videos Jebadiah Kermin also does some SS13: https://www.youtube.com/user/ss13jkts/videos More Information Thread in the Games forum: http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3551842 (Also has links to the wiki and SS13 server forums) SS13 Wiki, shows you how to play the game and info on pretty much everything: http://wiki.ss13.co/Main_Page  Tickets and Fines Log: http://goonhub.com/tickets Recommended viewing! This is art  
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Oh, boy, this is gonna be good  I'll definitely be following this closely; I love this game even if I don't play it much. vvvvv --I dunno, I'd rather see a round as botanist trying to get as much weed to the masses as possible. Original? Not really. Eventful? Always. Ferrovanadium fucked around with this message at 06:34 on Sep 1, 2013 |
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Sep 1, 2013 06:31
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Your first gimmick character should be a chef doing everything he can to cause as much flatulence as possible throughout the station (potentially by filling the station personnel with questionable foods). He will be named SPHINCTER SYMPHONY and will dress up as an 18th-century musician, complete with a powdered wig if you can find one. Been awhile since I played SS13, can't recall what all the clothing options are. There's cooler things to do as a chef, but you'd get banned. Pittsburgh Lambic fucked around with this message at 06:36 on Sep 1, 2013 |
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Sep 1, 2013 06:31
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Oh god. There's no way everyone on the station, up to and including admins, is going to gently caress with you once they see you on the station from now on.
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Sep 1, 2013 06:36
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Highly aggressive Doctor. Patients must hold STILL for treatment. All injuries will be treated, willingly or no.
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Sep 1, 2013 06:37
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YellerBill posted:vvvvv --I dunno, I'd rather see a round as botanist trying to get as much weed to the masses as possible. Original? Not really. Eventful? Always. Whenever I played chef I gauged my success on how many people on the station were gibbering in Swedish and/or dying of kuru.
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Sep 1, 2013 06:39
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1stGear posted:Oh god. There's no way everyone on the station, up to and including admins, is going to gently caress with you once they see you on the station from now on. That's why after this video and the next that's already recorded, I'm using random names so nobody except the admins will know it's me, and at least they'll be funny about it. Pittsburgh Lambic posted:Your first gimmick character should be a chef doing everything he can to cause as much flatulence as possible throughout the station (potentially by filling the station personnel with questionable foods). He will be named SPHINCTER SYMPHONY and will dress up as an 18th-century musician, complete with a powdered wig if you can find one. Been awhile since I played SS13, can't recall what all the clothing options are. You can still get up to a lot of trouble as Chef and not get banned. It's one of my favorite jobs so we'll see what I can get up to. 18th century musician might be tricky but there's some options that'll get me close!
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Sep 1, 2013 06:44
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For a gimmick I would suggest you play a pipe-hacking clown named Pennywise because it's the most fun there is, however the clown was removed and the disposal networks were turned into an unworkable mess before I stopped playing(and largely why I stopped) So instead it'd be cool if you showed off pipe-hacking at some point.
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Sep 1, 2013 07:23
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Reicere posted:For a gimmick I would suggest you play a pipe-hacking clown named Pennywise because it's the most fun there is, however the clown was removed and the disposal networks were turned into an unworkable mess before I stopped playing(and largely why I stopped) I like this. A pie-packing, pipehacking clown. Might be a good way to showcase some mischief.
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Sep 1, 2013 07:26
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If I can make a suggestion, play as a Janitor and show folks how you can properly piss off EVERYONE on the station just by doing your job. People may love a clown, but good god do people hate when a janitor actually does a bit of work!
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Sep 1, 2013 07:30
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Be Chaplain. Acquire a pair of health goggles. Ensure the entire station remains healthy. 
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Sep 1, 2013 07:43
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 I need an info post so badly. What even is this?...It just seemed like a bunch of random chucklefucks were let loose on a space station, their only instructions being 'go nuts'. Would that be an accurate summation?
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Sep 1, 2013 09:02
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Yapping Eevee posted:
Yeah, that's pretty much it.
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Sep 1, 2013 09:16
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Razage posted:I'm using random names so nobody except the admins will know it's me, and at least they'll be funny about it. You can't order us to be funny about things 
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1stGear posted:Oh god. There's no way everyone on the station, up to and including admins, is going to gently caress with you once they see you on the station from now on. Oh yes, absolutely perma-banning him if I see him around LET'S PLAY RUINING AN LP WOO!
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Sep 1, 2013 10:14
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This should be fantastic. I'll second the recommendation for Chef or Barman. Preferably Barman, actually - get chemistry access, make up some really creative cocktail recipes, and people will flock to the bar. This in turn means very interesting things/people are likely to happen around the bar, and your need for cross-station visiting means you'll get the chance to explain various areas, jobs and horrifyingly creative crime scenes as you undoubtedly blunder through them.Pittsburgh Lambic posted:There's cooler things to do as a chef, but you'd get banned. Sledra posted:Oh yes, absolutely perma-banning him if I see him around LET'S PLAY RUINING AN LP WOO!
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Sep 1, 2013 11:23
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I tried this once, I couldn't understand whatever was going on, so I'm looking forward to this LP to shine some light on the madness. Play as a Chaplain , named Father Grigori and booby trap the chapel if possible, then hold a funeral for someone. If you can't find a corpse, make one. Tell everyone you meet that they need to be watchful running around Space Station 13.
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Sep 1, 2013 11:33
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Join as a Miner, take the Bumblepod, warp to the station level, recruit the absolute first person you see, and then go on Space Adventures. Go to Telescience and volunteer for an expedition. That's it. The rest of that trainwreck will pretty much unfold by itself. Attempt to break into Electronics as someone who shouldn't be there. Attempt to help run the engine with a hellburn. Play as the AI.
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Sep 1, 2013 12:35
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Seconding telescience/space adventures.
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Sep 1, 2013 12:38
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Go Botanist, make army of clones.
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Sep 1, 2013 12:53
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This game always gave me serious problems getting into, partly due to how unstable BYOND is, partly due to personal impatience. Looking forward to seeing where this LP goes.
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Sep 1, 2013 12:59
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I'm pretty sure I only played two rounds of this game, a long time ago. In the first, I immediately got into a floortile-throwing match against someone, and I think I was winning until a security guard(?) ran up to us and knocked us both out. In the second, I found someone unconscious in the vents and dragged him to the doctor, only to be accused of being the one who knocked him out and killed. It actually was quite fun all things considered, maybe I should play some more. I'll be watching this anyhow.
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Sep 1, 2013 13:05
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If you have the time, you should probably to the "How do i not beat myself to death with shoes on the arrival shuttle" tutorial video. For anyone who hasn't played this wonderful spaceman simulator, the UI is at best archaic and at worst unusable. And that is even after the improvements the coding team did to the UI. Also, I'm going to second just being a space janitor, with the gimmick of just being a space janitor and keeping the station clean. It is the only job outside of being a Head or Security that will send you on a one way trip to space for just doing your job.
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Sep 1, 2013 14:43
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Yapping Eevee posted:
Pretty much this. It's an extremely detailed space station simulation, with a random slice of the internet serving as crew. There's also rules for traitors and aliens and what not, but they're usually just a side to the bizarreness that would already happen. That said, when I've played I've often had a lot of perverse fun just trying my best to keep the station running (and usually failing).
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Bremen posted:Pretty much this. It's an extremely detailed space station simulation, with a random slice of the internet serving as crew. There's also rules for traitors and aliens and what not, but they're usually just a side to the bizarreness that would already happen. You start on a shuttle (sometimes) and even controlling where you move is an unintuitive slog (cursor keys? In My 20xx?), worsened by how bad the netcode is. This shuttle may or not be venting O2. It may or may not have been bombed. Inside this shuttle, assuming it has no atmosphere, it may or may not have emergency O2 tanks (good luck setting one of those up on your first game) and a working intercom (which by default won't be broadcasting, and in any case, who really reads the intercom chat when "say ;" exists, not that you'll know how to use this from the off). After meandering out of the shuttle (hopefully), you may or may not even have a real job. Probably not. Anyone who wants to beat you up will 100% certainly win in your first game. Even in your hundredth, if you never learned the art of Robust-Fu against anyone good, you may well be conked over the head, blowtorched to within an inch of your life, and strapped to a chair. Security was probably responsible for this, so calling for them is hopeless. The community also has bizarre rules like "NO DNT SAY WHAT THE CHEMISTRY RECIPES ARE FFS ITS A SECRET" so that new Toxins staff will a) definitely get killed, and b) ruin everything always and get job banned, at least for a while. The station also changes from server to server. You can set up the 'default' reactor located on the exterior of the station, and manage the singularity? Yeah well you're not on Noobstation For Idiots Alpha now, you're on Goonstation, where the power generation system is some mad heat differential thing that relies on knowing how to affix various gas tanks, set a controlled fire, and know the properties of several materials which aren't in the base game. And it isn't even in the same place at all. Good laugh sometimes, though.
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jBrereton posted:ss13 is hard drat, this makes me wish I'd gotten started on Prospector Pete's Rootin' Tootin' Tutorial sooner. This is pretty valid though, and although it's fun to watch new people beat themselves to death with their own shoes, it'd be nice if there were a more direct way of learning the basics.
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Sep 1, 2013 20:45
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I recommend becoming a scientist and getting as many people as high as humanly possible by any means necessary.
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Sep 1, 2013 20:49
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Zhar the Mad was a chump.
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Sep 1, 2013 20:55
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quote:Play as the AI. I used to play SS13 and my favorite game was one where I was the traitor AI. I barely had to do anything to win, the station fell apart on its own. Zhar should try and do it for this LP if only because of how different it is from the other jobs.
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Chef sounds good to me. I've heard about this game a lot, but never had the courage to try. I expect "great" things.
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Yapping Eevee posted:
This game would be the closest thing we are going to have to a Sealab 2021 game. The crew, driven mad by the fact they are trapped on a space station made by the lowest bidder containing highly volatile explosive gas, sociopaths, wizards, aliens, malfunctioning AI, and other dangers, try to continue doing their job until the station lacks enough oxygen/structural integrity for the escape shuttle to be called by one of the missing/dead heads of staff or the corrupted/compromised AI. I am hella PEEVED fucked around with this message at 23:06 on Sep 1, 2013 |
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Sep 1, 2013 23:03
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That first episode was pretty decent, went out with a bang. You could maybe have examined some people when you were a ghost and explained what their equipment and injuries indicated or something like that, but all around it was a nice introduction. I'd like to see you take on space cleaning as the neatest, most diligent janitor in town. You're bound to get into Attack on Princess fucked around with this message at 23:15 on Sep 1, 2013 |
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Sep 1, 2013 23:13
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Donnerberg posted:That first episode was pretty decent, went out with a bang. You could maybe have examined some people when you were a ghost and explained what their equipment and injuries indicated or something like that, but all around it was a nice introduction. There's a lot to explain in this game. I think every video will probably have more explanations of various things like that.
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Yapping Eevee posted:
There you go, it is now. This should be a fun ride! I can't wait to see where you go with this Razage, there's so many possibilities.
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Sep 2, 2013 00:09
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If you play janitor you absolutely must not put down signs. This is the most efficient ratio of hate generated to wrongdoing on your part. True fact.
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magic mountain posted:There you go, it is now. I heartily agree that this is going to be a super special LP.
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Admiral Funk posted:If you play janitor you absolutely must not put down signs. This is the most efficient ratio of hate generated to wrongdoing on your part. True fact. From my experience putting down signs makes everyone even more mad.
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Sep 2, 2013 01:06
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A janitor game sounds like it could be pretty rad, so do that.
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Sep 2, 2013 01:31
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jBrereton posted:
Newbies don't get banned for making newbie mistakes as long as they actually reply to admin PMs. At worst we'd just say "hey, be more careful next time" and tell them how to do so - if it's clear that they goofed up instead of intentionally making a huge deadly mess. Someone opening the valve on a plasma tank instead of wrenching it to the port underneath is usually just a mistake, while someone opening the valve after dragging it to the middle of the Arrivals hall with a lit welder in hand obviously isn't. quote:
Goonstation pretty much is the base game, all the other servers are based on a branch of our older code. Dr. Cogwerks fucked around with this message at 17:55 on Sep 2, 2013 |
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Speaking as one of the  ...and yes, we do sometimes screw around, but we usually wait until all the antagonists are dead and nothing is happening, or give ample warning pre-round.
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