The Lodge

[ParadoxSpace]

Summary (a quick, 2-3 sentence summary):
A predator forum only readable by whitelistees so we can share strategies and stories.
Benefits (How this will benefit the server and game as a whole):
There's lots of unknown unknowns and neat tricks that are sharable, but we don't have an easy way to discuss them.
Details (Description of how you think this would work, the benefits, etc):
just make a new forum bruh
Implementation (Optional, if you have an idea how to implement it):

[Boltersam]

Duplicate of my own, but I heavily agree with this. +1. I learned a lot just by talking with Paradox over Discord, having an area where ALL whitelisted can share what they know would have a greatly increased spread of knowledge and less ignorant predators.

[Toroic]

+1

Unrobust preds make me sad.

[apophis775]

Can't make it pred only without making a pred specific server-group and permissions set...

[Seehund]

Any reason to have it invisible to the public?

As for the Discord one, doable, and fairly easily.

[ParadoxSpace]

It would be invisible to the public because there's sensitive information and spoilers that the average marine or alien need not know.

[Toroic]

It would be invisible to the public because there's sensitive information and spoilers that the average marine or alien need not know.

What is a predator?

A miserable pile of secrets.

[ParadoxSpace]

What is a predator?

A miserable pile of secrets.

But enough talk, have at you!

[Feweh]

Ill speak to apop and see if we can work something out.

[Boltersam]

I made a discord server for this. Invites are all sent to whitelisted, everything's set up. Seeing as having it on the forums would be more complicated.

[Sarah_U.]

Here's the link www.byond.com


On a more serious note, it'd be interesting to have a group for preds, but additional work so it's like... Discord sounds good for most.

[Egorkor]

take it to discord since someone already suggested it some weeks ago, having it on the forums being locked away from everyone would just give it a sorta snowflakeish thing or something. you know, being all secretive and that.

[Seehund]

I made a discord server for this. Invites are all sent to whitelisted, everything's set up. Seeing as having it on the forums would be more complicated.

Hi, yes.


Rule 0.2 NO OUT OF GAME COMMUNICATION DURING ROUNDS IN PRIVATE ROOMS OR CHATS. This has come up more and more frequently with people making more and more channels and private groups. If it's discovered, we'll do our best to shut it down. If you DO want to talk to players about CM or have chats about CM, we have an Unofficial Discord located here: https://discordapp.com/channels/1503155 ... 7943130112 . Otherwise, if I hear about skype/private discords/chats, I have to shut it down. Too often, it ends up being party-rooms where people meta and discuss current round-in-progress rounds.

[Boltersam]

Hi, yes.


Rule 0.2 NO OUT OF GAME COMMUNICATION DURING ROUNDS IN PRIVATE ROOMS OR CHATS. This has come up more and more frequently with people making more and more channels and private groups. If it's discovered, we'll do our best to shut it down. If you DO want to talk to players about CM or have chats about CM, we have an Unofficial Discord located here: https://discordapp.com/channels/1503155 ... 7943130112 . Otherwise, if I hear about skype/private discords/chats, I have to shut it down. Too often, it ends up being party-rooms where people meta and discuss current round-in-progress rounds.

You do realise, and I believe you haven't, that most of the whitelist are staff. Both Apop and Rahlzel are a part of it, too, so there's no chance of talking about current rounds. Making a forum for it would be more complicated, so I made a discord server with a suggestions, discussion and questions channels as a base, with two others, the fourth being tips and tricks, the fifth being the Forge, which only the devs and hosts have access to.

The main point is that the discord server is filled with staff and admins, so if there was any out of round communication (Which, whitelisted probably wouldn't do anyways.) It would be dealt with immediately by the staff that are part of the discord server. Hell, even one of the headstaff have already accepted. There's no chance of meta or discussion about current rounds.

[Seehund]

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I can quote you at least one other unofficial group full of staff that didn't work out. You might want to see into getting everything integrated in the OFFICIAL Discord.

[MrJJJ]

I can quote you at least one other unofficial group full of staff that didn't work out. You might want to see into getting everything integrated in the OFFICIAL Discord.

*One group failed, that means all other groups will fail!*
>Fail Logic

[Boltersam]

*One group failed, that means all other groups will fail!*
>Fail Logic

It didn't fail, though I have shut it down at Apop's request, due to legal reasons.

[MrJJJ]

So...RIP this?

[forwardslashN]

Resolved.