Staff Report
Your BYOND Key BurnedSweetPotato
Date of Incident March 4, 2023
Your Character Name? Zack Fernandez
Their BYOND Key Segrain
Approximate time and date of the incident 9:40 CST
Which of the following are you reporting? 3. Enforcement Action Taken
Description of the incident I was receiving field surgery by a doctor whom was clearly in need of help and even verbally struggling.
Now after seeing this, I have two logical and immediate responses I can take:
1 - Help him ICly - I first attempted to resolve the issue ICly through an inoffensive comment about me training to be a nurse before joining the marines and how I thought you might need to "retract" it(the retractor was the next and correct step)
He didn't get the hint, so I moved to 2 - LOOC.
I told him "retractor", "retractor" (byond ate my message in LOOC so I was unable to see the second one, which is why I again sent a third message)
To add onto his inability to do the surgery, he prodded me with every single surgical tool multiple times. He didn't know the next step.
He must have seen my LOOC message and then finally retracted my wound closed and cauterized it.
My chest was still broken after he finished, again adding onto his necessity for help.
I was then immediately PM'd by Segrain "do not do that" and noted.
You will see my case in the ahelp made.
I was teaching him how to play the game in LOOC. ICly, a doctor SHOULD know how to perform surgery. I suppose the case could be made I am conveying IC information in OOC, yet I struggle to see what "advantage" could be gained by teaching a player how to play the game. He lacked OOC knowledge of the step, which I told him OOCly.
In the five years I have been playing this game never once has telling someone a single game mechanic in LOOC been a rulebreak. This is equivalent to telling someone how to pump a shotgun (yes, he might PB a runner and therefore be at an "advantage", but it is an OOC lack of knowledge that is being provided)
If applicable to this case, a rules clarification would be appreciated.
Evidence Rule 6 on the wiki clearly states "IC information should not be posted to any public location where other parties can be given an advantage." - This is what I was noted for, IC in OOC, yet I don't see how this is an "advantage" equivalent to metacommunication of telling someone where the hive/scout/etc is.
Not Metacommunication
"Teaching someone how to play the game and various mechanics through Voicechat, LOOC or other external communication methods."- This is exactly what I did. A textbook case of "not metacommunication" (IC in OOC)
Do you understand that staff make the final decision in the resolution of this report? Yes