What sort of logical conclusion ends with any BYOND server becoming a TDM? BYOND is not meant to run intense combat, like Call of Duty, Skyrim, whatever it is you youngin's play these days. BYOND is a very poor choice for hosting if you plan on making a TDM server. And onto the issue of new players, I have seen many new players who are better at roleplaying than many veterans. They address officers as sir, they listen to orders, they make an attempt to put themselves in that setting. The reason for that is because many new players come here expecting it to be a colonial marines roleplaying server, where they can act like they're one of the characters from the Alien series. The problem comes in when they start to see no one is fostering or responding to their attempts at interaction, and eventually they join the hoard of mute NPCs. I've trained many new players, and I can say, most of them are better at staying in character than the regulars I see. I try to encourage them to keep that spirit up, but there's only so much I can do in that manner. If you want to have meaningful roleplay in this game, then you need to talk to people about events, things that happened to you or others outside of the round. For example, I am sitting on dropship for 2nd or 3rd drop. Do I remain silent then go shoot xenos, or do I start a conversation with the guy next to me about how I love jungle planets, and this is my Xth combat drop. If they don't respond then so be it, go find someone else. Make some small talk outside of PBing a xeno and saying "Based" or seeing your friend killed in front of you and saying "Real".