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    A big thank you.

    in Introductions

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    Hey,I say make it an appeal!The guy seems like a pretty solid dude,and like Tully said,we all make silly mistakes.Who hasn't released singuloth/a deadly fleshrotting virus/the AI/Bulma onto a station once just to see what happens?

    Sans as a hallucination

    in Suggestions

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    On the topic of Undertale, I think it is a little too soon to be adding it into the SS13 universe - I personally don't believe enough time has passed to assess whether or not Undertale is really going to last as a cultural staple.

     

    Putting this in comparison to other cultural icons referenced in SS13's code, the 'Alien' franchise kicked off in 1979, and is still remembered as a staple of western sci-fi cinema - it's not just 'some movie' - I would personally argue that it enjoys similar cultural status to Jurrasic Park in terms of how it is remembered for its groundbreaking impact on western cinema.

     

    The station-AI is a scramble of different cultural references mashed together: Firstly, the Asimov Laws of Robotics came from sci-fi fiction author Isaac Asimov, all the way back in 1939. The default Shodan AI image is of course a reference to System Shock in 1994.

     

    There's also the CentComm Officer 'uniform', which is a reference to the Special Forces Commando outfits from Fifth Element (1997).(I might be wrong on that one - feel free to correct me)

     

    The most recently-dated cultural reference I can think of in the server is ponies* how SS13's engineering hardsuits are pretty much copies of the RIGsuits from Dead Space, released in 2008. Other than the much earlier System Shock franchise, there hasn't really been a sci fi horror game that quite matched Dead Space's theme. Furthermore, the use of the hardsuits fulfills a practical application in the game, and in terms of visual communication, it's easy for a newcomer to the game to take one look at the hardsuit and make the mental connection to sci-fi engineering.

     

    *I'll touch on that later.

     

    There are a hell of a lot of other references I've missed - including 2001: Space Odyssey, Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Robocop, Portal, Terminator, Dr. Who, Star Wars, Soylent Green, and probably a dozen others that I haven't noticed yet. What these references have in common is that they're all from media that each of them satisfies at least one of the following:

     

    • It maintains a sci-fi theme.

    • It has stood the test of time and is generally accepted as a staple of western media culture.

    The reference is incorporated in such a way that it fulfils or is suited to enriching a niche or facet in the game.

     

     

    As a final example, Paradise has a surprisingly filled-out and fully sprited mob roster for essentially the entire cast of the "My Little Pony" franchise - but they only appear during rare displays of admin abuse. Right now, I'm willing to bet someone's going to quote this along the lines of "Oh boy, not THIS fucking whinebox again," and that reaction is exactly what I am talking about: MLP was a pop culture fad in the sense that it had its day, and now that day is done - references to it feel insipid and bland because its fandom it is no longer considered relevant in pop culture.

     

    This is not, of course, to downplay Undertale's popularity - I personally found the game brilliant, but it was also released in September of this very year. It's way too soon to make the call of whether Undertale will be remembered once it stops riding the wave of pop culture, and it's far too soon to determine whether or not it'll still be in good taste when that happens.

     

    Oh boy,not this fucking whinebox again.

     

    No but seriously WELL WRITTEN my good sir.*Applauds*

     

    Sans as a hallucination

    in Suggestions

    Posted · Edited by Guest

     

    Ya know,because Giger is gonna be happy seeing Xenos in-game~ >:]

     

    ((Too soon,I knoooow.))

     

    But ya,it's pretty much a joke post because a certain somebody mentioned how lulz it'd be to have Sans in-game.

     

    ERHEM NTSAM ERHEM.

     

    I also gave the IPC in sparks signature a flowey screen,as well as NTs avatar.

     

    http://prntscr.com/99dymf

     

    Your best DUNKING story

    in Stories of NSS Cyberiad

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    I've once had to fight a nukie with a double e-sword.

     

    He dropped it when I'd assume he tried to activate it.

     

    You can figure out what happens next.

     

    >Be HoS

    >Incarcerate prisoner and be stripping him for perma

    >Put Double bladed e-sword in locker

    >Find box of freedom implants

    >Toss to side,and wait for him to make his move

    >Get in epic harmbaton vs E-sword fuckfest

    >Survive minibomb implant the fucklord had after beating his brains in with a harmbaton.

     

    Calling all Wiki Developers and aspiring writers!

    in Wiki Development

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    Rewrote the efficient slime farming section.Was rather vague,a bit incoherent,and generally a mess.Not to mention it was missing basic tips such as temp guns being effective on slimes,and frost grenades allowing you to mass cull.

     

    http://nanotrasen.se/wiki/index.php/Gui ... Slime_Farm

     

    Added basic slime grenade construction.

     

    http://nanotrasen.se/wiki/index.php/Gui ... nstruction

     

    The harvest begins...

     

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