Main Differences between Bubberstation & Other Servers
Focus on Characters
Bubberstation focuses on having good, complete characters. If you can't answer basic questions about your character, expect to be seen by admins. Don't be surprised when features, moving forward, are implemented that require you to put additional thought into character creation, or that raise Roleplay quality in the server. Check out the Roleplay Guides section for some help on making a good character.
But more than that, we want these characters to interact. Let their personality traits mesh in new and interesting ways. And to do that, you have to play something more than just your self-insert. Give us something to munch on.
Presence of Antagonists and Events
Bubberstation focuses on having antagonists, and events, that create conflict within a round. This means some people will die, but most will live. We're not looking to emulate /tg/station in terms of events, but we're also not looking to run a hugbox.
Expect to see a good few antagonists in your average round, and you might even be attacked. You're expected to respond with grace, sportsmanship, and of course, roleplay, see our Rules.
Silicons as Characters
Seen a lot of Silicons on the server? Well, here's what you need to know about dealing with them:
On Bubberstation, cyborgs and AIs are required to be sentient characters,[1] and this comes with some important details:
- It's not going to be as easy to identify when a Silicon is violating its laws, see Safeguard for help with interpretation.
- Silicon players are likely going to treat you worse, or outright ignore you if you are rude to them, outside of urgent situations.
- You have to treat a Silicon as if it were a person OOC, despite its robotic status. That is to say, you're going to be talking with admins for bad sportsmanship (see Rules) if you do something like attempt to law 2 a Silicon to kill itself, do endless menial tasks, or order it to never enter your department/Science without valid reasoning, as all are a violation of law 1 under Safeguard.
It is not a violation of this expectation to play a character that is formal and robotic; after all, a Roomba with a surfer dude voice isn't exactly the pinnacle of realism.[2] It's just an expectation that a character be present.
