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* Clicking and dragging your [[PDA]] enables hands free usage. Clicking your PDA with an ID places it inside. | * Clicking and dragging your [[PDA]] enables hands free usage. Clicking your PDA with an ID places it inside. | ||
* If OOC chat is too noisy for you you can toggle it off under the Preferences tab in-game. | * If OOC chat is too noisy for you you can toggle it off under the Preferences tab in-game. | ||
* [[Internals]] are important. To set up an internal gas supply, you need a mask and an oxygen tank. Put the [[Gas Mask|mask]] on the mask slot and your [[oxygen tank]] on your belt or back. Then click the [[Starter guide#Heads up display|internals status button]] to toggle it. Note that they run out of air eventually, the pressure of the gas supply in use can be observed from the info-tab | * [[Internals]] are important in case you find yourself in an area without oxygen. You'll know if this is happening by an O2 indicator flashing and messages in chat that you are gasping for breath. You start with a box with internals in your backpack. To set up an internal gas supply, you need a mask and an oxygen tank. Put the [[Gas Mask|mask]] on the mask slot and your [[oxygen tank]] on your belt, pocket or back. Then click the [[Starter guide#Heads up display|internals status button]] to toggle it. Note that they run out of air eventually, the pressure of the gas supply in use can be observed from the info-tab. | ||
* Space is deadly without a [[space suit]] on, and a set of internals running, or proper mutations which enable you to live without air or warmth. | * Space is deadly without a [[space suit]] on, and a set of internals running, or proper mutations which enable you to live without air or warmth. | ||
* Examining your [[Clothes_and_internals#Earpieces|radio headset]] will list all available channels and how to talk on them. | * Examining your [[Clothes_and_internals#Earpieces|radio headset]] will list all available channels and how to talk on them. | ||
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<font size="3">'''PLEASE DO NOT:'''</font size> | <font size="3">'''PLEASE DO NOT:'''</font size> | ||
* Tell anyone about a [[Hud|symbol]] suddenly appearing over your head. You are (most likely) now part of a [[cult]] (green icon above your head) or [[revolution]] (red R above your head) and will get a notification of this. | * Tell anyone about a [[Hud|symbol]] suddenly appearing over your head. You are (most likely) now part of a [[cult]] (green icon above your head), [[gang]] (brown G above your head) or [[revolution]] (red R above your head) and will get a notification of this. | ||
* Share any in-character information in the [[OOC]]-channel or over IRC (be careful what you say here; it's extremely easy to spoil the roundtype to everyone and doing this can and will result in a ban. See [[Terminology#IC_in_OOC|IC in OOC]] for more information). | * Share any in-character information in the [[OOC]]-channel or over IRC (be careful what you say here; it's extremely easy to spoil the roundtype to everyone and doing this can and will result in a ban. See [[Terminology#IC_in_OOC|IC in OOC]] for more information). | ||
* Play any [[Heads of Staff]] jobs until you have some experience as their subordinates | * Play any [[Heads of Staff]] jobs until you have some experience as their subordinates. Heads are (ideally) the most competent person in their department and know how to control their subordinates and get things done most efficiently. Joining as one can ruin the whole department, and generally make everyone have a bad time. | ||
* Play [[Jobs#Law_and_order|Security roles]] until you have a very good handle on the game's mechanics | * Play [[Jobs#Law_and_order|Security roles]] until you have a very good handle on the game's mechanics. Security staff are mostly needed where things get very hectic and robust. Being extremely non-robust is likely to make you only be in the way of the competent security staff. | ||
* If you get killed, don't complain in OOC. If you feel the kill was unjust, use [[Adminhelp]] (same reason and the first one). | * If you get killed, don't complain in OOC. If you feel the kill was unjust, use [[Adminhelp]] (same reason and the first one). | ||
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Also, try to resist the urge to press the "be syndicate" buttons when you join the game. [[Jobs#Antagonist|Antagonist roles]] can be excessively hard, and next to impossible to the newest of players! See the requirements next to each antagonist job and train them before applying. Get your space legs for a bit, and hope you get brainwashed in a [[Revolution]] or [[Cult magic|Cultist]] round to have a watered down [[traitor]] experience before taking the plunge. | Also, try to resist the urge to press the "be syndicate" buttons when you join the game. [[Jobs#Antagonist|Antagonist roles]] can be excessively hard, and next to impossible to the newest of players! See the requirements next to each antagonist job and train them before applying. Get your space legs for a bit, and hope you get brainwashed in a [[Revolution]] or [[Cult magic|Cultist]] round to have a watered down [[traitor]] experience before taking the plunge. | ||
If you become an antagonist (you can tell by the big red text that appears saying you are a Traitor/Revolutionary Head/Cultist/Space Wizard/Nuclear Operative/Blob), and you didn't want to be one, go to the Admin tab in the top right corner of your screen, and hit the button labeled [[Adminhelp]]. Then, in the textbox that appears, tell that you're a new guy and want your antagonist status gone | If you become an antagonist (you can tell by the big red text that appears saying you are a Traitor/Revolutionary Head/Cultist/Space Wizard/Nuclear Operative/Blob), and you didn't want to be one, go to the Admin tab in the top right corner of your screen, and hit the button labeled [[Adminhelp]]. Then, in the textbox that appears, politely tell the admins that you're a new guy and want your antagonist status gone. If you DO want to play an antagonist, ignore the last step,and take a read through the [[Game Modes]] page and figure out what antagonist you are, and how to play it. [[Adminhelp]] if you have any questions, however, and '''do not say you are an antagonist in the OOC Chat. This will get you banned for spoiling the roundtype.''' | ||
== How to Get Your Favorite Job == | == How to Get Your Favorite Job == | ||