diff --git a/code/modules/admin/DB ban/functions.dm b/code/modules/admin/DB ban/functions.dm
index c7d9b68037d..329fac62e98 100644
--- a/code/modules/admin/DB ban/functions.dm	
+++ b/code/modules/admin/DB ban/functions.dm	
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ datum/admins/proc/DB_ban_record(var/bantype, var/mob/banned_mob, var/duration =
 		else
 			adminwho += ", [C]"
 
-	reason = sql_sanitize_text(reason)
+	reason = sanitizeSQL(reason)
 
 	if(maxadminbancheck)
 		var/DBQuery/adm_query = dbcon.NewQuery("SELECT count(id) AS num FROM [format_table_name("ban")] WHERE (a_ckey = '[a_ckey]') AND (bantype = 'ADMIN_PERMABAN'  OR (bantype = 'ADMIN_TEMPBAN' AND expiration_time > Now())) AND isnull(unbanned)")
@@ -235,14 +235,14 @@ datum/admins/proc/DB_ban_edit(var/banid = null, var/param = null)
 		usr << "Invalid ban id. Contact the database admin"
 		return
 
-	reason = sql_sanitize_text(reason)
+	reason = sanitizeSQL(reason)
 	var/value
 
 	switch(param)
 		if("reason")
 			if(!value)
 				value = input("Insert the new reason for [pckey]'s ban", "New Reason", "[reason]", null) as null|text
-				value = sql_sanitize_text(value)
+				value = sanitizeSQL(value)
 				if(!value)
 					usr << "Cancelled"
 					return
diff --git a/code/modules/admin/banappearance.dm b/code/modules/admin/banappearance.dm
index 991fa9ad362..be59efff4f7 100644
--- a/code/modules/admin/banappearance.dm
+++ b/code/modules/admin/banappearance.dm
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ proc/DB_ban_isappearancebanned(var/playerckey)
 	if(!dbcon.IsConnected())
 		return
 
-	var/sqlplayerckey = sql_sanitize_text(ckey(playerckey))
+	var/sqlplayerckey = sanitizeSQL(ckey(playerckey))
 
 	var/DBQuery/query = dbcon.NewQuery("SELECT id FROM [format_table_name("ban")] WHERE CKEY = '[sqlplayerckey]' AND ((bantype = 'APPEARANCE_PERMABAN') OR (bantype = 'APPEARANCE_TEMPBAN' AND expiration_time > Now())) AND unbanned != 1")
 	query.Execute()
diff --git a/code/modules/client/client procs.dm b/code/modules/client/client procs.dm
index 64d19a3dcaf..f64d1590071 100644
--- a/code/modules/client/client procs.dm	
+++ b/code/modules/client/client procs.dm	
@@ -133,7 +133,14 @@ var/next_external_rsc = 0
 		if((global.comms_key == "default_pwd" || length(global.comms_key) <= 6) && global.comms_allowed) //It's the default value or less than 6 characters long, but it somehow didn't disable comms.
 			src << "<span class='danger'>The server's API key is either too short or is the default value! Consider changing it immediately!</span>"
 
-	log_client_to_db()
+	set_client_age_from_db()
+
+	if (!ticker || ticker.current_state == GAME_STATE_PREGAME)
+		spawn (rand(10,150))
+			if (src)
+				sync_client_with_db()
+	else
+		sync_client_with_db()
 
 	send_resources()
 
@@ -153,64 +160,58 @@ var/next_external_rsc = 0
 	return ..()
 
 
-
-/client/proc/log_client_to_db()
-
-	if ( IsGuestKey(src.key) )
+/client/proc/set_client_age_from_db()
+	if (IsGuestKey(src.key))
 		return
 
 	establish_db_connection()
 	if(!dbcon.IsConnected())
 		return
 
-	var/sql_ckey = sql_sanitize_text(src.ckey)
+	var/sql_ckey = sanitizeSQL(src.ckey)
 
 	var/DBQuery/query = dbcon.NewQuery("SELECT id, datediff(Now(),firstseen) as age FROM [format_table_name("player")] WHERE ckey = '[sql_ckey]'")
 	query.Execute()
-	var/sql_id = 0
-	while(query.NextRow())
-		sql_id = query.item[1]
+
+	while (query.NextRow())
 		player_age = text2num(query.item[2])
 		break
 
-	var/DBQuery/query_ip = dbcon.NewQuery("SELECT ckey FROM [format_table_name("player")] WHERE ip = '[address]'")
+
+/client/proc/sync_client_with_db()
+	if (IsGuestKey(src.key))
+		return
+
+	establish_db_connection()
+	if (!dbcon.IsConnected())
+		return
+
+	var/sql_ckey = sanitizeSQL(src.ckey)
+
+	var/DBQuery/query_ip = dbcon.NewQuery("SELECT ckey FROM [format_table_name("player")] WHERE ip = '[address]' AND ckey != '[sql_ckey]'")
 	query_ip.Execute()
 	related_accounts_ip = ""
 	while(query_ip.NextRow())
 		related_accounts_ip += "[query_ip.item[1]], "
-		break
 
-	var/DBQuery/query_cid = dbcon.NewQuery("SELECT ckey FROM [format_table_name("player")] WHERE computerid = '[computer_id]'")
+	var/DBQuery/query_cid = dbcon.NewQuery("SELECT ckey FROM [format_table_name("player")] WHERE computerid = '[computer_id]' AND ckey != '[sql_ckey]'")
 	query_cid.Execute()
 	related_accounts_cid = ""
-	while(query_cid.NextRow())
+	while (query_cid.NextRow())
 		related_accounts_cid += "[query_cid.item[1]], "
-		break
 
-	//Just the standard check to see if it's actually a number
-	if(sql_id)
-		if(istext(sql_id))
-			sql_id = text2num(sql_id)
-		if(!isnum(sql_id))
-			return
 
 	var/admin_rank = "Player"
-	if(src.holder && src.holder.rank)
+	if (src.holder && src.holder.rank)
 		admin_rank = src.holder.rank.name
 
-	var/sql_ip = sql_sanitize_text(src.address)
-	var/sql_computerid = sql_sanitize_text(src.computer_id)
-	var/sql_admin_rank = sql_sanitize_text(admin_rank)
+	var/sql_ip = sanitizeSQL(src.address)
+	var/sql_computerid = sanitizeSQL(src.computer_id)
+	var/sql_admin_rank = sanitizeSQL(admin_rank)
 
 
-	if(sql_id)
-		//Player already identified previously, we need to just update the 'lastseen', 'ip' and 'computer_id' variables
-		var/DBQuery/query_update = dbcon.NewQuery("UPDATE [format_table_name("player")] SET lastseen = Now(), ip = '[sql_ip]', computerid = '[sql_computerid]', lastadminrank = '[sql_admin_rank]' WHERE id = [sql_id]")
-		query_update.Execute()
-	else
-		//New player!! Need to insert all the stuff
-		var/DBQuery/query_insert = dbcon.NewQuery("INSERT INTO [format_table_name("player")] (id, ckey, firstseen, lastseen, ip, computerid, lastadminrank) VALUES (null, '[sql_ckey]', Now(), Now(), '[sql_ip]', '[sql_computerid]', '[sql_admin_rank]')")
-		query_insert.Execute()
+	var/DBQuery/query_insert = dbcon.NewQuery("INSERT INTO [format_table_name("player")] (id, ckey, firstseen, lastseen, ip, computerid, lastadminrank) VALUES (null, '[sql_ckey]', Now(), Now(), '[sql_ip]', '[sql_computerid]', '[sql_admin_rank]') ON DUPLICATE KEY UPDATE lastseen = VALUES(lastseen), ip = VALUES(ip), computerid = VALUES(computerid)")
+	query_insert.Execute()
 
 	//Logging player access
 	var/serverip = "[world.internet_address]:[world.port]"
diff --git a/code/modules/research/message_server.dm b/code/modules/research/message_server.dm
index c5dd5d2ae50..9bcc805b2c6 100644
--- a/code/modules/research/message_server.dm
+++ b/code/modules/research/message_server.dm
@@ -123,42 +123,44 @@ var/global/list/obj/machinery/message_server/message_servers = list()
 	value = param_value
 
 /datum/feedback_variable/proc/inc(var/num = 1)
-	if(isnum(value))
+	if (isnum(value))
 		value += num
 	else
 		value = text2num(value)
-		if(isnum(value))
+		if (isnum(value))
 			value += num
 		else
 			value = num
 
 /datum/feedback_variable/proc/dec(var/num = 1)
-	if(isnum(value))
+	if (isnum(value))
 		value -= num
 	else
 		value = text2num(value)
-		if(isnum(value))
+		if (isnum(value))
 			value -= num
 		else
 			value = -num
 
 /datum/feedback_variable/proc/set_value(var/num)
-	if(isnum(num))
+	if (isnum(num))
 		value = num
 
 /datum/feedback_variable/proc/get_value()
+	if (!isnum(value))
+		return 0
 	return value
 
 /datum/feedback_variable/proc/get_variable()
 	return variable
 
 /datum/feedback_variable/proc/set_details(var/text)
-	if(istext(text))
+	if (istext(text))
 		details = text
 
 /datum/feedback_variable/proc/add_details(var/text)
-	if(istext(text))
-		if(!details)
+	if (istext(text))
+		if (!details)
 			details = text
 		else
 			details += " [text]"
@@ -198,14 +200,14 @@ var/obj/machinery/blackbox_recorder/blackbox
 
 	//Only one can exsist in the world!
 /obj/machinery/blackbox_recorder/New()
-	if(blackbox)
-		if(istype(blackbox,/obj/machinery/blackbox_recorder))
+	if (blackbox)
+		if (istype(blackbox,/obj/machinery/blackbox_recorder))
 			qdel(src)
 	blackbox = src
 
 /obj/machinery/blackbox_recorder/Destroy()
 	var/turf/T = locate(1,1,2)
-	if(T)
+	if (T)
 		blackbox = null
 		var/obj/machinery/blackbox_recorder/BR = new/obj/machinery/blackbox_recorder(T)
 		BR.msg_common = msg_common
@@ -226,8 +228,8 @@ var/obj/machinery/blackbox_recorder/blackbox
 	..()
 
 /obj/machinery/blackbox_recorder/proc/find_feedback_datum(var/variable)
-	for(var/datum/feedback_variable/FV in feedback)
-		if(FV.get_variable() == variable)
+	for (var/datum/feedback_variable/FV in feedback)
+		if (FV.get_variable() == variable)
 			return FV
 	var/datum/feedback_variable/FV = new(variable)
 	feedback += FV
@@ -241,10 +243,10 @@ var/obj/machinery/blackbox_recorder/blackbox
 	var/pda_msg_amt = 0
 	var/rc_msg_amt = 0
 
-	for(var/obj/machinery/message_server/MS in world)
-		if(MS.pda_msgs.len > pda_msg_amt)
+	for (var/obj/machinery/message_server/MS in world)
+		if (MS.pda_msgs.len > pda_msg_amt)
 			pda_msg_amt = MS.pda_msgs.len
-		if(MS.rc_msgs.len > rc_msg_amt)
+		if (MS.rc_msgs.len > rc_msg_amt)
 			rc_msg_amt = MS.rc_msgs.len
 
 	feedback_set_details("radio_usage","")
@@ -269,72 +271,67 @@ var/obj/machinery/blackbox_recorder/blackbox
 
 //This proc is only to be called at round end.
 /obj/machinery/blackbox_recorder/proc/save_all_data_to_sql()
-	if(!feedback) return
+	if (!feedback) return
 
 	round_end_data_gathering() //round_end time logging and some other data processing
 	establish_db_connection()
-	if(!dbcon.IsConnected()) return
+	if (!dbcon.IsConnected()) return
 	var/round_id
 
 	var/DBQuery/query = dbcon.NewQuery("SELECT MAX(round_id) AS round_id FROM [format_table_name("feedback")]")
 	query.Execute()
-	while(query.NextRow())
+	while (query.NextRow())
 		round_id = query.item[1]
 
-	if(!isnum(round_id))
+	if (!isnum(round_id))
 		round_id = text2num(round_id)
 	round_id++
 
-	for(var/datum/feedback_variable/FV in feedback)
-		var/sql = "INSERT INTO [format_table_name("feedback")] VALUES (null, Now(), [round_id], \"[FV.get_variable()]\", [FV.get_value()], \"[FV.get_details()]\")"
-		var/DBQuery/query_insert = dbcon.NewQuery(sql)
-		query_insert.Execute()
+	var/sqlrowlist = ""
+
+
+	for (var/datum/feedback_variable/FV in feedback)
+		if (sqlrowlist != "")
+			sqlrowlist += ", " //a comma (,) at the start of the first row to insert will trigger a SQL error
+
+		sqlrowlist += "(null, Now(), [round_id], \"[sanitizeSQL(FV.get_variable())]\", [FV.get_value()], \"[sanitizeSQL(FV.get_details())]\")"
+
+	if (sqlrowlist == "")
+		return
+
+	var/DBQuery/query_insert = dbcon.NewQuery("INSERT DELAYED IGNORE INTO [format_table_name("feedback")] VALUES " + sqlrowlist)
+	query_insert.Execute()
 
-// Sanitize inputs to avoid SQL injection attacks
-proc/sql_sanitize_text(var/text)
-	text = replacetext(text, "'", "''")
-	text = replacetext(text, ";", "")
-	text = replacetext(text, "&", "")
-	return text
 
 proc/feedback_set(var/variable,var/value)
-	if(!blackbox) return
-
-	variable = sql_sanitize_text(variable)
+	if (!blackbox) return
 
 	var/datum/feedback_variable/FV = blackbox.find_feedback_datum(variable)
 
-	if(!FV) return
+	if (!FV) return
 
 	FV.set_value(value)
 
 proc/feedback_inc(var/variable,var/value)
-	if(!blackbox) return
-
-	variable = sql_sanitize_text(variable)
+	if (!blackbox) return
 
 	var/datum/feedback_variable/FV = blackbox.find_feedback_datum(variable)
 
-	if(!FV) return
+	if (!FV) return
 
 	FV.inc(value)
 
 proc/feedback_dec(var/variable,var/value)
-	if(!blackbox) return
-
-	variable = sql_sanitize_text(variable)
+	if (!blackbox) return
 
 	var/datum/feedback_variable/FV = blackbox.find_feedback_datum(variable)
 
-	if(!FV) return
+	if (!FV) return
 
 	FV.dec(value)
 
 proc/feedback_set_details(var/variable,var/details)
-	if(!blackbox) return
-
-	variable = sql_sanitize_text(variable)
-	details = sql_sanitize_text(details)
+	if (!blackbox) return
 
 	var/datum/feedback_variable/FV = blackbox.find_feedback_datum(variable)
 
@@ -343,13 +340,10 @@ proc/feedback_set_details(var/variable,var/details)
 	FV.set_details(details)
 
 proc/feedback_add_details(var/variable,var/details)
-	if(!blackbox) return
-
-	variable = sql_sanitize_text(variable)
-	details = sql_sanitize_text(details)
+	if (!blackbox) return
 
 	var/datum/feedback_variable/FV = blackbox.find_feedback_datum(variable)
 
-	if(!FV) return
+	if (!FV) return
 
 	FV.add_details(details)
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