ASS DAY feedback, evolution, ideas. [Gimme Your Thinks]

[warcrimes]

I mean if they really dont want to fight against "robust" people on Ass Day then they dont have to play on Ass Day. Its just one day out of the entire month.

This exact logic also applies to getting walled into rooms by ghost drones.

Ass Day drones are the epitome of Ass Day, and exactly what should be expected when you simply remove grief rules. Micromanaging individual types of grief is not feasible on any sort of scale- but more importantly it wouldn't matter. Whether by drone or by spaceman, the effect is the same: The current event encourages low-effort grief through its lack of structure. 

This is the main focal point of the thread, and I will reiterate it because I feel i was unclear. 
This brainstorm is for a hypothetical where "ass day rules" don't exist (the !!! ASS DAY !!! popup, among other things). Starting from nothing but the day of the month - what are your ideas, based on concrete features, that would recreate the magic and awe the day used to hold. 

A question I have, Are admins going to be held to these same standards? Meaning if the round type IS NOT assday classic and is instead, for lack of a better example, gang-vampires and an admin hops on and decides hmm I want to do plasma cannon barrage and killer tomato hoarde is there going to be an expectation to hold back or are they free to fuck up the round however they feel like??

On a similar note how often are we going to see vote manipulation? The server votes nukies vs NTSO and an admin decides, nah they dont want that. Are they going to be allowed to just change the vote like they do for maps votes every assday? Or will what we vote for matter?

Admins have always been, and will likely always be, free to influence the round according to their judgment. 365 days a year. If it's not noticed, that's probably good. 
As for the rest of your questions, that's the point of this thread. We are gathering suggestions for gameplay mechanics that we-the-codders can work on, and there will be a future poll presenting the options. One of the options will be "change nothing". So to be absolutely perfectly honest, the posts in this thread getting up in arms, and those pushing against a (as-of-yet inexistant) change are kinda way off-topic for the time being. 

It's a week too early to say " Don't ", because neither you nor I knows what the offer is. 

yeah the only way to change ass day via code is adding PVE events that require some form of cooperation lest u lose ur life immediately

As explained in the OP, assume the 13th is a day like any other day. Assume nobody walks in with any expectations, and then build your ideal game features from the ground up. Starting from the status-quo Ass Day and stapling things on top of it is unclear and confusing. 

Ground up please. 

Otherwise, the suggestions so far are excellent, we're actively working on distilling them, testing new ways of manipulating features, and gearing up for a nice thread where everyone can vote on the direction they want to go.