Forced Random Name Rounds

[RelentlessGarbage]

forcing random names/appearances on people has been the fastest way to collectively upset the entire playerbase and as funny as it is as a one-off admin gag i can't see "surprise, that character you set up and configured just doesn't get to happen this round " would make the anger problem worse

Can confirm - people's jimmies get rustled when admins do this. Maybe having it be more of a regular thing would normalize it, especially if it were telegraphed beforehand (as in, there was a pre-round warning that informed everyone that their characters would be randomized), but people seem to like keeping to a set of identities that they play with, even on Classic. This can be negative, in the sense that you can immediately gauge who you're up against if you know them, but some people relish in/make the most of it to the benefit of the round. (Treeby would be my go-to example for that on Classic - antag or no, they're always up to something, and it's great.)