Goonhub
08-01-2023, 05:08 AM
(This post was last modified: 08-01-2023, 05:09 AM by TDHooligan. Edited 1 time in total.)
Honestly, I dont think farts are as intrinsic to goon (in the sense of 'goon is the FART server') as people say so these days.
They're a core introductory element of the light-hearted, "dont think on it too hard" ethos that's always set goon apart from the other stations.
I've introduced at least 12 people, personally, to Goon over the years, and this story has rung true for more than a handful of them:
As goon steadily loses all the overpowered silly stuff (admittedly because people regularly run these things into the ground) I've always known farts as universally tethering goon to being silly. There's not many features in goon that are both silly and applicable at literally any time.
You can take goon super seriously, and a lot of people do. But you're doing that *despite* being a 2d farty spaceman in an incredibly complicated game. More power to them.
Perhaps I'm just an old fart. I've farted before, I've farted at inopportune times, I've forgotten about egg reagent and eaten a space bee egg while two roleplayers engage in a high-intensity argument adjacent to me.
That said, I also wouldn't mind *excessive* farting requiring more effort than simply spamming F... How about an incredibly complicated fart mechanic, all hidden behind the guise of a single message along the lines of "you've no more gas to give!" It's a win for both teams, really.
They're a core introductory element of the light-hearted, "dont think on it too hard" ethos that's always set goon apart from the other stations.
I've introduced at least 12 people, personally, to Goon over the years, and this story has rung true for more than a handful of them:
Quote:You're dropped in an INCREDIBLY complicated game as a new player, loads of people are buzzing around doing their complicated jobs, you don't have the foggiest of what's going on, and you're afraid to ask people, but the guide tells you something both simple & bizarre:
'You can press F to fart'
'Really?' you think, 'What a stupid, silly thing to have.' Then you fart. You might find it funny, or just dumb, but it's such a simple thing to do.
You walk up to someone, then press the fart key. A grizzled veteran of the space game briefly stops doing whatever complex stuff they were doing, and farts back. Almost like a nod. A silly moment shared between two complete strangers. Instantly, a barrier is broken down.
As goon steadily loses all the overpowered silly stuff (admittedly because people regularly run these things into the ground) I've always known farts as universally tethering goon to being silly. There's not many features in goon that are both silly and applicable at literally any time.
You can take goon super seriously, and a lot of people do. But you're doing that *despite* being a 2d farty spaceman in an incredibly complicated game. More power to them.
Perhaps I'm just an old fart. I've farted before, I've farted at inopportune times, I've forgotten about egg reagent and eaten a space bee egg while two roleplayers engage in a high-intensity argument adjacent to me.
That said, I also wouldn't mind *excessive* farting requiring more effort than simply spamming F... How about an incredibly complicated fart mechanic, all hidden behind the guise of a single message along the lines of "you've no more gas to give!" It's a win for both teams, really.