Goonhub
02-03-2024, 01:14 PM
These are really fair points to be made. I heavily agree on the second point though, it's one of my favorite points of RP because everyone wants a story to tell. I know I have had my own antag rounds where I may be very active in escalating and engaging people throughout the 96 minutes, though individually with others, and the rest of the station never knew I was a threat.
On the flip-side, if I am sec and I know it is an extended round, I tend to either encourage the team to learn something new, practice something they need to work on (communications, tactics, procedures, etc.), or go to each department and ask how things are going. For the last point, especially the departments who might be also looking for something to do. I know I ask round how things are a lot as captain and sec even on antag rounds, but on extended it gives people an opportunity to talk.
My last point I think I will make is one that definitely drives concern personally. When I knew it was extended, it helped making it clear to ahelp a situation that I felt was deemed it was needed. Without the knowledge of knowing, I feel it has tipped one way or the other where I feel I am either flooding ahelps in or not putting enough in as I want to wait till end round to verify antags and by then have forgotten names and maybe even some context of the situation.
On the flip-side, if I am sec and I know it is an extended round, I tend to either encourage the team to learn something new, practice something they need to work on (communications, tactics, procedures, etc.), or go to each department and ask how things are going. For the last point, especially the departments who might be also looking for something to do. I know I ask round how things are a lot as captain and sec even on antag rounds, but on extended it gives people an opportunity to talk.
My last point I think I will make is one that definitely drives concern personally. When I knew it was extended, it helped making it clear to ahelp a situation that I felt was deemed it was needed. Without the knowledge of knowing, I feel it has tipped one way or the other where I feel I am either flooding ahelps in or not putting enough in as I want to wait till end round to verify antags and by then have forgotten names and maybe even some context of the situation.