Goonhub
11-13-2020, 03:40 AM
My experiences with Ass Jam have not been brilliant.
This is all anecdotal so take this as you may, but the times I've played Ass Jam, in one instance I was griefed pretty heinously (vs non antagonist and I was gibbed) on normal Ass Jam rules.
When I raised it on deadchat with an admin, I was told to "just respawn". Only thing is that when if I did, the station was vented and so the person who greifed also respawned, and the process would just repeat with me not wanting to do an eye for an eye and skirt the rules, I just remained ghost.
My general point that there was no consequence for death nor grief and as such I felt there was no progress or exhilarating moments you'd get when faced with a tough situation. As a player who thought Ass jam was just the same as a normal round but with "goofy" features, I was proven wrong on more than one occasion where it felt like I was at whims of players who played entirely selfishly and admins who were either too busy pressing buttons or grown apathetic to the shitshow that was developing.
The latter point is not a criticism of the admin team, but rather just a sign that the round was far too chaotic for the 2-3 admins online to actually manage. Ass jam felt to me like Ass day with a new label haphazardly stuck to the front. It encouraged poor behaviour, from the new to the old.
I think the proponents of Ass Jam/Day are a vocal minority at this stage. I've seen on the days when Assjam is on the population actually dips.
So yeah, I'd be in favour of putting down Ol' Yeller. Its had its day in the sun.
This is all anecdotal so take this as you may, but the times I've played Ass Jam, in one instance I was griefed pretty heinously (vs non antagonist and I was gibbed) on normal Ass Jam rules.
When I raised it on deadchat with an admin, I was told to "just respawn". Only thing is that when if I did, the station was vented and so the person who greifed also respawned, and the process would just repeat with me not wanting to do an eye for an eye and skirt the rules, I just remained ghost.
My general point that there was no consequence for death nor grief and as such I felt there was no progress or exhilarating moments you'd get when faced with a tough situation. As a player who thought Ass jam was just the same as a normal round but with "goofy" features, I was proven wrong on more than one occasion where it felt like I was at whims of players who played entirely selfishly and admins who were either too busy pressing buttons or grown apathetic to the shitshow that was developing.
The latter point is not a criticism of the admin team, but rather just a sign that the round was far too chaotic for the 2-3 admins online to actually manage. Ass jam felt to me like Ass day with a new label haphazardly stuck to the front. It encouraged poor behaviour, from the new to the old.
I think the proponents of Ass Jam/Day are a vocal minority at this stage. I've seen on the days when Assjam is on the population actually dips.
So yeah, I'd be in favour of putting down Ol' Yeller. Its had its day in the sun.