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Some in the SS13 community hold a strongly negative opinion about Sseth's video, since it appears to give the wrong impression of the game as a sandbox where yo

Some in the SS13 community hold a strongly negative opinion about Sseth's video, since it appears to give the wrong impression of the game as a sandbox where you can do anything. In contrast, the most popular servers have a strict set of rules for what kind of behavior is appropriate, and randomly killing people for non-roleplaying purposes is a bannable offense. Regardless, the increase in attention to the game caused a lot of new players with no intention of following the rules to flood the servers, lowering the quality of the playerbase. (Sseth himself acknowledges in the video that the veteran players will blame him for the ensuing problems.)

krige 5y ago
As someone who did play a lot of SS13 way back (must be around 7-10 years now, whack) he gave the entirely correct impression of the game in the form that gave it its fame and infamy. Serious roleplay SS13 servers are a bit like serious roleplay sessions of Paranoia - sure you can if you squint hard enough and apply a million rules about what can and can't be done (heavily biased towards the latter) but the product becomes crippled and stiffled.
bankshake 5y ago
There's basically 2 extreme sides of that coin, which make up the majority of players. Neither realize that the game would not exist without the other. The game is fun because it exists in the bittersweet spot in the middle. The illusion of order is just an illusion. Admins kill the fun just as much as trolls. The game IS this secret dynamic. It's even in the lore, and every single story you've ever read. Most of the fun comes from people breaking rules a bit.