I loved every second of this event. I don't think I was ever sitting there playing, thinking and looking forward to when the day ended, or even when the next thing occurred, because I was always able to enjoy myself in the moment. The whole event was good- even if there was a "little" too much WallRP on Day 1.
I loved the implementation of Overwatch Transhuman Arm to guard the prison and although I was at first skeptical of accepting non-whitelisted OTA apps, I am glad we did as I'm thankful to have met some new, positive members of the community aiming for an OTA WL.
The Wardens were in my view great. The /event at the end doesn't do them justice- the prison was retaken after all, with all sensitive data destroyed, but I suppose many prisoners escaped and the damage must have been huge, so kinda a yin/yan... (P.S. Just learnt you let Sandu live, goooooooooooood <3).
That's not to say that everything was great- there are some things I think were a bit off in terms of implementation.
-> The climax felt very, very rushed. The final fight should have been longer, it felt a bit... weak and pathetic. Sure, OTA got pushed back to our armory but after a bit we pushed back fine. That fight was good and fun- but nothing really happened after. There should have been follow-up engagements. A wave 2 of sorts.
-> Flow could have been better. Sometimes things felt slow or unproductive, and dragged the event down a little. Think more about the things that don't immediately come to mind when creating areas for passive or active RP- especially in enclosed areas.
-> Some areas felt a bit... baity. I caught two prisoners in the IMS research block on Day 2. There was no biolock on the doors to prevent their entry. They found a DB and a gun and as a result almost got executed. If you don't want to biolock an area so that people who shouldn't be there can actually gain access, make the entrance a bit more hidden/harder to reach.
There's more but it's 3 am. I absolutely loved being an Ordinal throughout this event. Wish it hadn't ended so soon. I look forward to your next short stories event- hopefully it'll be sooner rather than later.
A great event for your first one Kaffee that makes a radical departure from the before events of "haha, two sides oppose, go brrrt for three days and have fun!" concept. I hope to see more from you.