I'm new to both Half Life 2 RP and Willard as a whole, having spent only a few days on City 24 before this event started. I wrote a brief review in the Discord Feedback thread of Day One without realising that a Forum thread had been started. So, with that being said, as someone relatively new:
Day Two was enjoyable, but felt less interactive than Day One. Today, I can only recall two major events that happened around me; The katana man in the streets (albeit I didn't see anything other than him stabbing a CP, he went out of my sight after that) and the citizens all getting crowded into their apartment building for the search. Other than that, for me at least, it was just walking in the - noticeably empty - streets.
The major negative thing I have noticed these past few days is that CP just seem like more of a militia - there's a lot of them (sometimes on par with the regular populace) and when handling situations, a lot of them don't seem to be controlling the situation appropriately. I noticed this Day One - I had called for help with two men that broke into my apartment, and after they apprehended the men, the resulting sweep through the building had me getting manhandled and searched, despite being the one who had called. When the gunmen/man with detonator was around, CP called that all hostages were secured when I was still in the apartment building begging for my life, and the man with the detonator was kind enough to come up and tell me to run before he blew up the building since CP hadn't come to get me. Day Two, the search of the apartment building just seemed haphazard as whole, with citizens running into people's apartments, and CP seeming to not be controlling the structure well enough. It might just be New Player Syndrome, so feel free to correct me if I'm wrong or misconceiving things (I obviously don't have an eye into CP operations and communications) but I feel like they should be a touch more organised than they have been the past two days.
To mention some positives, though: The atmosphere is City 8 is nice. I think that having the Ration Machine being manned rather than automatic is a good conceptual idea, allowing people to meet eachother in the queue, even if it is unmanned half the time. The overall theme of the event is nice so far. I've enjoyed feeling involved, such as having gunmen hold me up and asking about the people from City Twenty Four.
Overall, event is enjoyable so far! Hope to see more these upcoming days!
