Although having cursed gear is usually disadvantageous, If you're a powergaming sack of shite, Cluwne equipment actually grants you some types of clothes which Cannot be removed, such as a mask or an outfit. This however does run a few risks, and does not justify getting cluwned, as getting cluwned means you dun fucked up, and abusing this strategy may GET you cluwned, but, Having a certain piece of gear on you which is specifically stuck on you might not be the worst thing when dealing with certain antags or bad situations. Hell it can keep you with an identifier.
On another note, If youre not a powergaming sack of shit and have an ounce of common sense, NEVER wear clothes from a cluwne or floorcluwne victim. The items are cursed and CANNOT be removed. This gives major disadvantages in actually doing your job, and essentially locks off whatever equipment slot you wore cluwne gear in, Making some jobs undoable. Statistic Disadvantages are not all known, but there are known disadvantages such as : Being humiliated, Having your coworkers laugh at you, Being potentially stuck with clown shoe noises for the rest of the round, Not being able to use magboots, being unable to use any gloves other than the clown's, Admins being confused when someone talks about their coworkers having cluwne gear and think you're tripping balls, when you never meant a full cluwne set, Medbay beoming Cluwnebay, and so on. One round i was one of the few people in medical who DIDNT have cluwne gear on. It was a fucking mess.
However, The fact that the CMO had the shoes may have made it all worth it.
Oh, right, as an antagonist, if you really want to Be a complete asshole Ruin someone's round and make it hard to operate, if you can find cluwne gear, put it on them. If they manage to get out and about, they might be lynched, and they're stuck with that gear on them unless it gets surgically removed.
Note, Although these strategies may be brought up by me, these are NOT admin aproved, and you should probably ahelp before using these strategies. I take no legal or moral responsibility for what happens to you through admin intervention if you use tips involving practical use of cluwne gear.
Next from my protips, which may ACTUALLY be useful, and aren't from a professional, Holoparasites, and their special little tricks.