"All Races Together" - A stationwide footrace

[maxfromsweden]

Name of Event: All Races Together - A stationwide footrace

One Sentence Description: NT is holding a stationwide footrace to improve morale and race-relationships.

 

Map Changes: No

Code Changes: No

Suggested Number of Players: Medium-highpop

Full Description of Event:

Due to complaints of non-diversity, Nanotrasen is starting it's "All races together" initative which is a foot race from one end (arrivals) of the station to the other (departure). They hope it will bridge racial chasms and bring the whole crew together. Security is in charge of keeping the racetrack clear and the captain/ntrep/IAA agents are in charge of documenting the start and end, and who wins.

At the start of the shift, the race is announced to be happening probably like an hour or 45minutes into the shift. During that time the track needs to be prepared and cleared of debris and all contestants can get time to excercise, hopefully together in a wide constellation of races.

After the race there should be an award ceremony where the captain hands out medals.

Altough it isn't important who wins, the winner will get some sort of price, maybe a date with the captain/a letter from the head of Nanotrasen/a special joke made by the clown/The captain can choose.

The journey is the fun, not the destination.

Edited September 10, 2020 by Maxfromsweden

[Gr1lledcheese]

Sounds like a fun concept, not to derail your idea, but I can imagine it somehow turning into a raging war between species. Also like the last part, lately a lot of people seem overly concerned with 'winning'.

[maxfromsweden]

Thanks for the reply! I would be surprised if it turned out to be a race-war but honestly, if it does, then that's what happens. There is no set destination this event needs to end up with. If the race is a big mess, the winner was methed up, the clown lubed the whole track, race relations were irrevocably damaged... then that's what happened. It sounds like a really interesting round to me. Compared to "nukies want to blow up the station, kill them or die", it sounds pretty amazing.

[The DexFiles]

It sounds kinda fun lol

[robveelben]

in all honesty this sounds like on of those things you have to do on school but noone really wants to do it so it becomes a akward mess

[maxfromsweden]

13 hours ago, robveelben said:

in all honesty this sounds like on of those things you have to do on school but noone really wants to do it so it becomes a akward mess

That is a really good way to put it. CentCom is forcing the crew to run a race to stop rascism. The idea itself is not very thought through and more of a PR thing than an actual solution.

Some will like it, some will not. It's allright. It's always going to be that way on a server with 100+ people. However you feel about it, there will be some different interactions created due to the new situation the crew needs to deal with.

Some potential ideas for those who think it's stupid:

Complain to the IAA about the stupidity and uselessness of this excercise.

Write up a sign and protest the event.

Become morbidly obese, get a sick note from a doctor proving you don't have to participate.

Throw bananapeels all over the racetrack.

 

On a completely different note, I find it very interesting that the events get a few comments like, "this event wouldn't work because (something bad) would happen in the game."

Having events set up for bad stuff to happen is intentional. An event is just a starting position. There is no "right" way for an event to go. Whatever happens, happens. If the race is an awkward mess (which it most likely will be) then that's what happened. The point is to provide a different starting position for everyone to give more and new opportunities to roleplay. There is no "wrong way" to play in an event (as long as you adhere to the server rules of course), in the same way there is no wrong way to play in a normal game of SS13 (again, as long as you stay within the rules). If the nukies get the nuke and blow the station, then that's what happened. That doesn't mean the round was played "wrong". There will be another round in a few minutes where another story will take place.