Let's Study Games - Redemption Mechanics

[xofelf]

I have quite a few thoughts on returnees as I've experienced several as well as run a couple more, that being said, I don't exactly have the brain to articulate a lot of this well today. Actually... barring whatever happened in the earlier non-anons, I think I've seen all the returnees we've had, interesting. But yeah once I've had a bit, I'll be back with some thoughts. Cuz I don't think returnees are inherently good or bad, however it is the way in which they happen that can be good or bad, and then sometimes the system for a returnee can be really good but the players or mods involved in that game made the twist not be good. Also I think there is a bit of a slight different between something like Redemption Island/EoE and like an item that lets somebody choose somebody else to come back. Those have different impacts and read in different ways, not quite apples and oranges but like oranges and grapefruits.

[xofelf]

I know Seafoam! I lived through Seafoam, I was one of the returnees. I don't fully remember how Kabutops came back, but I remember some of how it all worked. There was a challenge where the previously voted out players played against the living players for the right to return. If we won the challenge, we were allowed to vote somebody back into the game. And that's how I came back. I think Kabutops came back because that was also a game where there was a double modkill, and it made sense to just replace. Also the round we had this challenge there was an exile who got to talk to us dead during that round. and it was the first merge challenge. The fun part is that I was voted out first, and got to come back at merge where nobody knew me whatsoever. I made 4th partly because I escaped the ravages of the Legendary Box since I hadn't done anything badly towards anyone and anybody I was siding with it wasn't really a terrible play on my part.

[xofelf]

Oh yeah, so the returnee for Seafoam was not previously announced. It was a surprise. There were hints about maybe it wasn't the end one on one after you were voted out, but barely even that.