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What is the Good Warden Initiative?
This initiative was created to help players become better wardens as over the last few weeks I?ve been playing I have noticed many players who just are overly strict, boring, and not interesting. These traits cause people to not want to play on jail due to being killed instantly within cell block for little reasons such as twitching, being AFK, or misunderstanding the orders and then having to wait 8 minutes for a new round.
This initiative isn?t to help you win rounds, but to make them more fun and interesting for the terrorists and help bring interest to jail.
Well how do I become a better warden?
Here are some steps you can take to make Jail a more interesting and fun place to be.
Step 1: Becoming a lenient warden
- As a warden you should not worry about killing the prisoners in cell block if they are AFK. AFK players are not a threat to you or your guards.
- AFKs should only be killed once the rest of the prisoners are moved out of cell block and they still haven?t come back from being AFK.
- If they come back before everyone is out of cell block, let them catch up to the rest of their teammates or tell them where to go if they didn?t hear orders.
- When giving orders such as backing out of cells and being knifing distance, do not be trigger happy.
- Give them a few seconds and don?t worry if they twitch or accidentally knife, as they could be in their Steam Overlay or they just accidentally bumped their mouse.
- You shouldn?t be lenient towards those trying to escape, attack your or your guards. Rebels should still be dealt with swiftly.
Step 2: Playing a more Role Playing warden
- A warden should not just be interest in killing of the prisoners fast, they should be interested in having fun with the terrorists and letting them in a sense role play.
- Such things that are interesting or fun include letting the prisoners relax in the pool, have a party in the music rooms (discos/raves/clubs/etc), enjoying the sunlight at park, etc.
- Wardens should start using the games on the map when roughly one third to half of the prisoners are dead and waiting for the next round.
- Don?t drag the rounds on too long if there?s dead players waiting
- Have some fun with them and move them around the map. These maps are wonderfully made and have many things to do on them.
- There?s no reason you need to do such basic things like LR/FR, basic races, etc when the maps have games that can be used to eliminate the prisoners.
- Moving them around also gives them a chance to try to escape and rebel. Some maps have one to none vent cells meaning that they can?t escape through tunneling their way out and attempting to flee from the guards is the only other method.
- Play the games on the map and maybe modify the rules from the original way to create more interesting ways of playing that game; as long as they don?t break the server or Jail rules.
Step 3: Becoming a warden that helps
- As you become a better warden, you should be able to guide new wardens on the better way of playing as a warden.
- If there is a player who is new to the server or a map, offer them help on what they can do around the map and the how?s of getting around the map.
- Don?t be afraid to suggest the aforementioned steps and points listed above.
- Without interrupting the warden, be encouraging of offering better things to do than sitting in cell block for three minutes or doing boring games right outside of it.
Step 4: Get something out of becoming a better warden
- To help encourage players to become better and more interesting wardens that help keep players on the servers, we are looking at ways of rewarding such behaviors such as:
- Credits
- Forum Achievements
- Other
- We want you to make jail a more fun and interesting place for all players
Frequently Asked Questions
- [QUESTION] Rogue, if we move the prisoners around the map, they could escape or attack us, why should we be bold enough to do such things if they just get us killed?
- [ANSWER] This is jail, there is that possibility anyways and as a prisoner your goal is to rebel and eliminate all guards or plant the bomb. If as a CT you are worried about your KDR, then this server is not for you. Jail is a more semi-RP server than most regular CS servers and everyone has a part to play.
- [QUESTION] Why don?t I just give them a free day or war day and that?s pretty fun in its self?
- [ANSWER] If you resort to giving free days or war days to think you are being fun and interesting then you need to read above and learn why those are not fun and interesting. They are a cop out on being a warden. Anyone can give free days or war days and that just devolves the round to a regular game of CS which we have other servers that offer the same experience.
- [QUESTION] The last warden just played climb and then maze, should I do the same?
- [ANSWER] No, you should try not to repeat the last round in terms of gameplay. You should try to create a unique experience and make it interesting and fun for everyone. If they did climb and maze, you can do the race on the map, simon says on the map and b-hop, not to mention doing a chill thing before trying to kill them off.
- [QUESTION] As a warden I try to be unique and interesting, but the prisoners keep rebelling, how do I stop this?
- [ANSWER] Well you can?t as that?s their role. However, you should learn how those rebels play, do they always try to rush vent cell, hide in their cells, run off when they can? Try to counter them and order your guards to cover better areas.
- [QUESTION] Can I ask the prisoners what they want to do for the current round?
- [ANSWER] Yes, use their suggestions and create a syllabus or schedule around it.
- [QUESTION] Can?t I just give ST to a prisoner, that?s pretty fun for them?
- [ANSWER] Its fun for just them, its not fun for the rest of their team when you have them sit somewhere for a majority of the round or kill for minor things such as twitching or accidently shift walking because they were AFK and they came back and didn?t hear the orders.
- [QUESTION] I?m Mr. Grumpypants and I?m going write an angry reply of how wardens should be better and rawr rawr rawr?
- [ANSWER] Well don?t. Just point wardens towards this post when they die or offer suggestions in the server.
Thank you all for reading, I?m sure my target of 10% of those who read this will actually follow said advice.
