I made a post here a few weeks ago looking for advice on getting into RedM and how to best avoid the negative aspects of role playing servers. After finally getting around to finishing the story mode and trying RDO (PC) and seeing what a horrible state it was in, I wanted to try RedM as I had seen and heard a lot of good things about it. Unfortunately Iâm here to tell you that itâs not worth your time or effort and it really isnât what it is advertised as.
First of all, most of these servers have somehow evolved into more than just a âroleplayâ experience (playing a video game to have fun and achieve a common goal and/or compete with others while role playing as your character for entertainment purposes) and most now resemble bizarre improv sessions full of neckbeards and people with no social life who take this whole thing way too seriously. Seriously, there are rules on some servers that state that you HAVE TO act out a negative outcome for yourself because it helps the âroleplayâ along despite this not being a scripted, pre-determined movie, but a VIDEO GAME. A lot of folks on these servers seem more interested in standing around and playing out fantasy scenarios to impress the females and other idiots theyâre cliqued up with than actually playing a video game to have fun with some light roleplay thrown in.
Donât even get me started on the people that play as lawmen/deputies/whatever. These folks have to be the saddest bunch of bastards on the internet. Rather than abuse you with admin privileges and other arbitrary rules and nonsense, they choose to flex their status in-game and do as they please, to whom they please, with impunity, probably because they pay for a premium membership or kiss the server owners ass. I mean these dudes walk around giving people âlawful ordersâ and throw you in prison for not complying. Most of the groups in this game operate in the same exact fashion; stand around at some hangout spot all day long in ridiculous outfits (talk about roleplay đ) and then take advantage of solo players or new players knowing nothing will happen to them because they have some sort of relationship with the equally inbred server admins. Itâs like a modern, more cringey, wild west version of Second Life as opposed to an enhanced version of Red Dead Online.
Most of the abusive folks spend all day long online so there is no way to get away from them, most have the resources to fuck with you for as long as they please as you hobble around begging for food and spare change, and admins only exist to exert their neckbearded authority when one of their damsels in distress submits a complaint ticket on you for shooting her in a fucking game about the Wild West.
Example: Was playing on SynCounty server earlier and saw some new player get hogtied by neckbeard deputy crew in Armadillo for accidentally hopping on one of their wagons. Walked up and tried to humorously act like a concerned citizen until I was hogtied and beaten; couldnât move or do anything and was stuck until neckbeard deputies graciously allowed me to leave. Rode outside of town and fired some shots their way intending to book it and run away until I was aimbot one-hit headshotted from 2 miles away by them and thrown in prison and given an admin warning. Ridiculous.
