entrepreneur in's guide on how not to be a God-awful prisoner
1. LEARN THE RULES AND ITEMS OF THE GAMEhttp://bbnoad.com/PrisonEscape/This pretty much explains everything, read all of it. Not yet included: the steak item and the guard dog. Steak can be thrown to distract the guard dog, Wuffles (also called Wufflez), who would otherwise stun and then kill you. BUT, the steak only works if Wuffles isn't already persuing someone. Also, Wuffles can die from the chisel, but it takes a lot of hits.
2. LISTEN TO THE LEADERThere will be a leader (as appointed by Pload), someone telling the prisoners where to go, what to do, or who to follow. There may even be 2 or more leaders, look out for them, because they are experienced with the game, and have probably even tested it in its early stages. And especially, if anyone like Lex, Pload, Ephi, Blood, Pred, Bacon or I tries to lead, LISTEN GOD DAMN IT.
3. DON'T DO SOLO MISSIONSNever run off thinking you're Rambo or something expecting to actually do some damage. There are 4 guards, with snipers, versus you, with a chisel. You're not going to get far. HOWEVER, it's a completely different story if maybe you sneak out the back while 10 other prisoners rush the front and distract the guards, just NEVER run out without a plan that has a strong possibility of working.
4. IF THERE'S ALREADY A LEADER, DON'T TRY AND LEAD ASWELLIf the other leader agrees, though, it's ok, but don't appoint yourself leader and try to complicate things by dividing and confusing the other leader's followers (this is called 'pulling a Bushido'). The prisoners won't get anywhere without a definite leader. If you disagree with the current leader's tactics, you can talk to an admin about it. But then you're a pusillanimous individual.
5. DON'T STAND CLOSE TO EXITSSome guards can shoot you at an angle if you're too close to an exit. Face the exit and take a few steps back, never stand next to an exit.
6. UTILIZE TEAMCHATTeamchat, 'y', is a great feature, USE IT. Often people, when they try to spam something, they'll type it in teamchat then press T, up arrow, Enter, meaning to say it in teamchat again, but mistakingly say it in global. Avoid doing that. Also, between rounds, teamchat is still on but guards can hear it, so don't say in teamchat what you wouldn't in global.
7. DISTINGUISH YOURSELF FROM OTHERSThere are no names in Prison Escape, so often people will change their skin color. For example, I am red, Lex is blue, Bacon is green, etc.
8. LEARN TO DODGE BULLETSTo dodge bullets, some good ideas are to zig-zag, jump and crouch (unless you have a tray, which is useless when crouching) at random times, to throw off the guards. Make unpredictable movements, basically, so you're harder to shoot at.
9. DON'T ASK TO BE GUARDSelf-explanatory.
10. IT'S JUST A GAMEI hate hearing people say this, but it's true. It's a game. The prisoners will always win. The point is to have fun. Don't overcomplicate it.
*more may be added later as I see fit.
