Fasnacht

Glory be! It’s Fasnacht Day in Fallout 76. Fasnacht Day is a few minutes of utter chaos followed by the awarding of masks. I haven’t gotten any rare masks this year from the events. Mostly, I’ve poached them from vendors from player camps. I got a Fasnacht bigfoot mask and a jackalope mask. I am currently wearing the jackalope mask because why not.

I started this year’s Fasnacht event wearing my Old Man Winter mask because the event is about shooing away winter, which I hate with a white hot contempt. It’s less the snow and more the face-hurting cold and the 10 minutes extra it takes to get ready to go out in it. Give me a day where I don’t need to methodically dress myself to run basic errands and I’m happy.

The best part about Fasnacht, like the best part of the regular events, is that it diverts the bitching of regular players from the latest upgrade. Instead of bitching about the latest upgrade on Reddit, they just bitch about rare mask drops or other rewards.

We’re at the point in Fashnacht where it feels like everyone is tired of it and just phoning it in. No one really wants to do it, anymore, and the event is sped up by the game to honor that. But, no one really wants to say, “Christ, enough already.”During the last Fasnacht, I fast moved in to town and stood in the middle of the street. Then, I went to use the bathroom while another player attempted to assault me while other people asked him why. He was apparently angry that I was just standing there. People who play video games are weird.

Fasnacht is one of the few times of year when you need to pay attention to Helvetia (not the font, about which there is a documentary) in Fallout 76. Usually it’s just a cheap source of salt and teapots.

Ope … been 40 minutes. Almost time for more chaos.