Friday the 13th: The Game Adding Jason Selection Update

Friday the 13th: The Game is introducing an update that will help balance out the selection process when it comes to who will play as Jason in a particular lobby.

I’ve long seen this as an issue, as I have recently set my preferences to  be ‘Jason’ as opposed to being selected as a ‘Counselor’ in the hopes that I could play Jason more than I was, which wasn’t much.

Now, in an effort to help balance out the selection process, the team behind the game announced the following on their official website forum:

“Hello slashers, today let’s talk about changes coming to how Jason is selected in Quick Play matches of Friday the 13^th: The Game.

With the next update we will be introducing a behind-the-scenes ticket system that improves the selection process governing which player is selected to be Jason. Players who have marked Jason as their spawn preference are given a surplus of tickets. Each time they’ve played Jason, tickets are subtracted, to reduce the chance of a single player being selected in back to back rounds, even when switching lobbies. An exception would be if that player switched to a lobby with players who have all indicated a preference for playing Counselors.

Counselors – in the event that everyone in the lobby has their preference set to Counselor, one of you will still be selected to play as Jason.

What happens if two players have the exact same amount of tickets, and neither have played Jason lately? The system will randomly select a ticket, and the owner of that ticket will be selected as Jason for the round.”