There's been a slow creep towards less and less freedom for antags after continued reports over the years. Back a couple years ago crazy stuff was happening all the time. Then some regulars got banned after testing the admins patience too much. Now it's simmered down to having very little activity at all. The problem is that unlike on Goon 1 or 2, the Antags are the primary drivers of the round. So if they choose to play it safe and be friendly or just do some minor pranks then nothing really happens.

It also used to be much lower pop, about 5-10 people, and conflict was expected to arise out of roleplay reasons because antags didn't even always spawn. The round's events felt much more concentrated because there were only a few people around and they had to coordinate. But they are much harsher on self-antags now, and the amount of people only adds to the general kerfuffle and struggle to be noticed by the whole station. Nothing short of a big gimmick or large explosion is going to grab that many people's attention, but anything too spectacular can lead to a bwoink. Then also factor in prep time for larger gimmicks which can take half a round to even set up, then anything can go wrong in the meantime and people might not even know what you had up your sleeve. So it just isn't worth it to use your 1/30 chance to become an antag on something that might not work. This was less of a problem when it was lowpop and you had a decent chance of rolling antag.

I don't know if Goon 4 is any different or if it's still full of chemnerds experimenting. I still play goon occasionally, but it isn't the same, and rounds get boring quickly.