Armageddon is the kind of game where if you put on a good show for your audience, you get rewarded with more roleplay opportunities (sometimes ICly in-game with invites to clans, given silly tasks/jobs that don't make sense IC but are fun so people keep you around, or OOCly with special roles, karma, and possibly becoming staff).
If your performance doesn't please your audience (staff and other players who aren't staff), you are punished either with a reduction of your roleplay opportunities (people avoid you and don't want to play around you). This may or may not be noticeable based on the level of dissatisfaction that you produce. You might become so isolated that it feels like a solo game, but at more extreme levels, you might face IC consequences from authority figures for what seems like no good reason. If staff are not pleased with your performance, you may suffer retaliation from the game world (VNPCs or NPCs reacting negatively, possibly in extreme or violent ways), where other players who have a more pleasing performance in the exact same circumstances wouldn't get a reaction or might get a positive reaction.
It's been said that playing ArmageddonMUD is a performance for the amusement of the staff.