Let's try something obvious but something easy to forget about. Hopefully you're not on some ancient build of Toribash.
Options > Effects> and under General, there are options to see what you've ticked below. Enabled, only on replays, and disabled. If you want everything to persist during the whole game, make sure it's on enabled. A screenshot is below to show what I'm talking about.
Hopefully this is the issue. If it still isn't working, please reply back.