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Post by Merpkiller on Jan 5, 2017 3:01:12 GMT
It has come to my attention that the server has been empty lately, like, unbelievably. And I could be potentially to blame for it for not showing up and spamming all my friends to come on regardless if they like it or not. But that's not how a server should be.
I am going to post a vote (if I can manage to work these forums) to ask what everyone's opinions on the matter are. But as it stands, I believe the server should shut down until further notice, we may come back as a different rp server, or not for a long time, but as it stands, we are understaffed, under populated, and overall.
We've been relying on two admins to run an entire server where many of our new players are constantly asking for handouts and trying to take over the server. Hate to be brutally honest, but yeah, I've seen a few pretty voiced examples of such.
So, here I say it, I believe we need a break to calm down, raise some interest, get some actual staff who will bother to show up and be active, so it's not two people and them trying to get the others to help at any time.
We just had a map change, got the story set up, we can honestly either pause the story here, or we can say that whatever IRL time has passed since the place closed to its reopening has happened in game as just passive.
I don't know, but right now, I know we can't drain lighty's wallet for no good reason, it's a trust basis, and I don't want to strain it by wasting more of his cash for no reason.
With a heavy heart, I am in support, vote in the poll at your thoughts, but hey, you want this back? get your friends to post on the forums, talk about us, get the word out, get it so that everyone can know who and what were are and were. That's what we need, action. Make that happen, have enough people sign up and prove they can be staff that actually do something on here other than just claim a title, and you know what, we might be gone for only a short time, thank you.
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Post by Merpkiller on Jan 5, 2017 3:51:23 GMT
In the comments, post if you said "yes" to stay up and stay active.
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Post by natedogg on Jan 5, 2017 6:56:30 GMT
The Server has sort of gone boring, recently. If not for the lack of events, the feel of character, the real umpf behind the server sorta feels empty. It feels as if the admins running the events don't put as much effort and love than before, and the players feel almost dragged along to keep the dying server afloat.
Hell, I frequent the forum more than I do the server, because the Forums still captivate that Fallout RP feel almost twice as better than the server nowadays. It's not that I'm not interested in the progression of the community, it's that the gameplay and RP simply isn't fun anymore.
I respectfully need a break until the server can manage itself and become self-reliant rather than relying on constant invites to keep a steady population of 6. I'm in full support of the server flourishing, but it can't at this stage. When it can get itself off the ground, I'd frequent it MUCH more often.
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atlas
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Post by atlas on Jan 5, 2017 16:16:36 GMT
The server does not feel like New Vegas. It feels like a playground for admins to ICly inflict harm on players.
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Post by Merpkiller on Jan 5, 2017 18:52:14 GMT
Although that's an intersting way to think of it, don't just use this to whine about not winning every time.
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Post by jtod on Jan 5, 2017 19:08:19 GMT
The server does not feel like New Vegas. It feels like a playground for admins to ICly inflict harm on players. - The server is currently set in Baja. It will not be exactly like New Vegas RP.
- ICly inflict harm? Do what? Isn't that just RP?
- If there is a problem with staff, there is a complaint section on the forums. Please provide valid reasoning for that last statement.
Yeah. It has been pretty dull, not gonna lie. I personally will only do events when I feel like they will have an impact or some sort of unique story behind them, which leads to me just not doing many events. There is three admins, so there isn't too many people to do events. Not to mention, it's also hard to do an event with only a couple players on a server. I do encourage players to go and make their own RP instead of relying only on admins. We can only do so much. But still, yeah, you're right. Server has been dull as shit.
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Post by ChrysamereBlade on Jan 5, 2017 21:48:22 GMT
There is no server like the server that we have, with that being said; I am willing to return when everything is cleared up. What do I mean by 'cleared up?' I mean that the server has become rather boring and dull, as some have stated previously. The server literally sits there on a daily basis without anyone coming on and when someone does pop in, they can sit there for hours and nobody else will join them. It is a depressing atmosphere when in-game due to such reasons. One would be very lonely if they were to sit there for an entire day. Now for recommendations, I can certainly recommend that the server needs more active staff AND players. After the population increases, then the server should have at least one event per week to keep players interested. Another way to keep players around is to maintain mutual respect. I've noticed a lot more arguments and fighting happening with the new map change, but I don't think it has anything to do with the map changing, more or less so that there is less communication. A recommendation for active staff; Create an admin application form on the site. However, I am sure that the admins are just as bored as we players are and that our next motive should definitely be to bring in newcomers. Like I said, these are just recommendations for the server.
I am willing to return when the population has increased, nothing too drastic, just a simple population of five or more. Of course, if I am asked to help boost population by signing in with someone, I shall gladly do so. However, I do not want to be the only person online.
EDIT: I have found the application section for new staff. Disregard what I have said about it.
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Post by jtod on Jan 7, 2017 18:21:06 GMT
Population is difficult to solve, and the most common way to fix it is to change RP on the server.
Server was being dull and not having any events, yeah, that has been a problem lately.
As for wastelanders-to-raiders ratio, that was a slight problem. Having 5 raiders and 2 people in town for the map change event, doesn't quite work. It could, but meh. I believe the majority of raiders pre-mapchange belonged to me, and they were generally peaceful if encountered in our camp. Either way, all of my raiders are gone. The Khans are the new cool, but I believe most of the Khans left the server. W/e.
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Post by Lighty on Jan 10, 2017 20:12:25 GMT
As some of you know, I've been hosting this server as well as another. Both are looking pretty bleak right now, so they'll be shutting down. I asked the same question on the other server, but I want the ideas of people from here to.
I plan on hosting another server sometime, and would like to get a feel of what people want to RP. Leave your suggestion below.
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matty
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Post by matty on Jan 10, 2017 20:32:53 GMT
If you remember the Space gamemode that Bizon made. I would love to play that again. It was pretty damn enjoyable.
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Post by Lighty on Jan 10, 2017 20:45:31 GMT
Yeah I do, but I can't remember it doing to well. Also, it's hard to do a space RP without forcing everyone into one clumped group on a singular ship, due to map limitations.
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Post by jtod on Jan 11, 2017 3:05:08 GMT
Mad Max RP, cyberpunk, nations, city. Just throwing out ideas.
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Post by Lighty on Jan 11, 2017 3:53:57 GMT
I think I've come the realization that not a lot of people want to do any RP set in any current format. IE anything that isn't some wildly impossible/far-off setting.
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Post by Grogrock on Jan 12, 2017 16:24:02 GMT
I agree with jtod on this one. I want to see a Cyberpunk RP or a serious City RP. Maybe do some weird "Office RP" but it's really just a joke of a company. I also have three elaborate ideas on the backburner but that would take a long time for me to explain, one of which I have documents on that I wrote in anticipation for using it as an idea. HMU on the Discord or on Steam if you would like. I can make a group chat with the staff from here and your other boys Lighty and pitch them, although one is similar to Infection RP (just without the zombies and set in the past). I'm also interested in that weird WW1 Lovecraftian thing somebody mentioned awhile back.
EDIT: Oh shit, also an MGSV RP would be interesting where it either follows what ACTUALLY HAPPENS NON WORMHOLEY after the collapse of MSF in GZ or what happens after the events of MGSV.
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Post by Lighty on Jan 13, 2017 12:35:57 GMT
I'm probably going to go with a futuristic cityRP. It won't necessarily be cyberpunk, but it'll be in the future on a different planet.
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