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    Who wants a map change

    in Discussion

    Posted

    I honestly think Downtown altered deserves a try. and I know this is going to be shot down by sugar or other people as soon as I post this but I might as well try cause I still have freedom of press.

     

    Reason #1.  It CONTAINS the ORGINAL MAP and only EXTENDS IT. about 90-95% of the original map is STILL their on altered. the only difference is the pd, the bank, and a few buildings that nobody really uses anyway.

     

    Reason #2. Sooo Many jobs would fit perfectly on the map. There is a church for the preacher, there are actualy parking lots for cars, the mayor has a court house, there is an actual bank, there is a lake for a moster vs hunters job possibly, and there are more buildings made out of space that wasn't used before. (one example being the hospital at suburbs.

     

    Reason #3 I believe that if the people who want the map play everyday and populate the server, more people will come. and even if current players don't like the map (which I have no idea why they wouldn't) they still wouldn't want to lose their time invested into the server.

     

    Now I understand what some of u negative people are going to say and ive heard enough of it,

    * "its not downtown": Well yes it is, its the same map just extended with new buildings that barely change the original map.

    * "Map changes have always failed in the past" : I know but those were huge changes that changed the map completely, downtown altered is THE SAME MAP, with a few extensions to lighten up the scenery.

    * "Even Map Variants have failed" well yea cuase those map variants changed like 50% of the map so new players didn't know it and like I said, altered only changes like 5-10% of the old map, so I don't think a new player is gonna hate the map.

    * "Boxean you will never learn, it WILL fail" : yea well you know what, after all that reasoning you will never know unless you try cause like I said "ITS THE SAME FUCKING MAP" the only difference is that buildings were added to it without removing any of the old ones.

     

    Also based on the poll we have AT LEAST 16 people that DO want a map change, Which means we have at least 16 people that will play on the server regularly. so if u add it up I can see about 10-15 people on at slow hours and 25-30 people on at peak hours (I did some probability calculations).

     

    So the only reason to disagree with me is if ur THAT SCARED of a playerbase drop, or if u just really hate cooler maps than downtown.

     

    How do you still not understand that it does not matter what map you switch it to, players still have to download the new map to play on the server which does take a while meaning that people will leave while joining the server. And you get a massive player loss due to that. Someone please close this cancer thread.

    My Response to Billscat Leaving

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    Because most of you guys are just assholes. Lmfao. I don't want to be staff on a server where half the community can't respect other people. I get people joke, but you lot are just TOXIC. "oh NIG*** NIG*** NIG*** SO FUNNY" is the maturity of half our playerbase. I might come back but I doubt it. A common theme on this server that I CANNOT stand is the whole seniority thing. "x player has played for a while so he is fit to be respected/staff." That logic is horrible. Half our current staff team literally has been banned more than twice. I've joined on October 2nd, and in 16 days, I have never been banned. I was only kicked once as a joke. I have been votekicked, but that was resolved with the person who did it being punished. 

     

    People say I make too many reports. I've literally made three.

     

    In my first report, enemy spotted was banned for A MONTH for mass rda/handcuff abuse by Blacnova.

    In my second report, Jesus St Anal/Wind were banned for 3 days, and Puggy was banned for either 12 hours or 24 hours.

    My third report on Yellow did not have enough proof, sadly. This caused me to begin recording.

    I have footage of WantedNearby calling me a nigger over and over, as well as race using anon to call me a nigger. How do I know it was anon? Tunnel Snake checked the logs for me. I would have reported it, but the server is too toxic to care.

     

    I have one parting message for you, Sugar. The server used to be great. So many staff, so many players. heck, even evocity era was better than what we have now. We are left with the remnants of what was once a beloved server, now full of people more toxic that Chernobyl. I tried to help fix the server in any way possible, by giving back to the community, but I was just shit on for it. I had to make reports on people majorly violating the rules because your staff team is stretched SOOOOOO thin that nobody even bothers to moderate between 12am and 3am (3am is when the servers died for the night.)

     

     

    Once you all re-evaluate your priorities and become less toxic, I'll come back. Until that day, goodbye.

     

    Edit: I did not leave because my app was denied. I left before that. I think it was denied later the day I left, but as I said, I don't care. If the server community cannot help themselves why should I spend MY time trying to help them?

     

    Sounds like someone got a little mad over a gmod server lmao. I GOT CALLED A NIGGER SO I AM LEAVING!!!!111!!1!1!1!1!1!1!

    [Official] Suggestions for the Server

    in Suggestions

    Posted

    Yo better yet, take sugar up on that offer about opening a second server. He basically said he would dev that shit for you. All you would have to do is hand sugar some cash and sit back and relax. You would get your map change, but don't expect more than 5 people on it past the first day of it opening.

    [Official] Suggestions for the Server

    in Suggestions

    Posted

    Ok since nobody will listen to me about why I think we should experiment with map changes I gotta post it on the forums.

    EVERYONE says a map change is a bad idea but the thing is, newbs don't know if they will like the map or not. even if they would love the map they don't know it so sugar's offer is always going to fail. so if we force a map change on people then see what happens then you would know for sure they don't like it. like think of it like trying new foods. you can either go for the food that u know is alright or u can try the new food that u will either love or hate.

     

    obviously u you go for the one u know is ok. but if you force someone to try the other option u will absolutely know if they will like it or hate it. so if a newbie likes the new map they got forced to play then u should keep it and boom we finally have a new map.  if they hate it then switch back.  and by not experimenting you will always have the same boring map and if we don't find a new map we don't find one but there is always a chance that there will be a map that's better then the shit one we have and people will play it.

     

    also the map I want (downtown altered) is the SAME FUCKING MAP, with a few extentions that make the map bigger while only changing the original A LITTLE BIT.

     

    So by creating a new server people will only go to the map they know even if they would've loved the new map and would think the old map is shit. that what I'm trying to say. only once you have tried all variants or all maps that would fit our servers population can you say that a map change will 100% decrease the server population. Otherwise even though the new map would've thrived, they wont join it cause the "alright" version of the map is still available.

     

    So every once in a while you should still try a new map to see if people like it or not. if it dies cross it off the list of maps you would like to try to change to and so on. so once you know for sure that all the maps to change to are a bad idea then you can say no map changes. otherwise there is still a chance that people would like the new map .

     

    You also said that once you switched back to downtown, the server population peaked again so there is no long term damage to the server so there is no lethal harm in changing maps.

     

    So in conclusion: if someone suggests a map that u know failed, say no cause u already know that people don't like it. And If someone suggests a map that u haven't experimented with yet, give it a try cause like you said, when u switched back the server population refilled itself like it never even happened.

     

     

    And if some of you still disagree with me give me a very detailed explanation why.

     

    You will just never get it... buy your own server and try running that map lol tell me how it goes!

    [Official] Suggestions for the Server

    in Suggestions

    Posted

    What you guys don't understand about a map change is, there are only 3 options for a map if you want to kind of have a playerbase (because any map change kills your playerbase). You can either run evo city v33x which requires 70+ people on the server to effectively use that map, you can run evil melon which will  cause the server to have about 5-10 people on at peak hours, or you can keep the current map and keep your entire playerbase. Any other maps besides the ones that I just listed, is a bad idea and will kill your playerbase down to a point where you will average 1-2 people at peak hours.

     

    Suggesting "similar downtown variants" is such a bad idea... like a really really really bad idea. 

     

    I once started a thread on a map change that got 4 or 5 pages of comments, and I wanted that map change BAD. I would bug sugar to death on a map change. But now I understand why a map change is such a bad idea. 

     

    So stop suggesting map changes, it will NEVER happen.

    [Official] Suggestions for the Server

    in Suggestions

    Posted

    Lol... Gm_fork. Probably one of the worst maps you could've chosen for a map change. That's actually worse than picking some janky downtown variant.

     

    I remember when I wanted a map change and didn't understand how it killed the playerbase, but then I actually tried a map change for myself. I went from getting 50+ players a day to getting about 10 players at peak hours. When I switched it back to downtown the playerbase came right back like it never happened. 

     

     

    For some reason, the gmod community hates change and a map change would be impossible for most gmod servers out there.

    Omg

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    I have 502 hours played. Lol and I didn't even apply for staff until I had 260 hours played.

    Oh and fetus and his little gang were really cancer and anyone that even said one word to them also had cancer.

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