Alright, this is my opinion so yeah
I think we need to get all or atleast most of the bugs fixed with the server, since the lastest update most of the playerbase was lost and that can only be down to one thing.. the bugs, as most people know, the bugs are terrible at the moment and it's very annoying, I myself find it very annoying, that every time I log on, I have to get an admin to fix my car :L
What I propose is that we need to get all or atleast most of the bugs, especially the major ones like the vehicle bugs like repairing them and the fuel glitch, this will, I think, could help the server alot because it's just wasting everyone's time getting an admin, or waiting at the garage.. We could solve this in two ways:
- Spending time over a weekend or something, getting a list of all of the bugs and trying to fix them, once they work on the dev server, and i mean /ALL/ of the bugs work in the dev sever, then you need to update the actual server, then obviously test them see if they work, if so; then it's fine
- Getting some more scriptures to work on the server, this would help /ALOT/ because we you will be able to get more updates out and more bugs fixed quicker as they will be able to use their combined knowledge about pawn etc. to fix them.
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Getting the server playerbase back up..
As the playerbase has gone down due to the server bugs and etc. I really do think we need to change the year back to 1997, these are my reasons why we should:
- It let's people actually think about their roleplay and what they put into it - What I mean by this is that when we're all roleplaying on the server now, we just do an action without even thinking about it, like taking out their phone and taking a selfie perhaps, when it was 1997, we couldn't do that and we actually had to think about if they had it back then or if it was allowed etc.
I'm thinking the year change back would work because it just gives more excitement back into the roleplay instead of just doing it, if you get what i mean.. if not then clearly ask
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Another way to get the server playerbase back up is doing as you said... Events, the events on the server like painball /NEVER/ get's used, well in the time i've been on the server I haven't seen it been used and it's quite disappointing; you could add things like basketball in and like farming, stuff like that into the server so it will give us something to do e.g. at Monty park, there is a basketball court which is fun and all, but I have actually seen server where you can physically, pick up the ball and play the game against the other people, This would be a really good element into the roleplay as it would make it all new and exciting, unlike just standing in the same spot for about an hour, typing what you're doing; Even though this is a roleplay server and you need to type out your actions, it just seems like it's a text based game in the server and you cannot do anything..
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Story of what /I/ personally get up too..
When I join the server, I log on as either my main or alt account, depending what I feel like doing, but I login and spawn, first thing I do is check the amount of people on the server at that time... it's mostly around 50 or something, after I have checked, I see if anyone in my faction is online and I then go on duty.. note this point here "go on duty"; I either get into my car and goto work /OR/ I just drive around aimlessly, now I have been on the server for a while, but I couldn't imagine what it is like for a newb now when they spawn in.. Here is what I think goes down..
Newb : "Oh wow, a new server. let's make an account and play
This is going to be fun!"
**Logs onto the server**
Newb : "This looks awesome, let's see what I can do.."
**Looks around**
Newb : Alright.. I need some money..
*Either goes to do sidejobs or fishing**
**Sits there for hours getting money**
Newb : Alright.. I've spent around an hour doing sidejobs and fishing.. let's see what I've got.
**Looks in bank**
Newb : "$30,000.... what?!"
Newb : "OMG, I'm soo bored now!, I'm playing something else!"
**Logs off**
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I seriously cannot imagine if that actually happens, but that's what I think does.. We need to have things like the basketball and maybe even foot ball; or the PD and FD could hold more events like Legal races or car shows, something like that would help get the player base back up; we just need to get the community to play with each other instead of hate on the Factions and get annoyed when they get put in Jail or something.
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- Fix bugs or get more scripters
- make more events
- make roleplay fun and exciting