What happened to the server?

[Fultz]

Mini events are still events. Same result. Instead you should be planning just normal rp. Create basic options. Showcase what the game mode is. Have people make shops (gun dealers, chefs, etc), have people go corleone and rebels, get people to form a functioning government, etc. You want to attract new players.

Exactly the plan, agree with everything except "Mini events are still events. Same result."
Mini events don't really have a strict definition, but when I refer to them I mean bigger roleplays with some sort of planning and backstory. These don't really need a thread to promote them beforehand and can just be done on the server when people feel like it, which would reward the people who are currently on the server with something unique. Then perhaps we could post a roleplay thread up after the event with some screenshots to show the forums. Interested to see what you think, its probably what we will be doing from here on out until / if we manage to pick up a lot of steam, and then perhaps we can plan one large event together as a team (everyone works on a small bit of it) on top of the regular roleplays.

It's what Luminess, Dantheman and I and anyone else in the events team who were available used to do quite often in February / March when the server was in a similar state, we would split ourselves among criminals, government and other supporting roles and if throughout the day we hit something like 25-30 players we would spawn down some mini event

That’s the step you want to go again. Use the jobs provided and provide an interactive city. The reason I think even mini events aren’t beneficial at the moment is due to them almost always being located outside the city and not using current jobs. They are a like a wet bandage to fix the problem. I think v2d is also best for the time being as well. It is more compact so it forces more player interaction. Ban the slums for basing and promote a passive interactive city and use the small sample of selected buildings for bases while keeping them basic and easily raidable for everyone. Then you can go to a bigger map once server population stabilizes.