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05-30-2018, 11:30 PM
(This post was last modified: 09-01-2022, 01:06 AM by Fearless Community. Edited 1 time in total.
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FL as a community is not dying, this is clear by all you commenting on this thread and the activity on the forums. However, CityRP as a game mode is dying, for example I would still count myself as part of the community as I'm active on the forum nearly every day / week, but am I active in game? Nah. Why? I've no incentive to come on, I've spent so long on the game it's boring now. If FL wants to continue to grow as a community and stay alive as a community it needs to branch out into other popular games, so not like the failed Minecraft expansion in the past, or not into whatever the fuck space engineers is, into popular games or popular Garry's mod game modes. This as a result will increase the amount of "advertisement" or awareness of the FL brand as a whole and may also lead to more people trying the cityRP game mode, or will lead the community to a successful expansion into other areas that are more sustainable and popular than CityRP.
Another thing noticed is that the structure of the entire community has stayed the same, there's no drastic changes, there's nothing worth getting excited about anymore, and this I place purely down to a general lack of leadership from the top, and before someone replies about there being "internal discussions", that is not helpful to the public player base whatsoever. What some individuals would wish to see is the individuals at the top seeming to take a care in the game mode and a care in the community, and if this is failed to be seen it's common sense that people will move elsewhere to achieve this. People need to see those that are seen as responsible and of a rank to be taking interest.
Note: When I say from the top I mean the staff team, and not what people have maybe perceived as me slating Soul, as I am not. I generally mean the attitude of some staff members such as administrators is enough to put people off, and the lack of staff members showing a public interest is limited.
If it's purely the cityRP game mode that wants to be grown instead of the entire community, I don't see any other way than bringing back the nearly hundreds of old players by providing an incentive for them to come back. It's been done in the past before, and I can't say I whole heartedly support it, but is wiping bans for old members who have many hours the way to do it? I'm not sure, but it's certainly an option to increase interest in the game.
Certainly if the the cityRP game mode and the community want to be sustained for another ten years, changes have to be made and a strategic direction and objective have to be achieved, how I am not sure, by doing what I am also unsure, but options need to be decided.
Another thing noticed is that the structure of the entire community has stayed the same, there's no drastic changes, there's nothing worth getting excited about anymore, and this I place purely down to a general lack of leadership from the top, and before someone replies about there being "internal discussions", that is not helpful to the public player base whatsoever. What some individuals would wish to see is the individuals at the top seeming to take a care in the game mode and a care in the community, and if this is failed to be seen it's common sense that people will move elsewhere to achieve this. People need to see those that are seen as responsible and of a rank to be taking interest.
Note: When I say from the top I mean the staff team, and not what people have maybe perceived as me slating Soul, as I am not. I generally mean the attitude of some staff members such as administrators is enough to put people off, and the lack of staff members showing a public interest is limited.
If it's purely the cityRP game mode that wants to be grown instead of the entire community, I don't see any other way than bringing back the nearly hundreds of old players by providing an incentive for them to come back. It's been done in the past before, and I can't say I whole heartedly support it, but is wiping bans for old members who have many hours the way to do it? I'm not sure, but it's certainly an option to increase interest in the game.
Certainly if the the cityRP game mode and the community want to be sustained for another ten years, changes have to be made and a strategic direction and objective have to be achieved, how I am not sure, by doing what I am also unsure, but options need to be decided.