My ideas for the gamemode

[ryan!]

We're not that small to have our own category, on a full server we show up pretty close or even on the first page of gamemode results. We can also still get a full server, as shown by spikes we have after an update and from events. If we were to put ourselves into DarkRP we're fighting with thousands of servers. Due to how the gamemode listing works we may not even show up at all unless people refresh a ton due to the amount of servers in there. The gamemode listing is also a lot nicer than the individual server one.

We can't keep a full server or there would be no discussion here. And your point works both ways, if we could keep a full server we would not get buried in the DarkRP category either way. 

Right now we don't show up at all. The screenshot you posted is of Russian servers. No one who is going to be looking for a server to join is going to join a Russian server who isn't Russian. If we have ~40 people and with English in the title of the server, we will be a lot more visible than with 40 people while sitting 10 scrolls down the gamemode listing. 

We are a DarkRP with more rules, stop acting like this is a huge jump. I have played on a lot of DarkRPs. We can add "semi-serious" in the title then it isn't misleading. We can have the loading screen explain the rules and how semi-serious servers work, so that people who don't want to roleplay will stop loading in.  

Give me 3 differences from Fearless to DarkRP that isn't just the rules or added content that DarkRP servers could also add. The only 2 I can think of is f1 vs f4 menus and having a gravity gun instead of hands. Help me out maybe I am a stupid idiot.

Even with 20 players we're on the second-third scroll of gamemode and it stands out more. There's not that many gamemodes as DarkRP, TTT and all the popular ones take most of gmods playerbase. 20 players in the DarkRP section? Good luck ever being found.

We're fundamentally different than DarkRP. We've intentionally tried to make ourselves different from DarkRP whenever we can and now we want to switch to that category? DarkRP is a lightRP gamemode with a very small focus on RP and more on very casual gameplay. It's also designed to be extremely easy for new players with almost no learning curve. We're way more complicated than that, it's pretty hard for newer players to get going on FL due to the heavier focus on RP and stricter standard than DarkRP. It's not a gamemode you can join and just have a fun casual experience which is almost "messing around". DarkRP also has much better performance and more slots than us, we can't compete in that area at all. They're also a lot more content heavy in areas such as vehicles and weapons, while we're focused on props for building. It's hard to compare us to DarkRP because we're simply not DarkRP. It's too different to do a direct comparison.

It all honestly makes so much sense that you started on Hl2RP. This server isn't meant to have some huge skill gap where only the best of the best can get on and RP. Fearless is a barely Semi-serious RP server. Almost 80% of the interactions that happen between players are not in character. Your view of Fearless I think is so far from what the server actually is that I truly think you shouldn't be a contributor. The skill gap for a new player joining Fearless is telling them what FailRP/NLR/RDM is. FailRP is the only part not enforced on DarkRP (and not really enforced on Fearless). The fact that you think fearless shouldn't be pushing towards a "fun casual experience" is insane. Almost every cop walks around with m4's pointed out, most people walk around with physgun out, and now people casual run around mining. This server is SOOO far from the Serious RP you want, its a stretch to even call it semi-serious. And you need to come to grips with that or resign. 

The performance is a nonissue, DarkRP server lag like shit too. And only the top top DarkRP servers have over 100 slots so idk what you are on about there. And saying they are more focused on cars and guns makes no sense. So the average DarkRP player will not like Fearless because we have more props? We have more cars than literally ever DarkRP server???