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06-30-2020, 09:59 PM
(This post was last modified: 09-01-2022, 01:08 AM by Fearless Community.
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Considering this was already done in December 2019 with the "Ban Lift", I don't think that this is a good move for Fearless at all.
Clearly FL is having an issue with maintaining the players and getting its playercount up these days, but this is a lot more deep rooted than simply unbanning players, because so what if we do unban lots of players, they will end up bored within a week or two and leave, much like lots of older players who've got no incentive to carry on playing.
Mass unbanning players is a way to alleviate the problems FL faces these days, it will not solve them, it's a quick (and pretty ineffective) solution. Instead, I'd argue that FL needs to utilise it's best strengths right now to properly fix its issue of dying, before it's too late, this is achievable by:
- Advertising outside on Facebook, Instagram, fuck it TikTok if we have to, and target users interested in GMOD, PC gaming, and so on (creds to DVN for suggesting this here)
- Properly focus on giving new players the best welcoming experience by introducing them, and more importantly, getting them more involved early on (by way of the forums), so that they can grow an attachment to FL, and are more likely to stay
- Focus on providing the best content development-wise, little things would be nice too, not everything has to be big and large these days
- Re-add the damned roadmap, it doesn't hurt to at least keep the community in the loop and hyped, you don't need to slap dates on things, just let us know something is coming in the future
- Keep the staff team mature and professional
- Utilise the YouTube channel to make explanatory videos about FL so that FL is less of a hassle to join and get into, which does put people off in a lot of ways (creds to Link for suggesting this here)
- & so on
In short, unbanning people won't solve much of anything, it's just a short solution to a long term problem.
- Support
Clearly FL is having an issue with maintaining the players and getting its playercount up these days, but this is a lot more deep rooted than simply unbanning players, because so what if we do unban lots of players, they will end up bored within a week or two and leave, much like lots of older players who've got no incentive to carry on playing.
Mass unbanning players is a way to alleviate the problems FL faces these days, it will not solve them, it's a quick (and pretty ineffective) solution. Instead, I'd argue that FL needs to utilise it's best strengths right now to properly fix its issue of dying, before it's too late, this is achievable by:
- Advertising outside on Facebook, Instagram, fuck it TikTok if we have to, and target users interested in GMOD, PC gaming, and so on (creds to DVN for suggesting this here)
- Properly focus on giving new players the best welcoming experience by introducing them, and more importantly, getting them more involved early on (by way of the forums), so that they can grow an attachment to FL, and are more likely to stay
- Focus on providing the best content development-wise, little things would be nice too, not everything has to be big and large these days
- Re-add the damned roadmap, it doesn't hurt to at least keep the community in the loop and hyped, you don't need to slap dates on things, just let us know something is coming in the future
- Keep the staff team mature and professional
- Utilise the YouTube channel to make explanatory videos about FL so that FL is less of a hassle to join and get into, which does put people off in a lot of ways (creds to Link for suggesting this here)
- & so on
In short, unbanning people won't solve much of anything, it's just a short solution to a long term problem.
- Support
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