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Nick3306:
That evidence is all circumstantial, you also have to realize that the months where it was the highest were also the months that minecraft smp was really popular. The server itself isnt the only determining factor.
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--- Quote from: TheWholeLoaf on August 03, 2014, 03:57:19 am ---We can't say that tho. When pvp was being discussed, everyone wanted pvp maps, nothing fancy like hungergames. And now, everyone wants creative, and whether or not that takes hold is still to be determined but if we put all this work into creative and people are still bored with it, then thats just a waste of time.
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I would argue against this because classic seems to be what made this server popular, and there are many creative servers thriving still. Fads in this game such as hunger games and tekkit will come and go, but the major draw to Minecraft will always be that you can build whatever you like, to which ever scale you like and short of a better sandbox game, I don't believe anything will ever change that.
This is also just my personal opinion and could be very wrong.
Holy_Moses:
Well member count shouldnt really matter the first couple months after SMPs release because at the time there were still hundreds of player on classic. Anyways. SMP is boring now and creative is the only remedy. We're stuggling to reach 20 players a day and sure Minecraft is an old game and gets repetitive as fuck. Get rid of pvp since its a ghost town and get creative.
#CreativeTeam2014
UnknownHedgehog:
--- Quote from: TheWholeLoaf on August 02, 2014, 10:27:13 pm ---Pvp is not a good example. It may have brought a few new players but i hardly used now, despite how much everyone wanted it.
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You are right, but for the wrong reason.
Everyone did want pvp, and yes it is abandoned now. However, you have to look at the time gap between when people wanted pvp, and when pvp finally came out.
The first suggestion for pvp, that I could find based off the suggestion threads, was Septemer, 2011. However, it wasn't until between May and July of 2012 that pvp became a pretty popular suggestion (topics were even being locked due to how many people were requesting it with this link: http://www.opticraft.net/index.php/topic,11764.0.html).
Now look when pvp was released: July, 2013. That's a whole year or so later. We had more people on before than we did when pvp was released (and even less now). Not only that, but there was even talk that Optical and cschurz (our developer for the new members) were in the works of a pvp arena at that time. But that plan didn't come to fruition and the idea was abandoned. As time went on, I personally think anyway, a lot of people became disillusioned with the server and left. It wasn't until July 2013 when pvp became a big topic again, and it was released to appease the few who stayed and wanted it.
--- Quote from: TheWholeLoaf on August 03, 2014, 03:57:19 am ---We can't say that tho. When pvp was being discussed, everyone wanted pvp maps, nothing fancy like hungergames.
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I think people were wanting anything at that point.
Simply put: we took too long. People lost interest and probably got tired of waiting and hoping. And I'm not blaming anybody for this. Opti and cschurz were the only developers, but real life became a factor and that always comes first. Nick couldn't do much without them either. But now we can learn from our mistakes and move on as the admins now have console access. We can make good changes and add fun modes to the server that will attract people; especially if donations are running low to where Optical is now paying out of his pocket to run the server (from what I've heard).
Nick3306:
--- Quote from: Holy_Moses on August 03, 2014, 02:42:37 pm ---Well member count shouldnt really matter the first couple months after SMPs release because at the time there were still hundreds of player on classic. Anyways. SMP is boring now and creative is the only remedy. We're stuggling to reach 20 players a day and sure Minecraft is an old game and gets repetitive as fuck. Get rid of pvp since its a ghost town and get creative.
#CreativeTeam2014
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I'll wave my magical creative wand and make it happen!
--- Quote from: UnknownHedgehog on August 03, 2014, 03:22:17 pm ---specially if donations are running low to where Optical is now paying out of his pocket to run the server (from what I've heard).
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You heard wrong.
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