06-21-2012, 06:03 AM
Here is my theory what has happened here
The decline in player base started when all the complaining in the forums began. People like sm0ke and ScareCrow posting over and over and complaining. When new players come to the server they look at the forums to see how player morale is. I remember at one point the whole front page of the forum was full of this type of complaining. At the time the player base was still well over 100. Well slowly people began to leave and because of the complaining on the forums we weren't adding new players.
So the server goes from 200 to 150 to 100 and then its a clear trend of people leaving and we aren't adding players. And then it's 80 to 60 to 40 and its really in a free fall. There is a perception that the staff is demoralized and has checked out. This seems to be somewhat true. One thing that stands out for me and kind of captures the "meh" feel now is Britain bank and that yellow sign that is just plopped down in the middle of the road. The sign informs new players not to forget about starting skills. It's not the contents of the sign that is revealing. It's the way it was just plopped down in the middle of the road by whomever and it just sits there. To me its just a reminder that staff is burned out and just "meh" about the server.
The decline in player base started when all the complaining in the forums began. People like sm0ke and ScareCrow posting over and over and complaining. When new players come to the server they look at the forums to see how player morale is. I remember at one point the whole front page of the forum was full of this type of complaining. At the time the player base was still well over 100. Well slowly people began to leave and because of the complaining on the forums we weren't adding new players.
So the server goes from 200 to 150 to 100 and then its a clear trend of people leaving and we aren't adding players. And then it's 80 to 60 to 40 and its really in a free fall. There is a perception that the staff is demoralized and has checked out. This seems to be somewhat true. One thing that stands out for me and kind of captures the "meh" feel now is Britain bank and that yellow sign that is just plopped down in the middle of the road. The sign informs new players not to forget about starting skills. It's not the contents of the sign that is revealing. It's the way it was just plopped down in the middle of the road by whomever and it just sits there. To me its just a reminder that staff is burned out and just "meh" about the server.