09-27-2014, 04:53 AM
Meh well here's someone who rarely visits the forums (and ig) at all 
Its kinda cool y'all turned off lag comp and all but I don't think that's enough to bring the "community" back. It was already dead before 0.3z's skinhit took effect. Personally I felt LVP was mostly gone when 0.3c came along (gotta thank Zai Corp. for keeping my clanmates entertained for a while), other older players might say LVP was dead a lot earlier than what I mentioned but the problem here is that most of the past players won't return no matter what changes you do to the server. The focus should be on attracting the newer generation of players without losing LVP's identity (YES, I AM REFERRING TO LVP'S HORRENDOUS DECISION IN CLUTTERING THE SERVER WITH STUNT OBJECTS IN LAS VENTURAS IN THE PAST - it didn't work out did it?).
The developer(s) can implement some "Threat level" system where it ranks a gang/clan based on the number of kills & deaths, turfs owned, the amount of time spent dm-ing, the amount of damage taken & given, and/or the type of threats they are able to take down (I'm not sure what type of algorithm is best to calculate a "threat" but you guys are smart people right?) . The levels can be something like: Busta (weak, mostly losing), Passive(newly created gangs or neutral), Mildly Aggresive(sometimes fights), Dangerous(rarely loses, deals a lot of damage/kills). This can be extended to solo players who aren't in a clan or gang so they can be more easily recruited or serve as a warning to players as a person to stay away from. A player would be informed by these threat levels by a chatbubble on each individual player OR a textdraw list under the death window which will update when entering a gang zone controlled by said group, coming in physical contact (damage) with another player, or any players which enters in a close proximity. This sorta gives bragging rights to individuals and groups more directly and a random person can become known a lot quicker than usual.
The players who want this server to be active as it once was should pitch in specific ideas too... but I'm not active to know if ideas are ever considered here.
Its kinda cool y'all turned off lag comp and all but I don't think that's enough to bring the "community" back. It was already dead before 0.3z's skinhit took effect. Personally I felt LVP was mostly gone when 0.3c came along (gotta thank Zai Corp. for keeping my clanmates entertained for a while), other older players might say LVP was dead a lot earlier than what I mentioned but the problem here is that most of the past players won't return no matter what changes you do to the server. The focus should be on attracting the newer generation of players without losing LVP's identity (YES, I AM REFERRING TO LVP'S HORRENDOUS DECISION IN CLUTTERING THE SERVER WITH STUNT OBJECTS IN LAS VENTURAS IN THE PAST - it didn't work out did it?).
(09-23-2014, 01:00 PM)Peru link Wrote: People want the server to be active again. For that we need genuine ideas. IDEAS.Well first how about concentrating features that will interest the demographic of players LVP usually brings in? Usually a player is either freeroaming or death match-ing so focus on things that will appeal to those types of players. No gimmicky things stunt objects or adding spray tags all over Las Venturas. For now I'm just going to look at death match since I do more of that instead of freeroaming. Since there really isn't an active dm community with clans/gangs, you have to encourage new players to create their own or join a pre-existing clan in the server (doubt it).
No one is suggesting IDEAS, all they do is state that they want the server active again.
The developer(s) can implement some "Threat level" system where it ranks a gang/clan based on the number of kills & deaths, turfs owned, the amount of time spent dm-ing, the amount of damage taken & given, and/or the type of threats they are able to take down (I'm not sure what type of algorithm is best to calculate a "threat" but you guys are smart people right?) . The levels can be something like: Busta (weak, mostly losing), Passive(newly created gangs or neutral), Mildly Aggresive(sometimes fights), Dangerous(rarely loses, deals a lot of damage/kills). This can be extended to solo players who aren't in a clan or gang so they can be more easily recruited or serve as a warning to players as a person to stay away from. A player would be informed by these threat levels by a chatbubble on each individual player OR a textdraw list under the death window which will update when entering a gang zone controlled by said group, coming in physical contact (damage) with another player, or any players which enters in a close proximity. This sorta gives bragging rights to individuals and groups more directly and a random person can become known a lot quicker than usual.
The players who want this server to be active as it once was should pitch in specific ideas too... but I'm not active to know if ideas are ever considered here.