TOPIC: Server 2 Map Poll

Rockford
The thing with Rockford, it's basically the only reason Server 2 became more popular it's the reason the economy went up so much. Once the Black Diamonds came out people just hid the printers in spots on the map and made money, I was here when the map was added, it was so fun for the first 3 weeks and then people just AFK printed all day. ( I know I sound hypocritical here as I am a victim of just AFK printing on this map as it is the only reason I started playing server 2 to gain an advantage in the economy so I can be rich. The map can effect Economy, server popularity, reasoning for playing and liking of the map in general including problems with bugs. Rockford is just to big in my opinion and can only be fun when huge crowds of people base or the joy of raiding and printing while making shit loads of money with little to no effort at all.

Evocity
Evocity is one of the most used maps in existence for the DarkRP gamemode, I feel we would have the same problem as Rockford, it is obviously going to have way to many bugs as it's such a big map, it will affect the popularity of the server as the Server 2 popularity will go up if people need to make money just by hiding or printing in a low key area of the map.

Evilmelon
Evilmelon is a fun map with little to no bugs, the map was a very good one for the server at the time and it made Server 2's popularity rise and attracted many people from Server 1 to play on Server 2. There is a few things about this map, basically it's used on almost every server just like Evocity and Downtown, but that shouldn't really affect the positives of this map such as there is a lot of potential for great base designs and making it a good map for raiding and tactical game play when raiding or defending and can serve a lot of purpose.

Block 42
Block 42 is a small/medium size map and has previously been used. It was swapped because of it becoming a map that had got boring for the community. I think that if we swapped the map there is potential for the same process to occur.

Server 2 Popularity Changes (Map based)
Rockford
If the map is kept at Rockford the Server 2 popularity will most likely stay where it is at until the community gets to the point of high level boredom and stops playing. If a player is looking to make money this is the reason to play on this map besides long range gameplay.
Evocity
Same as Rockford if the map is swapped there is a risk of players losing interest after a while or gaining interest, as this map hasn't been chosen for zarp yet it is hard to tell due to the unique gameplay and features of Zarps SSRP.
Evilmelon
The server 2 popularity is most likely to stay average, lower or even increase. It could stay as it is due to the map having a good interest for raiding, tactical gameplay and just overall classic fun, it can lower as the map at one point was asked to be changed multiple times due to a lot of people getting bored, it can increase because a lot of older players within the community generally enjoyed it but at the same time it got boring after a few hours of playing (maybe less)
Block42
The Server 2 popularity will most likely rise as majority of the community enjoyed the map back when it was here and for the people that weren't here when it was placed would have curiosity of the map and try it out by playing. The problem is after a while the server popularity could decrease do to boredom like the last time we had it here.

Economy wise
Rockford
The economy of overall SSRP will tend to keep rising due to effortless printing drug making etc. If we keep this map the economy will rise so much that people on the server will be able to afford so much in weeks time, after a while and having the privilege of having almost everything on the server and nothing else to accomplish people will tend to get bored and maybe quit playing or not play very often or as much.

Evocity
The same as Rockford but depending on knowledge of the map where people hide printers or common basing spots and faster ways to get places, it is unknown of what might happen, if it is easy to raid people the economy can rise/drop to normal levels due to people gaining money and losing money during raids, if the map tends to be to big and it's to much effort to raid people will tend to just afk print and gain loads of cash like Rockford, there is a lot of factors for this map due to it never previously being on one of the servers.

Evilmelon
The economy will most likely drop to the normal level of what it was before Rockford was here, as it is easy to find a base and raid it, it is also easy to hide printers and defend as the tactical game play and sniping/guard spots on this map are fun and reliable who knows what might happen as there is a lot of potential for the economy to rise, drop, or stay the way it is on this map due to us having server 1 at the same time.

Block42
The economy is most likely to have the same effect as evilmelon due to there being lots of places you can secretly guard from and base designs will be unique and can have potential for guarding, raiding etc. There is a wide range of possible occurrences for this map and I think it could have potential for the economy.

Legacy wrote:
It needs to be decompiled and then everything fixed that didn't decompile correctly and then the issue with the mines and then recompiled. I for one wouldn't be wasting my time of doing that and by the sounds of it neither is Emp.

Then there is still the matter of everyone's bases getting rkt by the special weapons which will not be changed at all.

Can't Cookie Monster reedit the mines?? Or can't someone get the original bloc files from him, so whoever edits it doesn't decompile the map?

The problem with the mines is that it has too many displacements, removing them and making a simpler mine should get rid of the bug...

Hey guys I found a solution to the problem



Also here's a picture of the admin arenas on in the map:

Exrobite42 wrote:
I'm working on Porting the Server 1 Mines into Bloc.

No need to bloc it off

He-Man wrote:
It was me who asked for the ban to be given and I feel like the 4 day ban you got was extremely short, Just wait it out.

Well we're never gonna use it again, good to see someone loves it.

Exrobite wrote: Hmm, That Made Me Think Exro. As We See Here, We Will Use It Again !! HYPE #Bloc42Love #Bloc42

HellForce wrote:
Captain Capital, why'd you quote a post made so many posts ago?

HellForce wrote:
Captain Capital, why'd you quote a post made so many posts ago?

HellForce wrote:
Captain Capital, why'd you quote a post made so many posts ago?

ParaMontana wrote:

Thx para for the perfect example of having Bloc42. Everyone is getting tired of Rockford and as you can see, There are 2 servers that have Bloc42, so what happens when a popular gmod server like zarp is going to Bloc42? Variety. No more only those maps, but variety of playing between maps. Thx for this great example

RedPowder wrote:
Red fixing Bloc42 is not as troublesome as you think. The bases will get rekt on all maps, besides why don't you make server 2 without special weapons, there are a lot of people like myself who really enjoy basing without those weapons.

I'm sure the player base will increase if Bloc42 becomes the new map and special weapons are removed

BuzzM42H wrote: It would be awsome if it worked like that, but sadly it does not. I mentioned this is a suggestion thread but a fell known fact among the DarkRP community is alot of players only like very specific maps. Downtown(duh), Evocity, and Rockford. There is a reason why those maps are used to much, players recognize those maps and therefor they join the server. If we use Bloc 42 we may not see a rise in the new player counts that the server needs to survive. Just because newer players might not be willing to try the map out.
DarthVader wrote: Unfortanly its is hard then you think, if you think it easy you don't trully understand what you are talking about. First you have to decompile the map sometimes this works sometimes it doesn't, it might get rid of all the props on the map, or randomly remove chunks of the map. Even if you do get a sucsessfull decompile, most of the time it still randomly removes brushes so you have to go through and recreate those. Then affter you have done all that someone would have to replace the mines and once you did that you would need to go through the whole map and reoptimise it, because 90% of the time decompling will remove a chunk of the existing needed optimization.