TOPIC: Why SSRP?

ronaldmarc2009 wrote:
I am pretty sure Gencorp faction raided almost every single faction that there was.

TrueOverL wrote: Wrong, please refer to my previous comment for the correct facts of what actually happened.

TrueOverL wrote:
Its a shame, it could have genuinely been a good server, even outside of the zarp playerbase, There were a lot of things that needed working on and it came out in a half-assed state. Genuinely belive if they put some more time into it before hand it could have been a very good server. Especially if they did that weird thing called advertise that i dont think zarp has EVER done lmao.

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ronaldmarc2009 wrote:
Mega cap

Shae wrote:
Gmod doesn't really work on an advertisement form. You might see a small change in players for a bit but there isn't many worthwhile places you can advertise a gmod server. Its more effective to have a stand out title on the server list and get your server ranking up.

Aidan New Name Banter wrote: Getting a short influx of players would push it up on the rankings tho, right now it’s just going to keep sinking lower and lower as there are no new players joining and existing players (like 5 people lol) will get bored. I wasn’t around then, but I’ve heard elite lupus’s video on zarp brought lots of players and a few of them stuck around, since we can’t rely on gangs coming back as many are banned - this is the best bet in my opinion.

maddox wrote: I did actually message a few youtubers including EliteLupus via their youtube email but didn't get back a single response. This was like a year ago

Pie_ wrote:
I don't really expect new players playing Zarp SSRP let's be real here

Pie_ wrote:
No money no talk.

150 replies that are being thrown straight in the trash. They will never do anything with this thread lol

rroobbiinn10xx wrote: It’s been indicated that everything we’ve said is not being taken into consideration and I hope you’re excited for the newest and latest suit that will literally one tap everyone within a 50m radius coming this Christmas update

Clarky wrote:
Hi Clarky,

We've actually decided to change our approach to coming updates to not just include the standard suit + case + booster pack deal for coming updates following the discussion the Community Team had based on this thread a couple of weeks ago, which myself and Martin mentioned above.

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TheXnator wrote:
You're 4 years late

TheXnator wrote: Care to explain in full what the approach is?

I’m sure everyone else too would love to know what steps are being taken now, transparency is key and if you demonstrate this then you’ll receive constructive feedback and ways of actually and genuinely improving the server rather than keeping it as a small group who have a completely different prospective to the vast majority, hence why people are pretty much rebelling against you lot.

Me personally, this update will most likely not draw me back already by the looks of your sneak peak post (I mean this in no disrespectful manner, i heavily respect the time and effort it can take when coding). It’s just not going to fix the issues on what the server is already going through and like mentioned before, drastic changes will be needed to really give the server a kick up the arse. It‘s almost becoming a waste of your own time coding these updates for a server that has been struggling for some time now but I respect the determination and efforts.

(probably the most respectful post ive made this past month lol)

TheXnator wrote: Far to late for that change, people have been saying to not do the "standard" updates for years

Clarky wrote:
One of our key plans involves increasing the number of jobs on the server, something which has been request6ed a lot in the past and we've noticed is a key factor on a lot of other DarkRP servers, specifically jobs which make it a lot easier for new players to grind and make money / items in ways which don't directly require basing or combat (things like the Lawnmower job, but more widespread and balanced in accordance with the effort required).

Alongside this is also the update approach which we feel would be better as a progression-based approach rather than spinning the wheel or grabbing some boosters and having all of the content in the new update unlocked within 48 hours of launch - the way in which we'll do this is still being discussed but we do have some ideas which will likely go into place soon (unfortunately this is not likely to be the Christmas update, as due to some unforeseen circumstances less manpower has been able to go into the Christmas update than anticipated, but to make up for this, I am planning to do a New Years update after Christmas, time permitting, which should contain more content, including a couple of new jobs). There will likely be a new job in the Christmas Update which will be a seasonal job thought up by Richard.

The Christmas Update mostly focuses on the gang system, as a couple of key things we've had suggested revolve around the gang system, and after going through this thread we felt as though a good way forward initially would be to incentivize some more gang-on-gang action whilst also making it easier for gangs to work with fellow gang members (through features which have been teased on the sneak peak post).

Hey Xnator, interesting approach! It's great to finally see that the focus is being put on making SSRP more 'noob-friendly', however looking at the statistics, there aren't many new players joining (for the vast majority of this year). Have you guys thought about applying marketing tactics to gather new players? eg; advertising through google ads, social media, (other servers?) or starting a marketing campaign?

spodermon wrote:
This is something we've looked into previously this year, however our conclusion was that advertising within Garry's Mod doesn't really work (there aren't places to advertise Garry's Mod servers where they will actually be seen) and the number of YouTubers who are actually willing to take money to play on / advertise a server is very limited, if there are any at all. We do know, however, that having a dedicated streamer / YouTuber for the server does help with player count, as it improves interaction a lot, and this is something we're actively looking into.