TOPIC: Zarp is not dying, this is why you think it is!

Let’s debunk why people might get the perception that the Zarp is dying. It genuiently annoyies me that half of the General Discussion is spammed with Zarp is dying threads.

1) People who leave oftentimes state that they are leaving because the server is dying, I don’t know who started it, but compared to the last months, the amount of leaving posts has neither increased or decreased. But people like to give their leaving post more weight by telling everyone that Zarp is dead. Before that it was just: “I got bored” and at the next update everyone would be back.

2) The Update
The Update has lasted quite long in comparison to previous updates, but why not? We get to do stuff we couldn’t during update downtime and the map is quite good looking isn’t it... Pariz will continue developing the new map soon, just be patient and give our amazing map developer a little time to sort his personal stuff out.

3) Major Decline in Staff Team
Right now I almost never see F1s not being handled. But since the staff team was recently cracked down, a lot of inactive staff members where demoted, so it might seem like: “The staff team is smaller, so the server population must be getting less aswell!” That is not true and we have some of the most dedicated staff members in terms of doing F1s and handling reports right now!

4) A lot of longterm Members are leaving
Sometimes you just grow out of something, maybe you found something better to do then playing Gmod. I would not say that a lot of people in this community are over 20, plenty of exceptions though. But just because some of the longest lasting people are quitting doesn’t mean we aren’t getting an influx of new and exciting guys to play with. Zarp is still in the Top DarkRP servers and creates some of the most unique content!

So let’s all get together and keep making this community a great place, because it is. Zarp is alive!

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put in on 30 days

Let's be honest guys, this last year, managers did SHIT.
Also, this last year, 70% of staff that been rectruited in SSRP are SHIT and doesn't deserve their rank, many staff are going AFK much, if you apply for MODERATOR or staff anyway, DO YOUR JOB, stop playing normaly, you should take 80% of your time in the server to DO YOUR STAFF JOB, that is the thing i would do personally.
2016 to 2018, Zarp is sinking much, tbh only the OG players will be still here.
Hope CM managers aren't gonna do shit this year.

Happens this time of year all the time and usually inbetween updates.

Less and less people will be playing this outdated 13 year old game, and people will move on. That's just how it is. Maybe we can be the top server but we won't see a large influx of players that stay and contribute ever again. Players will always mature and eventually stop playing this game/games in general.

However, Zarp has a much larger problem than that - it's really the server and staff itself.

I haven't seen the community's ideas ever implemented or even considered. The CMs last year.. what did they do? What have they done this year? I don't really want to hear the words "a lot of stuff under the covers for x and y! don't worry, good things are coming!" because that's not tangible and frankly most people couldn't give a shit. Demotivated CMs = that level of demotivation falling through the ranks, down to HAs who don't care and it'll go all the way to the players. People may or may not be slowly realizing that, but why would it matter if people keep spending money?

I don't mean to shit on CMs, but if nothing gets done it's ultimately to be blamed on someone/something, and the server is definitely prosperous enough to run financially. (Hiring developers would be a good idea but not at all a necessity if you have a community to help you out.) Focus should be moved onto the community IMO. CMs set the whole year's purpose and how the server should run, organizing updates and managing staff. I don't want to suck anyone's dick and I realize the decision has been made already, but Raeker was an amazing outstanding candidate because he had passion for the server. Things may have been different if he were promoted, maybe not.

Sorry about the unorganized rant but I don't see why not, and I'm bored. There's more factors to discuss and these ones in more detail. Maybe I'll receive backlash for this, maybe not.

you're full of bullshit

You were saying?

open your eyes to the truth

Also, it's not one of the top darkrp servers so quit your bullshit

friendly players part 2

loxeo wrote: You are looking at the statistics of the last 30 days. But just because people are leaving after the update to return to the next one doesn't mean Zarp is dying!

Pegasus wrote:
So you're saying zarp only has a good playerbase when there's an update out?

Bazaraxe wrote: I'm saying that the player base is going up and down between updates, that's natural but that doesn't mean the overall population in terms of multiple months looked upon is declining.

Curious, what do you hope to achieve by saying Zarp isn't dying? Do you want everyone to come back?

They left because they were getting bored.

If you think the leaving posts were because other people were leaving, that's just a result of people getting bored. If you did have everyone back like I assume you want, there would be a couple leaving posts from bored people that have a high standing in the community, which would lead to what we see now - a lot more leaving posts.

That's really just how it is, sorry to break it to you.

Im happy to tell im back to devolop maps again! I have sorted most of my problems out in real life.

Im currently working on to projects on the same time. One of them is Evilmelon which i hope people would love.

Thank you pegasus for the mention

Pariz wrote: AH !!! that why i expected !

its dead just face it.

GmadTheH4cker wrote:
you were playing tf2 the other day dum dum

loxeo wrote: and you did LSD

GmadTheH4cker wrote:


and im actually the owner of csgo magic, hows ur asiimov