Raeker wrote:
I recommend you to try and find some help from within the community itself. Try to team up with a high ranking staff member that has proven themselves to the community to be a trustworthy individual capable of owning a server. I am by no means trying to discredit your work and effort, but to the community as a whole you're currently a stranger, and we'd like to see at least someone that knows and understands ZARP's processes to be in control of the project.
Within any community in which you want to try to start a server, this is something you will need to think about massively.
There are one of two things you can do, which is either to build up trust in the community yourself by gaining high ranking positions and helping out with the existing servers, as I did in the past in order to create the ZARP Prophunt and Murder servers, or approach someone who is already a high ranking staff member / developer in the community.
The point regarding development is also important. We would need to know that anyone developing for a ZARP server is trustworthy and knows what they're doing, therefore it is a good idea to approach someone who currently develops within ZARP (myself, DEADMONSTOR, ChuteUK or EMP, though myself and DEADMONSTOR have more spare time than EMP or Chute, and part of DEAD's job is to aid in the creation of new servers) in order to let them see all the code, making sure nothing is malicious or could cause issues.
You should also try to create a test server and a full written plan / powerpoint in order to present this to the community / the community team (ChuteUK, EMP, CaptinF1rework and Raeker) if you wish for them to discuss it and think about it properly as a potential new server for the community.
It seems you have put a good amount of thought into this, however I would recommend you approach one or more of the following people for assistance:
- Myself (TheXnator) Steam - Prophunt Server Owner, ex-Deathrun and Murder Server Owner (Develops for servers)
- DEADMONSTOR Steam - Community Developer (/Jailbreak Server Owner)
- Annie Montana Steam - Deathrun Server Owner
- Windows Steam - Deathrun Server Owner
- Clarky Steam - Jailbreak Server Owner
- Aek177 Steam - TTT Server Owner
- OnionRings Steam - Bhop and Surf Server Owner
Good luck!