I went ahead and added this thread to the next meeting with the team, you brought up some good points that shouldn't be left in the dark. I'll go ahead and give my two cents.
With the current state of the Scrim server, we aren't going to bother putting out any events or tournaments anytime soon. I made sure to confirm with Trazz before saying this, the server is pretty much at the same state as when this event happened. Until the server is either fixed with the newer plugin or switched back the old plugin we won't bother touching the server at its current state.
Jailbreak is similiar to TTT when it comes to making events, there is a fair amount of things you can do without derailing it super far from its rails. Map themed events are are a good placeholder for events so they don't get to repetitive. Alternating map themed events and events that derail it from its gamemode a bit are a good way to keep things fresh. As of recently I have personally noticed them trying to branch out into more events, so I can assure you they're trying their best.
You're 100% right when you say the server has been buried in the dirt. We've been told that's pretty much fine, @Arctic wolfand Damon have gotten TF2's first event up in hopes to hopefully help with that some. There aren't really any people on the Events Team besides Arctic Wolf that have really interest in doing anything with TF2 and that can be an issue. You can see TF2s new and first event here.
Servers like Retakes and 1v1 it is difficult to come up with events other than the monthly/bi-monthly point contests. I think both Retakes and 1v1 could definitely use one of these events soon due to the lack of players and lack of events. Hopefully we see an increase of players if we do end up doing them again. We could also end up doing what the Crackhouse team did and edit the winners name onto a board on some popular 1v1 maps. We'd have to do something different for Retakes like a possible custom rank if that is possible.
After asking ZZL what's possible with FFA, it looks like the only type of event that is really possible is a point contest. That would require a point reset which isn't really a huge priority on ZZLs table right now. A point contest is most likely going to be the only event you see on FFA for a long time. The server serves as a warmup server for most people.
I didn't attend the Karaoke event, but I'm sure what you're saying is accurate. I don't see a problem in doing another, especially since Surf and Bhop have a very inconsistent amount of players on the server. I heard during the event we managed around 8-16 players, which isn't horrible. The only bad thing I heard was that not a lot of people were singing. Our movement servers, Bhop, Surf and KZ have a very slim number of options we can do for events. Really only stuff like the monthly timed contests and the possible Karaoke event.
We are definitely in need of more out of server events. I personally do not know how popular Valorant is anymore, so I have no idea if another scrim would work. Among Us has lost a significant amount of popularity but I still have no doubt we can get at least a full 10 people. It is a fun game to play with the correct people. The MGT server is currently in use for our SUPPORTER ONLY EVENT, so events like the deagle only server and other ones that would require said server are unavailable at the moment. After it is done though I wouldn't mind working on deagle mania or something like that. As for Rust, @gweenis working on a new event for that right now so be ready for that. I'll make sure to mention the need for outside of server events during our next meeting. We are working on stuff do not worry, smile.
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