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Looking at Sully's "notes" I wanted to point out some things and ask a few questions regarding the server projects. I did not attend this meeting so I don't know what was specifically said about the following topics. Plus, nobody posted detailed notes on the current projects. SCP: There has been almost no effort in seeding for this game. The last time there was an event was 7/16, exactly 3 months since writing this post... why are we saying this is a current project? Do we have events lined up? Any changelogs? It's been a common theme to create servers for these games just for us to stop pushing it shortly after. Before I stepped down I remember something being talked about (won't spoil the specifics) but there needs to be some excitement built up. Post a thread with a hint towards something and title the date? Post a thread with some details/photos of what's to come? Gmod TTT: Cool, another game we can expand into. Can we get some details as to when it will be ready? Do we have events lined up for this? I've read what Acer said above and I hope that isn't the case when it comes to these server events. 1v1: I'm sorry but I still don't understand the reason for trying this server again. We have a couple of people wanting this server to come back but I have seen zero push from them or anyone to get it up besides one thread. I mean, we literally don't have the numbers to consistently seed this server. The big named communities who have 1v1 servers are able to keep them alive because they have such a large community that they are able to maintain 15-30+ people pretty consistently. I would say that I don't want to sound like a "negative nancy" but for this server I am. It will just be a waste of energy and resources, however little either are. Minecraft: See, I think this server has potential. Here are the problems that need to be fixed to keep this server healthy and afloat: Keep EVERYONE in check, find ways to advertise the server OUTSIDE of SG, and make purchasable cosmetics/items available. I'll break each one down separately. (1) I really don't care who they are, what rank they are, or how long they've been here... if someone is caught cheating ban them immediately. Are two people causing headaches for other players? Slap the back of their heads and give them a stern warning. The pixelmon server was fun but when you have people griefing, using wall hacks, and/or just being toxic in one way or another it really kills the vibe. If we are able to get new players from this server they need to know that we don't have favoritism. (2) We all know Minecraft is one of the biggest games ever. There are always players looking for new servers and a community to play in. So, we need to find ways to advertise the server. Obviously it starts with us as the players by sharing it with our friends and other discords. I'll leave the advertisement to yall because you will know what websites/methods are best/allowed. (3) Longevity. If people spend money on items in the game there is a good chance they will continue playing on the server longer then other players. I unfortunately don't know what type the server is going to be (Skyblock, factions, modded, etc) but there are tons of things you could add. For some reason I think you have to talk to Mojang/Microsoft (whoever bought Mojang) and agree to something in order to sell stuff but that shouldn't be hard if that's the case. If not, then yea.... Also, is there anything you can share about the server? Like what the type is going to be, when it will be ready, etc? If you already did then my bad lmao. @Acer

Less than 10 is not " a lot." Doing an MGT is not going to give you any results on what the server will look like long term. Maybe some days here and there but the interest will die out fast like it did in the past couple years. It really is a waste of time and resources. That sounds super harsh but I believe its the case.

Where was this interest before the server got shut down? You may have an itch for 1v1 atm but it's going to turn around and be what it was before. I don't think its worth the effort of getting the server back on the dedi and the unimaginative amount of effort that would have to be put into this server in order to gain traction outside our server just for it to flop. I know its terrible to say but as someone who managed it for months and tried to get it poppin, I don't see it happening.

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You clearly see my intentions were to defend Squad, not shit on JB. But sure, flip the narrative to make it relate to your false point. As for " It more or less explains why you didn't have success with JB," you were not around when I was SM. You LITERALLY have no idea of what you're talking about. I got promoted when JB had no active managers and was starting its decline. I came in and did a good job trying to actively do events each week, hop on and do fun rounds, map additions and removals, etc. Honestly, it aint even worth continuing because any comment you have about it is invalid. Right... the dude talking about changing attitudes yet was perma banned for years. The irony. Who is the SM spouting shit about my "generic" Squad server? What the fuck does "generic" even mean? Man... please stop responding to me lol Nobody truly gives a fuck about your opinion. You cry all day on the forums and spew out the same shit without actually trying to change anything. You act like you're apart of the community yet you make it extremely hard to stand you. The funny part is that you actually say some smart shit sometimes but word it to make it sound you're egotistical or condescending. Take the stick your ass and type normally. And yes, I'm only entertaining you because it's comical seeing you get upset over me defending my server when you randomly tried instigating out of no where for no good reason. I don't hate you or anything but take a chill pill or whatever you need so we can actually have a conversation without you coming off like an asshole.

Thank you for randomly bringing up our Squad server 16 days later after the most recent post. Instead of responding to his comment, which is related to this thread, you instead try to instigate us Squad players. What's funny is that you STILL have not contributed to this thread. Actually, I take it back. The only contribution you've done is your continuous shitposting. Seems like a common theme for you. I'm glad you are coming at us when we are trying to make a community in a game that already has its top servers and members that are attached to them. Obviously I'm not saying its impossible to get something, but I came to help in with a lot of disadvantages, which you wouldn't know since you don't play the game nor are apart of our team. At least I put the effort in (along with the squad admins) and got our server max pop for multiple days in a row for literally 6-8 hours each time. As for the decline, not only did I have finals for the summer classes I took coming up but we were getting burnt out. There was like 4 or 5 of us trying to play, admin, and change maps. We ran into some issues and had to manually set the next map before the current one ended so they got the maps they wanted. Steel would stay up for hours past midnight to help do that. Colrite came back from having COVID to still help. Bumm3r was revived and has been awesome with helping seed and admin. If we had more help or like 5-10 people to help seed in the beginning then there is a good chance we would have continued the hype on our server. And before you bring it up, which I know you will, I obviously admit to shitposting once in this thread. But I also admit that I was trying to come up with actual responses that were more or less original but that's pretty hard when you have thrown out so many suggestions in threads and VCs. Plus, it's pretty hard not to repeat what others have said, hence me mentioning somewhere in a response to Dominic that there have been tons of threads like this made in the past. I already have "talked" with ZT about suggestions and what he has coming up. I'm having a hard time wording what I want without it seem like I'm attacking him, so I'll leave it as this: More effort needs to be put in from him. There are some plugins being worked on atm but afaik that's the only thing.

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Its delusion because the bare minimum will not lead to any real change. Zero Two has tried seeding JB constantly and has seen very little results. Hawks & Hunter has tried with TTT and have had the same luck. Retakes would get some traction but that would only last for however long our members stayed. Afaik, retakes consisted mostly of our members. So if they left, then the server pop. would die. I can't speak for the events team. But the way I see it, why continue running the same events if nobody shows up? Allocate those members to creating events for servers that have a better chance of utilizing them. I did. There's a pinned thread in the JB section that I created so people could post event suggestions. Everyone has been doing everything by the book. The players liked what they liked and didn't want a big shift in gameplay. That's why JB never had a warden system. I was actually contemplating adding it in hopes we could create and/or edit rules that would still make gameplay similar to what everyone was used to. I knew people would threaten to leave or actually leave, but when you are grabbing players from the outside that like that system, it could have balanced out. I can't speak for the other servers and their managers, so I don't know why they never tried something extreme. But that's not the topic at hand. I mean, all I was doing was defending my thoughts. Also, during my time as SM it was going the way that I wanted for the most part lmao. But again, you wouldn't know since you weren't here. And no, that's not a shot at you for what happened. I appreciate you and whoever still cares about the server. But like I stated before, complaining about how bad the server is doing and not suggesting anything to help make it not where it is will result in nothing being changed. It's like you give a shit but don't give a shit since you aren't actually doing anything that contributes to the success of the server. You can go through the JB section suggesting things constantly. They post their idea and the community gives them feedback on what they do and don't like about it and even what can be done to make it better. That is partly what you need to actually make change. You see, making a comment like this makes YOU defensive. What's funny is that I didn't even mention your past. Saying "continue complaining about the dead server instead of wanting to contribute" clearly is referring to you in today's world, not years ago. I'm honestly not sure why you would make that sort of reach.

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If anything, you're the delusional one. You haven't been here in over a year and acting like things are the same from when you played. You know why there haven't been many events for JB? Because barely anybody shows up to them. They are the same ones every time and get boring after a couple of them. I will agree and say that they used to be really fun and popular back when we had more JB members and had a lot more traction in the community server scene, but times have change. I don't know why that part doesn't make sense to you. Cool. Continue complaining about the dead server instead of wanting to contribute. You clearly have enough energy to do that. People have tried. Ask myself, ZZL, or Dom. We tried pushing out lots of events, changelogs, and getting on constantly to do fun rounds. But you can put all the effort you want into something but it doesn't mean it's going to work out. Sometimes you need to swallow the truth and move on. I can't speak on what the current SM is doing because that's his server now. I'll just agree and say he should be doing a lot more to push stuff out. Yes, I clearly know how easy it is to run PtP. I've ran every event that you will mention. And you wanna know why that works? Because we had members that actively enjoyed playing JB and getting their friends on. Where are they know? Where are the consistent admins that we used to have? That's right... burnt out / enjoying other games more. We don't have anything to lose. This is probably the only statement I agree with you on. Tbh, I don't feel like sitting down and typing all the shit I wanted to respond with. You and Gumline clearly think it's savable and I and others don't. I will be the first to tell you that I want all of our servers to be active and thriving again like they used to. I miss hoping in teamspeak / discord and just playing with some members and having a blast. But please, accept some of the reality.

Yea.... creating a thread asking the same thing and getting the same answers is gonna make a difference. Also, let me not suggest anything even though I want change to happen I honestly can't really tell why you're trying to roast Squad when I brought up legit points regarding the problem even though it doesn't side with your beliefs about the server. Plus, you want our server to go downhill? So glad you came back.

The irony. I'm sorry, but one event for a weekend each month will never cut it. Nor is adding one map, no matter how good you think it is. The core problem is that we lost our core JB / SG members + staff. Not having a base group of people who can regularly get on and get the server started is the key difference between our server and the top ones now. For the most part, JB has always had active staff members. The SMs used to always communicate with one another as well as the CAs and SAs in the server talk. Plus they were pretty active. I respect and understand that you and some others don't want to give up on it, but the likelihood of JB making a comeback to the level you think it can is extremely improbable. You can quote this and say it aint true but unless you, Dominic, or any "old head" can come up with ideas and take initiatives that other people haven't done yet, I suggest doing more than creating a thread asking for ideas (which has been done 100 times).

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