We need more people on the server

[AceofHeartsXY]

Man kreatious be dead now-a-days, as recently as December there would be like 40-50 people on at a time but recently I never seen more then 30. Any body got any ideas on how to attract and keep new players?

[siderpig2]

The only reason I can see within the game is that people run out of stuff to do. Events and things such as that give fun to be had with the other players on the server. That's the whole point of multiplayer, right? Without them, it's pretty much like singleplayer but you get to talk to others. Another is that some people just get burned out from playing; I speak from experience saying this. I haven't played on the server for a month or so now simply because I just got bored running around waiting for someone or something to happen, and just couldn't tolerate building another shack or house or whatever. But people also have a life outside of Kreatious and Minecraft; In December kids get like 2 weeks off to do whatever they want so they get to stay up late playing Minecraft instead of going to school the next day, or for adults; work. It can't necessarily be helped in this sense because life simply can't be stopped. If you want to bring players back or keep them playing, just try to set up something fun for people to do instead of creating a new town or clan. Something as simple as a drop party or parkour even. I'm not all to insightful on this, because like I said, I haven't played on the server for an age and a half, but I thought I could give my two cents.

[maxmmm1501]

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[Kassu233]

But exactly WHY do we need more people on the server? Do we really want new players, like max suggested by attracting more new players by voting (in the most blatant way ever) would cause a potential flood of new players (which is unlikely, but possible) who dont seem to be too welcome in the server especially if they dont get the basics of the game or migrate from PVP/faction servers etc. and especially complain about specific "restrictions" on the server (no full-on teleporting, no swearing in global, no multiple homes, even going as far as pointing the rules on "why no griefing") what would just be an annoyance.

This can easily be debunked by stating that "Why dont they read the forum post? Why dont they read the rules?"
Well, that also bothers me. I cant think of a way around that people just dont want to read.

Im not trying to stop people from voting, as stated before the worst event is unlikely.

I cant think of a valid reason (outside potential revenue) why we need more players other than for the sake of having new players.

[maxmmm1501]

I could honestly care less how many players join and quit in 1-50 hours, its more dedicated players that would be nice :3

[Kassu233]

I could honestly care less how many players join and quit in 1-50 hours, its more dedicated players that would be nice :3

Obviously, it would be nice, but at what cost? The majority of new/migrating players are the ones who as stated in my previous post, from PVP/faction/mainstream servers, who are going to most likely make the global chat a chaos, but also the potential in-game world.

Dedicated players will always be nice, but one restriction is the server, not as in the community, not as in the staff/players, but the server itself. A semi-vanilla server. Some people get really easily bored with this kind of stuff (especially the type of people mentioned before due to also previously mentioned "restrictions"), leading more to "giving up" on the server and causing a havoc out of boredom.

I stated that because it really happens, and it isnt rare either. You could care less about these players, but we care, because when a for ex. a mod isnt online/at keyboard to take care of these people, its going to be a chaos.

[Hrodgard]

I haven't been on the server for 6 months to 1 year. Today I felt like picking up where I left, see the new features from 1.8 and build on from there until I eventually get bored again.
I'm just speaking for myself, but the lack of 1.8 is what is keeping me from playing on this server and I might look elsewhere.

[Kassu233]

I haven't been on the server for 6 months to 1 year. Today I felt like picking up where I left, see the new features from 1.8 and build on from there until I eventually get bored again.
I'm just speaking for myself, but the lack of 1.8 is what is keeping me from playing on this server and I might look elsewhere.

Well, we did update to it but zerg went to vegas and the 1.8 was buggy etc etc etc, but nobody really knows (except for some very specific people) what zerg is going to do with the idea of updating the server. He can fix the 1.8, or wait till 1.9, or just ditch the whole damn thing.

[trentcast]

I'm with Hrodgard on this one. Most of my ingame time since New Years is spent preparing for 1.8, collecting crafting and building materials i can't use yet. I spent today building a rabbit farm.

First-timers are put off by playing the old format after the sweeping and dramatic new changes.

We're ready. It's time.

Coding and debugging is a serious time and effort commitment, that's understood. What can the kreatious community do to help?

[Kassu233]

Coding and debugging is a serious time and effort commitment, that's understood. What can the kreatious community do to help?

Nothing significant as of yet... other than wait, but nobody really knows for how long... it can be 3 years for all the staff cares