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General Discussion / Re: unpopular blockland opinions
« on: December 23, 2017, 07:07:24 PM »
I like BF3 weaponpack.
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General Discussion / Re: Stop badmouthing the game, you idiots
« on: December 23, 2017, 07:06:45 PM »223 players on as of right now. I wouldn't really consider that dead, we have such a small community since this such a niche game.If 223 is considered good on a Saturday evening nowadays then it only proves my point.
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General Discussion / Re: Stop badmouthing the game, you idiots
« on: December 23, 2017, 02:57:29 PM »
just a heads up, this is gonna be long, also yeah its probably not going to be the best put together either but i'm just kinda writing what comes to my mind about the issues
Yeah no offense but the point of reviews is to be honest about what you think of it. Personally I wouldn't recommend it to anyone anymore either (just a note, I have not and will not write a negative review, I actually am going to go write a good one now, but I will be honest about it). Even though it is my #1 favorite game ever, it's unfortunately not worth buying anymore for a number of reasons.
The community has died down to almost non-existent. This used to be a game that had 200 players online even at some of the lowest times (say Wednesday @2AM), and peak players used to be anywhere from 500-1000 players. Now if you look at today you see 175 at peak times (I got that number last night, a Friday Night, @8PM, on Christmas Break for almost everyone in the US). There is probably dozens of reasons for this but the ones I attribute it to personally (this is just my take on the matter).
1. RTB Shutting Down. When RTB shut down it took a plethora of services away from the community, such as arguably the best (AND most affordable) dedicated hosting service even to this day, a system that really helped everyone connect (hence the name RTB Connect) with use of the friend system and easily joining friends servers, chatting, etc. (this is replaced with Blockland Glass now, but there was a gap of what, 3 years?)
2. Removal of maps. This is defiantly not the biggest reason, but I do believe it played a part. Maps used to allow large scale servers (such as TDM's and Fort Wars) to flourish and run smoothly even for people who had awful computers, once they were removed people with not so great computers could no longer run popular servers with high brick count (myself included, I ended up building my own but not everyone has the money to do so). Also some people who just couldn't build well were able to use maps to make fantastic servers even if the build quality wasn't all that fantastic. Oh, and some servers weren't even possible without terrain because of the large scale or the abysmal vehicle mechanics on bricks (Death Race servers such as Nobot's and a few I can't think of the names anymore).
3. Updates Woo! wait what updates? This adds onto the last point a bit, but with the removal of terrain we were promised fantastic new updates that would have never been possible without removing Interiors and Terrain... well after that update it seems like Baddy just kind of threw in the towel and stopped caring about the game.
Also let me just get one thing straight before I end this little rant or whatever you want to call it. I do not hate the game, this is my favorite game of all time. I still play once and awhile when I get an itch for the game. Once a year i'll even bring one of my games back for a little while (usually Fort Wars or Trench Wars, both of which are usually well received and I usually manage to keep a full server the entire time it is up). But with such a small community now it is really hard to come back and play when there are only a very small handful of people left (not to mention almost no good servers anymore).
I know I rambled off a bit, but those are my personal opinions on the matter.
Yeah no offense but the point of reviews is to be honest about what you think of it. Personally I wouldn't recommend it to anyone anymore either (just a note, I have not and will not write a negative review, I actually am going to go write a good one now, but I will be honest about it). Even though it is my #1 favorite game ever, it's unfortunately not worth buying anymore for a number of reasons.
The community has died down to almost non-existent. This used to be a game that had 200 players online even at some of the lowest times (say Wednesday @2AM), and peak players used to be anywhere from 500-1000 players. Now if you look at today you see 175 at peak times (I got that number last night, a Friday Night, @8PM, on Christmas Break for almost everyone in the US). There is probably dozens of reasons for this but the ones I attribute it to personally (this is just my take on the matter).
1. RTB Shutting Down. When RTB shut down it took a plethora of services away from the community, such as arguably the best (AND most affordable) dedicated hosting service even to this day, a system that really helped everyone connect (hence the name RTB Connect) with use of the friend system and easily joining friends servers, chatting, etc. (this is replaced with Blockland Glass now, but there was a gap of what, 3 years?)
2. Removal of maps. This is defiantly not the biggest reason, but I do believe it played a part. Maps used to allow large scale servers (such as TDM's and Fort Wars) to flourish and run smoothly even for people who had awful computers, once they were removed people with not so great computers could no longer run popular servers with high brick count (myself included, I ended up building my own but not everyone has the money to do so). Also some people who just couldn't build well were able to use maps to make fantastic servers even if the build quality wasn't all that fantastic. Oh, and some servers weren't even possible without terrain because of the large scale or the abysmal vehicle mechanics on bricks (Death Race servers such as Nobot's and a few I can't think of the names anymore).
3. Updates Woo! wait what updates? This adds onto the last point a bit, but with the removal of terrain we were promised fantastic new updates that would have never been possible without removing Interiors and Terrain... well after that update it seems like Baddy just kind of threw in the towel and stopped caring about the game.
Also let me just get one thing straight before I end this little rant or whatever you want to call it. I do not hate the game, this is my favorite game of all time. I still play once and awhile when I get an itch for the game. Once a year i'll even bring one of my games back for a little while (usually Fort Wars or Trench Wars, both of which are usually well received and I usually manage to keep a full server the entire time it is up). But with such a small community now it is really hard to come back and play when there are only a very small handful of people left (not to mention almost no good servers anymore).
I know I rambled off a bit, but those are my personal opinions on the matter.
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General Discussion / Re: unpopular blockland opinions
« on: December 22, 2017, 08:21:59 PM »maps were ugly, outdated and conflicted with the blocky theme of blYeah, and now look where it is. That whole 150 players on a friday night.
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General Discussion / Re: unpopular blockland opinions
« on: December 22, 2017, 07:48:45 PM »
Removing maps killed the game.
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Off Topic / Re: Investing types & Crypto Discussion $$$
« on: December 22, 2017, 07:44:18 PM »https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2pUJl3RZjZ0bruh this stuff has me dying
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Off Topic / Re: Investing types & Crypto Discussion $$$
« on: December 21, 2017, 09:08:09 PM »
Should the downward spiral of Bitcoin and Ether today be concerning?
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Off Topic / Re: Investing types & Crypto Discussion $$$
« on: December 21, 2017, 01:03:54 AM »dont put in what youre not fine losing.Of course, that is only a small fraction of my savings. Still the volatility of it all is just scary.
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General Discussion / Re: what happened to reveries fortwars
« on: December 21, 2017, 12:22:39 AM »
Hearing about other Fort Wars makes me want to host again.
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Off Topic / Re: Investing types & Crypto Discussion $$$
« on: December 20, 2017, 11:42:31 PM »
I'm debating going all in on Ethereum and buying up to $1000 of it. Right now I only have 0.310563ETH (I put in $250).
Volatility is scary yo
Volatility is scary yo
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Off Topic / Re: Investing types & Crypto Discussion $$$
« on: December 20, 2017, 12:06:24 AM »cryptocurrency crash whenright.
I'm currently on a bit of a high from investing in stocks, so I just $200 into Ether at $780. I'm just gonna leave it there and see what happens. If it crashes I loose $200, if it surges up to where bitcoin someday, then I made a nice wad of cash.
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General Discussion / Re: Why does it seem like you have to be a veteran to host a successful server?
« on: December 13, 2017, 08:49:05 PM »title should be 'why does it seem like you have to be a veteran yo host a half assed server'are you drunk
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Off Topic / Re: Investing types & Crypto Discussion $$$
« on: December 13, 2017, 08:36:29 PM »god i hate coinbase. signed up for gemini (still waiting for identity verification) as soon as i had a transaction cancelled for no reason. i've had to verify my bank account for both withdrawals and purchasing for some reason and now i have to do it again for both but they keep telling me there's an error with the information and they can't verify itCoinbase screwed me, I withdrew about $800 after I sold my bitcoin (entire account) and they tried to tell me that I now owe them $800 and that I withdrew $1600 (only had $800 in my account dumbforgets). So now they have my account frozen and wont let me use it again unless I pay them the $800 I "owe" them. stuff company and you can't even get them on the phone because they make it impossible to reach support.
i could buy with my debit card but their fees for that are loving ridiculous. transferring everything as soon as i get the chance
Robinhood offers options trading now yeehawI just signed up for early access, can't wait.
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Off Topic / Re: search - why is animal farm the example
« on: December 12, 2017, 05:11:49 PM »george orwell is a good writerwas*