Just going to address everything you said, Swat.
Bman, Kanew made a good application.
I agree, I basically feel the zombies aren't even a problem in the lore anymore, are they even physically in the world? Right now I just see three factions, one with the typical brain and the one with the typical power. The Bandits are just the middle. Zombies should be more involved, we don't have any super-soldier events anymore, we don't have any zombie raids (which should happen all the time assuming the zombies can get in pretty easily)
Zombies have been around ages, but we have one little problem as with super soldiers. Zombies don't spawn unless the host (me) is online, and we need a player-type for super soldiers. I don't want to use a resized player type nor a tank for super-soldiers and I have been looking for someone to help model for awhile now. Any successfully attempt in getting a modeller has ended up in them becoming too lazy to do anything. Zombie-wise it relies on Alphadin making some sort of fix, but as of right now he already has so much on his hands.
The server was good the first month or so; I don't like this change, whitelists, barely any players. It's not fun to just play with the same old people, it's not like there are actually 8 people in Alaska at one time. It should be filled with zombies, filled with scary(spooky) things that makes people not want to go into some areas. Everything is a safe zone, there is no more threat anymore, no force to be reckoned with. Zombies aren't really the main focus anymore, it's the three factions, and we don't have enough dedicated players other than the admin staff, some people, and myself to make it feel "open". It doesn't feel right anymore without new people showing up, making hilarious players; I don't like the whitelist system, it should be a public and private hosting system just like how Bluzone had it, what Bluzone had worked.
Regarding everywhere being a safe-zone read what I said above. Another reason I would like to add is that everyone seems to get upset and throw a huge fit whenever danger is involved now days. Whenever someone is roleplay killed huge drama is started and I get threats and harassment (cough renees death cough) but either way it's valid criticism and I will try to turn around the picture.
The white-list hasn't really changed the whole aspect of "new players". In fact, the same old regulars since before the white list still play. Either way this is still a problem and we've already planned on a system like you said earlier.Admins will be able to toggle the whitelist on and off, meaning everyone can join while an admin is online and we can all hug and kiss eg. without any roleplay disturbances. Oh, and the server remains 24/7.
Oh, and another part of all the problems is I have been neglecting you guys due to education, IRL issues and GTAV. Lots of GTAV. So blame me.
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Missin' a little detail, but I added you to the whitelist.
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It's good and all reporting stuffty admins and RDM, but it doesn't work without giving names. It's probably been ages since it occurred, but you should tell someone when it happens.
Maybe I am completely wrong and your friend did, but we pretty much have a better admin team then we did at the start.
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More chunky back story please. It's three paragraphs, not three sentences. It's also a biography rather than a rambling monologue.