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The next BIG thing?
hodototman:
my boulder dash is slowly losing it's popularity, i could use some people to help me build a mountain map
Ghille:
I have a feeling my new CTF I'm working on will be the next big thing...
only kidding :(
Thorax:
I have had a few ideas for gamemodes I've been sitting on that have gotten good responses by the people who've heard them. The problem is, the community is too lazy/untalented to do anything about them. Most the ideas I have require scripting beyond what I'm capable of, and yet, almost every time I've posted in Suggestions&Requests or the Modding Section, I've received minimal to no help.
The lack of a good community is the main issue here.
Bester Bageler:
--- Quote from: Thorax link=topic=234993.msg6687901#msg6687901 date=1371697559
[b ---The lack of a active community is the main issue here.[/b]
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fixed.
Ok i understand whats being said when it comes to "lack of original content." But lets face the facts. To make something good you need a team that actually likes the idea behind it. A active team that enjoys the idea and does not mind working on it for long periods of time. Such can be viewed in rp servers with large groups of people working toward a common goal.
The next thing needed to make something new and popular is find away to get people into the server. Ok here is the a hard part. I have visited many creative servers with 0 people in them on dedicates. You know why there like that? its since the people who work on a project never host anything but a server for people to work on. The second the server opens nobody bothers to join since a popular host does not have it up. The second it does open though the host has wasted time and a dedi on a project that will get no hype and if it does only for a few hours until all the players leave overnight and never return since they get bored of it somehow.
Lastly I am going to point out the fact the standard for good as gone through the roofs. Back in 2010 when spades arcade opened and there was blocko-world and it was the height of BAN a ton of new and amazing work was pumped out also by other clans like BEE and Krypt don't forget that one aviation clan in orange. Anyways the point is a ton of cool stuff came out making a ridiculously high standard that is getting harder to pass as time goes on. You people want next gen even though we are not even through this gen. Just wait. Once all the projects and gamemodes get finished in the shadows there is going to be a new wave. The wave in fact has already arrived. But as stated before with the players of blockland will find old things such as trench wars rps and grapple knifes to be the height. So in the end it doesn't matter how good "The next BIG thing" is since players will be to blind to notice.
I have had many fun years on blockland, and the most important thing i have learned is if you do it with friends the fun never stops. As cheesy as that sounds look at how stuff is now. Most people just browse the forums and clans have became a joke. Cohort is a great example of this. There making amazing content and its just a group of friends doing what they love best. A good build is key to a good project, the key to a good build is a good group of builders, the key to a good group of builders is an active group of builders who enjoy the idea of the project. The whole thing boils down to making something friends who actually respect the projects idea. Getting random on the forums and rtb won't help. Now this whole thing ties into our next issue of people not making friends with new players. But thats for another topic.
Zalot:
--- Quote from: King of the Bill on June 19, 2013, 08:23:05 PM ---Zalot, I wanted to play Vvanrim but I jumped from the treehouse into the locked schoolyard and couldn't get out again. You should fix that.
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I fixed that weeks ago.
Also that was a prison, not a school.