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Copied from Fuzzlrs entry on PMC posted 2/6/2012
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Lets get back to it. Drop the mini games 2k16.

 

This isn't the real world or we would have a Mariage plug in. This is a socialist Eco with 95% of prices controlled by high staff. Any successful game with an Eco lets it's players decide what something is worth and caps limited items.

 

You know summers we can have an economy without it being a completely utopian free market, just look at what the real world uses.

 

If we try to become a minigame server WE WILL FAIL. We cannot beat servers like Mineplex and Hypixel in that area. Towny needs to be our main appeal, and if we have a hard time drawing players with that then so be it. If we convert to a mainly minigame server I think we would draw fewer players than we otherwise would. Think about it, if you're looking for a minigame server, you would go to one of the 100 minigame servers larger than us, whereas if you're looking for a towny server, you might give us a chance. No one would play the minigames, the server would seem more desolate than it already does, and the decline of towny would cause us to lose players.

 

But the community, and the game, has changed so much.

We were indeed huge. I know I remember you from at least 2013, if not earlier. But I think we all have to face the fact that the Minecraft community has decreased severely in age as the more mature players hang up their pickaxes for the final time. If the EULA hadn't hit us so hard, we would still be looking to grow. It's like the fall of the Byzantine Empire; it didn't happen fast, but it was somewhat clear that there were issues (can someone explain that analogy a bit more for me?).

Either way, you've seen Minecraft servers like Mineplex watch their player count drop literally 40,000 players. It's a miracle that our server, which barely has anything original that people play (I personally like Boomo, but nobody plays it), has survived for as long as it has. At this point, I'm still interested in seeing what happens. I can't see a rebound happening unless we drastically change the model of the server and bring in a gigantic refresh. That, however, goes against the meaning of the server when it was founded; to be the best Towny server.

Others, along with myself, have said it; little children (who are the majority of the Minecraft community) are not willing to work for things. Today, I logged in and saw Snowboardtiger constantly spamming and begging for 1k Meebles, which is barely anything to earn. These are the kinds of people that make up the community, so if we want donations from parents' swiped credit cards, we must adjust accordingly and become a minigame server.

Tough choice, innit?

 

+over 9000, started playing again this week, haven't even touched the minigames. I say keep 1, boomo or something. For community held events.