Goonhub
02-02-2020, 04:23 PM
This is a good and thorough post by Azungar. I'd like to elaborate on some of the things he mentioned, and also add a couple of my own thoughts.
This can be a barrier for attracting new players, and also an issue in player retention. Our culture is pretty distinct from other servers', and the way we approach roleplaying is pretty different. I'm not sure if there's really a straightforward solution to this though. If anyone has any thoughts on this, please share them.
Similar to the first point, this is another case where I'm really stumped as to what to do. I think it's important that we have a single coherent and cohesive vision for what the server should be, at least on a high level. It's totally cool and fine if individual players have varying ideas of what the server should be, but it's important to have some sort of baseline, especially for administration purposes and to sorta target where we want to go next. It's difficult though, because I'm not sure how exactly to bridge these gaps and to come up with something that feels "right" to everyone.
+1 on all of this. Especially if you're a mentor, please don't be shy, and please reach out on Discord if you have an idea for something you'd like to run. Sometimes admins may be busy, but we can always figure things out and make your good and fun event ideas a reality.
Something that I think is also very important to address is the potential distance and/or disconnect between the admin team and the playerbase. A lot of us don't ever venture on the RP server, and for the ones that do, we typically don't play all that much. So we definitely have a different perspective on things, which can sometimes pose a problem. What we see as priorities or issues or things that are fine and okay might not be what players see. So it's very important to keep open lines of communication and to constantly ask for player feedback. Having places like this thread where everyone is invited to express themselves is a good step towards that. But we can do even better, especially with making everyone feel welcome and like their opinions matter. Something I've been wondering about; how do people generally see the admin team, or even individual admins? Are we seen as people that are on your side and here to improve the game experience for everyone, or just people who ban wrongdoers and yell at creeps?
Quote:Goon is just not for everyone and our choice of the intensity of roleplaying is not what is really "meta" across Space Station 13.
This can be a barrier for attracting new players, and also an issue in player retention. Our culture is pretty distinct from other servers', and the way we approach roleplaying is pretty different. I'm not sure if there's really a straightforward solution to this though. If anyone has any thoughts on this, please share them.
Quote:Our player culture is very specific. We're such a tightly knit community due to a rather low amount of players that it by itself creates a rather high entry point for new players. On top of this, we have had players from many "generations" of the server who had things ever so slightly different from each other, which creates a gap between how each of us views the server and how it should be. This combined with the fact that the nature of roleplaying is very abstract at best makes it very hard to agree on what is the direction the general behavior on the server should be. This is also a very highly contributing factor why admins who have little to no experience in roleplaying usually don't wish to handle admin helps on the RP server, purely due to them having no base to judge cases fairly.
Similar to the first point, this is another case where I'm really stumped as to what to do. I think it's important that we have a single coherent and cohesive vision for what the server should be, at least on a high level. It's totally cool and fine if individual players have varying ideas of what the server should be, but it's important to have some sort of baseline, especially for administration purposes and to sorta target where we want to go next. It's difficult though, because I'm not sure how exactly to bridge these gaps and to come up with something that feels "right" to everyone.
Quote:I think our general philosophy should remain to provide content equally between the two servers but I also feel like that there should be distinct systems for the RP server in place that could provide additional depth and alleviate some of the issues that are caused by the low player amounts. If all else fails, feel free to come up with interesting and well-thought-out ideas or events for us to run. (Or better yet, ask to run them yourself.)
+1 on all of this. Especially if you're a mentor, please don't be shy, and please reach out on Discord if you have an idea for something you'd like to run. Sometimes admins may be busy, but we can always figure things out and make your good and fun event ideas a reality.
Something that I think is also very important to address is the potential distance and/or disconnect between the admin team and the playerbase. A lot of us don't ever venture on the RP server, and for the ones that do, we typically don't play all that much. So we definitely have a different perspective on things, which can sometimes pose a problem. What we see as priorities or issues or things that are fine and okay might not be what players see. So it's very important to keep open lines of communication and to constantly ask for player feedback. Having places like this thread where everyone is invited to express themselves is a good step towards that. But we can do even better, especially with making everyone feel welcome and like their opinions matter. Something I've been wondering about; how do people generally see the admin team, or even individual admins? Are we seen as people that are on your side and here to improve the game experience for everyone, or just people who ban wrongdoers and yell at creeps?