03-29-2016, 04:35 AM
(This post was last modified: 03-29-2016, 07:17 AM by Wiseman738.)
Seriously?! A growing community seen as a BAD thing? What the hell?! If you folks are looking for a trip down memory lane then GO HERE: https://hometownmc.com/forums/showthread.php?tid=520
WE WERE ALL NEWBS ONCE.
Has the server changed during my three years? Hell yes? It's high-point? Probably a mashup between now with the new-influx of players and when i joined and started building crazy things for the first time!
It's low-point? When i a lowly guardian was one of the remaining members of staff after the first HT anniversary and when i was demoted by Aremn over politics instead of my quality-of-work as a MOD. Those were the lows lol! Not more people joining, this is an injection full of energy, and we've needed this for some time! I probably would have never come back again if i hadn;'t been welcomed with open arms by all the relatively new players that had joined during my absence, they made me feel welcome again.
I remember when the player-numbers went between 8-20 for a while. It felt like it was close to death frankly. And although the quality of the average conversation does seem to have taken an untimely tumble down the cliff, that's due to the changing nature of videogames, particularly MC where you have such a wide-range of ages and abilities from children to OAPS and from all walks of academic ability and comprehension.
The fact is that in regards to player-count and activity these forums are still a SHADOW of their former selves, although we see a high-turnover in terms of new players; Our player retainment (keeping new players active and involved) is really low. And frankly i put this down to the unwelcome nature of some of our community; old or young. Sometimes we're too eager to JUMP on them for rulebreaking and push them off and away, seeming hostile and patronising instead of friendly and open. Making our 'Welcomes' seem empty and fruitless.
Sometimes it's better to kill people with kindness, a phrase not used often enough.
Furthermore i still believe after three years here that HT is a super-amazing community. The staff, although not getting on with all of them all of the time i now am happy to say i get on with ALL of them most of the time
The players are great and active. I miss old faces like Legacy, Keko, Comatose (gave me lots of his stuff on my first day!), Teacup, Juliet, Uri and many many more. But i also welcome the new ones, the new people, the new master-builders, Jokers, just baskets of fun, lovable-rogues and so on. We could all sit here and play the ole' 'back in my day' game which is what some of the OLD staff used to do after they quit. OR We could help continue to build the HT community and cement this server as THE-MC-Surival server to play on.
Best regards to all of you.
Wiseman738
WE WERE ALL NEWBS ONCE.
Has the server changed during my three years? Hell yes? It's high-point? Probably a mashup between now with the new-influx of players and when i joined and started building crazy things for the first time!
It's low-point? When i a lowly guardian was one of the remaining members of staff after the first HT anniversary and when i was demoted by Aremn over politics instead of my quality-of-work as a MOD. Those were the lows lol! Not more people joining, this is an injection full of energy, and we've needed this for some time! I probably would have never come back again if i hadn;'t been welcomed with open arms by all the relatively new players that had joined during my absence, they made me feel welcome again.
I remember when the player-numbers went between 8-20 for a while. It felt like it was close to death frankly. And although the quality of the average conversation does seem to have taken an untimely tumble down the cliff, that's due to the changing nature of videogames, particularly MC where you have such a wide-range of ages and abilities from children to OAPS and from all walks of academic ability and comprehension.
The fact is that in regards to player-count and activity these forums are still a SHADOW of their former selves, although we see a high-turnover in terms of new players; Our player retainment (keeping new players active and involved) is really low. And frankly i put this down to the unwelcome nature of some of our community; old or young. Sometimes we're too eager to JUMP on them for rulebreaking and push them off and away, seeming hostile and patronising instead of friendly and open. Making our 'Welcomes' seem empty and fruitless.
Sometimes it's better to kill people with kindness, a phrase not used often enough.
Furthermore i still believe after three years here that HT is a super-amazing community. The staff, although not getting on with all of them all of the time i now am happy to say i get on with ALL of them most of the time
The players are great and active. I miss old faces like Legacy, Keko, Comatose (gave me lots of his stuff on my first day!), Teacup, Juliet, Uri and many many more. But i also welcome the new ones, the new people, the new master-builders, Jokers, just baskets of fun, lovable-rogues and so on. We could all sit here and play the ole' 'back in my day' game which is what some of the OLD staff used to do after they quit. OR We could help continue to build the HT community and cement this server as THE-MC-Surival server to play on.Best regards to all of you.
Wiseman738