11.06.2015, 01:37
Over the years I've noticed a significant drop in noticed SA:MP roleplay servers. While now there are only two big competitors left standing. One being NG:RP, the other being LS:RP. And some bottom competitors such as P:LA, SA:RP, etc. However NG:RP claimed to be 'SA:MP's #1 English Roleplaying Server!' that title has obviously shifted over to LS:RP.
Excluding LS:RP, the other servers have been dropping in players whether it's slightly or dramatically. NG:RP once filled their slots on a summer day but now only receive about 250-300/500 players daily. Staff on NG:RP have admitted that the community is experiencing a decline in their playerbase and their attempts to stop it haven't been as successful as they'd like it to be.
Moving on from NG:RP, as we know it's not the most credible roleplay server out there we have LS:RP. LS:RP is a very heavy roleplay environment where script restrictions are little and you decided your own path. Money is easy to come by as long as you roleplay and the community is pretty friendly. but as LS:RP grows and other communities shrink, what will we see for unique roleplay in the upcoming years?
My SA:MP server fiasco has left me asking myself that question for awhile now. Every new server that comes up is usually ignored and fails within the first couple of weeks or the first month. Why? People claim they want a new server that is unique and easy to play and fun to be on. But when that server is offered to them they don't take it. Is their something wrong with the server? Or is the SA:MP english roleplay community slowly dying?
A great example of this is NG:RP vs. LS:RP. What was once the most visited English roleplay server of 2010-2012, slowly became one of the most quickly degrading communities in the English roleplay community. LS:RP took it's place. But since no new servers are being created, is that it? What happens when LS:RP eventually dies. What will be there to take its place?
My concern is for the roleplaying community in general. Do you think it's dying? If yes, why? Is it the servers fault? Is it the players fault? Or is it collectively SA:MP's fault?
Excluding LS:RP, the other servers have been dropping in players whether it's slightly or dramatically. NG:RP once filled their slots on a summer day but now only receive about 250-300/500 players daily. Staff on NG:RP have admitted that the community is experiencing a decline in their playerbase and their attempts to stop it haven't been as successful as they'd like it to be.
Moving on from NG:RP, as we know it's not the most credible roleplay server out there we have LS:RP. LS:RP is a very heavy roleplay environment where script restrictions are little and you decided your own path. Money is easy to come by as long as you roleplay and the community is pretty friendly. but as LS:RP grows and other communities shrink, what will we see for unique roleplay in the upcoming years?
My SA:MP server fiasco has left me asking myself that question for awhile now. Every new server that comes up is usually ignored and fails within the first couple of weeks or the first month. Why? People claim they want a new server that is unique and easy to play and fun to be on. But when that server is offered to them they don't take it. Is their something wrong with the server? Or is the SA:MP english roleplay community slowly dying?
A great example of this is NG:RP vs. LS:RP. What was once the most visited English roleplay server of 2010-2012, slowly became one of the most quickly degrading communities in the English roleplay community. LS:RP took it's place. But since no new servers are being created, is that it? What happens when LS:RP eventually dies. What will be there to take its place?
My concern is for the roleplaying community in general. Do you think it's dying? If yes, why? Is it the servers fault? Is it the players fault? Or is it collectively SA:MP's fault?