08.02.2012, 14:42
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Last edited by Zhao; 08/07/2013 at 11:56 AM.
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Hello,
I've been lurking these forums for the last 3-4 years and I have registered several accounts but I never bothered actually becoming an active poster. Hopefully with this post that will be the start of change in that. I've been part of several communities including SARP, NGG/NGRP and currently (my final stay at SA-MP) HRP, but that aside since it's not relevant to this thread.
Now it is my understanding that the SA-MP team directly manages game-mp.com but I am not entirely certain. I have tried inquiring about this by contacting the SA-MP team via e-mail and I hope to receive a response some time but for now that's as much as I know. If it is the case that the SA-MP team manages the hosted list completely and all payments go to them then I believe some changes should be put in place to make the hosted list a more exclusive list. I am sure many of you remember the official list that was an exclusive list that was hard to get on, but unfortunately the hosted list allows for anyone with an account to register any server regardless of the activity on that server. The result is a ton of servers on the hosted list with less than 20 players and even tons of servers with a consistent 0 players. I am sorry to say but these servers must take a step back and build a community before they are placed on the hosted list.
My suggestion is as following:
Any server that consistently has less than a certain amount of players (i.e. 5-20) for more than a certain period of time (i.e. 1-2 weeks) should be removed from the hosted list with or without a refund (I don't really mind either way).
Edit: I would also like to express support for this thread https://sampforum.blast.hk/showthread.php?tid=312203 and any other attempts to make the hosted list a more exclusive list.
I've been lurking these forums for the last 3-4 years and I have registered several accounts but I never bothered actually becoming an active poster. Hopefully with this post that will be the start of change in that. I've been part of several communities including SARP, NGG/NGRP and currently (my final stay at SA-MP) HRP, but that aside since it's not relevant to this thread.
Now it is my understanding that the SA-MP team directly manages game-mp.com but I am not entirely certain. I have tried inquiring about this by contacting the SA-MP team via e-mail and I hope to receive a response some time but for now that's as much as I know. If it is the case that the SA-MP team manages the hosted list completely and all payments go to them then I believe some changes should be put in place to make the hosted list a more exclusive list. I am sure many of you remember the official list that was an exclusive list that was hard to get on, but unfortunately the hosted list allows for anyone with an account to register any server regardless of the activity on that server. The result is a ton of servers on the hosted list with less than 20 players and even tons of servers with a consistent 0 players. I am sorry to say but these servers must take a step back and build a community before they are placed on the hosted list.
My suggestion is as following:
Any server that consistently has less than a certain amount of players (i.e. 5-20) for more than a certain period of time (i.e. 1-2 weeks) should be removed from the hosted list with or without a refund (I don't really mind either way).
Edit: I would also like to express support for this thread https://sampforum.blast.hk/showthread.php?tid=312203 and any other attempts to make the hosted list a more exclusive list.