|
Post by Telesphoreo on Aug 12, 2020 22:22:23 GMT
no
|
|
prince
Veteran Member
cool
Posts: 435
| Likes: 969
|
Post by prince on Aug 12, 2020 22:26:25 GMT
Object
Also if your intention was to create a thread where the community as a whole could brainstorm ideas, dont make a suggestion thread. Either do it in Gen Disc or in SMP Discussion
|
|
Alosion
Veteran Member
Posts: 589
| Likes: 237
|
Post by Alosion on Aug 12, 2020 22:35:18 GMT
Object. I don't believe this solves the activity problem that this branch SMP server experiences. I think that if we were to instate OP Prison, it would experience the same hype to begin with, and slowly fizzle out as the gamemode itself isn't unique and nothing in particular about TF's name being attached to it would make it preferable over any other OP Prison server. At least with SMP, I could see some attempts at bringing uniqueness and novelty to match the main TF Free OP. If there was to be any kind of shift from the SMP to another gamemode, the admins and community should brainstorm for a similarly unique concept (like Free OP), rather than spinning the roulette wheel of gamemodes and hoping for a jackpot. To add a subjective reason to my objection, I think (and know many others agree) that Prison as a concept is extremely unfulfilling/fruitless to play. The core concept of the gamemode revolves around grinding. While I enjoy grinding in games where it is necessary, like RPGs, I think the idea of menially gathering ores in a mine for no reason other than to get more, better ores is boring. But how many survival servers do you see with several active players online continuously every day? There are rarely none. We also can't see if players are going to enjoy the server until we actually release it and make the community think if it is good or not. Also, as CurtainPoles mentioned, the brand name would branch out perfectly and fit in perfectly. TotalFreedom Free OP and OP Prison. The juxtaposition between these two also adds some comedic effect which is guaranteed to reel new players in. Not to mention the amount of support OP Prisons get. They get an insane amount of donations and votes for rewards like money, tokens and other things. This will help not only the player base, but this will help improve the Free OP experience as well as the OP Prison experience. As for the grinding in games like RPGs, it is basically the same thing but it's a different game. By a landslide I've seen more active playerbases in Survival than Prison. I agree that we can't know until release, but I would be disappointed to know if we failed like SMP, that it was because we didn't think more heavily on our gamemode decision first. I'm aware of the name, I don't think a cute marketing coincidence should be foundational in the implementation of a massive change like this. Do you have any statistics on those donations? I'm not inclined to believe Prison is just inherently more supported. Also, I wasn't confused about the mechanics of grinding in Prison vs. RPGs. As I said, I think it's a fundamentally bad idea to have the core mechanic of a gamemode be a repetitive task that exists for no reason other than to progress.
|
|
Alco RS11
Veteran Member
my old account is back.
Posts: 3,079
| Likes: 1,034
IGN: Alco_Rs11
|
Post by Alco RS11 on Aug 13, 2020 1:06:37 GMT
I Object. Prison is a horrible game mode imho. I don't get why it's even called 'prison'. You just mindlessly grind mining ores to get a slightly better pick or whatever and almost all prison servers I've encountered are pay2win which is 100% against TF ideals and there's hundreds of this game type as well. It brings nothing novel to TF as a result.
|
|
Michelle
Veteran Member
ok
Posts: 520
| Likes: 1,021
|
Post by Michelle on Aug 13, 2020 7:27:40 GMT
OP prisons die out and get boring after literally doing the same thing over n over again
|
|