Argonath RPG - A World of its own

GTA:SA => SA:MP - San Andreas Multiplayer => SA:MP General => Topic started by: Gandalf on January 04, 2014, 08:19:30 pm

Title: Lets get real.
Post by: Gandalf on January 04, 2014, 08:19:30 pm
As people seem to be throwing shit on a number of members in the administration let us make something completely clear.
Anything you do not like about RS54 is MY work. I made the layout of everything that should be in there about 2 years ago, at the time we froze RS4 development.
The scripting team, Zaila, Teddy, Xcasio, Conroy and all others have worked their ass of to implement MY ideas, and it has not been easy for them, as most of my ideas come out of programming. To translate that to PAWN script is not easy, mainly the reason why it took longer as expected.
If you wish to tell anything negative, direct it towrds ME, not towards the team of scripters and the HQ that is putting countless hours of free time in to this, without getting any kind of reward. By the behaviour of players, they simply lose all motivation to improve RS5, meaning we might as well close SAMP fully and move towards new projects.

Now as you may understand from this, it is time we give the guys who work very hard some credit, and also if you really want things changed to do it by showing where and how to improve. ARUN will be ready soon, and that is the way where YOU the players can CHANGE things. IF you care, take the opportunity. If not, see ya.
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: iMunna on January 04, 2014, 08:29:07 pm
It is important to take the time to thank everyone who took their time creating RS5 (Rock Stars RPG 5.0). Us players want the scripting team and developers to know that we are very pleased with the quality of RS5. Regarding the issues of RS5, I feel the developers and scripting team should have to change nothing. The community needs to simply wait and let it adjust.

fireman duty is the most lucrative known means of making money on the server, as players have not discovered many of the other methods that have been added. Give it some time.

The economy is not up and running as it should be, yet and therefore give it time before jumping to any conclusions.

JDC and Jubin have addressed the issue perfectly. RS5 is newborn and has yet to enter its prime which is truly exciting as we wait to see what unfolds. It is important that we as a community keep patient. Once ARUN is set up, we will all have opportunities to voice our compliments, opinions and issues.
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Mark_C on January 04, 2014, 08:37:57 pm
People just cant deal with the RS5 account reset..
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Axison on January 04, 2014, 08:47:38 pm
K.
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Lustigkurre on January 04, 2014, 09:01:15 pm
We have tried to get a change of both the hospital-spawn thing and firemen thing. But since you seem to believe so hard on your ideas for what's best, there is no point of trying to get things changed.

Hope there will be a change with the ARUN thing.
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Zaila on January 04, 2014, 09:04:08 pm
We have tried to get a change of both the hospital-spawn thing and firemen thing. But since you seem to believe so hard on your ideas for what's best, there is no point of trying to get things changed.

Hope there will be a change with the ARUN thing.

It's not a matter that we dont want to change anythign. It's just that we are focusing on fixing bugs and inventing the last systems that we had planned.
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: murdoxix on January 04, 2014, 09:07:45 pm
Scripters you all done a good job, don't give up! ALL the problems that RS5 have, you can fix them all, I know it! So I want to say thanks to all the developers who contributed to make RS5 what it's, also Gandalf. Please keep up your hard and excellent work  :bananarock:!
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Gandalf on January 04, 2014, 09:10:04 pm
We have tried to get a change of both the hospital-spawn thing and firemen thing. But since you seem to believe so hard on your ideas for what's best, there is no point of trying to get things changed.

Hope there will be a change with the ARUN thing.
As I mentioned there as well, our first concern is to ensure that all features we planned are working.
That gives players the time to get used to the current working of things, or not.
If we find that after some time players are still asking for certain changes, that are reasonable and not disturbing the gameplay or giving a huge opportunity to abuse, we very likely will implement them. But we will not change things before the full scope of what we planned is present, otherwise things we have planned may simply look strange because of earlier changes.
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: eymas on January 04, 2014, 09:14:30 pm
Patience rewards

And I respect the first post of this topic.
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Patton on January 04, 2014, 10:16:03 pm
Anyone saying that the new script is not good has never had the opportunity to write a line of proper, usable code in his life. I haven’t played much on RS5, but from the amount of areas the developers have covered already, it seems like a monstrous project to write and maintain, and it deserves a round of applause.
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: KhornateMonkey on January 04, 2014, 11:50:15 pm
@Developers Thanks for adding me to the credits, I never realised  :bananav:
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: clancker on January 05, 2014, 12:01:11 am
Because we didn't get used of RS5 yet this doesn't means it's bad i started getting used of it a bit and i started like it more the good thinks is that some state vehicles are removed this gives a job to taxi drivers you all wanted those features they didn't come alone
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Jaka_Lah on January 05, 2014, 12:03:19 am
meaning we might as well close SAMP fully and move towards new projects.
So.. GTA 5 is pretty cool on Xbox, let's hope it will be on PC too eh'?
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: KELVIN0110 on January 05, 2014, 12:37:02 am
Yep we should thank all the guys who made this all hapen. if it wasnt for them we wouldnt have Argonath still living until now.  anyways so lets just be thankful on what we have and someday I know everything will be more better

/give scripters  kiss  :)
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Dean. on January 05, 2014, 01:12:51 am
People just cant deal with the RS5 account reset..

Don't start this all over again, not even 5 percent of the 'complaints' are about the loss of money or cars.






Once more thank you to the scripters for the work that they've done for the community. This post made by Gandalf might help some people understand why it isn't quiet the way they imagined.
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: JDC on January 05, 2014, 02:24:36 am
Don't start this all over again, not even 5 percent of the 'complaints' are about the loss of money or cars.

True. But I did see some complaints in the Argonath facebook group of people leaving because they lost a car or house, which are minor but amusing to read when they do happen. Like a spoiled kid in a supermarket.



Regardless of what you say, Gandalf, one thing all of you deserve is the thanks. Allow me to repost a message from the Argonath Facebook group.

Quote
Hello all.

I'd just like to remind everyone to take a moment to thank your developers, scripters, and admins. All of their work is for zero pay (and no special privileges apart from the responsibilities of their office) and they also had real lives to attend to.

So give thanks. It may not seem like much, but it's a way of giving back to your community by showing appreciation for those who put in their time to give you a better gaming experience. - JDC

Along with some of the responses...

(http://i39.tinypic.com/10gb91t.jpg)

(note: this was from a time when the group was hardly active)
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Ted on January 05, 2014, 02:25:42 am
Guess which comment was from Edge.
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Conk on January 05, 2014, 02:28:57 am
Guess which comment was from Edge.

Under Zaila's.

100k for prize?
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Jaka_Lah on January 05, 2014, 02:57:51 am
Under Zaila's.

100k for prize?
For the love of god read the title of the topic. What part of "Let's get real" don't you understand? The "Get" or "Real"
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Conk on January 05, 2014, 03:35:02 am
For the love of god read the title of the topic. What part of "Let's get real" don't you understand? The "Get" or "Real"

What the fuck are you on about?
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Shorty. on January 05, 2014, 08:36:50 am
I'm actually surprised,  thought that everyone likes RS5, maybe half of players who look forward for money ONLY money miss RS4, I myself appreciate the hard work on RS5, it is much better than RS4, and it's still under development,  I guess.
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Witchking on January 05, 2014, 11:41:46 am
Rs4 was running on overtime, Rs5 is needed and it gives us a fresh start again. And for the people saying they did not left for their assets they lost in rs4. then i see no other reason why to leave?.
All Rs5 are, is an improvement  Filled with changes and differences from rs4 wich should always be Fun, '' you want updates and stuff'' even cause it's under developement it will get better.
This is ofcourse my view. The most people left cause of the data and account reset. Nough said   
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Manoni on January 05, 2014, 12:41:06 pm
RS5 is a fresh new revolutionary system made from scratch, with alot of amazing features and functions. All of these was made with Gandalf's ideas and also with our own, because we had a suggestions topic for a long time. You can clearly see that it's a great improvement in the script system compared to the one we had before(RS4), this project exists thanks to the almost daily hardwork of the staff members, server scripters and mappers.

 This new script system gives us many opportunities to do almost all that we can imagine (with the certain regulations, of course) and it's really sad to see that alot of people is wasting the chance to try it only because they didn't wanted to change. Changes are necesary!, It's called progress and that's what the server is doing; Are you people refusing the change only for a few virtual bucks? Because there's no other reason to not be playing.
You can say that the script has some bugs and yes, it does have, RS4 had bugs too but hey, nothing is perfect and remember that a bunch of people are sitted over there, doing everything to fix those problems.
You can say that is very hard to understand and well, yes, it might be a bit complicated but it'll be only at the start!, Everything that is new is hard to understand in the first try, but with the time you'll get used to it. If it's not hard then is not good. Also, remember that the system is not fully done, so we don't know what surprises we can get! You people are going to miss all of that only for a data reset? Disappointing... Oh well.

In my personal opinion about RS5, apart from the minor bugs, it's simply awesome and i can't wait for this to be completed. I know that it'll be great and i would like to thank to all the team for putting alot of effort on this project that it was made for all of us to enjoy and have fun without expecting any reward. Thank you so much and keep up the good work.
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Jaka_Lah on January 05, 2014, 03:18:38 pm
What the f**k are you on?
Adderal and antibiotics, why?
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Boromir on January 05, 2014, 08:16:42 pm
Guess which comment was from Edge.

xD
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Vitoo on January 05, 2014, 08:44:14 pm
People just cant deal with the RS5 account reset..
Well I'm gonna be honest, I can't deal with it. I miss having money to always roll around with heavy armor and heavy weaponry in fancy cars, lol.

Guess which comment was from Edge.
I was about to say that, haha.
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Arslan on January 05, 2014, 09:39:40 pm
Guess which comment was from Edge.

  :D
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Duel on January 05, 2014, 09:40:25 pm
Well I'm gonna be honest, I can't deal with it. I miss having money to always roll around with heavy armor and heavy weaponry in fancy cars, lol
Tough luck.. xD
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Vitoo on January 05, 2014, 09:45:06 pm
Tough luck.. xD
Yeah man. I can't even afford a heavy armor as of now, haha.
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Jaka_Lah on January 05, 2014, 10:04:25 pm
Yeah man. I can't even afford a heavy armor as of now, haha.
Well I tried RPing a hobo, somehow got robbed 2k, not sure how that works, but I feel you bruh.
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Slavik on January 05, 2014, 10:21:03 pm
Guess which comment was from Edge.
:lol:
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Vitoo on January 05, 2014, 10:29:50 pm
Well I tried RPing a hobo, somehow got robbed 2k, not sure how that works, but I feel you bruh.
That's how it goes in the city of Argonath boy.
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Acika on January 06, 2014, 12:34:27 pm
RS5 is a fresh new revolutionary system made from scratch, with alot of amazing features and functions. All of these was made with Gandalf's ideas and also with our own, because we had a suggestions topic for a long time. You can clearly see that it's a great improvement in the script system compared to the one we had before(RS4), this project exists thanks to the almost daily hardwork of the staff members, server scripters and mappers.

 This new script system gives us many opportunities to do almost all that we can imagine (with the certain regulations, of course) and it's really sad to see that alot of people is wasting the chance to try it only because they didn't wanted to change. Changes are necesary!, It's called progress and that's what the server is doing; Are you people refusing the change only for a few virtual bucks? Because there's no other reason to not be playing.
You can say that the script has some bugs and yes, it does have, RS4 had bugs too but hey, nothing is perfect and remember that a bunch of people are sitted over there, doing everything to fix those problems.
You can say that is very hard to understand and well, yes, it might be a bit complicated but it'll be only at the start!, Everything that is new is hard to understand in the first try, but with the time you'll get used to it. If it's not hard then is not good. Also, remember that the system is not fully done, so we don't know what surprises we can get! You people are going to miss all of that only for a data reset? Disappointing... Oh well.

In my personal opinion about RS5, apart from the minor bugs, it's simply awesome and i can't wait for this to be completed. I know that it'll be great and i would like to thank to all the team for putting alot of effort on this project that it was made for all of us to enjoy and have fun without expecting any reward. Thank you so much and keep up the good work.
Everything you said stands, but RS5 is simply not functional without many people and without them having a lot of cash. If it's not functional, there's no fun, if there's no fun, people leave.
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Pazienza on January 06, 2014, 01:13:05 pm
Everything you said stands, but RS5 is simply not functional without many people and without them having a lot of cash. If it's not functional, there's no fun, if there's no fun, people leave.
I don't see how there's a need of extremely rich people for the server to be functional. I'm not going to comment on the second statement since it's based on a pointless concept which somehow links functionality to money.
Your assertion 'simply' doesn't make sense
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Patton on January 06, 2014, 01:24:03 pm
having money to always roll around with heavy armor and heavy weaponry in fancy cars
Then we could say the reset was a success.
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Acika on January 06, 2014, 01:36:57 pm
I don't see how there's a need of extremely rich people for the server to be functional. I'm not going to comment on the second statement since it's based on a pointless concept which somehow links functionality to money.
Your assertion 'simply' doesn't make sense
When u have 200k on RS5 u are considered extremely rich.

Let's take an example of trucking system.

Why is noone a trucker ? Maybe because noone owns a bizz ?
Why noone owns a bizz ? Maybe because noone has the cash ?
If noone is a trucker people are not able to rob a truck on it's way to deliver the stock.


Then let's take mechanic system.
People would rather run from LS-LV than pay 400$ for a repair.

Then let's take drug system.
You can't sell drug to anybody, because noone has the cash to buy the drugs you want to sell.

Then let's take medic system.
There's still no food system so the only way to get healed is by medic, but people would rather jump off a cliff and suicide which will lead them to play a lottery of spawning in random hospital which will again lead to rage quitting if you spawn 3 light years from LS or celebration if you spawn in LS.

That's how many features unfunctional because of a low ammount of cash ? 5, 6 ?


On the other hand, here's my suggestion: Give people their National Heritages (http://www.argonathrpg.eu/index.php?topic=86523.0[/URL) and give people some cash to buy a car. Then let the magic of RS5 begin.
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Hyuga. on January 06, 2014, 02:33:54 pm
When u have 200k on RS5 u are considered extremely rich.

Let's take an example of trucking system.

Why is noone a trucker ? Maybe because noone owns a bizz ?
Why noone owns a bizz ? Maybe because noone has the cash ?
If noone is a trucker people are not able to rob a truck on it's way to deliver the stock.


Then let's take mechanic system.
People would rather run from LS-LV than pay 400$ for a repair.

Then let's take drug system.
You can't sell drug to anybody, because noone has the cash to buy the drugs you want to sell.

Then let's take medic system.
There's still no food system so the only way to get healed is by medic, but people would rather jump off a cliff and suicide which will lead them to play a lottery of spawning in random hospital which will again lead to rage quitting if you spawn 3 light years from LS or celebration if you spawn in LS.

That's how many features unfunctional because of a low ammount of cash ? 5, 6 ?


On the other hand, here's my suggestion: Give people their National Heritages (http://www.argonathrpg.eu/index.php?topic=86523.0[/URL) and give people some cash to buy a car. Then let the magic of RS5 begin.

 :lol:

Oh boy.. You have absolutely no clue about the amounts of money that people already have. 100,000$ in the bank is already a frequent sight for the majority of the server. Not to mention several players who will soon be able to boast of being millionaires. See not everybody abandons the ship when the time comes to actually do something.

Medic services are used frequently. Suiciding to regain hp is not allowed and I'm happy to say that people don't choose to risk it.
Mechanic services are also used frequently, but of course, they will be used much more in the near future as more and more people buy their own vehicles.

What you're asking for is free money. Not going to happen :lol:

get to work!
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Vitoo on January 06, 2014, 02:49:30 pm
Then we could say the reset was a success.
Say whatever you want. Rich mobster is the only role I actually enjoy playing.
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: JDC on January 06, 2014, 02:55:35 pm
Well I tried RPing a hobo
somehow got robbed 2k

At least you were in character :lol:



For crying out loud, that IS the whole point of a reset. The problem with having a lot of rich people whose money stagnates in the bank is that players run out of horizons to conquer, especially since players have had years to explore every path in RS4. You get 3 cars, a house, a business. Now what? Sure, you can just give it all away and start over, but you've been down the exact same road before. I felt older players losing their drive because some of them could not find challenges that are new.

Now, everyone gets to work and gets the same challenge... new goals to be attained, new aspirations to fulfill, a new world to start in. I'd rather see myself sailing to a new land through a stormy sea than rot in a calm ocean that leads nowhere.

Not to mention the side benefit that the tight corner RS5's rocky release put Argonath in showed us who are loyal to this server and who's just here for some virtual money. If you're not willing to work for your wealth in a time of change, then you do not deserve to be rich here. Not now.
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Hyuga. on January 06, 2014, 03:10:02 pm
Say whatever you want. Rich mobster is the only role I actually enjoy playing.

What's stopping you from playing that role now?
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Jaka_Lah on January 06, 2014, 04:07:05 pm
What's stopping you from playing that role now?
Rich mobster
Self explanatory...
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Petarda on January 06, 2014, 04:11:35 pm
You have absolutely no clue about the amounts of money that people already have. 100,000$ in the bank is already a frequent sight for the majority of the server.
That is actually...bad  :rolleyes:
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Acika on January 06, 2014, 04:14:36 pm
:lol:

Oh boy.. You have absolutely no clue about the amounts of money that people already have. 100,000$ in the bank is already a frequent sight for the majority of the server. Not to mention several players who will soon be able to boast of being millionaires. See not everybody abandons the ship when the time comes to actually do something.

Medic services are used frequently. Suiciding to regain hp is not allowed and I'm happy to say that people don't choose to risk it.
Mechanic services are also used frequently, but of course, they will be used much more in the near future as more and more people buy their own vehicles.

What you're asking for is free money. Not going to happen :lol:

get to work!
People who have 100k are no-lifers (I apologize if you find yourself in this group, but you should really ask yourself some things). Sleeping on the server only for a firemission which often gets bugged to earn 1-2k, just lol.

Don't compare me to someone who had 100k, cotage and blista compact in RS4 and who didn't get highly affected by the restart. For such people it's not a big problem to earn 100k they previously had.

There's not a single rule which stops people from jumping off a cliff, they just can't /kill. People don't suicide, because they dont want to spawn 3 light years from LS on foot.
I doubt in that, people would rather run to another state car. When people get their own cars they will just blow them up and respawn them, not pay 400$ to a Mechanic.

I'm asking for the cash i earned in past 3 years, for the cash i spent hardwork and shit ton of time, that's not a free cash. Actually im asking for the properties i previously posted on National Heritage list.


Back on the theme - RS5 without many players and money is not functional, meaning there's no fun, meaning people leave. When people join the server they want to have fun, but all they can do is camp near Fireman station and wait for the mission. The ammount of different RPs they can do is limited by the cash, people want to have visual objects and stuff. We all know that script will work in the future, but untill we reach 'that' future, people will already be gone.

Once you understand that everything if flipping around money (almost whole script) and that without money there's no fun, come back to me. :depature:
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Jaka_Lah on January 06, 2014, 04:22:11 pm
People who have 100k are no-lifers

Or people who try hard to get what they had in RS4. If you are going to ignore the fact that you're too lazy to actually get the money you have no right to tell others that they are no lifers for doing something that you are too lazy to.

Once you understand that everything if flipping around money (almost whole script) and that without money there's no fun, come back to me.
Like I said alredy, I tried RPing a hobo and got robbed 2k, I had fun roleplaying, I had fun losing money, *insert provocation towards the group the user is in that would get censored by admins anyway* so I understand why you wouldn't get it.
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Acika on January 06, 2014, 04:29:39 pm
Or people who try hard to get what they had in RS4. If you are going to ignore the fact that you're too lazy to actually get the money you have no right to tell others that they are no lifers for doing something that you are too lazy to.
Like I said alredy, I tried RPing a hobo and got robbed 2k, I had fun roleplaying, I had fun losing money, *insert provocation towards the group the user is in that would get censored by admins anyway* so I understand why you wouldn't get it.
True, i dont want to spend 10 hours to earn 5k, because that doesnt make any sense.

Let me rephrase it then for you: The ammount of different RPs and fun you can have are limited by money, which will make you bored after 3rd time of doing same RP in a row.
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Hyuga. on January 06, 2014, 04:36:59 pm
Don't compare me to someone who had 100k, cotage and blista compact in RS4 and who didn't get highly affected by the restart.
I know exactly what you had. There are players who used to have much more than you and are still playing. They aren't even whining, unlike some of the other examples we have.

I'm asking for the cash i earned in past 3 years, for the cash i spent hardwork and shit ton of time, that's not a free cash.
There's no way you will get your money back if you're too lazy to work for it.

RS5 without many players and money is not functional.
:lol:

The ammount of different RPs they can do is limited by the cash
:lol: RP is not limited by cash in Argonath. Perhaps you're mixing servers already?

people want to have visual objects and stuff.
Of course they do. Plenty of people already have those 'visual objects'.

We all know that script will work in the future, but untill we reach 'that' future, people will already be gone.
We're gaining new players daily, the activity only goes up. What we lost, we will regain.

Once you understand that everything if flipping around money (almost whole script) and that without money there's no fun, come back to me.
:lol: Are you sure you're talking about Argonath?
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Jaka_Lah on January 06, 2014, 04:38:45 pm

Let me rephrase it then for you: The ammount of different RPs and fun you can have are limited by money, which will make you bored after 3rd time of doing same RP in a row.
Fair enough, I don't understand your frusturation as I'm easily entertained, I literally laughed for three minutes when Leon was AFK on a tree and I was going
/me pokes the monkey
.. and I laughed for like.. a while.. I don't need much to entertain myself, but doing the same RP three times in a row? As far as I recall the sad excuse for a mafia you're leading has been doing the same bank robbery, kidnapping, robbing, dm ... all the time, seems like you didn't get bored from it, and if you hate things that happen three times in a row; how come you constantly went to a gun shop , got guns and killed people, and died and did it again, I went weeks playing 5 hours a day just driving around in a white car doing absolutely fucking nothing and was just entertained by the chat.. I mean from a observers stand point your argument makes sense, but the amount of time I have seen you in a roleplay scenario disproves your point. You go call me Honigsenf and I'll ask him if he is tired of RPing a hotdog seller for the past 'three' years. RP is not limited by money, it's limited by your imagination, neither is fun limited, it's all how you want to react to things. You lost your money? Time to start a new RP characters that roleplays a hobo, Great new roleplay ideas YAY
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: JDC on January 06, 2014, 05:15:18 pm
Everyone was affected, in fact every admin I approached to help sponsor a certain event could not because like me, they had very little money left. But while you complain about losing money, others are working to gain it and regain / surpass their former wealth.

You are free to complain all you like, but do not complain if your complaining ends up with you being left in the dust while everyone else basks in the wealth they earned while you were too busy complaining about what you lost on forums.
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Huntsman on January 06, 2014, 05:40:39 pm
I am okay with RS5, atleast with most aspects of it, however, there are few features that players simply don't agree with and want to be changed, however, either you, or developers, keep rejecting any change that players want.

Oh, and I still think Argonath would be better off focusing on MTA:SA instead of SA:MP :|
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Pingster on January 06, 2014, 05:51:26 pm
I am okay with RS5, atleast with most aspects of it, however, there are few features that players simply don't agree with and want to be changed, however, either you, or developers, keep rejecting any change that players want.

Oh, and I still think Argonath would be better off focusing on MTA:SA instead of SA:MP :|
Link where anything is rejected, 'cause they already said that in 6 months time they will look through ARUN boards for suitable ideas.
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Kessu on January 06, 2014, 06:04:05 pm
Link where anything is rejected, 'cause they already said that in 6 months time they will look through ARUN boards for suitable ideas.
Players mentality: What isn't accepted immediatly is rejected automatically.

Because logic win
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Acika on January 06, 2014, 06:19:48 pm
I know exactly what you had. There are players who used to have much more than you and are still playing. They aren't even whining, unlike some of the other examples we have.
There's no way you will get your money back if you're too lazy to work for it.
:lol:
:lol: RP is not limited by cash in Argonath. Perhaps you're mixing servers already?
Of course they do. Plenty of people already have those 'visual objects'.
We're gaining new players daily, the activity only goes up. What we lost, we will regain.
:lol: Are you sure you're talking about Argonath?
Just no :lol:


Fair enough, I don't understand your frusturation as I'm easily entertained, I literally laughed for three minutes when Leon was AFK on a tree and I was going
/me pokes the monkey
.. and I laughed for like.. a while.. I don't need much to entertain myself, but doing the same RP three times in a row? As far as I recall the sad excuse for a mafia you're leading has been doing the same bank robbery, kidnapping, robbing, dm ... all the time, seems like you didn't get bored from it, and if you hate things that happen three times in a row; how come you constantly went to a gun shop , got guns and killed people, and died and did it again, I went weeks playing 5 hours a day just driving around in a white car doing absolutely f**king nothing and was just entertained by the chat.. I mean from a observers stand point your argument makes sense, but the amount of time I have seen you in a roleplay scenario disproves your point. You go call me Honigsenf and I'll ask him if he is tired of RPing a hotdog seller for the past 'three' years. RP is not limited by money, it's limited by your imagination, neither is fun limited, it's all how you want to react to things. You lost your money? Time to start a new RP characters that roleplays a hobo, Great new roleplay ideas YAY
Dude, you have some serious problems.

If you want to be a hobo, then be a hobo, go run around in a troll skin. I even dont use that skin on a Paruni as it is just embarassing for a mafia leader.

I am okay with RS5, atleast with most aspects of it, however, there are few features that players simply don't agree with and want to be changed, however, either you, or developers, keep rejecting any change that players want.

Oh, and I still think Argonath would be better off focusing on MTA:SA instead of SA:MP :|
You're totally right.



Since i have spoke to few mafia leaders and since the mafia life is dead, it's just disappointing that mafia people are fighting over firetruck and that they cannot earn any cash illegaly (drugs).
Mafia life is deeply broken and i dont want it to go deeper, i suggest devs, scripters, that for the start they as soon as possible set mafia headquarters and to set at least 10 cars in mafia color around HQ which will be only accessible by "_<mafia name>". This is a suggestion because we can't even act as mafia, same as we cant earn cash as a mafia.


PS: Mr.Wannabie admin and similar are pleased not to answer because there's no need to hear opinions from people who write and then think about the things they wrote.


Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Teddy on January 06, 2014, 06:27:06 pm
Oh, and I still think Argonath would be better off focusing on MTA:SA instead of SA:MP :|

Mario, JayL, Patton and the rest of the MTA:SA team dedicate a great deal of time and effort into MTA:SA. I think you under estimate their efforts and accomplishments.
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Petarda on January 06, 2014, 06:48:54 pm
why would you even point out that you belong to some mafia lol
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Pingster on January 06, 2014, 06:54:38 pm
Since i have spoke to few mafia leaders and since the mafia life is dead, it's just disappointing that mafia people are fighting over firetruck and that they cannot earn any cash illegaly (drugs).
Mafia life is deeply broken and i dont want it to go deeper, i suggest devs, scripters, that for the start they as soon as possible set mafia headquarters and to set at least 10 cars in mafia color around HQ which will be only accessible by "_<mafia name>". This is a suggestion because we can't even act as mafia, same as we cant earn cash as a mafia.
Because having an HQ and 10 cars is going to allow you to make money and have so much mafia roleplay. Makes sense.

However, I don't see how you don't have any way to earn cash illegally. Hold up and pickpocket firemen if you want. But you don't, what you do want is a way where an army of semi-afk players sit at drug spots, then bring you the drugs, which you will sell for profit (or won't, 'cause you can't earn profit..).

Maybe wait for the rest of the scripted features to be released before moaning there's nothing to do, it's been promised that features will come together to create a better experience, so yeah. And if not, that's when the suggestions will start to get scripted, so you have the opportunity to present viable options for money making, instead of just being a Negative Nancy.
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Acika on January 06, 2014, 06:57:03 pm
Because having an HQ and 10 cars is going to allow you to make money and have so much mafia roleplay. Makes sense.

However, I don't see how you don't have any way to earn cash illegally. Hold up and pickpocket firemen if you want. But you don't, what you do want is a way where an army of semi-afk players sit at drug spots, then bring you the drugs, which you will sell for profit (or won't, 'cause you can't earn profit..).

Maybe wait for the rest of the scripted features to be released before moaning there's nothing to do, it's been promised that features will come together to create a better experience, so yeah. And if not, that's when the suggestions will start to get scripted, so you have the opportunity to present viable options for money making, instead of just being a Negative Nancy.



PS: Mr.Wannabie admin and similar are pleased not to answer because there's no need to hear opinions from people who write and then think about the things they wrote.



Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Teddy on January 06, 2014, 07:04:06 pm
{excuse of a post}

Well I can tell you he is right and I'm no wanna be. What's in RS5 largely supports growth and more forms of capital gain for mafias. If your to blind to see those supports than that is the failure of your own imagination, not anyone else. I know specifically I developed multiple features which had this in mind and Gandalf had mentioned specifically when I asked him "why this"; he explained simply as "to give mafias a chance".
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Pingster on January 06, 2014, 07:04:48 pm
(http://i.minus.com/ifOPMnZlHNYbj.gif)


Hiding behind your feelings for others won't get rid of the fact that your arguments are dumb.
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Acika on January 06, 2014, 07:19:57 pm
Well I can tell you he is right and I'm no wanna be. What's in RS5 largely supports growth and more forms of capital gain for mafias. If your to blind to see those supports than that is the failure of your own imagination, not anyone else. I know specifically I developed multiple features which had this in mind and Gandalf had mentioned specifically when I asked him "why this"; he explained simply as "to give mafias a chance".
U cant pickpocket, everyone stores money in wallet.
U cant hijack a truck, noone is trucker.
U cant do drugs to earn cash, u can do drugs to heal or die.
Also none of the above is mafia business, mafia has no chance, mafia is gone, mafia life is dead.

So disappointing:
What does the mafia man say ? Gimmi that damn firetruck or i'll kill you.
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Teddy on January 06, 2014, 07:22:53 pm
U cant pickpocket, everyone stores money in wallet.
U cant hijack a truck, noone is trucker.
U cant do drugs to earn cash, u can do drugs to heal or die.
Also none of the above is mafia business, mafia has no chance, mafia is gone, mafia life is dead.

You shouldn't be running a mafia if those are the only things you can think of. Like I said, your own lack of imagination is at fault. You also failed to read some of the things both Gandalf and I wrote.
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Pingster on January 06, 2014, 07:27:54 pm
*You


You can pickpocket, it's called smart thinking or roleplay. Or both. If you can't figure out what I mean by smart thinking, play some more RS5 until you can, it's obvious.

You can hijack trucks, except you have to, as said before, wait some time. Patience, young padawa... who am I kidding, you're not a padawan. If you like, set a scenario where you're a new family in a new country, for all intentions and purposes - it's true. Work your way up to where you were and beyond. I'm sure you didn't create Luciano by logging on Argonath one day and starting to buy up all the drugs, I'm sure you worked your ass off to be able to maintain a family. So do it again, if you're not too lazy. If you are, get your family members to do it for you. Either way, it's the journey not the destination.

Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Teddy on January 06, 2014, 07:30:09 pm
Either way, it's the journey not the destination.

Very true my apprentice.

/me high fives Pingster
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: TonySforza on January 06, 2014, 07:32:47 pm
they cannot earn any cash illegaly (drugs).
Mafia life is deeply broken and i dont want it to go deeper,

Mobsters are nothing but civilians that do crime on the side for extra money, you can RP as one by acting like a civilian, and extorting, racketeering, demanding protection, trafficking on the side, you don't have to be obsessed with drug dealing, and have 7812637125612 cars all painted in the same colour to be a mobster.

"Mafia RP" isn't dead, it's the creativity and stupid stereotypes made by most groups that make it look like it's dead.

The only dead RP type is "Drug Cartel" as there is no way to earn money through drugs.
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Pingster on January 06, 2014, 07:34:53 pm
The only dead RP type is "Drug Cartel" as there is no way to earn money through drugs.
As well as the creative "Shoot everything that disagrees with us" 'RP' type, 'cos you'll just run dry in about 10 minutes.
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Teddy on January 06, 2014, 07:35:25 pm
[honest post]

I knew there was a reason I always respected you. xD

In terms of drug cartel; I'd think some suggestions from you to correct the current situation in RS5 would be very supportive and interesting.
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Acika on January 06, 2014, 07:35:56 pm
Once you learn how features work, come back to me, or shall i explain to you ?

You cant pickpocket anyone when they keep their money in /wallet - It's hobos and thiefs job to do, not mafia job.

We all know that everything will work in future, but mafia needs cash now, not in 1year.

Drugs are made only to be used for healing effect from which you can die too. By re-selling drugs you only lose cash if you sell on market. You still cant sell to player as they dont have cash, which will maybe work in 6month or not as the man who bought all drugs wont be able to sell to anyone except to market in which he will lose big ammount of money.

Imagine this, imagine that, not working in game. Go on the server and take a look that nothing is working (regarding mafia) and that changes are urgent.
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Teddy on January 06, 2014, 07:36:32 pm
Once you learn how features work, come back to me, or shall i explain to you ?

You know I was a developer for RS5? You wanna try and tell me how things work? LOL Your funny.
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Acika on January 06, 2014, 07:36:48 pm
Mobsters are nothing but civilians that do crime on the side for extra money, you can RP as one by acting like a civilian, and extorting, racketeering, demanding protection, trafficking on the side, you don't have to be obsessed with drug dealing, and have 7812637125612 cars all painted in the same colour to be a mobster.

"Mafia RP" isn't dead, it's the creativity and stupid stereotypes made by most groups that make it look like it's dead.

The only dead RP type is "Drug Cartel" as there is no way to earn money through drugs.
If it's not dead, where are you on the server and Sforzas ? Where ?
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Acika on January 06, 2014, 07:37:23 pm
You know I was a developer for RS5? You wanna try and tell me how things work? LOL Your funny.
Im pretty sure i redirected the post to someone else, the guy that answers on every single topic.
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Teddy on January 06, 2014, 07:38:48 pm
Im pretty sure i redirected the post to someone else, the guy that answers on every single topic.

Perhaps you should have been more clear, there is more than just Pingster in this topic. However also keep in mind Pingster was our number one open beta tester. I'm certain he knows more than most players do about RS5. How much did you contribute in open beta?
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Pingster on January 06, 2014, 07:40:47 pm
You mean the guy who single handedly wrote /help?


If you can't pickpocket people who've got their money in their wallets, pickpocket people who are doing something that conveniently doesn't place the money in their wallet.
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: TonySforza on January 06, 2014, 07:41:32 pm
If it's not dead, where are you on the server and Sforzas ? Where ?

We're in a very RP filled place, away from people like yourself, the problem isn't RS5, it's you.

Tony Sforza telling people what they don't want to hear since f**king 2006.

Inappropriate content removed - Please refrain from insulting others.
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Devin on January 06, 2014, 07:41:48 pm
We all know that everything will work in future, but mafia needs cash now, not in 1year.

If the mafia need cash now, why don't they start working in unity to start bringing in the money instead of sitting on the forums saying they have no cash?

The only way money will come into the economy is if you work for it as no cash will just be handed to groups or individuals.
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Acika on January 06, 2014, 07:43:22 pm
Perhaps you should have been more clear, there is more than just Pingster in this topic. However also keep in mind Pingster was our number one open beta tester. I'm certain he knows more than most players do about RS5. How much did you contribute in open beta?
That's the whole point of what pingster is doing and then you warn me because people call him
Mr.Wannabie admin. When he red that people will get benefits if they help with bugs he started making shit ton of topic and is answering on every single one. That became extremely annoying because everyone knows that he will come to act smart on every topic and talk some non-sense.

I'm pretty sure i made few topics about correcting CBs, PnS, im pretty sure i have written multiple suggestion on other topics regarding other ideas, but everything i say is denied and i get attacked, like now.
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Acika on January 06, 2014, 07:45:01 pm
If the mafia need cash now, why don't they start working in unity to start bringing in the money instead of sitting on the forums saying they have no cash?

The only way money will come into the economy is if you work for it as no cash will just be handed to groups or individuals.
Did you even read what i wrote ? There's NO WAY for mafia to EARN cash.

We dont want to be firemans as mafia men.
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Teddy on January 06, 2014, 07:45:05 pm
If the mafia need cash now, why don't they start working in unity to start bringing in the money instead of sitting on the forums saying they have no cash?

The only way money will come into the economy is if you work for it as no cash will just be handed to groups or individuals.

Exactly. Now obviously I know the economy inside and out. I could easily make enough money to support myself and a small business in about a month. If you get a group doing it, you're golden. Take some time learn the power behind the economy, the ability of RP behind the scripts, and stop bitching and challenge yourself to prove yourself wrong.
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Devin on January 06, 2014, 07:47:30 pm
Did you even read what i wrote ? There's NO WAY for mafia to EARN cash.

We dont want to be firemans as mafia men.

And what are Mafia known to do? Extort others.
Figure that out and you can have some easy income.
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Teddy on January 06, 2014, 07:48:00 pm
but everything i say is denied and i get attacked, like now.

How does it feel? Why do you think I'm not a scripter anymore? We got very little appreciation and constantly shit on and told our months, nearly years of work was a waste of time. I got sick of it; I decided I was done and needed to change focus on my life and that I didn't need it anymore. Think about where the dagger was pointing before it was at you.
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Pingster on January 06, 2014, 07:48:19 pm
When he read that people will get benefits, he already was pretty much done with most/all RS5 bugs. I'm answering on every one because I have the answers, unlike some, I share the love. Besides, I already got a benefit, the benefit of knowing RS5 inside out.  :cowboy:

And please, do link to topics that got denied. And note that you get attacked because you're posting misinformed crap that, in the long run, will just make people think that there's no point playing RS5.
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Acika on January 06, 2014, 07:48:47 pm
We're in a very RP filled place, away from people like yourself, the problem isn't RS5, it's you.

Tony Sforza telling people what they don't want to hear since f**king 2006.
Then you wanna explain to others how you earned any cash (which u didnt) trough RPing mafia man.

After Miami left, Sforza broke down. You're so good and you're such a good leader that you had to close both Sforza and Blaze. If there's no Al, Sforza wouldnt even exist.
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Acika on January 06, 2014, 07:53:03 pm
And what are Mafia known to do? Extort others.
Figure that out and you can have some easy income.
For a difference of you, im not a man who will use others to gain advantage. Me, as a leader, will help others, not use them as slaves.

How does it feel? Why do you think I'm not a scripter anymore? We got very little appreciation and constantly shit on and told our months, nearly years of work was a waste of time. I got sick of it; I decided I was done and needed to change focus on my life and that I didn't need it anymore. Think about where the dagger was pointing before it was at you.
I appreciate your work and i'm always open for a suggestion because i want it be better. But every my suggestion is attacked.

People appreciate work, but they dislike it. They want changes, you dont give them it, they dislike more.


Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Pingster on January 06, 2014, 07:54:36 pm
For a difference of you, im not a man who will use others to gain advantage. Me, as a leader, will help others
Some mafia you are lol, I thought that was your job, use others to gain advantage.
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: TonySforza on January 06, 2014, 07:55:15 pm
Then you wanna explain to others how you earned any cash (which u didnt) trough RPing mafia man.

+some ignorant bullshit that is humiliating myself to the entire community

I already told you how mafias that properly RP make their money, scroll up, I don't get paid to teach, consider my post charity
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Teddy on January 06, 2014, 07:55:21 pm
People appreciate work, but they dislike it. They want changes, you dont give them it, they dislike more.

Read the main post; most of which was out of our control. I've been public about many things I disagree with in RS5; include the very economy I wrote. I disagree with a bunch of other things but I allow myself to see the point and motives behind it and try to enjoy it rather than complain and demand change. I'm also not a 15 year old girl on my period so if what I demand isn't done I don't go all hormonal and have my period all over the forums saying I'm leaving and crap.
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Stivi on January 06, 2014, 07:56:16 pm
IMO, the development team should focus a bit more on bug-fixing then updating the server with more features.
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Teddy on January 06, 2014, 07:57:58 pm
IMO, the development team should focus a bit more on bug-fixing then updating the server with more features.

Once RS4 was lost that is exactly what was done; and as of when I left the team that was still the stance. The focus was on bugs not features. #FactChecking101
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Acika on January 06, 2014, 07:59:45 pm
Some mafia you are lol, I thought that was your job, use others to gain advantage.
That just shows what kind of person you are. They are all my friends and we run mafia life together. We ride together, we die together.

I won't answer to you anymore.

I already told you how mafias that properly RP make their money, scroll up, I don't get paid to teach, consider my post charity
Noone ever earned more than 100k trough RPing, even if he did, mafia doesnt need 100k, it needs millions. So spare me and keep your awesomeness since fuking 2006.

Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Teddy on January 06, 2014, 07:59:55 pm
WARNINGS ALREADY ISSUED

Lets stop calling people retards even if you think they deserve it.

Constructive posts reach solutions, useless and flaming/provocative posts create more problems.
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Devin on January 06, 2014, 08:01:20 pm
IMO, the development team should focus a bit more on bug-fixing then updating the server with more features.


Unfortunately bugs can only be fixed if the development team are informed about the bugs.
So what is needed is players willing to test the features and post bug reports.
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Bundy on January 06, 2014, 08:02:17 pm
Some mafia you are lol, I thought that was your job, use others to gain advantage.
first you think mafias pickpocket ppl and now this? watch some more mafia movies m8
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Teddy on January 06, 2014, 08:03:12 pm
No worries, he's awesome since f**king 2006, he can flame others.

His post has been edited the same as anyone else who has crossed the line. Don't worry, your lovely moderators are here ;)

Unfortunately bugs can only be fixed if the development team are informed about the bugs.
So what is needed is players willing to test the features and post bug reports.

A concept most people who complained opt'ed out of during open beta. Interesting init.
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Acika on January 06, 2014, 08:03:20 pm
So Aca and me got warned and Tony who called us retards isnt ? Why ? Aren't we all even here ?
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Teddy on January 06, 2014, 08:04:11 pm
first you think mafias pickpocket ppl and now this? watch some more mafia movies m8

Hypocritical a bit don't you think?
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Pingster on January 06, 2014, 08:04:38 pm
That just shows what kind of person you are. They are all my friends and we run mafia life together. We ride together, we die together.
What

And what are Mafia known to do? Extort others.
Figure that out and you can have some easy income.


There are more people to extort than your members


Bundy, you're being given liable alternatives to making money, if you don't like these because mafia is too cool to get off your ass and do something, well, enjoy being poor mafia.
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Ivan_Dzeba on January 06, 2014, 08:05:24 pm
Yeah these people are mostly complaining beacuse of money and property,other things are not complained that much
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Mark_C on January 06, 2014, 08:06:22 pm
Yeah these people are mostly complaining beacuse of money and property,other things are not complained that much
This.
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Acika on January 06, 2014, 08:06:33 pm
Yeah these people are mostly complaining beacuse of money and property,other things are not complained that much
You're totally right. :uhm:
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Polar on January 06, 2014, 08:06:46 pm
Scripters you all done a good job, don't give up! ALL the problems that RS5 have, you can fix them all, I know it! So I want to say thanks to all the developers who contributed to make RS5 what it's, also Gandalf. Please keep up your hard and excellent work  :bananarock:!
I agree here! :D (Sorry for late post with this, I just discovered this topic xD)
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: JDC on January 06, 2014, 08:07:48 pm
first you think mafias pickpocket ppl and now this? watch some more mafia movies m8

Mafias are run by white-collar criminals (as opposed to a low-level street gang that relies only on force) who use their smarts to swindle other people out of their money, up and above the shows of brute force. If you consider yourself a premier mafioso yet are unable to find a single way so that someone will give you their money without pointing a gun at their face, you might as well consider a career as a street dealer.

Considering the nature of some useless moans complaints here, seeing as the complainants lack imagination and ability to improvise, I am not surprised they are facing a lack of success...

And why do people have to turn every serious discussion topic into an "RS5 sucks bring back RS4" topic? Unless you intend to step up to Gandalf's challenge, you will not get anywhere with this. Save your breath because it's not going to work.
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Teddy on January 06, 2014, 08:08:14 pm
Yeah these people are mostly complaining beacuse of money and property,other things are not complained that much

Thanks for the summary. I'm sure those who have trouble reading will be pleased.

So Aca and me got warned and Tony who called us retards isnt ? Why ? Aren't we all even here ?

As I told Aca; this topic is going quickly and we're moving as fast as we can to ensure everyone behaves properly.
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Acika on January 06, 2014, 08:09:14 pm
I didnt extort others, i am the one who gave my men millions. That's me since fucking 2010.
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Mukdk on January 06, 2014, 08:09:23 pm
Noone ever earned more than 100k trough RPing, even if he did, mafia doesnt need 100k, it needs millions. So spare me and keep your awesomeness since fuking 2006.

Please do explain to me why you need millions to RP as a mafia? xD
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Acika on January 06, 2014, 08:10:06 pm
Thanks for the summary. I'm sure those who have trouble reading will be pleased.

As I told Aca; this topic is going quickly and we're moving as fast as we can to ensure everyone behaves properly.
By the theory that we're all even here, if we got +15 warning, Tony should get one too.


Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Teddy on January 06, 2014, 08:10:56 pm
I didnt extort others, i am the one who gave my men millions. That's me since f**king 2010.

RS5 is a change; I guess its time to get real and rethink your financials and income methods. As your group, along with many others have to do the same. and yes even SAPD was forced into changes; just to debunk and criminal "unfair" shit in advance.
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Nexus_Riggs on January 06, 2014, 08:11:29 pm
The developers deserve full credit for their tremendous hard work and effort to make RS5 possible. It will take time for everyone to get accustomed with
the script and the overall system, however RS5 is actually very comprehensive and modern compared to RS4, lot of bugs are in fact fixed and the system of role
play is improved. There is significantly less DMers than RS4, look at the positive side. The script is not done yet, so be patient and you will be rewarded.
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Teddy on January 06, 2014, 08:12:11 pm
Please do explain to me why you need millions to RP as a mafia? xD

epenis
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: JDC on January 06, 2014, 08:12:32 pm
Noone ever earned more than 100k trough RPing, even if he did, mafia doesnt need 100k, it needs millions. So spare me and keep your awesomeness since fuking 2006.

I guess there's another reason why Tony is a widely respected mobster and legend, and you are not...

Those who cannot get with the change? They get left behind. Now Acika, either you adjust like the rest of us, or get left in the dust.
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Pingster on January 06, 2014, 08:12:42 pm
You're not going to get those millions back, so you better start thinking of ways to make new millions. Ways that don't involve pulling combat shotgun out of one's ass and stealing their drugs. Steal someone's car and refuse to tell them it's location unless they pay you. Just one of many ways RS5 helps the illegal trade.
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Khm on January 06, 2014, 08:13:18 pm
A real and a professional mafia/gang/family/clan, doesn't need money to ROLEPLAY it only needs some imagination and a full control of your ( plural ) actions.
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Acika on January 06, 2014, 08:13:50 pm
Please do explain to me why you need millions to RP as a mafia? xD
To have fancy car, to have weapons, to pay people, to have big ass mansion, to be able to have  shit ton of drugs, to have hot chicks, to own a casino, because that's where the fun lays.

When you have your own mafia and when you lead it more than 1 year, you will understand me.
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Acika on January 06, 2014, 08:14:42 pm
A real and a professional mafia/gang/family/clan, doesn't need money to ROLEPLAY it only needs some imagination and a full control of your ( plural ) actions.
We're talking about MAKING MONEY as MAFIA, not ROLEPLAYING as MAFIA.

PS: No need to change font to get some attention.
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: JDC on January 06, 2014, 08:15:36 pm
To have fancy car, to have weapons, to pay people, to have big ass mansion, to be able to have  shit ton of drugs, to have hot chicks, to own a casino, because that's where the fun lays.

When you have your own mafia and when you lead it more than 1 year, you will understand me.

You know why successful mafias have those? Because they worked for it, instead of sitting on their asses and moaning about a script change. The choice is yours.
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Pingster on January 06, 2014, 08:15:45 pm
We're talking about MAKING MONEY as MAFIA, not ROLEPLAYING as MAFIA.

PS: No need to change font to get some attention.
You can do both, however, widen the horizon of your imagination.

PS: No need to go all caps to get some attention.
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Acika on January 06, 2014, 08:16:05 pm
I guess there's another reason why Tony is a widely respected mobster and legend, and you are not...

Those who cannot get with the change? They get left behind. Now Acika, either you adjust like the rest of us, or get left in the dust.
Legends are Cofi, Miami, Nitrox, Romeo, Acika. Tony ? Never.
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Acika on January 06, 2014, 08:16:56 pm
You know why successful mafias have those? Because they worked for it, instead of sitting on their asses and moaning about a script change. The choice is yours.
Is this some kind of a quiz ?
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Mark_C on January 06, 2014, 08:17:24 pm
We're talking about MAKING MONEY as MAFIA, not ROLEPLAYING as MAFIA.

PS: No need to change font to get some attention.
Then there's nothing to speak about...
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Pingster on January 06, 2014, 08:18:04 pm
Legends are Cofi, Miami, Nitrox, Romeo, Acika. Tony ? Never.
Aren't you modest, by who's standards is this?
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Teddy on January 06, 2014, 08:18:33 pm
Legends are Cofi, Miami, Nitrox, Romeo, Acika. Tony ? Never.

I love how you put yourself in there. I think the list goes: Cofi, Miami, Nitrox, Romeo, Tony. You can't even tap into a bit of imagination to make money in RS5 something people have already done without being on fire duty.
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: JDC on January 06, 2014, 08:18:57 pm
Legends are Cofi, Miami, Nitrox, Romeo, Acika. Tony ? Never.

So you become a legend by leading some mafia for one year and crying like a spoiled kid in a supermarket when you lose a little money? Wow, times sure have changed...

Is this some kind of a quiz?

If your brain cannot process such a simple information without seeing it like a quiz, feel free to call it. I'm only telling you what choices your useless ranting is getting you into.
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Zaila on January 06, 2014, 08:19:10 pm
We're talking about MAKING MONEY as MAFIA, not ROLEPLAYING as MAFIA.

Out of curiousity, isn't the fun in roleplaying a mafia to build up a network, build up a steady income and then protect it (with as little violence as possible) from outside threats and see how it gets bigger and bigger to finally see the fruit of your work when you can get the things you said above?
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Mukdk on January 06, 2014, 08:19:21 pm
To have fancy car, to have weapons, to pay people, to have big ass mansion, to be able to have  shit ton of drugs, to have hot chicks, to own a casino, because that's where the fun lays.

When you have your own mafia and when you lead it more than 1 year, you will understand me.

Nooot really dude. I've been a consigliere in Blaze and I'm the current consigliere of Sforza.
So technically I've been a "co leader" for quite a while now, so I know my way around a mafia and if its taught me anything, its that you dont need dosh to make EPIC RP's
Fancy cars: Why not something classy instead?
Weapons: Theres low priced weapons too? And who says every RP needs to involve guns
Pay people: Fair enough
Big ass mansion: Why not a bistro as a cover up for your mafia RP? And small houses in Palomino etc to keep low?
Drugs: Why? Theres other means to earn cash
Hot chicks: Its pixel boobs dude, not real knockers xD
Casinos: Why not be creative and run small shady games out back in before mentioned bistro. Adds to the criminal RP

Money is not where the fun is. The fun is in the R O L E P L A Y! EVERYBODY GIVE ME AN AMEN!!
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Acika on January 06, 2014, 08:20:23 pm
Aren't you modest, by who's standards is this?
Sorry, if someone else asks me i might consider answering him. You're just exaggerating with posthunting.
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Teddy on January 06, 2014, 08:23:02 pm
60% of the people viewing this topic:
(http://weknowgifs.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/stephen-colbert-popcorn-gif1.gif)

You're just exaggerating with posthunting.

Why don't you let forum staff dictate what is post hunting and what isn't. I'd actually like to know the same as him as the standard doesn't seem very justified.
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Acika on January 06, 2014, 08:23:30 pm
I love how you put yourself in there. I think the list goes: Cofi, Miami, Nitrox, Romeo, Tony. You can't even tap into a bit of imagination to make money in RS5 something people have already done without being on fire duty.
Tony ? He's such a funny guy who's uncapable of running a mafia on his own. When Miami left he broke, when girl from Blaze left, he broke. Now he's hiding behind Al.

Im sorry i can't keep up answering to everyone. I hope you wont be angry if i dont answer to you.

Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Khm on January 06, 2014, 08:24:15 pm
We're talking about MAKING MONEY as MAFIA, not ROLEPLAYING as MAFIA.

PS: No need to change font to get some attention.
I am talking about this.
mafia doesnt need 100k, it needs millions.
P.s open your eyes I write like THIS since while ago. Oh yeah to get someone's intention act like a dog.
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Acika on January 06, 2014, 08:24:25 pm
60% of the people viewing this topic:
After all those years you still didnt catch. Where is Acika, there's a party.
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Borus on January 06, 2014, 08:25:01 pm
Legends are Cofi, Miami, Nitrox, Romeo, Acika.
(http://dl.dropbox.com/s/pyqm7ykmxizo851/02111213546.jpeg)

Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Acika on January 06, 2014, 08:25:43 pm
And for your information i didnt run mafia with 10k, i worked for 1 year to get few millions, which allowed me to make an empire and to run a best mafia of 2012.

Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Pingster on January 06, 2014, 08:25:58 pm
Sorry, if someone else asks me i might consider answering him. You're just exaggerating with posthunting.
Is that your excuse for being unable to answer the tough questions Mr Wannabe Admin Posthunter Benefit Hunter Replying To Every Topic Guy asks you? How petty.


Money is not where the fun is. The fun is in the R O L E P L A Y! EVERYBODY GIVE ME AN AMEN!!
Amen, good man, amen. Still remember the random encounters where we end up showing off engines of random vehicles, lol.
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Teddy on January 06, 2014, 08:26:52 pm
Im sorry i can't keep up answering to everyone. I hope you wont be angry if i dont answer to you.

I don't get angry easily, don't worry. No hard feelings.

Tony ? He's such a funny guy who's uncapable of running a mafia on his own. When Miami left he broke, when girl from Blaze left, he broke. Now he's hiding behind Al.

He is a funny guy who is very capable of doing extraordinary things including helping in leading a nearly perfectly pure RP group (Blaze) which has had more criminal-police RPs (without combat shitguns) than any other group to date. I think you under estimate him.
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Devin on January 06, 2014, 08:27:32 pm
I would not consider myself to be leading a group for a year if I was banned for more than half of that year.
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Patton on January 06, 2014, 08:27:59 pm
Legends are Cofi, Miami, Nitrox, Romeo, Acika. Tony ? Never.
(https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/3131567/Boris/wellfk.jpeg)
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Mukdk on January 06, 2014, 08:28:52 pm
Amen, good man, amen. Still remember the random encounters where we end up showing off engines of random vehicles, lol.

Good times! ^^
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Acika on January 06, 2014, 08:29:06 pm
I don't get angry easily, don't worry. No hard feelings.

He is a funny guy who is very capable of doing extraordinary things including helping in leading a nearly perfectly pure RP group (Blaze) which has had more criminal-police RPs (without combat shitguns) than any other group to date. I think you under estimate him.
I know you're good friends, but i met him in game few times and showed him who's the number one.

Maybe that's the reason why he became WS ?
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: JDC on January 06, 2014, 08:29:16 pm
Tony ? He's such a funny guy who's uncapable of running a mafia on his own. When Miami left he broke, when girl from Blaze left, he broke. Now he's hiding behind Al.

Tony, along with Al, have been carrying the Sforza name since 2006, and have seen many times of change in Argo, and is actually adapting. You, on the other hand, are crying like the proverbial spoiled kid in the supermarket because mommy won't get you a little money.

And you call yourself a legend. Even street thugs are putting more effort than you. Lol.

Im sorry i can't keep up answering to everyone. I hope you wont be angry if i dont answer to you.

It's okay. It's not like your answers contain substantial, sensible points instead of more complaints and insults.

After all those years you still didnt catch. Where is Acika, there's a party.

Did I also say adults love to watch when spoiled kids run around the supermarket complaining?

I would not consider myself to be leading a group for a year if I was banned for more than half of that year.
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Acika on January 06, 2014, 08:31:15 pm
I would not consider myself to be leading a group for a year if I was banned for more than half of that year.
That's what you people don't understand. That's the real power, that's the spirit.
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Teddy on January 06, 2014, 08:31:48 pm
I know you're good friends, but i met him in game few times and showed him who's the number one.

Maybe that's the reason why he became WS ?

We're good friends? You may forget we've had a rough history. I am after all the one who spearheaded the FBI case against Blaze; where sure we did have a number of interesting encounters. We're simply mutual acquaintances with a common respect for each others successes.

On top of this in terms of WS; its a quality clan where existing members vote on who gets in. He was voted in by a majority. Something he has more than deserved.
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Zaila on January 06, 2014, 08:32:16 pm
Alright, enough of this discussion now.

If i see any more posts on this matter after my post, i will delete them. This topic was created for another purpose.
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Frank_Hawk on January 06, 2014, 08:41:13 pm
 :neutral2:
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Acika on January 06, 2014, 08:43:50 pm
And what changes to you propose which doesn't involve giving items to groups and wealth that they have not worked for within RS5 yet.
A good start would be fixing drug system. If you don't want to give mafia their HQ, cars and stuff, give them a way to earn cash like a mafia, not like firemen.

Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Teddy on January 06, 2014, 08:46:23 pm
A good start would be fixing drug system. If you don't want to give mafia their HQ, cars and stuff, give them a way to earn cash like a mafia, not like firemen.

Details. Don't just say what area needs change; give specific suggestions and ideas to help mold something you'd actually appreciate.
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Zaila on January 06, 2014, 08:47:22 pm
A good start would be fixing drug system. If you don't want to give mafia their HQ, cars and stuff, give them a way to earn cash like a mafia, not like firemen.

How exactly do it needs to be changed?
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Stivi on January 06, 2014, 08:50:24 pm
How exactly do it needs to be changed?
He said "fixing" it. Not changing it. :)
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Teddy on January 06, 2014, 08:51:41 pm
He said "fixing" it. Not changing it. :)

Nothing about it is bugged. It works fine as is. He is actually talking about changing it. In his context fixing isn't bugs, but fixing the concept behind it.
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Zaila on January 06, 2014, 08:52:12 pm
He said "fixing" it. Not changing it. :)

But there is nothing bugged with it, which is why i asked what exactly needs to be changed.
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Stivi on January 06, 2014, 08:53:24 pm
Nothing about it is bugged. It works fine as is. He is actually talking about changing it. In his context fixing isn't bugs, but fixing the concept behind it.
I am banned and I might be wrong. Last time I was on the server, inventory wasn't saved.
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Acika on January 06, 2014, 08:54:40 pm
Drug system is fine, it doesnt need a change it needs a little fix.

Drug market price should be higher so that you earn cash instead of losing. There's no need to change the contempt of the script, just fixing the price of drug market.

Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Pandalink on January 06, 2014, 08:58:33 pm
True, i dont want to spend 10 hours to earn 5k, because that doesnt make any sense.
In 10 actual hours it's quite possible to earn upwards of 50k on the fire missions if you know what you're doing and you work as a team.

U cant pickpocket, everyone stores money in wallet.
U cant hijack a truck, noone is trucker.
U cant do drugs to earn cash, u can do drugs to heal or die.
Also none of the above is mafia business, mafia has no chance, mafia is gone, mafia life is dead.
To be fair, there wasn't any way for mafias to make money in RS3, but we still existed.
I know xcasio basically saved the server by funding so many things, but still, there was a time when we just had no money unless we all went on cop duty. Be happy you don't have to do that at least.

Drugs are made only to be used for healing effect from which you can die too. By re-selling drugs you only lose cash if you sell on market. You still cant sell to player as they dont have cash, which will maybe work in 6month or not as the man who bought all drugs wont be able to sell to anyone except to market in which he will lose big ammount of money.
There is a mechanism to sell drugs out of the server in RS5, like Cofi did in RS4 (?).
..
Actually wait, there there is a mechanism to sell drugs out of the server in RS5, right? I remember reading that somewhere.

Did you even read what i wrote ? There's NO WAY for mafia to EARN cash.

We dont want to be firemans as mafia men.
Well shit, that's Argonath man. Running a mafia costs money. That's been true for years. Just be happy that you get to farm fire missions instead of farming as a cop.

That just shows what kind of person you are. They are all my friends and we run mafia life together. We ride together, we die together.
No shit, but not everyone in the mafia is the same rank. You need goons to do your dirty work - it sucks but that's how it is. The higher ranked members organise the more complex operations, while you get the lower ranks to farm money, however they can at the time.
One in every few dozen of these guys will excel and become a permanent higher-ranked member for years.

Legends are Cofi, Miami, Nitrox, Romeo, Acika. Tony ? Never.
yea thanks

I think the list goes: Cofi, Miami, Nitrox, Romeo, Tony.
(http://i43.tinypic.com/3vp5z.png)

And for your information i didnt run mafia with 10k, i worked for 1 year to get few millions,
So what's the problem?
See you in 2015.



tl;dr
RS5 has lots of new ways of making money, you just have to find them. Some will take longer to develop, but they will be there eventually.
Be patient, basically.
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Mark_C on January 06, 2014, 08:58:42 pm
I am banned and I might be wrong. Last time I was on the server, inventory wasn't saved.
Now they added save changes.
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Pingster on January 06, 2014, 09:01:19 pm
Question:

Is food going to be returned to stores?

If so, what would be the motivation for players to gather drugs, or anyone else to buy them?

If so, that seems to be what's broken with the system.

However, having *some* possible margin of profit with drugs (maybe not all the time, so you have to check in every 2 hrs or so) would turn the frown upside down. And when I say some, I don't mean massive 30$ per gram or w/e. Ideally, should be dynamic based on factors such as amount sold, economy status and so on. Should make it difficult enough to actually make money while maintaining regular use for the system.


Does Gandalf have any other plans where the drug system might be involved that we may know about?
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Pandalink on January 06, 2014, 09:03:20 pm
Is food going to be returned to stores?
I'd like to know this as well.
If not, why would anyone buy the food stores?

If so, what would be the motivation for players to gather drugs, or anyone else to buy them?
I swear that I read somewhere that RS5 will have a system like RS4 where drugs can be bought at a high price "by the server" to simulate actual buyers.
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Acika on January 06, 2014, 09:05:40 pm
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I swear that I read somewhere that RS5 will have a system like RS4 where drugs can be bought at a high price "by the server" to simulate actual buyers.
There is a drug market place where leaders can sell drugs.

The problem is that you pay more to make drugs than you can sell for on drug market.
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Zaila on January 06, 2014, 09:07:03 pm
http://www.argonathrpg.eu/index.php?topic=103344.msg1642415;topicseen#new

Take the discussion there instead.
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: AlSforza on January 06, 2014, 09:30:15 pm
Why is this still a topic of discussion? Guys... It ain't gonna change. The accounts were reset, the SAMP server is different, please, just live with it.

Now about the comments made here, I'm just gonna say: were we the first mafia RP group in Argonath? Yes. Is it crucial or do we feel bigger about it? No. It's just an historical fact. No, Tony doesn't hide behind me. Some closedowns were strategical, I can promise you that. But we created this group back in 06 so that we could all have fun, and provide fun times to the users of the community. Is that what's happening here? No. It only happens in-game unfortunately. I regret that some should feel these things in such a personal way. It's a game. We want to have fun with it, not to discuss it until the hell freezes...

About mafia roleplay: Yes you can roleplay mafias with low ammounts of money. The Sicilian Cosa Nostra for instants; they rely on other types of influence to "get the job done". Now the Italian-American mafia, they're different. They're the ones with fancy cars and mansions. It's legit people. Is there a better one? Of course not, they are just different. And that's what we all need to understand. For a long time I mean to say this in a topic reply: We are different when it comes to the RP, but that's only in-game! We don't need to take it in a personal level (yes I made my mistakes, but I learned with them). Let's just respect each other AIGHT HOMIES?

Peace oooooooooooooooooooooooooooout
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: ZeroSforza on January 06, 2014, 09:36:46 pm
Why is this still a topic of discussion? Guys... It ain't gonna change. The accounts were reset, the SAMP server is different, please, just live with it.

Now about the comments made here, I'm just gonna say: were we the first mafia RP group in Argonath? Yes. Is it crucial or do we feel bigger about it? No. It's just an historical fact. No, Tony doesn't hide behind me. Some closedowns were strategical, I can promise you that. But we created this group back in 06 so that we could all have fun, and provide fun times to the users of the community. Is that what's happening here? No. It only happens in-game unfortunately. I regret that some should feel these things in such a personal way. It's a game. We want to have fun with it, not to discuss it until the hell freezes...

About mafia roleplay: Yes you can roleplay mafias with low ammounts of money. The Sicilian Cosa Nostra for instants; they rely on other types of influence to "get the job done". Now the Italian-American mafia, they're different. They're the ones with fancy cars and mansions. It's legit people. Is there a better one? Of course not, they are just different. And that's what we all need to understand. For a long time I mean to say this in a topic reply: We are different when it comes to the RP, but that's only in-game! We don't need to take it in a personal level (yes I made my mistakes, but I learned with them). Let's just respect each other AIGHT HOMIES?

Peace oooooooooooooooooooooooooooout
well said Al
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Eps_Smalls on January 06, 2014, 09:48:24 pm
mafia 2 multiplayer is the answer

edit: or just cause 2 multiplayer
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Kessu on January 07, 2014, 09:40:42 am
Legends are Cofi, Miami, Nitrox, Romeo, Acika. Tony ? Never.
The list is missing Klaus (sure he isn't playing in SAMP, but Argonath still). He's been running the best criminal group of VCMP since 2008 so I guess he deserves to be in the list.
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Acika on January 07, 2014, 12:46:09 pm
The list is missing Klaus (sure he isn't playing in SAMP, but Argonath still). He's been running the best criminal group of VCMP since 2008 so I guess he deserves to be in the list.
I totally agree.
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Devin on January 07, 2014, 12:48:57 pm
Alright, enough of this discussion now.

If i see any more posts on this matter after my post, i will delete them. This topic was created for another purpose.

Topic cleaned out.
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Abraham on January 07, 2014, 01:27:14 pm
Legends are Cofi, Miami, Nitrox, Romeo, Acika. Tony ? Never.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vxRfTLQ-6RE
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Kessu on January 07, 2014, 01:44:22 pm
I totally agree.
Don't take it as if I want to agree with the rest of the list you put up, I more like Teddy's.
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: ssaammee on January 07, 2014, 01:51:19 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vxRfTLQ-6RE

 :lol: :app:
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Acika on January 07, 2014, 01:59:44 pm
Don't take it as if I want to agree with the rest of the list you put up, I more like Teddy's.
:lol:
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Huntsman on January 07, 2014, 04:46:34 pm
Mario, JayL, Patton and the rest of the MTA:SA team dedicate a great deal of time and effort into MTA:SA. I think you under estimate their efforts and accomplishments.

Wait.. What? How did I underestimate it? I just said that SA:MP would be better off gone and focusing on MTA:SA instead, as by that I mean the SA:MP community moving to MTA:SA server, let's face it - the client itself is much more promising than SA:MP, it has way better sync and features, while god knows how many SA:MP clients came out by now and yet they're still failing to deal with the crappy sync and crashing. MTA:SA gamemode is perfect and I admire it's developers work.
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Devin on January 07, 2014, 05:01:14 pm
Both clients have their own pros and cons, it all comes down to the players preference.
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Mircea_Niko on January 07, 2014, 05:08:42 pm
   Another ''friendly discussions'' topic..
   EDIT: Reference to pages 8-11

   (http://imgur.com/tCp90.gif)
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Teddy on January 07, 2014, 05:32:31 pm
I just said that SA:MP would be better off gone and focusing on MTA:SA instead
Quote
Oh, and I still think Argonath would be better off focusing on MTA:SA instead of SA:MP :|

No where does it suggest decommissioning SA:MP over MTA:SA.
 
Why would we kill off a server anyways to change focus look @ MTA:VC.. it's still around yet we've shifted focus away from it.
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: murdoxix on January 07, 2014, 09:12:40 pm
I don't think at all that SA:MP RPG should be 'off'', 'gone', and lots of players thinks like that.

Why would we kill off a server anyways to change focus look @ MTA:VC.. it's still around yet we've shifted focus away from it.
Mm... I don't understand this :/, why you're talking about MTA:VC? From what server you've shifted focus away? MTA:VC?
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Miller786 on January 07, 2014, 09:34:56 pm
I hate how mafia bosses cry because they have no money and they cant earn them becuse script isnt functional.
None can go in game and say, i wanna be a milionare and expect the money to be spawned from nowhere.
In my opinion official mafias should no longer be official, this means no pre set HQ or other things, you dont wanna work hard again? Good, close the mafia or leave the place to someone else, its time to move on guys, there are dozens of new players that will take your place and will form official groups. If instead of moaning on forums you were playing for money at this point you would be milionaire, think about it...
Wake up or leave, guys, you decide.
And please, stop moaning,You wanted RS5, you have it now.
This is just a bullshit against developers that spent time working on the new script.
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Pingster on January 07, 2014, 09:44:49 pm
official mafias should no longer be official
Why should new scripts change the status that has been achieved over years of efforts?
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Bundy on January 07, 2014, 09:53:24 pm
there are dozens of new players that will take your place and will form official groups.
Oh really? How are you so sure?
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Miller786 on January 07, 2014, 09:56:40 pm
Because it SEEMS that this official mafias with all their efforts eccetera dont accept the fact of starting from zero, So there is no point in doing that, i might be wrong because generalising on all the mafias is not a right thing, but this is the situation as it appears right now.
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Miller786 on January 07, 2014, 09:57:55 pm
Oh really? How are you so sure?
Im sure and you are gonna see.
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: .James on January 07, 2014, 10:02:10 pm
Im sure and you are gonna see.
Actually, none of the current official families had been crying about losing millions.

Look at Ancelotti and Gvardia, they had over the 100 millions, and no any complaints.
You need to think before you post or read.
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Bundy on January 07, 2014, 10:03:54 pm
Im sure and you are gonna see.
Okay, let me remind you that the youngest official SAMP group exists since 2009. Hope it rings a bell.
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Miller786 on January 07, 2014, 10:05:45 pm
Actually, none of the current official families had been crying about losing millions.

Look at Ancelotti and Gvardia, they had over the 100 millions, and no any complaints.
You need to think before you post or read.

i might be wrong because generalising on all the mafias is not a right thing
No comment man, but seriously, do you even read what i post?

Okay, let me remind you that the youngest official SAMP group exists since 2009. Hope it rings a bell.
Okay, let me remind you that the youngest official SAMP group exists since 2009. Hope it rings a bell.
Okay, let me remind you that the youngest official SAMP group exists since 2009. Hope it rings a bell.
You told yourself, we are in 2014, its only about time.
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: .James on January 07, 2014, 10:08:45 pm
And also the rest official families, like: Corleone, Sforz and Stracci didn't complain.

In my opinion, current official list shouldn't be changed, and I've read your post.
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Miller786 on January 07, 2014, 10:10:30 pm
What about the mass moaning of acika in the previous posts uh?
And i dont see any mafia on the server uh?
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: .James on January 07, 2014, 10:12:57 pm
What about the mass moaning of acika in the previous posts uh?
And i dont see any mafia on the server uh?
Man, you gotta check official list then
Luciano ain't even official.

And you may not notice some mafias; due to the timezones and real life.
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: TonySforza on January 07, 2014, 10:14:01 pm
And i dont see any mafia on the server uh?

How about you hold your horses and wait untill RS5 is fully complete to see mafias jumping around in joy again?
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Pingster on January 07, 2014, 10:17:30 pm
I've yet to see a new group that has created enough impact or proven themselves involving enough to deem the official status necessary.

That said though, I haven't seen any of official groups or families do anything in SA:MP recently that would give you reason to go "And that's why they've got the status!!". :(
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: .James on January 07, 2014, 10:19:15 pm
How about you hold your horses and wait untill RS5 is fully complete to see mafias jumping around in joy again?
yeah.
The server isn't stable, yet we are trying to bring it back and helping developers to fix bugs.
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Miller786 on January 07, 2014, 10:19:31 pm
How about you hold your horses and wait untill RS5 is fully complete to see mafias jumping around in joy again?
Helping finding bugs would be a great help too, wouldnt it?
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Lincoln. on January 07, 2014, 10:40:05 pm
Legends are Cofi, Miami, Nitrox, Romeo, Acika. Tony ? Never.
You missed Eugene there...
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Acika on January 07, 2014, 11:00:44 pm
You missed Eugene there...
I missed a few maybe ;)
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: JDC on January 08, 2014, 12:39:00 am
You missed Eugene there...

Al, Cofi, Daniel, Eugene, Klaus, Miami, NitrOx, Panda, Romeo, Tony, just to name a few, but their names stick in the minds of many...

For all the years I've worked as a cop / FBI, even I know to recognize worthy criminal leaders. There are many good criminal leaders, but there's also a reason the best of the best have succeeded in creating server-spanning criminal empires that have lasted through the years.

But for all the criminal empires they've set up, none of them would continue to last if they did not adapt to the coming changes. Empires are built through hard work and smarts, not asking devs for official scripts on a silver platter.



How about you hold your horses and wait untill RS5 is fully complete to see mafias jumping around in joy again?

(http://d24w6bsrhbeh9d.cloudfront.net/photo/anY7Vrb_460sa.gif)

:D
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: CharlieKasper on January 08, 2014, 07:26:39 am
Actually, none of the current official families had been crying about losing millions.

Look at Ancelotti and Gvardia, they had over the 100 millions, and no any complaints.
You need to think before you post or read.
Not true. I have seen some complaints on reset from official group(s).
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Acika on January 08, 2014, 12:09:16 pm
Not true. I have seen some complaints on reset from official group(s).
Exactly.


<cool story>
Such wise words. Thank you for opening our minds and showing us the path :janek:

For your information and for everyone elses who are shitting on everything i say ideas that Mafia HQs become National Heritages and to be assigned to groups is not mine, but Gandalfs. So before you come to me and act smartass again, atleast go get some information and think carefully about everything you say, because all these times you were shitting on Gandalfs idea.

It's a pity you're leaving Argonath because i see big potential in you and i think that you could become a great leader in the future ;)

xox Acika :depature:
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: JDC on January 08, 2014, 01:19:27 pm
For your information and for everyone elses who are shitting on everything i say ideas that Mafia HQs become National Heritages and to be assigned to groups is not mine, but Gandalfs. So before you come to me and act smartass again, atleast go get some information and think carefully about everything you say, because all these times you were shitting on Gandalfs idea.

Not sure about that, but I had no idea that someone who self-aggrandizingly calls himself a legend and puts himself on a list with other criminal leaders far beyond his level yet in reality is continuously moaning because they cannot cope with change is now the criteria for "Official Family".

Official families will get a state funded headquarter.
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Acika on January 08, 2014, 01:42:48 pm
I feel sad for you. You again came to act smartass without getting all the information you need.

Kojak himself named me the Pillar of this Community which automatically puts me on the Legend list. I wasn't named a Legend by random people, i was named by well-known Division Leader.

Skype conversation with Gandalf:
[16.11.2013 14:28:32] Acika: What are the chances for the Luciano family to keep its properties ?
[16.11.2013 16:40:55] Ronnel Productions: depending on activity, all families will be reviewed

And to mention that day before RS5 was released i spoke to Zaila and he told me that Luciano HQ will be set.

I love the way how you think you know everything and im missing your quizes.


xox Acika


PS: For Borus: I know that sometimes the things i write are not popular, but i may not disappoint army of my fans (haters)



Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: CharlieKasper on January 08, 2014, 01:43:46 pm
Exactly.
Yeah so? They won't get their HQ if they don't work for it.
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Devin on January 08, 2014, 01:59:38 pm
All families will be reviewed, of course. However only those we deem fit for items to be set like HQs will receive them.
And as Gandalf said, it all depends on the activity of the entire group along with behavior.
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: TonySforza on January 08, 2014, 02:00:21 pm
Helping finding bugs would be a great help too, wouldnt it?

Official groups are official for their example RP and rule abiding behavior, not beta testing, it's a matter of choice and time if one wishes to report bugs or not.
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Miller786 on January 08, 2014, 02:14:07 pm
Official groups are official for their example RP and rule abiding behavior, not beta testing, it's a matter of choice and time if one wishes to report bugs or not.
Oh sure, im sorry but i dont see any difference between a normal player and an rp member, but if you dont want to help feel free to sit back and watch the boat sinking
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Hyuga. on January 08, 2014, 02:15:19 pm
Oh sure, im sorry but i dont see any difference between a normal player and an rp member, but if you dont want to help feel free to sit back and watch the boat sinking

I can assure you the ship is not sinking.
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Mopreme on January 08, 2014, 02:50:43 pm
Anyone care to explain what ARUN is? :)
Thanks.
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: TonySforza on January 08, 2014, 02:57:32 pm
Anyone care to explain what ARUN is? :)
Thanks.

Argonath United Nations, it's a group composed by group leaders from the community, wether they are criminal, civilian, police etc, that discuss about possible changes, ideas, fixes for the community servers.
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: JDC on January 08, 2014, 04:16:29 pm
I feel sad for you. You again came to act smartass without getting all the information you need.

And as usual, you continue to dodge the arguments thrown at you by diverting it to criticism of the ones who made them. Nothing changes the fact that you have continued moaning against a script that Argonath's developers have put hundreds of hours of work into in exchange for nothing but little thanks and many complaints from players like you.

Kojak himself named me the Pillar of this Community which automatically puts me on the Legend list. I wasn't named a Legend by random people, i was named by well-known Division Leader.

You cannot even get Kojak's rank right, neither do real legends go around the community gloating "I am a legend, which means I have this rank that makes me f**king better than all of you and gives me the right to demand this and that".

Semantics aside, would he still have done the same (assuming he actually did... not like you gave us proof of that to swim in) if he knew the person he was talking to would become a self-aggrandizing moaner who makes demands of the the developers? You forget that whatever they give to you here, they can revoke at any time.

So go ahead, continue acting with an over-inflated sense of entitlement and shaming our devs' hard work, so you will be put in your right place. When the time comes, you cannot fault anyone for not having warned you ahead.
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Devin on January 08, 2014, 07:42:56 pm
As people managed to lose the plot again, the topic has been cleared out.
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Acika on January 09, 2014, 10:17:01 am
And as usual, you continue to dodge the arguments thrown at you by diverting it to criticism of the ones who made them. Nothing changes the fact that you have continued moaning against a script that Argonath's developers have put hundreds of hours of work into in exchange for nothing but little thanks and many complaints from players like you.

You cannot even get Kojak's rank right, neither do real legends go around the community gloating "I am a legend, which means I have this rank that makes me f**king better than all of you and gives me the right to demand this and that".

Semantics aside, would he still have done the same (assuming he actually did... not like you gave us proof of that to swim in) if he knew the person he was talking to would become a self-aggrandizing moaner who makes suggestions of the the developers? You forget that whatever they give to you here, they can revoke at any time.

So go ahead, continue acting with an over-inflated sense of entitlement and shaming our devs' hard work, so you will be put in your right place. When the time comes, you cannot fault anyone for not having warned you ahead.
For last time i please you to stop attacking me and talking non sense because nothing can change the fact that you were shitting on Gandalf's idea while you were thinking that you're shitting on my suggestion.

Now face with it, stop flipping things and false accusing me: That im shaming devs' hard work, that im making demands etc, because i have good cooperation with 2 scripters.

Stop going around topics, acting smartass and attacking other people because that became really annoying. Everyone has the right on their own opinion.

I won't answer you anymore because there's no point.

xox Acika
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Abraham on January 09, 2014, 07:13:13 pm
I know you have aspergers Acika but Kojak was being ironic when he said you were a pillar in this community.
We all (ie. the entire community) had a pretty good laugh at your expense.

However it is true that you have become a legend in your own right, just not in the same 'legendary-department' as those previously named.
You fall in with Watti, SF_SA, SugarD and so forth.

I do apologize for provoking, but you're arguing with JDC which simply proves my previous point. (-Provocative behavior is not welcome here-)

I'd also like to apologize to the moderator(s) who might not deem this post fit for duty, but this entire topic should have been decommissioned after the second post.

Big thanks to the scripters, managers, so forth, I'll be registering my new "RS5 account" today!
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Devin on January 09, 2014, 10:37:09 pm
A war won without violence is a true achievement, a war fought with guns is purely down to shooting ability and not roleplay experience or ability.
As with events, anyone can win an event if they work in a team, the only real way to win is by honest and fair play.
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Kessu on January 09, 2014, 10:42:14 pm
a war fought with guns is purely down to shooting ability and not roleplay experience or ability.
A gang(mafia? IDGAF) war can be roleplayed and the shootout can be a part of the roleplay so I strongly disagree with what you said in my quote.
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Khm on January 09, 2014, 10:47:32 pm
A gang(mafia? IDGAF) war can be roleplayed and the shootout can be a part of the roleplay so I strongly disagree with what you said in my quote.
The feel of winning a war with simple words make you more proud than implying weapons to the roleplay.
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Devin on January 09, 2014, 10:48:55 pm
A gang(mafia? IDGAF) war can be roleplayed and the shootout can be a part of the roleplay so I strongly disagree with what you said in my quote.

That is true however the majority of "wars" that take place start with people driving up and shooting one another for nonsense reasons like "They killed a family member". If roleplay is involved correctly then great.
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: JDC on January 09, 2014, 11:10:43 pm
i don give a f**k, i just had to answer the man who goes behind me acting smart and bullshitting on everything i say.

Bullshitting is different from explaining why I am right.

You should see the way certain prominent personalities have giggled about your posts as you do not even have the spine to answer arguments without making pointless, unbased assertions and centering your posts on petty insults. Not to mention all the moaning that RS5 is not fun because the money was taken away, which is another bullshit argument as I see new players who are a lot happier than you are.
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: AlSforza on January 10, 2014, 04:29:05 am
Why don't we all take a chill pill about this matter dudes? Everyone has qualities and defects, do we need to expose them in an open thread in an internet forum? The community is not dead I believe, and it's up to us to make it work. If we like it, then why not care for it? Yes, some decisions were problematic, and raised a lot of issues, but they are not gonna change... No matter how many threads we do about this matter, it's just gonna stay the same until we all realise that what makes this an interesting thing is just playing... In my opinion of course.

Now I don't mean to hurt anybody, nor be a "pain in the ass" figure, but it's really my opinion that we can all benefit if we just try to get along and make this a cool place to be; because like me, many people here work hard in real life, and I belive that (like me) they just want to chill, playin' a game with friends, not be a part of a soap opera online about RS5... (once again, not a personal offense to anyone)

As the great Bob Dylan said in one of the gazzillion songs he has "Don't think twice it's alright". We just keep on rockin' together, like we always did :)
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Devin on January 10, 2014, 09:49:44 am
Any continuation of this nonsense will result in punishment; I don't care if you are defending something or talking garbage, you will be punished.
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Alfreddo. on January 10, 2014, 10:15:43 am
Arguements will be kept for months but nothing will change.
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Acika on January 10, 2014, 12:12:38 pm
Well said Acika.  :balance: :balance: :balance:
I wont post here anymore as i see that they are removing my posts.
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Devin on January 10, 2014, 12:20:37 pm
I wont post here anymore as i see that they are removing my posts.

Don't flatter yourself, it's not only your posts which were removed.
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Huntsman on January 10, 2014, 01:43:10 pm
However it is true that you have become a legend in your own right, just not in the same 'legendary-department' as those previously named.
You fall in with Watti, SF_SA, SugarD and so forth.

Now you really are a legend. I'm so glad you finally pointed it out. "Wiseguys" like him who think they are someone but actually they're just a subject of a good laugh had to be put in place, though nobody had the balls for it. I respect you even more now. Though I would rule SugarD out, he's just trying to help..
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Frank_Hawk on January 10, 2014, 10:28:50 pm
Let's all take it easy from here on:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Esy9l3MJ32U
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Gandalf on January 11, 2014, 12:26:41 pm
I feel sad for you. You again came to act smartass without getting all the information you need.

Kojak himself named me the Pillar of this Community which automatically puts me on the Legend list. I wasn't named a Legend by random people, i was named by well-known Division Leader.

Skype conversation with Gandalf:
[16.11.2013 14:28:32] Acika: What are the chances for the Luciano family to keep its properties ?
[16.11.2013 16:40:55] Ronnel Productions: depending on activity, all families will be reviewed

And to mention that day before RS5 was released i spoke to Zaila and he told me that Luciano HQ will be set.

I love the way how you think you know everything and im missing your quizes.


xox Acika


PS: For Borus: I know that sometimes the things i write are not popular, but i may not disappoint army of my fans (haters)

As long as Luciano supports the wrong projects, I do not see them becoming official at any time.
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Gandalf on January 11, 2014, 12:29:01 pm
Arguements will be kept for months but nothing will change.
On the contrary. We are making changes.
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Acika on January 11, 2014, 04:47:22 pm
As long as Luciano supports the wrong projects, I do not see them becoming official at any time.
Wrong project ? I heard that you're supporting that "wrong project" too.
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: SugarD on January 11, 2014, 07:53:35 pm
Wrong project ? I heard that you're supporting that "wrong project" too.
If you think Argonath RPG is the wrong project, then why are you still here? ;)
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Gandalf on January 11, 2014, 09:30:35 pm
Wrong project ? I heard that you're supporting that "wrong project" too.
People lie.
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Acika on January 11, 2014, 10:04:39 pm
If you think Argonath RPG is the wrong project, then why are you still here? ;)
Are you okay ?

People lie.
Shall we continue this over PM or skype ?
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Gandalf on January 11, 2014, 10:06:44 pm
Are you okay ?
Shall we continue this over PM or skype ?
sure
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Omar Aly on January 11, 2014, 10:11:12 pm
Typical internet... This topic is typical internet
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: SugarD on January 11, 2014, 10:15:59 pm
Are you okay ?
I'm doing great, how about yourself?
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Jubin on January 11, 2014, 10:16:28 pm
Typical internet... This topic is typical internet
Waiting for Godwins Law?
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Ben. on January 11, 2014, 10:25:18 pm
So, umm, is everyone enjoying their online gaming?

I'm sure arguing on-line is thrilling and all, but seeing as no-one's really going to "win" as people don't tend to back down on-line ("Keyboard warriors" I believe the nickname is), might be best if you just meet up somewhere, have a punch-up and whoever wins gets to do whatever they want.

Regards,
An amused onlooker
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Acika on January 11, 2014, 10:38:56 pm
I'm doing great, how about yourself?
I'm cool. Do you have any idea what are we talking about ? :)
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Acika on January 11, 2014, 10:42:04 pm
Now you really are a legend. I'm so glad you finally pointed it out. "Wiseguys" like him who think they are someone but actually they're just a subject of a good laugh had to be put in place, though nobody had the balls for it. I respect you even more now. Though I would rule SugarD out, he's just trying to help..
The moment you admit you dont have the balls :lol:
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Morais on January 11, 2014, 11:40:14 pm
Random Post is Random

Confession:
Sometimes I feel like DDOSing Argonath just to prove it to SugarD that Interpol or FBI or anybody ain't gonna do shit.

go away james you're drunk. Now everyone will think it is you don't you get it

#conspiracy
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Louis H on January 11, 2014, 11:48:29 pm
 ;)  ;)
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Devin on January 11, 2014, 11:57:05 pm
It looks like some people are getting a little forward and indirectly asking to be dealt with.
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Julio. on January 12, 2014, 12:21:17 am
It is important to take the time to thank everyone who took their time creating RS5 (Rock Stars RPG 5.0). Us players want the scripting team and developers to know that we are very pleased with the quality of RS5. Regarding the issues of RS5, I feel the developers and scripting team should have to change nothing. The community needs to simply wait and let it adjust.

JDC and Jubin have addressed the issue perfectly. RS5 is newborn and has yet to enter its prime which is truly exciting as we wait to see what unfolds. It is important that we as a community keep patient. Once ARUN is set up, we will all have opportunities to voice our compliments, opinions and issues.

I don't often agree with Munna, but... this time I do.
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Teddy on January 12, 2014, 02:51:00 am
Useless mutter removed; please remember we do have rules here. Thank you.
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Lincoln. on January 12, 2014, 03:13:51 am
The moment you admit you dont have the balls :lol:
:lol: :lol: :lol:


Acika is the true legend of Argonath, you must get along with that, JDC. There is ARMY of people who are supporting Acika, we want you to start supporting this legend with us.
So, will you, please? I hope we can count on you!
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Meepy on January 12, 2014, 04:14:02 am
:lol: :lol: :lol:


Acika is the true legend of Argonath, you must get along with that, JDC. There is ARMY of people who are supporting Acika, we want you to start supporting this legend with us.
So, will you, please? I hope we can count on you!

You sure kiss lots of ass, don't you?
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Sandi on January 12, 2014, 04:19:38 am
Acika for some people.. F**n DMer ser

but he actually thaught me everything I know in samp wich I am really thankfull..

You people are all blind next to healthy eyes..fine..be that way
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: JDC on January 12, 2014, 09:59:10 am
Acika is the true legend of Argonath, you must get along with that, JDC. There is ARMY of people who are supporting Acika, we want you to start supporting this legend with us.
So, will you, please? I hope we can count on you!

(http://patterico.com/files/2011/04/Sheep_mouton.rebelle.jpg)
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Benn on January 12, 2014, 10:07:48 am
(http://patterico.com/files/2011/04/Sheep_mouton.rebelle.jpg)
  :rofl:  :rofl:
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: TiMoN on January 12, 2014, 10:19:58 am
:lol: :lol: :lol:


Acika is the true legend of Argonath, you must get along with that, JDC. There is ARMY of people who are supporting Acika, we want you to start supporting this legend with us.
So, will you, please? I hope we can count on you!
Can I also be a legend? I have been a luciano before.  :neutral:
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Sandi on January 12, 2014, 01:55:58 pm
what's the point of the sheeps JDC..wich one is you  ?
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Lustigkurre on January 12, 2014, 02:08:13 pm
:lol: :lol: :lol:


Acika is the true legend of Argonath
'

 :rofl:
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: KhornateMonkey on January 12, 2014, 02:58:16 pm
Acika is the true legend of Argonath!

how do I become a legend like Acika?
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Rusty on January 12, 2014, 03:10:42 pm
Most of the people you would define as "legends" don't even play here anymore, only a small handful still float around from time to time.
None in this topic anyway.
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Bundy on January 12, 2014, 03:18:21 pm
how do I become a legend like Acika?
PLAY LEAGUE OF LEGENDS!!!!!

(http://global3.memecdn.com/ha-ha-haaa_gp_253804.jpg)
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: KhornateMonkey on January 12, 2014, 03:20:16 pm
(http://images1.fanpop.com/images/quiz/12213_1213577092107_324_278.jpg)
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Lincoln. on January 12, 2014, 04:30:08 pm
You sure kiss lots of ass, don't you?
No, only asses of real legends, and there aren't much.



(http://patterico.com/files/2011/04/Sheep_mouton.rebelle.jpg)

Okay, so you're going to support the REAL legend! Thanks for joining our sheep supporters group! JDC for the leader as Acika's biggest fan!


ACIKA THE LEGEND
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Teddy on January 12, 2014, 04:39:57 pm
Enough with who is a legend or who isn't. Its a game, if that's something that honestly concerns you... I have bad news for you about your real life. Its not the point of this topic; if nothing further is to be added then this topic can be just be ignored. Any other posts on it will be removed.
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Jaka_Lah on January 12, 2014, 05:12:25 pm
ACIKA THE LEGEND
(http://i.imgur.com/TaTdV.gif)

Enough with who is a legend or who isn't. Its a game, if that's something that honestly concerns you... I have bad news for you about your real life. Its not the point of this topic; if nothing further is to be added then this topic can be just be ignored. Any other posts on it will be removed.
Why not lock the topic than?
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Teddy on January 12, 2014, 05:17:56 pm
Why not lock the topic than?

No need
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Julio. on January 12, 2014, 07:20:43 pm
Most of the people you would define as "legends" don't even play here anymore, only a small handful still float around from time to time.
None in this topic anyway.


Indeed, the only guy I'd refer to as a legend is jcstodds
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: SugarD on January 13, 2014, 07:13:17 am
I'm cool. Do you have any idea what are we talking about ? :)
I sure do!
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: TheLegitHabibi on January 13, 2014, 07:33:15 am
Jokes apart, the legends of Argonath I know are TeaM MIB.
Creating a clan that's completely like a family. You can't get in without being literlayy like a family member with them. The friendships and love amongst them.

Nonetheless the biggest legend in Argonath I know is TeaM Ethan.
You know why? He's happy. He makes everyone happy. He's the guy who taught me to (mind my language) be nobody's bitch. There's no need to asslick. You gotta learn its a game and start to have fun! Do what you really want! Do what makes you laugh and enjoy!!! I was the dude after ranks and money, so attached to virtual stuff. And that's what he changed. I'm a happy person now :)
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: KhornateMonkey on January 13, 2014, 10:02:51 am
Nonetheless the biggest legend in Argonath I know is TeaM Ethan.
You know why? He's happy. He makes everyone happy. He's the guy who taught me to (mind my language) be nobody's bad girl. There's no need to asslick. You gotta learn its a game and start to have fun! Do what you really want! Do what makes you laugh and enjoy!!! I was the dude after ranks and money, so attached to virtual stuff. And that's what he changed. I'm a happy person now :)

You sound like a reformed drug user.
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Stivi on January 13, 2014, 01:20:49 pm
You sound like a reformed drug user.
dem FBIs
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Nexxt on January 13, 2014, 01:52:56 pm
Oh, as Gandalf wants it directed at him, here I go.

Well you suck big time old grey man! I didn't expect RS5 to be cool and now it is, resulting I am playing more than I wanted. I mean, I can control that but I started to like Argonath again, because of it's new scripts. You're so bad that you made these ideas, everyone hates..... oh wait, thanks for the cool scripts, hahaha!
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Nexus_Riggs on January 13, 2014, 03:17:34 pm
I have a suggestion to temporarily increase players in the server. Which is purchasing a hosted tab for a month. The chepeast is about $19.00 dollars, but if we raise donations this is possible. It's a temporary way to keep this samp community alive until RS5 is complete.
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Mikal on January 13, 2014, 03:19:47 pm
I have a suggestion to temporarily increase players in the server. Which is purchasing a hosted tab for a month. The chepeast is about $19.00 dollars, but if we raise donations this is possible. It's a temporary way to keep this samp community alive until RS5 is complete.
Hosted tab...?
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Devin on January 13, 2014, 03:20:54 pm
At this point in time there is 318 servers on the hosted tab, is there any necessity to spend money on it being under the hosted tab compared to the normal tab?

And by the looks of it, all the servers that are listed under the "Internet" tab are listed on the "Hosted" tab nowadays.
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Mikal on January 13, 2014, 03:22:29 pm
Oh now I see what the hosted tab is.. Yeh whats the point? If theres 318 servers listed there Argonath isn't exactly going to be in your face when you click on said tab is it..
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Kewlizm on January 13, 2014, 03:28:08 pm
Oh, as Gandalf wants it directed at him, here I go.

Well you suck big time old grey man! I didn't expect RS5 to be cool and now it is, resulting I am playing more than I wanted. I mean, I can control that but I started to like Argonath again, because of it's new scripts. You're so bad that you made these ideas, everyone hates..... oh wait, thanks for the cool scripts, hahaha!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0tJGk4ofc18
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Khm on January 13, 2014, 04:12:20 pm
I have a suggestion to temporarily increase players in the server. Which is purchasing a hosted tab for a month. The chepeast is about $19.00 dollars, but if we raise donations this is possible. It's a temporary way to keep this samp community alive until RS5 is complete.
Who said that RS5 is incomplete?
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Marcel on January 13, 2014, 04:18:52 pm
I have a suggestion to temporarily increase players in the server. Which is purchasing a hosted tab for a month. The chepeast is about $19.00 dollars, but if we raise donations this is possible. It's a temporary way to keep this samp community alive until RS5 is complete.
Hosted tab is for kids that want people to play their downloaded and slightly edited gamemode scripts. No offense, but that is not what Argonath needs.

First and last post in this thread: kids, please stop this drama.
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Pandalink on January 13, 2014, 06:14:53 pm
Who said that RS5 is incomplete?
Everyone?
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Khm on January 13, 2014, 06:18:41 pm
Everyone?
Not everyone. If i say it's complete, it won't be everyone. Isn't it?
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Pandalink on January 13, 2014, 06:23:32 pm
Not everyone. If i say it's complete, it won't be everyone. Isn't it?
It was released early because of the RS4 data incident.

.. do you genuinely consider RS5 finished?
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Khm on January 13, 2014, 06:27:18 pm
It was released early because of the RS4 data incident.

.. do you genuinely consider RS5 finished?
The things that players want to use are completed, why you care about the other scripts while you didn't care about them in RS4, then?
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Jaka_Lah on January 13, 2014, 06:32:48 pm
The things that players want to use are completed, why you care about the other scripts while you didn't care about them in RS4, then?
Because when someone tells you it's finished it's supposed to be finished, you don't go into a bakery and eat bread dough.

Why would you care if something isn't there when it wasn't there before? I don't know, inter galactic comunication doesn't exsist yet and I would be pissed off if it was a feature in the update 2.0.1.2 and isn't in the update 2.0.1.4, catching my drift?

If you say something is complete it should be complete, all of it.. why not call it a beta? It isn't even a bad word seeing as you need to pay for most of the betas on steam nowadays.
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Khm on January 13, 2014, 06:36:51 pm
Because when someone tells you it's finished it's supposed to be finished, you don't go into a bakery and eat bread dough.

Why would you care if something isn't there when it wasn't there before? I don't know, inter galactic comunication doesn't exsist yet and I would be pissed off if it was a feature in the update 2.0.1.2 and isn't in the update 2.0.1.4, catching my drift?

If you say something is complete it should be complete, all of it.. why not call it a beta? It isn't even a bad word seeing as you need to pay for most of the betas on steam nowadays.
So you want RS4 back while there are bugs that players don't care about, while the same in RS5 and you say it's uncompleted. Great logic.
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Jaka_Lah on January 13, 2014, 07:39:18 pm
So you want RS4 back while there are bugs that players don't care about, while the same in RS5 and you say it's uncompleted. Great logic.
Woah woah woah let's clam  (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=irF5sBTVniI)down here a bit cow, I never said I want RS4 back. But RS5 is still incomplete.
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Khm on January 13, 2014, 07:42:57 pm
Woah woah woah let's clam  (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=irF5sBTVniI)down here a bit cow, I never said I want RS4 back. But RS5 is still incomplete.
Means RS4.1 is also incomplete.
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Pingster on January 13, 2014, 07:45:11 pm
RS5 is not going to be finished as long as there are ideas and scripters to fulfil these ideas. That's the difference between RS4 and RS5, RS4 didn't get new updates and was considered 'finished' only because RS5 was in development. As there is not going to be RS6, consider that this will never be finished.


As far as beta or not beta, I still remember Gandalf saying that RS5 won't go out of beta until all the bugs are dealt with, but the stance on that changed, for various reasons, some of them being that people just don't care to play on a server that is prone to reset completely in a moment and has shitton of bug-abused items in it.
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Sandi on January 13, 2014, 07:45:52 pm
How much arguing ... just because RS5 came :s
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Pandalink on January 13, 2014, 08:22:17 pm
why you care about the other scripts while you didn't care about them in RS4, then?
Are you actually serious?
I have no words.

I'm done with this conversation.
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Jaka_Lah on January 13, 2014, 08:48:36 pm
Means RS4.1 is also incomplete.
Some times I see the world wide education system failing and I wonder how we made it so far without terminating our speecies, because let's be clear, you would be the one going "what does this button do"
Cow or sheep, pick a side.
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Khm on January 13, 2014, 08:53:18 pm
Some times I see the world wide education system failing and I wonder how we made it so far without terminating our speecies, because let's be clear, you would be the one going "what does this button do"
Cow or sheep, pick a side.
What about pressing both buttons together? That can make it screwed like the life is, right?
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Jaka_Lah on January 13, 2014, 08:56:41 pm
What about pressing both buttons together? That can make it screwed like the life is, right?
Yeeeah but one button woul probably just make farting sounds
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Khm on January 13, 2014, 08:59:26 pm
Yeeeah but one button woul probably just make farting sounds
That's why i would choose both, make the farting sound and make what ever the other button does.
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Gandalf on January 13, 2014, 09:09:18 pm
Woah woah woah let's clam  (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=irF5sBTVniI)down here a bit cow, I never said I want RS4 back. But RS5 is still incomplete.
RS54 is not imvomplete, it is in development. That means we are going to add features and change things according to what we feel is needed, as well as develop things based on ideas we receive.
Indeed this development was brought forward. However I am sure the scripting team has worked a lot harder due to their changes having live impact as when they were just working on doing it one thing at the time. Ther is something magic about being able to introduce new things on the run, it motivates.
Somehow no matter how long beta testers work, and how many issues they find, once a server goes live the player manage to find a whole new range. That is mainly because beta testers actually know how things work, where as regular players will just try anything as they might not understood how to give a command. This has happened with the introduction of every script, and is nothing strange.
Why else would companies like Microsoft, Google and Rockstar Games bring out quick updates on their major new releases. It happens there, it happens in smaller projects like our scripts as well.
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Jaka_Lah on January 13, 2014, 09:10:55 pm
That's why i would choose both, make the farting sound and make what ever the other button does.
Probably set off a atom combuster setting off a black hole that would break the space time continuous which would make you pernamently listen to the fart sound untill every single atom would combust into thin matter and each one would explode stronger than ten nukes going on but the best part is that you wouldn't know any of this is happening because your brain would work slower than the time everything is happening so you would of fallen into a dream world in which you would continue to live your life but in the real(?) world you are combusting in a slow phase, every atom dissapearing, slowing down time untill it stops, but at that point everything is black as the sun rays are too slow to reach earth that is imploding on itself, all because you wanted to hear a fart sound, thanks cow.
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Khm on January 13, 2014, 09:14:16 pm
Probably set off a atom combuster setting off a black hole that would break the space time continuous which would make you pernamently listen to the fart sound untill every single atom would combust into thin matter and each one would explode stronger than ten nukes going on but the best part is that you wouldn't know any of this is happening because your brain would work slower than the time everything is happening so you would of fallen into a dream world in which you would continue to live your life but in the real(?) world you are combusting in a slow phase, every atom dissapearing, slowing down time untill it stops, but at that point everything is black as the sun rays are too slow to reach earth that is imploding on itself, all because you wanted to hear a fart sound, thanks cow.
We love making troubles. We love being in troubles.
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Afyea on January 13, 2014, 09:14:44 pm
RS54

I tought RS5 was last update! MEh, maybe a typo
.

Edit: MY 777 post! yay!  :bananarock:
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Kapil on January 13, 2014, 09:18:31 pm
Things happen
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Bruce. on January 13, 2014, 09:22:19 pm
RS54 is not imvomplete, it is in development. That means we are going to add features and change things according to what we feel is needed, as well as develop things based on ideas we receive.
Indeed this development was brought forward. However I am sure the scripting team has worked a lot harder due to their changes having live impact as when they were just working on doing it one thing at the time. Ther is something magic about being able to introduce new things on the run, it motivates.
Somehow no matter how long beta testers work, and how many issues they find, once a server goes live the player manage to find a whole new range. That is mainly because beta testers actually know how things work, where as regular players will just try anything as they might not understood how to give a command. This has happened with the introduction of every script, and is nothing strange.
Why else would companies like Microsoft, Google and Rockstar Games bring out quick updates on their major new releases. It happens there, it happens in smaller projects like our scripts as well.

RS54 is not imvomplete, it is in development. That means we are going to add features and change things according to what we feel is needed, as well as develop things based on ideas we receive.
Indeed this development was brought forward. However I am sure the scripting team has worked a lot harder due to their changes having live impact as when they were just working on doing it one thing at the time. Ther is something magic about being able to introduce new things on the run, it motivates.


RS54 is not imvomplete, it is in development. That means we are going to add features and change things according to what we feel is needed, as well as develop things based on ideas we receive.

RS54 is not imvomplete, it is in development.

RS54

SAY WHAAAAAT?
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Jaka_Lah on January 13, 2014, 09:27:29 pm

SAY WHAAAAAT?
Hey, remember when that guy llost his shit when Gandalf wrote something wrong..
Things happen
Exatcly, from the RS4 server dying in such an unfortunate manner, forcing faster development on Rs5 and forcing being released in such a state, shit happens, but fuck it, I like the scripring approach of scripting what the comunity wants but the thing is seeing from the development state this whole rs4/5 misshap happened about 6 months too early, but if the comunity can deal with it like Khm is.. I ain't even mad.
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Pingster on January 13, 2014, 09:36:51 pm
That is mainly because beta testers actually know how things work, where as regular players will just try anything as they might not understood how to give a command.
That was the reason for open beta, that is also part of the reason for live release.... so what to do when you feel the regular players know how things work?  :neutral2:


much funny very bruce
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Bruce. on January 13, 2014, 09:47:03 pm
Hey, remember when that guy llost his shit when Gandalf wrote something wrong..
Nope :O What happened?
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: JDC on January 13, 2014, 09:56:50 pm
RS54

Holy shit, i have been inactive much longer than I thought :lol:
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Jaka_Lah on January 13, 2014, 10:08:27 pm
Nope :O What happened?
Something simmilar to his:
Holy shit, i have been inactive much longer than I thought :lol:

...Jesus cristo, ovelhas
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: SugarD on January 14, 2014, 12:24:06 am
As there is not going to be RS6...
Says who?!?
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: murdoxix on January 14, 2014, 12:34:43 am
Says who?!?
Gandalf...
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Ted on January 14, 2014, 01:16:14 am
At this point in time there is 318 servers on the hosted tab, is there any necessity to spend money on it being under the hosted tab compared to the normal tab?

And by the looks of it, all the servers that are listed under the "Internet" tab are listed on the "Hosted" tab nowadays.

That's how they earn pennies from the young and dumb :) The official tab was far better however much a pain in the arse it was to get on it. I seem to remember the development team Kalcor or whatever his name is now had issues with communities supporting other mods?

Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Sandi on January 14, 2014, 02:02:33 am
no rs6 aaaaaw :(
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: TheLegitHabibi on January 14, 2014, 08:14:24 am
Holy shit, i have been inactive much longer than I thought :lol:

Posting soo much on the forums every freaking day of his life like he got nothing else to do.
And nigga be like. "I've been inactive"
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Gandalf on January 14, 2014, 10:57:52 am
That's how they earn pennies from the young and dumb :) The official tab was far better however much a pain in the arse it was to get on it. I seem to remember the development team Kalcor or whatever his name is now had issues with communities supporting other mods?
The original thing SA:MP had was an official tab, where the team chose the most innovative servers. Argonath was on it every time we applied.
This was changed to a paid hosted tab, which was a suggestion from one of the largest hosting companies that offered Kalcor (Kyle) a part of the money. However they used this as a forceful way to promote their own hosting, making is hard for others to get on to it. Besides that, a hosted tab was nothing of value like an official listing was.
At the end of the year, after they 'took over'two other large SAMP hosters, they got in to a dispute with Kalcor about the money they promised him. The hosted tab disappeared. It returned later, but as I was no longer following closely I do not know how the status of it is today.
What I do know is that Kalcor is an excellent programmer, but terrible at business and organization.
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Marcel on January 14, 2014, 02:57:50 pm

What I do know is that Kalcor is an excellent programmer, but terrible at business and organization.

The only good programmers in the sa-mp community are Kalcor, Y_less, Zeex and Westie, the rest are mostly using work made by others and indeed, very bad at business.. :rofl:
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: SugarD on January 14, 2014, 05:29:59 pm
Gandalf...
Where exactly? I have yet to ever see this...
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Pazienza on January 14, 2014, 06:08:18 pm
Where exactly? I have yet to ever see this...

4. RS5 is probably the last full game mode we will create for SA:MP, it is up to you to make it special. But remember our scripts have never been the main reason of playing.
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: murdoxix on January 14, 2014, 06:56:05 pm
Thank you very very very much Pazienzia
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: SugarD on January 14, 2014, 07:24:09 pm

That quote says "probably" the last "full" game mode for SA:MP. It does not say that there won't be updates, RS6, or anything definite. All it is saying is that RS5 will likely be the last major rewrite/script base.
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Jaka_Lah on January 14, 2014, 07:46:56 pm
That quote says "probably" the last "full" game mode for SA:MP. It does not say that there won't be updates, RS6, or anything definite. All it is saying is that RS5 will likely be the last major rewrite/script base.
Yes.. RS6 would mean a new game mode.. aka a major script rewrite, there will be updates but not a new game mode. I want to quote a personal message from gandalf but it's personal for a reason.. The simple version is that SAMP is turning into VCMP and why should anyone make a new game mode for an alredy dying franchise.. it isn't 2010 anymore, I miss it but SAMP is slowly going away.. Why would Gandalf make his sheep script for a dying game mode rather than support something like V:MP that is comming out or M2:MP .. why look into the past when you can look into the future.

Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: SugarD on January 14, 2014, 07:57:06 pm
Yes.. RS6 would mean a new game mode.. aka a major script rewrite...
Says who? Everything up to RS4.1 was using the same base system. RS5 was the rewrite. RS6 could easily be a large update to the RS5 base.
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Pingster on January 14, 2014, 08:08:34 pm
Says who? Everything up to RS4.1 was using the same base system. RS5 was the rewrite. RS6 could easily be a large update to the RS5 base.
Just to make clear, RS5 will certainly be updated and worked on for a long time to come. As you may know, RS4 was worked on and updated for 5 years, and R5 will probably be no different.
By the time 2018 is finishing, we hope that there is something much more exciting available as SA:MP will by that time be where VC is today.
3. We do not control player count. We provide something to play in, and if nobody wants to use it we will do somehting else. GTA:SA is 10 years old, SA:MP is 8 years. People grow and move on, new games ave arrived.
If you wish to suggest new things to look at, they are always welcome.

4. RS5 is probably the last full game mode we will create for SA:MP, it is up to you to make it special. But remember our scripts have never been the main reason of playing.
Just because Gandalf doesn't spell it out (would be silly to go into such absolutes this early anyway) doesn't mean the underlying point isn't sent across.

I want to see the guy who wants to rewrite Argo SA:MP RPG in the lovely PAWN 5 years from now, when we have a brand new gen of consoles, GTA 6/7 and hoverboard.
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Ted on January 14, 2014, 10:24:35 pm
The original thing SA:MP had was an official tab, where the team chose the most innovative servers. Argonath was on it every time we applied.
This was changed to a paid hosted tab, which was a suggestion from one of the largest hosting companies that offered Kalcor (Kyle) a part of the money. However they used this as a forceful way to promote their own hosting, making is hard for others to get on to it. Besides that, a hosted tab was nothing of value like an official listing was.
At the end of the year, after they 'took over'two other large SAMP hosters, they got in to a dispute with Kalcor about the money they promised him. The hosted tab disappeared. It returned later, but as I was no longer following closely I do not know how the status of it is today.
What I do know is that Kalcor is an excellent programmer, but terrible at business and organization.


Yeah that was it I don't know where I got the pain in the arse bit from though but it was a while ago most things are a bit vague to me. I do remember the days we used to be on the official tab we were hitting 120 - 150 server slots at the time (I can't remember which) at the height of SA-MP. Good days :) I agree with you terrible business at the end of it all it didn't pan out as well as most would like.
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Rusty on January 14, 2014, 11:53:03 pm
Just hope the server regains it's previous activity levels, first time I've ever seen it like this.
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: TheLegitHabibi on January 15, 2014, 03:36:55 am
Mannnnn samp isn't going away.
Go to the internet tab and check servers with player count. There are servers with like 500-1000 player slots and they are fkimg full at peak time.

Samp is still alive and running. Its our server which is dying.
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: MikeSangelo on January 15, 2014, 04:10:58 am
The reason SA:MP and GTA:SA in general are still going strong is due to the fact that is an easily runnable game on virtually every PC, even most netbooks can run it. I believe as long as we continue to improve the server, people will come to realize that ArgonathRPG is a great community to be with and spend their time playing on with us.
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: JDC on January 15, 2014, 04:29:31 am
Mannnnn samp isn't going away.
Go to the internet tab and check servers with player count. There are servers with like 500-1000 player slots and they are fkimg full at peak time.

Samp is still alive and running. Its our server which is dying.

There were also servers like those several years ago, but the total number of SA:MP servers has decreased since then. Argonath isn't "dying", so get your facts straight instead of distorting things.
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Pingster on January 15, 2014, 11:19:15 am
Go to the internet tab and check servers with player count. There are servers with like 500-1000 player slots and they are fkimg full at peak time.
Yeah but our servers aren't russian, so ..
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: SugarD on January 15, 2014, 11:51:59 am
Yeah but our servers aren't russian, so ..
Although it doesn't matter, I'd just like to note that not all of our servers are Russian (http://www.argonathrpg.eu/index.php?topic=94185), anyway. :D
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: TiMoN on January 15, 2014, 12:03:16 pm
Although it doesn't matter, I'd just like to note that not all of our servers are Russian (http://www.argonathrpg.eu/index.php?topic=94185), anyway. :D
But that website isn't available.. D:
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Traxter93 on January 15, 2014, 12:36:01 pm
Hello From Albania <3

How is everyone?

RS5 FTW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 :) :D :lol: ;) :balance: :mad: :hah: :neutral2: :uhm:
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Shorty. on January 15, 2014, 12:41:34 pm
Hello From Albania <3

How is everyone?

RS5 FTW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 :) :D :lol: ;) :balance: :mad: :hah: :neutral2: :uhm:
This aint a "Hi" topic Mahn!

@James, so, you are saying that you are bad in english ?? :uhm:
I dont think so :strong:
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Bundy on January 15, 2014, 01:41:25 pm
Hello From Albania <3

How is everyone?

RS5 FTW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 :) :D :lol: ;) :balance: :mad: :hah: :neutral2: :uhm:
lol go play league man
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Jack Rosso on January 15, 2014, 01:42:02 pm
There were also servers like those several years ago, but the total number of SA:MP servers has decreased since then. Argonath isn't "dying", so get your facts straight instead of distorting things.

Ofcourse Argonath isn't dying, argonath SA:MP is doing perfectly. I've never seen such an amount of players, woah, so amazing so beautiful. RS5 is great everyone loves it awesome oh woah so beautiful. I think Ronnel needs to buy more slots for the server because we can't handle this amount of players.

perfect example of ''Nothing going on here.. keep on walking people''

(is your philippines internet connection that slow that you're actually still playing in the RS4 mode two years ago?)

Anyway.. atleast you're living the argonath vision dream there, perfect example.
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: SugarD on January 15, 2014, 02:25:13 pm
SA:MP is not dying. People are just too lazy to actually log in because they can't find anything better to do than moan about how they don't like certain scripts.
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Morais on January 15, 2014, 02:35:39 pm
SA:MP is not dying. People are just too lazy to actually log in because they can't find anything better to do than moan about how they don't like certain scripts.

yeah i'm pretty sure it's just that.

-not.
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Mikal on January 15, 2014, 02:50:16 pm
SA:MP is not dying. People are just too lazy to actually log in because they can't find anything better to do than moan about how they don't like certain scripts.
Or it's because they are grateful for the scripters work but would rather RS4..
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: SugarD on January 15, 2014, 02:57:11 pm
Or it's because they are grateful for the scripters work but would rather RS4..
I'm fairly certain most of them are just moaning.
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Mikal on January 15, 2014, 03:12:24 pm
I'm fairly certain most of them are just moaning.
How are they moaning by not playing? They are not playing because they do not want to play..
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: SugarD on January 15, 2014, 03:15:20 pm
How are they moaning by not playing? They are not playing because they do not want to play..
I mean that most of those choosing to not play are just sitting around moaning about things, rather than just disliking the new design and using that as a reason. I can't even count how many times I've seen people **** on the server because they didn't agree with the scripts.
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Devin on January 15, 2014, 03:18:15 pm
Times change, people find new places to do things and others move on.
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Mikal on January 15, 2014, 03:21:43 pm
I mean that most of those choosing to not play are just sitting around moaning about things, rather than just disliking the new design and using that as a reason. I can't even count how many times I've seen people **** on the server because they didn't agree with the scripts.
Well I think that moan shit storm pretty much calmed down now and those who don't like RS5 have shut up and stopped playing altogether.. :rolleyes:

Times change, people find new places to do things and others move on.
Or they are just banned for a few months.. :gand:
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: SugarD on January 15, 2014, 03:23:14 pm
Well I think that moan shit storm pretty much calmed down now and those who don't like RS5 have shut up and stopped playing altogether.. :rolleyes:
Or they are just banned for a few months.. :gand:
I'm worried. I actually partially agree with you. D:
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Pandalink on January 15, 2014, 03:28:35 pm
People are just too lazy to actually log in
This literally makes no sense - use your head, man.

I'm fairly certain most of them are just moaning.
Sorry, but this is just outright total ignorance, and I've seen it said time and time again on here. It hurts me every time I see it.

You can't antagonise such a wide range of people just because you disagree with them. It doesn't help that this entire "anti-server" argument with regards to RS5 is a f**king strawman against an ideology that doesn't even exist.

Progress isn't made by writing off the opinions of those who disagree.
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Mopreme on January 15, 2014, 03:38:20 pm
Times change, people find new places to do things and others move on.
What does it tell you that people find new places to do things and others move on as a result of the change in Argo?
But yet again, the truth and reality of the outcome of four years of work can be tough to accept.
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: AK47 on January 15, 2014, 03:50:10 pm
The hard truth that you need to realize is that RS5 is a big dissppoinment to the most sampplayers and that is why the playercount only reaches around 15-30 players instead of the usual 115-130 players.

I hardly believe that 100 players just "moved on". Accept it.
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: JDC on January 15, 2014, 03:56:27 pm
The filthy comment which was posted here has been removed - Steven_J (Phil)

We've had a drastic player count drop. From the server being full on Saturday nights with around 200 players to only around 30.
We used to have 30-60 players on mornings, and American times and now that dropped to 10 or less.

If that still isn't the server "dying" for you, then either you're joking, or you're definitely trying to look like the "good guy" praising the server to get some rank.

I do not need "ranks" because I walked away from more than what you will ever achieve, at this rate. Pretty funny that this post is coming from someone who, with his fellow Argo-haters, worships a kid who DDoS'ed the server.

RS5 is a rough time for SA:MP, but daily we are gaining new players (with ZERO advertising by the way, unlike what some people we both know had to do). If you do not have a shred of loyalty in your bones to this community enough to stick through it instead of pointing fingers and moaning, that is not my problem.

Also, the people who are moaning about RS5? Most of them have not even done enough research, and as such have no right to write off the server so easily. Now THAT is worse than "the intellect and common sense of a mentally handicapped person", as you put it.



I will not apologize if the statements I have made in support of the community come off as abrasive to people who hate it. If all you will do when sticking around is moan and shit it and the ones who actually love it, then leave.
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Phil on January 15, 2014, 04:07:18 pm
I find it absolutely disgusting at anyone who insults people or compares them to having a disability.
Expect servere action if that happens again.
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Meepy on January 15, 2014, 04:36:05 pm
Or maybe because people actually move on to different things. I myself rather play games I have more fun with. Playing the same game for 3-4 years gets boring.

It also seems like everyone who isn't a patriot of Argonath is just a "shitter" on the server because they have completely different view points.
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: JDC on January 15, 2014, 04:38:29 pm
It also seems like everyone who isn't a patriot of Argonath is just a "shitter" on the server because they have completely different view points.

It's one thing to not be defensive of the community. It's an entirely different thing when someone comes in here just to moan and complain while not making any meaningful contributions, or not even being on the server at all. If those aren't examples of shitters, tell me what is.
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: TheLegitHabibi on January 15, 2014, 04:42:28 pm
It's one thing to not be defensive of the community. It's an entirely different thing when someone comes in here just to moan and complain while not making any meaningful contributions, or not even being on the server at all. If those aren't examples of shitters, tell me what is.

If youre directing that to me, well I think going in game with a group to increase roleplay is a much larger contribution than simply talking about it on the forums like you do.
I suggest if you'd like to help argo, come in game and teach new players how to roleplay.
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: JDC on January 15, 2014, 04:48:45 pm
If youre directing that to me, well I think going in game with a group to increase roleplay is a much larger contribution than simply talking about it on the forums like you do.

A group named after an enemy of the community that you and your friends just had to make not one, but two moan topics against Zaila's decision...

I suggest if you'd like to help argo, come in game and teach new players how to roleplay.

I am already here almost everyday, which is more than could be said for some of those who are complaining that the player count is low.
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: TheLegitHabibi on January 15, 2014, 04:55:18 pm
A group named after an enemy of the community that you and your friends just had to make not one, but two moan topics against Zaila's decision...

I am already here almost everyday, which is more than could be said for some of those who are complaining that the player count is low.

No sir, not being here helps!
You should actually come in game and help players with the commands and teach them how to roleplay! :)
Cmon, its so much better than countering arguments on the forums and saying you're helping people.
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: BarelyVisible on January 15, 2014, 05:07:07 pm
If youre directing that to me, well I think going in game with a group to increase roleplay is a much larger contribution than simply talking about it on the forums like you do.
I suggest if you'd like to help argo, come in game and teach new players how to roleplay.

I usually stay out of these types of arguments because I see little to gain by contributing to them, herein lies an exception.

At very least naming a group after a person who was infamous for attacking the server is extremely insensitive, if not deliberately inflammatory. Would you please care to explain what you hoped to achieve by doing this?
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: TheLegitHabibi on January 15, 2014, 05:24:45 pm
I'm sorry if the name of our group offended you. Thus we're changing it, and continuing with what we planned to do in the beginning.

Woka, meaning Friendship in Somalian is the reason why we chose the name. However it happened to be the name of a 12  year old who DDoSed Argonath long time ago. Unaware we caused an uproar, so we apologize for this.

We're currently planning to think of another name. Be sure to catch us in game to have some roleplay! :D
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Jack Rosso on January 15, 2014, 06:01:12 pm
SA:MP is not dying. People are just too lazy to actually log in because they can't find anything better to do than moan about how they don't like certain scripts.

If thats the case, its time to start listening to the players who actually do so as it appears to be the majority of the community. They're ''moaning'' for a reason, keep that in mind. Its not just SA:MP, because there a lots of servers (f.e LS-RP) who have recently had to actually upgrade their player slots because of the server being full all the time (500+ players on a daily basis).

Times change, people find new places to do things and others move on.

Exactly, but lets be honest about that.. It infact means that Argonath may be dieing. Instead of blaming it on ''exams'' and ''oh we just need to wait for RS5 to get accepted'' you can also speak out honestly and say that RS5 was a very unexpected negative thing, especially as all these years it's been expected to be the greatest script of all time on Argonath. Lets face it, many people who (used to be) playing Argonath cannot handle a totally different script which has a completely different way of gameplaying. (you're no longer gonna be DMing around, and that sure was what the majority was coming for.)

Quote from: JDC
Also, the people who are moaning about RS5? Most of them have not even done enough research, and as such have no right to write off the server so easily. Now THAT is worse than "the intellect and common sense of a mentally handicapped person", as you put it.

People don't enjoy the new gamemode, the new script-wise way of playing and the advanced aspect which has been added, thats why they leave. You don't need to finish Randomgamename 3 to know its a bad game. You don't need to finish a whole book to notice you don't like it.
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: AK47 on January 15, 2014, 06:23:14 pm
You nailed it!
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: SugarD on January 15, 2014, 06:34:44 pm
Woka, meaning Friendship in Somalian is the reason why we chose the name.
I think you may have confused the name with the word "saaxiibtinimo". Nice try, though.
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: eymas on January 15, 2014, 06:53:34 pm
I would've believed it if it was " Yūjō " (友情)
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Jaka_Lah on January 15, 2014, 06:57:42 pm
I think you may have confused the name with the word "saaxiibtinimo". Nice try, though.
He is kinda correct after a single google search;
http://lmgtfy.com/?q=%22meaning+of+woka%22+-waka
Woka means nothing..

Not even sure if the word exsists..
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: TheLegitHabibi on January 15, 2014, 06:59:10 pm
I think you may have confused the name with the word "saaxiibtinimo". Nice try, though.

Its pronounced Woka.
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Ethan. on January 15, 2014, 07:01:34 pm
I think you may have confused the name with the word "saaxiibtinimo". Nice try, though.

Listen here sir, i'm from Somalia and it is pronounced Woka.
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Cyril on January 15, 2014, 07:40:29 pm
Enough with the "Woka" non sense story. Next post about it will be deleted and user will be warned.
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: ClazzyJogel on January 16, 2014, 02:56:14 pm
Jack Rosso, you couldnt be more right.
I salute you, let the developers listen to the community.
"Having exam" doesent explain dropping from 150 to 20 players online.
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: JDC on January 16, 2014, 04:13:06 pm
I salute you, let the developers listen to the community.
"Having exam" doesent explain dropping from 150 to 20 players online.

And where are you ingame, contributing to the progress of this community instead of just attacking it on this forum? Wait, you aren't.

Are we really going to get started with another line of "the devs are stuck-up and do not listen to players at all" shit when it is clearly proven false as RS5 contains many ideas players have long demanded to be added?
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Zaila on January 16, 2014, 04:15:23 pm
Jack Rosso, you couldnt be more right.
I salute you, let the developers listen to the community.
"Having exam" doesent explain dropping from 150 to 20 players online.

We are listening to the community and got some changes planned which i wont go into more discussion about now.
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: [ATL]Antonio on January 16, 2014, 04:43:59 pm
Jack Rosso, you couldnt be more right.
I salute you, let the developers listen to the community.
"Having exam" doesent explain dropping from 150 to 20 players online.
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: AK47 on January 16, 2014, 04:48:34 pm
No hate towards the developers (me myself think RS5 is ok), but why can't you just accept the fact that most people think RS5 is a big failure and therefor left the server instead of hiding behind "Oh you know, exams, they grew up", cause as said before, I have a hard time believing 100 people got exams and grew up.
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Lustigkurre on January 16, 2014, 04:52:40 pm
lets hope one of those things being worked on is the random hospital spawn thing. and tab. and pns. and sprunkmachine.
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: JDC on January 16, 2014, 05:18:32 pm
No hate towards the developers (me myself think RS5 is ok), but why can't you just accept the fact that most people think RS5 is a big failure and therefor left the server instead of hiding behind "Oh you know, exams, they grew up", cause as said before, I have a hard time believing 100 people got exams and grew up.

And where is your substantiation for "fact"?

Apparently, you have failed to consider the following:

- GTA:SA is an old game, and not many people play it now as several years ago, despite being easy to run.
- SA:MP is in itself an old platform, with the number of servers now far below what it was several years ago.
- Argo MTA:SA has released a new gamemode that took its own player base to unprecedented heights.
- Some players left the server because their minds cannot see beyond the loss of some virtual money, or they can but are just too lazy to work for it again, and as such, do not deserve it.
- Developers had to resort to releasing RS5 ahead of schedule, instead of continuing RS4 with 4 months' worth of "reset", only to have players lose a SECOND time when they release RS5 after months of an RS4 with months of its own loss.

Read up on the facts before making false allegations.
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: [ATL]Antonio on January 16, 2014, 05:25:26 pm
i miss so much RS4 days
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Devin on January 16, 2014, 05:26:41 pm
Discussions are underway with regards to changes for the better with regards to the players and communities response to RS5.
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Jack Rosso on January 16, 2014, 06:03:50 pm
It's funny to see how people like you, JDC, and community staff thought and probably still thinks that the RS5 release was only gonna be a positive improvement and that the current player-base and community members were just gonna follow along. Even with scripts which would drasticly change the way of playing, making it much harder or even unable for some of the current players to continue with what they are doing right now on RS4 (think about all the disadvantages of criminals in RS5). It's also obvious that these scripts were implented with the intention to keep some type of players or groups away from the community, aka the DM groups. However, a script or gamemode isn't gonna change the mentality and way-of-playing for many community members. That means they'll dislike it, and leave.. and that's exactly the case right now. As predicted many people left because they are fed up with the new implentations and no longer can / may continue with the way they used to play on the server.

Now from a Administration POV, it could be great, finally you got rid of those people in the community who only wanted to DM and play Cops and Robbers on the server. Sadly enough that's the majority of the playerbase, which again caused the current mass-loss of players (they cannot longer do it on RS5). I guess the staff wanted quality over quantity, but does a new player want so aswell? Will a low playerbase just keep away new players and members of the community? Why would someone join a server with 15 people online? Especially with the current other roleplay communities which are massively visited, it appears Argonath might even dissapear in the big mass of less-visited RP servers, which are thousands and thousands today in the SAMP community. Again most of the players / staff expected RS5 to be a great release with only major improvements, but will it be with such little players around? Will these advanced new scripts actually get a good use with the amount of players the server will have? Will Argonath slowly fade away and eventually die due to the lack of interest by (former) players? These are questions which you can now call realistic, as everyone sees its taking place.. Argonath loses and loses players.

You can keep on defending Argonath JDC, saying it won't die, but the player count doesn't lie, the many voices and opinons which are spread on the forum by the many community members who complained are not just to be seen as moaning and ignored. Thats exactly your way to do so, but believe me it won't improve Argonath. People are complaining for a reason, and knowing argonath staff it will take a long period of time before changes are made.. and that exactly fits the conservative style you wish to stick to JDC, so yeah you do have something to defend here.. the majority of the community members do not agree so, it appears.
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Mopreme on January 16, 2014, 06:12:59 pm
I do wonder how much the player count will increase if RS4 would arrive, with a full reset. That reset is one of the few things that was brilliant with RS5. The number of players will for sure increase, but apparently that doesn't matter anymore since the stubbornness with the belief of RS5 being the future is too high. RS5 can easily be the future by its presence you know, but obviously that does not mean it will be any better than the past (RS4).
We know that the future of the server is in your hands but keep in mind; you determine the greatness of it as well. Quite frankly, it doesn't take a genius to realize that the path the server is on now isn't exactly moving it towards the upper scale of excellency
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Jack Rosso on January 16, 2014, 06:16:53 pm
I do wonder how much the player count will increase if RS4 would arrive, with a full reset. That reset is one of the few things that was brilliant with RS5. The number of players will for sure increase, but apparently that doesn't matter anymore since the stubbornness with the belief of RS5 being the future is too high. RS5 can easily be the future by its presence you know, but obviously that does not mean it will be any better than the past (RS4).
We know that the future of the server is in your hands but keep in mind; you determine the greatness of it as well. Quite frankly, it doesn't take a genius to realize that the path the server is on now isn't exactly moving it towards the upper scale of excellency

For some it's still to much of a big deal to agree and work out another solution.
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Acika on January 16, 2014, 06:18:03 pm
Instead to lie to urself when you say that the server player-base is growing when it's actually lowering, listen to Jack Rosso.


PS: I will never understand how SA:MP wasnt an old game 2 months ago before RS5 got released, but 1 month later with it's official release its an old game :uhm:
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Gandalf on January 16, 2014, 06:20:23 pm
As already mentioned, the player count dropping is not what we worry about.
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Jack Rosso on January 16, 2014, 06:22:53 pm
As already mentioned, the player count dropping is not what we worry about.

It is what keeps the other players away who might've been even a bit interested in RS5, because without a decent playercount they see no reason to join the game, afterall theres literally nothing going on. From the community leadership POV there might be no issue, afterall you got your server the latest updated scripts.. the gaming experience for the current community members? That is a issue, as obviously it has been adressed by many in the many topics which have been posted throughout the last months.

Atleast you lost your DMer-group problem right ? :)
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Lustigkurre on January 16, 2014, 06:30:09 pm
For how long will you wait before you get worried about the player count?
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Mopreme on January 16, 2014, 06:39:07 pm
If I may ask.. Since there have been so many discussions which are yet alive about RS5, what is the purpose of these discussions? To convince you, that RS4 is in fact superior to RS5 and that RS5 was a total failure? Well, both player count and comments reflects that. 90% of those saying that RS4 was better were daily players in RS4. The other 10% who find RS5 better, are mostly admins, retired staff members or people who left the server ages ago, all whom you can't really call real users. Of course, it is up to you who you chose to listen to.
But let's say if, at some time, you are convinced that RS5 is a failure, I assume you will shut down Argo SAMP completely instead of bringing RS4 back as you will, in your own words, "move towards other projects"?
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: KhornateMonkey on January 16, 2014, 06:42:33 pm
Lets just make it clear that many other Argonath servers are booming (an example of this would be the GTA IV server, which is the most popular server on IV:MP right now reaching the player limit everyday). Yes, SA:MP may have lost a considerable amount of players from RS5, but that does not mean the death of Argonath which many of you are talking like it is.
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Mopreme on January 16, 2014, 06:53:56 pm
Lets just make it clear that many other Argonath servers are booming (an example of this would be the GTA IV server, which is the most popular server on IV:MP right now reaching the player limit everyday). Yes, SA:MP may have lost a considerable amount of players from RS5, but that does not mean the death of Argonath which many of you are talking like it is.
That is good for IV:MP, great job there.
We can quickly agree, Argo is not dieng, but the server on SA:MP does seem like it will if it stays in this condition. However, it can be saved, if only mistakes are to be recognized.
Question remains if the upper crew allows it to die or if they are willing to save it.

Edit: For details, refer to the post below by Jack Rosso.
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Jack Rosso on January 16, 2014, 06:54:02 pm
Lets just make it clear that many other Argonath servers are booming (an example of this would be the GTA IV server, which is the most popular server on IV:MP right now reaching the player limit everyday). Yes, SA:MP may have lost a considerable amount of players from RS5, but that does not mean the death of Argonath which many of you are talking like it is.

Sure, it might not be the complete death of Argonath RPG, but the recent changes definetely did do a lot of damage to the amount of community members. Gandalf himself did speak out on moving to other projects, which is a recognition that the one project might die, however knowing Argonath RPG they won't close down SA:MP that easily as for example the VC:MP server is still up and running aswell (without any players, but thats besides the point).

 As i said earlier i think community staff didn't expect RS5 to turn out negatively to the community members, which is a big waist for all the development throughout the years its cost. What i do hope however is that community staff has the balls to admit it didn't turn out to be what they expected, and that it is a loss for SA:MP.. keeping up the current way to go out to the public with the ''nothing wrong people, keep on moving'' tactic isn't gonna last long as people no longer seem to accept it and have left, if not will leave in the upcoming time. I believe it is time to admit that RS5 is not a improvement for the community, and knowing the community and staff throughout the years thats gonna be a hard one to hear.
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: =AV=Rob on January 16, 2014, 07:09:48 pm

- GTA:SA is an old game, and not many people play it now as several years ago, despite being easy to run.

Nein
(http://i.imgur.com/xdo6mek.png)
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Khm on January 16, 2014, 07:15:45 pm
Nein
<pic>
There was more than 100 servers and more than 70k players. :lol:
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Frank_Hawk on January 16, 2014, 07:21:24 pm
 :cry:
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: AK47 on January 16, 2014, 07:21:31 pm
- GTA:SA is an old game, and not many people play it now as several years ago, despite being easy to run.

How come every known server I know of still have around +400 players and we lost almost all players because the game "turned old" over a month (which included the loss of RS4 and launch of RS5)?

Stop being so god damn stubborn.
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Jaka_Lah on January 16, 2014, 07:23:58 pm
There was more than 100 servers and more than 70k players. :lol:
Yes..  340 servers.. cow..

How come every known server I know of still have around +400 players and we lost all because the game "turned old" over a month (which included the loss of RS4 and launch of RS5)?

Stop being so god damn stubborn.
Yay RS5 (http://i.imgur.com/NUtONFV.gif) and a lot of servers lost all their players, broaden up your prespective, because I've been active in six comunities that had over 300 players daily that round up today to about 30-50 and two of them kinda went away without ever saying goodbye.. shit is dying, the good thing is that Argonath RPG has multiple servers on multiple games.
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Khm on January 16, 2014, 07:25:44 pm
Yes..  340 servers.. cow..
Yay RS5 (http://i.imgur.com/NUtONFV.gif) and a lot of servers lost all their players, broaden up your prespective, because I've been active in six comunities that had over 300 players daily that round up today to about 30-50 and two of them kinda went away without ever saying goodbye.. shit is dying, the good thing is that Argonath RPG has multiple servers on multiple games.
500 wops
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Pingster on January 16, 2014, 07:28:42 pm
Cause admins aren't real users and don't get an opinion on RS5, they are obviously paid to have a good opinion of it. Thanks for that enlightenment, Mopreme.
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: =AV=Rob on January 16, 2014, 07:37:03 pm
There was more than 100 servers and more than 70k players. :lol:

At peak times yes, I took this screen shot 20 minutes ago.

Cause admins aren't real users and don't get an opinion on RS5, they are obviously paid to have a good opinion of it. Thanks for that enlightenment, Mopreme.

Paid?
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Devin on January 16, 2014, 07:41:03 pm
Administration members are not paid in any way or form to work or give an opinion, it's purely charity work that they do assisting others.
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: eymas on January 16, 2014, 07:42:50 pm
Paid?
Nopeいや
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Pingster on January 16, 2014, 07:43:21 pm
If you two look above you, the sarcasm just flew over your heads!
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Jaka_Lah on January 16, 2014, 07:44:45 pm


Paid?
(http://i.imgur.com/fB19z.gif)
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Darius. on January 16, 2014, 07:48:41 pm
(http://static4.fjcdn.com/thumbnails/comments/3259937%2B_ba217bf652f13d52c1a514cfb87b689e.jpg)
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Mopreme on January 16, 2014, 08:14:24 pm
Cause admins aren't real users and don't get an opinion on RS5, they are obviously paid to have a good opinion of it. Thanks for that enlightenment, Mopreme.
Look up the word: exaggeration.
FYI, I never said everyone. Aterall, not everything is to be taken 110% literally unless you get paid to do so.
Oh, and you're welcome.
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: jannik852 on January 16, 2014, 09:48:53 pm
Uhu, I guess the administration headbanged aswell. When they warned me for over 60 percent for 'advertising drugs' for having an avatar that included the text "smoke weed", I mean noooo it is not like it is advertised all the way through drug dealing, in the RS scripts. And they even have a weed emoticon on forums  :weed:  :dead:
Ye GG, just saying "lets get real".
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Ted on January 16, 2014, 09:51:00 pm
How come every known server I know of still have around +400 players and we lost almost all players because the game "turned old" over a month (which included the loss of RS4 and launch of RS5)?

Stop being so god damn stubborn.

Many a SA-MP server have died recently and over the years. One of those were quite popular at one point an RPG server I take a look at that server now? 2 players currently online. The amount of players over time has been dropping 2009/2010 we were topping 150 - 180. Start of 2013 around 80.
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Jack Rosso on January 16, 2014, 10:41:53 pm
Yeah, indeed looks like great entertainment, however good luck trying to make a video like that in the current state of Argonath RPG SA:MP. (Atleast they got the ability to add bots to SA:MP servers these days ;))
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Rusty on January 16, 2014, 10:47:44 pm
Are those who aren't playing online anymore because;

A reset happened which resulted in loss of possessions plus you feel mis-treated for the way RS5 came about? (would have been inevitable anyway)
The server currently is still in need of bug fixing and you are waiting till the game-breaking bugs are patched?
You feel RS5 didn't live up to expectations in terms of taking Argonath to a whole new level but keeping simplicity?
You just all around dislike RS5 without even bothering to give it a shot?
None of the above, if so state your reason.

SA:MP server may have changed for better for worse, fact is some alot of us here have been playing for year's and all of a sudden a script change come's along and we're up in arms about how it's done more harm than good.  Ranting on the forums about the current state isn't going to change anything, the community needs to bond together and do something to make change happen.
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Jack Rosso on January 16, 2014, 10:52:54 pm
What are gonna do? Try to re-script RS4? I think discussing these matters over a topic like this actually does change a lot, especially the view of the members of our community. Over the last pages I myself have pointed out many reasons why RS5 does not fit Argonath, and Argonath doesn't fit RS5.. Looking at the responses, i seem to actually have quite some people agreeing with me.. Being able to voice your opinion in a topic is one of the most important things of a community, because a community does not exist only out of the view from leadership (Funny we got a Argonath vision for that, infact) - it exists out of all the members who are apart of this community, no matter which server or character they're playing on.

Why did people leave RS5?

It's funny to see how people like you, JDC, and community staff thought and probably still thinks that the RS5 release was only gonna be a positive improvement and that the current player-base and community members were just gonna follow along. Even with scripts which would drasticly change the way of playing, making it much harder or even unable for some of the current players to continue with what they are doing right now on RS4 (think about all the disadvantages of criminals in RS5). It's also obvious that these scripts were implented with the intention to keep some type of players or groups away from the community, aka the DM groups. However, a script or gamemode isn't gonna change the mentality and way-of-playing for many community members. That means they'll dislike it, and leave.. and that's exactly the case right now. As predicted many people left because they are fed up with the new implentations and no longer can / may continue with the way they used to play on the server for years.
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: SugarD on January 16, 2014, 10:56:05 pm
Yeah, indeed looks like great entertainment, however good luck trying to make a video like that in the current state of Argonath RPG SA:MP. (Atleast they got the ability to add bots to SA:MP servers these days ;))
Just found one already! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8CWmsbxULVs)
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Jack Rosso on January 16, 2014, 11:00:00 pm
Just found one already! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8CWmsbxULVs)

I appreciate you pointing out that you're really ignorant, I dont even need to prove it, you're doing it yourself. Cannot win an argument so just blows it off with a ''funny'' YouTube video. I think you've pretty much shown the whole community now you're not able to properly discuss a matter, again thanks for proving that.
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: SugarD on January 16, 2014, 11:01:17 pm
I appreciate you pointing out that you're really ignorant, I dont even need to prove it, you're doing it yourself. Cannot win an argument so just blows it off with a ''funny'' YouTube video. I think you've pretty much shown the whole community now you're not able to properly discuss a matter, again thanks for proving that.
Actually I just prefer to have positive conversations instead of ****ting on the community, but that is just me.
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Jack Rosso on January 16, 2014, 11:05:20 pm
In that case this probably isn't the right topic for you looking at your last couple of posts. Sure you can point out all the positive things about RS5, thats not a problem at all, infact its what the topic is about. Its also about the negative side, we're here to share our opinion to discuss how we feel about RS5.

All you're doing currently is spamming random non-related video's, theres a different board for that. (You should especially know that as a board moderator).
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: TheRock on January 16, 2014, 11:07:02 pm
As already mentioned, the player count dropping is not what we worry about.

Sorry to the break up the party here Gandalf, however how do you really expect for the players to keep supporting the community when the community does not support the actual players? You said that most new things from RS5 (aka ideas) and scripts were on your own request. Well for once, why don't you look out after players request? SA:MP Ideas forum is there, but barely is there anything going through because of the 'JUST RP IT', well.. Surely we can roleplay, everyone can.. I did not say change the server to Freeroam because there are a thousand, I know of the vision.. I know that we try to keep away from the rest servers, but really.. It's sad to see this going on for long.. I am not of those who care about virtual money or possesions, but seeing as majority of the community wants RS4 back, why don't you make a public poll for every user to add in his choice? Surely, RS5 is new and needs few things fixed, but as you see most of the people do not get along with it.. I haven't popped in game since RS4 was on, though I've seen RS5 couple of times when it was beta for admins and later public one.. and I am sure I'll have a hard time to get used to it (But I wont go against it, because I like exploring new things..)

I am not in anyway trying to go against your views or choices, but I believe it's the time you, the HQ should consider your players too?..
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: KhornateMonkey on January 16, 2014, 11:09:53 pm
Actually I just prefer to have positive conversations instead of ****ting on the community, but that is just me.

I've seen no shitting from Jack
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Jack Rosso on January 16, 2014, 11:13:22 pm
Totally agree with you Rock, the community members all have their own opinion and have the ability to voice it in a topic such as these, its a right everyone should make use of as it's of great importance.
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: =AV=Rob on January 16, 2014, 11:16:35 pm
Actually I just prefer to have positive conversations instead of ****ting on the community, but that is just me.

Maybe you should arrest him.
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Pandalink on January 16, 2014, 11:17:04 pm
Actually I just prefer to have positive conversations instead of ****ting on the community, but that is just me.
If you prefer to have positive conversations then why are you so aggressive and negative to everybody on the forum?
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: TonySforza on January 16, 2014, 11:17:56 pm
Lets just make it clear that many other Argonath servers are booming (an example of this would be the GTA IV server, which is the most popular server on IV:MP right now reaching the player limit everyday).

Thank you for informing me, gotta try it later on.

Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Chase on January 16, 2014, 11:30:40 pm
While making the gamemode deter those who wish to gang up in groups and DM sounds good on paper - It also has shown decrease the player base, and there's some things scripts cannot replace - such as administrators and how they handle punishment.

From what I examined in RS4 -
- Player goes on a copkilling spree
- Admins ajail or tempban the perpetrator
- perpetrator comes back, does it again
- cycle repeats a few times
- after very many tempbans and ajails, the perpetrator gets banned
- perpetrator makes unban request, says sorry and begs for mercy and gets unbanned.

Then it repeats over and over again.

While a lot of people learn their lesson after a ban or two, there are some who keep abusing the leniency of management.

I do agree with the fact that there are some things the script can do to deter people from doing this.. such as heavy fines and such, but it should not serve as a replacement for admins.

Personally in my honest opinion - If a player goes on a DM spree, copbaits, w/e, then admins should check if the player has been on argonath long enough to be considered a 'veteran' .. atleast 1 year. If so, immediate ban.

RS5 scripts are good in deterring this, but there are some things it does that I think should be handled by administration rather than a script.


Furthermore, I do believe activity has potential to pick up... IF bugs continue to be fixed regularly, and more promised features are completed. Once loan system is completed, I do expect more money to be circulating and more people may play because businesses will be in stock and people can make money by owning a business.

That way, more people will look into legal business practices rather than old fashioned cops and robbers.

I don't expect scripters to implement more of the promised features over night, but I do hope it's done in a timely manner or else people will get impatient and move on.
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Danny_Leo on January 17, 2014, 03:59:42 pm
Are those who aren't playing online anymore because;

A reset happened which resulted in loss of possessions plus you feel mis-treated for the way RS5 came about? (would have been inevitable anyway) Well it is a pain in the ass when you have to regain millions, I'd try earning my stuff back but everyone seems uninterested in playing Argonath, and with current player count and my boys gone I'm really demotivated.
The server currently is still in need of bug fixing and you are waiting till the game-breaking bugs are patched? It isn't that much of an issue, RS5 is a good script though removing PNS and food to reheal made more than few veterans I know facepalm.
You feel RS5 didn't live up to expectations in terms of taking Argonath to a whole new level but keeping simplicity? Well it seems so when we got over 50 regulars gone.
You just all around dislike RS5 without even bothering to give it a shot? I find the script okay, the other things concern me.
None of the above, if so state your reason. I'm personally inactive trying to reach remaining Stracci members to discuss our future, it also demotivates me to see that 90 percent of people I knew, players I rolled with, fought against or just knew by seeing their name on player list everyday is gone. The player count is killing me the most, I've been here when Stracci had two times more members online at once than Argonath has players IG right now. Beside that my RL friends quit, and criminal groups went dead inactive.

SA:MP server may have changed for better for worse, fact is some alot of us here have been playing for year's and all of a sudden a script change come's along and we're up in arms about how it's done more harm than good.  Ranting on the forums about the current state isn't going to change anything, the community needs to bond together and do something to make change happen.

Answered your questions from my personal perspective.
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Mopreme on January 17, 2014, 05:43:35 pm
(...) but seeing as majority of the community wants RS4 back, why don't you make a public poll for every user to add in his choice?
They already know what the result will turn out to be as it is as obvious as obviously obvious.
Similary, we already know how the votes will come down which is the same as every other topic; with a diversion between "supporters" and players. The only reason RS4 hasn't returned is because they value the voice of their supporters more even though they are a minority compared to players.

Time heals everything. All we can do is to give it time. In time, they will realize and perhaps even admit the true condition of their SAMP server.
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Declan on January 17, 2014, 06:08:08 pm
When people were in Rs4, they shout and spam in public chat that they want new version, rs5 and now as it is released people say we want rs4 back the pervious version, I advice them to go onwards instead of going Astem.
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Slavik on January 17, 2014, 06:19:13 pm
When people were in Rs4, they shout and spam in public chat that they want new version, rs5 and now as it is released people say we want rs4 back the pervious version
Indeed
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Jack Rosso on January 17, 2014, 08:51:00 pm
months and months, probably even a half-year before the RS5 release i myself was shouting around that people shouldn't expect RS5 to be what it was gonna turn out to be, even back then i said that RS5, a script, cannot change the way the players want to play. For years the players have played in a totally different game setting (RS4), and now this advanced totally different script which disables a lot of players to continue what they were coming for in RS4, is reality.

Back in RS4 people just didn't realise / knew what RS5 was gonna be about, and that it was gonna make such a deep inpact on the way of playing the game. Mostly just thought it was gonna be the newest scripts and features without any bugs or errors.
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Pingster on January 17, 2014, 09:38:35 pm
The funny part is that pretty much everyone would play RS5 if everyone else did. Can't get out of the loop, though
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Lustigkurre on January 17, 2014, 09:58:36 pm
The funny part is that pretty much everyone would play RS5 if everyone else did. Can't get out of the loop, though

Yes.

We need to add 100 bots so we can lure people to come ingame
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Pingster on January 17, 2014, 10:13:02 pm
Yes.

We need to add 100 bots so we can lure people to come ingame
Wish it was that easy =(

However, some stimulus should be able to get the activity back up... Double payment weekends, tax rebate fridays...stuff like that. I know, money isn't the impor-... no point arguing about that, just try it. What's the worst case scenario, the 20 people who do actively play earn extra money?
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Frank_Hawk on January 17, 2014, 10:20:36 pm
Let’s step back for a second.

The developers have worked diligently in putting RS5 together. From what I’ve seen – the technical design is impressive, identifying and actively resolving commons flaws of RS4 including the lag we all came to resent. I would not doubt the heart of the developers since they have invested more selfless effort than many of us put together. In view of this, the owner did the right thing by taking full ownership of the functional design of RS5 including bearing responsibility behind the ideas that have been controversially unpopular among the community.

In my opinion, RS5 was not as successful as our past releases because fundamentally it lost the spirit and flare that its predecessors RS4, RS3 etc had boasted. The landscape was refreshed both spiritually and materialistically. The leadership/owner did not it seems anticipate that this sudden radicalisation of the community would result in the upheaval we witness today.

Added to the loss of spirit and flare of RS5 – there are external factors which have contributed to our spectacular downfall from grace many of which are outside of the leadership/owner control including the deterioration of SA:MP and arm’s length management of the server. All of which formed the perfect storm.

Fundamentally, we could analyse what went wrong for a long time and I would (with the benefit of time) be at the forefront of assisting the leadership/owner with a root cause analysis. However, with time against us and continuing deterioration of our community - corrective action is needed now.

We need to understand the problems first which I’d encourage the community to assist on:

-   Economic stagnation
-   Group and families stagnation
-   Removal of existing/previous functionality from RS4

Proposed solutions to address the issues above:

-   Frequent but proportionate economic stimulus
-   Funding to official and key unofficial groups to spur recruitment activity
-   Assessing the removal and reintroduction of functionality from RS4

Ultimately, we need to put our egos aside and fight together for the survival of this community.
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Mr. Goobii on January 17, 2014, 10:32:23 pm
Well said Frank.  :app:
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Jack Rosso on January 17, 2014, 10:38:59 pm
Completely agree with you Frank, however the very first step is to get to a recognition from all parties, including community leadership that this is infact a ongoing issue which has nothing to do with just ''inactivity due to exams'' or any of those excuses. recognizing the problem  opens the gate to a solution.
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: JDC on January 18, 2014, 06:55:11 am
Do you know what my first comments are after I finished looking at RS5? That it had nice, revolutionary concepts, yet that the execution was flawed.

Yes, FLAWED. And here are the things I didn't (and still don't) like:

- Adding option to disable public chat
- Patrolling can get more expensive because of fuel and lack of subsidized government fuel
- Planes have fuel restrictions, which ends being able to fly around aimlessly when on breaks from roleplay
- Some features were launched despite looking like alpha-level products
- Players spawning at random hospitals (which is why I am always on a job)
- Overall lack of money (in fact, even with admin help I could not get enough money for an event as the admins themselves are poor)
- Some criminal groups moved away, making police duty more boring and us more reliant on "random copbaiters" (except for DM groups, as I am glad their days are over)
- Over-application of dialog boxes instead of some very simple commands being allowed to have a command-form application as well in order to make some things faster, while retaining dialog boxes (i.e. /send)
- Removal of Pay-n-Sprays and Food Shops, especially as I often have a hard time finding a mechanic/medic
- Absurd pricing in some items, such as wallets
- Lack of other lucrative jobs and ways to inject money into the economy aside from fireman duty

Therefore I call bullshit on anyone who says that loyal players, or as you put it, "supporters"/"admins"/"5-10 percent minority", are incapable of seeing that there are flaws with the server. That list were the things I named off the top of my head and in fact, I could spend all day finding more ways to add on to that list of things I dislike.

However, unlike some others here, I have the common sense to recognize that nothing will happen with the server if all we did was bitch on the forums about bringing RS4 back, so my first (and final) course of action was to support this community and pitch in with the others who were working to do the same and get back what they lost, and more.

This community is going through a rough time, I can see that there are things wrong with it, but the difference is that I choose to work and look at the positives instead of bitching that I lost this or that, so I can actually help arrive at a solution.

But you know what is ironic? In retrospect, many of you are also to blame for the current scripts, as MANY of its ideas (spawning at hospitals, mechanics, /togglepchat, jurisdictions, changed fuel, changed car prices, even the god damn reset, and many others) were forwarded and supported by PLAYERS. The developers listened to your ideas and implemented them along with some fixes in the best ways that they can, and you barrage them with endless whining and demand for the time when your ideas were not yet implemented.

To add, one more reason why all the "moan posts" and "moan topics" are allowed to exist is that Gandalf gives you the freedom to express your opinion when he could just very well insta-ban any shitting post and go so far as to hide all shitting posts and topics so that it will look like nothing is wrong, which in fact is a standard practice in many other communities. So yes, they listened to you, and look what you got us into. Voila. As several developers have already stated, make up your f**king minds.

For the person who classified "players" as different from "supporters"/admins, take a reality check and see that the latter are the ones who are actually ingame, tolerating the things we all dislike about this gamemode and doing their best to help this community up, while your "players" are the ones who are away and moaning about all the changes.

Now you can pitch in and do your part to improve this community, or you can stay on the forums and continue to whine about all the candies you did not get. Either way, this community will move on, with or without you.
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Stivi on January 18, 2014, 10:03:19 am
Let's not forget the advantages of RS5 as well. There are still bugged and not yet released features.
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Mopreme on January 18, 2014, 06:22:54 pm
Either way, this community will move on, with or without you.
Very true, just bear in mind how many people "you" actually is ;)
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Kaley on January 18, 2014, 06:32:44 pm
This topic is supposed to be locked when it is created. (you still got time #YOLO) :rolleyes: :weed:
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Mr. Goobii on January 18, 2014, 06:35:01 pm
This topic is supposed to be locked when it is created. (you still got time #YOLO) :rolleyes: :weed:

No, just no.
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: JDC on January 18, 2014, 06:43:39 pm
This topic is supposed to be locked when it is created. (you still got time #YOLO) :rolleyes: :weed:

Admins lock topics, people complain OMG ADMINS restrict freedom of speech!
Admins do not lock topics, people complain of too much moaning and other shit.

Ironic, one of the most consistent things here is inconsistency.
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Devin on January 18, 2014, 07:59:02 pm
We do not lock topics unnecessarily to allow community members and visitors to communicate and bring their point of the matter across as long as it remains at a respectable level.

Even a topic like this you may feel it's worth locking however it will end up with another similar topic being created at the end of the day.
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Stivi on January 18, 2014, 08:01:24 pm
it will end up with another similar topic being created at the end of the day.
But this was created by Gandalf, he's one hell of a topic-hunter.
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Miller786 on January 19, 2014, 12:25:32 pm
In my opinion official mafias should no longer be official
Thank you.
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Harry on January 19, 2014, 01:28:34 pm
Thank you.

Could you give me a good reason, why not?
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Jaka_Lah on January 19, 2014, 03:06:58 pm
Could you give me a good reason, why not?
I mean there is a point which Zaila made in that official mafias should get re selected on a new game mode.. but what's the point of having an drug system that requires official mafias, they kinda shot themselves in the foot with that one but that just means that official groups will get selected sooner as the drug system needs to be functioning or there is no point in having one.. As the FBI is able to steal from official groups HQ..
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Devin on January 19, 2014, 03:39:34 pm
I mean there is a point which Zaila made in that official mafias should get re selected on a new game mode.. but what's the point of having an drug system that requires official mafias, they kinda shot themselves in the foot with that one but that just means that official groups will get selected sooner as the drug system needs to be functioning or there is no point in having one.. As the FBI is able to steal from official groups HQ..

Recent changes to the drug systems means now any member of a criminal group is able to sell drugs to the drug market.  :)
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Jaka_Lah on January 19, 2014, 04:29:27 pm
Recent changes to the drug systems means now any member of a criminal group is able to sell drugs to the drug market.  :)
Well it would be more fun if just the strongest biggest mafias ruled the market, but oh well some times compensation is necessary, and now gives smaller groups the chance to feel more importance than in RS4 where there were four main families..
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Mikal on January 19, 2014, 05:21:37 pm
Well it would be more fun if just the strongest biggest mafias ruled the market, but oh well some times compensation is necessary, and now gives smaller groups the chance to feel more importance than in RS4 where there were four main families..
Are you trying to say only mafias are in the drug business? I think you'll find most of real mafia's money comes from other criminal activities.
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Devin on January 19, 2014, 05:59:09 pm
Well it would be more fun if just the strongest biggest mafias ruled the market, but oh well some times compensation is necessary, and now gives smaller groups the chance to feel more importance than in RS4 where there were four main families..

Once groups are established I am sure things could be adjusted back to the original method however there needs to be some form of economic stimulation for players and groups to prosper which is a positive factor of allowing all criminal group members to now use the drug market to sell their produce.
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Frank_Hawk on January 22, 2014, 09:00:15 pm
Let’s step back for a second.

The developers have worked diligently in putting RS5 together. From what I’ve seen – the technical design is impressive, identifying and actively resolving commons flaws of RS4 including the lag we all came to resent. I would not doubt the heart of the developers since they have invested more selfless effort than many of us put together. In view of this, the owner did the right thing by taking full ownership of the functional design of RS5 including bearing responsibility behind the ideas that have been controversially unpopular among the community.

In my opinion, RS5 was not as successful as our past releases because fundamentally it lost the spirit and flare that its predecessors RS4, RS3 etc had boasted. The landscape was refreshed both spiritually and materialistically. The leadership/owner did not it seems anticipate that this sudden radicalisation of the community would result in the upheaval we witness today.

Added to the loss of spirit and flare of RS5 – there are external factors which have contributed to our spectacular downfall from grace many of which are outside of the leadership/owner control including the deterioration of SA:MP and arm’s length management of the server. All of which formed the perfect storm.

Fundamentally, we could analyse what went wrong for a long time and I would (with the benefit of time) be at the forefront of assisting the leadership/owner with a root cause analysis. However, with time against us and continuing deterioration of our community - corrective action is needed now.

We need to understand the problems first which I’d encourage the community to assist on:

-   Economic stagnation
-   Group and families stagnation
-   Removal of existing/previous functionality from RS4

Proposed solutions to address the issues above:

-   Frequent but proportionate economic stimulus
-   Funding to official and key unofficial groups to spur recruitment activity
-   Assessing the removal and reintroduction of functionality from RS4

Ultimately, we need to put our egos aside and fight together for the survival of this community.

How about some solutions instead of problems?

Anybody wish to contribute?
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: BarelyVisible on January 23, 2014, 09:33:12 am
Are you trying to say only mafias are in the drug business? I think you'll find most of real mafia's money comes from other criminal activities.

Such as illegal gambling and whatnot.

That being said I've always preferred to play the role of "the friendly neighborhood pot dealer". I'd feel rather boxed in if I was forced to join a "Mafia" to feel as if anything I did mattered from an RP perspective.
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: eymas on January 23, 2014, 09:56:10 am
Groups such as these "mafias" often tend to derail unless properly organized, I would love to see one that has a clean white sheet for one.
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Kaze on January 23, 2014, 01:28:21 pm
Question:

How long do you think its going to take when RS5 is properly stable?
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Mikal on January 23, 2014, 02:00:24 pm
Such as illegal gambling and whatnot.

That being said I've always preferred to play the role of "the friendly neighborhood pot dealer". I'd feel rather boxed in if I was forced to join a "Mafia" to feel as if anything I did mattered from an RP perspective.
Yeh man, weed and such is more of a gang thing, mafia's should stick to fraud, gambling and black mail. :janek:
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Sawyer on January 23, 2014, 02:06:53 pm
Haven't really read a lot about RS5, never truly believed it will be released to be honest. Good on the script team for the result, but you owners shall deal with this: the result appears to be an empty server.
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Stivi on January 23, 2014, 02:14:15 pm
Haven't really read a lot about RS5, never truly believed it will be released to be honest. Good on the script team for the result, but the result appears to be an empty server.
What?
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Sawyer on January 23, 2014, 02:15:54 pm
What?
4/100, currently.
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Alexander_Rijav on January 23, 2014, 02:21:05 pm
4/100, currently.
Hour later there is -2 people ''progress''
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Kent on January 23, 2014, 02:38:36 pm
If you keep complaining that the server is empty, why not be there yourself to attract other players to play?
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: eymas on January 23, 2014, 02:41:25 pm
Just that we have a low count does not mean it's the end yet, various reasons are bound to this anyway;

1. People do not have time to play anymore, due to education, work or school exams.
2. People moved on to other games or servers
3. People disliked losing their money and assets.
4. People got banned.
5. People aren't playing right now  :rolleyes:

The players are that bring the fun, invite some friends perhaps  ;)
After all, the community is what keeps itself alive.
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: BarelyVisible on January 23, 2014, 03:05:22 pm
I'd be playing 24/7 if it wasn't for my busy IRL schedule. Further script improvements will naturally rise player numbers, doomsayers need not concern themselves with RS5.
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Alexander_Rijav on January 23, 2014, 03:09:11 pm
If you keep complaining that the server is empty, why not be there yourself to attract other players to play?
I have other things to do  :janek:
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: JDC on January 23, 2014, 04:11:23 pm
If someone does nothing but stay out of the game and moan on the forums, then they have no right to complain about people not being ingame.
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Sawyer on January 23, 2014, 05:35:46 pm
So let's just hope that people shall sometime start to play again rather than change it to what it used to be? This is a nice effort.
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Bundy on January 23, 2014, 05:38:13 pm
If someone does nothing but stay out of the game and moan on the forums, then they have no right to complain about people not being ingame.
I've seen you in-game so many times as well, man! :rage:
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Mikal on January 23, 2014, 06:08:38 pm
They should open an RS4 server with everyone's assets and see if all the players return, then you'll know for sure wether RS5 is the problem or not, it may well have just been the 'We dont care what you say, if you don't like it get out of the community' act but you never know. :rolleyes:
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Stivi on January 23, 2014, 06:10:00 pm
Yeh man, weed and such is more of a gang thing, mafia's should stick to fraud, gambling and black mail. :janek:
Yes because black mailing firemen to give you money or you will tell sugard that the fireman has not extinguished 100% firemission and gambling with firemen that only care for money is very profitable and a very amazing thing to do. I'm so excited...
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Lustigkurre on January 23, 2014, 06:17:08 pm
They should open an RS4 server with everyone's assets and see if all the players return, then you'll know for sure wether RS5 is the problem or not, it may well have just been the 'We dont care what you say, if you don't like it get out of the community' act but you never know. :rolleyes:

yes
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Mikal on January 23, 2014, 06:17:43 pm
Yes because black mailing firemen to give you money or you will tell sugard that the fireman has not extinguished 100% firemission and gambling with firemen that only care for money is very profitable and a very amazing thing to do. I'm so excited...
And you're in a mafia? :lol:
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: AK47 on January 23, 2014, 06:21:56 pm
They should open an RS4 server with everyone's assets and see if all the players return, then you'll know for sure wether RS5 is the problem or not, it may well have just been the 'We dont care what you say, if you don't like it get out of the community' act but you never know. :rolleyes:

Yes  :app:
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Stivi on January 23, 2014, 06:38:51 pm
And if rs5 is the problem ? You're either way not getting rs4 back, permanently.
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Mikal on January 23, 2014, 06:41:50 pm
And if rs5 is the problem ? You're either way not getting rs4 back, permanently.
Well if RS5 is the problem what is the point in keeping it?
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: eymas on January 23, 2014, 07:04:56 pm
Well if RS5 is the problem what is the point in keeping it?
Because it's not the problem.

I hope I do not have to explain why as it's rather clear, and stated before.
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Rusty on January 23, 2014, 07:47:20 pm
Less negativity over RS5 and help provide solutions to a existing problem, we're supposed to be a community but since RS5's release it looks like we've been venturing into another direction instead. 
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Mikal on January 23, 2014, 07:48:35 pm
Because it's not the problem.

I hope I do not have to explain why as it's rather clear, and stated before.
Right so you're going to say the players are the problem or? RS4 = 100+ players. RS5 = 10+ players...
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Devin on January 23, 2014, 07:52:24 pm
Right so you're going to say the players are the problem or? RS4 = 100+ players. RS5 = 10+ players...

More so the constant negativity, refusal to provide worthwhile complaints that can be worked on and of course, the lack of willingness to work for items.
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Bundy on January 23, 2014, 07:53:31 pm
More so the constant negativity, refusal to provide worthwhile complaints that can be worked on and of course, the lack of willingness to work for items.
*The players. :)
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Mikal on January 23, 2014, 07:55:27 pm
constant negativity, refusal to provide worthwhile complaints that can be worked on and of course, lack of willingness to work for items.
All of which RS5 caused..
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Devin on January 23, 2014, 07:55:59 pm
Sure if you want to say that, we have provided solutions to problems that were brought up, we worked on and are still working on ways to change the systems when players had issues with it and still, negativity is around.
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Manoni on January 23, 2014, 07:59:46 pm
Right so you're going to say the players are the problem or? RS4 = 100+ players. RS5 = 10+ players...

They decided to leave with the new system. Don't expect that just because they don't want to start over again the staff is going to yield under their whims
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Mikal on January 23, 2014, 08:02:57 pm
Sure if you want to say that, we have provided solutions to problems that were brought up, we worked on and are still working on ways to change the systems when players had issues with it and still, negativity is around.
I would happily play RS5 right now, but I'm banned, so I can't but it doesn't change the fact that most of the community are not happy with RS5 and that it has caused major loss of players, no matter how much anyone says "It's the players it's the players" nothing is changing and the community is still losing members, it's like it's back to RS1, whatever that was like, I assume it was simple/buggy scripts and lack of players, at the end of the day it's pretty clear that creating RS5 was the wrong choice no matter how much the players which have now left wanted it, RS4 should have been kept and changed by removing bugs, adding better scripts and ways to influence more roleplay.

They decided to leave with the new system. Don't expect that just because they don't want to start over again the staff is going to yield under their whims
I don't expect that and anyone who did leave because they lost their assets should just piss off anyway as they are the ones who caused the loss of RP, fact is RS5 isn't what everyone expected and it was released way to soon.
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Teddy on January 23, 2014, 08:22:46 pm
so I can't

You can't follow the rules.. that's why you're banned. We want quality members in our community. How you're still here is honestly beyond me. But you do bring up a somewhat decent point in saying:

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RS5 isn't what everyone expected

this is true, RS5 isn't what everyone expected because everyone expected something different. We had the lid sealed quite well on RS5. While also speaking not everyone is going to enjoy every part; most of the people complaining hardly even played or took any effort to learn. I'll be honest I only worked on one part of RS5 and I didn't know/understand the rest of it at first. I don't like all of it myself; we were told to write something a certain way and there was no if, ands, or buts. Obviously some disagreements would take place.

People don't like change; it takes time for people to come around. Just give a go. Honestly. Except for you Mikal, you can go off somewhere else.

Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: eymas on January 23, 2014, 08:27:45 pm
My view on this:

The problem does not lie in the server nor the script, there; I said what you expected me to.

Why? The players are free to make their choice, If they leave/left the server then it's either:
1. They lost their assets/money, and do not wish to gain it back.
2. They dislike the new features/systems.
3. RS5 did not meet their expectations.
4. They moved on to another server
5. They gained a job/educational course.
6. Banned(Depending on the ban of course)

Those points are the most common reasons about why players left, in no way can you blame RS5 nor the administration team since we have done nothing wrong.



Despite that, we do listen. Most people enjoyed RS4 due to various reasons; the simplicity and their assets for instance.
However, eventually we do need to move on; and as time passes, new features, new developments and new opportunities arise to make use of, to incorporate all the new features an update would have to be made.
As such, RS5 was made.

People who still wish to have RS4 back had received a message from Gandalf explaining how they can get it back; By either donating $400 and having the server up for one week with the playercount at 200; the cap. An alternative to this was to rewrite it yourself; but you saw what that led to.



TL;DR edition; The players who left did it out of their own, no one cannot be blamed for it and neither can you blame the server/us for it since we have not done anything wrong. If you wish to raise an objection you can do this by presenting evidence to support your claim. RS4 will not return either; unless you accept the conditions Gandalf had made.

STL;DR:* RS5's not the problem, Those who left did it out of themselves.
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Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Mikal on January 23, 2014, 08:31:34 pm
You can't follow the rules.. that's why you're banned. We want quality members in our community. How you're still here is honestly beyond me. But you do bring up a somewhat decent point in saying:
I can follow rules, I just can't be made to shut up by administration when I feel I'm making valid points.

this is true, RS5 isn't what everyone expected because everyone expected something different. We had the lid sealed quite well on RS5. While also speaking not everyone is going to enjoy every part; most of the people complaining hardly even played or took any effort to learn. I'll be honest I only worked on one part of RS5 and I didn't know/understand the rest of it at first. I don't like all of it myself; we were told to write something a certain way and there was no if, ands, or buts. Obviously some disagreements would take place.
Well maybe thats the problem, sounds like RS5 had no community input.

Except for you Mikal, you can go off somewhere else.
No no, fairly sure I'll be back in May, unless I decide to remove all traces of myself and start over, in which case I wouldn't be able to say hi to you in-game Teddy. :cry:

>Post<
Ugh, too big to read. :sweat:

Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: JDC on January 23, 2014, 08:33:47 pm
I've seen you in-game so many times as well, man! :rage:

Not sure about that, but now I've earned enough to fulfill my dream of buying 30 mountain bikes. :gand:



Leon (eymas) and Teddy summed it up pretty much nicely.

Most of these people who are moaning about the loss of RS4 are forgetting that the devs also chose to release RS5 as a measure to ensure that players lose assets only once, instead of losing twice. As the servers were wiped of 4 months' of information, players would be playing with 4 months' loss, only to be swamped again with another loss when RS5 was "fully" released.

Ingratitude is prevalent, sadly.



I can follow rules, I just can't be made to shut up by administration when I feel I'm making valid points.

Sometimes, your judgment on "valid rules" is exactly the reason why you can't follow rules. You've put yourself in the same class as Monte.
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Teddy on January 23, 2014, 08:34:51 pm
I can follow rules,

well...
I just can't be made to shut up by administration when I feel I'm making valid points.

Clearly you don't know the rules then. You don't argue with admins; if they tell you to do something you do it. If you feel its wrong; you do it anyways and report it to samp@argona.....

Well maybe thats the problem, sounds like RS5 had no community input.

RS5 is based mostly on user input; doesn't mean we agree with ALL the input that was selected ;)

No no, fairly sure I'll be back in May, unless I decide to remove all traces of myself and start over, in which case I wouldn't be able to say hi to you in-game Teddy. :cry:

Hopefully you're learn.
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Mr. Goobii on January 23, 2014, 08:39:53 pm
People are NOT here because RS5 is not finished. It lack a lot of required gameplay. We cannot even buy buildings yet nor vehicles.. !

If groups cannot buy things, they wont be active. If people cannot be in groups, people will not be active!

GROUPS = PLAYERS.


Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Stivi on January 23, 2014, 08:42:47 pm
Well if RS5 is the problem what is the point in keeping it?
It's not and by a bit* of help from the community, the devs can improve it.



And you're in a mafia? :lol:
What I was trying to point out was: There's no money circulation for the mafias now, so drugs are a choice, other one is fireman. :)


If groups cannot buy things, they wont be active. If people cannot be in groups, people will not be active!

GROUPS = PLAYERS.
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Mikal on January 23, 2014, 08:48:09 pm
Not sure about that, but now I've earned enough to fulfill my dream of buying 30 mountain bikes. :gand:
Must have one big ass if you need to sit on 30 mountain bikes when you ride. :sweat:

Most of these people who are moaning about the loss of RS4 are forgetting that the devs also chose to release RS5 as a measure to ensure that players lose assets only once, instead of losing twice. As the servers were wiped of 4 months' of information, players would be playing with 4 months' loss, only to be swamped again with another loss when RS5 was "fully" released.
Not if there is never an RS5 but an RS4.1..

Sometimes, your judgment on "valid rules" is exactly the reason why you can't follow rules. You've put yourself in the same class as Monte.
Thats just your opinion, and what 'class' am I in now?

Clearly you don't know the rules then. You don't argue with admins; if they tell you to do something you do it. If you feel its wrong; you do it anyways and report it to samp@argona.....
Or maybe the admins I argue with should accept the fact that I'm right and be silenced so that the argument doesn't have to continue and everyone can play in peace? Besides, I love a good argument.

RS5 is based mostly on user input; doesn't mean we agree with ALL the input that was selected ;)
Please name the things in RS5 that were player suggested, the only thing I can think of is the police training course, which RS4 should have had.

Hopefully you're learn.
Hopefully no admins will start an argument with me..
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Lustigkurre on January 23, 2014, 08:55:35 pm
5. They gained a job/educational course.

Ha! these kind of opinions are funny.
"oh crap, RS4 is gone, well, im finally gonna get a job now, cause argonath was what was stopping me earlier."

Argonath losing players has nothing to do with their private life.
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Stivi on January 23, 2014, 08:59:33 pm
Please name the things in RS5 that were player suggested, the only thing I can think of is the police training course, which RS4 should have had.
Here's what I know:

SAPD Test
Mechanics
Infinite cars
Infinite properties
Ability to store things in trunks - /container
Trucker job
Disabling /p
/cbmission !! :janek:
To be updated.
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Devin on January 23, 2014, 09:04:10 pm
I can not be bothered to get into a back and forth argument as most of the time nothing productive is created.

To those that are willing to put up with the issues and help find the issues while also listing then, we appreciate the time you have put in to helping with RS5.

To those that walked off because they don't like a server that isn't completely finished or because they didn't get something from a server which is still in development and instead decide to duck, good on you.

It shows the difference between those that care about helping and others that are just here to sit around doing nothing productive.
Those that actually bother helping will have the favor returned in one way or another in due time.
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Lustigkurre on January 23, 2014, 09:06:08 pm
Here's what I know:

SAPD Test
Mechanics
Infinite cars
Infinite properties
Ability to store things in trunks - /container
To be updated.

These are kinda small things and they are not the ones causing "moaning". They are actually good.
Now, spawningsystem, moneysystem, copsystem are things that has been totally changed to its worse according to many of us.

Lets wait for the update to come and hope that these things has been worked on.
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Rusty on January 23, 2014, 09:54:31 pm
Cop system hasn't changed dramatically, the only large add-on was the jurisdictions which for some isn't a issue as they don't play as cops do it doesn't effect them.  SAPD have provided a possible solution to change the system so allows the player to choose rather than the script assigning you automatically.  As for other cop features easily worked with.

More money making options are needed as there is limited choice, that is where players should be suggesting ideas.
Spawning is fine, got used to it mainly on duty anyway so I can spawn back at any Police Department.  Be glad Argonath didn't adopt a waiting time to re-spawn, you'd have a reason to be upset about it then.
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Lustigkurre on January 23, 2014, 10:22:28 pm
SAPD have provided a possible solution to change the system so allows the player to choose rather than the script assigning you automatically.

Good

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Spawning is fine, got used to it mainly on duty anyway so I can spawn back at any Police Department.  Be glad Argonath didn't adopt a waiting time to re-spawn, you'd have a reason to be upset about it then.

No, spawning is fine according to you and a few other admins. But the rest of us are agreeing on that its not fine and we want AT LEAST to spawn at closest hospital and not at random hospitals all over the map. Is it supposed that we are going to populate other towns by this or what is it for? Anyway, there's a topic about it with a poll where you can see what the players want.
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Stivi on January 24, 2014, 07:27:35 am
I want cops in sf as well, it's boring. As for the hospitals, I agree with you..
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Sawyer on January 24, 2014, 10:39:45 am
I keep seeing the same story. "Provide solutions.. Not willing to help.. Keep moaning". Is this the answer from you people to the players who feel free to say their own opinions?

And no, I'm not going to start all over again and help the server build up again since the server itself does not help me to do so. Consider our insistence as a way to show that we care about the server.
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: eymas on January 24, 2014, 11:45:24 am
And no, I'm not going to start all over again and help the server build up again since the server itself does not help me to do so. Consider our insistence as a way to show that we care about the server.

That quote shows you do not want to contribute at all unless it gets handed to you on a silver platter. It shows that you are lazy rather than caring.
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Mr. Goobii on January 24, 2014, 12:07:59 pm
People are NOT here because RS5 is not finished. It lack a lot of required gameplay. We cannot even buy buildings yet nor vehicles.. !

If groups cannot buy things, they wont be active. If people cannot be in groups, people will not be active!

GROUPS = PLAYERS.

Groups has always been important for new servers. To get mafioso running and local gangs that rule the city. When these abilities comes in game, you will see the server smocked with people!
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: AK47 on January 24, 2014, 12:12:32 pm
Groups has always been important for new servers. To get mafioso running and local gangs that rule the city. When these abilities comes in game, you will see the server smocked with people!

Don't forget about us, the peacefull farmers!  :gand:
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Devin on January 24, 2014, 12:15:03 pm
Don't forget about us, the peacefull farmers!  :gand:

Peaceful is not the word I would associate with Svensson farmers.  :sweat:
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Lustigkurre on January 24, 2014, 12:18:02 pm
I think he meant pissfull

svensson are dmers and we cant rp  :app: :war: :war: :war::):)
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: eymas on January 24, 2014, 12:26:02 pm
Peaceful is not the word I would associate with Svensson farmers.  :sweat:
I would, with the "All but" prefix.
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Sawyer on January 24, 2014, 01:05:45 pm
That quote shows you do not want to contribute at all unless it gets handed to you on a silver platter. It shows that you are lazy rather than caring.
I would be having no fun starting with $5,000. I've been through the money making already. How clear can that get..
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Stivi on January 24, 2014, 01:22:51 pm
I would be having no fun starting with $5,000. I've been through the money making already. How clear can that get..
Could you define "care" for me, as I fail to understand how you played/tested/explored RS5.
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: JDC on January 24, 2014, 01:50:48 pm
I would be having no fun starting with $5,000. I've been through the money making already. How clear can that get..

So has every RS5 player who has been in RS4 and earlier, but unlike you we're actually working to take advantage of the new opportunities, and some of us have houses already.



Groups has always been important for new servers. To get mafioso running and local gangs that rule the city. When these abilities comes in game, you will see the server smocked with people!

The irony is that when I am on cop duty, I can see the simple "DMer gangs" who just use a gangsta skin and copbait cops half of the day while pretending not to the other half, as being more "criminals" than these "veteran mobsters" who complain on the forum when they have not played in RS5.

We have these groups of self-proclaimed criminal veterans and such who are demanding for their HQ and assets to be set, when they themselves are not ingame. From all angles, it is more logical for the HQ to leave those unowned and let the new gangs take over, rather than to give assets to players who are not even here contributing to the server. Maybe perhaps these old groups would actually get what they wanted if they made a group effort to contribute, no?

Remember, opportunities and promises from the HQ are a two-way street. In exchange for a reward, there has to be some effort.
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Mr. Goobii on January 24, 2014, 03:41:03 pm
The irony is that when I am on cop duty, I can see the simple "DMer gangs" who just use a gangsta skin and copbait cops half of the day while pretending not to the other half, as being more "criminals" than these "veteran mobsters" who complain on the forum when they have not played in RS5.

We have these groups of self-proclaimed criminal veterans and such who are demanding for their HQ and assets to be set, when they themselves are not ingame. From all angles, it is more logical for the HQ to leave those unowned and let the new gangs take over, rather than to give assets to players who are not even here contributing to the server. Maybe perhaps these old groups would actually get what they wanted if they made a group effort to contribute, no?

Remember, opportunities and promises from the HQ are a two-way street. In exchange for a reward, there has to be some effort.

I'd say, don't care about those groups we had in RS4, there is a new era now. But still we need to have a functional script that can offer new groups to be established. Therefor the RS5 need to be working in a such matter that it can give these new groups that functionality.

Groups that once were in RS4 should work as much as these new that presumably getting up soon enough when the server is ready for it.
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Mario_Rinna on January 24, 2014, 03:53:32 pm
How about some solutions instead of problems?

Anybody wish to contribute?

Proposed solutions to address the issues above:

-   Frequent but proportionate economic stimulus
-   Funding to official and key unofficial groups to spur recruitment activity
-   Assessing the removal and reintroduction of functionality from RS4
-   Use latest available backups of RS4 to bring back people's beloved stuff they seem to care about very much.

Given the circumstances, this seems like a decent option.
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Aca on January 24, 2014, 04:00:01 pm
Peaceful is not the word I would associate with Svensson farmers.  :sweat:
pwnd
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: SugarD on January 24, 2014, 05:48:12 pm
I keep seeing the same story. "Provide solutions.. Not willing to help.. Keep moaning". Is this the answer from you people to the players who feel free to say their own opinions?

And no, I'm not going to start all over again and help the server build up again since the server itself does not help me to do so. Consider our insistence as a way to show that we care about the server.
So far I've yet to see actual specific suggestions that say how to solve these issues everyone is moaning about. Instead, all I see is more moaning and people demanding change...but without saying how.

-   Use latest available backups of RS4 to bring back people's beloved stuff they seem to care about very much.
Given the circumstances, this seems like a decent option.
That is four months or so behind the actual outage of SA:MP RS4 itself. You're talking about outdated information that will put newer players at a huge disadvantage, and will just lead to more regulars moaning about how they want their stuff they earned after that back. Then you'll also get those who will complain about losing their RS5 data. That doesn't seem very decent at all. That is why SA:MP RS5 was rushed to begin with...
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: AK47 on January 24, 2014, 05:53:37 pm
RS5 sucks according to the 100 players that left - end of story.
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Khm on January 24, 2014, 05:56:36 pm
RS5 sucks according to the 100 players that left - end of story.
I left but not because of RS5, it's because of my studies.  ;)
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Sawyer on January 24, 2014, 06:00:02 pm
So far I've yet to see actual specific suggestions that say how to solve these issues everyone is moaning about. Instead, all I see is more moaning and people demanding change...but without saying how.

I've done my job saying my opinion, how is this going to change is something I cannot know, but the ones who should are those who have changed it at the very first place. It is very clear to my eyes - RS5 brought disaster.
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: SugarD on January 24, 2014, 06:26:08 pm
RS5 sucks according to the 100 players that left - end of story.
Okay, let's see your statistics and their sources. Also, how about you tell everyone what sucks, and specifically how to fix it. So far I've seen you do nothing but complain, and not suggest a single way to solve these so-called problems you keep moaning about.

I've done my job saying my opinion, how is this going to change is something I cannot know, but the ones who should are those who have changed it at the very first place. It is very clear to my eyes - RS5 brought disaster.
If you do not know what is wrong in order to fix it, then how do you know what to complain about?
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Matt Murdock on January 24, 2014, 06:36:24 pm
Here's the solution : Graphic minimalism.

Everyone loves minimalism these days, how to implement it is upto the creative team. :p

I personally didn't like the RS5 graphics over RS4 ones.
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Rusty on January 24, 2014, 07:31:36 pm
-   Use latest available backups of RS4 to bring back people's beloved stuff they seem to care about very much.

Given the circumstances, this seems like a decent option.

I kind of somewhat agree with Mario here.  If they can prove they had held it during that period then why not just give it back, or start going through the Heritage list and re-issue the one's that have been held by the same person/group for a lengthy period of time.
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Mario_Rinna on January 24, 2014, 08:11:32 pm
That is four months or so behind the actual outage of SA:MP RS4 itself.
And that isn't a problem at all, you're just saying this as if SA-MP HQ has no tools to control the economy.

You're talking about outdated information that will put newer players at a huge disadvantage, and will just lead to more regulars moaning about how they want their stuff they earned after that back. Then you'll also get those who will complain about losing their RS5 data. That doesn't seem very decent at all. That is why SA:MP RS5 was rushed to begin with...
Yeah, most of new players have less assets than people who played for years with the purpose to gather them, but it is normal and not unfair. There's no need to make a big deal out this by overestimating the value of virtual money. We at MTA, too, suffered because of this data loss, but we just restored everything we could and gave everyone a compensation of $100k, which is more than most had before the data loss.

Some people say that there was no economy in RS4, and that is false: there was an economy; however, it wasn't controlled or regulated in any way. And that is exactly what led to everybody having millions.

Unfortunately, in an Argonath role-play server an asset reset usually leads to an illogical ending for a logical (for many) series of events. After a reset, the local community doesn't move forward – it starts anew. And it's quite rare when a new community suddenly gains 100 players. It takes time to rebuild.

I do not condemn the reset; neither do I support refunds – all I am saying is that it's an option which may help.



Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Kent on January 24, 2014, 08:42:03 pm
Unfortunately, in an Argonath role-play server an asset reset usually leads to an illogical ending for a logical (for many) series of events. After a reset, the local community doesn't move forward – it starts anew. And it's quite rare when a new community suddenly gains 100 players. It takes time to rebuild.

I do not condemn the reset; neither do I support refunds – all I am saying is that it's an option which may help.
These are some very wise words.
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Stivi on January 24, 2014, 09:40:41 pm
Giving groups some of the assets, few vehicles and you'll be attracting groups back.
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Marcel on January 24, 2014, 10:31:57 pm
I left but not because of RS5, it's because of my studies.  ;)
Same here, i have not left, but rather became a bit inactive due to real life. Not saying i represent all the other players, there might be other causes to this loss in player count as well.

Please just stop this discussion, play in RS5 whenever you can, suggest ideas and file bug reports whenever you find bugs. This is going nowhere and only drives a wedge between the community. Grow up and accept that people come and go.
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Frank_Hawk on January 25, 2014, 12:08:53 pm
The Argonath SA:MP server is in a state of great depression.

We can collectively continue looking at the past, critiquing the implementation of RS5 or we can concentrate on remediating the unprecedented challenges we face. Summarising many of the points I’ve seen on this topic is that RS5 lacks the spirit, personality and flare of its predecessors. Combined with internal and external factors which were out of our control supported by the lack of leadership post-implementation – we all need to pull together and provide real solutions that the leadership (whenever they become active) can consider therefore we can provide some real hope of returning to relative normality.

RS5 is facing enormous challenges:

1)   Economic stagnation is demoralising the community translating to players becoming frustrated and leaving. For example, players are less likely to spend because they have less money meaning less money is being pumped into the economy i.e. taxi driver have no fares

2)   Groups and families accounted for nearly 2/3 of the community and with no real fundamental method of making money through non-public jobs, these groups have grinded to a halt meaning that major public services like the SAPD have also stagnated.

3)   The removal of long standing functionality attributed to the ‘spirit, flare and personality’ of Argonath (i.e. RS1, RS2, RS3, RS4) was removed. This core functionality being removed has changed the game mode again translating to players leaving.

Personally, the above issues are very difficult to resolve with the current climate in the server. I’ve mentioned some corrective actions in my previous post but nobody except JDC or Mario Rinna has even attempted to work towards a resolution, instead opting for rhetorical nonsense over resolution.

The major argument for RS5 is that new features will provide solutions to the points above, however how can solutions be provided with no real player base left. The lack of experience in the server’s management is regretfully beginning to show and the arm’s length leadership of Gandalf is causing irreversible damage to the community. We need to actively encourage and discuss in open the solutions that the management/leadership are considering otherwise players are going to continue leaving.

Mario Rinna suggested another alternative which is now a serious and heavily endorsed idea which is to roll back to the last backup of RS4 and restore some confidence and normality into the server. This is a suggested solution as RS5 has been given reasonable teething time to self-correct but now having seen the dust settle, the core problems persist with no real communicated resolution on the horizon. 

I usually don’t get involved in server management issues anymore given my past, but seeing the state of the Argonath SA:MP community saddens me to a great degree, seeing all the aspirations of past leaders, managers, admins, players and historic players being quashed into ashes. We still have time to turn this around and we have the collective responsibility to restore the server’s competitive stance on the world SA:MP stage in hope of securing the best talent out there and continued organic growth.

I'm going to make another topic and poll to gauge the feelings of the Argonath SA:MP community.
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: EliteTerm on January 25, 2014, 01:03:10 pm
we care about the server.

I'm not going to start all over again and help the server build up again

Oh?

since the server itself does not help me to do so.

So you're expecting handouts? I don't remember Tony/ AlSforza or Daniel Corleone asking for any assistance in building their criminal empires that lasted years. I don't remember when Frank Hawk/ Mario Rinna asking for help when they built Rage Incorporated.


Players worked hard to become who they are. They worked hard to earn respect & reputation. If a player gives all that up just because he lost everything, doesn't deserves it. Those who kept working hard & earning despite losing everything, deserves it.
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: AK47 on January 25, 2014, 01:06:42 pm
Kinda hard to rebuild 2-3 years of work, and when you are around 20 years old you probably don't have time to play that much like you could 2 years ago.
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: EliteTerm on January 25, 2014, 01:24:28 pm
Kinda hard to rebuild 2-3 years of work, and when you are around 20 years old you probably don't have time to play that much like you could 2 years ago.

That's true, I was 17 years old when I started on Argonath.

Why not 'retire'? That's how I feel nowadays, just kick back & enjoy what Argonath has to offer for you.
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: AK47 on January 25, 2014, 01:31:13 pm
Why not 'retire'? That's how I feel nowadays, just kick back & enjoy what Argonath has to offer for you.

Yes but it's kinda hard to sit back and relax when you lost everything, you can barely do anything and all you m8s left because of this.
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: JDC on January 25, 2014, 02:30:29 pm
Yes but it's kinda hard to sit back and relax when you lost everything, you can barely do anything and all you m8s left because of this.

When I started in Argonath, I was 14 years old and barely in high school. Now, I am nearly 21 and am studying computer science in a premiere University.

Yet, I still find the spare time to come back here and contribute, and most importantly, enjoy. There is so much I learned from this community (other cultures, finding friends from different countries, debate, leadership, among others) and it has been a good experience for me. Even if I were no longer to lead on the front, part of my satisfaction comes from staying around and helping to pass on that experience to new generations of players.

The problem is the lack of players and the incessant complaining.
The solution is to pitch in and help things get going, by giving effort.

Now what do you want to be a part of, the problem or the solution? I have already made my choice.
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Sawyer on January 25, 2014, 02:51:54 pm
Nice effort there, Elite. I'll just quit talking here it seems that it leads nowhere. Leaders shall do whatever they think is the best for the server.
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: SugarD on January 25, 2014, 03:28:40 pm
Yes but it's kinda hard to sit back and relax when you lost everything, you can barely do anything and all you m8s left because of this.
If you plan on sitting back and relaxing, what would you do? Surely that doesn't mean going into the server, AFK'ing, and leaning back in your chair while you watch the world go by...

I'd assume you would be doing something that would be furthering your roleplay experience while in the server, relaxing. Even if you don't intend to, it is still being done any time you roleplay with another person. It is just your decisions which decide how much or how little you earn from it in terms of money, experience, and fun.
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: AK47 on January 25, 2014, 03:35:35 pm
I could go to my house, I could /load 100 deagle, I could take my own car and go to my friend and then we went somewere and shot the sky.
Now everyone left cause of having a chance of doing it again, we need to farm firemission every 20 min to have a chance of getting money and most stuff are still bugged and that is no fun. For you it might be, but not for the 100 people that "moved on".
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: SugarD on January 25, 2014, 03:38:37 pm
...we need to farm firemission every 20 min to have a chance of getting money...
There is your mistake. You wish to misuse an existing system to get money you think you need to have fun, instead of just roleplaying it all out and having a good time doing the same, exact thing you wanted to do.

Money isn't required for everything. There are also plenty of other ways of getting it. People just don't want to use their imaginations because there aren't scripts that exist for these ideas...
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Mikal on January 25, 2014, 03:40:16 pm
There is your mistake. You wish to misuse an existing system to get money you think you need to have fun, instead of just roleplaying it all out and having a good time doing the same, exact thing you wanted to do.

Money isn't required for everything. There are also plenty of other ways of getting it. People just don't want to use their imaginations because there aren't scripts that exist for these ideas...
Oh I'm sorry hasn't management said the current fireman system is actually to inject money into the economy?
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: JDC on January 25, 2014, 03:46:29 pm
Money isn't required for everything. There are also plenty of other ways of getting it. People just don't want to use their imaginations because there aren't scripts that exist for these ideas...

I agree with this point in particular. However, I also have to point out that in the current state of things, the injection of money into the economy is needed to finally get the system going. You can have a really good engine (gamemode) and parts (players), but you can't get it going without the right oil.
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: SugarD on January 25, 2014, 03:48:52 pm
Oh I'm sorry hasn't management said the current fireman system is actually to inject money into the economy?
Haven't they also said that it is not there simply to earn money, but to be a roleplaying mechanism? Oh wait, I forgot...everyone just plays here for greed. It isn't a roleplay server.

Come on now. If you really think the scripted systems are there purely for money, then you are sadly mistaken. They are there to give a monetary incentive for roleplays that are successful, yes, but not just so you can walk up, accept the challenge, and walk away rich. That is not the point as to why they exist. If you are just playing here to earn as much money as you can, then you are playing on the wrong gamemode...

I agree with this point in particular. However, I also have to point out that in the current state of things, the injection of money into the economy is needed to finally get the system going. You can have a really good engine (gamemode) and parts (players), but you can't get it going without the right oil.
Then they can do it properly. There is no need to abuse anything just to "jumpstart the server". They could easily roleplay out the scenarios like they are supposed to while earning the money.
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Acika on January 25, 2014, 03:54:00 pm
Then they can do it properly. There is no need to abuse anything just to "jumpstart the server". They could easily roleplay out the scenarios like they are supposed to while earning the money.
Noone will give you cash for RPing, because noone has the cash to give you.
Still not sure how making money as fireman is abuse. It's just the only source for people to get a decent ammount of money.

It's not fun to pretend that you have fireman skin, that you have imagionary exstinguisher and that you're spraying imagionary fire.
Same as it's not fun to drive a blista and pretend that you're driving an infernus.

People want visual objects and script is there to provide that.
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Pingster on January 25, 2014, 03:55:12 pm
They could easily roleplay out the scenarios like they are supposed to while earning the money.
And people could close their eyes when dreaming.
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: SugarD on January 25, 2014, 04:01:08 pm
Noone will give you cash for RPing, because noone has the cash to give you.
/me hands Acika $20.

And people could close their eyes when dreaming.
Most people do. The sad part is that none of them wish to even try opening their eyes.
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Acika on January 25, 2014, 04:05:45 pm
Just lol :lol:
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: AK47 on January 25, 2014, 04:07:08 pm
What do you want me to do? Sell weed to the other 3 AFK players?
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: SugarD on January 25, 2014, 04:15:27 pm
What do you want me to do? Sell weed to the other 3 AFK players?
You could always ask your friends to get online so you can roleplay with them. Communication is a wonderful tool.
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: AK47 on January 25, 2014, 04:23:05 pm
You could always ask your friends to get online so you can roleplay with them. Communication is a wonderful tool.

But the thing is, nobody wants to go online because of - RS5
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Pingster on January 25, 2014, 04:26:59 pm
/me hands Acika $20.
In a gamemode that took years to script, I expect being able to actually send money, not just pretend I did.
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: AK47 on January 25, 2014, 04:31:29 pm
In a gamemode that took years to script, I expect being able to actually send money, not just pretend I did.

My new signature, thank you kind sir.
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Stivi on January 25, 2014, 04:57:34 pm
What do you want me to do? Sell weed to the other 3 AFK players?
No, sell to me, a hardworking businessman. Find the right guy, not the "fireman".
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: SugarD on January 25, 2014, 05:07:42 pm
But the thing is, nobody wants to go online because of - RS5
Nobody? I've seen 12 people online for the last 4 hours straight. More at other hours. You sure it is nobody?

In a gamemode that took years to script, I expect being able to actually send money, not just pretend I did.
If you expect to actually be sending money, you should try PayPal. The scripts are nothing more than something to make your roleplay have a visual effect.
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: AK47 on January 25, 2014, 05:17:42 pm
Nobody? I've seen 12 people online for the last 4 hours straight. More at other hours. You sure it is nobody?

8 firemen, 2 cops, 1 EMS and the other one is AFK. And it's no one I'd like to play with.
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Lustigkurre on January 25, 2014, 05:30:13 pm
Nobody? I've seen 12 people online for the last 4 hours straight. More at other hours. You sure it is nobody?
If you expect to actually be sending money, you should try PayPal. The scripts are nothing more than something to make your roleplay have a visual effect.

How about to go ingame yourself and show some rp skills?

Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: SugarD on January 25, 2014, 05:43:49 pm
8 firemen, 2 cops, 1 EMS and the other one is AFK. And it's no one I'd like to play with.
Then you should invite your friends! ;)

There are 20 people online now.
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Bundy on January 25, 2014, 05:57:20 pm
Interesting how some are telling people to play on RS5 while they're only chatting on the forum most of the time.
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Malik. on January 25, 2014, 06:19:34 pm
27 players online atm such a achievement!!!!  :bananav: :bananav: :bananav:
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Pingster on January 25, 2014, 06:28:01 pm
Interesting how some are telling people to play on RS5 while they're only chatting on the forum most of the time.
Skype. Skype as well. A lot.
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Teddy on January 25, 2014, 07:13:28 pm
Interesting how some are telling people to play on RS5 while they're only chatting on the forum most of the time.

Some of us (such as myself) would love to play RS5 all the time. Sadly some of us have other areas to focus on and prevents us from getting online. Trust me I go in RS5 when I get some free time. So... yeah go in RS5 and give it a go.
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Bundy on January 25, 2014, 07:28:28 pm
Some of us (such as myself) would love to play RS5 all the time. Sadly some of us have other areas to focus on and prevents us from getting online. Trust me I go in RS5 when I get some free time. So... yeah go in RS5 and give it a go.
So they have no time for RS5 but plenty of time to talk to us on the forum? Bullshit.
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Mopreme on January 25, 2014, 08:08:34 pm
So they have no time for RS5 but plenty of time to talk to us on the forum? Bullshit.
We "ran out" of time when RS5 arrived ;).
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Slavik on January 25, 2014, 08:30:03 pm
We "ran out" of time when RS5 arrived ;).
Hm, weird :uhm:
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Teddy on January 25, 2014, 08:49:22 pm
So they have no time for RS5 but plenty of time to talk to us on the forum? Bullshit.

Plenty of time? If you consider the few seconds it takes to draft a reply and refreshing the forums once an hour or so while I take a short break. Luckily I work from home so staying on the forums isn't much of a problem. Thanks for your concerns tho.
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Mikal on January 25, 2014, 08:56:13 pm
work from home
I jelly.
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: CharlieKasper on January 25, 2014, 09:18:07 pm
It is now a proven fact that it all comes down to the players to boost the player count of SA:MP Argonath. It is true that players attract players. And that is what happened today. A public meeting hosted by the SAPD boosted the player count upto a reputable amount and it stayed that way even though the meeting was over. During this period I saw nobody complaining  about anything related to scripts as they were actually busy enjoying the game with their friends..

This proves that players attract players, so do what the HQ has been telling you to do, log in and play. You don't see many players in game? Log in anyway and do your thing! If everyone keeps this mentality, you will soon find Argonath with its former glory.
As said by JDC factions play a major role in this as they constitute most of the server. Factions currently complain that there are no people to do their business with. Just log in, attract players and watch the events follow.   
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Slavik on January 25, 2014, 09:50:28 pm
You don't see many players in game? Log in anyway and do your thing! If everyone keeps this mentality, you will soon find Argonath with its former glory.

Well said, agree with you.

Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: SugarD on January 26, 2014, 12:02:33 am
You don't see many players in game? Log in anyway and do your thing!
This. People did it today, and the server went from 12 people to 60+.
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Jaka_Lah on January 26, 2014, 12:03:44 am
This. People did it today, and the server went from 12 people to 60+.
and it crashed and went to 28..
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: SugarD on January 26, 2014, 12:21:19 am
and it crashed and went to 28..
When it crashes, less people always return.
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: MikeSangelo on January 26, 2014, 12:37:31 am
and it crashed and went to 28..

I don't recall seeing you in-game.

After the crash, we only lost about 10 players, boo hoo.
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Jaka_Lah on January 26, 2014, 12:57:47 am
I don't recall seeing you in-game.

After the crash, we only lost about 10 players, boo hoo.
Ever heard of a thing called SAMP client, it allows you to see the player count .. and woah you won't believe it.. you use it to launch GTA_SA.exe modified to launch into a multiplayer server. I mean does it matter if you've seen me? and now there are 3 people online.. so yeah.

When it crashes, less people always return.
There is just a feeling of disappointment when a piece of technology crashes, I understand it, as I didn't return either. But I do want to know why it happened, as the moment when we reached some sort of success it just turned into dust again. I thought we were over DDoSing.. I'm so tired of children thinking they're fucking hacking geniuses when they DDoS a server, everyone can use google, it just.. I hope it was the server that fucked up, not another scumbag again.
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Rusty on January 26, 2014, 01:02:03 am
Player count is gone, so what we're still a community.
We had one surge of massive activity in-game, sure the SAPD Meeting along with Gandalf and his merry band of sheep appeared contributed to that fact, it still remains that the server was still fairly active for hours afterwards. 

Groups may have made up a fairly large portion of the activity, they have their own reason to not join RS5 and it's easily seen why.  SAPD had a chance to voice ideas and improve on Police features in RS5 (some of which got added/working on), now it's only fair groups were given the same courtesy.  Either through ARUN or a public topic within the RS5 board.
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Pandalink on January 26, 2014, 01:10:02 am
There is your mistake. You wish to misuse an existing system to get money you think you need to have fun, instead of just roleplaying it all out and having a good time doing the same, exact thing you wanted to do.
Money doesn't fall from the sky off the wings of angels, you need to actually go and get it.
This has been true for every single gamemode.

They are there to give a monetary incentive for roleplays that are successful, yes, but not just so you can walk up, accept the challenge, and walk away rich. That is not the point as to why they exist.
Given the way it's currently implemented - yes, actually it is.

Then they can do it properly. There is no need to abuse anything just to "jumpstart the server". They could easily roleplay out the scenarios like they are supposed to while earning the money.
No they couldn't, that's just totally outright incorrect. As I said above, money doesn't just fall from the fucking sky, you have to go and actually earn it, and then you can spend it on roleplay.

This was my exact argument for not resetting RS2 back in summer 2007. I said that at the start of RS3 everyone would roleplay less and just scrounge for money until they had enough to be comfortable to waste it (so a house, business, cars and over a million basically).
And oh shit, hey - look what happened in 2008. Exactly what I fucking said.

The same is happening now. If you want to "roleplay to earn money" (enough money to actually buy anything) then come back in 2015 when people have cash to spend.

Noone will give you cash for RPing, because noone has the cash to give you.

/me hands Acika $20.
Oh damn, now he's ~0.006% on the way to buying a house! Only 15 thousand more $20 payments to earn!

Most people do. The sad part is that none of them wish to even try opening their eyes.
I don't think you understood his point. Like, at all.
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: SugarD on January 26, 2014, 01:53:58 am
...now there are 3 people online.. so yeah.
There is just a feeling of disappointment when a piece of technology crashes, I understand it, as I didn't return either. But I do want to know why it happened...
There are 6 now.
Zaila accidentally broke something fixing a couple bugs and crashed the server. He apologized in the public chat after.

Money doesn't fall from the sky off the wings of angels, you need to actually go and get it.
This has been true for every single gamemode.
Given the way it's currently implemented - yes, actually it is.
No they couldn't, that's just totally outright incorrect. As I said above, money doesn't just fall from the f**king sky, you have to go and actually earn it, and then you can spend it on roleplay.

This was my exact argument for not resetting RS2 back in summer 2007. I said that at the start of RS3 everyone would roleplay less and just scrounge for money until they had enough to be comfortable to waste it (so a house, business, cars and over a million basically).
And oh shit, hey - look what happened in 2008. Exactly what I f**king said.

The same is happening now. If you want to "roleplay to earn money" (enough money to actually buy anything) then come back in 2015 when people have cash to spend.
Oh damn, now he's ~0.006% on the way to buying a house! Only 15 thousand more $20 payments to earn!
I don't think you understood his point. Like, at all.
1. You can still easily roleplay it.
2. No, it isn't. Just because people misuse it that way does not meant it was designed for that purpose.
3. Yes, they could. You don't need to completely ignore the roleplay in order to get the money. Roleplay out the scenario and earn the money as you go...like it was built for to begin with.
If players misuse things until money is common, then that is a player problem, not a script one.
4. /me gives Acika $100,000.
5. I did. :)
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: CharlieKasper on January 26, 2014, 05:03:50 am
Yes, at one point after the crash, for a few seconds, the count was 28. In a minute or two it went back 50+ players.. Its what usually happens after a crash.

P.S. If it matters, I have been given 25,000 dollars for just pure roleplay, nothing but pure roleplay. The other guy had to gain nothing permanent. It was all for the fun of being a criminal.
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Mikal on January 26, 2014, 03:34:25 pm
It's funny that all the big groups who are supposed to influence RP left when they lost their ammunations and such, just shows how they cared more about money than roleplay, the server is pretty stumped IMO, if you get the big groups back you get a bunch of money hungrys who don't RP, yes I'm talking about Gvardia, Ancelotti, Corleone, you know those big 'official' groups, the fact that they all bailed when they lost assets shows that they should never have had official status in the first place.

 :app:
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Harry on January 26, 2014, 03:37:57 pm
It's funny that all the big groups who are supposed to influence RP left when they lost their ammunations and such, just shows how they cared more about money than roleplay, the server is pretty stumped IMO, if you get the big groups back you get a bunch of money hungrys who don't RP, yes I'm talking about Gvardia, Ancelotti, Corleone, you know those big 'official' groups, the fact that they all bailed when they lost assets shows that they should never have had official status in the first place.

 :app:

You might want to remove Ancelotti from your list. We are role-playing every time we can.

None of us bailed when we lost our assets. Ancelotti actually gained members once RS5 came out. Yet I have seen you in-game, roleplaying.

Oh yeah, because you are banned till May.
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Mikal on January 26, 2014, 03:43:58 pm
You might want to remove Ancelotti from your list. We are role-playing every time we can.

None of us bailed when we lost our assets. Ancelotti actually gained members once RS5 came out. Yet I have seen you in-game, roleplaying.
Ok well sorry if Ancelotti has been RPing in RS5, but for the benefit of other peoples opinions I won't remove it from the list, and if you haven't seen me in-game RPing thats because I'm banned until May for arguing with administration, if thats what you mean to imply.
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: JDC on January 26, 2014, 04:51:10 pm
Ok well sorry if Ancelotti has been RPing in RS5, but for the benefit of other peoples opinions I won't remove it from the list, and if you haven't seen me in-game RPing thats because I'm banned until May for arguing with administration, if thats what you mean to imply.

Aside from SAPD and the Clans, Ancelotti, Sforza, and Svensson are the three factions I've seen pitching in during RS5. They didn't bail.
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Stivi on January 26, 2014, 04:58:28 pm
Aside from SAPD and the Clans, Ancelotti, Sforza, and Svensson are the three factions I've seen pitching in during RS5. They didn't bail.
wut 'bout skoto man ?
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: JDC on January 26, 2014, 05:01:47 pm
wut 'bout skoto man ?

Not too familiar with them, so I cannot assess them yet. Either way, the last three factions I named are the ones that stand out the most as of now.
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Acika on January 26, 2014, 06:46:55 pm
4. /me gives Acika $100,000.
You have mixed In game cash with imaginary(RP) cash.

With your imaginary cash i can only imaginary clean my ass, so you should keep em :lol:


Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: SugarD on January 26, 2014, 07:54:07 pm
You have mixed In game cash with imaginary(RP) cash.

With your imaginary cash i can only imaginary clean my ass, so you should keep em :lol:
So you're saying in-game cash is real money?!?
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Khm on January 26, 2014, 08:07:41 pm
So you're saying in-game cash is real money?!?
That's what most of people, sadly, think.
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Teddy on January 26, 2014, 08:09:22 pm
So you're saying in-game cash is real money?!?
(http://michiganjournal.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/tumblr_lu419rDeQl1r0w390.jpg)

;)
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Malik. on January 26, 2014, 08:21:05 pm
It is now a proven fact that it all comes down to the players to boost the player count of SA:MP Argonath. It is true that players attract players. And that is what happened today. A public meeting hosted by the SAPD boosted the player count upto a reputable amount and it stayed that way even though the meeting was over. During this period I saw nobody complaining  about anything related to scripts as they were actually busy enjoying the game with their friends..

You don't see many players in game? Log in anyway and do your thing! If everyone keeps this mentality, you will soon find Argonath with its former glory.
Alright, let's try to rp...oh wait. Okay, let's try to make some money...oh wait. Let's try to improve the server by giving personal opinions..oh wait.
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Sandi on January 26, 2014, 08:40:17 pm
do you guys ever stop arguing
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Teddy on January 26, 2014, 08:42:14 pm
do you guys ever stop arguing

Hi Sandi,

Welcome to the Internet. I'll be your tour guide for this festive journey.
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Acika on January 26, 2014, 08:48:03 pm
So you're saying in-game cash is real money?!?
No. I am now sure that you have mixed in game money, rp (imaginary) money and real life money.
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Pingster on January 27, 2014, 02:30:00 am
So you're saying in-game cash is real money?!?
It's not MTA:VC anymore, young padawan. People want to actually use the scripts that have been promised and offered, like, idk, trucking job, stock management, letting your house(s), group vehicles, customising your house(s) and so on. Features that are meant to distinguish RS5 from every other server, features that should be landmarks in SA:MP scripting, features that will bring more players in. Monopoly money isn't going to get it done. Result is that everyone is on fire duty. Result is that it's about as interesting as watching paint dry. You'll get roleplay here and there, fair play, but it's likely going to be related to fireduty in one way another, just 'cos everyone's a fireman anyway. So yeah. FD5.


Sorry, I hoped it would be different, for fuck's sake, the RS5 Beta was much more entertaining. More bugs, way more unplayable, but because people didn't have to care about making money, it made for more entertaining game time. No one slaved on fire duty, everyone was messing around in one way or another.

There's no point dreaming about how none of these features are actually necessary to be used through scripts, that you can roleplay and do them through available means, those days are gone and done, that's like saying you don't need an iPhone, you can use Nokia 3310 just as well... Yeah, ok, but no, just no, welcome to capitalism, if it doesn't gain you profit, it's not worth the effort.
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: AK47 on January 27, 2014, 02:40:35 am
Well said.
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: SugarD on January 27, 2014, 07:14:04 pm
It's not MTA:VC anymore, young padawan. People want to actually use the scripts that have been promised and offered, like, idk, trucking job, stock management, letting your house(s), group vehicles, customising your house(s) and so on. Features that are meant to distinguish RS5 from every other server, features that should be landmarks in SA:MP scripting, features that will bring more players in.
So you're saying that SA:MP RS5 should be remembered for the limited amount of scripted abilities it can offer instead of the unlimited amount of opportunities it brings about with the scripts enhancing them? That makes no sense.

As I've said before, and I will continue to say: Scripts are only there to enhance your roleplay. They do not do it for you.

Anyone who believes that scripts should roleplay for you has sadly lost their touch with reality, and the roleplaying world.
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Teddy on January 27, 2014, 07:34:42 pm

If you gave me "/me gives Teddy 5000 argonath dollars" after I sent you drugs I'd kill you. Just sayin.
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: SugarD on January 27, 2014, 07:39:10 pm
If you gave me "/me gives Teddy 5000 argonath dollars" after I sent you drugs I'd kill you. Just sayin.
But then I'd say, "/me turns into a Teddy bear eating ghost", and nom you up!
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Stivi on January 27, 2014, 07:50:07 pm
If you gave me "/me gives Teddy 5000 argonath dollars" after I sent you drugs I'd kill you. Just sayin.
umad ? /groupjoin gvardia cuz it's not locked and then /selltomarket! FTW!!
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Pingster on January 27, 2014, 08:27:13 pm
So you're saying that SA:MP RS5 should be remembered for the limited amount of scripted abilities it can offer instead of the unlimited amount of opportunities it brings about with the scripts enhancing them? That makes no sense.
Yes, I am saying that, that's the whole damn point of a gamemode, the scripts. No one (should) judges gamemode by how it's used, that's how you judge the community, you judge a gamemode by what it offers in terms of scripts.

By your reasoning, RS5 could be a piece of shit on one community, but most amazing thing in the world on another community, just because people do different things with it. No. You judge it by it's technical aspects, what it does, what it offers, etcetera.. And quite frankly, you can't access huge portion of the scripts without investing MONTHS in one VERY tiny and limited area of the gamemode right now. That's what RS5 is known for now, not for the amazing trucking scripts or perhaps the system of renting out your flats, no, it's known for it's fire missions and how people use them.

It was cool in Beta, people had the means to try out all the wonderful features developers have invested months and months of time scripting, shit was cash, now? Now we're all enjoying fire duty and to some extent police duty. And when I mean enjoying, I mean grinding it for money. And it's hardly misuse if that's how the gamemode works in the beginning after a reset. Maybe in time, when people have businesses and trucking will fuel more money into economy, that could change.
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Brandon. on January 28, 2014, 05:18:13 am
such real
much appreciate
wow
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Kizzu on February 06, 2014, 06:42:19 pm

Oh, and I still think Argonath would be better off focusing on MTA:SA instead of SA:MP :|

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Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: Alexander_Rijav on February 06, 2014, 08:45:09 pm
If you gave me "/me gives Teddy 5000 argonath dollars" after I sent you drugs I'd kill you. Just sayin.
But you can RP giving him the drugs,he can RP using them...the only difference is the screen effect. Expect if you get high IRL atm...  :uhm:
Title: Re: Lets get real.
Post by: SugarD on February 06, 2014, 09:31:07 pm
But you can RP giving him the drugs,he can RP using them...the only difference is the screen effect. Expect if you get high IRL atm...  :uhm:
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