Player Registration/Retention and Statistics - Community Input

[Julio.]

Yep, and I'd be a bit more laid back towards the groups actually actively RPing with a lot of activity. (Including FLA), I would argue its up to ingame measures to deal with such groups, all that seems to have happened is that the measures against them + threats have sent them more inactive, resulting in a lower average player base.
@Mikal

[Julio.]

Having trucking back would be great too

Simple, fun job which is infinitely times more interesting than purely typing out commands (like oil working)

[Hevar.]

Does Argonath have a Facebook page? If yes, who is behind it?

[Julio.]

I think there is one, I have no idea who runs it though.

@Devin - Any more feelings on the emails point? Rather than sending one email on the 28th July, it would possibly be a better marketing technique to send one a month before, then a week before, then a reminder on the day I think. This is obviously community wide so wouldn't be SA:MP specific.
Something the webmasters could arrange? - @Teddy, @Mister_Me, @Brian.

Would anyone be happy to run up some generic Argonath signatures (prioritising the "Argonath RPG" brand on it) which we could use on SA:MP forums etc?

[Devin]

Let's see if we can get something put together. Time is a little limited at the moment for me however.

[beLTa]

Does Argonath have a Facebook page? If yes, who is behind it?

Traser and Brian handle the facebook page. Few months ago they accepted new members for it but I don't remember their names. Also, facebook page has gone inactive again as it was before.

[Julio.]

Facebook is a bit of a strange medium for a gaming community to use overall really. Fair enough having a page, but as a professional I like to keep gaming content away from my page so prospective employers and business partners only see my serious side. Some people may feel differently though of course!

But yeah, I guess if the page is regularly updated and such it would be more interesting.

[JDC]

Facebook is a bit of a strange medium for a gaming community to use overall really. Fair enough having a page, but as a professional I like to keep gaming content away from my page so prospective employers and business partners only see my serious side. Some people may feel differently though of course!

My 2nd Facebook, aside from checking things my first cannot, is also for Argonath purposes :p

[Stivi]

A steam club or whatever it's called? Can get a lot of gamers from there.

[Brian]

A mass email was sent out a year and a half ago after a situation which happened in the community and wasn't accepted well by the inactive players, getting numerous complaints on our forum mail. (And even a guy threatening to sue us.)

I'm all about informing people, but if someone doesn't access the forums anymore I guess it's best to leave it at that and not send them unwelcome 'spam'.
If ideas are being brought up they can be worked on, feel free to @ me or PM me regarding ideas and I'll see what I can do.

[Stivi]

lol sue us for what? Sending an e-mail that he didn't want to see yet gave out his e-mail to us himself?

[Julio.]

A mass email was sent out a year and a half ago after a situation which happened in the community and wasn't accepted well by the inactive players, getting numerous complaints on our forum mail. (And even a guy threatening to sue us.)

I'm all about informing people, but if someone doesn't access the forums anymore I guess it's best to leave it at that and not send them unwelcome 'spam'.
If ideas are being brought up they can be worked on, feel free to @ me or PM me regarding ideas and I'll see what I can do.

Threatening to sue? I'd have just laughed in his face mate. He registered here and ticked the "Allow Admins to Email Me" box... he had no grounds.

I'd say send another.

[Leon.]

I've taken it upon myself to reach out to a handful of old people I knew from back in the day. Some have a very specific reason for leaving, others are now flat out disinterested in SAMP, moving on to more modern games or living an adult life. For example Eugene and Tommy Gvardia have both started a family, and from what I hear Ben Samiir has a family as well. Our owners have family too if I recall correctly (let's remember that now). Cofiliano has had less and less time as he works towards a career. Cutt3r's in India pursuing a career as well methinks? Soon enough I'm going to find myself too preoccupied to dedicate any notable amount of time to SA:MP as I try to balance an education, work, and a social life.

Threatening to sue over a mass email is retarded. I sometimes get "we miss you!" type emails from various sites of various natures, and even get "Happy birthday!" messages from sites I haven't visited in like 6 years. Boo hoo, one more e-mail in your inbox. These are the type of players that cry about everything - the type that we don't want here. I personally enjoy the relatively mature environment the server has reached this year, compared to what it was in 2011.

Ultimately having a lower player count is a catch 22. In order to keep new players, a currently higher player count is desired to keep the players interested in playing. In order to get a higher player count, we need newer players. We can make up for this by making a proactive effort to keep new players interested in playing. As for gathering new players, perhaps we should pursue new avenues. Argonath has never been the type of server to blatantly flail its cock every which way saying "COME TO ARGONATH PLZZZ." I'm not really sure myself where we can reach out to, however.

[Teddy]

A steam club or whatever it's called? Can get a lot of gamers from there.

https://steamcommunity.com/groups/Argonath

[Stivi]

https://steamcommunity.com/groups/Argonath

Ah me and my keeping up-to-date with stuff :|