Why did you leave?

[Cutt3r]

Ok, in that case, keep it simpler for the older guys who could return. I know I would, even if it was for a little while every week or so.

Somehow, I still have hope that new players could join given that there are still 25-40,000 players on samp in 2021 (numbers from a Google search alone).

[Thom]

Somehow, I still have hope that new players could join given that there are still 25-40,000 players on samp in 2021 (numbers from a Google search alone).

minus 39,998-39,999 russians

[Reckless]

I was 12 years old when I first played Argonath RPG. I'm now 27. Crazy to think how much of my life Argonath has been apart of. 

I was known mainly under the aliases Squid, Scarab, iMunna, [i9]Earl_Montgomery, TeaM_iMunna.

[JayL]

Somehow, I still have hope that new players could join given that there are still 25-40,000 players on samp in 2021 (numbers from a Google search alone).

minus 39,998-39,999 russians

You know, back in MTA:SA, those of us from Brazil, Russia, Serbia, Turkey, Uruguay etc. far outnumbered those from US and Europe.

One of the best cops in the server was a guy from Uruguay who didn't speak a word of English. Being a fellow South American myself, I taught him in Spanish how the cop scripts worked. He had it all figured out. He only went after players in the wanted list. He wrote down an English-language surrender message that I gave him and always used it. We had a script that would automatically punish — and eventually "cop ban" — those who abused deadly force. This guy never got a single misconduct warning during his stay in the server.

I'm pretty sure this could've happened in SA-MP. Probably happened in VC-MP. The playerbase is similar across all three. If any of you think that's a problem, you're missing out on a lot of fun.

[Omri]

Time goes on. Gotten other priorities in life now than I use to have back in the days. I'm god damn 30 years old now haha, married and got a kid and just don't feel like committing to something that I truely can't fulfill 100%. Still gaming from time to time when I have the time for it, but it's mainly Escape From Tarkov and SA:MP is just too old and outdated IMO. Would love to see Argonath getting some more activity but I just don't see how it could be done, you really need to do a completely make-over.

I don't know much about the MTASA community but I do remember the server had quite the potential to bring in lots of new people to the community and I don't even re-call the details of why it got shut down but yea. Best guess is probably some intern shit going on between the developers / owners at that time.

We had our time,  I was here at Argonath prime and god damn man it was fun back in the days and I will always remember those days.

[danigold1]

[Joey_Creeks]

I stopped playing on Argonath when RS5 came out. I have a lot of fond memories of this server and its players, and while I do not know what happened the last couple of years with the management, playerbase and etc. I think most people left because they simply have gotten older.

I saw some SAMP video on youtube a few minutes ago and I remembered this server so I hopped on this forum for a nostalgia trip and saw this post. I think a bulk of the playerbase left because of RS5, in my opinion, the server lost its unique feel and as someone stated above, it just felt like a server that used ideas from lots of other generic RP servers.

As for the whole "mission direction" thing i'm reading above, RS4 didn't have any missions either if I recall. The few jobs that were there gave you basically no money. The only real way to earn money was from either RP or selling drugs, which also required a player to buy and it encouraged player interactions for said money.

As for what can be done to return players, I don't know. The beauty of Argonath in its hay day was its simplicity and encouragement to interact with others for money, RP, and pretty much everything else.

[sina]

just go to uni and work

hopely good days come back
now am there and no server is.
Friends! where are youuuuuu come back to me

[Bundy]

i left becos of Kessu
and also i Have exam's and Shits

[Sawyer]

and also i Have exam's and Shits

[Kessu]

i left becos of Kessu
and also i Have exam's and Shits

[Fabio]

Wow,

Can't believe I found my account, let alone logging into this website ever again.

Recognise some familiar faces, Cutter, JayL, some fellow old TeaM members and some old Sforza MTA:VC players, I don't think I've logged on to this forum for the best part of 6-7 years.

I was looking up a share price of a company called Argo Blockchain in the UK, then the phrase Argo came to my mind, spotted this thread and thought why not post?

As for why I left, I grew older, life developed, education, work, relationships, gym, suddenly roleplaying on decades old GTA games wasn't a priority, wasn't really interested in any of it anymore, the only games I play now is on PS5, and to be honest, once life kicked in, I completely forgot this place existed, apart from the odd moments you get once every 2-3 years when it comes to your mind.

But the time I had between 2007-2012, I was only 13 at the time but they were some of the best gaming years I've ever had, will cherish that because it sort of the first real introduction that a lot of us had into having internet friends, nowadays meeting people online and on apps is normal, but back then it wasn't as common.

Life is a weird thing, with current world events it really puts everything into perspective.

Just incase anyone does remember me.... >>> ponk.

[JayL]

Recognise some familiar faces, Cutter, JayL, some fellow old TeaM members and some old Sforza MTA:VC players, I don't think I've logged on to this forum for the best part of 6-7 years.

Hello there, buddy

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I am one of the many who got busy. And he who gets busy will get nostalgic and return, sooner or later. The thread is a testament to this. That's question 1. As for question 2, when people get nostalgic and return, it's up to owners, staff, and servers to harness this nostalgia and make people stay (until they get busy again). If these three elements are present and functional, then it becomes a matter of time.

[Joey]

Still here 

[Nazzedup]

1. What's the reason you no longer log in?
Simple - I grew up and adult life does not allow me to be as active as before. Work's been very heavy considering the pandemic.
Work aside, I honestly do not find any incentive to head In Game. It has become redundant to go around in the same circle of trial and error for the past couple of years. Whenever I was IG I found a serious lack of things to do. There was no incentive or appeal to both civilian and criminal roleplay. Last few months of my activity, aside from the elections, was doomed by the same cycle of repetitive scenarios and mediocre roleplay. This unfortunately is not something that can be changed by rules or incentives from HQ or Development. We had the 5-10 regulars, who honestly did not provide enough diversity in the interactions and the multiple attempts to either revive something different or bring up something new were either shut down due to the players "being toxic" and removed from the community, or simply the lack of interest and support from the rest of the active playerbase. I understand and respect HQ's priorities IRL and would like to thank them for the effort of the elections, however being elected as Mayor did not lead to a single development of what was initially discussed. I am not sure if any of my proposed changes were applied post-election(e.g. Casino which was rushed prior to the results coming out). Andy was more focused on fixing bugs and QOL improvements and I did not receive any feedback or updates from SAMP HQ, thus unfortunately my promises and ideas were left only as such.


2. What can be done to get you to log in again?

A time machine  In all seriousness, I may tune in for a few hours every now and then, but I do not plan or see any potential fulltime returns. I'm just too burned out. Perhaps get rid of the insanity that has been going on for the past years? I believe the majority can agree, that per Vaas Montenegro's definition of insanity - we've been insane for quite a while now.

PS: Unlike previous periods of inactivity that may have been caused by HQ's approach and methods, I would like to say that I am 100% behind JDC and all of his ideas and will continue supporting to my capabilities. Unfortunately, this is much like the Titanic changing their Captain after it hit the iceberg. You may struggle to keep it afloat, hell, you might even succeed to delay the inevitable. But the ship is already sinking and all we're left with are the lifeboats, which by themselves are not sufficient to keep the ship from sinking.

And after 8 years my forum account is still banned! ;(((