The Decline of Playerworlds

[papajchris]

All Graal wants is money >.>


Why would they care about a playerworld

[Loakey_P2P]

Originally Posted by Sage_Shadowbane

I personally believe that in order for us to increase the lack of classic playerworlds...that all of graal's developers should come together as team and attempt to finish all servers that have any potential in them, that way we as a community would know that something is getting done for graal. (I know this probably will never happen because of how stubborn most people on graal are, but its a good idea none-the-less).

this is true . if the few graal developer's were gathered , organized and set on project's for the current un-complete server's they could be finished one day soon . but most of the graal developer's have issue's with one another and most are aragont or big headed and it wont work . it is an idea tho .

[Thallen]

How's it make you guys feel that you typed and put thought into all of this and no one who has power (Stefan, unixmad) cares or will even read it? LOLOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! That's how Graal is.

Originally Posted by Stefan

Who says we don't read this? If you think to improve playerworld quality we just need to stop playerworld hosting then you have a funny view of things. The quality of playerworlds is increasing (remember or Graal3000 or similar?), but it is true that there needs to be more documentation and help.

I'M DOUBTING MR. STEFAN KNORR TYPED THIS.

[Admins]

Originally Posted by Thallen

How's it make you guys feel that you typed and put thought into all of this and no one who has power (Stefan, unixmad) cares or will even read it? LOLOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! That's how Graal is.

Who says we don't read this? If you think to improve playerworld quality we just need to stop playerworld hosting then you have a funny view of things. The quality of playerworlds is increasing (remember or Graal3000 or similar?), but it is true that there needs to be more documentation and help.

[Crono]

Originally Posted by Stefan

The quality of playerworlds is increasing (remember or Graal3000 or similar?), but it is true that there needs to be more documentation and help.

No it's not. Valikorlia was much better in 2003, Zone had nicer bodies back in 2004 or whenever it was first released, Delteria hasn't changed for the better in years. Zodiac's quality is lower than Babylon when it first came out.

:/

[WanDaMan]

You need to read the improvement forum a lot more - post input on people's suggestions etc.

[jake13jake]

Originally Posted by Stefan

Who says we don't read this? If you think to improve playerworld quality we just need to stop playerworld hosting then you have a funny view of things. The quality of playerworlds is increasing (remember or Graal3000 or similar?), but it is true that there needs to be more documentation and help.

The reason playerworlds are failing is the same reason that current worlds are surviving. If you took a survey on any server asking why they play Graal, the majority of the responses would be related to the social aspect of gameplay. When a new playerworld goes up, a lot of people are going to want to check it out, so of course it's popular. However, these players often go back to playing the server that they're used to because that's where they can talk to and interact with all of their friends and the people that they're used to. This is why Classic has survived through a time where there was a serious lack of gameplay.

In essence, the only way for a playerworld to survive is to be introduced during a time where the number of subscribers to Graal is growing substantially and to offer a unique form of gameplay (ex. Era). Nobody's going to play a server with 2 players, meaning that if it's just people from other servers playing this server for the time being, it's not going to last. If there are a lot of newbies playing on a new server, then the server has a really good chance of surviving because the newbies will form social ties.

Pretty much a global chat room where you can play with your avatars would be the easiest way to accelerate the growth of playerworlds. I wouldn't want this because I'm currently trying to get more content on Classic so that the newbies will join in and enjoy the content. In essence I'm currently trying to expand the demographics that would differently answer why would you play this server? (Classic).

[abara]

good point