The Decline of Playerworlds

[killerogue]

I'm what you would say a new person to Graal. Started playing in '03 but stopped and restarted late last year. But I wish to for you the people of Graal to read this and please post on your opinions as this has bothered me for quite some time and I decided to write a small summary about my thoughts of a Graal population.

THE DECLINE OF PLAYERWORLDS

Why do we see more and more failing playerworlds?
Why haven't there been any new late additions to Classic? Gold?
Why are so many playerworlds allowed to be spwned? Then failed?

Simple questions with simple answers. But it goes much more deeper than being just simple. I server hop occasionally and I see dead playerworlds all over the list. This makes me internally sad. What has happened to Graal? What happened to the golden days of Graal (98-02)? Why have things gotten out of hand so? I've seen playerworld owners who know nothing about playerworlds much at all. They bought it just to have one. That's such a waste and it's really a shame. What happened to the time when PWA's actually reviewed 3-4 servers at a time and posted the results on forums. What happened to Graal's global staff? I'd say make people pass tests before owning playerworlds not chump tests that involve low skills of knowledge about playerworlds but hard ass tests. Excuse my language. I see Graal as another online MMORPG going down the drain and losing players. Graal used to have a population of 2000+ it's just not interesting anymore. It's simply an addictive. And also with so many dead playerworlds on the list. They should be taken OFF the list (RC list), another simply implemented idea is for PWA's to set down a list of rules or things PWs would have to abide too (See Thread Pwa Guidelines on Classic Servers by Crono) . Make PWs have a monthly check and if not passed shut them down. This would cause people to think twice about buying one without knowledge as well as making the people who own Graal much more money as people would repay to buy their playerworld back. Take this into consideration. Graal can regain it's population with a few good playerworlds out. Stefan I hear talk of a 3D engine to make 3D Pws. This would bring definite players to Graal. Also the few promising playerworlds now (Cynical,Esteria,Crisis?,G2k1 (Go Koni),SH, and others) could bring some long needed FUN to Graal I ask you to read this post people and post YOUR replies and thoughts on my perception of Graal these days. Because it bothers me so much that it's gotten this way.

Thank you,
killerogue