Veenings idea

*note this is just a suggestion, just my opinion.
This opinion is based on my journey through other servers, and being affected by their ideas.
---------Minecraft------------------

First, i want to talk about the game we love.
How is minecraft multiplayer so addicting?
The social part.
We, the players get statisfaction, of joining a server, and meet new people.
Every person has a different building style, different playstyle, different skins, and above all, different personality
And those things combined, makes the epic part of the game
(weve all been through this)
You log on in the morning, before going to work/school
there are 3 people online, you ask them whatsup
"oh, just flattening the area, gonna make a castle"
You log off.
In the evening, you log back on, and the first things you hear are
Wow, thats amzing!
The player has made a huge epic castle

-------------The New map -------------

The server is losing people, and older players are losing interest too.
But what causes them to leave veen?
Simply put, statisfaction.
Players like making buildings that actually have an impact on the world, and will be seen by other people.
Right now, we have made a perfect world.
The idea of the map was that we would expand, expand, expand, expand and more expanding.
This went well for a long time, but has recently stopped, because players began to lose interest.
The exploration is also a bit dull(dunno if thats the word)
since everywhere you go, someone has been there before.
We need to attract alot of new players to the server imo.


"wait, your saying that resetting a map will bring alot of new players?"
Yes.
We need to reset the map, then edit the forum title with NEW MAP in it, and bump it every hour or something.
This way, a huge amount of players will come.

The only thing that is holding players back, is that we made a perfect world already.

"But but but veen, this will just mean we have to do it all over again, and lose everything"
We can atleast try it, and if it doesn't work, we can go back to the other map, simple as that
And if it does work, and some people want to go to the utopia world, we can create a portal.

What also will revive the game are events
things like
"Mob monday" (because our server = laggy with mobs right now)
And maybe an event where there is an army of slimes heading through the city
or maybe something with NPC's for a day or something.

THE RPG APPROACH
Okay, so every game in the world is slowly turning into an RPG
why? Because RPG's give statisfaction, and give you the feeling that you have an impact on the world, a goal.
Idea #1 The RPG cities.
We would start with 2 cities, and if they get 30 people to live there each, we get 2 new cities.
That would keep the game fresh.

Idea #2 The Empire.
3 cities would make an empire. Empires would bring PVP with them, so each empire would get an army
and we would have certain War PVP events

Idea #3 Towns
yes, you heard me, towns.
If the players get an empire, people in the empire are allowed to start new smaller cities in the empire, also known as towns.
Towns: - must be built by 5-10 people with atleast 3 veterans
-Must all have a different building style to keep the game fresh

Idea #4 NPC's/Trading
Every city would get an npc, or trade chest, with a building material that is cheap in that city
This would cause players to travel around the world, and seeing new things, meeting new people, going on new adventures.

Idea #5 A Storyline Plot, or something like that, we really need one to keep the players hooked to the server.

Information about Map-4 (rebirth?)

-Mobs are going on, if not possible, just one 1 day in the week, or an event.
-more RPG approach
-Events
-More trading oppurtunities



ugh, i think this would be my opinion, this post might be edited later

Well, i'm ok with the New Map thing. We all have built awesome things, but i want to start again, and make new fresh and more awesome buildings.
With the RPG part. . .
If i don't remember bad, Green City tryed to be most vanilla possible with some basic implementions, let the RPG style for other servers.

My point of view.

Not being rude, My Server my final decision and new map = i will not pay. = end of green city server.

BorjaX wrote:

Well, i'm ok with the New Map thing. We all have built awesome things, but i want to start again, and make new fresh and more awesome buildings.
With the RPG part. . .
If i don't remember bad, Green City tryed to be most vanilla possible with some basic implementions, let the RPG style for other servers.

My point of view.

Yeah, your right, i may have overdone the RPG part, thats what im realizing myself.
I don't want to change "the game"
I want people to get more fun out of it

yeah idk speaking as a semi newcomer ---(started feb 1)--- the whole reason i came to the server was because of the buildings and because of the way it is now. I LIKE having multiple options and places to explore and things to see. If i dont feel like building for a day i can explore.... i can see what other players made and.....perhaps they created something really great that would then inspire me to go off and build.....

and idk...If i spent days....weeks....building what i have and lost it..i would probably leave lol

Who's going to want to join this new server? It's empty. It's plain. It's boring. The RPG element, though interesting, is waaaayyyyyy to hard to realistically accomplish.

paladinofcheese wrote:

Who's going to want to join this new server? It's empty. It's plain. It's boring

If your not saracstic, i would like to reply.
Why would players join a fresh server with a fresh map
-If they make something epic, wich no one has done before, because its a new map, people will be impressed, alot.
-They can go to places where no-one has been before easily
-They feel like they have a goal, they are building stuff that actually matters.
and more

veening wrote:

paladinofcheese wrote:

Who's going to want to join this new server? It's empty. It's plain. It's boring

If your not saracstic, i would like to reply.
Why would players join a fresh server with a fresh map
-If they make something epic, wich no one has done before, because its a new map, people will be impressed, alot.
-They can go to places where no-one has been before easily
-They feel like they have a goal, they are building stuff that actually matters.
and more

Sarcasm? Way off, Dude. I was being serious.
No, people are going to join and see how empty it is, think that nobody cares, and leave. That's the first thing I would think. I joined Green City because it has structure to it. There are designated locations for things, rules, leaders.

Look how many people think the same thing.

js1589: Why do you want to join the server: Because it looks like a fun community and a great place to build.

danger-zone: Why do you want to join the server:it looks sick as

vuresevoir: Why do you want to join the server: I want to join this server to contribute to the already well-developed towns, and also to expose myself to an environment where I may learn from, allowing me to become more creative. I also wanna make a song using note blocks =P

It seems to me that people like having structure and not having to do all the work to remake it. And that's only one page on the forum.

a new map has always been a subject of controversy. but we usually get by that with adding the old worlds into the map with warping privileges to mods. i suggest you all make a hall of fame for the REALLY good creations, and put it at a far away warp, cuboided of course, and start a new map with new cities, at least after another month. first time green city changed was a vote on new map i believe. but always let the people decide. veening, you've always been one for a new map, and usually you suggest it a bit too soon. i personally think that towns should have been kept, and the ghost town (which i think willpappy was interested in a long time ago) plan could have worked. but when we used it onOakshire, you remember the pure shit-storm that went down.

just lurkin a bit, almost considering visiting.
~nice2835