Maybe a New Map?

This is just a suggestion, but I got a really cool map on my laptop. It is called the Warucia Castle map. It is HUUGE. Here is a picture. As you can see, it goes up higher, but I couldn't get higher. If you cannot use this map, maybe a large castle like this one. I could help if you want. Thanks.

 

What would this be used for?
War?
Main spawn?
Since the Deitywar build off just ended, so the war maps are covered.
And the build team spent countless hours on the new spawn, so why whould they so quickly get a new one?

 

So from what I know being here for 10 months or so, we had a reset in October, and the spawn is the same. What makes you think Deity would want to change it if he didn't already?

 

The spawn is awesome already

 

From my experience, buildings often have nice exteriors but no interiors. Can we see some interior details?

 

The spawn gets rebuilt with the reset, but I would support the idea of a reset. The server had 200 people on which is now down to a measly 55. I think a reset should be done, I know what has been said by SMC about not needing a reset. But from what I have seen in the past that is what the greater part of the server wants. Just my suggestion, but the resets have worked well for you in the past.

 

Honestly resets ruin servers... why do you think we dropped from about 200 players to about 50? Think about it plenty of people have been saving money and building around an area for a town.. and then they finally create it and poof! A reset takes away a town and the player loses 50k + whatever it took to build it invested in making it. I know I would be fairly peeved if this happened to me. On top of that people looking to make towns in the new reset have to find land before others destroy it. It only screws things up, unless absolutely needed!

 

Resets Can also make a server. Without Resets, the veterans will get bored, have everything they ever wanted, and just rule the world. They would get bored and leave, eventually. The reset is good, but only at the right time. It is a really delicate thing, IMO. Too early and the hard work is lost, too late, and people are already sick of the server.

That's my 2 cents.

 

I say instead of a reset, re-evaluate the existing towns and mall shops. Auction off any towns/stores that are not currently used or are owned by players that have been banned/quit playing. Many new people coming up that want to build a town or own a shop, but hard to get either since they are taken by inactive members. That's just my 2 cents on this topic!

 

speaking about Wraught...
"We're waiting for the next reset. Feel free to join if you need a mental asylum for a home though." - http://imdeity.com/portal/?go=town&town=22

And no, next reset will not be "the last straw". Of course there are people who would leave because of reset, but much more people leave for different reasons. Also, according to SMC we will stay on this map for _very_ long time, i expect until october at least but maybe until next october or even longer. Personally, i do not care if my town gets reset (yes, i am sponsor and can start it right after again). I have some ideas to do on next map already, i know how i would tweak my town to be better than now. The only thing that can stop me from playing is real life.

 

That's why I said if it was needed....

 

You guys have defined why a reset needs to happen. All the experienced/active players may not like it, but do you have any idea how hard it is for a new player to make a town? And be succesful? Sure the old towns that have a large population will die, but the mods have expressed that the large towns, Doha for example do not do as much to the server, there people are (Mod quote) "just a number." So why not reset the map? Resets allow the server to grow, and allow small towns to prosper which mods have made very clear that that is what they want. So, if this is the true case, there should be a reset every 6-8 months, because, if diligent work is done with friends, a town can be created in about 3 weeks. So small towns would grow, and then more small towns would come and take their place.

 

I apologize that i was unclear on what i meant to say, it led you to think about my comment and to respond to it in the way you did. Here is what i meant to say: when i say a reset would be the last straw, i meant a premature reset. Say if they reset it tomorrow, most of us would be pretty mad. Now, if they reset it in 2014 when it was boring and old then i would be fine with a reset. What i am trying to say is a premature reset would be the last straw for me, and i whole heartedly apologize for the mis convenience. I mean you no disrespect barry, i regard you very highly So to reiterate what i meant, the "last straw" for me would be a premature reset in which the map is reset before its time (like the christmas reset in december 2011 imo but thats not the point), and so for me at least to consider areset premature would be sometime before winter but thats just me

also on the wraught thing, arkon204 put up that message as wraught's description, and as you can telll he is a troll. After putting up the message he then proceeded to leave town for vesis and then went inactive... so i dont think of that as a very good recruitment message

 

To me there is a differnce between Yogs being proud of his large kingdom and town bashing. I viewed some of the stuff said as town bashing, and it doesn't really make sense to bash most of your servers population, you said it was for noobs and people are a number.