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pyrocide

The Mogul of Cromarcky
I'd agree if we realistically had enough active factions for it to be a real competition.
You are absolutely right. I'd bet though that all the push the server would need is an official announcement that GoC 2.0 is coming and to prepare yourselves.
 

Spark

Broken
By having no spawn at all you are reliant on vibrant factional politics to do the same, and this server has historically not supported vibrant politics at all.
(Here's how they've gone so far: Two groups get into conflict. The conflict escalates ICly and OOCly until one group gets banned or leaves the server.)
Possibly the best thing I've ever seen you say.
 

wanderin_robin

Admin au Naturale
Ill happily spend all my time running a tavern at spawn, thats all I did back in the day in PS and it was great

I will knock up the pub I've been dreaming of in creative when I next get on
 

bodejodel

Reaching for the Heavens
Retired Staff
bodejodel
bodejodel
I'd say 2 or 3. Maybe rotate the spawn city to the Warp Highlights?

Game of Crowns 2.0, yes please.
Yes, but:
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This server has historically not supported vibrant politics at all.
(Here's how they've gone so far: Two groups get into conflict. The conflict escalates ICly and OOCly until one group gets banned or leaves the server.)
 

Jstar

Exitus acta probat
Lore Staff
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JstarGames
JstarGames
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With current the variety of time-zones, player interests and general conflicting personalities/ideologies it is rather difficult to support a cohesive and fluent political system that does not delve deep into the salt mines of Krakow.

I'm not saying its impossible, just... difficult.
 
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pyrocide

The Mogul of Cromarcky
Yes, but:
When there has been clear rules regarding warfare the ooc problems were far smaller. I'm fact, I'd go so far as to say the biggest reason IC conflicts spill over to ooc to such extent that people leave is because of the lack of rules allowing for war. Again I point to the Game of Crowns. We had rules for that. Arcturus and Arduin lost, but we only had a few people leave during that event, and those were more from frustrations between those players and staff rather than because they lost.

Getting players invested in something bigger than themselves is a sure fire way to keep our population strong, and I've see no better than organizations like houses, and houses need a reason for being. Game of Crowns does that.
 

Naelwyn

Non sum qualis eram
When there has been clear rules regarding warfare the ooc problems were far smaller. I'm fact, I'd go so far as to say the biggest reason IC conflicts spill over to ooc to such extent that people leave is because of the lack of rules allowing for war. Again I point to the Game of Crowns. We had rules for that. Arcturus and Arduin lost, but we only had a few people leave during that event, and those were more from frustrations between those players and staff rather than because they lost.

Getting players invested in something bigger than themselves is a sure fire way to keep our population strong, and I've see no better than organizations like houses, and houses need a reason for being. Game of Crowns does that.
Having been around for both GoCs, no, not really. We lost the entirety of the Arduin playerbase due to the rules being written by and in favour of the folks that won the first round, and those war rules were straight MC PVP.

Now in the days of enchantments and potions and whathaveyou, MC PVP is even less workable.

DMed combats don't work the instant you have one DM and two sets of people flanking, and a lot of actions go missed because one has difficulties auditing the whole battlefield.

The only way to have workable mass war at this point is to have every single combatant obey a single turn order of emotes and have turnbased rules for the whole thing, with the whole thing audited by the DM(S) (You need plural, trained people, for that), and have everyone prepare for the battle to take most of a day.
 

bodejodel

Reaching for the Heavens
Retired Staff
bodejodel
bodejodel
We decided that my House would withdraw from the GoC during the first war to put an end to the ever increasing OOC saltiness on both sides.
 
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