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(06-03-2017, 11:52 PM)ArmachiA Wrote: People are pushing Mateus now, hell I'm pushing Mateus now, but Mateus needs upstarts. It needs to make sure it doesn't get dragged down by one or two FCs trying to lead the server, it needs diversity in RP styles, it needs people. The only way to get people is for new people to head there and give it a try. I've SEEN people from Balmung supporting the endeavors of Mateus, right now, that's really all we can do.
We can lead the horse to water, but we can't make them drink.
I really hope they take this to heart. Â I really really do.Â
Those upstarts, those "movers and shakers" of the community are vital. Â Beyond just bodies you need the event makers, the social collaborators, and your supporting infrastructure. Â (Lore keepers, folks to help new folks out, etc) and they need to be redundant and diverse instead of beholden to one or two groups. Â That's what makes a community self sufficient and lets it grow beyond it's inception. Â All the 'upstarts' that ArmachiA mentions. Â The ones that do it because they can, not because someone needed them to.
I'm not going anywhere, but I hope those that do end up with the best community they can have.
Now to the original post. Â (It's been a -day- so I'm indulging myself with answering a rant.)
Read post I quoted. Â It's important.
Find those upstarts and get them together. Â There are incoming and returning people in droves that don't have the ties the active player base does. Â Go hit them up. Â Find the ones with a spark to create something grand and use that.
Don't complain about people not wanting to move. Â That is their choice, not yours, to make. Complaining about someone else's choice tends to make them want to dig in their heels.Â
Here is my suggestion to you, OP. Â
Go out and create instead of complain. Â
Put the elbow grease in and deal with the slow times. Â
Good faith, quality effort is often rewarded with results.
Sometimes it sucks and you look at the few people that showed up, but that's how things start. Â You keep at it; you keep your feet on the ground; you keep soldiering forward. Â
Most importantly though, don't compare yourselves to Balmung. Â Compare yourselves to Mateus of yesterday. Â
Is it better today then yesterday? Â
If yes, AWESOME! Keep going. Â
If not, find a way to positively improve what you can. Keep going.