LS:RP

[F0r3v3r]

The stupidity behind all the decisions made by the management can only be explained by them. They've had a developer or two leave or get removed, I am not sure what it was about exactly. Might've been the fact that we don't even see a server right now, but might also be internal conflicts. We never will know. It's harder to let go of things like that. If you don't have patience to wait for something to come out then why are you still sitting here moaning? You guys had the patience to wait out long downtimes due to DDOSes, the whole management collapsing and you can not wait a year for the server to come on? Sure, I am as disturbed as you guys are, but chanting "LSRP is dead" doesn't bring us any closer to the opening. We're all human. Yeah, Mmartin and Ben make a shit load of money off patreon and this server in general, but haven't we been through this? It's not like any of the former staff ran off with a large amount of the profits the server made before? Prepare for the worst, but have hope for the times the server actually comes alive, I guess.

 

Sure, the management SHOULD at least speak to us, but if you are in the discord server, there were occasional messages by Ben, Kane and Mmartin there. I heard something about Kane mentioning, that he does not want to do what Mmartin was assigned to do (The development, certain scripts etc). If Mmartin was NOT able to access his computer due to real life circumstances, why fight over it with him? He has been working on this community for years and will hopefully work on it for years to come (but with a server up at some point). I recon you guys are sour. Yes, it was a bad idea to move to GTA V with bare preparation for it. No matter what, real life comes first. It's the same for all of us. If something happens to us in real life and we disappear for a while, we don't get as much backlash as Mmartin. If you think about it, we're nobodies. Our friends may ask why have we been gone, but not the whole server. It's the case with Mmartin and the co. You guys should calm your tits. The more you PRESSURE the management, the harder it will be and the longer it'll stretch out. The server will come out. Be it a year, two years, three years or a decade. Fuck it, someone will still play it and others will be coming back. It's been like that for a long time. In the SA:MP server, many left but came back. Why? Because it's a fucking role-play server with history and with people who can actually put their thought into role-play.

 

I am not really saying that other servers do not have this, but everyone is focused on their own subject. Some servers lean towards a perfect legal community and leave illegal RP on the side. LS:RP has been decent in balancing it out, at least. I understand the community should be the number one thing to focus on when you are creating a server, but spare them some time. Play other servers if you are so "thrilled" to RP, even if you think they're shit.

 

And to all of you cunts (sorry) that think the staff in general is shit? Try being in their shoes. If you have done it before, think about all the wrong decisions you made. There must've been a few. Especially the ones that're so fond of their work and their history. You guys forget the fact that you fucked up. It's rough to admit you made a couple dumb decisions here and there, but why do you blame everyone for making a mistake when you're JUST LIKE THEM. 

 

Anyway, what LSRP was for me back in the days?

 

Occasional hustle to get into a faction or a group. The occasional need to better myself for a video game, which ended up reflecting on my real life.

All the long nights spent role-playing with people you do not know in real life, but you still clicked with.

Having to adapt to different timezones to understand where other people are from and being able to role-play with them if necessary.

Being a faction leader. It was a thing I did a lot in my last few years of LS:RP and I enjoyed it, a lot in fact.

Spending around 30$ on name-changes because I was FPKed or CKed from Cycos for near ten or so times.

Sitting in a neighborhood with a boombox on a corner blasting rap music. Chilling, vibing with people from your faction and then getting hit on by another faction just to log off demotivated. Fun times, ngl.

Having the chance to learn from great role-players. A few of them would be AceS, Chete and International. There're plenty others, but those are the ones I think I learned the most from.

Having a blast with legal role-play. Even during the times where my sleeping schedule was messed up, the graveyard shifts were still amazing and fun to be at. 

Meeting people in-real life that I met in a role-play server.

 

Anyway, I hope I gave you guys something to read. No matter how much I repeated myself, my point still stands, hopefully. It's seven AM as I am writing this, so feel free to correct anything I might've messed up.

[almightybounter]

On 6/2/2022 at 11:10 PM, Apophis said:

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very cool man i shed a tear

Edited June 25, 2022 by almightybounter

[ROZE]

Thanks for sharing how you feel Apophis, I'm sure a lot, if not all of us feel the same way.

 

LSRP is what it is because of the community behind it, the community makes it great and has always worked with what it has. We never had the best scripts when comparing ourselves to other servers, it was the incredibly passionate community behind us that worked with it and made everyone's experience what it was.

 

We all know that communication has been lackluster, I like to remind myself that I'm waiting for you guys, the community. Not the staff. That's what keeps me motivated and holding on. The love that I have for this community is like the love for family and friends - I don't want to lose it.

 

We've got a staff/patrion meeting tomorrow, it's the first one since Mmartin went dark and then returned. Hopefully we'll discuss some progress and see where we're at.

Edited June 25, 2022 by ROZE

[$PARKY]

7 hours ago, F0r3v3r said:

f Mmartin was NOT able to access his computer due to real life circumstances,

The problem I, and many others, see is the complete lack of transparency that was promised. All Mmartin had to do was download discord on his phone, create a new account quickly, message Kane on telegram "hey dude give me admin roles on this account" then send a message "Hey everyone, I'm currently moving house due to getting robbed. My PC is currently with the mover company and I can't script without it since all the server files are on there. I know I should've backed it up but we all learn a lesson, whether it be the hard or easy way". (I don't know if that was the reason, just an example.) It's not much any of us are asking for. We just want honesty. If the server needs 2 more years, why not just say? It's the lack of transparency

 

7 hours ago, F0r3v3r said:

someone will still play it

I will still play it despite my complaining.

 

 

We just want transparency

[Xanakin]

On 6/3/2022 at 12:10 AM, Apophis said:

If you would spare me just a moment of your time, I'd ask you to really think about what made LS:RP what it was. What is it you loved, what made it fun, what kept you coming back for more? If I could dare to get even more abstract: what was LS:RP? 

 

LS-RP used to be my place to out my creativity, whether through character developing roleplay or simply practicing a hobby through that character (DJ'ing in my case).

The people I met and started to see as friends were the reason I kept coming back, especially later in my ''roleplay career'' when I started to take roleplay in general more serious and started to actually care about character development.

Scenarios started to become more fun instead of the ''younger perspective'' of me back then that just wanted to shoot 24/7, passive roleplay like going to a nightclub, restaurant etc. started to become meaningful compared to them being seen as a money drain back then.

Also not to mention the fact that stuff we learned through roleplaying was sometimes useful in real life as well, all because the server aimed for a realistic approach to the in-game universe. For example, thanks to the aforementioned hobby I landed myself IRL gigs, even to this day. I'm sure that specifically PD/SD/FD roleplayers could name an example of this too.

 

In regards of the other comments, I agree with a good portion on here.

Like others I've spent numerous hours (too many even) being part of this community.

Staff or not, at the end of the day everyone wants to see the server being released.

Voicing your frustration is good, however flaming isn't the way to do that.  Like myself I've been voicing mine for more transparency at day one after passing my TA (Test-Admin) period.

I agree that something could've been said on his end, however like yourselves I do not know the details as to why but I'm sure it had to be serious not to be mentioned just yet, hopefully tomorrow's meeting will shed more light to that.

Edited June 25, 2022 by Xanakin

[Florida]

This isn't a community. It's a staff team hiding from exposing the truth, and annoyed forum lurkers who just get shit on for asking basic questions.

 

Any update from the Sunday staff meeting?

[danielswe]

43 minutes ago, Florida said:

This isn't a community. It's a staff team hiding from exposing the truth, and annoyed forum lurkers who just get shit on for asking basic questions.

 

Any update from the Sunday staff meeting?

Well, the meeting is in 3 hours when I am posting this, so there are no updates from it yet since it has not happened yet.

[Dos Santos]

1 hour ago, Florida said:

This isn't a community. It's a staff team hiding from exposing the truth, and annoyed forum lurkers who just get shit on for asking basic questions.

 

Any update from the Sunday staff meeting?

How can we hide from exposing the truth if the meeting hasn’t even happened yet, we will all be up to date on the status of the server later this evening when the meetings finished. 

[Florida]

Why are you pretending like we haven't received an update in 6 months and had multiple threads deleted asking what the fuck is going on? Does your colored forum name seriously mean that much to you?

 

@Dos Santos @danielswe

[Dos Santos]

2 minutes ago, Florida said:

Why are you pretending like we haven't received an update in 6 months and had multiple threads deleted asking what the fuck is going on? Does your colored forum name seriously mean that much to you?

 

@Dos Santos @danielswe

We haven’t received a update either so I don’t know why you’re trying to act like we know something you don’t, in the last six months we have all been in the same boat. Tonight, during the meeting we can finally ask questions about what’s happening and hopefully get somewhere in the near future. 

[ImperiumXVII]

2 hours ago, Florida said:

This isn't a community. It's a staff team hiding from exposing the truth, and annoyed forum lurkers who just get shit on for asking basic questions.

 

Any update from the Sunday staff meeting?

There isn't a "truth" to expose; there's no conspiracy or major event to hide.

 

I understand the frustration, especially as an Early Supporter, and I hope that in time we can repair what has been damaged by a series of unfortunate but sadly uncontrollable events that have happened in the past few months.

[Florida]

43 minutes ago, ImperiumXVII said:

I hope that in time we can repair what has been damaged by a series of unfortunate but sadly uncontrollable events that have happened in the past few months.

 

The intentional deletion and banning of forum posts/members was an uncontrollable event?

[Florida]

10 hours ago, Dos Santos said:

we will all be up to date on the status of the server later this evening when the meetings finished. 

 

Any update?

[SteelMan]

17 minutes ago, Florida said:

 

Any update?

https://whendoeslsrpcomeout.com/

[Gboker]

10 hours ago, ImperiumXVII said:

There isn't a "truth" to expose; there's no conspiracy or major event to hide.

Really? Because it looks a lot like these "uncontrollable" events have happened purely because the entire project either lives or dies depending on a single person. If it's true, which from all accounts it appears to be, it'd outline just how incompetently this project operates. Attempts the hide this incompetency would be enough to call it a conspiracy.