bachra11

Pretty cool that it's rebounding. Drop some emails with install instructions. Youtube tutorials, etc. Try and organize higher peaks, then market them. I haven't played in a while but I hope you guys have loosened the new player restrictions as well, the level reqs for mask, gun, scams/robberies, etc were absurdly high, it was like 100 hours before you could use a mask.

This is the way. Embracing the fact that this is a GTA game will make it go far. Lax administration, eccentric characters, good script features. We had people roleplaying realistically in 2010 even with the horrendous standards at that time, everyone can find their niche.

I will always prefer SAMP. Rage servers are glorified ERP platforms, they play like Second Life.

I don't think the "ex-LSRP OGs" ever cared about Idlewood roleplay. On the other hand, I see them coming back in droves and roleplaying elsewhere.

This isn't a system, but there's way too many police stations now. I count at least 10 new ones since I last played. Why have so many areas been ruined with these?

Advertising is crucial. There's hundreds of thousands of registered emails for LSRP, reaching out to them could have the server hitting new peaks.

https://community.ls-rp.com/forums/topic/7602-if-gta-v-doesnt-work-out-return-to-san-andreas/?tab=comments#comment-59551 Thread I posted about this a long time ago. It was locked and I was told "No, we will not return to SAMP." Anyhow, now that it is relevant again I think these were good suggestions:

In the event that GTA V doesn't work out due to rampant competition and the fact that, well, the game is completely soulless and shit compared to SA with a map way too big, this is what I think should happen: Create a new script, potentially on a new platform if better options than SAMP exist. Unban everyone, send out a mass email to every single player who ever registered informing them, attach a full install guide that provides the game so people don't have to torrent it/downgrade. Loosen the application process, this probably eliminated 50%+ of the potential playerbase and we have chatgpt now to cheat the application anyhow. Limit admin and police power compared to LSRP. LSRP went downhill when admins started to take it too seriously and enforced their view of what the server should be on everyone, it used to have a niche for absolutely everything. If you wanted to act like an idiot, the Idlestack and Mall were there. If you wanted serious RP, you joined a faction. The foreigners with broken English were great if you thought of them as a more advanced form of NPC and they filled the world up with activity. Let IC be IC, too many times fun spontaneous situations like riots, bat vs gun (dumbest rule, you could be attacking first and they scroll a gun and you get ajailed) or "Non-RP driving" were shut down by admins because they didn't understand that this was a GTA game first and foremost. Character concepts should never be cracked down on unless they're completely ridiculous. Ban DMers. Restrict the map to this area initially and expand as needed: https://i.imgur.com/AWdxLGx.png (could also get rid of Blueberry/Montgomery if necessary) - 500 players on GTA V feels like 100 on SA In the era of Discord advertising + a mass email, an SA LSRP server could easily hit the peaks it used to. The hype would be immense for it.