bachra11

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.