Originally Posted by
Eddie
Not confused at all bro. Events aren't what keep the people on this game. Events are merely an "extra feature" to bring people together that are already playing this game. They keep their players through updates, unique releases of game modes and items, etc. A lot of people have been on and off playing GunZ since day 1 of Ijji. The nostalgia factor keeps people going and coming back, not events. Some old player isn't thinking "BRO I CAN'T WAIT TO REDOWNLOAD THIS P SERVER AND JOIN A HIDE N SEEK EVENTO MEN" lol they're thinking to come on, hopefully bump into some old friends, train for weeks to months, get better and play the game.
And honestly, there aren't many people left to bring together in the community we have right now, hence why events are typically always filled with the same exact players. On a good day you'll find between 200-250 online if you're lucky. Typically it's under 200 and roughly anywhere between 130 and 200 people online (not all of them actively playing mind you). If you really sit there and go through the list of lobbies, you'll find that the majority of players are AFK in the lobby or even AFK in the rooms themselves. Sometimes I see people online but AFK for a couple of days, they pop on and say hi to a few people, then go AFK for another couple of days. I remember I counted once and when there were 200 players on and exactly half of them were AFK, and it was noticeable they were AFK for a long period of time. Half of those AFK players were in training rooms with hundreds of deaths or in a game room of a passworded room titled "AFK" or something that implied they were AFK lol. Some you'd see AFK in a game room, log off for a few hours, come back on and that same ***** still AFK in that same game room. There's really no need for a super highly active event team right now. I get you're really passionate about events and always have been. It's your thing, I get it. But there's no real high demand for events right now. To me, it just looks like a select few crying about it because events are their main thing they like to do, and they don't get to do them as much as they'd like to.
I stand by my statement that ETs should stick to events and GMs should stick to moderating the game. If staff feel there's an issue with a lack of activity for hosting events, they'll sort the problem out when that time comes. But clearly they see no issue since it's been this way for a while.
I host events with some awesome people, and to be honest I have a good time most of the nights. I definitely know some peeps who are in it for the events. If the players aren't having a good time it means I'm not either you know... Events are definitely like a different world within GunZ.
