For some, Surf GunGame is a viable mod of which they come back to play consistently.
Unfortunately, this is not the case for the current server.
The Surf GG server has absolutely NO player-base, meaning that there are no regulars, just a server reliant on bots and cheaters from boosts.
The server was boosted around 3 times in a very small period which meant that the server would be full constantly. The players in the server from the boost almost never returned from what i'd seen since I was monitoring the progress of the server whilst I let Shark and whoever worked on it do their work.
What the boosts did was give a false sense of success of which made some people think that the change of mod had increased the amount of players substantially, which of course, is not the case.
The boosts that were done on the server would have been way more effective on the previous server if well maintained due to having a fairly diverse and SKILLED player-base of which returned to the server religiously and enjoyed what the server had to offer.
I predict that once the essence of the boosts fade away, so will the player count in the server and will eventually hit 0 players throughout the day.
Carrying on with the boosts, it would be impossible to compare the performance of a server which had been boosted numerous times, with a server which hadn't been boosted in over 6 months. This would lead to clear bias in the GG server since it had a very high player count due to the boosts and I believe - nothing else.
This leads on to another thing, quantity over quality.
What I have planned is not to help develop a server which is constantly full 24/7. This would be amazing to do so, but more of a bi product of what I have in mind.
What the current servers goal is, is to keep a full server full of players of whom may no necessarily be enjoying the server, but merely playing there due to being redirected.
What we need for the server is a clean environment for skilled and beginners to enjoy playing with each other at all hours of the day, in a kind and fair environment. This may not produce the most amount of players ever with the server running of it's own steam, but will attract an undeniably large number of players normally than what a GG server would do running by itself with no aid.
Ambrosia is known for having 1.6 servers of a high grade and quality, but the current server is nothing but the opposite of this. Ambrosia surf is known for a skilled player base with fair admins and a calm, relaxed and overall great community. Having the current server tarnishes this statement, and so I feel that along with the help of players such as Chris, Cowboy and Xraa, I will be able to produce a server to a high level to attract a large amount of players and please the player base I lost when the server switched mods.
I will not turn my back on the idea of Surf GG, as it worked for other communities such as Neondragon, but remember, we are not nD, we are Ambrosia and we mustn't try to be something that we're not.
We were original and unique, and unless we revert to our old ways, we will not progress as a community and on an individual level.
For the sake of the server, please revert it back.
One more thing I would like to add is that a separate GG server only (without surf) would be a far better idea than the current Surf GG. I do not think it's wise to mix two major mods together into one, and so I will suggest a GG server instead of the current SF GG.
Thank you.
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