Improving the current event system ideas - 3

Distorted · 05-20-2014

I hate the new event systems honestly, I liked the old one where you could try and find the warped, more of a challenge, and more fun.

Craftz · 05-20-2014

Posted by Distorted

I hate the new event systems honestly, I liked the old one where you could try and find the warped, more of a challenge, and more fun.

The problem was, everybody would rush to one spot on the map. Causing the server to lag so bad we can't put event warpers anymore.

PennyShine · 05-20-2014

Posted by Craftz1

The problem was, everybody would rush to one spot on the map. Causing the server to lag so bad we can't put event warpers anymore.

Wasn't there a warper for Chance only a few days ago? I'm pretty sure there was but I forgot who hosted it.

Natso · 05-20-2014

Posted by Craftz1

On Era it sends a message every so often for a random event, and you just click join if you want to join, and the fastest get in. So nobody would be rushing to one spot like they used to for warpers.

I swear era has an event house which everyone crowds in for events and when a event door is open the first people to get in are in ... I think you mean the zone system ??

Dusty · 05-20-2014

Posted by PennyShine

Wasn't there a warper for Chance only a few days ago? I'm pretty sure there was but I forgot who hosted it.

Yes, because when there aren't a lot of players it's perfectly fine placing warpers without causing lag. However, Classic has been keeping at 2000+ players for a while now and with that many players staff weren't allowed to place warpers. Guess what happened? There were no events. Players moaned and groaned about the lack of events, so a system was put into place so players could actually participate in events without lagging the server... and everyone whines anyways.

It's like a broken record, simply because the same handful of players can't get into events over and over and other players actually get a chance to have fun now too.

How often staff host events is not something I really deal with, that's for higher staff. Also realize Classic has no Events team so it's GPs doing the hosting, and the more GPs are hosting events, the less work is being done towards reports and uploads.

Craftz · 05-21-2014

Posted by Natso

I swear era has an event house which everyone crowds in for events and when a event door is open the first people to get in are in ... I think you mean the zone system ??

They do have that, but its only hosted by staff members and idk how often they do it, i dont really play Era anymore. But there is also the automated system that i talked about previously.

HON3Y BADG3R · 05-21-2014

Dusty, May we set up an events team? I don't know why we don't have one already :0 make events for points and the admin hats are in a shop for a limited time/sold our. Kinda like Club Nintendo.

Natso · 05-21-2014

Posted by HON3Y BADG3R

Dusty, May we set up an events team? I don't know why we don't have one already :0 make events for points and the admin hats are in a shop for a limited time/sold our. Kinda like Club Nintendo.

Yes ! I think it would be a great adoption to have an events team ... That way events can be hosted more consistently ! Id apply ;)

ufoburan · 05-22-2014

The idea of an admin branch dedicated souly to events sounds good. However i cant imagion it having more than half a dozen members or so,and everybody and there brother would want to be on it. Just sounds like a bunch of potiental drama to me.

Thallen · 05-22-2014

they can't make an Events Team on iClassic until the events prize system is restructured, so that should come first and that's a huge project
then there's the fact that more frequent events makes little sense when you consider there's what, 5 or 6 quality events on the server
so there's a lot of work that could be done before setting aside a team just to host events

Rufus · 05-22-2014

Honestly, it's not that the staff don't know how to improve events, it's more a lack of interest in addressing it. I personally don't care for events on the server (even though I have a history of being events staff) because I enjoyed seeing a Graal game that doesn't rely on events for entertainment. The two servers that I actively played went down that path and essentially became Mario Party Online, focusing entirely on events and not being fun when there isn't any, and that's not what I want for this one. It isn't what Classic used to be in its prime and there's so much more that can be done on GraalOnline Classic that hasn't been.

I don't really work on the server right now though so that opinion isn't indicative of any staff belief, but ya, it'll be done right when someone cares enough to dedicate themselves to it. Would rather see other content myself.

4-Lom · 05-23-2014

Posted by Rufus

I don't really work on the server right now though so that opinion isn't indicative of any staff belief, but ya, it'll be done right when someone cares enough to dedicate themselves to it. Would rather see other content myself.

Submissions need that kind of dedication...

Sorry to beat an old horse... I hate to think it's dead, though...

Natso · 05-23-2014

I think that if the a staff team was created and they made more events and added stuff to the system then events would gain more interest in the server , I mean the only other things in the server are pk/tower and spar/gs so it would be great to make events somthing everyone enjoyed again so that graal would have more viarity of what to do ... Events where fun before becouse it actually required game knoladve to get to them meaning the more you remembered the more likely you're going to find the warp , a lot of people actually were interested in events there becouse it required skill and not luck.
Maybe a new system other than the queue and the warp is required , one that does not couse mass amounts of lag but also requires some skill to eneter ...

CM · 05-25-2014

I personally do not like the events system, although it is the only way to reduce lag and PK fights. However, why not just create the Circus tent in Mod Town into an Event house, like in Zone? The coin system could be implemented and the Circus could act as the shop where items and hats and other things are sold. And maybe they could even be player submitted hats that are changed every month or two, to keep players interested? I've noticed lately that the Trivia event has been played more often (I'm not complaining, however, as I won four hats within a week from trivia...but that's besides the point (don't delete that event, either)) which is fine as I enjoy it. But I cannot remember the last time I got into an event. My last time I got into the queue was when an admin hosted dodge, and I believe this person isn't even an admin anymore. The last time I got into chance was from a warper, BEFORE the new events system was implemented. And the last time I got into Sumo (my favorite event) was even before that. I like Honey's idea of easier hints: seriously, there was one time where the hint was: "Second floor in Fox's mansion," or "Wee! I'm going down this snow slide!" These easy hints are why so many people rush to one area, and if the old events system is ever brought back, the hints should be more difficult.

Nanner · 05-25-2014

I miss events ;(

05-20-2014	31
Distorted Banned Join Date: May 2014 Location: The Grotto Posts: 1,345	I hate the new event systems honestly, I liked the old one where you could try and find the warped, more of a challenge, and more fun.

05-21-2014	37
HON3Y BADG3R The Cooliest? Join Date: Sep 2012 Posts: 1,117	Dusty, May we set up an events team? I don't know why we don't have one already :0 make events for points and the admin hats are in a shop for a limited time/sold our. Kinda like Club Nintendo.

05-22-2014	39
ufoburan Registered User Join Date: Apr 2013 Posts: 1,682	The idea of an admin branch dedicated souly to events sounds good. However i cant imagion it having more than half a dozen members or so,and everybody and there brother would want to be on it. Just sounds like a bunch of potiental drama to me.

05-22-2014	40
Thallen Enguard & Alumni Join Date: Sep 2011 Posts: 5,773	they can't make an Events Team on iClassic until the events prize system is restructured, so that should come first and that's a huge project then there's the fact that more frequent events makes little sense when you consider there's what, 5 or 6 quality events on the server so there's a lot of work that could be done before setting aside a team just to host events

05-22-2014	41
Rufus Registered rufp4 Join Date: Jan 2011 Posts: 3,378	Honestly, it's not that the staff don't know how to improve events, it's more a lack of interest in addressing it. I personally don't care for events on the server (even though I have a history of being events staff) because I enjoyed seeing a Graal game that doesn't rely on events for entertainment. The two servers that I actively played went down that path and essentially became Mario Party Online, focusing entirely on events and not being fun when there isn't any, and that's not what I want for this one. It isn't what Classic used to be in its prime and there's so much more that can be done on GraalOnline Classic that hasn't been. I don't really work on the server right now though so that opinion isn't indicative of any staff belief, but ya, it'll be done right when someone cares enough to dedicate themselves to it. Would rather see other content myself.

05-23-2014	43
Natso I LOVE BACON K NUFF SAID Join Date: Apr 2013 Location: In the otaku world Posts: 769	I think that if the a staff team was created and they made more events and added stuff to the system then events would gain more interest in the server , I mean the only other things in the server are pk/tower and spar/gs so it would be great to make events somthing everyone enjoyed again so that graal would have more viarity of what to do ... Events where fun before becouse it actually required game knoladve to get to them meaning the more you remembered the more likely you're going to find the warp , a lot of people actually were interested in events there becouse it required skill and not luck. Maybe a new system other than the queue and the warp is required , one that does not couse mass amounts of lag but also requires some skill to eneter ...

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CM cute frog Join Date: Mar 2012 Posts: 1,644	I personally do not like the events system, although it is the only way to reduce lag and PK fights. However, why not just create the Circus tent in Mod Town into an Event house, like in Zone? The coin system could be implemented and the Circus could act as the shop where items and hats and other things are sold. And maybe they could even be player submitted hats that are changed every month or two, to keep players interested? I've noticed lately that the Trivia event has been played more often (I'm not complaining, however, as I won four hats within a week from trivia...but that's besides the point (don't delete that event, either)) which is fine as I enjoy it. But I cannot remember the last time I got into an event. My last time I got into the queue was when an admin hosted dodge, and I believe this person isn't even an admin anymore. The last time I got into chance was from a warper, BEFORE the new events system was implemented. And the last time I got into Sumo (my favorite event) was even before that. I like Honey's idea of easier hints: seriously, there was one time where the hint was: "Second floor in Fox's mansion," or "Wee! I'm going down this snow slide!" These easy hints are why so many people rush to one area, and if the old events system is ever brought back, the hints should be more difficult.

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Nanner Registered User Join Date: Mar 2013 Posts: 1,350	I miss events ;(