Why is the deathrun server still up?

Discussion in 'Deathrun Discussion' started by Elvis, May 3, 2019.

  1. Elvis

    Elvis TheRockStars VIP Silver

    deathrun is dead. Its not basically or technically dead. Just dead. No discussions or anything. Hell the staff page isnt even properly updated so i mean wth why keep it alive why not repurpose it into another server?


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  2. Aluf

    Aluf -redacted by the administration- VIP

    Put the deadrun funds towards getting staff members VIP+ to attract quality applicants ez win
     
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  3. Xproplayer

    Xproplayer VIP Silver

  4. neutral

    neutral Banned VIP

    Because it literally doesn't cost SGM anything. It's ran on the same server as one of the TTT servers (I forget which, I think East) so there's no reason to close it. If people want to play it, cool. If they don't, cool. It doesn't affect anything else to keep it open.
     
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  5. tz-

    tz- feelin it VIP Emerald

    or we could have a different gamemode that has a better chance of bringing $ instead of an actual dead server not doing anything
     
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  6. Elvis

    Elvis TheRockStars VIP Silver

    I agree with tz.

    The server is sitting there. It gets maybe a full servers worth of players over the course of a month. It might not cost anything to host but it could be a profit if repurposed.
     
  7. Ronald McDonald

    Ronald McDonald Ran Ran Ru! VIP

    Maybe change it for Serious PropHunt? .w.
     
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  8. neutral

    neutral Banned VIP

    Yeah, I do too. But that takes an active developer.
     
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  9. Ted

    Ted The knight in white armor! Silver

    Yeah if you wanna develop it go ahead :ROFLMAO:
     
  10. tz-

    tz- feelin it VIP Emerald

    to be fair some gamemodes, such as prophunt, i would assume takes very little
     
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  11. Sticky Bandit

    Sticky Bandit Never fall below your standard VIP Bronze

    It's free to host it so no reason to take it down.
    We could replace it as a flavor of the month server but like that takes developer power lol
     
  12. Ted

    Ted The knight in white armor! Silver

    Prophunt in itself takes not a lot of coding, it is the maps and prop restriction (like making you able to rotate, or exclude/include certain small or big props) as well as the skins and pointshop that take up a lot of coding
     
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  13. Silly

    Silly Fantasy VIP Silver

    DEATHRUN #1
     
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  14. Elvis

    Elvis TheRockStars VIP Silver

    You dont need to develop anything tbh. I have been a server owner before, handling server files and such. Its really just a matter of putting files where they need to go and hope nothing goes wrong. If something goes wrong take it out and find something else to add.
     
  15. Robyn

    Robyn Floof Moderator VIP Silver

    Ask to dev it then ez
     
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  16. Scorch

    Scorch ㄣ⃒ Silver

    this guy gets it
     
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  17. 8BitF0x

    8BitF0x a pixelated fox that loves rdm VIP

    Cause deathrun is fun
     
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  18. Pruppy

    Pruppy VIP

    Is JailBreak still a thing? I've been out of the GMod loop for a while now but I played the SHIT out of that game mode... But that's just my opinion.

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  19. food

    food VIP

    If you close down deathrun, the 5> people that play it are going to either quit because it's not coming back, or play something else. This could go either one of two ways, but don't remove deathrun for another ttt server, because it simply isn't worth it.
    Summer vacation is just around the corner, and that means more people are going to play gmod. Removing deathrun could be a good or bad move, but right now is probably not the time.
    If anything, replace it with a different gamemode like prop hunt or hide and seek.
     
  20. PixeL

    PixeL Man märker andras fel och glömmer sina egna Banned VIP Silver

    The main reason deathrun is always dead imo is because nobody tries to repop it because they don't want to play it.
    Yeah, it's not as popular as some potential other gamemodes but just playing for ~30-an hour brought up the player count a bit and I'm sure it could get even more populated.

    That said, it is free to run so at this point in time there's really no need to do anything with the server (as of now at least).
     
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