[kinder egg]

Chicago or Quebec my pings still gonna be shit

[Festive]

I think a lot of the players leaving/not staying is rooted in how we handle muting now. *shrug*

Yeah I think we should go back to the old way of mutes as well

[aman]

Looking forward to the changes. I think we should also remove some extra shit such as when map vote comes the voice that counts down 3 2 1. Also in 1v1 like when the map ends a whole lot of unneeded effects are played. should help as well getting rid of those.

[Geo]

Great to see some major changes.

Good job hl and keep up the hard work, here's to a better future.

[deathschi]

I think a lot of the players leaving/not staying is rooted in how we handle muting now. *shrug*

I agree with this as well. About getting rid of store because people don't want to wait 2 minutes for it to download, wouldn't the store BRING IN new players instead of turning them away? I think the idea of other players seeing you have a cool hat or playermodel or whatever will intrigue most people to continue playing to get that item.

[Pink Bunny]

October is busy for me like many people because of the college process.

[h8cod]

yes closer servers to me and im upset like always .

[Jigg]

Swoobles is my baby

Facts my guy.

[Hymns For Disco]

Tl;Dr

Rip store, damn. Even skateboard and horsemask?
If models are staying are skinny and fatso?  Those are really unique things that I enjoy.

if pretty sure skinny and fatso are just based on entity properties.  you can set those through console on any server.

I think a lot of the players leaving/not staying is rooted in how we handle muting now. *shrug*

I would agree.  I think when the admin presence on the server was more pronounced, it was more attractive to people to join the server and get to know people.  a server without any character or interacting staff will surely be forgotten by anyone passing through.

While some people would whine about their punishments, and some admins would punish unfairly, i honestly thought the whole system was very benefitial, and it actually was part of what attracted me to swoobles to begin with.  If i was simply looking for the fanciest BHOP timer and best map selection, i probably would have passed right by swoobles after a few days.  The heirarchy system and increasing command power is appealling to many people, and actually kind of adds a new level to the experience of playing on the servers.

The nature of a session based game like counter strike, is that any progress you make in 1 round will be erased by the next.  In other words, it doesnt make a difference in gameplay to me if I beat bhop_arcane on swoobles one day, and beat it on another server the next day.  What kept me coming back as a young swooblet was this structured authority system and the idea I could rise through the ranks if I put the time in.  These days, the ranks sytem does this to a minor extent, but a single number printing chat on connect isnt anything thats going to keep someone coming back.  Now the thing i see attracting new players the most is getting to know the active players. (Which has been said is a decreasing pool, though not drastically on bhop.)

I understand the reasons why the big rule/admin changes were made, but the drastic change in community structure in-game definitely has contributed to a decline of players.

[sneezing_panda]

I think a lot of the players leaving/not staying is rooted in how we handle muting now. *shrug*

THANK YOU! Literally what I've been saying for months.