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Regular Player Name (Which you are most known for): ... UNIX ArmA 3 UID/Steam64ID: ...76561198259691843 Why should you be unbanned before the seven days: ... because all i did was help exploit 400 mil into the game i know that it ****s the economy but the server is more fun drug/gem runs are so boring maybe if u added more to the runs it could be enjoyable also we did good with the money we gave new players millions to get a good start and recommended proper ways to make money Why should the community trust this apology, given that you were lying and/or being deceptive when being questioned (Only applicable if you were lying/being deceptive - I will tell you if this was the case): ... honestly all i did was try help the server we gave millions to other people to have a more enjoyable time btw i never lied to anyone i was never questioned about it but alot of players still knew i did it not saying names but yeah...

I popped in a while back just to check up on what was happening round the place and felt pretty saddened by the numbers, although as discussed above it has been gradually dropping for a couple years. While searching round life servers I got the feel that they aren't quite as 'polished' as Straya with menus being slow and looking bundy as shit ahah. However this is well and truely besides the discussion I'd love to take a minute to thank the developers for the hard work for making the mission file in the first place. Reading over a few suggestions a few people suggested changing the map to Tanona, I'd personally love a change of scenery and I'm sure a few other members would too. Another suggestion is for CIV jobs, I'd personally love to fuel delivery missions and mechanics / bounty hunters (as suggested above) Cheers you lot, Loxton

Are we going to get a February update or we going on a no update streak

This will be the culmination of a few months of thoughts and ideas that myself and fellow community members have had about the current state of Strayagaming, and in particular, Altis Life. To start with, the slow decline of the Strayagaming is noticeable- with the population on servers dwindling down to single digits on weekends and during holiday breaks. While this may not be the case for all servers, like Invade and Annex which has seen a stable player base ranging from 20-50 players at a given time during peak hours; Altis Life has seen low numbers with population spikes during updates and events, however closer criticism in regards to events and updates will be covered later. Naturally of course, its unreasonable to expect the server to perform with good population (40-70 players) all day, every day. However, many roleplaying servers manage to maintain a solid player-base which returns on evenings, weekends and holidays to have fun with some mates. Altis life lacks the core component of why the majority of people play games- fun. There are some aspects of the server which are fun such as banks, robberies, capture points and events; but these are only fun for so long, as after a while people get bored with the exact same gangs doing banks, fighting at capture points and the same events being recycled over and over again. Even the roleplay component of the server has taken a toll, with it hard to find people willing to talk and take part in arguably the most core component of any “Life” server. Updates As of now the lack of updates for Altis Life has been in the minds of many players for months- with the last update being v11.6, on the 3rd of December 2019. This update brought about mostly changes for the APD, with new outposts being added as well as minor bug fixes. The last major update with server-wide content was v11.5, with the introduction of adrenaline and the gang fund system. While these updates have introduced new content and mechanics, nothing implemented within the last 3 months has contributed to player fun and enjoyment. Furthermore, the lack of transparency about updates is detrimental to the hype and the effect that talking about such things has on attracting new players. If Strayagaming was to release teaser videos showing bits and pieces of upcoming updates, it would be highly beneficial to letting people know that the management team still cares about the server- rather than having no talk or any information about updates (if there even is one coming). This feeling of being left in the dark is so impactful on people that it has and will continue to drive players off the server and out of the community. Even this issue has been recognised by server staff, with quotes such as: “There needs to be content for everyone to do. Such as, challenges, levelling system etc. Give people an enjoyable reason to play and the player pop might increase”. “Civs needs more activities / jobs to do. Jobs such as repair men, taxi drivers, bounty hunters could all be implemented to some degree on Altis life. Civilians don't have much of a choice when it comes to legal activities that can be rewarding”. However, a potential strategy for update releasing is to do updates once every 1-2 months with new content and ideas to continuously change up what happens on the server, so that there is an element of enjoyment for all. Events The recent spike in events being held is an attempt to increase server population- not with a solution, but rather a Band-Aid. It works for the time of the event, but once it’s over the server population will fall back down into single digits. Even the events, which were fun and enjoyable to do every Friday evening- with a range of things like Pawnee battles, de-sync derby and other PVP games; have now become old and boring. Take for instance the most recent event, “The Purge”. This event is being held over two days, with 3 hours allocated for The Purge to be run, but the population has peaked on the 22nd of February at around the mid-20s. Before the downfall of events, they would attract upwards of 20-30 people onto the server looking to have a fun time after a hard week at school or work- but now its just another thing to add onto the list of dead and worn-out solutions. Perhaps we can see the return of events in a new and interesting fashion in the future. Community The lack of engagement led by the Strayagaming staff team is a large contributor to the lack of new population across its services. The number of new players for many servers has fallen as people who are new to the game or are trying something new perhaps don’t even know of the existence of Strayagaming. The introduction of a dedicated social media/promotions team would be of great benefit, as it would be able to tap into the massive amounts of people on social media at any given time- and then spread the community name and servers to new and keen players looking to have a fun time. For example, the Strayagaming twitter account has not been used since December 2018- almost 14 months of inactivity from it. This account could be used to announce updates, changes, giveaways and major items on a platform that many individuals will have in their pockets during the day and night. Secondly, the introduction of an Instagram account would also be used in the same way as the twitter account, but perhaps being used to share promotional material and larger updates that require photos and/or videos to fully show off features. From what I can gather, this idea is in the works but who knows how long it could take for it to be implemented. Finally, the Strayagaming podcast is a great medium for items such as interviews and news to be delivered in a simple form. There have already been moves to put this into play, and hopefully in the future we can see the podcast return in a new and revamped style. Final Remarks The main thing to take away from this is from my eyes at least, communication. It is so important to let players know of what’s coming up in digestible and accessible forms, so that they aren’t feeling like they are in the dark or perhaps playing on a dead server. Who knows if these ideas will be taken into consideration but its worth a shot since many of us have spent countless hours playing in this community, and it’s sad to see it slowly crumbling away. Nonetheless, I hope that we can bring Strayagaming back to the way it was, with an active and engaged community.

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Before I delve into my response to the points you've made, I would like to briefly acknowledge and thank you for taking the time to write up this thread in such a mature and constructive manner. As Altis Life is outside of my direct prerogative, I will only respond to your feedback pertaining to the community and events in general. The transparency and communication between the staff team and community has, I agree, been an area in which all departments could see some major improvement. While things are usually progressing well behind the scenes, I can see that updates on our progress aren't being made public and hence cultivating low morale among our players - this is something we will endeavour to work on. "The introduction of a dedicated social media/promotions team would be of great benefit, as it would be able to tap into the massive amounts of people on social media at any given time- and then spread the community name and servers to new and keen players looking to have a fun time." This is something that falls directly within the purview of the Community Team. Social media, as you have described, is a very powerful tool that when utilised correctly can greatly improve the efficacy of our marketing strategies. In recent times, our use has been limited for a number of reasons; As we have predominantly been an Arma 3 community, we have had little need to break outside our bubble. Players find us through the server browser and through word of mouth. Running giveaways on social media sites never really worked... folks usually don't like having to use their personal accounts to enter a giveaway. The majority of our regular players have discord and/or an account on the forums. Creating publications on these platforms is simply easier and provides us with greater control over the content. Maintaining 5+ social pages is a lot of work... These points aside, I am looking at revitalising our current social pages in the coming weeks to support our new prospective services such as Space Engineers and Rust. If you have any suggestions regarding what content is published, please hit me up in discord. We have a number of major changes coming to the forums and TeamSpeak soon as well; stay tuned. Podcast sounds awesome - I look forward to working on it with you as discussed in TeamSpeak. I am more than happy to discuss these points further or answer any questions you might have, just ask. I tend to float around in TeamSpeak most nights after 8/9PM AEST.

The only reason banning people is as big of an issue as it is now is due to a lack of players. I don't think staff should be anymore lenient based on that, it's principal. It seems that everytime community complains about an update not being there or a lack of news regarding it, it gets dropped onto James by whoever the server Manager is/are. But in discord to James has said that is "up to bouda & asnee (current managers)" so it just seems like management as a whole has no idea what the **** they want to do and has the planning ability of a 5 year old. James doesn't want to accept the fact that HE is Senior Management and be the one held accountable for where things are or aren't going.

I (as an ex regular on Altis life) say bring on Malden! everyone has the DLC for it. It is similar to Altis with wild terrain like desserts and abandon basses (not to mention a couple of islands close to the mainland and big hills!). From my point of view having played Arma 3 since 2015 i agree with most of the 1st page post's, pretty well all of the active/current players on Arma have been around for a good enough time to have been there done that with life servers, AL absolutely needs to be radically different and my tips would be get feature rich and easy to grasp. I personally avoid Darksiders beacuse it's ui and map is too cluded, yucky and overall a mess, there also is too much to read. I hope i have regurgitated what has already been said over a number of post's for i just went through the first page and thought a good chance to share my thought.

Average players have grown from 2014 to 2020 from avg players from 4,764 up to 14,816 as of now. While there are troughs of up and downs , the over all average and max players is not that of a dead game. I would argue that all games that are multiplayer go thru an initial slow release ( Normally ) , then hit a max player point hype ... Then eventually either sit in a comfortable trough area or fizzle out. The history of Arma shows a steady decrease near end of year .. and a upbeat towards the beginning and middle. Even if Arma 3 is a dying game as your statement in the O.P. suggests , its a slow dying dragon with plenty of breathes for any servers That wish to bring player base into there communities. Those average stats of 14K put it in line with 16,872 18,140 Counter-Strike 16,552 19,035 Football Manager 2019 16,488 18,326 War Thunder 16,200 19,767 The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition 15,889 18,761 7 Days to Die 15,005 18,406 The Elder Scrolls Online 14,816 17,057 Fallout 4 14,535 18,288 Arma 3 14,078 16,669 Europa Universalis IV 14,022 19,223 NBA 2K20 13,985 17,089 Farming Simulator 19 13,833 14,810 Brawlhalla 13,650 19,748 部落与弯刀 13,450 17,506 Don't Starve Together 13,435 16,299 Conan Exiles 12,489 16,303 Left 4 Dead 2 12,244 12,788 eFootball PES 2020 12,190 12,731 Dota Underlords 12,119 15,749 Black Desert Online 11,612 12,711 Cities: Skylines 11,584 13,336 RimWorld 11,372 14,083 Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition 10,806 11,084 Spacewar 9,989 11,712 DARK SOULS™ III 9,820 14,739 FINAL FANTASY XIV Online 9,489 11,240 The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim 9,170 11,346 Stellaris None of which are dead games or have seen there best days. Just food for thought , Wish you all the best ?