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Virtue - Jedi Council  |
Activity is waning in some or alot of areas. This depends of course on whereabouts you live, your time zone etc. But generally, people have been saying recently that whenever they come online, the Servers are pretty much empty. So I ask you this: What would you like to see around here that could help beef up activity in the JA? Please be detailed, I don't expect you to have to write essays or anything, but please don't just post saying stuff like "We need more events!" or "We should have some scheduled fun sessions!" Tell us exactly what it is you'd like to see here. Or things that you think would help boost activity on the servers. So... Go!  - Virtue.  _______________ Academy Architect This post was edited by Virtue on Mar 20 2006 01:22pm. |
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Eica - Student 
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Quote: Tournaments, although requiring some decent organisation, are an easy and effective method of gaining much needed revival of interest in the game. I do recall, however, a thanksgiving tournament in the past (was it last year?) being cancelled due to the lack of commitment and interest found as it progressed. If I remember correctly last years tournament was cancelled due to controversy regarding exploits being used in matches and leading to competitors having to remove themselves from the tournament. But I do agree with you about them being good for JA activity. I don't think I've ever seen a period with more people on the servers than when there's a tourney going on. So yeah, more competition on the servers = more activity _______________ Former padawan of RoseRed |
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NotSoLittleCaesar - Student 
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Quote: I just wish I wasn't in Japan right now. Then maybe I could get on at reasonable times and have a decent ping! Ha ha ha! As far as JA activity is concerned though, do you think maybe it's just the game itself possibly fading out? Eesh that's a morbid thought. Never mind. > o; dont u guys have like 1000 gig broadband xD? _______________ Quote: I mostly agree oh Lord of the squeezy mop
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Senor Hat - Student 
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Quote: An Aussie JA server!!!!! I second that I third it I fourth it. It would come in no use to me, but it'll keep the upside-downers happy  w00t, That it would Man Xan that was a long read but some good points _______________ I have beaten The Internet. The end guy was hard. |
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xAnAtOs - Student |
Some excellent suggestions have been made so far. I especially liked Tido's idea for an easily accessible calendar outlining all future events and occasions in upcoming days/weeks/months. Also agreed with adding extra focus to the alternative gametypes; ctf (basejka pure WITH /kill), instagib, tffa and siege, as well as other enjoyable and somewhat differing methods of play, examples being flying classes and tag team tournaments. Allowing voting on at least one of the servers is an essential in my opinion as those involved in the community are able to enjoy the facets of the game that THEY choose, not those chosen for them. Tournaments, although requiring some decent organisation, are an easy and effective method of gaining much needed revival of interest in the game. I do recall, however, a thanksgiving tournament in the past (was it last year?) being cancelled due to the lack of commitment and interest found as it progressed. This is due mainly to the fact that the game is getting old, but I'll come back to that point. The only way I can see this working is if tournaments are held in various disciplines - guns, tffa, ctf, granted that the interest among the community still exists and that they are willing to see it through to the end. There's nothing worse than creating the hype and excitement for a tournament and later having to cancel it as a result of waning interest. Perhaps they can be held on a smaller scale at regular intervals? I'm sure this has been attempted (and failed) already so not sure on this point, perhaps something to work on. I also liked the idea of specialised training for the various guns ie. snipers, explosives experts, etc, as this is quite useful in siege and guns in general, and could therefore generate interest in both areas. While it is always fun to have 'Nostalgia Weeks' and the rotation of old maps these have, in the past, failed to attract as many of the old players as we would have liked. Nonetheless, the fact that they are a variance from the general monotony of the same map day in and day out is always a plus. The peer support program that someone brought up is always a nice thing to have but I'm not sure that it can work out on a large scale, nor as a means of reviving interest, although I'm sure I read that the latter was not it's aim anyway. Generally when I have problems in my life I talk to either friends or family. To those that I do speak to on the net, it's usually the ones that I trust a great deal that I divulge my life's complications upon. I'm not sure I would recognise randoms on the net as being people that I would go to with my problems unless I knew them at some level of intimacy. Having said this, it is an excellent way of making new friends and forming [sometimes lifelong] relationships, and I'm sure that not everyone in the ja harbours my reservations, nor my paranoia - it's a good idea at a basal level. Now to the main reason I made this post - JK:JA's decline. I think it's about time the JA began looking to become the A. Unless there are other star wars games out there that are as equally enjoyable as jk2 or jk:ja, things like the release of v3 of the academy's map is only delaying the eventual death of jka. Interest in the game is always declining and people are looking for new games to play and a broader based community with high levels of competition. The JA has far outlived its initial purpose: teaching the game to noobs, in fact this function is almost superfluous in such an experienced community. The game has become so old that people are requiring less instruction and more competition. While the jka community as a whole still retains some extremely experienced players such as the DSBR crew, it is a fact that other games' communities on their own dominate ours ten-fold. Their players have a wider array of competition and, thus, a greater ability to learn and develop skills is created. Almost every occasion that I have seen JA players organise 'outings' to CS, CS:S or BF2 servers has always proved fruitful, not to mention the amount of people on WoW and, formerly, SWG (or is that still going strongly?). The main reason a lot of people still come to the ja even while concurrently playing other games is for the friends they have made over the years, not jka. Why not expand our horizons and welcome a fresh batch of members with interests alike in a multitude of games? By limiting ourselves to jka we lose an increasing amount of members to the plague of sheer boredom. By allowing ourselves to delve into other games we lose nothing of our ties to jka (for those who still wish to remain or cannot afford to buy the new games) while expanding our community and making new friends. I know that this last idea will most likely be rebuked due to its subversive nature as well as the huge amount of organisation required, not to mention the jacs' personal preferences, however it is in the best interests of the community to expand its borders (unless JK3 is coming out) and move forward with time. A community is about the people. The JA's servers are empty. I sure wouldn't mind learning to play on REAL FPS's and improving my aim and tactical abilities. We can either die with time or move forward to bigger and better things. The people keep this community alive - let's find more of them. _______________ Brother to Luke Skywalker and (SKX) Dark Blade
Lag Brother to Acey Spadey 
Jools is my best friend.
<Henkes> nebody feeling like abusing me with a lightsaber?|+Smilykrazy grabs Gradius, beats the living CRAP out of him, then throws him into a huge vat of ACID This comment was edited by xAnAtOs on Apr 29 2006 02:19pm. |
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Setementor - Jedi Master 
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Quote: A flying class would be indeed awsome.  I hope Virtue teaches that again sometime. It was a lot of fun, and I learned how to fly at the same time.  |
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CuZzA - Student 
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SaZ - Student 
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Quote: A flying class would be indeed awsome. /kicks piccolo in da butt! here you go _______________ playing jk3 since 30th of january (2005), member since 1st of february. [Unofficial Master to Vision and Z�diac ] If you can make a fool of yourself infront of 300 people you can do anything - Jaiko D'kana |
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Vision - Jedi Knight 
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A flying class would be indeed awsome. |
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Senor Hat - Student
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SgtGodzilla - Student 
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Quote: Yeah, the new map will definately have me crawling around lots. Heh heh heh, it's like moving into a new house. Much goodness. Heh heh. Yes, with that new house smell and you get to meet the new negihbors and stuff like that ... _______________ SPLEEEEEEEEEEEE
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Kamidake Kenji - Student 
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Yeah, the new map will definately have me crawling around lots. Heh heh heh, it's like moving into a new house. Much goodness. Heh heh. _______________ "...wait, what?" |
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Acey Spadey - Student 
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with the new map comming out soon or so. I'm sure people will be getting on the servers more to check it out then. but itme will only tell. _______________ .Lag Bro to Xanatos. Adopted Twin to Bubu. Big-Brother to SmilyKrazy ---- JATSRAD Guru, JASE Member, JA SP Mod Staff ---- The Order of the Stick -- Big thanks to Mango for my avatar -- Quote: Sometimes you've got to specifically go out of your way to get into trouble. It's called fun.
Quote: (Random hella old quote) <Fizz of Belouve> .. in sovjet russia, cereals spit at YOU!
Quote: whats the point of growing up, if your not allowed to act childish!
Padawan - Henkes
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Kamidake Kenji - Student
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I just wish I wasn't in Japan right now. Then maybe I could get on at reasonable times and have a decent ping! Ha ha ha! As far as JA activity is concerned though, do you think maybe it's just the game itself possibly fading out? Eesh that's a morbid thought. Never mind. > o; _______________ "...wait, what?" |
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bono_bob - Student |
this is my evil plan.. i actauly write down the new password so i can actauly connect to the server waiting for others to join. _______________ "Darkness is simply the absence of Light" "Is it not easier to snuff out the light completely than to make no shadow or darknes at all and create pure light?" "Is there a limit to Light?" - Jawa Jedi from a galaxy far far way of the one Lucas describes ( not in that galaxy ) |
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ozzcoz - Cosplay Nerd 
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they're scattered all over the US and europe, so yeh it's not 1 building. sides, jk3 is yeh, bleh, if it wasn't WoW it'd be some other game where I'm not permanently disadvantaged for not living in the US/west-europe. _______________ A wizard did it. |
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Tido - Student 
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Quote: bomb the building which houses the world of warcraft servers. If they go down, activity would skyrocket. Wow that is tempting! |
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Acey Spadey - Student 
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Quote: An Aussie JA server!!!!! I second that _______________ .Lag Bro to Xanatos. Adopted Twin to Bubu. Big-Brother to SmilyKrazy ---- JATSRAD Guru, JASE Member, JA SP Mod Staff ---- The Order of the Stick -- Big thanks to Mango for my avatar -- Quote: Sometimes you've got to specifically go out of your way to get into trouble. It's called fun.
Quote: (Random hella old quote) <Fizz of Belouve> .. in sovjet russia, cereals spit at YOU!
Quote: whats the point of growing up, if your not allowed to act childish!
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Senor Hat - Student 
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An Aussie JA server!!!!! _______________ I have beaten The Internet. The end guy was hard. |
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tarpman - The Tarped Avenger 
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Quote: bomb the building which houses the world of warcraft servers. If they go down, activity would skyrocket. no kidding _______________ Saving the world, one kilobyte at a time. |
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Pink_Mintaka - Student 
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Quote: Lessons on how to slaughter red stance useres!!!!! EEK!! /hides |
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R2D2 - Staff 
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Quote: Lessons on how to slaughter red stance useres!!!!! Getting there  _______________ "Do or do not, there is no try" Jedi Master Yoda Dual Saberist |
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Darth_Silent - Student 
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Lessons on how to slaughter red stance useres!!!!! _______________ [img]http://miniprofile.xfire.com/bg/co/type/0/silenthassassin.png[/img] |
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JK13 /// jaws. - Student 
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bomb the building which houses the world of warcraft servers. If they go down, activity would skyrocket. _______________ It's a false hologram, it IS artificial... |
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bono_bob - Student |
Quote: Join! Join! Connect, connect, connectconnectconnectconnectconnect! Wait for people to show up, and if we do it together... This person is right and has a flawless plan, now i suggest the person does it them self :p _______________ "Darkness is simply the absence of Light" "Is it not easier to snuff out the light completely than to make no shadow or darknes at all and create pure light?" "Is there a limit to Light?" - Jawa Jedi from a galaxy far far way of the one Lucas describes ( not in that galaxy ) |
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^Methos - Student |
Different kinds of tournaments, 1 vs 1, 2 vs 2, tag team tourney, Team TFFA tourney, Gauntlet tourney etc etc etc. hmm, ill think a bit more about it and post again later... _______________ It takes courage to grow up, and become who you really are. "The whole secret of existence is to have no fear. Never fear what will become of you, depend on no one. Only the moment you reject all help are you freed." |
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