[diamond_boss]

Unban everyone.

That would get things moving.

[Prodigy9]

Unban everyone.

That would get things moving.

That would seriously be quite entertaining. Maybe recruit a bunch of temporary mods to serve for a couple weeks until things settle down again?

[diamond_boss]

Unban everyone.

That would get things moving.

That would seriously be quite entertaining. Maybe recruit a bunch of temporary mods to serve for a couple weeks until things settle down again?

Yah. And just so everybody knows I'm actually serious with that suggestion. It could potent ially increase traffic by a lot... not saying that everybody would go for it, because most people probably wouldn't. And it doesn't have to me permanent. It could be temp, maybe for just a week or so.

[Bu1ld0g]

Unannounced mob caps resulting in despawns,
An insulting achievement for mob despawn and a "that's unfortunate" response killed the server not trends in minecraft...

Add to that a lack of 1.8 after a year in dev and an uncertain future for Minecraft was the icing on the cake for most to stop playing too.

And FYI I'm not angry or but-hurt just disappointed after 2 years of playing here before you all jump on the offensive.

[diamond_boss]

Unannounced mob caps resulting in despawns,
An insulting achievement for mob despawn and a "that's unfortunate" response killed the server not trends in minecraft...

Add to that a lack of 1.8 after a year in dev and an uncertain future for Minecraft was the icing on the cake for most to stop playing too.

And FYI I'm not angry or but-hurt just disappointed after 2 years of playing here before you all jump on the offensive.

Yah I mean I don't care so much about the mob cap, or that my animals despawned, or the limited 1.8 features on the server, or the uncertain future for the game...

Honestly, I'm just more bad no-no word that I can't say off that nobody is doing anything about it, at all. Not to point fingers, that's a very general statement. I'm just saying that if people cared more, they'd offer up their suggestions or something. I personally stick with my previous one but smh.

[Lucario]

Again, add mods, I know it's a long shot. But MR would be way more fun with in depth crap like computercraft, thaumaturgy, and gregtech. I still love MR but I've really worn myself out ever since I discovered certain modpacks.

[Tee]

Again, add mods, I know it's a long shot.

It is indeed a long shot because for every player you entice in with the mods, you'll lose more who want MineRealm to remain chocolatey vanilla'ish.

It's quite simple. Gaming goes in cycles, and general interest in MC is currently at a low due to the Bukkit issues and MS buyout. MR has been additionally affected by the mob cap and loss of valuable mobs to despawn. The next uptick in the cycle will likely be when 1.8 SMP becomes widely available via a Bukkit-compatible API driving players back to SMP servers.

[Intelli]

no rabbits

[diamond_boss]

Again, add mods, I know it's a long shot. But MR would be way more fun with in depth crap like computercraft, thaumaturgy, and gregtech. I still love MR but I've really worn myself out ever since I discovered certain modpacks.

That would just reduce the amount of players even more. Do you know how many people even want to download modpacks? Do you know how many people would be willing to totally change up the server and then take the time to download all of these mods (something which, by the way, a lot of players can't/don't want to do)? Very, very few people. Maybe you, and like two others. Honestly, the reason so many people play on Minerealm is because it's legit, and the system is very close to vanilla. It's comfortable and easy for players, especially new ones who lack experience.

[kingofturves]

Would a hub system for minerealm work?
A single hub portal cconnecting to the main survival game and lots of off shoots such as
Hunger games style mini games
PvP games
etc.
Might encourage numbers if the server diversifies and offers more?

I'm more a forum ghost these days, so my ideas may or may not be good.

Intelli, you've put on some good games in the past, so perhaps some mini games existing alongside the main server might work?

Creative modes as well.

With minecraft there is a huge variety of potential gamemodes in addition to the main survival mode.
So perhaps more modes might work?