WagonWheel’s MCRP revival plan
Note! None of these views are those of the staff team or any other SA, These views are mine as a player only and should not reflect current policy or thinking within any departments I am in/run
TLDR:
MCRP is fucked, I have a plan to fix it in 3 months that will cost. It will be an econ wipe and a new server with loads more options.
The issue:
We all love Mafia City but there is something deeply wrong with the server, a fundamental issue at the core of how the server works and what it works on. We have 2 major issues, those being the change and shift in the community from one of spontaneous and thought out RP to that of grinding and GTA:O. The second issue is the code base and how broken it is is the reason why on day 1 of every release there are major bugs, and they break other things that no one thought about.. Its held together with duct-tape and hope. So let's go over them all in depth.
Starting with the player base, We are all here because we love MCRP… well we actually are ambivalent about it, but we care about the people and the friends we made. Over the past 12 months I and most others have noticed that there has been a shift in the community's viewpoint on RP, back from 2020 to 21 when I got bi hourly or daily EMS calls for RP injuries or Car crashes, we now rarely get them, players come into MD and want to rush the medical RP because they see it as a pain or an obstacle to overcome. The player-base’s patience and respect for role play has changed and its shifted the server from a roleplay server and into a SecondLife sim server in which people grind and play and shoot with no real goal or aim of actually role-playing. This issue is one that we all know and one that we have all been apart of but due to the ineptitude of previous administration it was left unhandled, things were left as they way they were and when we finally woke up to how broken it was, it became too late to act.. Staff flip flopped on decisions, changed their mind and had no semblance of an overall plan or idea. Even now current staff are still confused on rules or aspects in the server, administration is better but there is still a lack of direction.
The second issue is the code base, As I mentioned before its one that is horrible to work in and is fundamentally broken. We have devs who are awesome at what they do, but we lack proper guidance and proper devs for the rest of the server. I for example am the only remaining active mapping team member, I know how to make pretty pictures for liveries and how to get cars to work in the server but apart from that we have no one capable of creating and importing MLOs, the only way they come in is when we pay someone to convert the files for us. EUP is a mystery to me and the other devs, our way of adding it broke in the last update and unlike every other major RP server we were the only ones affected by it. We have no custom clothes or even GTAO clothes.. and do you know why? Because it all relies on a broken outdated code-base that is a pain to work in. shit breaks, and we cant or don’t want to fix it. We have no devs capable of creating and fixing the MDC, no one skilled in VUE to update the UX or buttons for us. The base.. The core.. The fundamentals of the server from a development standpoint are broken, and we either aren't or can’t fix that.
Most players can deal with the grinders, the PVPers, the players who don’t want to RP or those who just want to chill with friends in an online place, We should all be able to play on a server in the way that we want but the trouble is that there isn’t enough infrastructure or other opportunities to keep everyone entertained. The players turn to PVP because crim RP is minimal and based on a broken system that isn’t being worked on or updated. LEO’s complain about constant PD chases and set-ups over 600K guns that are that way because of a failed economy and non functioning weapon drop system. Cops can’t give out ANY charges to any player who owns a new modded car because the MDC is broken and there is no webdev to fix it. There is no CIV RP because there is no system.. no staff support for corporations to be free and open, no development support or features that allow open-ended RP. NONE of these faults are on the current team (mostly), They are like this because the base of the server is broken.. The foundation is broken.
What about the economy?
MCRP’s economy is one for the history books, its disastrous and by far the worst example of inflation in any gaming world. Government base wages have increased 5 times going from 2k an hour as an EMTB to nearly 10k an hour for the same role. Vehicle prices have increased, tax hasn’t changed, food, clothing, first aid kits and gas all have remained the same as day 1 of the server launch but everything else has increased massively. Richfields house was brought for 600k and last week I got offered 3.5m for it… everything is broken and do you know why it’s broken? 2 reasons.. Uncapped and unregulated spending and increases to government workers and an over inflated sale price for drugs and AFK jobs. “Its so much easier to be a crim” and it is.. thats the sad thing, it is so much easier to be a drug dealer then it is to be someone who is legal, but both of those are easy compared to making any money as a civilian. Gone are the days of combo sellers, used car lots don’t get the numbers they used to and even taxis aren’t profitable (although they were never)/
The economy is hyper inflated, the dollar is worthless and the worst part is that people with millions have nothing to actually spend it on, there is no mega purchase, super cars are shit and rarely happen. Businesses are passive income generators and even nightclubs which cost millions don’t get used, there is no end goal with the money, there is nothing and its because it was never thought out.
My plan overview
So far we have established that the economy, the mods, thefeautres and the players are the reason why MCRP isn’t working and why it will never be competitive ever again. In 2021 MCRP made more then $60,000USD in revenue to the server.. so far in 2022 it has not even been 50% of that. The way the server is right now is not one that is working and I think deep down we all know that but no one is willing to actually say it, until now.
I propose that we make a drastic change and shut down MCRP….
What I mean is that MCRP will need to die but out of the dust and ash will rise a new better server and I know exactly how we will do this, So just bare with me. From the date that this is accepted we will have 2 and a half months to get it sorted, during those 2 months we will remove all dev support and the majority of staff support from the main server (MCRP) and focus all efforts on a new server which will run in parallel to the existing server. After those 2 months have gone we will shut down MCRP and open up the new server for a harsh 2-week long beta test before we open it up to all of you and everyone, a new, empty, re branded MCRP 3.0 with a new code base, new econ, new staff and most importantly, more stuff to do.
Note! None of these views are those of the staff team or any other SA, These views are mine as a player only and should not reflect current policy or thinking within any departments I am in/run
TLDR:
MCRP is fucked, I have a plan to fix it in 3 months that will cost. It will be an econ wipe and a new server with loads more options.
The issue:
We all love Mafia City but there is something deeply wrong with the server, a fundamental issue at the core of how the server works and what it works on. We have 2 major issues, those being the change and shift in the community from one of spontaneous and thought out RP to that of grinding and GTA:O. The second issue is the code base and how broken it is is the reason why on day 1 of every release there are major bugs, and they break other things that no one thought about.. Its held together with duct-tape and hope. So let's go over them all in depth.
Starting with the player base, We are all here because we love MCRP… well we actually are ambivalent about it, but we care about the people and the friends we made. Over the past 12 months I and most others have noticed that there has been a shift in the community's viewpoint on RP, back from 2020 to 21 when I got bi hourly or daily EMS calls for RP injuries or Car crashes, we now rarely get them, players come into MD and want to rush the medical RP because they see it as a pain or an obstacle to overcome. The player-base’s patience and respect for role play has changed and its shifted the server from a roleplay server and into a SecondLife sim server in which people grind and play and shoot with no real goal or aim of actually role-playing. This issue is one that we all know and one that we have all been apart of but due to the ineptitude of previous administration it was left unhandled, things were left as they way they were and when we finally woke up to how broken it was, it became too late to act.. Staff flip flopped on decisions, changed their mind and had no semblance of an overall plan or idea. Even now current staff are still confused on rules or aspects in the server, administration is better but there is still a lack of direction.
The second issue is the code base, As I mentioned before its one that is horrible to work in and is fundamentally broken. We have devs who are awesome at what they do, but we lack proper guidance and proper devs for the rest of the server. I for example am the only remaining active mapping team member, I know how to make pretty pictures for liveries and how to get cars to work in the server but apart from that we have no one capable of creating and importing MLOs, the only way they come in is when we pay someone to convert the files for us. EUP is a mystery to me and the other devs, our way of adding it broke in the last update and unlike every other major RP server we were the only ones affected by it. We have no custom clothes or even GTAO clothes.. and do you know why? Because it all relies on a broken outdated code-base that is a pain to work in. shit breaks, and we cant or don’t want to fix it. We have no devs capable of creating and fixing the MDC, no one skilled in VUE to update the UX or buttons for us. The base.. The core.. The fundamentals of the server from a development standpoint are broken, and we either aren't or can’t fix that.
Most players can deal with the grinders, the PVPers, the players who don’t want to RP or those who just want to chill with friends in an online place, We should all be able to play on a server in the way that we want but the trouble is that there isn’t enough infrastructure or other opportunities to keep everyone entertained. The players turn to PVP because crim RP is minimal and based on a broken system that isn’t being worked on or updated. LEO’s complain about constant PD chases and set-ups over 600K guns that are that way because of a failed economy and non functioning weapon drop system. Cops can’t give out ANY charges to any player who owns a new modded car because the MDC is broken and there is no webdev to fix it. There is no CIV RP because there is no system.. no staff support for corporations to be free and open, no development support or features that allow open-ended RP. NONE of these faults are on the current team (mostly), They are like this because the base of the server is broken.. The foundation is broken.
What about the economy?
MCRP’s economy is one for the history books, its disastrous and by far the worst example of inflation in any gaming world. Government base wages have increased 5 times going from 2k an hour as an EMTB to nearly 10k an hour for the same role. Vehicle prices have increased, tax hasn’t changed, food, clothing, first aid kits and gas all have remained the same as day 1 of the server launch but everything else has increased massively. Richfields house was brought for 600k and last week I got offered 3.5m for it… everything is broken and do you know why it’s broken? 2 reasons.. Uncapped and unregulated spending and increases to government workers and an over inflated sale price for drugs and AFK jobs. “Its so much easier to be a crim” and it is.. thats the sad thing, it is so much easier to be a drug dealer then it is to be someone who is legal, but both of those are easy compared to making any money as a civilian. Gone are the days of combo sellers, used car lots don’t get the numbers they used to and even taxis aren’t profitable (although they were never)/
The economy is hyper inflated, the dollar is worthless and the worst part is that people with millions have nothing to actually spend it on, there is no mega purchase, super cars are shit and rarely happen. Businesses are passive income generators and even nightclubs which cost millions don’t get used, there is no end goal with the money, there is nothing and its because it was never thought out.
My plan overview
So far we have established that the economy, the mods, thefeautres and the players are the reason why MCRP isn’t working and why it will never be competitive ever again. In 2021 MCRP made more then $60,000USD in revenue to the server.. so far in 2022 it has not even been 50% of that. The way the server is right now is not one that is working and I think deep down we all know that but no one is willing to actually say it, until now.
I propose that we make a drastic change and shut down MCRP….
What I mean is that MCRP will need to die but out of the dust and ash will rise a new better server and I know exactly how we will do this, So just bare with me. From the date that this is accepted we will have 2 and a half months to get it sorted, during those 2 months we will remove all dev support and the majority of staff support from the main server (MCRP) and focus all efforts on a new server which will run in parallel to the existing server. After those 2 months have gone we will shut down MCRP and open up the new server for a harsh 2-week long beta test before we open it up to all of you and everyone, a new, empty, re branded MCRP 3.0 with a new code base, new econ, new staff and most importantly, more stuff to do.
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