. So, here is my idea.. for those of you who have played games like: Halo, Call of Duty, Starcraft 2 ect ect.. There is a lobby where players can create their own games. If Arama had something like this, it would be very easy to organize fortress matches! If you could only get 3 of 4 of your teammates together, you could just host a 4 v 4 fortress match. When players enter the lobby they see the available matches and join, once enough players join match can be started. This would generate a lot of motivation and popularity back into Armagetron. Of course this would translate to other game modes too! I understand it wouldnt be 'easy' however, considering its been done by almost every popular team play game out there.. why not in Arma? We keep talking about kick-starters and bringing new people to Arma, but.. when I see our server list.. and its ancient appearance and lack of organization I get a little depressed. IF something is not done soon to modernize the interface and give more control to the players this game we all love will soon die. Iv been browsing the server list for weeks nice just checking the server activity and its nearly non-existent. On average, around 4 servers at any given time have any players and that usually consists of 1 sumo server with 8 playable spots and 15 players sitting in there waiting.. a HR server with 4-5 players, cheers or possibly some random server with a few players.. That is what Armagetron is becoming. We all talk about all the fun/cool ways to fix our lack of popularity and even OUR own lack of interest.. But nothing is being done? I do understand finances are a huge aspect.. I wish I had them to give! But, even worse... i dont have the skill-set of coding and game development or I would sacrifice even more of the time I waste on here to improve the experience. What can we do? Can we make 1 last legit run at improving this platform and building interest in this game? If so.. after completion it will be MUCH easier to build a sweet teaser trailer and promote Armagetron and it's modes to the public eye! We need to set cookie trails for newbies to follow to gradually learn/understand how Arama works to keep their interest. How many players download Arama.. go into the online server list.. see 1 server with some players in it, it happens to be fortress.. several players treat them like crap and they just ditch and go back to minecraft or LoL..
. There is so much more fun to be had here than any of us have yet experienced.... I am half-ass decent with graphics, and could definitely help in that aspect. Who has the skills to put something like this together? DEV's I'm talking to you guys too! Yes you're super busy and dont have the time or money but.. What has all of this been for if you let it go now after all this time? You've created on of THE most addicting fun to play games on the net yet nobody knows it exists... 5 - 10 years ago, promoting Arma would have been much more difficult than it is now. Nows the time to make a final stand and see what potential Armagetron has for the real world. Again.. If all you're going to say it "this is dumb, it cant/wont be done.. we've tried it.. blah blah blah" Save it. Im not asking what 'cant' be done.. Im asking what 'can' be. If everyone with skills that can be contributed would make themselves available, and anyone with funds as well.. we can put together a team to help the DEV's to build a New Beta, give it an awesome Project title.. have a team for Dev and a team for Publicity and marketing..
thoughts??
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