Sever filling is an art. I haven?t said much on this topic till now for obvious reasons but let me give my bit.
July was a great month for our division, the recruit numbers were up, our servers were slowly yet steadily going up the ranks, events were going well and the general feel was very good.
We managed to maintain the momentum in regards to server filling into August as well with our City Maps and B2K server getting into the top 800.
And then everything came crashing down. I am not really sure why, we were expecting September to be a comeback month for us with schools starting up again and AK releasing but it?s gone the other way totally.
While some recent turn of events can be put to blame, the core issue is that we need to work closely as a division to repair this . As Shorty said, the signs are not good at all; such empty servers and the general lack of belief within the division as all signs of dreadful things to come. Things have to be turned around, we have no other option.
The BF Division has been a great addition to eGO on a whole, think of our achievements; we have the most successful competitive team in eGO that has won multiple tournaments and beaten the best. We have led the way in the terms of Battlefield on a whole in regards to the most innovative events and tournaments. Other clans have followed suit but we have been the pioneers. We have a strong bunch of core players who are the closest of friends and as seen from example such as Wild?s video card, we are there for our peers in every situation. We are all family here, I have always stressed on that point.
Lets string up a action plan, my opinion is as follows ?
1) We need everyone in leadership to step up, and when I say step up, be in the channels and rally to fill servers. Start with our highest ranked server and then go down the list. Leaders are chosen because of the skills the posses, it?s time to put those skills to use, this is gaming clan in the end , there should be no ? back end work? that should keep you away from playing the game that you are leaders for. No one knows that better than me.
2) We need to decide on our server?s set up and stick with it, we change our servers too often and never really put much effort into it. We put some effort in the city maps server in August and made it our highest ranked server and then we changes it again and lost the pub base. From what I can see this is my recommendation for the servers ?
a. HC City Maps ? Fast Vehicle respawn ? 500 tickets ? Bazaar, Siene, Peak, Metro, Sharqi, Karkand. Votemap. 64 person.
b. HC Large Maps ? Fast Vechicle respawn ? 500 Tickets ? All AK maps, All Karkand Maps, Caspian, Firestorm, Noshar, Kharg. Votemap. 64 Person.
c. Normal TDM ? 1000 Tickets ? Noshar / Kharg. 32 or 40 Person.
d. HC RUSH ? Fast Vehicle respawn ? All Rush maps, votemap. 32 Person.
We need to get away from the taboo of not touching B2K, the fact of the matter is that it?s a low ranked server and we need to change things there as well.
Yes I know this sever list might not be agreeable to everyone but being in the game long enough and after knowing players from various clans and teams, all these are popular configs. Just look at the configs of popular servers such as CMW. They run these exact specs and are full almost everytime. We can play around with the specs as per the opinions of other members. But once we decide on the specs we need to maintain for the atleast 2-3 months and ensure that we put our best efforts in filling them.
The fact of the matter is that we are running out of time, we have missed the AK opportunity and really need to act fast to change things around. Our own members are playing on other servers because we are just not offering them what they like, you cannot force someone to play on servers. We are all here to have fun and that is what we need to ensure.
Anyways I leave the rest up to leadership.
Regards
KCK
