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I have been playing the DoDs servers for a little while now and was wondering why none of them are on a rotation? The maps we have a great so no complaints just wondering. :)
 
Copied from another thread not to be a jerk and look like I'm blowing off the question, but because I think it explains the situation well:

jeod66 said:
We've tried rotation servers multiple times, and every time, they don't get supported and die off quickly. The initial week's interest from eGO members tails off fast, and we hurt every other server in the process. As soon as the map changes, people who hate the new map leave, and the server dies off. Established rotation servers do well because they have a huge population and are both well-known and highly-ranked; our community was built on Avalanche/Donner/Strand/Kalt. While the house system is gone, the inter-map rivalries persist, to a point.

We used to have Flash as well, but we had to cut it because the server was dead. People loved it, but it died off eventually.

We replaced Kalt with Argentan and Colmar, and neither of those took off, except for during official events. Anzio has been our most successful "new" server as of late, but it has required prolonged support from everyone to keep it going.

At the same time, we have limited resources and don't want to lose a top-75 server (which I'm proud to say that all of ours are!) trying something that has failed repeatedly. A rotation server sounds like a great idea, but it has never worked out, and that's why we have no plans right now to try one again in the forseeable future. Unfortunately, this is a case where the evidence has been very clear - we've failed every time that a rotation server has been attempted.
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Hopefully this explains where we stand a little bit. It's a tough sell for us, especially with limited resources and a less-than-stellar track record.
 
Why cant we try it? whats the worst that can happen we have take it down after 2 months. It seems the server ranks have taken over leadership, cant do anything until they're good. Doesn't matter if we're having fun just need to see numbers.
We play the game for fun and the severs are here so we can enjoy ourselves am I wrong? This certainly is not too tall of an order to handle for leadership is it? Maybe your'e right, don't waste your time on us we're only the loyal members of this division. Just my thoughts.
 
It's never worked in the past you say. 80-90% of the people that are on most nights haven't been here for 2 years and haven't seen a rotation server, myself included. Why do the failures of past active members have to be brought up when we have a loyal dedicated group that is interested in simply trying something out. Were not asking you to leave it up for ever, we just wanna have a go at it, but I guess that's too much to ask. What are we gonna have to start a picket line outside the vent channels? I'll keep writing long repetitive post, I enjoy it.
 
Ive been here four years and I dont remember a rotation server since Ive been apart of DoDS. Other than having Anzio for Flash, and Kalt going through its "Lets try other 24/7 maps" phase, these are the same map we've had since the houses.
 
BeeF915 said:
It seems the server ranks have taken over leadership, cant do anything until they're good. Doesn't matter if we're having fun just need to see numbers.
We play the game for fun and the severs are here so we can enjoy ourselves am I wrong?
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Couldn't have said it better myself. What is the benefit of having all the servers in the top 100? Fuller servers? This is certainly a topic I would like to see discussed.
 
Captain_Phil said:
Couldn't have said it better myself. What is the benefit of having all the servers in the top 100? Fuller servers? This is certainly a topic I would like to see discussed.
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Fun is the #1 priority yes, but keep in mind that eGO has operating costs (e.g. website/forum, servers, salaries for DLs-and-above) that need to be taken care of, otherwise that opportunity for 'fun' disappears.

DoD is a dying game, so that's one big disadvantage to begin with, but server numbers (and rankings) are thus more important than ever as they not only keep eGO visible, but also inevitably bring in new recruits, revenue from donations and ad-clicks or purchases from sponsors, new or continued sponsorship, all to basically keep our eGO DoD community going. It's easy to count how many recruits we get in any given month, but perhaps harder to track is how many members we lost from inactivity or lack of interest, etc. (which is one of the reasons for periodic roll calls).

As for the age-old question of whether a rotational server (trial-basis or not) will be successful today, I'll defer to jeod or someone else who's been around longer than me and has more insight.
 
Skippy said:
Fun is the #1 priority yes, but keep in mind that eGO has operating costs (e.g. website/forum, servers, salaries for DLs-and-above) that need to be taken care of, otherwise that opportunity for 'fun' disappears.
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I knew it!
 
I agree with everyone that we should be focusing on the servers ranks however; I think we should add an additional Colmar server or something of the sort since we already have all of our servers in the top #100.
 
Skippy said:
DoD is a dying game
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I'm not saying anything one way or the other, but I've been seeing this statement since 2002. For a long time, it was Fuzzdad's (the creator of DoD, all the allies have his face) signature.

Eat some broccoli, everybody.
 
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Skippy said:
... salaries for DLs-and-above) that need to be taken care of, otherwise that opportunity for 'fun' disappears.
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(Bold added).

Am I the only one who noticed this?

BTW, Beef does have a point. If members are having fun the server rankings will go up naturally. If you ask that members work to force rankings up the results will diminish over time.
 
wewo said:
(Bold added).

Am I the only one who noticed this?

BTW, Beef does have a point. If members are having fun the server rankings will go up naturally. If you ask that members work to force rankings up the results will diminish over time.
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I definitely noticed that. Immortal technique for division leader :p
 
The next question I wanna know is how much do the DL's make? Do you make more if your Council and higher? or is it fixed?
 
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