»The downfall of GuildCraft Factions and the plan for revival

An analysis by JStormCatcher

When I joined Factions in June 2015, I almost completely new to the game mode. The only other time I spent playing Minecraft was in 2012 playing by myself in Survival. When I joined, everything was stable- there were big factions, medium factions, and smaller factions. The hierarchy was stable, the rewards fun, the community tight and bonded. This is what makes a server run- a server is like a well-oiled machine. Without proper maintenance and the fuel to power the engine, the machine ceases to operate. In June 2015, everything was there. The lust for competition, the thirst for power, the desire to become better than anyone else.

Now we ask, "Well JStorm, why was this the case?"

This is because the resources were in place. The server didn't put the wants of the elite above the many. It didn't tolerate any bullshit. To become successful in the game, you had to work for it. I worked for it (for the most part) and that's how I became part of the establishment. If you can build yourself into a formidable enemy, you can dominate the server- and that's what people want. To succeed, and to enjoy the game. Who would want to stay on a dead server?

Nowadays, these factors are gone. The ecosystem of Factions has been corrupted by normies, people who pay to win, and a lack of the community overall. The OGs from the old GuildCraft are gone. These are the elite that made the server worth playing on- there was competition, diversity, originality, and a sense of pride for the server. But how can we fix it?


Our server is in serious trouble. We don't have fun anymore. We used to have fun, but we don't have them. When was the last time anybody saw us beating, let's say, Mineplex in terms of user satisfaction? They kill us.

When did we beat Hypixel at anything? They treat their players like real people, and what do we do? When was the last time you saw an OG in Factions? It doesn't exist, folks. They beat us all the time.

When do we beat Cosmic at diversity? They're laughing at us, at our stupidity. And now they are beating us economically. They are not our friend, believe me. But they're killing us economically.

GuildCraft has become a dumping ground for normies, people who pay to win, and just toxicity overall.

When other cracked servers send their people, they're not sending their best. They're not sending you. They're not sending you. They're sending people that have lots of problems, and they're bringing those problems with us. They're bringing toxicity. They're bringing stupidity. They're annoying. And some, I assume, are good people.


But I speak to admins and they tell us what we're getting. And it only makes common sense. It only makes common sense. They're sending us not the right people.


I hear so much talk about the fact that we should just add more features. "Let's add more kits. Let's add yadda yadda yadda". No. This is not what the server needs- the server needs a renewed sense of pride. The server needs the thrill and competition that it used to have. The server has become a boring, monotonous, lackluster server with no sense of achievement.

And now you're wondering, how are we going to do this?

We need to reach out to those whom powered the server. We need to bring them back. We mustn't unban those who were fairly banned- they will reach out to us when they want to apologize. We need to convince them that GuildCraft has changed for the better.

We need to scale back a little bit- we need a comfortable spawn, we need easier access to iron golem spawners. This will create revenue and move the cash around in the economy. Just like a real economy, without the people who are motivated to work (jobs), the economy doesn't work. If we provide access to jobs (afking at spawners), people are automatically inclined to stay on the server.

The server needs to adopt capitalism. You have to work to make money, and you will eventually progress. This can be done by allowing people to sell items commonly found in the wilderness.

We need to bring back the gambling feature. This was so thrilling, and the risk was either worth it or not. This feature also keeps the cash flow moving smoothly.

The map needs to be expanded. There need to be findable treasures. We need to offer more incentive to those who support us- we need a YouTube channel, we need advertisements, we need revenue.

This sounds like a lot, doesn't it? You're probably wondering, how does axed or melon have the time, energy and resources to implement this?

It isn't hard at all. Take a look at how Factions was in the summer of 2015. All you need to do is go back to it.

 

Guildcraft revamp ?

Unban all players maybe ??

 

I was a noob, than i discovered p2w. I got good but i regret it. I called paypal last month. I asked an employe from paypal what was possible. I asked him to chargeback my money.

You know what he said? He said i was 12 days to late. 12 fucking days. Thats what it takes to never see your money again. 12 days.

I had it all figured out, i did my research. I knew i was gonna get my money on my bank account. I had tricks i had the skill. But those 12 days fucked me over.

Than i bought axed his personal details on "kvk" for 2,95 euro. I was planning to dox him, ddos. But than i came to a realisation: " i have to stop, its time. This is ****" so i got myself a cheeky promotion at work and now im making mad money. I deleted my mc and i started bettering my social life.

It has been great guys, it has been great.

My tip to you? Quit mc, its ****. Mc wont get you pun. Going outside wil.

Greetz,

Former official traphipster / marketing manager NorthKorea / #cryNeverGotHisModButHeCameRealyCloseButNobodyKnows ,

Cry

Once a hacker always a hacker, gotta love wolfram / scooby. They all said tac will notice it when you hack with wolfram/scooby. They all said i was going to get banned in the banwaves, i laughed. And i won.

**** you all.
~crykas

 

Spoken like Mr. Trump. I love it.

 

We need to start hyping it up to OG's to come back next reset, this could be the reset that can make the reset, I believe that The staff team are really trying to make improvements to factions but need our help to finish the job !

 

Unban all the turks that got area banned XD

 

GUILDCRAFT 2.0 FULL REVAMP????

 

Being taken care of already

 

Unban all players lol?

 

Well spoken, I enjoyed reading it!

 

GUILDCRAFT FULLREVAMP !

 

eh, i would prob come back if a lot of my fac friends returned as well.
(im not an og but still).
ill ask the people from Legacy if they are gonna play or not.

 

lots of servers do it ex: recently arcane did it and it hit 4k+ players
If unban all players actually happen i bet old people like Willythenoob and Sliverkyn will come back

--- Double Post Merged, Jul 25, 2017, Original Post Date: Jul 25, 2017 ---

you care so much abt the turks , turks can get unbanned if they create an unban request

 

Welp dont care anymore im done with this server

 

I have nothing against turks, I just simply made a comment about the issue. After turks were area banned, GC's average player amount dropped by 200

 

the turks were banned for ddosing

 

Working on it, don't worry.

Closing: Prior reset suggestion