Achilles
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I need to preface this by saying this is not an actual suggestion and not something I'm trying to say nebulous should actually do but it's something that crossed my mind.
There is a history of both game companies and Garry's Mod servers doing re-releases of previous iterations of their servers for a myriad of different reasons (WoW Classic and SWFO come to mind). I had a discussion with a friend of mine the other day, both of us having been Lemonpunch/Neb players since the days of Clockwork, and we had quite the time talking it over.
Imagine if you woke up to find that your favorite previous version of the server (be that the Clockwork Iteration or IX:1 timeline) was up again. There's several different schools of thought regarding how well or how poorly they would play out. Nostalgia is a hot ticket commodity across any medium for sure, but I believe it to be something that struggles to stick long-term, meaning that the practicality of success is there, but all be it temporary. This was present in the case of not just SWFO, but several other servers that tried to go back to that 'early day' feeling.
You also have to consider that a majority of what made earlier iterations of the server what they were are less so mechanical/development wise (like you see with WoW classic) and more so player culture/philosophy oriented. Things like server/faction policy and roleplay structure which are not hardwired into any particular iteration and are capable of coming back in any future iteration, but are pushed aside for new takes and creative visions.
This point of my discussion with my friend caused us to shift our focus, "If it isn't a technical concept causing people to look to previous iterations with desire, what are the specifics that would draw someone to such?" Of course, there was just generic nostalgia, but I wanted to try to find the specifics, because I knew that they were there, but they were also different for a variety of reasons. I might add onto this post to share my own specifics but I wanted to hear about yours, what was your favorite iteration and what specifically makes you wish you could go back to it?
There is a history of both game companies and Garry's Mod servers doing re-releases of previous iterations of their servers for a myriad of different reasons (WoW Classic and SWFO come to mind). I had a discussion with a friend of mine the other day, both of us having been Lemonpunch/Neb players since the days of Clockwork, and we had quite the time talking it over.
Imagine if you woke up to find that your favorite previous version of the server (be that the Clockwork Iteration or IX:1 timeline) was up again. There's several different schools of thought regarding how well or how poorly they would play out. Nostalgia is a hot ticket commodity across any medium for sure, but I believe it to be something that struggles to stick long-term, meaning that the practicality of success is there, but all be it temporary. This was present in the case of not just SWFO, but several other servers that tried to go back to that 'early day' feeling.
You also have to consider that a majority of what made earlier iterations of the server what they were are less so mechanical/development wise (like you see with WoW classic) and more so player culture/philosophy oriented. Things like server/faction policy and roleplay structure which are not hardwired into any particular iteration and are capable of coming back in any future iteration, but are pushed aside for new takes and creative visions.
This point of my discussion with my friend caused us to shift our focus, "If it isn't a technical concept causing people to look to previous iterations with desire, what are the specifics that would draw someone to such?" Of course, there was just generic nostalgia, but I wanted to try to find the specifics, because I knew that they were there, but they were also different for a variety of reasons. I might add onto this post to share my own specifics but I wanted to hear about yours, what was your favorite iteration and what specifically makes you wish you could go back to it?
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