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2 minutes ago, Joshy said:
I personally really like this idea. RuneScape/Jagex does it and I think it works. What could we offer as a reward for daily logins? Maybe special emoticons, badges, or a category/lounge for these members much like supporters (please don't make another tech support forum
); maybe even week or days long perks on their server as forum incentive, and to give them a taste of what having perks is like... could drive up those donations and win across the board.
I can not agree more also I added the numbers we are looking at some quick maths guys
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I mean @Joshy is not wrong about what he said and I do not believe in pruning and the such and infact I am very against it but how do we keep all these members that you see here https://gflclan.com/forums/forum/126-accepted/ active?
I suggested a daily login reward which when they login they would see things on the forums and then might comment, which was the idea behind it people play on our servers all the time infact more people play on our servers then ever sign up for membership when you think about it but what is driving people away and or not keeping them here?
to this day I always believe for the most part less moderation is more, we have a habit of leaving a sour taste in many peoples mouths and sadly it hurts when I see people say fuck gfl why are you still even there and a lot more, we have to ask what are we doing wrong sometimes just sometimes we have to look inwards to solve the problems that persist outwards.
through some pretty basic math we are looking at these numbers now sure there might be some alts here and there but based off pure accounts this is what we are working with

how many of these accounts ever even return? this is a question we have to look at here.
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I thought of this two days ago while out maybe yesterday but since you guys want more traffic on the forums and the such have you guys ever thought of a daily login reward, it is being done in many games and tbh you could even implement it to servers and like @Joshy said this
On 3/3/2018 at 1:43 AM, Joshy said:Resources? I almost left that out. Offer something to visitors! I almost never shop at Autozone, but then they have free battery recharging. I'll stop by and get my battery charged, and it "suddenly" occurs to me that I need to change the oil or buy a handy tool. Fry's has cheap ink refills and "suddenly" I need some pens, notebooks, maybe a movie or two I've been anxious to see. Some store ie. Target has an awesome sale and "suddenly" I need whatever else they have too. The forums at its current state doesn't offer visitors much more than membership and a place to post some of their thoughts; if the forums doesn't look very active, then it doesn't even look like a means to make new friends.
which made me think of it while out I'm pretty sure we can do this and add a daily login bonus every 24 hours for each server and maybe even add multipliers say for example with purge you get so much credits or money what ever for each day you login start it off really small you could say with servers like purge but have a multiplier depending on the server and the game type game play recently etc etc update it and have it subject to change, this can be done with csgo in perhaps an extra title kind of like new user going to a member but have a few for each one I've seen the use of proud gfl member more then once as the member tag so make more then one member and user tag maybe like [New User] > [User] > [Proud User] then member would be as the such [New Member] > > [Proud Member] and you can add more to it but I'm sure you understand.
also don't forget though to have a way for anonymous users such as myself and many others to turn it on and off or what ever as tbh I have my VIP tag set to [New User] with team colors grey tag and white text as my ToGs chat tags and have had it as that for awhile now :L never liked titles or being above others ever as it just never felt right to make myself above others but I'm sure there is others like myself which should also be taken into consideration so the possible fix would be to have some form of enable disable kind of deal.
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23 minutes ago, Worgee said:
@i have had it up to duck The server is Down for now and it's unknown when it Will be back up. As Said before I am working on GFL now and will not put much time into rust for now. I myself have been trying for a week to actually play on it for several hours but could only gather a max of 5 players. It kinda made me happy but within 1-2 hours they were kinda gone since they had tried out what they wanted
populating a server in a nut shell
but will always be worth it when you saw those 5 people on how happy where you?
anybody can configure a server get it running but the challenge will always remain breathing life into the server it's easy to burn a village down but keeping the village alive will always be more rewarding at the end of the day.
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We can do minecraft just do it right, I swear every damn time we have done it everything and anything went wrong, we just need to do it right guys.
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rust is something I believed in and tbh I really am expecting it to be looked at like ohh no we can not do that kind of like minecraft when in reality it seems to be the easiest survival game to start up atm ffs do I need to be a resident sleeper or some shit?
I will be the best sleeper agent or try but if it effects other things I might exit here and there.
one thing I will tell you is a lot of successful rust servers do not allow admins to play the game, and it works fairly well tbh.
and this is a weird spot...
the server is pretty much d e d ded...

I legit booted up rust in potato mode just to idle...

just look at these settings and tell me I have not done this before...

and yes I have that as my presets as I am not planning on playing the game, it's still weird seeing my steam overlay on my rust game as I open up steam profiles on my csgo...
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4 minutes ago, qDuck VERO.co said:
except when he cannot find a dropbox link to the forum badges that is in like 3 locations, gets upset with me because I forgot on a single occasion to send him that same link when I got home, and then proceeded to never ask me for the link again.
Good use of a director position, right?
I mean you're not wrong, not sure if I am still the only person who ever blocked and removed him off my steam friends list yet... I was a bit disgusted at the time I guess when I did it but uhhh ya...
over 8 years of steam looks like I have only ever blocked 24 people total :L or that is the number I just counted that I have blocked I should say...
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we are in need of a name template as all I am seeing is.
F R E E D O M S Q U A D 
we are one, we are
F R E E D O M S Q U A D 
also nice guide @Joshy not gonna lie I've made use of my face as a learning platform more then once people would be surprised at some of the best learning platforms that get people to learn how to do things and strike an interest where they would of had none which then leads them into being skilled in an area where they would not have been before, a good example of this is the play known as Hamilton many people of many cultures have simply went into history where they never would of before I look at this the same way so ty @Joshy for doing that, where people would not have an interest before but this was just like tapping into something and you saw that so thanks I have respect for that as I have done it more then once as a learning point.
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never even listened to any but boi do I know one is aced, the choice is clear that's all I'm saying.
good thing I can look towards these videos right? /s the below post gave me some great reference points to listen to these songs. /s #Don'tBlameDanForNotListeningToSomethingHeCan'tSeeInTheAOTMThread
49 minutes ago, JerryBomb said:Greetings! Welcome to the voting poll for MOTM (Music Of The Month).
Choose the submitter and comment below why you think he/she did the best.
*Any posts that do not state why they liked the persons' submission will be hidden*
The poll closes on March 10, 2018.
Thanks!
Edited 45 minutes ago by JerryBomb
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you sir are a weirdo because I was honestly thinking about that the other day and asking why it's not a thing yesterday tbh.
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7 minutes ago, Decoy said:
That's awesome, so I'm behind haha, the dust2 server I spend most of my time in doesn't have this setup. So maybe going through the MOTD would be more responsive? (since it doesn't require an additional plugin)
I tested navigating the site through the MOTD in CSS and it is very responsive (at least on my computer). I can't speak for other games/computers. But assuming it works well, once the forum is updated and the in-game advertisements are updated, it should work proactively without continued maintenance.
there is a small issue with using the MOTD as the MOTD is also used for ads and is a source of revenue for this community.
but the things like the hive radio plugin run off the motd and many other plugins so I am guessing it can be done, I really don't see why not when you can run more then one thing off of the MOTD such as ads hive radio and so much more.
also when you think about it many many people have this enabled cl_disablehtmlmotd 1 in order to simply avoid ads and so much more, so in other words there is a bigger crowd then you think in terms of targetable audience.
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10 minutes ago, Worgee said:
The main focus is not the about GFL atm but making things, such as applying for member much easier. More information will follow at a later point and Decoy is involved in making it simpler and better due to knowledge and experience in that area etc.
thanks it's a small sign of possible hope where there normally is simply none but I added other examples and things that I am sure effect other servers, you guys honestly know almost nothing about the server issues them self it seems as you guys have a huge lack of exposure to the servers themselves and it's sad to have to watch so much die off when it's so possible to not happen.
our biggest issue is that of neglect and it's such an easy fix and it involves not hating people who show what is wrong instead simply welcoming them we can not last very long if we are not willing to accept what anyone tells us if it might be bad simply welcome people who tell you the bad as they care enough to bring it up and mention what is wrong but sadly through time I have noticed how much we look down upon those that show what we are doing wrong.
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if you want to know the biggest thing you guys might be doing wrong atm, it's the fact that you think people will get hooked with an about gfl page that is simply not the case.
I don't see people over here when they are looking for entertainment finding them harping over there next history class and looking forward to it.
most people just want to simply enjoy themselves and the forums is just something that nobody really goes to, I also can not count how many times I've had to help someone find where to get membership and not to mention the fact that signing up does not equal being a member like @Decoy said simple is always better and tbh you guys are over focusing on that about gfl page nonsense and expecting it to get people hooked.
let me bring this up how many people do you think wait outside there history class in school giddy with excitement now let's take note how that is also relevant history lessons for the real world, now how many people will be giddy ready to read about gfl and get "hooked" you guys are looking at things that should not be the path to take and making this harder then it is, when it's very simple.
TL:DR stop focusing on things that we should not be focused on such as the about gfl page and look at this in a more simplistic way as simple stuff will always beat over complication of things.
now let me also bring this up since this was brought up.
On 3/1/2018 at 6:32 PM, Decoy said:Thinking a bit more about it, it makes a lot of sense. People already playing on GFL servers will be the easiest to convert to members. And rather than forcing them out of game to sign up, we could have an in game advertisement that reads "Type MOTD to sign up and become a member of GFL!"
now take note of this

I just used 3 different shortcut urls and ended up with the same result from all 3 and it all kept going to the one I used first.
now I will also bring up the fact of how bad and slow this webshortcut url plugins interface seems to react.
but this

popped up with 3 different webshortcut url commands and the one that just kept dominating others was the first one I used aka !register then I used !signup then I used !admins feel free to join the 1v1 server but your biggest issues are a lack of care and updating things for the servers till it's simply to late and you guys focus on things that you should never be focused on like cmon how hard can it be to even get the calladmin feature working for the 1v1 server? and I am sure there is countless other servers with this same issue a lack of caring for the server.
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8 hours ago, Riggs said:
After using the commands cl-updaterate and cl_cmdrate, the drops have become less frequent. Still an issue though. When they do happen, I have experienced packet loss of 65% or more at times. The commands help temporarily but don't solve the issue completely. During spikes, I have found that I am not having a ping spike. Highest ping I've had during a spike was 75 when my normal is 25-40. I'll be monitoring my ping on the server more often to see if that's maybe the issue.
I just thought about this after but what is your cpu and gpu, more so cpu and what other programs are you running when on ze? was just wondering if this went through anyone elses head but hardware also has bandwidth limits and how much can be put through at say these spikes I am wondering what is happening on the server it's self, and what your cpu must process.
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3 minutes ago, queue VERO.co said:
Where is the "none of these are good" option?
Voted for the dan one since it is the best of the worst (which is really saying something).
my feels when nobody knows how to make an emoticon into an 8bit or 16x16 format I should say, and you have to get an enlarged pic I am sorry btw that I had to succumb to the none emoticon format and just watch as something is forced to be down scaled by the website it's self.
it's like hey guys check out my 4k emoticon and you just cringe and ask yourself what is wrong with people, or what is wrong with myself who knows.
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6 minutes ago, Decoy said:
Why? I'm curious to know why a 64 tick server would be configured with maxcmdrate 32 and maxupdaterate 16? I've never set up a Zombie server so maybe that's why I don't get it. Either way it does seem like Riggs has an issue on his end if no one else is having issues with the server, whether it's a configuration (rate) issue, network issue, or routing path, his loss shouldn't be anywhere near 52% (it should be 0).
from what I have heard and seen while that server is on a 64 tick rate the server has a shit load of lag.
and well lowering the rates to that is what was done in order to help sustain a somewhat healthy server in terms of less stress on the server it's self.
also I am not sure if that server ever got it's own box or not, but the ze server might also be running with a few other servers on the same box, and getting a new box for a server such as that is a very risky move when you think about an IP change and a server that is number one on csgo atm losing that number one spot on game tracker could mean the death of that server as a whole.
and sadly we do not have much room to talk when it comes to any form of population teams.
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25 minutes ago, Decoy said:
My best guess is that it has to do with your rates. You have cl_updaterate set to 16 and cl_cmdrate set to 32. The server is 64 tick so ideally both of these rates should match with a value of 64, however cl_cmdrate will be limited by your FPS, and your FPS looks to be dropping well below 64 fps. So try setting cl_cmdrate and cl_updaterate to 32 (after, try both at 64).
that servers rates are as followed.

this is my autoexec.cfg https://pastebin.com/6gakjnkG take note of line 10 and 11
long story short if I could go to 128 up and 128 cmd it would be forced there but that server only allows rates of up 16 and cmd 32.
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this is my frontyard lake
this is my side of the house patio
and this one holds a very special place in my heart, it's pretty much my backyard tree
and this one is the food I ate for dinner today
all of which are truly amazing photography captured by yours truly none other then the dan man himself ty ty please guys save the awards for another time ik I'm really good but honestly these awards are getting a tad bit bulky when it comes to photography.
all pics where taken from the comfort of my own house, take note guys as you don't need to leave your house for some great photos ty ty please I'm blushing this is just to much praise, ik I'm good at this but honestly you guys need to calm down I'm not your god like honestly stop worshiping me please.
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6 hours ago, charmy said:
I'm honestly astonished on how true this is
idk mang, I'm just saying if I valued my freedom above everything else I would of just dropped being admin but hey I am free now I guess lmao.
a title to myself will forever mean jack shit, the tag system that I had to help someone with that auto inputed admin as my tag still annoys me to this day.
1 minute ago, Misaki said:Shururu isn't evil
I mean idk about that https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LaVeyan_Satanism
did someone say modern day satanism?
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how did everyone miss
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he is right here silly geese.

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8 hours ago, TSARGA said:

sir why am I on your radar?
are you trying to find the stingy smart with there money guy?
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I hear working at starbucks has some great employee benefits, take care buddy.
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59 minutes ago, Joshy said:
I remember you. You seem to like political discussions.
He always accepted that others sometimes have other views aswell, we need more people like that when it comes to any political debates, it bugs the living hell out of me to see people form some weird grudge over each other because they have different views on things. anyways we have already been talking on steam but I figured ayyy why not welcome you back to the forums aswell, @CheapTactic keep asking me how gfl is doing and I'll keep telling you it's fine, anyways take care.











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