"New" Server Suggestion

[Rena 2,779 / 33,652]

 

Introduction
Hello. I hope everyone has been doing well! If you can’t be bothered to read the whole post, scroll to the bottom for a TL;DR.

 

I didn’t think I’d do this ever again but I’m here with a server suggestion: GMod Jailbreak! Old members (like me!) have been talking about and suggesting it for a while now, sometimes jokingly, but regardless, this is my formal suggestion and discussion because I really believe it could be good!

 

What’s Jailbreak?
The game mode is often mistook for or compared to PrisonRP and while the both are similar in theme, Jailbreak’s gameplay consists of each round being a “day” and the way to finish said days are to either rebel and kill all the prison guards or do as the Warden commands which leads to a “process of elimination” of sorts and if the Warden and/or guards survive until the end, the last standing prisoner gets to either face off whichever guard they pick for a duel the prisoner wishes to have, rebel and kill all the remaining guards if that is a possibility, and if it’s a sole guard then there is also the possibility of Last Guard, which the guard then has permission to kill any prisoner they see to survive and end the day.

The exact origin of the gamemode itself is not very clear or known as it has once been popularized in various games with community servers focus such as Team Fortress 2, Counter-Strike: Source, or even games like Halo all roughly at the same time. A lot of the content from this gamemode, be it videos, forum posts and so on, date all the way back to 2008/2009 and some even a bit earlier. My estimated guess was that its origin was around 2007/2008 and became heavily popularized around 2012/2013 up until around 2017. 

Each day can and should be different from the last, with the guards using their creativity in order to make the day fun for both themselves and the prisoners. They can use obstacles on the maps, make games of their own, hold challenges between the prisoners or even small contests and the list goes on.

 

The State of Jailbreak in 2022
As some of you are already aware, the older side of the community, especially from the GMOD division have been voicing their wish to have the Jailbreak server make a return to the community whether for old times sake or to genuinely give it a proper run. The very first server we had did fairly well for the time it was running even when the managers for the servers were very young. The server’s downfall wasn’t particularly the staff’s issues but more with GMOD itself.

The gamemode, especially in Garry’s Mod, is not popular anymore with very few communities opening Jailbreak servers and the few that were up are starting to shut down due to its severe lack in popularity and playerbase.

But why has this once widely adored gamemode died, and why is it so hard to revive? The simplest answer to this that I can give is the fact that DarkRP is still VERY popular to this day, and the majority of the Garry’s Mod content creators heavily focus all of their content on DarkRP. The traction that these creators have brought to the gamemode makes it very hard for a lot of non-roleplay gamemodes to make a comeback simply because roleplaying game modes are insanely popular in the community. There are several game modes in Garry’s Mod that are in a dire condition due to the game’s current state and its heavy focus on popular roleplaying game modes.

 

The Negatives
Jailbreak is a gamemode that is hard to make work since its community overall has moved on. This is the part of the post where I will state that yes, it would be a very big 50/50 on giving the server another try because of the population issue but if the people actually requesting for the server don’t give up within the first week after it’s launched then it can actually work. A server like this requires a lot of dedication at a time like this and it’s absolutely crucial to stick to it in order for it to run as smoothly as possible and even potentially make a comeback. Garry’s Mod itself as it stands right now is in a very tough spot and its main standing gamemode being DarkRP as stated above.

 

 

As the list goes on, the average player count a server gets is 60-70 players a day depending on the server’s popularity based on its gamemode, location/language and the game itself averaging at most 40 thousand players (popular online games, like CS:GO averaging almost 1M players a day, or GTA V averaging 100 thousand players (not including FiveM stats). So bad in fact that even Team Fortress 2 itself gets more players than Garry’s Mod nowadays, reaching almost 100 thousand players a day recently). 

 

 

 

The Garry’s Mod community itself is running dry, placing the game at rank 61 for most played games in https://store.steampowered.com/charts/mostplayed by current activity and rank 31 daily peak (11/28/2022). This does not include a 7 day period of activity, but the idea is that it doesn’t get as many players that it used to get a long time ago and that the average is 38k to 40k players daily.

 

“But if the game itself is doing terrible, then why even bother trying to give the server another chance? It’s wasting time and resources.”

While I can admit that the chances of the server succeeding aren’t guaranteed due to everything I’ve mentioned above with a lot of other information I am forgetting to mention, there are a handful of factors that can make the server fail and I will mention the ones off the top of my head:

• The staff don’t dedicate to the server at launch and afterwards, leading the server to end up neglected and losing player count,
• The player base not feeling heard when providing feedback that may or may not benefit the server. This does not mean that all suggestions and feedback mean that it’s correct but the main issue with this point specifically is lack of communication between management and the players which has been seen time and time again,
• Not keeping a steady pace when transitioning from launch to initial period and continuation of the server. Managers wearing themselves out at the building of the server with ideas to add and how to make the server “unique” to the eyes of the community and the Garry's Mod player base itself most of the time results in the management losing motivation to continue working on the server.
• These have been known issues with the previous GMOD Jailbreak server(s), GFL or not. With the research I have been conducting on this topic, the majority of the staff for Jailbreak servers wasn’t the greatest for a multitude of reasons and this, in turn, drives players away. Staff teams are very important for servers to either remain popular, consistently active, etc.

 

The Positives
The pros of trying the Jailbreak server again may not be as extensive but if it’s an actually somewhat successful attempt that is worth a lot more than not trying at all (in my opinion). I know that a lot of the higher-ups are currently focusing on ways to improve the active servers we have and that is something I’ve vouched for years, but at the same time, trying to do something again but better is also not a bad thing to attempt. Some of the positives:

• The community receiving new members,
• It’s easy to make custom things available for purchase in Jailbreak so you can have something like TTT where you pay a certain amount for something, a good store is possible,
• Touching on a point I made earlier, if the staff are welcoming and set a nice example, players will feel more inclined to stay and become a part of the community if a safe vibe is being provided,
• There is clear demand for the server, which means that the server will likely have some players/staff to get it started,
• It’s fairly low risk, it’s not that hard to make a Jailbreak server so if it goes bad, not much is lost and people who constantly ask for it can be told “we tried, it didn't work, go away.”

 

TL;DR
Jailbreak is a fairly simple gamemode that has a lot of demand and history in GFL, I’m not saying to remake it as it was in the past, but to remake it in a much “friendlier” way. There is a lot of demand for the server, and if done differently this time (so, not aiming to be like “the good old days”) I believe it could work out nicely, with a good boost of population from the get-go.

 

 

Thank you for the time taken to read this post and please do not start arguments in the replies, genuine discussions would be a lot more appreciated! 🙂 @DaPainWayne
 

 

[Rick 1,651 / 17,972]

I was forced to say yes

[Rena 2,779 / 33,652]

9 minutes ago, Rick said:

I was forced to say yes

Thank you for your suggestion!

[DaPainWayne 469 / 9,402]

I think the main concern with a Jailbreak server would be the sustainability. You even mentioned, which I applaud for acknowledging, that it takes a big chance about retaining playerbase to be a successful server. And I share this concern, in that after launch, there will be an influx of players who will play to "relive the good 'ol days", but after a week the server will just fall off. 

 

However, I am willing to gauge other people's opinions based off any replies here, and bring it into consideration. I'm not at all against exploring new servers (even if it's a previously used gamemode), but I just want to ensure that it has a good community support system. 

 

Thank you for your suggestion, and I look forward to see other people's thoughts.

[Addy 1,648 / 18,732]

For the first time in several years, I will type out a serious comment with thought behind it. 

 

What killed (in my eyes) the original jailbreak server (that I used to play/staff/manage) was a very quick rotation of staff/management, and getting burnt on ideas to reignite the flame of the server to the player base and staff alike. When I had first joined it, there was a fairly steady group of staff, and a lot of regulars on just about every day (20-30~ players each day from what I remember). Then, after a while with managers resigning, staff moving up to fill now-vacant positions, and each new manager spending hours searching for new things to bring to the server, it became a cycle that would burn out managers quicker than a flame without oxygen. 

 

What made the second attempt at a jailbreak server unappealing (in my eyes) was using a version of jailbreak that felt both cluttered, unfamiliar, and unappealing. I don't even remember much about the second server -- I immediately got turned off from the gamemode just from the plugin being used. Why it got swapped from the original one, I have no idea -- I wasn't involved with the community at that time, and simply hopped on to check out how much it had changed. With a simple Google search, I was able to find a very similar version of the old one that we used -- which was a thousand times better in nearly every way (linked here).

 

However, other than the unappealing version of the gamemode, jailbreak was never about what else could truly be added to it. A large concern of the managers finding stuff to add was related to the gameplay -- skins not having accurate hitboxes or being pay-to-win/lose, trails giving away the position of rebelling prisoners, or giving gameplay advantages to those with large amounts of playtime or who donated. And sure, being able to have an anime girl model was way more fun and appealing than the default prisoner model -- why wouldn't it be? But, what truly made the server was the community. Jailbreak is a gamemode that isn't as prone to new players joining the server -- it was always a better time for everyone involved with its established playerbase. Everyone knew the rules, they knew how the warden's games were played out, they knew the maps, but more importantly, they knew eachother. And this would be my genuine largest concern with setting up a new server. This playerbase would have to be reestablished as well as upkept. Either that, or there would have to be some appeal to bring in new players. 

 

However, as you said -- I don't think that this should something to discourage the server from getting a fair attempt at life again. The maps have all been previously played on before (and I don't see why they'd suddenly not work), the gamemode linked above seems extremely similar/familiar, which would be a warm welcome to any previous players, and I'm sure all the GMOD managers/Wayne know what models would be able to be added to a point store with accurate hitboxes without having to spend hours testing. I'd give the server a fair shot again if it were to be actually and properly made, and I hope that it'd be able to survive longer than the second one did. The gamemode truly does have a special place in my heart, and I'd love to see it succeed. 

[Rena 2,779 / 33,652]

10 minutes ago, Addy said:

What made the second attempt at a jailbreak server unappealing (in my eyes) was using a version of jailbreak that felt both cluttered, unfamiliar, and unappealing. I don't even remember much about the second server -- I immediately got turned off from the gamemode just from the plugin being used. Why it got swapped from the original one, I have no idea -- I wasn't involved with the community at that time, and simply hopped on to check out how much it had changed. With a simple Google search, I was able to find a very similar version of the old one that we used -- which was a thousand times better in nearly every way (linked here).

 

While I understand how and why this is a concern, the plugin linked doesn't seem to get any attention from its developers for about 6 years now. The chances of it working might be low considering all the updates that the game has received in this time period. Whoever decides to build the server would have to either find yet another similar but more updated one or try to get in contact with the plugin developer (or even update it themselves if they know their way around programming). 

 

With this being said, the server probably won't be similar to the old server in this regard, but it is possible to try and make it feel like so. It's just something that everyone would have to keep in mind and being open to.

 

21 minutes ago, Addy said:

However, other than the unappealing version of the gamemode, jailbreak was never about what else could truly be added to it. A large concern of the managers finding stuff to add was related to the gameplay -- skins not having accurate hitboxes or being pay-to-win/lose, trails giving away the position of rebelling prisoners, or giving gameplay advantages to those with large amounts of playtime or who donated. And sure, being able to have an anime girl model was way more fun and appealing than the default prisoner model -- why wouldn't it be? But, what truly made the server was the community. Jailbreak is a gamemode that isn't as prone to new players joining the server -- it was always a better time for everyone involved with its established playerbase. Everyone knew the rules, they knew how the warden's games were played out, they knew the maps, but more importantly, they knew eachother. And this would be my genuine largest concern with setting up a new server. This playerbase would have to be reestablished as well as upkept. Either that, or there would have to be some appeal to bring in new players. 

 

For the server to successfully launch and run, we'd need to reestablish this player base whether it involves newer players and the current users active in the community. It's going to be nigh on impossible since a lot of our old friends aren't involved with the community as a whole anymore. If they are willing to play on it then that'd be amazing, but the server should still be inclusive to new players or they'll turn away. We should be getting to know them and vice versa. My point is the more people included in the player base the better.

 

As for the gameplay and store point, we just basically have to learn from past mistakes in the previous servers. Improving the store items (trails, bullet tracers, etc) in order to make it not disruptive to the game and still add a nice appeal to the server. The models will always have to be tested for obvious reasons but that in itself is not hard to do lol. 

 

31 minutes ago, Addy said:

What killed (in my eyes) the original jailbreak server (that I used to play/staff/manage) was a very quick rotation of staff/management, and getting burnt on ideas to reignite the flame of the server to the player base and staff alike. When I had first joined it, there was a fairly steady group of staff, and a lot of regulars on just about every day (20-30~ players each day from what I remember). Then, after a while with managers resigning, staff moving up to fill now-vacant positions, and each new manager spending hours searching for new things to bring to the server, it became a cycle that would burn out managers quicker than a flame without oxygen. 

This is the main point I was trying to bring with the negatives in the post. A lot of the former staff gave up on the server pretty quickly and there was a bit of tension between some of them but that is something to be heavily avoided in this possible new attempt otherwise it's just repeating history at this point and we don't want that. We've gone several years without trying the server again, last time being around 2017, so I would really like to see it work this time. It would be great to bring everyone back together and welcome even more people into the nice community we once had on the server. I may have not been as involved in the past, but every time I played it was always great fun. Like previously stated it won't hurt to try but everyone needs to really commit this time.

[King_Wailord 965 / 15,587]

jailbreak

[Joshy 4,364 / 44,945]

Wow.  I'm the one who voted no.  I'm sorry!

 

I'm being bad browsing the website while in a class so it will be difficult for me to give a detailed response right now.  To summarize quickly your thread is very good and you have good points... if it were just this thread by itself, then I would be very compelled to say yes (just to be clear though this type of decision is not within my scope).  Outside of this thread I've seen a whiff of some concerning behaviour on Discord while it's not exactly breaking rules or being a major problem... it's still a headache for me... I cannot comfortably invite that.

[Rena 2,779 / 33,652]

1 minute ago, Joshy said:

Wow.  I'm the one who voted no.  I'm sorry!

 

I'm being bad browsing the website while in a class so it will be difficult for me to give a detailed response right now.  To summarize quickly your thread is very good and you have good points... if it were just this thread by itself, then I would be very compelled to say yes (just to be clear though this type of decision is not within my scope).  Outside of this thread I've seen a whiff of some concerning behaviour on Discord while it's not exactly breaking rules or being a major problem... it's still a headache for me... I cannot comfortably invite that.

 

If these are matters you'd rather not disclose publicly that's okay. I am more than willing to understand your point of view as well so, if you're comfortable, feel free to send me a message in Discord. 🙂

[Auralanity 1,097 / 19,948]

43 minutes ago, Joshy said:

Wow.  I'm the one who voted no.  I'm sorry!

 

I'm being bad browsing the website while in a class so it will be difficult for me to give a detailed response right now.  To summarize quickly your thread is very good and you have good points... if it were just this thread by itself, then I would be very compelled to say yes (just to be clear though this type of decision is not within my scope).  Outside of this thread I've seen a whiff of some concerning behaviour on Discord while it's not exactly breaking rules or being a major problem... it's still a headache for me... I cannot comfortably invite that.

Can you please elaborate on this point? Are you talking about the general behavior of the people who are INTERESTED in the server that would come onto GFL? Are you talking about @xmi? Are you talking about someone else who already voted/responded to the thread? What type of behavior are you talking about? 

If you don't want to disclose it here, fine. I would love to discuss this in DMs though. 

[Roger Gunshot 204 / 5,018]

1 hour ago, Auralanity said:

Can you please elaborate on this point? Are you talking about the general behavior of the people who are INTERESTED in the server that would come onto GFL? Are you talking about @xmi? Are you talking about someone else who already voted/responded to the thread? What type of behavior are you talking about? 

If you don't want to disclose it here, fine. I would love to discuss this in DMs though. 

I'm obviously not Joshy, but I'm almost certain I know the individuals he's talking about. There's a group of somewhere between 4-6 individuals in the main GFL Discord, and they are some of the more annoying people I've come across. Pinging random directors about the dumbest things possible, being obnoxious about jailbreak, and just low quality "trolling", if you can even call it that. It's not even high quality stuff that I can respect. I'll admit I have no idea what the overall jailbreak community is like, but it seems like to bring the server back would invite those 4-6 idiots to cause problems, and potentially bring along more of their idiot friends to plague the server. Would dealing with them on a more consistent basis be worth it if they drive off the majority of the server population?

[Salad 1,132 / 18,982]

2 hours ago, Roger Gunshot said:

I'm obviously not Joshy, but I'm almost certain I know the individuals he's talking about. There's a group of somewhere between 4-6 individuals in the main GFL Discord, and they are some of the more annoying people I've come across. Pinging random directors about the dumbest things possible, being obnoxious about jailbreak, and just low quality "trolling", if you can even call it that.

the funny thing with that is, those people want CS:GO Jailbreak to come back, so I think that's the confusion there. If I remember correctly though, our jailbreak server for GMod was inhabited by similar people from time to time lol.

My thoughts on this thread are that of most "revival" server suggestions. I think it's a nice concept but highly unlikely to succeed. Would be a good bit of effort expended for little gain imo, but we've put in more effort for less possible return in the past, so it's really up to Wayne on what he wants to pursue. I'd love to have a GMod Deathrun server back too, but I know that it's a losing, uphill battle that probably isn't worth it.  From my experience, nostalgia has a hell of an effect on stuff like this, and the majority of the time people don't necessarily want the server or gamemode back, they want the community and fun they had back, which is incredibly hard to regain.

There seems to be a few interested people in this though, so if it's decided that the server will make a return/be revived/whateva, I would be happy to help work on it and hop on from time to time, because I too, hate my life

[Joshy 4,364 / 44,945]

Roger summarized it pretty well.  Thanks, Roger!  I wont be so secretive that we have to hide it 🙂 it's not such a major problem that it needs to be hidden, but yes there are people who join the Discords and can be kind of frustrating- always asking about JB and tagging over petty things.  They aren't committing any "crimes", but it's just very distasteful and I don't like it.

 

I'm sorry those few have tainted my perspective on this topic and wont deny my personal bias on that.  I'm sure if something was annoying to you too even when it came to be a good idea you might naturally be resistant to it too, and the main things that I do get to work on here is moderation so I'll definitely be interested in minimizing any potential issues there too.  I know that 5-6 people don't sound like a lot and it's a shame to generalize a community so badly, but based on what I've been seeing for the past few years I can confidently say that a lot of the challenges we run into are largely driven by a small handful.

 

I did confuse CSGO JB with this suggestion GMOD JB.  I'm not sure if the communities... the people... if they are similar.  Thanks, Salad!  So maybe concerns are not too valid then.

 

I do want to make it clear that I have very little say on this topic.  Even if I were to say "Absolutely not.  I wont allow it.  I refuse."  If Salad and Wayne say yes, and they find a manager who can do all the work (and o.w. have all the resources they need to make it happen), then they can have a server as early as yesterday.  Not much I could do about it, and I honestly would give the community my best effort despite my personal opinion.  A lot of times I'm wrong and these turn out pretty good, and I'd be happy to give it a shot.  Plus I think it's really tacky when people say they don't like an idea, do everything they can to make it fail, then say "See.  It failed."  I promise I wont do that- too lame.  If this idea did materialize I will give it everything I got to help it succeed.

Edited November 30, 2022 by Joshy

[AutoJumper 3 / 90]

17 hours ago, Joshy said:

I wont be so secretive that we have to hide it 🙂 it's not such a major problem that it needs to be hidden, but yes there are people who join the Discords and can be kind of frustrating- always asking about JB and tagging over petty things.  They aren't committing any "crimes", but it's just very distasteful and I don't like it.

 

I'm sorry those few have tainted my perspective on this topic and wont deny my personal bias on that.  I'm sure if something was annoying to you too even when it came to be a good idea you might naturally be resistant to it too, and the main things that I do get to work on here is moderation so I'll definitely be interested in minimizing any potential issues there too.  I know that 5-6 people don't sound like a lot and it's a shame to generalize a community so badly, but based on what I've been seeing for the past few years I can confidently say that a lot of the challenges we run into are largely driven by a small handful.

 

 

You consider someone @ ing another person and making a joke out of something as toxic and frustrating. It's funny how you think it's some major disturbance and if something like that was to come onto the servers then you would think it would be the end of the world. I don't get how some people take this stuff soo seriously. Now I feel like even if gfl would release a csgo jailbreak then there would be no players because of all the anti-fun admins the server would have.

 

The reason that there were suggestions for gfl to release a csgo jb was because there's huge potential and it could easily rise to become a top 5-10 server, but the biggest reason was because the community for the current #1 jb server became soo anti-fun, pg-13, no swearing allowed, follow rules at all times or get banned, and because of this gfl could have easily taken their spot.

 

Also, funnily enough, nobody has been pinged once since there was a warning given, but still, some act as if we have been disturbing servers non-stop. 

[Rena 2,779 / 33,652]

1 minute ago, AutoJumper said:

 

You consider someone @ ing another person and making a joke out of something as toxic and frustrating. It's funny how you think it's some major disturbance and if something like that was to come onto the servers then you would think it would be the end of the world. I don't get how some people take this stuff soo seriously. Now I feel like even if gfl would release a csgo jailbreak then there would be no players because of all the anti-fun admins the server would have.

 

The reason that there were suggestions for gfl to release a csgo jb was because there's huge potential and it could easily rise to become a top 5-10 server, but the biggest reason was because the community for the current #1 jb server became soo anti-fun, pg-13, no swearing allowed, follow rules at all times or get banned, and because of this gfl could have easily taken their spot.

 

Also, funnily enough, nobody has been pinged once since there was a warning given, but still, some act as if we have been disturbing servers non-stop. 

 

This is a Garry'd Mod server suggestion, what?

[AutoJumper 3 / 90]

40 minutes ago, xmi said:

 

This is a Garry'd Mod server suggestion, what?

it goes with the topic, if ykyk

[Joshy 4,364 / 44,945]

6 hours ago, xmi said:

 

This is a Garry'd Mod server suggestion, what?

 

Looks like two different communities.  My concerns have been majorly mitigated.  I do want to make it very clear I have no control over the outcome even the people who have the highest say on the matter might not have the resources (I'm not sure), but you can consider my vote a yes now 🙂 if they see the promise and have the resources maybe they can work on it.

[Rena 2,779 / 33,652]

12 hours ago, AutoJumper said:

 

You consider someone @ ing another person and making a joke out of something as toxic and frustrating. It's funny how you think it's some major disturbance and if something like that was to come onto the servers then you would think it would be the end of the world. I don't get how some people take this stuff soo seriously. Now I feel like even if gfl would release a csgo jailbreak then there would be no players because of all the anti-fun admins the server would have.

 

The reason that there were suggestions for gfl to release a csgo jb was because there's huge potential and it could easily rise to become a top 5-10 server, but the biggest reason was because the community for the current #1 jb server became soo anti-fun, pg-13, no swearing allowed, follow rules at all times or get banned, and because of this gfl could have easily taken their spot.

 

Also, funnily enough, nobody has been pinged once since there was a warning given, but still, some act as if we have been disturbing servers non-stop. 

To properly address and respond to this comment, I'll leave my 2 cents in here.

 

The Garry's Mod and CS:GO Jailbreak communities are vastly different, so much so that the whole "PG 13" thing wouldn't be so much of an issue. Not saying that swearing should be punishable and whatnot but the Garry's Mod community is more tame i this regard in the in-game servers than the CS:GO community in general. If people really want a CS:GO Jailbreak back then shoot your shot. I did that in 2018 and even if maybe it didn't have the leadership it deserved in order to stay alive, if people really want something then work for it, like me with this thread. Moderation will always be necessary but your main concern seems to solely rely within the CS:GO community itself rather than GFL. Not many are a fan of the common "CS:GO player toxicity" and I say this out of pure experience; I was a CS:GO manager several times and was a very active member to the CS:GO community, GFL or not. There is no denying that CS:GO players tend to have an almost unique sense of humour that doesn't really translate very well in other places like Garry's Mod or the core of GFL.

 

Point is, if you and your friends really want the server back then you have every means at your disposal to do so. There is a new CS:GO division management to when I originally suggested it all those years ago and the direction the server needs to take off can be trusted in their hands (not saying that the past management was bad but the HG merge idea killed the server). Just next time prepare yourself for the general unwelcoming eyes of the rest of the community due to the difference in humour and all that stuff. Knowing Joshy, I really don't think it's anything personal to him but more of him taking his position more seriously and wanting to properly apply the proper moderation rules. He's a fairly serious but really friendly guy just don't let the bad air really influence each others' opinions. Seems like a fair bit of a misunderstanding but nothing that can't be resolved or talked about. I hope you have a wonderful day and thank you for your opinion as well! 🙂

 

Edit: what Salad said is also somewhat true. The Garry's Mod Jailbreak community had its bad apples but those players are either long gone or banned. I have faith in the present times.

Edited December 1, 2022 by xmi

[Infra 714 / 12,401]

On 12/1/2022 at 3:19 AM, AutoJumper said:

The reason that there were suggestions for gfl to release a csgo jb was because there's huge potential and it could easily rise to become a top 5-10 server, but the biggest reason was because the community for the current #1 jb server became soo anti-fun, pg-13, no swearing allowed, follow rules at all times or get banned, and because of this gfl could have easily taken their spot.

 

I'll only chime in because for some reason the CS:GO side of things were mentioned. I've said it several times: the only reason I am not doing it is because there is no one to run it. The reason there is no one to run it is because the community is very well known for being icky, always has been.

 

I know there's demand for it. I know there are several groups of people that want it. It would probably succeed on CS:GO. I am simply not doing it because everyone talks like its very easy, but it's very hard to run, and so it's hard to find anyone actually interested and skilled enough to do it that has time!

 

This was not related at all to the GMod suggestion, just clearing up why the CS:GO one hasn't happened lol

W/ regards to the GMod suggestion: I think it would be cool as a pop-up server for like a few weeks to a month, for old times' sake! Would be cool I think

 

[Rick 1,651 / 17,972]

The reason why im extremely mixed on the topic of this is exactly what @Addy said. What made the old Jailbreak special was the people we had. A good comfortable 20+ people that would hop on and actively play on the server. Now unless all those 20+ people would happily come back and play actively again like we all did when we were kids I doubt this would ever lift off. 

 

I managed the most recent Jailbreak server and the reason it failed was simply once again what @Addy said and that was the system was just a clunky horrible mess to deal with. When I managed it back then I was limited on updating the gamemode because the one we previously had was "too outdated". A simple refresh and some honest dev work would patch up that vintage gamemode easily. 

 

Then there's Garry's Mod as a whole to look at. Jailbreak is a completely dead gamemode, unless we have someone whos willing to completely revamp and implement new and enticing features to draw in potential players its just as good as the other 5 dead Jailbreak servers.  Here's the chart of the most popular Jailbreak server at the moment

 

 

A big yikes. 

 

 

Personally I'd all be for it but I feel as if this would simply be waste of time and effort that could be used to either patch up the existing declining Garry's Mod servers for GFL or put it into a cool new project. 

 

Now I dont want to be all against this idea so lets have a bit of fun and look at it in a positive way.

 

This could be a great opportunity to revive the gamemode. If done correctly it would put Jailbreak up in the top 10 gamemodes by having ONE full server and back on the radars of most people. It could also spark huge revenue for GFL as Jailbreak itself has a lot of ways to "monetize" things such as playermodels, weapon skins & other old school Pointshop things. Theres also the fact that managers have a lot more freedom with their server in this division meaning plenty of room to figure out ways to improve and act on them. 

 

My heart wants Jailbreak to return but my brain tells me this isnt plausible

Edited December 3, 2022 by Rick