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Now, for the solutions to all of these problems. Some of these I don’t exactly have enough information on to make a solid solution, so some of these might come as a bit harsh. And there are some subjects that are too complicated to make a solution for, like coding, so those I may not have a solution for. I’m also going to mention nit-picky details at the end as well.
1: The food system is extremely unnecessary, and should be removed. It gives players with buster kits a large advantage over other people with basically any other kit besides it. A possible regeneration replacement should include natural regeneration, but also potions and gapples with their respective drinking and eating animations. Coal ores could have a small chance of dropping potions and gapples as a replacement for food. Another solution could be to make the price of foods in Mobwars a lot heftier, with 5 pieces of bread costing 20 diamonds and one pork costing 64 iron. The eating animations for those could also be re-added.
Many people have complained about PC and mobile players having advantages over each other. And whenever Mr. Dickinson attempts to change something so the platforms seem to be on more equal levels, arguments still arise. Mr. Dickinson has a solution, it’s just nobody seems to be ever happy about it. Multi-platform has simply led to more arguments, more toxicity, and basically a lot of problems regarding the community. And as of now, I don’t exactly have a perfect solution to the problem.
2: An interesting idea is for the staff to look into the threads that would normally be locked and try to find a diplomatic solution to whatever fight is going on. Let me make an example:
Person1: Fortnite sucks! Minecraft is way better!
Person2: No, Minecraft sucks more! It should be renamed Minecrap!
Staff: Can we both agree that Fortnite and Minecraft have their flaws, but also their best qualities as well?
Person1: Yaknow, she has a point.
Person 2: I guess.
This is at least, my solution to this, however, if the staff do suggest a diplomatic solution and the argument still continues, it’s perfectly up to them if more actions should be taken. Rather, the majority of the staff members seem to try and find a way to avoid the problem via the thread lock. This is the main thing that got the discord server basically frozen. They prevented the people from talking, however, that’s not really going to help, only helping to make players unhappy. Most of the locked threads on the forums are where people had an argument, but not many of those arguments got resolved because a staff said “knock it off” or something. However, there are also threads where the staff can’t exactly find a solution to defuse the fight, such as criticism threads like this one. For them, it’s hard to find a middle ground because they work for this server, and they have to defend it. I’m not necessarily saying defending the server is bad though. Rather, the staff should try defusing the fight instead of freezing it. And the discord? If the staff explain how the server might change with the suggestions I made, more people might not bombard the discord server with insults and whatnot when it reopens.
3: Now, I’m no expert in coding. But many people on this server agree on one thing: Mr. Dickinson should get a developer team. At the least, he could reach out to other server owners for help (unless they all act like self-important jerks), but he definitely needs help. Yes, it is quite amazing he, with edw and possibly flowingmedia at points, managed to keep the server alive for this long, but in order for the many bugs and stuff to be fixed, more people are needed to help him. From my perspective, the downfall of Brokenlens started when edw left the server. He managed the Brokenlens Twitter and other resources that Mr. Dickinson didn’t have. And if Mr. Dickinson does get more developers, Mr. Dickinson might have the resources to implement more suggestions. I always assumed that most of the suggestions never got added because Mr. Dickinson just doesn’t have time or the resources to implement it. However, people have been suggesting Mr. Dickinson get a developer team for quite a while. Of course, getting a developer team is hard. First, you have to actually find people who know their stuff. Second, you have to see if you can actually trust the recruits. Now, I don’t really have a good solution for getting a developer team. However, if Mr. Dickinson doesn’t receive any sort of help, the server might continue on its path to obscurity.
4: I don’t have much to say regarding uniqueness. Crews are perfectly fine, I’ve already explained solutions to food and cross-platforming. The builders should focus on making maps for the more dead games, since Mobwars, Skywars, and Murder mystery get the most attention. The few maps that were taken from other servers back in the time that Brokenlens was starting out should be replaced as well. Now, some people might be saying “Bop! You suck, you want Mr. Dickinson to basically remove everything unique about this server!” Look at the suggestions section. A select few suggestions are actually kind of dumb, but for the most part, the community suggests interesting ideas. If Mr. Dickinson gets a developer team, these could get added as well and add to the “uniqueness” of the server.
Nit-picky stuff
So to sum everything up, I am grateful for what Mr. Dickinson has done so far for the server, but Brokenlens has more. It has potential. If he can recruit a dev team that’s fully loyal and dedicated to the welfare of the server, and help him with updates and bug fixes, it could possibly rebound in popularity. Whether it could reach it’s past glory or even farther is the question.
1: The food system is extremely unnecessary, and should be removed. It gives players with buster kits a large advantage over other people with basically any other kit besides it. A possible regeneration replacement should include natural regeneration, but also potions and gapples with their respective drinking and eating animations. Coal ores could have a small chance of dropping potions and gapples as a replacement for food. Another solution could be to make the price of foods in Mobwars a lot heftier, with 5 pieces of bread costing 20 diamonds and one pork costing 64 iron. The eating animations for those could also be re-added.
Many people have complained about PC and mobile players having advantages over each other. And whenever Mr. Dickinson attempts to change something so the platforms seem to be on more equal levels, arguments still arise. Mr. Dickinson has a solution, it’s just nobody seems to be ever happy about it. Multi-platform has simply led to more arguments, more toxicity, and basically a lot of problems regarding the community. And as of now, I don’t exactly have a perfect solution to the problem.
2: An interesting idea is for the staff to look into the threads that would normally be locked and try to find a diplomatic solution to whatever fight is going on. Let me make an example:
Person1: Fortnite sucks! Minecraft is way better!
Person2: No, Minecraft sucks more! It should be renamed Minecrap!
Staff: Can we both agree that Fortnite and Minecraft have their flaws, but also their best qualities as well?
Person1: Yaknow, she has a point.
Person 2: I guess.
This is at least, my solution to this, however, if the staff do suggest a diplomatic solution and the argument still continues, it’s perfectly up to them if more actions should be taken. Rather, the majority of the staff members seem to try and find a way to avoid the problem via the thread lock. This is the main thing that got the discord server basically frozen. They prevented the people from talking, however, that’s not really going to help, only helping to make players unhappy. Most of the locked threads on the forums are where people had an argument, but not many of those arguments got resolved because a staff said “knock it off” or something. However, there are also threads where the staff can’t exactly find a solution to defuse the fight, such as criticism threads like this one. For them, it’s hard to find a middle ground because they work for this server, and they have to defend it. I’m not necessarily saying defending the server is bad though. Rather, the staff should try defusing the fight instead of freezing it. And the discord? If the staff explain how the server might change with the suggestions I made, more people might not bombard the discord server with insults and whatnot when it reopens.
3: Now, I’m no expert in coding. But many people on this server agree on one thing: Mr. Dickinson should get a developer team. At the least, he could reach out to other server owners for help (unless they all act like self-important jerks), but he definitely needs help. Yes, it is quite amazing he, with edw and possibly flowingmedia at points, managed to keep the server alive for this long, but in order for the many bugs and stuff to be fixed, more people are needed to help him. From my perspective, the downfall of Brokenlens started when edw left the server. He managed the Brokenlens Twitter and other resources that Mr. Dickinson didn’t have. And if Mr. Dickinson does get more developers, Mr. Dickinson might have the resources to implement more suggestions. I always assumed that most of the suggestions never got added because Mr. Dickinson just doesn’t have time or the resources to implement it. However, people have been suggesting Mr. Dickinson get a developer team for quite a while. Of course, getting a developer team is hard. First, you have to actually find people who know their stuff. Second, you have to see if you can actually trust the recruits. Now, I don’t really have a good solution for getting a developer team. However, if Mr. Dickinson doesn’t receive any sort of help, the server might continue on its path to obscurity.
4: I don’t have much to say regarding uniqueness. Crews are perfectly fine, I’ve already explained solutions to food and cross-platforming. The builders should focus on making maps for the more dead games, since Mobwars, Skywars, and Murder mystery get the most attention. The few maps that were taken from other servers back in the time that Brokenlens was starting out should be replaced as well. Now, some people might be saying “Bop! You suck, you want Mr. Dickinson to basically remove everything unique about this server!” Look at the suggestions section. A select few suggestions are actually kind of dumb, but for the most part, the community suggests interesting ideas. If Mr. Dickinson gets a developer team, these could get added as well and add to the “uniqueness” of the server.
Nit-picky stuff
- I think it’s very unfair that the whole Brokenlens discord got shut down because of a few rotten eggs. I do understand those messages were mean and all but it goes to show how the staff didn’t exactly know how to respond to it and simply froze the entire thing.
- There are people that seem to be brainwashed into thinking Brokenlens is a great server that deserves to be on the featured servers list. I highly disagree. The flaws part of this gian essay needed one thread to hold it, that’s how many problems there are with this server.
- There are many people who complain about lag and etc. Most of the staff, or even Mr. Dickinson himself in one case, reply with “get closer to your router” or “get a better internet connection”. I am skeptical over whether it’s just people’s wifi being bad or the server itself since most of the complaints have things in common: not being able to combo, block placement being dumb, fall damage, and various others.
- Get more staff from different countries, especially ones who speak Arabic since I see a fair amount of people who speak it
- Some of the threads criticizing Brokenlens that were locked should be reopened and have the messages leading to its lock deleted. And by some, I am referring to threads that don’t directly insult the staff in any way, and also suggest solutions to problems like I am doing here.
- Mr. Dickinson should focus on listening to the suggestions that propose updates for games, especially for some of the dead games.
So to sum everything up, I am grateful for what Mr. Dickinson has done so far for the server, but Brokenlens has more. It has potential. If he can recruit a dev team that’s fully loyal and dedicated to the welfare of the server, and help him with updates and bug fixes, it could possibly rebound in popularity. Whether it could reach it’s past glory or even farther is the question.
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