Suggestions from a Dying Breed of Roleplayer

[Cerce]

Just some suggestions and concerns about this server from a guy who left a while ago...

Well, I've been keeping in contact with some people, and they think that this server has lied to them about Kiwike being a roleplaying server in the old-school sence (I'm talking Kubrickb = oldschool, roleplay for types like him and sometimes even me is very, very intricately detailed) and that is why they left. Others have told me upon leaving that they left because others have left (and I'm sorry that a few people left due to my absence). Even others are leaving because some won't leave, such as that spat with NLewis and Pavja and the like.

I am not a moderator. I'm not as old or as experianced as some of you. But I think that if this server is looking for quantity over quality, you need to start making this server advertise what it really is: A free-roaming survival server with towny and nations that practice diplomacy; not a 'new generation of roleplay' or 'How Survival/RP/PVP should be done'. You will get many, many new members, I think. Granted, the majority of them might stay a month or two then leave, but you would have a maxed-out server population, even if you can't recognize all the different names.
Remember: I am not a moderator. I am a public speaker, leader, and writer, but I have never had to deal with drawing people towards my server or something akin to that. I have no experiance in that department. Keep that in mind; I'm just messaging you guys because I don't want the only good, reliable server I have ever found to go off the deep end because of a few bad apples or misleading slogans.

If you'd like quality over quantity, you need to amp this server up. A lot. Quantity would be so much easier; just advertise differently and accurately. But if you want quality roleplayers who are fun, active members (probobly more active than what you would like - remember all those posts that Kubrick and I had written? Think of that, only everyone does it. There have been only a few good servers that are hard-core roleplay that have been able to keep all the stories together accurately), you have got to drop the 'New Age' of roleplaying and pick up the 'Old-School' roleplaying. I'm talking back when 32-bit was the rage; when roleplaying was made not by the fact that you get to pick your own ending, but it was made by the sheer lore behind it. The most current modern-day equivalent roleplaying game would most likely be Oblivion. It litterally has novel-type books within the game that shed lite on the past occurences since the previece game, Morrowind, which, in turn, has novel-type books within the game that shed light on the lore since the last game before that, and etc etc etc.
If you truly, truly want this to become the roleplaying server that it is advertised to be, you've got to have standards. For example: There are some 'roleplayers' within this server that have stated, and I quote: ' I have had minecraft ever since 1.4 and have played it ever since. Im also happy that this is the one ,and only server i have EVER played that you can steal on. xD I hope to have good times on this server!' - this should raise some major red flags. Now, if he was an accurate roleplayer, he would not have mentioned stealing, even if he was a thief. What type of roleplaying theif goes around saying he likes the fact that this server allows stealing (besides pavja, simply because of the fact that he is the ringleader and has the power to say whatever he wants withought getting in trouble - but before he came into power, he was very low in public appearances, and actually faught against stealing - which made a perfect cover)? Also, there is no evidence of the fact that he has had past roleplaying experiance. Minecraft experiance should not matter; after all, I suck at minecraft. I just enjoy telling and being a part of a good story.
Therefore, it is my honest opinion that you should shave off a lot of the more 'play for kicks and giggles' type of people if you want quantity over quality. Pick those that are litterate, mature (not necessarilly in age - I know a 10 year old who writes better than me and has the best mannner of maturity of someone his age - and he acts better than most teenagers I know), and provide information about their roleplaying goals.
Also, you yourself should act as part of the roleplay. It will draw a lot more people in if they know that the person who hosts the server they play on enjoys doing the same thing as them.

Anyways, that's just my rant. Feel free to rage, support, whatevs.

I just be trollin.

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Oh, and have more roleplaying events, more detailed player-characters, and the like. That's always good.