How long will this new server last?

General Acid Goop
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CM won’t die anytime soon, it’s been here for almost a decade and staff have come and gone. I don’t think using BLACKSTONE (no, it does not have ERP, that’s all legacy references to the predecessor Roguetown) as an example of CM’s “competition” is valid, because SS13 servers aren’t exactly apples and apples.

BLACKSTONE provides a very unique experience (mostly the human king being ultra racist and ordering all dwarves to work in the mines or ordering genocidal pogroms, only to be couped by the church and rebels).

CM also provides its own unique experience (the realistic simulation of room temperature IQ marines being obliterated by smooth brain command and Xeno Xeam 6).

You won’t find CM’s TDM twist on any servers except TGCM, Corporate mercenary, PvE CM, etc. People who play BLACKSTONE play it because it’s BLACKSTONE, not because it’s “better” or “more developed” than CM. You just can’t compare them.

I’d argue that TGCM, etc. are probably the real competitors here- And let’s be honest, CM still trumps the bunch in terms of player count.

We’ll be fine. Things might be less than ideal, and people may disagree, but we’re far from completely collapsing.

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CM has been around for over a decade now. It’ll die when we all die of old age or if a better version of the game is made.

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CM will continue past its original hosts as it spreads to newer and newer generations to keep it going

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Well, I actually meant how long blackstone will last, possible that it was a bit unclear so I edited the post. On CM, yeah, it will probaly stay alive for quite some time as it has a big playerbase and a popular selling point (RP+TDM compared to TGMC’s TDM, but the sprites look bad and people talk ICly like they would in a chatroom).

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well, SS14 is developing some cool shit, maybe one day having a CM14 or somehting would be plausible

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SS14 lacks content and will probaly take a decade to get on par with SS13, plus I doubt many SS13 devs would switch and port their server to SS14.

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Here are the facts.

The single most common reason any SS13 server dies is due to ERP drama.

If there is no ERP drama. Then the second most common reason is due to player/admin driven drama.

Failing that, the third most common reason is simply that the server fails to retain player interest and it dies due to a lack of players.

I’m sadly not a expert on the Blackstone community, but I am aware there is a lot of drama surrounding its creation and how its a merger of several different servers, as well as the fact that the server itself was born out of ERP drama. Will it survive? I can’t say for certainty.

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i dont mind blackstone living, at least until cm fixes the lag thats been going around :rofl:

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Idk man, CM has too much drama and people who are addicted to dopamine rushes when they plab ig.

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To win CM is to get a C-ban and move on

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This is old news, the community isn’t as bad as they say anymore

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its run by emoney so prepare to see it on the hub running with 6 players 24/7 in 6 months

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Just noticed that the Blackrock Wiki is being edited by Warfan. What a god damn coincidence.

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The list of traitors is becoming longer and longer. A Jamie seems to be editing as well, couldn’t that be our former host?

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Bro’s acting like you a traitor if you play a diffrent version of 2d spessman game :skull: :skull: :skull:

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people burn out, new people join, old people come back. keeping tabs on people who are trying something new to make some kind of point is a bit weird.

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CM Fell when they removed the Hidden outfit in medbay.

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It’s an acid goop thread after all.

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Head mod here, from the SCP server, its not really dead, there is a vibrant russian version of the server, we don’t get the best pop but its something

(I have to stop convincing myself, its over :patrice:)

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We did that already.

One of the past devs was super into prepping CM for the transition and it was a major thing for a while. Used to have SS14 tests on the main discord

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