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Post  DIABLO258 Wed Sep 04, 2013 8:38 pm

We all know the population has been un-averagely low lately. Its not a secret.

But this is a bigger problem to me, then most of you. Not only is TC dying out, but I am paying for a server that cannot keep more than 10 players on a day. It really sucks, because I keep paying my own money for this server and yet no matter what we do it seems that no one wants to play HL2RP as much as they used too.

I really don't want TC to die. I really don't.
But this population is unacceptable for what I am doing. I have not received any donations in awhile, the last one I got was not enough for a single month. I still had to pay out of my pocket for a server that no one seems to use.

I am 17, you guys. I made The Crew a year ago for a group of friends that were in a dying community. It was an impromptu decision that I am glad I made. But the way this is going, I cannot continue to pay if we stay how we are.

It is with heavy heart that I have to announce this but, TC's death is imminent. This is not a joke, there will be no second chance after this. In the past a low population was okay, because I knew we would pick ourselves up. And we did, many times. But this time is different, I feel like TC is coming to a close with all of the different branch off communities created in the time that TC ruled.

The Crew is an old community compared to its ancestors before it. Ancient, even. This is something to be proud of. You all took part in an amazing movement for HL2RP. You have all changed the way I (and many others) play the game.

I hate to give a deadline, but the next payment is on the 17th. I see no reason to pay on that day if the only people who care enough to keep TC alive, is a total of 5-6 people. Unless we have an amazing population increase within the next few days, the 17th of September could be a sad day for all of us.

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I want to continue my message by stating, it is okay. The Crew lived. It lived a very long and fruitful life. Just because I cannot keep paying like this, does not mean you must cough up money for me. In no way am I asking for money. I am asking that you understand what is happening, and go about it in a responsible and respectable manner.

I am sorry that I could not do more. The Crew was my child, it grew up and blossomed bigger than I ever imagined. But now, it could be time to lay that legend to rest.

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I knew this day would come, from day one. It was no secret that TC would eventually die. It happens to everything. But the emotion surging through me right now is more than I pictured in my head one year ago. The memories I have created here are better than I ever dreamed they would be. The people I have met are some of the nicest and most interesting characters in my life. You all have affected my life greatly, and I thank you for it. TC would not have made it this far without any of you.

On that note
/me wipes a tear away and sniffles once to hide it
TC is in your hands now, entirely. If the population remains as it is, payment will be canceled on the 16th.
If population rises, payment will continue. But for how long, I cannot say.

I'm sorry.
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Speechless, I have every feel for TC, the community I stepped into one day that really brought me a great deal of fun, development, rp (AMAZZZZZING RP). But I guess all great things must come to an end. But, I thank Diablo and all of you in the community soooooooooooooooooooo freakin much for giving me a really fun time. I joined back in January in the heat of things. One of the most compelling community created legacy style stories I've ever seen. Feel the feels. I won't forget TC probably ever in my life, I know it's silly, and probably far fetched to some but it's not. I will miss TC and hope it's legacy may continue on into a new community. TC, thank you.

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Post  Slashraider Wed Sep 04, 2013 9:45 pm

Half Life 2 RP may be dead, but this community is not! We will strive forever, but dont fret now, a new turn of events may happen. (good events)
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Post  General Bravo Wed Sep 04, 2013 9:48 pm

For me, it is a shame to see that things have reached a point where this is a very real possibility. Obviously it had to happen sooner or later, but with us just barely breaking our one year anniversary, it feels a little soon to me.

Obviously this hits me fairly hard because more recently I've tried to be the shining beacon of hope, but I think too many people just started accepting ever decreasing population as inevitability, and what I did amounted to too little too late.

I've had a long run in this community. For my fellow oldfags who remember SOTA, that's where I first jumped on board, having left some dying HL2RP whose name has been robbed from my memory by time. I remember when I first arrived and got my CCA whitelist and everything I realized that there was just so much more going on and I wanted to be in on all of it. Since then, I've basically done just that, even gaining insights into ongoing stories from before even my time.

I couldn't tell you what changed. It certainly wasn't due to TLOURP. Before that there was MetroRP, and before that a FalloutRP fad. And there have always been other HL2RP servers and FalloutRP servers and TerminatorRP servers and ERP servers and everything else to compete, and that was never a major problem. Now....I don't know.

What I do know is that I had fun while it lasted, and that it's not like we're all just gonna drift apart if the server gets shut down. Hell, even if it does, who's to say it'd be permanently? Fact is, it isn't over. I'm not going to pitch Star Wars RP or Bravo Team Gaming to anyone because The Crew isn't finished, and I know none of us are finished with it. We have had hard times before. Such things have been cyclical. After hitting bottom, all we can do is go back up.

My orders are as follows: do not go with the crowd and surrender to what is perceived as inevitable. Do not give up on TC. It will endure, so long as we put forth the effort.
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Post  Corestealer Wed Sep 04, 2013 10:29 pm

Here is my conversation with DIABLO It is basically everything that i wanted to say

Corestealer: I will not let the crew die....
DIABLO258: Im sorry
Corestealer: I am lierally Crying right now because I am so sad
Corestealer: *Literally
DIABLO258: Me too
Corestealer: This community was so amazing
Corestealer: I made so many friends on it
Corestealer: I WISH SO BAD THAT I COULD DONATE
Corestealer: SO BAD
DIABLO258: Its not about money, friend. Population is to low for a server like that to need to stay up. I cannot pay $30 a month for something not many people use.
DIABLO258: My money is being taken, without anyone to use what its gone towards.
Corestealer: Whats worse is that School started and that means less people on average during the day
Corestealer: and what is worse My mom is making it so that I have limited time on my laptop, so Less time on the server
DIABLO258: Ive kept TC running for an entire school year. Christmas being its peak.
Corestealer: I hope it lasts until christmas...
Corestealer: If TC does die.....I dont see why the community cant, we can be a group of friends who play games together
Corestealer: right?
DIABLO258: Yes, the forums will not go under
Corestealer: It is true that all things must come to an end...But I wish that didn't apply to TC
Corestealer: Heck, If I had the choice to die for TC or have 100 billion dollars, I would die for TC becasue the community is just so amazing
DIABLO258: You're young, kid. This happens all to often as you go through life. The sad part is, you start to develop an immunity to it. It happens so often you start to stop noticing, or feeling as bad. This is an early stage, and a first of endings for you. Its hard, I know. But there is still time. A population is needed, by the 16th.
DIABLO258: But if we dont make it
Corestealer: Tommorow, Iafter school when I am done with my homework, I am going to get on the server and invite every single person in my friends list
Corestealer: I dont care who, I will invite them
DIABLO258: Listen to me. The last thing I want you to do is hurt yourself, even hypetheticly. The Crew is just a place for HL2RP players to play with eachother. I didn't know it would develope into a home for some people. If I could have told you this day was gonna come I would have. But truthfully, it hurts me too. More than you know. This is my first big idea I pulled the trigger on. Its my first community I have owned. Its my first server. And I did it all for a group of about 12 people. We later grew into a huge number of people, ranking #1 on the Gmod server list of HL2RP servers. But that was our peak, and if you try to walk on a peak forever eventually you will fall off the other side. Its totaly natural.
Corestealer: It is just so sad to see it come to an end...I wish that there was something i could do to prevent this (Other than join the server of course)
DIABLO258: Its the cost of the internet. Sometimes you feel helpless. But then again, its the internet.
Corestealer: It is said to also know that (If the pop doesnt go up again) The severence RP and Fallout RP will never come (I think it was Fallout RP IDFK)
Corestealer: Either way, I will stay with TC until the end, I dont care what Masey and Precinct said...I will stay


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Post  Mahunik Thu Sep 05, 2013 12:29 pm

It's obvious that hl2rp hasn't been getting much attention lately, but that doesn't mean we have to end this community. Why not switch up the gamemodes? Perhaps TTT, sandbox, anything. We can't let our servers history end on a bad note. And if money is a problem I can always donate.
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Post  Gremnkai Thu Sep 05, 2013 3:16 pm

I may have left but dam... This is sad man. I remember my first few days back in august of last year on this server and the year to follow it and it was the best dam time of my life. I hate to see it go even if Hl2RP is boring for me. (Although Mahuniks idea isn't that bad.)
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Post  DIABLO258 Thu Sep 05, 2013 4:02 pm

Changing the game mode to something so more people will join is an option.

But TheCrew was founded for HL2RP.
IF we did switch game modes, its highly unlikely the people from.. lets use TTT as an example, its highly unlikely they will like to Role Play. TTT is a separate genera of game. I would need everyone to understand that if we did switch game modes, we most likely would not come back to HL2RP for quite some time, until we have enough people willing to play it.

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Post  Jaquecz Thu Sep 05, 2013 4:11 pm

gg tc?

TC wont die.
The Server will.
For a while.
Theres the StarWars RP shit that General Bravo and others from TC are working on.
Maybe we can become a StarWars RolePlay server instead of a HL2RP server.

Then maybe, assuming we end up becoming larger, much larger, we can do both HL2RP and SWRP along with whatever other gamemodes.

In-fact I think that If we really want donations we should have a "Money making" server that hosts one of the much more popular gamemodes.



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Post  Masey Thu Sep 05, 2013 5:55 pm

Honestly, I am shocked. This... is well, 'interesting', I guess. I never thought I'd see the day for a post like this to be posted on the forum.

Huh...

Well, I guess it's time to say my part in things.

Alright, I apologize. Sincerely, even, for the actions/thing I have said about this community. I apologize, Corestealer, for not knowing your passion for this community. I apologize, DIABLO, for all the wrong I have done within this community ever since I had left. I cannot redeem myself at this point. I cannot do a complete 360' on EVERYTHING I had EVER said about the members, the server, or the community in-general. But, all I can basically say at this point, well... is that I apologize.

I have disagreed with people on many occasions. Don't regret a single thing about that, but what I do regret is being so hostile to the remaining members of this community.

Goodbye, TC.

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Post  Cergis Thu Sep 05, 2013 6:36 pm

I.. cannot believe this.. I just.. I may haven't been on the server in the Beginnings, but The Crew was the main reason why I got on Garry's mod, I went from 24 hours to atleast 785 hours on the crew. I find this, Amazing.. But. I will never forget the crew. I love all you guys, You were the best people i knew on the internet, Diablo, I hope that you will live a long and awesome life. Remembering the crew. <3 Sad
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Post  Unknown Thu Sep 05, 2013 6:55 pm

I understand the situation, and DIABLO certainly doesn't have to pay money for something that people don't even use. But we are a community, not just some clan of shit faced kids. We will live on even if our server doesn't. We will all remember the HL2RP server as our home, but I guess it may be time to move on.

“Time crumbles things; everything grows old and is forgotten under the power of time.”
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Post  DIABLO258 Thu Sep 05, 2013 7:31 pm

The way things are running, I hate to say it but this is most likely the end of the HL2RP server. As for you all (The Crew), do not split on each other. Everyone here has their story. We were all reborn into the world of Half-Life 2, together. We are all brothers and sisters when it comes down to it. We are family.

Like family, we need to do what every family does when a loved one is passing on. Our server is nearing its end, and what would make me stronger and more able to bear with this sad moment is if everyone could simply stand by my side as our old gal gently closes her eyes. She needs us now more than ever. Not to join and play, but to remember what has happened here. What we did. What we achieved. Do not forget that TC once ruled the RP realm. We once sat at the top of the server list, with a #1 by our name.

I still see that #1. And I always will.
Its because of you.


EDIT: The forums will remain. If the server does indeed go down, I would be willing to change the format to something more "friendly" to users so we can still communicate and set up some group gaming sessions.
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Post  Guest Thu Sep 05, 2013 7:49 pm

Diablo, I can't even BEGIN to thank you for providing me with the best roleplay experience I've ever had. A whole year, guys! A WHOLE YEAR! We did so well, it's just so amazing to me. All things have to die off eventually, but who's to say the community doesn't keep going? Maybe I could get a new HL2RP server running in the future sometime.

I have to thank all you guys, in fact. It's been a lot of fun, but all good things inevitably will come to an end. We all knew it was coming. We may be saying goodbye to the HL2RP server, but not The Crew. I'll miss the server, but a loss of the server isn't enough to separate this community.

All in all, it's been awesome. Maybe our chars' stories will continue again someday, you never know. Thanks to all of you, Diablo especially.
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Post  Jman Thu Sep 05, 2013 7:58 pm

Ashes to ashes, dust to dust.
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Post  Magnum Thu Sep 05, 2013 8:08 pm

Now this is just a sad display, i know the player population is at a low and all, but we really need to get our shit together, even if its only a few hours a day, just come on and lounge around, who knows maybe the server will patch itself up with time and players coming on, either way if it does die, theres only one thing to say

"The server is nothing but a thing, we are what makes that thing live, we are the community"
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Post  Masey Thu Sep 05, 2013 9:51 pm

Magnum wrote:Now this is just a sad display, i know the player population is at a low and all, but we really need to get our shit together, even if its only a few hours a day, just come on and lounge around, who knows maybe the server will patch itself up with time and players coming on, either way if it does die, theres only one thing to say

"The server is nothing but a thing, we are what makes that thing live, we are the community"

People've been saying that all these last few months. Being on the server is not a job, and a server doesn't 'magically' pitch, and patch itself up with an issue as low as this.

This is an issue about playerbase, not community. You must give people a REASON to stay, something fun to strive for. Whether it be interesting RP, nice events, or otherwise, I do not care. It's to give players to strive for.

Besides, if people were to be clamped to the server being on the server wouldn't be considered fun, but infact, it'd rather be considered a job.

Furthermore, why don't I see you on the server 24/7?
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Post  General Bravo Thu Sep 05, 2013 10:02 pm

Well, there's one problem right there. Any attempt to get people on the server on any regular basis just to try to spike the population at those times is IMMEDIATELY labeled as trying to make playing a job or some such shit, and therefore no one will do it. And why don't people join, because RP is boring? Well, it's a vicious cycle, if no one's on, then it will be fucking boring.

I plan on finishing my event tomorrow evening. From there, we will need to have a group meeting to discuss possible methods of getting people on fairly regularly without people deciding we're ordering them to play and then saying "fuck TC" or whatever people have been saying to themselves as they walk out our doors.
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Post  DIABLO258 Fri Sep 06, 2013 12:38 am

Not to be the bad guy here Bravo, but to me it is a job.

Don't forget I am the one working to pay. You see, on paypal the donations I receive are all taxed. So when someone sends me $30, I get about $28.50 which if you can do math you'd know that's not enough for one month.

For the users who currently think joining the server is a job, you are clueless. You see instead of "thinking" there is a job, would it be surprising if I told you there actually was a job? A job that was taken by someone dedicated to TC so much so that they would rather work to make you happy, instead of trying to benefit themselves?

Yes, there is a job. And no, you do not have it. If you do not see a label under your username, except donators, you do not have this job.

Administrators, on the other hand... They work so you don't have too.
For the users who currently think joining the server is a job, why not actually think about the people who do have a job?
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Post  General Bravo Fri Sep 06, 2013 1:12 am

Well, therein lies the problem. For the majority of everyone else for whom actively operating TC is not their concern, they see no reason to care. Therefore, they're more than happy to disappear off to whatever else, popping back in to pretend to offer sympathy now that it looks like TC is finally doing.

People, that isn't what you do. If someone gets shot in the leg and starts bleeding out, you don't sit there and mourn their death as they sit there dying in front of you. You get your damn medkit out and you try to save them, and only if they die despite that do you mourn. What I see are numerous people mourning before TC has even bled out. Mourning will not fix jack shit. Taking action will. That is what each and every last one of us here needs to do, assuming you folks care as much about TC as you claim.
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Post  Noobstrike Sun Sep 08, 2013 1:50 am

Weeeeeeeeel shet. 2 years of watching this community and those before it, and the chain is coming to an end. And I can only watch it happen from my fuckyoubillgatesyoucuntbastard phone. Id hope you guys would put whatever effort you can in this final moment, but I know population is no easy task. We have no solid solution. Its all luck and coincidence. Whos server does someone notice first when they open up the clockwork tab, the server with 12/30, or the one with 0/30? We cant be on all the time, whether we literralyy cant or jus dont want to, but like bravo said, were saying our goodbyes rather soon. This is the community that created its own divisons, wasnt scared to fuck with the ranks, turned rebel rp into an amazing story of its own, and could handle the gman, all while CETA and the enclave did their thing. The possibilities are endless with this group. Its just that the creative spark is dieing cause it has nothing to catch on, and no one new to feed the fire. Sorry if i sound hypocritcal cause right now i cant du shet, but those who do care for TC, show it in these last few days by at least trying. Tc one day will die, but maybe it doesnt have to be so soon. For diabloid, for bravos star fleet, for hollers cold nipples, for hitler pikachu, for sextor, wittmang, phagtam,youwillnotsurvive, diabeetus, sus, and dr wilford brimly saga the 30th, release the final reserves of your swaq into the server, and let everything else handle itself.
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Post  General Bravo Sun Sep 08, 2013 10:02 pm

Tonight's population level proved there yet remains a significant number of you who refuse to give up. This gives me hope, which I will send back to you. If we continue the way we did tonight, there will be no reason to turn off the server. Let tonight not be an exception, but rather to set a new upward trend.
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Post  [Redacted] Sun Sep 08, 2013 10:31 pm

Perseverance phase 2 begins tomorrow whenever you are ready, just hop onto to the server Smile TC doesn't have to die, instead of moping around and thinking it is hopeless to get on, think about what will happen if you do. Things like tonight can happen a lot more. Lets push it people, lets be the 2 year old server who didn't die back in September.
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Post  Guest Mon Sep 09, 2013 12:00 pm

Yeeeeaaaaahhhh, dawgs! All it took was me and Holla to get the pop up to 14/30. We maxed 14/30 last night, unless you guys shot higher when I left. 2 people is all it takes. I'ma be on TC in a moment.
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Post  General Bravo Sat Nov 09, 2013 10:27 pm

This isn't over...
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