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« on: September 10, 2013, 02:02:22 PM »
So as I'm sure you're all aware, RRP has been on somewhat of a downward spiral for some time, notably recently as I have become less and less able to develop. This saddens me greatly, as RRP has been a huge part of my personal and professional life for almost 6 years, and I have known some of you for even longer than that. Accordingly, I ask that you give your inputs, whether they be votes or comments, so as to help me make a decision on the future of RRP.
Option 1: Close the SA:MP servers but keep the forums
This option would see the closure of RRP, but rather than simply turning everything off, the forums and associated websites would stay online, allowing you the community to continue to interact. This would most likely be done in a two stage process.
The first stage would involve simply clearing the forum of RRP based areas, and converting it to a more publicly accessible forum, most likely targeted at the gaming and technology sectors. We can then all use the forums to talk, and maybe (Who knows), see the community grow in a different way.
The second stage would be in the form of blogging. I have wanted to start blogging for some time, mostly to discuss tutorials and helpful aspects of certain areas of my personal expertise (So programming, PC / Server building etc.). This would allow new people to become interested in the community itself, and thus hopefully get more people onto the forums. In addition, I'd also like to experiment with giving you blogs, allowing you to say what you want to say and where beneficial, making you an official blogger (And potentially sharing the advertising revenue from your posts - Long way down the road).
The benefit of this approach is that much less resources would be needed. The VPS could be downgraded to as little as £5 per month, which should be relatively easy to obtain via advertising on the forum or blogs.
Option 2: Keep it Online
Whether on the current VPS or through an alternative and cheaper hosting arrangement (Maybe even hosting on my personal home server), there is always the option of keeping RRP as it is, having it remain online and hopefully getting it to a position where other people can help to develop it. This option would (Unfortunately) require a lot of input from me, whether it be in converting RRP to a group project, or indeed developing myself. The reason I say unfortunately, is because I have very little time to spare due to my new job, and what little time I do have to spare, I don't usually spend gaming.
Option 3: Close it down and say goodbye
This option involves simply turning everything off, discontinuing the VPS and having everything go offline, we all say our goodbyes, add your friends on Skype or Facebook or wherever, and RRP disappears.
Option 4: ?
Do you have any other ideas? If so, please post them with some useful information, and maybe I'll include them here.
I really can't explain to you all how important both RRP and you as players are to me, I may seem like a distant individual who has little or no care for the future of this community, but please trust me when I tell you that is as far from the truth as things get.
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