Since I originally started this thread a month ago, there is something I have noticed in
various past posts involving the whole scenario of some people who had started their
own server, but after awhile they decide to shut it down because of low population or
lack of interest by players. The way I am looking at this, someone develops, works on
a server and decides to put it up for public play. Then if it turns out there wasn't much
of an interest in it and doesn't attract a lot of players, why shut it down ?
If someone goes through all that getting the server in place, nothing is really going to
change with the fact that server is up and running. What I mean is, You don't gain or
lose anything (financial or otherwise), no matter how many or how little players are on it.
I would hate to think that a person's ONLY reason for starting up a server is to see that
infamous "player count" number. I guess maybe some people would think, well, if they
can't get the kind of player count they want, then it's not worth it to leave it going.
Personally, I think if someone is going through all that time and effort to put up a server,
I hope that person is doing what they enjoy. And if they are ? Why shut it down after
all that ? Even if everday, you look and see only 5 to 10 players, the server can sit there
for several years, if that was your original intentions.
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