We’re Not Finished: Rebuilding Asylum for the Community

[Mitch]

Asylum Community,

Its been a few weeks and we wanted to update everyone on where we are, and what the next steps are for Asylum. We have kept you all in the dark, a mistake that we will not make again.  When we bought the server we had a plan, step one of which was to make a fully functioning S1 domination event, after having satisfied cartel fighters for a little bit we would turn to the civilian population to continue to develop for the RP side of asylum.

That didn't happen, we patched on a Sunday night to get Domination and a few other events out to you guys. We proceeded to get DDOSed for a week straight. We ended up sidetracked trying to get the server to a more secure position. Every time we gained traction, we would be DDOSed. We then turned our focus back to Domination, fixing a number of bugs that were missed during testing. We then were faced with another problem. A series of now-former staff members(No not Vortex and Louie for all of you dm'ing them lmao) attempted to ruin the community and attempted to dox and harass more and more of our staff members in an effort to run them off. These are the same staff members who have volunteered their time and effort for years, and have stuck with us even through this administration change.

This isn’t meant as an excuse, but rather an explanation as to why development has been slow, why communication has been lacking. We have been trying to stop the bleeding on the backend, which has caused us to fall short on the front end.  

This is our plan, to you our community members, of what we are going to do and when we are going to do it:

Fundamental change in direction: Our focus is returning to where it has not been for years, at the civilian and RP population. We are working on ideas like vehicle insurance, a sheriff system, reworking drug fields and money making methods in general, refreshing dated and hard to use UI’s, a prestige system to unlock exclusive titles and rewards, a rework of the tutorial to better guide new players in the right direction, an in-game warning system for minor rule violations and more that centers around the roleplay and community aspect of Asylum.

After careful deliberation and discussing it with the team we have also decided it is in the playerbases best interest to conduct a merge of the V2 and the V3 databases (not housing) to best suit our playerbase and respect the time they have spent on the server for the last 10+ years.

While we will be primarily focusing on the roleplay and community aspect, combat will not be forgotten with the release of the improved S1 domination and a new federal event. We will also be releasing a special version of S1 domination with more details following soon.

To bring this vision to life, we need time. We are not satisfied with the current state of the server and it doesn’t reflect the quality or experience we want to provide. Therefore, we’ve decided to temporarily lock the server to focus entirely on its overhaul. Our target for a big release that will finally be worthy of being called “V3” is November 22nd, and during this downtime, we will provide regular updates via Discord and the forums to keep everyone informed on our progress. 

We understand that asking for your trust now might feel like a tall order, especially after everything that’s happened and our failure to follow up on on certain commitments. We’re not asking for blind faith, but we are asking for a chance. We’re just people trying to make Asylum the place we all know it can be.

This place is not done yet.

-Fitz/Obi/Mitch
 

[Junke]

First

[william]

was first but junke admin abused

[Farmer Steve]

Nigga

[Ebola]

LONG LIVE ASYLUM!

[Acceptable]

ITS LIT!

[Samperino]

First

[Farmer Steve]

W

[Donald]

Sheriff system sounds dope. Will this be a replacement for the current APD system or be an additional cop faction?

[Mitch]

1 minute ago, Donald said:

Sheriff system sounds dope. Will this be a replacement for the current APD system or be an additional cop faction?

Not a replacement and not an additional faction, more a new system for more RP focused officers to be able to interect with civilians without constantly getting pulled away by shit

[Bilbo Baggins]

Sheriff system you say?  A man after my own heart. This and some karaoke and I can finally feel at home

[Iuke]

Did I hear new fed event?

[Knight05]

14 minutes ago, Mitch said:

We have kept you all in the dark, a mistake that we will not make again

How many times are you guys going to say this before it actually means something lmao. Asylums last 10 we will return from the grave hype speeches have been exactly this followed by doing the EXACT opposite thing you said you going to do? At this point I don't see the point in saying we will do this, we will do that. Either do it or don't.

[Kradu]

w

[bread_]

Revert the entire DB back to V2 (including houses)

[Maaqs]

24 minutes ago, Mitch said:

After careful deliberation and discussing it with the team we have also decided it is in the playerbases best interest to conduct a merge of the V2 and the V3 databases (not housing) to best suit our playerbase and respect the time they have spent on the server for the last 10+ years.

Merge as in money + infamy + BH honor + vehicle/air/boat vehicles?   

Edited October 5 by Maaqs

[-HoK- Evil]

yes yes yes 

[moift]

We are SO BACK 

[Cheech'nChong]

@WastedMike and @Killadog will have died of old age before  the community recovers at this point.. xD

[Akula]

8 minutes ago, Maaqs said:

Merge as in money + infamy + BH honor + vehicle/air/boat vehicles?   

Yes, anything that was wiped will be merged v2+v3. (minus houses)

[GravL]

huge W

[Maaqs]

2 minutes ago, Akula said:

Yes, anything that was wiped will be merged v2+v3. (minus houses)

Roughly 15mil at wipe, grinded back to nearly that post-wipe. Time to be livin

Edited October 5 by Maaqs

[cHIP oTLE]

Probably not worth the headaches anymore.  Just delete everything.

if people wanna RP, they can move to a GTA RP server.

if people wanna try-hard, they can go to KoTH, or EFT

it’s not worth the headaches to attempt to satisfy the retards that plague the Asylum community.

Just come to terms and accept it, it was fun while it lasted, but now that’s over.

[Destrah]

23rd??

[Mr. Chow]

3 minutes ago, Destrah said:

23rd??

where have you been?

[luker]

bring back s3 asy and itll be fine ❤️ 

[Destrah]

3 minutes ago, Mr. Chow said:

where have you been?

Playing/Developing GTA 5 RP and playing a bunch of other games in general. Kinda miss the lax RP shit honestly GTA can be too serious sometimes

[DS_Billy]

You are losing your community because of the idiots you have pulling the strings.  

This server was propped up by a constant population of people that have been here a decade, when ya start alienating them and employing people that act without any fuckin integrity at all at the top you have no foundations to add more people to the player pool. We've always had that in some aspect but it was a minority. 

ya gave power to people that have proven they cant handle a little bit of internet power in the past. 

You're running a life server on an 11 year old game. You dont have much margin of error when it comes to foot traffic. Especially when GTA just outshines this shit on an "RP" basis.  you aint gonna win that battle. 


 

[Flexibilyity]

I'll be waiting. W!

[Gamer4LifeHQ]

I understand that you guys are working to "fix" asylum. I recommend that you do a pole if your community wants the sever to temp shutdown. In addition to that, do poles of your updates/Ideas. Remember, it will always be about our community. Ask questions as to why loyal members left asylum. What changed about Asylum that lost the attention of current players or even new players. Ask your members why they feel Asylum is hitting rock bottom and how they would fix it. Make a list of topics to talk about and do a community discussion on it; do a live stream. Engage with your community in a way that feels personable. Find a common ground that your community stands on and wants to see happen and go from there... I am an RP player, always have been. I don't really see good genuine RP anymore. Feels more like a sandbox combat simulator with extras. 😔         

[Mitch]

5 minutes ago, DS_Billy said:

You are losing your community because of the idiots you have pulling the strings.  

This server was propped up by a constant population of people that have been here a decade, when ya start alienating them and employing people that act without any fuckin integrity at all at the top you have no foundations to add more people to the player pool. We've always had that in some aspect but it was a minority. 

ya gave power to people that have proven they cant handle a little bit of internet power in the past. 

You're running a life server on an 11 year old game. You dont have much margin of error when it comes to foot traffic. Especially when GTA just outshines this shit on an "RP" basis.  you aint gonna win that battle. 


 

Re-evaluating our staff team and staff responsibilities is definitely being discussed, Its not falling on deaf ears. its just a change we can't implement instantly and we would like to do it right.

1 minute ago, Gamer4LifeHQ said:

I understand that you guys are working to "fix" asylum. I recommend that you do a pole if your community wants the sever to temp shutdown. In addition to that, do poles of your updates/Ideas. Remember, it will always be about our community. Ask questions as to why loyal members left asylum. What changed about Asylum that lost the attention of current players or even new players. Ask your members why they feel Asylum is hitting rock bottom and how they would fix it. Make a list of topics to talk about and do a community discussion on it; do a live stream. Engage with your community in a way that feels personable. Find a common ground that your community stands on and wants to see happen and go from there... I am an RP player, always have been. I don't really see good genuine RP anymore. Feels more like a sandbox combat simulator with extras. 😔         

That is the idea with the updates we will be providing along the way, some of these will also contain polls etc on stuff we would like feedback on

[Gamer4LifeHQ]

2 minutes ago, Mitch said:

Re-evaluating our staff team and staff responsibilities is definitely being discussed, Its not falling on deaf ears. its just a change we can't implement instantly and we would like to do it right.

Those who are truly here to see the betterment of the server and the community of Asylum will wait for you to do what you need.

[JotaCe]

Bring back green houses. 

[Gamer4LifeHQ]

4 minutes ago, Mitch said:

That is the idea with the updates we will be providing along the way, some of these will also contain polls etc on stuff we would like feedback on

You have my support. I am glad to see that those are your intentions. I will be waiting patiently; warp 9 captain Sulu.

[Rocketneo]

12 minutes ago, Gamer4LifeHQ said:

Those who are truly here to see the betterment of the server and the community of Asylum will wait for you to do what you need.

Agreed! excited for whats to come! 

[DEMI ROZE ヅ]

Mumbo Jumbo-Gape Horne

[zdeat]

ACSO???

@Kellyyou already know

[Big fart]

17 minutes ago, zdeat said:

ACSO???

@Kellyyou already know

I run it already

[Cheech'nChong]

Disable house taxes until "shit has been gotten together"?

[Mitch]

9 minutes ago, Cheech'nChong said:

Disable house taxes until "shit has been gotten together"?

server will be locked and no houses will expire, correct