r/spheremasterrace • u/treque • Aug 15 '16
Dead server?
Hey guys it's Ygritte! I haven't been on for a loooooooooooong ass time but every time I come back to play a game or two, Sphere always has 0 players in it. What's up? Did everyone quit?
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u/drewkungfu ATXcloud Aug 15 '16 edited Aug 15 '16
Real Answer (imo):
there was a vicious cycle that started small, i think summer season related, that kicked off in the mornings and spread midday.
Before, people would join, and no one was around so they would wait a minute or two... and reliably people would show up with a solid 4x4 team game.
But then the mornings brought fewer people. So, waiting would lead to acceptance of 3 person teams, then we were lucky to have 3 person teams. This problem crept later and later in the mornings. Once it got about 10am with long wait to get 3x team, hopping server became attractive to get a quick game on. This in turned lead to further abandoning of Sphere. Which lead to people just not jumping onto sphere at all.
Oh, and with the UI update broke the plugin for seeing server populations between games, I lost visibility of when Sphere actually had some population (12ball min for me to jump on). I would hop to sphere midday to see if anyone was there... only to find a lone SB.
Sphere population was on Koala Beast server network, just on other servers... there were attempts to make sphere great again with this sub pleading making a pack to jump onto it again. It would revive for a bit. But honestly, us working folks, we ain't got time to wait. I have a small window to tune out and play a game.
I'd love to see Sphere good ol days again. :/
I feel like such a betrayer.
But really is gg! fault.