An Open Letter to Olympus

[Peter Long 4345]

Considering the massive amount of drama and craziness that has been on the forums and in game lately, I thought that I would take a minute to give you guys some positives that have been happening in and around the community.

 

Player population is up, and we are doing a great job as a community. Some people might state that we used to have 3 servers maxed out at peak times, however I would like to hit you guys with some math. Back in 2014 and early 2015, we had three altis life servers. These servers were maxed out during peak times, at 75 players each. Now, 3x75 is 225 players. Right now we have 2 servers, maxed out at peak times with 111 each. 2x111 is 222 (thanks Dili for pointing this out earlier today, it put a bunch of stuff in perspective.) This might look similar, but we have some pretty significant differences that people might not realize.

 

In comparison to the past, our APD is almost twice the size as it was before, with more active members than we have EVER had, both in the lower ranks and sAPD. The R&R is bigger than ever before, with more senior members and active players as well. We have a Support Team in our community which is helping facilitate members of the community who need help, explain rules and concepts to new members of the community, and helps the Staff.

 

In addition, our Staff is larger than it has ever been, and is full of members who play the game daily, not just administrate it. Not only is the Staff the largest it has ever been, but it is the most organized, with ban structures put in place, meetings to promote communication, and has members from many prominent gangs (both current and in the past) with different backgrounds to help make Olympus great.

 

The Development team is also the biggest it has been, with the Three Stooges as developers fixing bugs and implementing new features, and FOUR designers who make map updates, texture updates, and design the framework for what makes Olympus great.

 

Bottom line is this guys/gals : I hear “Make Olympus Great Again” all the time, but I think Olympus is the Greatest it has EVER been. Most of that is because of you! Loyal players, new friends, old gangs, and dedicated people are what built this community, and what will let this community continue (imo) to be the best damn gaming community out there. You all might be retards, but you are the best retards I know.

 

Thanks for making Olympus my home away from home,

-          Pete

 

[Peter Long 4345]

Just now, Jesse said:

Wow. Just wow.

Guess which one you are? 

[zoomzooooooom 2383]

so server 3?

[Peter Long 4345]

Just now, Jesse said:

Never watched it. Went outside as a child.

SHAME

[Young Mogul 237]

Awesome to see improvement, the time will come if a 3rd server is needed. Right now I think we are doing just fine with 2 at max times on the weekends. 

[User_0000 62]

good

[Pledge 2291]

Thank you for pointing this out to us all. We all could use some perspective right now.

[TheRandomOne 477]

Just now, Pledge said:

Thank you for pointing this out to us all. We all could use some perspective right now.

Thank you for pointing this out to us all. We all could use some perspective right now.

Thank you for pointing this out to us all. We all could use some perspective right now.

[ScreaM 1763]

cool beans

[lil boat 233]

Neat-o

[Dejay 796]

49 minutes ago, Peter Long said:

FOUR designers

Toe Knee is the only designer that does anything..

[Snare 2701]

53 minutes ago, Peter Long said:

You all might be retards, but you are the best retards I know.

 

Thanks for making Olympus my home away from home,

-          Pete

 

heart warming. thanks peter.

[johnny goose 3335]

58 minutes ago, Peter Long said:

In addition, our Staff is larger than it has ever been, and is full of members who play the game daily, not just administrate it. Not only is the Staff the largest it has ever been, but it is the most organized, with ban structures put in place, meetings to promote communication, and has members from many prominent gangs (both current and in the past) with different backgrounds to help make Olympus great.

This the only thing i agree with.

[Fedot 1158]

tl;dr?

[De Fuk 381]

Bring s3 i quit my job gg xdd

[ferg 279]

portable big towers, how u feel now?

[Creepy 1305]

Perspective.

[CornLiquor 18]

I'm relatively new here and I'm enjoying the hell out of it. I hope to provide some different APD experiences.

[RogueMK 648]

It's always good to see some numbers n facts from time to time, a lot of people get too wrapped up with what's wrong or not great instead of looking at what's great and going well! +1 @Peter Long

[aaaaaaaaaaaaaa 232]

3 hours ago, Fedot said:

tl;dr?

we're all retarded but peter still loves us.

[Duece 75]

Keep olympus great...