[spacebird]

i really don't see the game paying back to gangs to drop the slots. could be wrong, but i just don't see that happening. even if that was to happen, i don't know how many gangs would handle that, not really sure how we would. the money was donated to the gang by different people in amounts that i certainly don't keep track of. so it would be difficult to disperse it if you were to chose not to open another gang.

i don't dislike the idea of limiting gang capacity, but i really don't see where there is such an issue with too many people in one or two gangs. there are openings in gangs that have been around a long time and are pretty stable. i really don't buy people not having anywhere to go as a noob as a huge problem. hell when i first started i played for almost two years without being in a major gang. not all noobs should be thrown into warring gangs off the bat. the root of the problem the past couple years has been retaining players. long time, active players that bring more than just another number to the game. think of the people that either came back for a brief stint recently or quit recently. loki, wook, bishop, thor, ci, thorm, ronin, sg, dingus, tommi, marlo, propjoe, the list goes on. some for one reason or another, but mostly cause of lack of care in how the game was being run. not intending to bash zen, just my perception. seems like cipher is trying to do a lot, so hopefully when he gets some different things rolling and good system for updates inline, maybe some of these people will come back and maybe there will be some newer players starting to build up as well. and donating. bitch all you want about people putting money into the site ::cough36cough:: but that is the reason it exists and, like it or not, without donations it does not.