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RE: The Plates Update - Taylor - Jan 22, 2025

(Jan 22, 2025, 12:25 PM)bimkx Wrote:
(Jan 22, 2025, 11:55 AM)Taylor Wrote: So I’ve heard that 3 players have decided to horde every single plate, because they were all reset and this update released at 11pm.

I can’t lie, this is extremely unfair on the 90% of the community that were asleep when this dropped.

Especially for some people that have always had the same plate. I have had “3” since 2016, I’m sure there are dozens of other players that have been absolutely shafted by this.

Really really good update, but the execution and release seems like it wasn’t thought through?
Yes this is a valid criticism and we’re discussing how we can improve in future. It was an oversight on my part that the server would auto restart due to player count being under 10. We also knew there would be a bit of a gold rush, but perhaps didn’t realise to what extent that would go with some of the hoarding, so for that I apologise.

There will be subsequent updates to also improve plate trading.

That’s completely fair.

Is there no way to undo the hoarding? Limit the number of plates someone can own? Give everyone the opportunity to buy their old plate back for free? Etc.?

To have 3 people sitting on stock worth near $100,000,000, for about 10 minutes of work, and less than $2 mil investment is quite literally economy breaking. Now fair play to those 3 for having the initiative, but it is completely unfair on everyone else. Will there going to be any fixes to undo the damage that’s been done?

Updates for plate trading are cool

EDIT: Replied before I saw Doc’s reply, my bad.

I think if there is a way to recovery everyone’s old plates that would be awesome.

Hopefully the market doesn’t shit itself, but with 1 plate already sold for 270k, it’s not looking good.


RE: The Plates Update - bimkx - Jan 22, 2025

(Jan 22, 2025, 12:41 PM)Taylor Wrote:
(Jan 22, 2025, 12:25 PM)bimkx Wrote:
(Jan 22, 2025, 11:55 AM)Taylor Wrote: So I’ve heard that 3 players have decided to horde every single plate, because they were all reset and this update released at 11pm.

I can’t lie, this is extremely unfair on the 90% of the community that were asleep when this dropped.

Especially for some people that have always had the same plate. I have had “3” since 2016, I’m sure there are dozens of other players that have been absolutely shafted by this.

Really really good update, but the execution and release seems like it wasn’t thought through?
Yes this is a valid criticism and we’re discussing how we can improve in future. It was an oversight on my part that the server would auto restart due to player count being under 10. We also knew there would be a bit of a gold rush, but perhaps didn’t realise to what extent that would go with some of the hoarding, so for that I apologise.

There will be subsequent updates to also improve plate trading.

That’s completely fair.

Is there no way to undo the hoarding? Limit the number of plates someone can own? Give everyone the opportunity to buy their old plate back for free? Etc.?

To have 3 people sitting on stock worth near $100,000,000, for about 10 minutes of work, and less than $2 mil investment is quite literally economy breaking. Now fair play to those 3 for having the initiative, but it is completely unfair on everyone else. Will there going to be any fixes to undo the damage that’s been done?

Updates for plate trading are cool

EDIT: Replied before I saw Doc’s reply, my bad.

I think if there is a way to recovery everyone’s old plates that would be awesome.

Hopefully the market doesn’t shit itself, but with 1 plate already sold for 270k, it’s not looking good.

I don’t think we could limit hoarding without limiting the amount of vehicles someone can own and that’s not a great idea. The inventory weight mechanic should ideally play a part there but as we all know that’s in a bad state right now.

There may be a chance to something with plate recovery. I will discuss with the team tonight. I’m not committing to anything at this stage.


RE: The Plates Update - John Jong - Jan 22, 2025

One thing I will mention is that 1 and i look the exact same with the font used on the plates. Is that something that’ll be fixed? As I feel it will cause massive confusion for people buying plates and also cops trying to warrant the car.


RE: The Plates Update - bimkx - Jan 22, 2025

(Jan 22, 2025, 01:21 PM)John Jong Wrote: One thing I will mention is that 1 and i look the exact same with the font used on the plates. Is that something that’ll be fixed? As I feel it will cause massive confusion for people buying plates and also cops trying to warrant the car.

Please post a bug report for this and I’ll look into options


RE: The Plates Update - Taylor - Jan 22, 2025

(Jan 22, 2025, 01:12 PM)bimkx Wrote:
(Jan 22, 2025, 12:41 PM)Taylor Wrote:
(Jan 22, 2025, 12:25 PM)bimkx Wrote: Yes this is a valid criticism and we’re discussing how we can improve in future. It was an oversight on my part that the server would auto restart due to player count being under 10. We also knew there would be a bit of a gold rush, but perhaps didn’t realise to what extent that would go with some of the hoarding, so for that I apologise.

There will be subsequent updates to also improve plate trading.

That’s completely fair.

Is there no way to undo the hoarding? Limit the number of plates someone can own? Give everyone the opportunity to buy their old plate back for free? Etc.?

To have 3 people sitting on stock worth near $100,000,000, for about 10 minutes of work, and less than $2 mil investment is quite literally economy breaking. Now fair play to those 3 for having the initiative, but it is completely unfair on everyone else. Will there going to be any fixes to undo the damage that’s been done?

Updates for plate trading are cool

EDIT: Replied before I saw Doc’s reply, my bad.

I think if there is a way to recovery everyone’s old plates that would be awesome.

Hopefully the market doesn’t shit itself, but with 1 plate already sold for 270k, it’s not looking good.

I don’t think we could limit hoarding without limiting the amount of vehicles someone can own and that’s not a great idea. The inventory weight mechanic should ideally play a part there but as we all know that’s in a bad state right now.

There may be a chance to something with plate recovery. I will discuss with the team tonight. I’m not committing to anything at this stage.

Yeah I was thinking, even if vehicle weight was increased from 0 to 1 it would make a massive difference with the number of vehicles people could hoard.

Of course, would be amazing if they could be recovered, but I'd understand if this if isnt feasable .


RE: The Plates Update - Nudel - Jan 22, 2025

(Jan 22, 2025, 01:25 PM)Taylor Wrote:
(Jan 22, 2025, 01:12 PM)bimkx Wrote:
(Jan 22, 2025, 12:41 PM)Taylor Wrote: [snip]

I don’t think we could limit hoarding without limiting the amount of vehicles someone can own and that’s not a great idea. The inventory weight mechanic should ideally play a part there but as we all know that’s in a bad state right now.

There may be a chance to something with plate recovery. I will discuss with the team tonight. I’m not committing to anything at this stage.

Yeah I was thinking, even if vehicle weight was increased from 0 to 1 it would make a massive difference with the number of vehicles people could hoard.

Of course, would be amazing if they could be recovered, but I'd understand if this if isnt feasable .


At the end this would just enable people who abused the shit out of the pocket system back then to hoard more.


(Jan 22, 2025, 04:52 AM)Bambo Wrote:
(Jan 22, 2025, 04:11 AM)Stomm Wrote: Whoever stole the Plate I've had since Day 1 (and before, on other servers), I'm very disappointed in you.

@Nudel

Didn't do nuffin'


RE: The Plates Update - Lesanka - Jan 22, 2025

While the update is fantastic, the implementation was sudden and rather unfair.
People logged on to take every active player's username, including mine.
Rip to anyone who wasn't on LL at the drop.

Oh look, my username is already getting sold on the player market.


RE: The Plates Update - bimkx - Jan 22, 2025

(Jan 22, 2025, 06:30 PM)Lesanka Wrote: While the update is fantastic, the implementation was sudden and rather unfair.
People logged on to take every active player's username, including mine.
Rip to anyone who wasn't on LL at the drop.

Oh look, my plate name is already getting sold on the player market.

I agree, I apologise and we’re discussing possible solutions this evening.


RE: The Plates Update - MRZ - Jan 22, 2025

I love the dev work. Well done.
People sniping other people's unique usernames is just not it, though.
Similar to why copyright rules exist.
I think people's usernames, at least, should be protected.
Or worst case scenario:
Make license plates like the Blizzard battletag system: anyone can get any name, with a randomly generated set of numbers afterwards.
(You would type a word in the license plate UI, example: "MRZ", then it will show a plate like: MRZ-512. Then it will be saved as that until changed)
This way people can express themselves and use funny phrases, without them all being collected by 3 people.

Thank you devs.


RE: The Plates Update - John Jong - Jan 22, 2025

(Jan 22, 2025, 06:30 PM)Lesanka Wrote: While the update is fantastic, the implementation was sudden and rather unfair.
People logged on to take every active player's username, including mine.
Rip to anyone who wasn't on LL at the drop.

Oh look, my username is already getting sold on the player market.

Your plate has been given as part of a wider deal to an anonymous person who is distributing all of the name plates to their rightful owners free of charge! I apologise however, business is business.


RE: The Plates Update - Judge Rage - Jan 22, 2025

(Jan 22, 2025, 07:11 PM)John Jong Wrote:
(Jan 22, 2025, 06:30 PM)Lesanka Wrote: While the update is fantastic, the implementation was sudden and rather unfair.
People logged on to take every active player's username, including mine.
Rip to anyone who wasn't on LL at the drop.

Oh look, my username is already getting sold on the player market.

Sorry hun, your plate has been given as part of a wider deal to an anonymous person who is distributing all of the name plates to their rightful owners free of charge! I apologise however, business is business.

I'll leave his name out if that is what he desires, but he's doing God's work fr

i just want my name back Sad


RE: The Plates Update - John Jong - Jan 22, 2025

(Jan 22, 2025, 07:13 PM)Judge Rage Wrote:
(Jan 22, 2025, 07:11 PM)John Jong Wrote:
(Jan 22, 2025, 06:30 PM)Lesanka Wrote: While the update is fantastic, the implementation was sudden and rather unfair.
People logged on to take every active player's username, including mine.
Rip to anyone who wasn't on LL at the drop.

Oh look, my username is already getting sold on the player market.

Sorry hun, your plate has been given as part of a wider deal to an anonymous person who is distributing all of the name plates to their rightful owners free of charge! I apologise however, business is business.

I'll leave his name out if that is what he desires, but he's doing God's work fr

i just want my name back Sad

@pufitee‍ has it


RE: The Plates Update - Judge Rage - Jan 22, 2025

(Jan 22, 2025, 07:23 PM)John Jong Wrote:
(Jan 22, 2025, 07:13 PM)Judge Rage Wrote:
(Jan 22, 2025, 07:11 PM)John Jong Wrote: Sorry hun, your plate has been given as part of a wider deal to an anonymous person who is distributing all of the name plates to their rightful owners free of charge! I apologise however, business is business.

I'll leave his name out if that is what he desires, but he's doing God's work fr

i just want my name back Sad

@pufitee‍ has it

I have it back with very many thanks to @pufitee‍ my favourite crackhead


RE: The Plates Update - Taylor - Jan 22, 2025

(Jan 22, 2025, 07:13 PM)Judge Rage Wrote:
(Jan 22, 2025, 07:11 PM)John Jong Wrote:
(Jan 22, 2025, 06:30 PM)Lesanka Wrote: While the update is fantastic, the implementation was sudden and rather unfair.
People logged on to take every active player's username, including mine.
Rip to anyone who wasn't on LL at the drop.

Oh look, my username is already getting sold on the player market.

Sorry hun, your plate has been given as part of a wider deal to an anonymous person who is distributing all of the name plates to their rightful owners free of charge! I apologise however, business is business.

I'll leave his name out if that is what he desires, but he's doing God's work fr

i just want my name back Sad

I realised pretty much immediately anonymity was pointless because I'd have to add/message a dozen people anyways. The list is on my thread, if the owners come forward they can have them.


RE: The Plates Update - MRZ - Jan 22, 2025

(Jan 22, 2025, 07:11 PM)John Jong Wrote:
(Jan 22, 2025, 06:30 PM)Lesanka Wrote: While the update is fantastic, the implementation was sudden and rather unfair.
People logged on to take every active player's username, including mine.
Rip to anyone who wasn't on LL at the drop.

Oh look, my username is already getting sold on the player market.

Sorry hun, your plate has been given as part of a wider deal to an anonymous person who is distributing all of the name plates to their rightful owners free of charge! I apologise however, business is business.

Please don't go around calling women you're not close with "hun". Right after stealing their unique names and reselling it for a profit.
It's just not a great look.
(Jan 22, 2025, 07:56 PM)Taylor Wrote:
(Jan 22, 2025, 07:13 PM)Judge Rage Wrote:
(Jan 22, 2025, 07:11 PM)John Jong Wrote: Sorry hun, your plate has been given as part of a wider deal to an anonymous person who is distributing all of the name plates to their rightful owners free of charge! I apologise however, business is business.

I'll leave his name out if that is what he desires, but he's doing God's work fr

i just want my name back Sad

I realised pretty much immediately anonymity was pointless because I'd have to add/message a dozen people anyways. The list is on my thread, if the owners come forward they can have them.

You're a saint Taylor. Wish that you didn't have to spend your money on doing that. I hope that it could somehow get reimbursed to you by the management after they make a change to the current license plate system.