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BlueRoo · January 2015

When I played in 2007 there was such a great and supportive community. I've come back and while I still love VP, that community is gone. Am I missing it somehow or is VP so dead now-a-days?

Para Darkwater · January 2015

Sadly VP has become somewhat of a ghost town these days. I too yearn for the days when there was a bustling community. I still hold out hope that it will return. I love VP too much to give up on it XD

BlueRoo · January 2015

Agreed. I wish there had been a way to keep spam away without blocking non-sponsor players to post on the BarkPark. Sadly I think they chose the best option to solve the problem... I just honestly believe it cut VP's player number too... If there was something besides just being active to bring it back to it's glory days I certainly would

Para Darkwater · January 2015

I know what you mean. I try to stay active in hopes it'll spark something. I've got a program to try and help novice and returning players get into eventing but it doesn't get utilized much. I've got a few plans for some events in the not so distant future and another idea I'm tinkering with that might help activity some. Frost said once in another topic that if everyone just tries to stay active and kinda be a role model it'll create the activity many new or returning players are looking for. It's a viscous cycle it seems, not many are active because there's no activity and there's no activity because not many are active.

BlueRoo · January 2015

Well if you ever need help, you know where to find me. I would gladly help out to try and regain what we've lost. I love VP and I just want it to flourish like it used to! Honestly I've always wondered if it would help to wipe a few breeds back to start. A lot of the reason I got into VP was to change something. So many dogs are commonly 10x4s now that there's no where to start really. To me, when I started VP was this amazing new project that would take a long time and I could be proud of. It's so close to finish that with certain breeds(either bought or just naturally added) it's not even worth messing with them because their on top tier. As cool as eventing is, it's not the only reason get into VP. Then again I'm sure my thoughts aren't very popular

Para Darkwater · January 2015

I think there would be a lot of player who would frown upon resetting some of the breeds as they've worked hard to get them to 10x4. But I do see your point. There are still some breeds that haven't reached 10x4 yet but a lot of them are a pain to work with lol. There's always the prospect of working on a line to break a certain stat. In the past I've bred up lines for various stats and currently hold the highest for that breed. As example I've bred the friendliest Boston terriers and most intelligent St. Bernards. There's also talk of the beta where dogs will be 10x5's instead of 10x4's. While most 10x4's will carry over to 10x5, there's some that don't seem to. So that may be one thing that kind of resets some of the breeds. This has also stirred up some negative feelings though as like I mentioned above a lot of player worked hard to get to 10x4. I'm hoping to see the community pick back up, it seems to go through slumps for a long period and then you'll see a burst of activity. Sadly the bursts seem to be short lived. I'm always working on some sort of project it seems. I can be so indecisive and scatter brained though. I'm really considering starting fresh with my kennels in the near future. I have an idea that will work in the long term but will be a bit of a bother starting out.

Dark Flame · January 2015

I feel like the bursts of activity that Para is talking about are always around the holidays when people have more time. I feel like the older players (2006-2007) have all either grown up and gone away, or life just gets in the way, cause we were all early teens when we started. I try and stay active, I absolutely love VP but it's definitely dwindled down. I mean it's 7.30pm GMT on a Friday night and there used to be like 5-7 people online including myself, but literally there's just me online... It just kind of feels like everyone is slowly giving up... and I don't want to. I'm currently working on one of the dreaded breeds that haven't yet reached 10x4 if you want to help me with that to say you have a 10x4 to your name, I'd be happy to let you work on my line.

Serenity · January 2015

I agree with what you said TigerCub, about older players. I have been playing this game for a long, long time. I can trace my first sponsor account to 2004, but I feel I had another account even before then. But I have since grown up and it gets harder to get on and be active. Once you fall behind, it’s hard to get back into the game. My once great eventers can’t keep up with the dogs that are around now, and I would have to use a lot of vpc to get back into the game. I think that is a huge discouraging point for older players who don’t have a lot of time to stay up with the game. These days I come back and leave, but I don’t get involved like I once did. Plus the lack of people around does make it harder to stay interested. I have to say despite these things I still love this game.

PaperWings · January 2015

I've given up >.> But still linger to see what will happen. No where near as interesting as it used to be. You see old players come back, yet no offense that's not what we need. We need new blood, which is not coming in due to the lack of marketing. Apart from a friend telling you about the game, or randomly coming across it from Google, there is nothing drawing people into the game. I know beta is in progress but prior to that there was still no advert for the game. Tis a shame, as I used to spend hours of my life playing or chatting away to people on here. Without this game I wouldn't have flown to the other side of the world to see Sim and Fly in Australia!

Adrianna32 · January 2015

Growing up is what has kept me away for the most part. The dynamics of this game were just a lot more arduous and appealing to me as a child. VP gave me achievable goals to work towards when I didn't really have any. This used to be a challenge; one giant friendly tournament with a ton of competitors. These days the game is just far too easy, especially when playing alone, with no one trying to race you to the win. There's nothing left to do but breed 10x4s or break records that nobody else is even working on. It's gotten boring. I used to love the rush of competing and the sense of community, that's what we needed to keep players interested. I know the game is always being worked on, but it's kinda been too long and the VPian race is slowly but surely going extinct. o_o Old players are the only thing keeping VP active at all really... and we do it just because we love this place and it would break our hearts to see an 11 year old childhood memory die out completely. D; -sobbeh- That's loyalty.

PaperWings · January 2015

Hahaa "VPian race" Love it!

Lizadore · January 2015

Gosh, I feel like crying after reading what everyone is saying. I'm right there with all of ya'll. I am not really a well know name on here, I never have been. But I remember the days when I would get on VP because it was the only place that didn't make me feel alone, even when I just spent all my time in my own little corner rescuing dogs. I have been around since 2005, its weird to think that something that has been in my life for decade is starting to die out. I also remember trying to get my parents as a kid to buy my an upgrade for my account, and asking for the upgrades for my birthdays. I look back now and realize after all of this I will never have my name to anything in this game or anything in real life to show for it but it still feels like a part of me. Its like coming home when I sign on, when I see all of ya'lls names on things and remembering in VP's prime you guys were the ones to beat. That and the dream to grow up and become a game moderator. I hope that one day Virtual pups will see its glory again, and that when i'm stressing out in a 3 years about vet school it will still be here to calm my nerves, help me through the night, and welcome me home.

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