[Tigairius]

Kind of tired of seeing the same reasons over and over again for why GK is failing... So let me put things in to perspective for you.

Initial Failure

• GK was never completed to the standards that was planned.
• The system was half-assed and borrowed from Crossfire.
• Lack of talented trustworthy developers on Graal in general.
• Lack of players on Graal, period.

Continuing the Reign

• There has been several attempts at a ruined economy by several staff, including some of the current ones.
• There have been little-to-no attempts at a working economy, sometimes communistic controlled-economies aren't going to save a server.
• Lack of event prizes in ratio to the amount of players that played GK.
• Lack of items which can be obtained outside of trading and events, of course, too many of these items would break the economy.

The Death of the Beginning

• After 2006 rolled around, GK began tumbling faster than a boulder. With the lack of knowledgeable administration (one isn't enough [bjorn]) there was nothing to stop it.
• Studies have shown that any economy that hasn't been stimulated drastically in some way, commonly fails and creates famine within the community. In the case of the US, the Great Depression is our stimulus, as for Germany and other European countries, I am not sure.
• The economic values of GK have fallen, risen, and it's all controlled by a group of people, which is a controlled-economy. Controlled vs Free economies are always very due for unsuccessful results.

Now, Here We Are

• After the lack of care, attention, and stimulus provided to the GK economy, here we are, scraping for something to keep players (FAQ, small 'battle island' updates, etc), none of which will do anything to help playercount grow.
• Here we are scrambling to find the causes behind the true reason GK has suffered tremendously... I remember a couple years ago it never got this low during school time.
• There are few-to-no people to blame for the irrepressible economic damage that has been caused, the blame goes to people for not doing anything to stop it.
• These economic values can be fixed with careful planning and participation, but it won't be easy.

Are you ready to fix GK?