This is more of a rant.
I like to code in Garry's Mod, and when I create something new and different, I like to post it in the Developer releases. This is fine and dandy, but I see all of these interesting, new and unique ideas get drowned out by TTT tweaks and "new" MOTD releases. It would be great for a forum area to be dedicated only to new and original ideas so that they can get a startup to one day be large and mighty like the other addons.
-Sincerely, An overlooked creator. :(
PS. This is a rant, so don't be too appalled by it. It's kind of an in-the-moment kind of thing.
I totally agree, maybe a "newly created forum" then just add replies for any updates to it
I'm really supportive of new creators getting their work out there but the way it works is that a thread is pushed to the top when someone replies, so if it's MOTDs and TTT edits people want, then you just gotta accept that and shrug it off
If it's any consolation, Gmod gamemodes in general have a rough time getting noticed and it would be nice if that changed
A new ideas forum could be very interesting but I also imagine it'd cause a lot of drama because that's what Gmod is like :v:
Garrysmod.com used to post news updates hilighting inventive noteworthy addons and gamemodes in development or released. It got a lot of things noticed. Even a shitty animation tool of mine, back before any others existed, got featured and had loads of attention as a result.
If the newsbot for garrysmod.com that posts the updates were also posting news threads for updates about cool releases, that would help. Even better would be a menu popup showing recent news. Meaning, in the main menu screen when you first boot the game, show a closable news notice about the most recent news post, such as an addon feature.
It would guarantee extremely high downloads for anything featured, prompting more users to try and make quality original content, and getting that content noticed and popular.
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