What players look for in DarkRP has also changed a lot. Most of the time these type of servers fail but a few somehow gain popularity. All people really do these days is spend a bit of money on getting loads of Gmod Store addons, throw them all into a server in one day and open it with no effort. For starters, there are so many more servers now as it’s so easy to create one. How has the gamemode and DarkRP community changed over the years?ĭarkRP was still the most populated gamemode back then as far as I can remember, but it’s definitely changed a load. “Nowadays no one wants to RP, they just want to kill and use their economy breaking printers” Back when Cloud Gaming started (2013), DarkRP wasn’t as massive/overpopulated as it is nowadays.
I run a few semi popular Minecraft communities in 2010/2011 but nothing that anyone would have heard of today. Did you have any community experience prior to Cloud Gaming? We really try to keep the staff team of a high quality. I think what makes Cloud different is its staff team. But a lot of other servers are starting to take this approach now so I wouldn’t say it’s anything special. Most of the content was made by me solely for Cloud and no one else. The most obvious thing is the fact we are primarily custom. What makes your server different compared to other DarkRP servers out there? I didn’t do this alone, the amazing community and staff team are really what keeps Cloud afloat. By not giving up and learning from the failures, I have allowed Cloud to reach new heights. These issues brought dark times to Cloud, times where I really considered just walking away from everything but I stuck it out and I am so glad I did.
Without all the mistakes, I wouldn’t have learned how to handle certain issues. But the journey has been important to grow Cloud Gaming to what it is today. We’ve had our fair share of problems whether its been corrupt staff, exploits, or ddos… we have had it all. It’s been a long journey and it’s crazy to think its been over 5 years since I created the community. “I didn’t do this alone, the amazing community and staff team are really what keeps Cloud afloat.” You guys are one of the “old timers” of Garry’s Mod.
As time progressed I really focussed on learning how to code and within a year and a bit I was making custom addons for my community and making a lot of optimisations to DarkRP. Looking back it’s crazy to think how many people reconnected and kept playing. We would max out our 64 slot server 24/7 even with crashes every hour and horrific lag.
The server was filled with CoderHire addons but players seemed to love it. It was just 1 DarkRP server but it blew up instantly, we were probably one of the first servers that really utilized CoderHire (now known as GmodStore). I started Cloud Gaming in 2013 with the help of a real life mate named Alexj12/Enzo. Both communities have shut down since but I owe a lot to both of them.
I have been playing Garry’s Mod since 2012, I used to play TwoScore which was a deathrun/bhop/minigames community and I also used to play Urban Gamers which was DarkRP. First off, how are things going?Ī bit ill but I am starting to recover which is great! Can you tell us a little bit about yourself and Cloud Gaming? Greetings Will! Cheers for doing this interview with us. I was eager to hear his story on his years long adventure with Cloud Gaming. With over 23k Steam group members, an active forum and hundreds of daily players, Cloud Gaming takes the place of one of the biggest communities within Garry’s Mod. Formed in 2013, this DarkRP powerhouse of a community has been going strong with no sign of stopping any time soon. Recently I had a chat with Will, owner of Cloud Gaming. It’s a known fact that this gamemode has become a standard within the game (like it or not). Nowadays whenever you say Garry’s Mod a lot of you out there think DarkRP.