Valrise heads to its 5th full year as an established community. Back in 2017, we were just a loose bunch of guys with some conceived ideas and general thoughts over what we idealized of a community, but most importantly, we were very sure of the things we didn't want a new community to become, based on our previous experiences. Looking at 2022 just by the corner, we believe it is adequate to rewind our year.
In 2021, the second year of the pandemic, which could be defined almost entirely by uncertainty (for good and for bad), we strove with the mission of keeping people entertained through the hard times - though things were reopening and life slowly returning to normal, we were glad to see most people who found us during the pandemic and enjoyed their time decided to stay, making Valrise their gaming home. We see that as the result of successful policies, constant server improvements (don't forget to thank @LocMax for the relentless development!) and understanding the demands of our playerbase.
We also continued with projects to further expand the community to other games. 2021 saw the launch of our FiveM server and the installment of a Minecraft server, thanks to the enduring effort of our developers, testers and staff members, whom each at their attributions dedicate their time to make Valrise a better place.
During the year, we also saw the demise of other long-standing roleplay communities in SA:MP. Valrise is one of the last standing english-speaking roleplay servers in this platform, and this year has just highlighted even more to us the challenge it is to maintain things running properly and sustain a playerbase who trusts us to guarantee this. Fidelity is something highly regarded when you manage a community, and it means we're thriving in the right way. Our efforts, however, would mean nothing without you, the one reading this text. We hope to see you around in 2022!
Lastly but not least important, just nearing 2022 we were glad to promote @INFERNO and have him assume the vacant SA:MP Server Leader position, recognizing his continued dedication and reliability, as well welcoming @Arendameth to the server management.
All said, Valrise Management wishes everyone a Happy New Year and happy holidays.