Kenshi Community Discord

[christian2142]

The Kenshi Community Discord is the largest unofficial Discord server dedicated to Kenshi to date, with 1297 people as of this edit. https://discord.gg/5Z8qXPF

We currently accommodate channels for most of your Kenshi needs, with questions being asked and answered on a regular basis. My main objective as the owner (which is the shared objective of the community) is to provide a hub for Kenshi-related activity, while still leaving wiggle room for people to bond and be themselves outside of discussing the game.

The server features a few bots, though you'll likely only see Mee6. You might also see NowLive, which is used to advertise Twitch streams featuring Kenshi (at the request of Twitch streamers, with no criteria on their behalf). Aside from those two, we have Dyno and Rhythm, though both hardly see any use and are more there for novelty at this point.

There are also roles on this server, but it's not really appropriate to call them "ranks". Functionally, these roles server no real purpose (aside from the ones assigned to moderators and allowing users to change their nickname after the starter role is passed), and instead just add some color and flair to the discussion. It's also a way of highlighting our more veteran members who have been with and helped our community for a long time. To ensure there is no staff bias, all of these roles are assigned by Mee6 according to ones activity on the server.

Here is a full breakdown of our more popular, or functionally diverse/useful channels:

• General Discussion channel, used to discuss any and everything (within the rules).

• Kenshi Discussion channel, which sees pretty much hourly over many months.

• Kenshi Media, which is where users can post... well, Kenshi-related media. Videos, images, the choice is yours.

• Several utilitarian channels such as a link to the Kenshi subreddit (automatically posting topics from over there), a changelog for Kenshi updates (maintained by the moderation team), and an additional link to the KenshiOfficial Twitter page!

• Some modding-specific channels, ranging from general discussion to Blender tips and tricks to a place for modders to advertise and post updates for their work. It's here where many popular mods were conceptualized and worked on, such as the Kenshi Icons mod (which is now vanilla).

I hope some of you are convinced to pay a visit, and that we will soon see you there!

[christian2142]

After a bit of consideration, I decided to remove two channels from the Discord: one of which (the character channel) was deleted due to neglect, and the second (bug reports) was removed because, as pointed out previously a few weeks ago, that is the job of the forums. This post has been appropriately updated to reflect that.

In the month of July, we scored a net positive of 30 new members. Overall, 42 users joined. Assuming those that left were all the same people that joined that month, we retained roughly 71.4% of those new people. This also indicates a 50% growth increase from last months net positive. Previously, we were at 164 members, whereas now we have 194. This months message count was 6,295 total messages (based on total messages between July 31st and September 1st in the General/Kenshi Discussion Channels, Modding Channel, and Bot-Commands Channel). [/b]

I hope to see more people there, so we could continue to grow and thrive as Kenshi takes its last steps into the deep dark depths of Early Access and experience the things it will bring together.

[christian2142]

In response to constructive criticism, the "media" channel has been created to save space in the Discord channels list. It is a merge of the previous "art" and "advertising" channel. Additionally, we have made some amendments to the rules. As usual, a growth report will be posted at the beginning of next month (which is now planned to be a monthly routine). Finally, we have also instituted a "wiki" channel for those already contributing or wanting to contribute to the Kenshi wikipedia. There they can talk amongst themselves and with Shidan, who will try to offer his assistance and provide direction for what needs doing.

I hope to see more people there, so we could continue to grow and thrive as Kenshi takes its last steps into the deep dark depths of Early Access and experience the things it will bring together.

[christian2142]

It's about that time of the month again where I update the post with statistics from August, and wow are they record-breaking for our community! Additionally, some statistics (which were marginally flawed) have been revised and corrected so that they're 100% accurate with no human error. I hope this helps you consider becoming a part of our community and helping us build upon its success!

In the month of August, we scored a net positive of 82 new members. Overall, 106 users joined. Assuming those that left were all the same people that joined that month, we retained roughly 77.3% of those new people. This also indicates a 173% growth increase from last months net positive. Previously, we were at 194 members, whereas now we have 276. This months message count was 19,283 total messages (based on total messages between July 31st and September 1st in the General/Kenshi Discussion Channels, Modding Channel, and Bot-Commands Channel).

Please do not hesitate to stop by and seeing if the Discord server is meant for you! We welcome any and all Kenshi enthusiasts to discuss the game or whatever else is on their mind (within the rules). Moderators (both from the forums and the server exclusively) and community members like you are on standby to answer any questions you might have, be it about the game, server, or technical issues, to the best of their ability!

[christian2142]

Hello everyone!

I'm pleased to announce that the Kenshi Discord now supports Twitch streamers with efficiency! Assuming you're a member of the server and request it, our new bot will automatically shoot a message to the server whenever you're doing a Stream for Kenshi (and Kenshi only!). This supports not just you, but the Kenshi community as a whole by attracting more eyes to the game (and it comes at no cost to you)!

It is however asked that you'll at least mention us during the Stream, just to give back a little to our slice of the community. It would help us grow so it can continue to support Kenshi content creators like you, and Kenshi gamers altogether.

Please don't hesitate to stop on by at https://discord.gg/kenshi ; the fastest growing, largest, and most active Kenshi Discord server to date.

[christian2142]

As per usual, our monthly statistics from September, ripped right from the server!

In the month of September, we scored a net positive of 109 new members. Overall, 129 users joined. Assuming those that left were all the same people that joined that month, we retained roughly 84.5% of those new people. This also indicates a 33% growth increase from last months net positive. Previously, we were at 276 members, whereas now we have 385. This months message count was 32,844 total messages (based on total messages between July 31st and September 1st in the General/Kenshi Discussion Channels, Modding Channel, and Kenshi-Media Channel).

Remember to check out the topic post and join our server for Kenshi discussion, assistance, or simply to be a more personal component of the game's community!

[christian2142]

I'd like to make a short announcement, since it's been many months since this thread was updated in the same format it used to be:

The server is still very much active and growing. Our previous post reported that we had reached 385 members (beginning of October), but by this point we have achieved 1297 members. This is staggering and unprecedented by any other Kenshi channel to date. Over the course of its lifetime (bearing in mind it was created in December of 2016, and was remodeled and began to pick up speed around April/May of 2017), our server has seen around half a million messages transmitted across all channels. It has served as a hub for all sorts of individuals; Twitch streamers, modders (including Dreatern and Ark, famous for their works being integrated into the base game), wiki contributors, and more, thereby accomplishing a big part of its mission. The moderation team has been stellar in keeping the place tame despite its small size, and I am personally proud of the fact that over the course of our lifetime, we have banned just around 10 people (technically more, but they were alt-accounts of the same person), aiming for actual conflict resolution over forced removal.

Though we are not an official channel, we're the closest thing to one, and understand that Kenshi is an inherently complex game with a steep learning curve. If you're someone who struggles with that, or need an active outlet for discussing your adventures and grievances, become a part of our server and help it grow into something greater!