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« on: Sunday, October 05, 2014, 18:31:04 PM »
Wow, so many familiar names here. So much fighting. Some wise words too.
I find it hard to understand how some of you think, and most of us here are grown ups, some with children.
This is how I think:
- Making decisions is good, but can be sometimes counterproductive because it sometimes resembles dictatorship. And people are generally not very fund of dictators even if they are the ones keeping the damn thing alive.
- Democracy and voting are not the best solutions in most cases. 100 people = 100 ideas and you only get to choose between 2.
- Being strict and saying GO PLAY SOMETHING ELSE, will probably lead to empty servers one day and then you can spam 203 or rush with RPK against nobody which is maybe fun for someone.
--- IMHO, attracting new people with SERVERS FOR NEWCOMERS signs, honor restrictions, different versions of the same map, map rotation evenings etc are all much better ideas then democracy or dictatorship. This is something we call marketing. If you want new users, use marketing.
Give them choice or at least a perception of choice. Give them possibility, give them chance.
I absolutely love this game. Would you use these words to market this game?
I see 80 + servers, I see same maps being played by the same people every day. Usually only 2 servers full. This does not attract new people. Period. This does not even attract people who used to play this 5 years ago, when it was still alive.
Why are we having 80+ EMPTY servers?
Can we use the money spent on servers to advertise on Facebook, Twitter, CNN?
Can we finally start to get along more and fight less?
Can we strengthen ourselves to advertise this game wherever we can? Without any money, just using good will and spare time?
My point is, we are focusing on wrong things here. So many hard words are being used, looks like a kid fight in school. And everybody is missing the point given by the other guy.
Think people, think. And thank some people that are spending their time and money to keep the damn thing alive. Instead of spending energy on hard words, give some support. Advertise AA.
BaX out, see you on the battlefield.