Forums are quiet these days

Discussion in 'General Discussion' started by Barugon, Oct 21, 2018.

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  1. Lazlo

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    It doesn't really take very many people to completely change the volume of posting going on. A lot of long threads are 90% made up of 2 or 3 people going at it about something over and over and over and over, and a small number of people that binge post threads probably also make up a pretty significant amount of current topics at times. A few people gone can make a pretty big difference. Also, R58 wasn't a very controversial release with many big changes, so not that much new to talk about this month.

    Not that general decline of interest in the game isn't a factor, but there's probably a lot of factors, including randomness.
     
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    He said "there are only 200 active players worldwide".

    I pointed out that there were more than that logged in through Steam alone, and we have the launcher. So obviously that number is wrong.

    You're right about us needing more population. I'm also right that we have more than two hundred players.

    We're all right. We're alright, now. In fact it's a gas.
     
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    Just had to poke the bear. Same negative nellies come out, and more whine, ***** and moan happen. I think THIS is the reason most people don't come to the forums. I come to post screesnshots now and then, and check marketplace if I don't feel like logging into Discord.

    Rest of the bellyaching is just maddening, so I avoid it as much as possible.
     
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    Reason why i created https://www.reddit.com/r/SotaScreens/

    I mainly post for my own fun, screenshots welcome.
     
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    I would, but the last time I was on reddit, I didn't have any grey hairs. Haven't regretted it EVER! :D
     
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    Regardless of anyone's experience elsewhere, SotaScreens is just a nice place to find sota videos. (aiming for the best resource for sota video's on the internet) And screenshots needs more screenshots :)
     
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    Just because...

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  8. craftymethod

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    hmmm doesn't really seem 2018 is that far off 2014/2015/2017 considering there is still over two months to go. A little under trend if anything.
     
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    It's also the wrong stat. "active players" is not the same as "peak concurrent users". If Person A and Person B don't play in the same 2 hour block, per day, for instance, their numbers won't superposition on the charts. So even with Steam only, the total active players is much higher than that.
     
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    Correct since we still have over 2 months to go.
     
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    Those numbers should be trending up, not down. MMO release populations rise initially, rise up to a peak,
    stabilize, then decrease. Dated graphic but they all follow the same trend. Ultima Online graph line is a good representation of how we should be looking. Tabula Rasa graph line=bad.

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    Hmmm are we comparing a posts graph to a population graph?!? I still know plenty of folks that do not forum post at all, ever.
     
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    SotA is an ambitious project not far over 1/5th of its development. We do not have a fully featured game yet as imagined in its full 5 episodes configuration. Also, how many of those games have had SotA's almost zero advertising? I'd say advertising has been postponed because the product isn't ready. that alone should suggest another burst.
     
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    Thank you all for your feedback here!
     
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