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[Downfall]

LOOKIN GOOD SO FAR, lets make it easy for these guys to find their place in tw whether its pub/twd/elim

[Rab]

+1 it's all about squads and twd

[NaiLed]

Something that people are forgetting is that pub had a lot to offer back then with squads fighting for most points, best k/d, squadwars in private arenas etc. These days those are pretty much non-existent and I believe it's imperative that new players expand to twd/elim so they can experience more of the community. It's a whole lot more fun to play this game with an active chat, a couple of ss buddies and a desire to win something.

anyway, thanks to everyone who put the effort in to make this happen. it is not a bad thing that old zones got revived.

i agree with jones really. i only reason i played this game for so long was because of the community (namely my squad, etc). i got bored of pub pretty quickly, and i'm sure new players will too without anything to aim for

[Jones]

Personally I don't remember staying in pub for that long. The new players we're getting are GAMERS. What keeps these gamers playing is competition. All big gamers strive to be competitive and be a part of something big. Just flying around and shooting shit in pub is not competitive and gets too repetitive. Winning an elim or a TWD match is much more rewarding than winning a round of basing in pub, this is what will retain the new population.

Something that people are forgetting is that pub had a lot to offer back then with squads fighting for most points, best k/d, squadwars in private arenas etc. These days those are pretty much non-existent and I believe it's imperative that new players expand to twd/elim so they can experience more of the community. It's a whole lot more fun to play this game with an active chat, a couple of ss buddies and a desire to win something.

anyway, thanks to everyone who put the effort in to make this happen. it is not a bad thing that old zones got revived.

[Fork]

Personally I don't remember staying in pub for that long. The new players we're getting are GAMERS. What keeps these gamers playing is competition. All big gamers strive to be competitive and be a part of something big. Just flying around and shooting shit in pub is not competitive and gets too repetitive. Winning an elim or a TWD match is much more rewarding than winning a round of basing in pub, this is what will retain the new population.

+1

[Depre]

Funny, I remember when a lot of us first started we probably never left pub for the first 6-8 months. Once you naturally switch over to elim, TWD generally comes with it. Shouldn't try to force people either way, let them enjoy the game and as long as the zoners are there, they will naturally migrate to those arena's.

Personally I don't remember staying in pub for that long. The new players we're getting are GAMERS. What keeps these gamers playing is competition. All big gamers strive to be competitive and be a part of something big. Just flying around and shooting shit in pub is not competitive and gets too repetitive. Winning an elim or a TWD match is much more rewarding than winning a round of basing in pub, this is what will retain the new population.

[Fork]

Funny, I remember when a lot of us first started we probably never left pub for the first 6-8 months. Once you naturally switch over to elim, TWD generally comes with it. Shouldn't try to force people either way, let them enjoy the game and as long as the zoners are there, they will naturally migrate to those arena's.

Idk, people join this game to see what the games briefly about within a short period of time (say around 30 minutes) before they make their minds up and either quit completely or they were curious and return. Wouldn't you want each and every new player to know the best part of what this game has to offer? If 100 players were just left to their own thing how many will leave within 30 mins (how many will know about twd/events?) vs if you nicely asked them to join your squad (which takes 1 min to do)/ get them on a squad chat so they get a friendly "hi" from everyone to make them feel special before getting them to play/ see a game.

I used to do this to a few new players when i got the chance and they would think squad battles were amazing and would return asking for a squad game (while they were playing pub).

Not all players want competition/ want to be forced into something straight away but if u do it right, you can guide them in the right direction i.e:

- Get their attention by being friendly/ start a nice coversation before inviting them into your squad... then get them to repeat 3 commands/ u apply for them and bam i'm adding them into a game- now they see the competition lvls. You wouldn't be explaining too much, the goal is to somehow get them playing or seeing a squad match happen to feed the addiction. You can get new players to join a squad without over loading them too much although some might want to know as much as possible- every person is different.

Another point? if u've disagreed with me so far then when's it the right time to explain that twd exists? because how do we know when are they going to quit. You hold back the information for one day but the next day hes already gone- wasted opportunity?.

I'd say we bring these new players (kindly/ using persuasion- nothing too forceful) into twd squads or at least give them the chance to be invited or to know of its existence. If they say no... that's cool (leave them alone) it was worth a shot.


Having said that, i could be completely wrong but this is only my opinion so don't take it to heart.

[Demonic]

Listen up everyone, the new players who fly around in pub will not stay simply because pub itself gets boring after a while. We need a strategy to get these players into twd and elim simply because it will provide them with a challenge. When I first started I remember going crazy about elim matches because winning one actually meant something. The new players need proper direction to these arenas so they can experience the competitive side of trench wars, not just flying around and shooting shit.

Funny, I remember when a lot of us first started we probably never left pub for the first 6-8 months. Once you naturally switch over to elim, TWD generally comes with it. Shouldn't try to force people either way, let them enjoy the game and as long as the zoners are there, they will naturally migrate to those arena's.

Rough - yea it has helped other zones, and that's a good thing not a bad thing.

[Jerome Scuggs]

I wish my computer didn't decide to start dying yesterday, else I would be online to help with the retention of the players. Unfortunately my GPU is on the verge of complete death, and I won't get a replacement until Tuesday, thus the most I can do is to monitor the growth / statistics / new players / downloads, and keep contact with the key people of our staff to ensure everything is going smoothly.

As of now, there has been 565 new players visiting our zone today, and the game has been downloaded 4500 times through Steam. The current count of players playing through Steam is at 205 and has been steadily climbing throughout the day, so all-in-all it is looking good. Other zones are gaining a bigger benefit based on the zone selection screen, with Death Star Battle slowly becoming more and more popular. We can probably supply some graphs in the coming days.

looking good, I'm quite optimistic about the future, and hopefully I can log in soon depending on when my replacement GPU arrives.

"modern gpu near death" aka "still good enough to run 50 ss clients simultaneously"

[Depre]

Listen up everyone, the new players who fly around in pub will not stay simply because pub itself gets boring after a while. We need a strategy to get these players into twd and elim simply because it will provide them with a challenge. When I first started I remember going crazy about elim matches because winning one actually meant something. The new players need proper direction to these arenas so they can experience the competitive side of trench wars, not just flying around and shooting shit.

[Crescent Seal]

looool rough killing me b/c its true

[Rough]

Getting people to try it the first time was never the issue. Getting them back for a 2nd time was. I will keep my opinions out of it for now but I am intrigued to see if the population can get along long enough to make a good first impression to enough people. I am not holding my breath but good luck anyways, Trench Wars.I'm even gonna sign in to see if I can help out with questions if I can.

Don't bother man, on the client screen I saw 103 players for hockey zone, 90 dsb, 100 extreme games, and 132 for trench wars...Instead of saving TW, turban saved hockey zone and revived some zone called death star battle.

[Fork]

Some of them will stay but I'm not sure it will be +100 extra at all times... Perhaps many stream players were Mac users and unable to get on the game (which is troubling why it wasn't sorted). Them new players need to join a squad and learn about twd (the real addiction) before they quit otherwise the population will b not much different.

[forwards]

not saying anything yet, I don't wanna jinx this! >_<

[Rule]

Congrats, good work to everyone who made it happen.