Hadrienne
Dalayan Beginner
Well, there's really maybe two things I'd like to address and ask about. I apologize for the wall of text in advance.
1. I mentioned this on my Facebook post, but I suppose I should also include it in a suggestion thread.
One of the things that is attractive about this game is the amount of effort that the development and administrative staff puts into it, which can be seen in their activity i.e. Being Online and having Regular Patches and Content Updates.
Facebook could use an Admin being a bit more active on there. For instance, if I'm a person who stumbles onto SoD via Facebook (even as someone who's been here for months, actually), the first thing I notice is the lack of SoD activity on the wall. I think "Hmm, ok, well I see some people saying hi infrequently.. which means it's probably still up... maybe I'll check out the website..."
Where-as, if the SoD portion of the wall is active, even if it's just Patch Notes, the Admins checking in to say "Hey, 'were working on some interesting things, can't wait to show them to you" or asking questions like "What do you love about SoD?" .. just simply being active, then the first impression is much more positive.
You can generate a lot of publicity through Facebook, but you have to use it right. You have to engage your audience, so to speak. It sounds silly to some people maybe, but it's a tool for you guys to get new players, so it would be a shame not to use it to it's fullest potential.
The website needs a similar kind of thing going on. Patches happen all the time, and sometimes there's posts on the forums, sometimes there's patch notes, sometimes there's someone on chat in game saying something about it, but there's no clear and consistent place to find out that kind of information. I'm sure you guys have a lot of your plate, and maybe even just taking on a person for the sole purpose of chatting in irc or on a voice program to take notes about the patch so that they can write something out for the admins to post would make it easier.
It's another way to "advertise" that a lot is happening in the game, and how active the staff is. Which isn't clear from the front page, when there's large gaps in between posting dates.
2. Youtube is another great way to garner interest if you know how to use it (video responses, important keywords, etc). I know there is an SoD video or two up, but I was considering trying to help out by making some video tutorials and general information videos on SoD.
I was wondering if this would be an OK thing for me to do, and if it is ok I was hoping there would be someone out there that would be willing to help me out with this.
My computer is not very good, so I'm not sure I can run a camera program at a reasonable rate, or synch up a voice over track to the video. So someone with some good video skills would be great. I have plenty of ideas, and can provide voice over track for the tutorials, and possibly laggy videos if there's no one who can help out with that. It would still be pretty helpful, I'd imagine.
1. I mentioned this on my Facebook post, but I suppose I should also include it in a suggestion thread.
One of the things that is attractive about this game is the amount of effort that the development and administrative staff puts into it, which can be seen in their activity i.e. Being Online and having Regular Patches and Content Updates.
Facebook could use an Admin being a bit more active on there. For instance, if I'm a person who stumbles onto SoD via Facebook (even as someone who's been here for months, actually), the first thing I notice is the lack of SoD activity on the wall. I think "Hmm, ok, well I see some people saying hi infrequently.. which means it's probably still up... maybe I'll check out the website..."
Where-as, if the SoD portion of the wall is active, even if it's just Patch Notes, the Admins checking in to say "Hey, 'were working on some interesting things, can't wait to show them to you" or asking questions like "What do you love about SoD?" .. just simply being active, then the first impression is much more positive.
You can generate a lot of publicity through Facebook, but you have to use it right. You have to engage your audience, so to speak. It sounds silly to some people maybe, but it's a tool for you guys to get new players, so it would be a shame not to use it to it's fullest potential.
The website needs a similar kind of thing going on. Patches happen all the time, and sometimes there's posts on the forums, sometimes there's patch notes, sometimes there's someone on chat in game saying something about it, but there's no clear and consistent place to find out that kind of information. I'm sure you guys have a lot of your plate, and maybe even just taking on a person for the sole purpose of chatting in irc or on a voice program to take notes about the patch so that they can write something out for the admins to post would make it easier.
It's another way to "advertise" that a lot is happening in the game, and how active the staff is. Which isn't clear from the front page, when there's large gaps in between posting dates.
2. Youtube is another great way to garner interest if you know how to use it (video responses, important keywords, etc). I know there is an SoD video or two up, but I was considering trying to help out by making some video tutorials and general information videos on SoD.
I was wondering if this would be an OK thing for me to do, and if it is ok I was hoping there would be someone out there that would be willing to help me out with this.
My computer is not very good, so I'm not sure I can run a camera program at a reasonable rate, or synch up a voice over track to the video. So someone with some good video skills would be great. I have plenty of ideas, and can provide voice over track for the tutorials, and possibly laggy videos if there's no one who can help out with that. It would still be pretty helpful, I'd imagine.
