Anybody on the Something Awful forums?

Malicious Wraith · Post by **Malicious Wraith** » Thu Jan 10, 2008 5:59 pm

Adept wrote:QUOTE (Adept @ Jan 10 2008, 12:58 PM) It's sort of why it's safe to advertise on SA.

I think a thousand curious SA subscribers wondering here (well, not all at once!) to try out Allegiance would be neat. How well it goes depends on how accurate a picture the advertising gives of our game.

A new player is a new player. If anyone has a forum account there, give it a post.

hockey1015 · Post by **hockey1015** » Thu Jan 10, 2008 6:39 pm

besides, if we get 1000 new players... only 10 will stay at our current rate.

Malicious Wraith · Post by **Malicious Wraith** » Thu Jan 10, 2008 7:39 pm

hockey1015 wrote:QUOTE (hockey1015 @ Jan 10 2008, 01:39 PM) besides, if we get 1000 new players... only 10 will stay at our current rate.

SA is a viral community, if it picks up, it PICKS up.

Expect little or a lot.

Lykourgos · Post by **Lykourgos** » Thu Jan 10, 2008 7:41 pm

allegiance has been posted to sa about 3 times now, pa about 10 times now, etc.

we are not sufficiently idiot-friendly to suddenly pick up 1000 people from communities like this.

edit: i speak as a current member of goonswarm!

Kuromimi · Post by **Kuromimi** » Thu Jan 10, 2008 9:38 pm

A bit of advertising is good, and PC pilot magazine sounds like a good place for it. Alleg may not be modern day realistic, but I'm sure that they have some serious team strat minded readers/players.

Whoever made this very nice Alleg video included it with a few other realistic flight sims:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kVNM4fWPFPA

Also, please mention that Alleg is a great game, but only for people looking to work in a team. Alleg is only "The best game you have never played" if you work decently well with others. Some people are just looking for insane chaos and blowing stuff up randomly.

WileyCoyote · Post by **WileyCoyote** » Fri Jan 11, 2008 2:59 am

One-Man-Bucket wrote:QUOTE (One-Man-Bucket @ Jan 10 2008, 04:56 AM) Haha, do you have stairs in your house

lol
I thought it was : "Does your house have stairs"

Adept · Post by **Adept** » Fri Jan 11, 2008 1:59 pm

Lykourgos wrote:QUOTE (Lykourgos @ Jan 10 2008, 09:41 PM) allegiance has been posted to sa about 3 times now, pa about 10 times now, etc.

we are not sufficiently idiot-friendly to suddenly pick up 1000 people from communities like this.

edit: i speak as a current member of goonswarm!

Ten four Lyko. I just thought I'd mention it incase it hadn't been done.

Lykourgos · Post by **Lykourgos** » Fri Jan 11, 2008 6:17 pm

i mean, it's not inherently a bad idea, we did pick up 2 or 3 consistent players last time penny arcade came to visit.

that said, i strongly disagree that we have insufficient publicity. we have a huge influx of people trying this game for the first time every day- that is not the stage that keeps the community smallish.

Youngmoose · Post by **Youngmoose** » Fri Jan 11, 2008 7:32 pm

It took me a while to see this, but this game is not for everyone. Take my brother, a very savvy and intelligent person. 29 years old, loves internet gaming. He hated Allegiance. Said it was to complex and too many buttons and controls. So it's not for him. He might try it later if I coach him a little. There are some asshats in the community that will chase newbies away, but for the most part, people will learn to play if they want to. We are increasing in active players though. I've seen that trend sice Sept. when I started.

Adept · Post by **Adept** » Fri Jan 11, 2008 7:36 pm

Lykourgos wrote:QUOTE (Lykourgos @ Jan 11 2008, 08:17 PM) i mean, it's not inherently a bad idea, we did pick up 2 or 3 consistent players last time penny arcade came to visit.

Has Allegiance (free or otherwise) been mentioned on PA? How on earth have I missed that o.O