Finally managed to vote.
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What we really need are people who are regulars on the site to actually want to vote for it. Sell the game on its merits and we might get some good out of this.
I think for what it is, and who it is for, PFO is not in the hype train that most people who play mmorpgs are accustomed to for each and almost every new mmorpg title. Hence the jaded atmosphere at mmorpg.com etc.
It comes back to this game being atm for much much smaller group of players but hitting the 9/10's for satisfaction with those people instead of the much higher rush of people who would score 4 or 5/10 and play and complain and move on. Imo.
That said a little recruiting driving is positive: Community is what makes people think there might be something in a game (beyond hype, ie organized groups who've thrown in their lot and decided together to play a game is far more note-worthy than praise). :)
It's tempting to take it further and almost discourage some people from the game with remarks that it's in a very bare-bones state and so on and so forth which may be unappealing, but take a look at the design plans which are the first step in the right direction of a thousand miles, at least. ;)
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Marketing generally assumes that you'll annoy some people, get a bunch of people who couldn't care less, get a few people interested who'll give it up and get a tiny group that will embrace your product.
I think that honest posts about what you love and what isn't ready are way more useful than a hype vote.
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I'm not going to "hype" or otherwise vote on the game until I actually get to play it.
Which is fine, but at that point it won't be on the list of games that are coming, it will be on the list of games that are already available, which is a different thing.
We're not talking about a "how good is this game?" list, we're talking about a "How excited are you for these games that aren't out yet?" list.
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I'm not going to "hype" or otherwise vote on the game until I actually get to play it.
Umm, I find this very confusing. MMORPG's hype is for games that haven't been released that you are looking forward to playing upon release. Furthermore, seeing that you are very much into Pathfinder from your profile, I find it very odd that you wouldn't want to hype it either way. I must admit, though, I find a lot of things odd...
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LOL Carbon.....
And Ryan has taken an awful lot of s!@~ over the years for things that has landed in his lap, not of his own doing I might add. I give him credit for what he has accomplished, and since I have in fact played the Alpha, I see the potential, and I see where Ryan is leading GW, I am 100% behind hyping the game up. It might not be a WOW killer, but I think it will be successful.
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There’s been many snipes at the community over there at MMORPG. I can understand where that is coming from. The Pathfinder Table Top community is very close knit niche and respectively so. This is however going to be an MMO game. Do I think will get a bejillian WoW fanboy l33t speak introduced into the game. No, I do not, but they will be in there in some small part. The core of the community is right here and now.
Keep this in mind though. How many of you have invited a new person to come play a table top for the first time? Or a sandbox game? Or a MMO? Then watch them evolve over a period of time as they grow in their gaming career while playing with you. The community is so great here and so involved that will get the quality of people you are concerned about not getting if we throw up some positive press in the game direction by sharing our excitement, and getting new people to come on board.
This is going to be a game built for a large audience. I don’t think we should draw a line in the sand and put up a sign that says “Keep Out”. I think we should say hey come on over and lets play a game you’ve never played before cause it’s unique. What makes it unique is not the fact that it is a sandbox or is built on the backbone of a successful IP like Pathfinder, but you guys.
Word of Mouth on our end can only do so much. We need a platform where we can get us to the numbers that are talked about in the blog posts. Kickstarter was that platform for a period of time, but that has since come and gone. That’s the whole purpose of this post is to get people to notice the game, not just spam it in their face.
They’re the one’s going to decide if they want to play or not. We are just showing that it is an option amongst the other Cookie Cutter theme park games coming out. But how are they going to know it is available to them if they don’t see it?
Also keep in mind that a louder disrespectful person in a large room gets more notice versus the 20 other socially norm people. And wouldn’t it be cool to show the gaming community at large that instead of a company throwing mucho money toward marketing their game (not saying Goblinworks won’t and I am sure they have their own marketing campaign all planned out) if we the community spread it to the masses. And I know we have been doing so indecently with our twitters, our facebooks, talking to people 1:1 etc… But we as a community went the extra mile which isn’t the norm by any stretch of the imagination, by helping it grow by going to the sites like MMORPG and made some noise by the fans to attract new fans to grow with us along the way.
*jumps off soap box and goes to play with some toys*
Perhaps it was Bluddwolf's fault.
Just a little number update.
We now have a Score of 8.10 need a score 8.12 to move up
We are currently ranked 12th for games in development if we get ranked 7th we display on the MMORPG.com home page.
159 People have voted for Pathfinder Online
61 Comments for Pathfinder Online have been made
Would like to see us get 160 votes before on MMORPG before Landrush ends.
Who is going to be that awesome person to get us there?
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I want to finish Landrush with a bang. I have an awesome plan to do so, but I can’t do it alone and I need you, yes YOU to help.
During my search to find anything and everything about Pathfinder Online I found on a site that I visit very often MMORPG.com that our beloved Pathfinder Online is ranked 30th most hyped in development game. I think we can do better. I want to see us in the top 7.
Why is this important?
Cause then our game will display on that websites homepage. Right now we have a score of 8.06 Hype. We need a score of at least 8.13 Hype (or better) to make the top 7 to be on MMORPG home page.
Only 136 people have voted! How many people joined the Kickstarter or after Kickstarter? I know we can do better! Further more only 47 people have commented about the game. We can so do better guys and gals.
So my request from me to you and the Pathfinder Community at large is to both “Vote” for our game at MMORPG and comment. It’ll take you 10 mins tops to do. And don’t say you’ll do it later cause you and I both know you’ll get distracted and forget. Take the 10 mins and just get it done and over with. And lets bring some new blood to our community!
Steps
Step 1.) Go here MMORPG
Step 2.) Register an account at the top (or sign in if you already have an account)
Step 3.) Go here Hype after you sign in and move the hype scale to 10 or whatever you think is fair, but you know it’s a 10.
Step 4.) Make a comment.
Step 5.) Tell your friends, settlement/company to do the same.
Step 6.) Give yourself a pat on the back for supporting Pathfinder Online.
Bump to include links on most recent post
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Living City was already dead when Ryan took it over; it just hadn't fallen over yet. You can't blame any one person for the fact that *nobody* wanted to write content for the campaign any more.
That's just out and out wrong. Living City had plenty of players who wrote modules. Dancey's response to them was "We don't need nor want you any longer, as we have our professional module writers who will be providing modules from now on. Module output from his "professional stable" dropped to one or two modules per year, and many of them were inferior retreads of modules that had been done before. That after telling LC players to shred their characters and start over in the "Ruins of Ravens Bluff" and then back treading running two parallel campaigns that were both starved for modules didn't help.
Did Living City have problems before Dancey took it over? Yes, it did, but it was functioning well enough for the players up until that point. The final years of decline as well as it's death, can be laid straight at his door. So yes, I have good reasons for my lowered expectations.
Small Update we are Ranked 10th now. 1 Vote or two should move us back up into the top 7 for today till the server recounts the number of votes to the score at 2:00am EST. Each time we move a little higher and higher. And eventually we won't move at all all out of the top 7 (hopefully that is)
Once again I would like to thank everyone that has taken the time to vote. You guys are an awesome community, that I look forward to playing with.
Now go Vote if you haven't already! Every Vote Counts!
Stats as of 8/9/2014
Still Ranked 10th with a score of 8.11
164 People have Voted
63 Comments have been made.
I would like to see us get to 200 Votes and 100 Comments before Early Enrollment starts. I think we can do it!
Come on guys & gals come vote =)
165 votes now 35 to go till we breach the 200 gap!
Also we are ranked 7th as of this posting!
Ranked 6th now!
Keep them votes coming ladies and gents!
Still ranked 6th keep them votes going folks!
Update
Currently ranked 5th with a score of 8.16
166 Votes and 65 Comments
Our goal here is to get 200 Votes and 100 Comments before Early Enrollment starts on Sept 15th.
So we need your help and your vote!
You place your vote here Link to the Hype Page once you have registed, made at least one posting on their site preferable here Link to the Pathfinder Online Forums on MMORGPG.com and wait about a day so the system can process your registration then you will be able to vote.
Come show your support for PFO by voting for a game you care about and leaving a comment.
And to the past voters thank you once again =)
As of this posting we are currently Ranked 6th with a score of 8.14
We have 168 votes and 65 comments
We are getting closer to the 200 mark for votes and 100 mark for comments.
Lets make it happen folks the power is yours!
And to those that have voted and commented you guys rock!
As of this posting we are currently Ranked 9th with a score of 8.12 we need a score of at least 8.14 or better to move back in the top 7. Another vote or two should do it.
172 Votes and 66 Comments lets see if we can get to 200 votes before EE starts.
Have you voted yet?
173 votes now with a score of 8.14 moved us into 8. 1 more vote gets us back in the top 7.
Who wants to be awesome?
I want to be awesome, but MMORPG won't let me :( Edam sums up the issue.