Originally posted by Novus
I think I should just leave this thread alone for now. I'll come back to it on Day 39 so we can do an apples-to-apples comparison of the full Class Of S40 compared to the full Class Of S39.
But here's my ultimate point in all of this. Corndog's message is basically, "All games decline, and there's nothing we can do about it, but hey, everything's fine anyway, so y'all are silly for worrying about it because we're gonna keep the lights on around here until Season 347 at least!" Which is contradictory on its face, because the game can't be "fine" and "declining" at the same time.
MY message is basically, "The game is declining faster than you think, and that decline will reach a point of critical mass, a point of no-return, in under a year. However, it's not too late to change that if you put in some effort to ensure the long-term viability of GLB1 -- something you seem totally unwilling to do."
Given how the classes of Season 31 and Season 37 seem to have been so much bigger than their surrounding classes, that tells me that there are, in fact, still things that can be done to increase the excitement and activity level of GLB1's userbase -- but the WGG staff has to DO them.
Instead, we're clearly at a point where the users of GLB1 care more than the staffers do. Last season, I ran 2 teams, posted rankings in the NA Pro forums every 2 days, contributed to another league forum, and did my best to answer some of the easier questions in the FAQ forum so that other people smarter than me could turn their attention to the harder questions. This season, I'm going all-out with a team in WL, making tweaks and changes to another team to keep them competitive in NA Pro, contributing to the activity of the league forums for both teams, and still replying in FAQ. Others are contributing in similar fashion, running teams, giving advice, posting rankings and analysis, and doing what they can to keep GLB1 active and fun.
Corndog, what have you done this season to keep GLB1 active and fun?
the game is on its last legs. the only thing we are waiting for is for it to actually end. the comments provided within this thread along with the lack of any progression are pretty telling that nothing further will be done for the improvement of the game (be that bringing in new users or adding improvements).
Some people feel like it has bested their expectations, so they are fine with it. Others are frustrated in the lack of progression and see a potential wasted. Either way none of that really matters in the end. When the amount of players, teams and active users are down so much its no longer worth playing, WGG hopes you move onto another product so that they can last another 5 years.
I think I should just leave this thread alone for now. I'll come back to it on Day 39 so we can do an apples-to-apples comparison of the full Class Of S40 compared to the full Class Of S39.
But here's my ultimate point in all of this. Corndog's message is basically, "All games decline, and there's nothing we can do about it, but hey, everything's fine anyway, so y'all are silly for worrying about it because we're gonna keep the lights on around here until Season 347 at least!" Which is contradictory on its face, because the game can't be "fine" and "declining" at the same time.
MY message is basically, "The game is declining faster than you think, and that decline will reach a point of critical mass, a point of no-return, in under a year. However, it's not too late to change that if you put in some effort to ensure the long-term viability of GLB1 -- something you seem totally unwilling to do."
Given how the classes of Season 31 and Season 37 seem to have been so much bigger than their surrounding classes, that tells me that there are, in fact, still things that can be done to increase the excitement and activity level of GLB1's userbase -- but the WGG staff has to DO them.
Instead, we're clearly at a point where the users of GLB1 care more than the staffers do. Last season, I ran 2 teams, posted rankings in the NA Pro forums every 2 days, contributed to another league forum, and did my best to answer some of the easier questions in the FAQ forum so that other people smarter than me could turn their attention to the harder questions. This season, I'm going all-out with a team in WL, making tweaks and changes to another team to keep them competitive in NA Pro, contributing to the activity of the league forums for both teams, and still replying in FAQ. Others are contributing in similar fashion, running teams, giving advice, posting rankings and analysis, and doing what they can to keep GLB1 active and fun.
Corndog, what have you done this season to keep GLB1 active and fun?
the game is on its last legs. the only thing we are waiting for is for it to actually end. the comments provided within this thread along with the lack of any progression are pretty telling that nothing further will be done for the improvement of the game (be that bringing in new users or adding improvements).
Some people feel like it has bested their expectations, so they are fine with it. Others are frustrated in the lack of progression and see a potential wasted. Either way none of that really matters in the end. When the amount of players, teams and active users are down so much its no longer worth playing, WGG hopes you move onto another product so that they can last another 5 years.
Of course, once non-boosters take over the upper leagues, the game will be shut down entirely, since its not worth the game owners running a server for people who aren't paying any more.
