Re: How many players can you expect ?

From: madcentral@aol.com (MadCentral)

Date: Tue, 21 Jan 2003 11:19:51 +0000

>>Oh and I thought I was doing very very good ;))<<

Well, its certainly not a *bad* total by any means.  Its a great start.

>>Space Conquest have rounded 200 registered players yesterday, in about a
week.<<

Thats a fast takeup, certainly, from just a listing on Greg's site.  Certainly
better than any response I've ever heard of from that particularly source.

I did a Google Adwords promotion at one point and received over 1000 signups in
a week, but it can be very misleading.  How many people signup up and how many
people actually play for any length of time are two *very* different animals.
There are a remarkable amount of stupid people out there, who will sign up for
anything that says *free* on it, with no intention (or ability) to actually
play.

>>How many players should I have before it is not normal anymore ?<<

Its nothing to do with how many signups you get, its how many continuing
players you get which will set you apart.  If all 200 players continue to play
regularly then you'll have a fantastic base for the future, however, in my
experience, you'll lose a fair portion of those in the first month.

its very difficult to say exactly how well a signup campaign has done in the
first week, but 200 is still very good.

Steve
-Madhouse UK

References

Re: How many players can you expect ?
google@plit.dk (Peter Lindstroem)
Tue, 21 Jan 2003 01:57:42 +0000