Re: PBM deposits & value for money

From: David desJardins <desj@math.berkeley.edu>

Date: Wed, 08 Sep 1999 00:00:00 +0000

James Gwinnett <tenchi@iinet.net.au> writes:
> Summary:
> 8-10 people on the net seem happy to pay for things in advance.
> 95% of net users are too lazy to even do things that are free :)

All that I conclude from your posting is that your publicity hasn't been
very effective.  Promoting services on the web is *hard*.  Especially in
a niche market like pbem gaming.  I don't think that's a comment on the
viability of the product; it's a comment on how hard it is to get the
product together with the people who might want it.

It's not at all clear what kind of publicity you have been relying on.
I've never even seen an announcement about your game in this group
(mentioning it incidentally in one of the interminable flame wars
doesn't count).  In fact, I couldn't find a single article about it,
ever, either by you or by any player.

My advice on publicity probably isn't worth much, but I think it's
particularly important to achieve a "critical mass".  Make a big push,
get lots of players into one or several games (depending on the size of
your game), encourage diplomacy and communication among them (with
mailing lists, newsletters, etc.), encourage them to recruit new
players, and so on.  If you can't get an enthusiastic core group, then
it will be very hard to build up.

David desJardins

References

PBM deposits & value for money
ColinForbes <timewyrm@suilven.demon.co.uk>
Sun, 05 Sep 1999 00:00:00 +0000
Re: PBM deposits & value for money
tenchi@iinet.net.au (James Gwinnett)
Tue, 07 Sep 1999 00:00:00 +0000

Referenced By

PBM deposits & value for money
ColinForbes <timewyrm@suilven.demon.co.uk>
Sun, 05 Sep 1999 00:00:00 +0000
Re: PBM deposits & value for money
tenchi@iinet.net.au (James Gwinnett)
Tue, 07 Sep 1999 00:00:00 +0000