network for small zones

[pixelsoft]

(Edit: Some friends and I launched this little project in the meanwhile, so join

?chat=subspace

if you want to promote smaller zones)

 

 

 

 

In order to vitalize newer or smaller zones, it may be useful if the owners of small zones and their players create and join a ?chat that would function as a network for small zones. . . to "swap" their players. The ?chat should have an easy name like ?chat=subspace.

 

If such a project may be successful, that chat would have, let's say, 15 people at a time - and if one would suggest "Let's play SSCL Tri-Sector now!", then I think at least two or three would follow him to play that zone. And next time it could be another zone, like Devastation or MERC Ground Warfare or whatever.

 

Advantages:

- it revives smaller zones at least for a certain time

- players get to know other gameplays

- every participating zone benefits from it

- the chat brings players together

- developers would have an incentive to build more creative and original zones since it's guaranteed that they would have a player base from time to time -> higher quality of zones

 

In my opinion, it would be already successful if it could arrange 2v2 games (regardless of which zone) on a regular basis.

 

Also, players from bigger zones (à la TW) may be interested in that too. Because I can see that some of them are also worrying about Subspace's decline in population. So if they have an interest in keeping Subspace alive in general, this would be one way to do so.

Edited December 31, 2010 by pixelsoft

[pixelsoft]

I just took a look at SSCV Dragonball Z and noticed that they advertise for their own chat zone (?chat=DBZ) in their welcome message.

 

It just reinforces my idea -

 

why have:

- ?chat=DBZ for SSCV DragonballZ

- ?chat=ctfzone for SSCL Tri-Sector

- ?chat=merc for MERC Ground Warfare

 

etc etc?

 

we could replace all of them with a ?chat=subspace.

 

Would be nice to launch it for new year, for 2011. Maybe change the title of this thread to ?chat=subspace in order to make this even more public, and have a note about it on SSGN.net . . .

Edited December 31, 2010 by pixelsoft

[Dr Brain]

Build it and they will come.

[»Purge]

Agreed. The idea of specific chats for zones would only be useful for very large zones. Good idea. Hopefully every small zone will adopt this move.

[PoLiX]

Sounds worth it. But might be better to do another chat noone is yet on. Seems both SubSpace and Events have people on them.

[L.C.]

Sounds worth it. But might be better to do another chat noone is yet on. Seems both SubSpace and Events have people on them.

Then I think the idea is practically "doomed" to work because in this game of Subspace, that would probably be the chat most people could spontaneously guess/try in curiosity.

[»1587200]

Holy crap it's pixelsoft!

[pixelsoft]

Exactly: C'est moi.

 

By the way, PoLiX, ?chat=subspace is not taken, as far as I noticed. That guy with the long French name was me: C'est moi.

 

So as Dr Brain says, "build it and they will come" -

 

if you want to promote smaller zones, join

 

?chat=subspace

 

it can only help the SS Community.

[PoLiX]

Added to SSGN frontpage "Getting Started" section along with tech support chat.

[pixelsoft]

Thank you. I just submitted a news article on it and promoted on TW's forums. I already gathered a handful of players and zone owners to join the chat.

 

By the way, I also noticed in the meanwhile that SSCV Devastation has its own chat. . .

[Samapico]

Good initiative

[pixelsoft]

Thanks.

 

Yesterday we mobilized three people to play Tri-Sector and Devastation,

 

but wow, today we were successful in getting SIX people to play MERC Ground Warfare at a time!! I hope we will have similar or even bigger successes in the future! So spread the word, please!

[No_Remorse]

I endorse this idea 100%. That's a good thing you're doing, pixel.

[Confess]

Instead of having zones get rid of their chats, which will inadvertetly hurt their population in the long run, how about just simply asking them to advertise both chats? That will be easier to convince each zone, plus help the smaller zone create a player base instead of rogue players.

 

Very good idea and you have my support to create a the Subspace Chat.

 

Confess

[Cheese]

it seemed like a good idea, so i joined the chat

unfortunately, it seems theyre really only pimping trisector

[pixelsoft]

Not really. Although we really did get eight people to play SSCL Tri-Sector just now.

 

Regarding your zone, Giscard d'Estaing, Wazzaaa.NL and Ahmad~ came to play SSCV Distension yesterday..

and we had six people playing MERC Ground Warfare -

[Resol]

it seemed like a good idea, so i joined the chat

unfortunately, it seems theyre really only pimping trisector

 

Pretty sure it was used to put 4 people playing in your Distention zone as well buddy!

 

And SSCL Tri-Sector has a zone chat with quite a few people on it already, this chat can be used by any zone that wants to use it. And any player can ask people in the chat to play any zone. I have seen it get games going in not all Tri-Sector, but Distention, Dooms Day, and Ground Warfare.

 

Awesome job guys!