Re: how to grow MegaGlest

[andy_5995]

I've worked in customer service before, and my sister has worked in sales most of her life. One thing I've learned (and there may be different philosophies about it) is:

A lot of people will not leave feedback. When 1 person does - whether it be negative or positive - assume that 7 more people feel the same way.

Going to the point about reasons why MG doesn't grow, I feel that Coldfusion's has a valid point about IRC, and some users not wanting to be part of the chat community because they either don't like IRC (for varying reasons), or they may have never used it before.

I disagree that IRC is a primary cause for lack of growth. If people don't like the chat system, they could still participate in the forum, or play the game.

 I could think of several reasons why the player base and community does not continue to grow. There is much feedback on the forums that could help answer this question.

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I agree that IRC isn't responsible for a lack of growth, but I do agree that Discord is far more popular and user-friendly, and that it could help growth a little.

Realistically MG has a good deal of competition and in most aspects just can't compete.
It has a very out-dated engine(AI being an especially sore point), and very out-dated graphics, meaning it also has limited gameplay scope(AI mostly, and lack of engine-side support for many desirable gameplay features), and just doesn't look appealing next to most other strategy games.

If you guys want to continue this side of the discussion it might be good to split the topics, if not, whatever.