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How long will GoI last? What happend to May players?

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Strite:
Me and my team purchased the game back in October and played it pretty heavily for a few weeks, unfortunately at the time there really weren't any community events going on as the community was still finding its feet and so we moved on to other games. I've been wanting to get back in to the game for months and finally we've returned as a team with plans to enter future tourney's such as the Cogs and maybe even host a couple of tourneys ourselves. This is a niche game and so it'll never have a huge population, much as those of us who love it would like it to.

As long as the community is passionate and we continue to see players organising events I think this game is fine. I mean the only other game communities I've seen with such a passionate community as GoIO has are usually MMO's. GoI's competitive scene continues to grow and as others in this thread have said even the most casual players have a chance of competing against the more experienced competitive players unlike in other games because of the unique team based nature of the game.

Our team also has three regular streamers who have a decent number of subscribers on Twitch between them, they'll be streaming most of our gameplay sessions and maybe that will bring in a new player or two :) If as many members of the community as possible spread the word about the game then that's a start. Even if only one new player out of every ten sticks with the game then IMO it's worth the effort.

Redorio diVario:
So generally, what I understand from your posts is that in order to stay for long with the game you have to be a part of the community. I know it may be a silly question since this game is cooperation-based and everyone who bought it was aware of the fact that he can't be a lonely wolf here but...

Does is mean that without the community the potential of the game highly is limited? Do players who are not interested in events, joining clan etc won't find the game interesting for long?

So maybe it would be wise to encourage players in-game to join the community? Most of them don't know about the forum (because this is the heart of the community, isn't it?). They don't even know that an account has been created here when they registers for the game xD. Maybe there should be some advertisement in the game "Join our community on forum!" or something else.

Imagine:

--- Quote from: Redorio diVario on June 17, 2013, 03:37:18 pm ---So generally, what I understand from your posts is that in order to stay for long with the game you have to be a part of the community. I know it may be a silly question since this game is cooperation-based and everyone who bought it was aware of the fact that he can't be a lonely wolf here but...

Does is mean that without the community the potential of the game highly is limited? Do players who are not interested in events, joining clan etc won't find the game interesting for long?
--- End quote ---
Have to? Absolutely not, but it does enhance the value of the game. Like any multiplayer game, you can play it flying solo in random matches, but it gets much more enjoyable when you start to find people you like to play with, especially in a game such as this where everything depends on how well your crew gels.

You get as much out of this game as you put into it, imo :)

Plasmarobo:
If I hadn't found the community, I really doubt that I would be willing to put up with the frustration of players who don't communicated well.

Your performance is sort of an average of the skill of everyone on your ship. Feeling chained down by people you don't know is a really rough thing. Being chained down by people you do know/are friendly with isn't quite as bad, especially since you get to see them improve over time.

For me, the community makes this game. Without it, it's fun but frustrating.
With it, I can't imagine ever putting this game down.

Letus:
Frankly, it's actually nice, in my opinion, now that that huge wave of YOLOCODSWAGHASHTAG is gone...
was not enjoyable...definitely when people who have only seen the vids on youtube and have only put 4 minutes of game time think they know more than someone who has been playing for months.

Nice part was easy kills...and that they were the ones that really got me into lumberjack again...

But always the community.  I'll come back, stay back, just because with everyone I like in the game (and need to put into the stalker's list,) we almost make half of a sane person...

It's really fun when you're in a game and talking nonchalantly about any random topic as you just casually shoot or die...

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