Getting CN onto the world view

[shahman]

Everyone wants new CN players right? They mean more drama, more war, more tech sellers, more donation givers, etc.

How to get the whole WORLD (not just Norway...) to notice CN:

1. Someone writes a POSITIVE article about CN

2. Post it here for editing purposes

3. Post it to a blog accessible by the public

4. Put said article URL onto Yahoo! Buzz

5. Have CN members buzz the article up. (max buzz in 48 hours is ~2000, we can beat that.)

6. ???

7. Profit! The CN article (and CNs accompanying link) will be up on yahoo!s front page for a day, reaching out to millions of viewers

For #1, articles could use subjects like how CN can help a person improve their lifestyle, or compare CN to WoW and give CN a lot of pros, and WoW a lot of cons.

What do you think?

MODS: if in wrong place, please move.

Edited June 11, 2009 by shahman

[WcaesarD]

If you want more players, just post the link in more places. Start at /b/, don't write articles, just tell people.

[Logan]

If you want more players, just post the link in more places. Start at /b/

Please, don't.

[shahman]

Please, don't.

Yes, the /b/ombing took down CN for 3-4 days, destroyed the forums, and was a major fiasco. Don't do it again.

[WcaesarD]

Please, don't.

You want more players? Go to where everyone present spends a large amount of time online. As individuals, they're normal folks.

Seriously though, just get exposure, go place the link on other games boards, or join other games and recruit. Use BOARDS, and you will succeed.

[Lyria]

Everyone wants new CN players right? They mean more drama, more war, more tech sellers, more donation givers, etc.

For #1, articles could use subjects like how CN can help a person improve their lifestyle, or compare CN to WoW and give CN a lot of pros, and WoW a lot of cons.

What do you think?

MODS: if in wrong place, please move.

if people want to play a game like this, they'll find it themselves.

last thing we need are more idiots in this game. got enough of them as it is

[HeinousOne]

You want more players? Go to where everyone present spends a large amount of time online. As individuals, they're normal folks.

Seriously though, just get exposure, go place the link on other games boards, or join other games and recruit. Use BOARDS, and you will succeed.

People at /b/ are Not normal folks. How the hell did you come to that conclusion?

[WcaesarD]

Hi, I'm Caesar. I was on /b/ about 5 days a week for 3 years. How are you?

Edited June 11, 2009 by WCaesarD

[shahman]

if people want to play a game like this, they'll find it themselves.

last thing we need are more idiots in this game. got enough of them as it is

We just need something. anything. And idiots always gravitate towards active forums.

[shahman]

Hi, I'm Caesar. I was on /b/ about 5 days a week for 3 years. How are you?

Dark Friday

Two /b/ rogues launched nuclear weapons despite the universal agreement not to go nuclear. Unable to control her members as many more were following suit and beginning to spam the CN forums, Furseiseki disbanded /b/ in order to protect the members who still wished to play from becoming outcasts.

With the disbandment, more prominent members of the /b/ alliance to include their emperor, began "/b/ombing" the forums with obscene images, as was the tradition of 4chan.org raids: child pornography, gross, mutilated animals, and human torture, just to name a few. The moderators acted swiftly to try and erase these images, but they were not swift enough. With every IP ban another /b/tard, using an anonymous proxy would take its place and continue the attack. Shortly following this incident, NAAC announced that in their disgust, they were ordering all their nations to stand down. The Old Guard also followed suit. LOSS did the same, and surrendered that week.

Shortly following the incident massive DDoS attacks on the site by /b/ which in turned had to close the main site down. the Admin implemented the "Confusion of Babylon" and closed down the Open World Forums -[20], the entire forum soon followed.

Thus with the forums and main site down, and the Month of March making way for April, March Madness ended with the very existence of CN teetered on the brink. And still the war raged well into the month of April.

Ceasar, maybe /b/ is okay, but we don't want them here again.

[RustyNail]

The enemy's gate is indeed DOWN

[WcaesarD]

Ceasar, maybe /b/ is okay, but we don't want them here again.

I'm aware there are the haters out there, but if you want active, new players, it's a decent place to start. It was an example of an active online community. Maybe try roosterteeth, or something like it, if you want a calmer place.

[Proxian Empire]

I'd rather have more intelligent players join the game, opposed to swarms of unwanted newbies filling the forum with rubbish.

[Alfred von Tirpitz]

Maybe another greenlight?

[Voodoo Nova]

Introduce this to those political clubs, Model UN/Congress kids, etc. If they havn't heard about it by now, it'll get them interested at least.

[shahman]

The enemy's gate is indeed DOWN

You're suggesting we tell this to Orson Scott Card?

[Mixoux]

I'd rather have more intelligent players join the game, opposed to swarms of unwanted newbies filling the forum with rubbish.

In a way, though, we kinda need more mindless drones. The OWF relies on bad posters to start drama.

Edited June 11, 2009 by Mixoux

[Tarikmo]

The youtube recruitment attempt didn't go so well, did it?

Maybe CN should try something out with Facebook, or other social sites, that would be cool to see.

[thaone]

Maybe another greenlight?

From experience I can tell you the first run of such a recruitment action is always by far the most successful one.

[JayOvfEnnay]

If you want more players, just post the link in more places. Start at /b/, don't write articles, just tell people.

just post the link in more places. Start at /b/, don't write articles, just tell people.

just post the link in more places. Start at /b/, don't write articles,

Start at /b/, don't write articles,

Start at /b/

/b/

I think you might want to recall your CN history, my friend.

[Atanatar]

The Greenlights have been harder and harder to get, attracting fewer and fewer players. Having joined during both the Great Greenlight, and Greenlight 2.0, while experiencing Greenlight 3.0 from within Fark, the most you can expect from a green light next year (If there is one) is at most between 10-20 new, permananent members, with maybe 2-3 that will leave Fark to join other alliances. The best bet for large intake is word of mouth campaigns, trawling politic forums with prepared spam messages high lighting the Grand Campaign politic aspects of this game, and linking on the comments pages of news web sites.

Although this will bring in a great deal of riff raff and those of not so great intelligence, it does put a little bit more meat on the bones of alliances with capable leaders.

[Melutar]

Introduce this to those political clubs, Model UN/Congress kids, etc. If they havn't heard about it by now, it'll get them interested at least.

I totally am a Model UNer

And most of the Model UN kids at my school wouldn't join.

Edited June 11, 2009 by Melutar

[xoindotnler]

/b/, DO NOT WANT!

Use other sites.

Edited June 11, 2009 by xoindotnler

[Melchior]

if people want to play a game like this, they'll find it themselves.

last thing we need are more idiots in this game. got enough of them as it is

Idiots are a vital part of our world. Minor wars, technology and additional membership are mostly procured by dimwits.

[Näktergal]

Everyone playing the game should print up 1000 fliers apiece, and hand them out IRL to everyone they meet.