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Post by nobodyspecial on Sept 22, 2007 16:43:10 GMT -8
Need I Say more? ...Yes I need say more! We need to... a. Bring the Site's publicity up a notch b. Send in more SoEs or post them on TGP faster c. Get Guests to join in on the Site and send in SoEs (Nothing gained nothing lost, even if you don't think you're much of a writer, just participate, it's just for fun! and you don't even have to do SoE, just become a member) Anyone got any ideas? I originally got here cause' I was searching for something Final Fantasy related and I came to a forum with a link to TGP, after that I was sucked into it, and a few weeks later I decided to be a Member, so maybe if someone like, goes on some FF board somewhere thats popular, we could boost publicity. I could go on gamefaqs and mention it on all the final fantasy boards, the worst it could do is bring a few people over here, or flood us. Who knows? Anyhow, pool ideas here, and to our guests here at TGP, it'd be wonderful if you decided you become a member. ;D
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Post by Bob on Sept 22, 2007 18:03:51 GMT -8
I think all my members find the site through some random wtf search. I dunno. We've always talked about getting more publicity here, but I'm lazy and hate site pimping (my integrity keeps me from spamming guestbooks and forums and all that for the sole purpose of saying "look at my site!!!", though if other people did that........).
As far as part b, well, that's my fault. I have like five SOEs to post, but I've been away from my computer, so I'm just now catching back up. I'm gonna try to have an update tonight, but I say that all the time, so we'll just cross a few fingers here and there. On that note: sorry for all the broken promises regarding my site. I know I've promised a lot of updates, I'm just so caught up moving into this new apartment and getting everything organized and whatnot. Along with other issues, but I DID renew my site for a bajillion dollars, so I WILL be using it. I just gotta get a move on.
*goes to get a move on*
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Post by Fleck on Sept 22, 2007 18:41:25 GMT -8
I think Bob should help me beta-test my awesome forum game like he promised to do a MONTH ago. I know there's some things that need to be worked out before I can show it to ya'll. Because, without an awesome forum game, this forum is.... basically the same as all the other ones, and with no incentive for people to join.
BUT, if we had an awesome forum game where people battle each other (and make it member-only), well then... you do the math...
Cause I hate math.
(And I know I suggested this ages ago, when Mallboro was still around, but does anyone else besides me think that modifying Triple Triad and playing it on the forums would be cool? I think we could make it work.)
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Post by nobodyspecial on Sept 22, 2007 21:03:58 GMT -8
Yeah, it'd be fuckhard though... Well depends on what you mean by modify. And I don't think there's much incentive to join if nobody knows TGP exists, it's like "I'm gonna go work at Holy Mcfart foogles, that is, if it exists but then who knows? It's just some random thing that popped up in my head..." And if it's guests you're talking about, they probably don't join cause they aren't opinionated, or some personal issue.
As for Bob, if your looking to "get a move on" I know this great Move place, They let you try them on and everything, they even have Final Fantasy poses, they're off of West Avenue K, They are situated in a Mens Bathroom in the Starbucks there, you have to flush the right urinal three times and say "Get your groove back" and it will lift revealing a secret underground store, surprisingly, the place is always packed. By the way, ask for "Kyle", tell him they have a sale upstairs on blueberry muffins, and He'll get you a move half-off.
If I were to get publicity on another forum, I wouldn't by like "Hey check out this one site, it totally kicks ASS!" I would like, casually slip it into conversation. Yeah, updates don't always get done, you promise this and that they you remember "Oh yeah, I'm lazy", and think up some excuse and then slack off on it, I do it all the time, I'm pro at it. Kudos on the site by the way.
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Post by Bob on Sept 22, 2007 22:27:00 GMT -8
Most of the guests that come here are either search bots or forum members who don't log in. The search bots are the reason my forum went "members only". Too many bots came in and left a bunch of spam I had to delete. You.... are strange, by the way. I had to read that post like, five times to figure out what you were rambling about ....And it's not blueberry anymore, it's lemon. Well I'd do that too as far as forum namedropping, but I don't go to other sites most of the time, so for me to go to them and read their site and come up with things to say and all that, it'd just mean I'm trying to think of something to say before namedropping. I won't do that. I'm morally against it. I don't want somebody coming in here and being like "I no wat u men about Brian and Yunke. I totally agree. O BTW, I ttly love this site and u shud go to it lol". It's just... weird. If I were ACTUALLY a member of another forum though and started talking on their often, then namedropping is fine, but since I'm not, I refuse. It' not exactly lazy, it's more like I have other priorities. My site is about.... Maybe fourth on the priority list. So it IS up there, but when those other three get in the way, things get delayed. I've told a friend I'd review his story. I haven't. I've told Fleck I'd help beta-test his game. I haven't. I have an apartment that needs moving into. I'm... almost there. It's just a ton of stuff and I can't get it all done at once, so it's all getting done very slowly. I go crazy with too much work. Also, Fleck: we should totally revive Mallboro. Totally.
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Post by nobodyspecial on Sept 22, 2007 23:51:10 GMT -8
Yeah, I thought I had jumbled up that post a bit, and it's bout' time people acknowledged my unusualness.
As for the Priorities, Yeah for me, it's mostly just the lazy thing, I'm pretty good about my priorities.
The namedropping thing is true, but I mean more casual, like if you are arguing with someone, you could be like "Well, I have a ton of people over at the Goatpen who would agree with me..." or something, but I do see what you mean by it.
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Post by Dale on Sept 23, 2007 1:51:22 GMT -8
I sent in two more and never saw them go up. At least now I know why.
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Post by Fleck on Sept 23, 2007 6:26:14 GMT -8
Also, Fleck: we should totally revive Mallboro. Totally. I hope you're being sarcastic. I mean, it's not that I don't have some ideas for it, it's just that most of my ideas involve a lot of work, and I dunno, it seems like you barely have time for the main site, let alone a complicated RP. Plus the fact that SOE kinda is an RP anyway. And I don't think Triple Triad would be too hard to modify (and by "modify" I mean, convert to a format that's more Forum-Friendly). It's basically just cards and numbers. And it doesn't involve luck or random chance, so it'd be good for a forum.
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Post by nobodyspecial on Sept 23, 2007 8:19:46 GMT -8
Yeah I guess that'd work
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Post by Bob on Sept 23, 2007 10:52:45 GMT -8
The thing that would be weird about Triple Triad would be that we could have like, any cards we wanted. I remember back in middle school, some of the nerdy crew wanted to play Magic: The Gathering at lunch, but the cards were banned for being satanic or devil worship or some stupid shit like that, so the guys played it on paper with a like, card reference magazine. They enjoyed it, but I thought it was dumb, cuz they couldn't draw cards, they just always HAPPENED to draw the best combination of the best cards in the game and played those. So I'd hope you're thinking up some restrictions. Like, have certain matches of each card level or something so that we're all not just using Edea cards. There is a site out there that has the card game and a way to play it online. www.ttadvance.ca/ They modified the game to include a bunch of other games (I think all Square games, but I could be wrong). Maybe look through that to see what does and doesn't work.
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Post by Fleck on Sept 23, 2007 16:15:22 GMT -8
Okay, yeah... they have really purty cards on TTA. But you'd have to play with.... other.... people.... who have..... germs.... and AIDS.......
Okay, basically my plan was to make it so you couldn't use cards of a certain level until you've won a certain amount of games.... which is basically what TTA does BUT I THOUGHT OF THAT BEFORE I SAW TTA! But now that I've seen those purty, purty cards...... hmm......
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Post by nobodyspecial on Sept 23, 2007 18:48:07 GMT -8
But then, people who lose a single game, or get into it late will be royally screwed cause everyone one else just got ahead of you, or are already too good to beat, so that wouldn't be balanced. I would do like, everyone starts off with like level 1 cards. Then, should they beat another player they can choose to get three more available cards, to make cards available, it'd be like: Level 1 Cards: n/a Level 2 Cards: must have at least one level 1 card Level 3 Cards: must have at least 3 level 1 cards, and 2 Level 2 cards Level 4 Cards: must have at least 6 level 1 cards, 4 Level 2 Cards, and 2 level 3 cards Level 5 Cards: must have all level 1 cards, and 7 level 2 cards, 5 level 3 cards, and 2 Level 4 cards Level 6 Cards: must have all level 1, and 2 cards, must have 8 level 3 cards, must have 4 level 4 cards, and 3 level 5 cards Level 7 Cards: must have all level 1, 2, and 3 cards, must have 8 level 4 cards, 5 level 5 cards, and 2 level 6 cards Level 8 Cards: must have all level 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 cards, and must have 7 level 6 cards, and 4 level 7 cards Level 9 Cards: must have all level 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6 cards, and must have 8 level 7 cards, and 4 level 4 cards Level 10 Cards: Must have all level 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8 cards, and 6 level 9 cards AND, People can only use cards that are equal to their enemy, to better explain it, let's say you have all level 4 cards, and the enemy has three level 4 cards, you can only use any three level 4 cards, or lower, to balance things out. So there is my opinion, hope it was easy enough to understand, if not I'll re-explain it
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Post by Fleck on Sept 23, 2007 19:14:08 GMT -8
People who lose a single game won't get screwed. Why does everyone always assume that I don't plan these things out? I just offered an extremely quick overview. And while your system works, NS, it's waaaaaay too many numbers to remember.
In my plan:
1) Trade, like in TTA, would be optional, so you wouldn't have to lose cards if you lost a game.
2) You wouldn't lose points if you lost a game, you just wouldn't gain any.
3) The total value of the levels of the cards you play must be equal to the total value of the levels of your opponents cards, give or take.... let's say five (this an entirely arbitrary number that can be changed). So, to make the math easy, let's say your opponent has five level one cards. That would be 1+1+1+1+1 = 5. So the total value of YOUR cards can equal any amount, so long as it's no more than five (the arbitrary number) plus five (the total of your opponent's cards), equaling ten. So you could have one level 6 card and four level one cards (6+1+1+1+1=10), so you'll still have an advantage, but you won't be guaranteed to win.
Or, if no one likes the arbitrary plus/minus number, we can nix it completely and say that if your opponent plays cards with a value of five, then so must you. I just like:
A) Allowing more experienced players to have an advantage B) Stomping all over with one kickass card and a bunch of weaklings.
I haven't explained all of my plan yet, so this is the incomplete version.
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Post by nobodyspecial on Sept 23, 2007 19:18:04 GMT -8
Some of that stuff I meant to say in there, but those were Approx. numbers, and the computer would keep track of it, so mine is still valid. You still haven't mentioned just how people get new cards, and don't say you pick what you start with or that you get everything, that wouldn't work.
By the way, I see what your saying with your idea.
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Post by Fleck on Sept 23, 2007 19:30:03 GMT -8
I don't know what you're referring to when you say "the computer". Since we don't have a central AI that we can all trust, most of this is going to be done by hand. Sure, we can write stuff down on the forums to keep track, but I want to keep stuff as simple as possible to eliminate confusion.
How people get cards: Everyone starts with 7 level one cards of their choice (like in FF8). To keep people from being stupid, you won't be allowed to play Trade games if you only have five cards (i.e. you must be able to lose one card and still play in order to play for trade).
After the intitial seven, we can set up a "store" thread, that lists the prices (in points) of each card. When you have won enough games, you simply post that you're buying such and such card then it's part of your inventory. We can set up another thread that's the "inventory" thread that has how many points everybody has and how many cards and what types etc. If we aren't trusting people, we can assign one person to keep track of all this, or we can have everyone keep track of themselves if we can trust them to do so. Since there's only a few people here now, I'm sure we can trust people to watch themselves (and since there's so few people, any attempt to cheat will be easily noticed).
Anything else I didn't mention?
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