A Dark Souls 1 or 2 PVP match up with escapist members? Can I bring my dual great shield build?vallorn said:
How could the Escapist draw for traffic to the forums?
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Give them something to talk about that hasn't been polished smooth by traffic and on which everyone doesn't already have intractable positions?
HA ha ha ha, no, of course, I kid.
Well, demagogues who claim to speak with the voice of authority on highly subjective matters are always good for bringing in the crowd.
More seriously, there's got to be someone of talent on Patreon or Youtube who's work would be better suited to a long-term contract than the fleeting approval of the mob. We still really don't have a substitute for everything LRR brought to bear. At this point, I'd settle for Tales from the Table. Honest Game Trailers is great, but I can see it elsewhere. And Game Theory is... Well, it has its fans. But again, it's possible to catch elsewhere.
If all else fails (he said for the umpteenth time), bring back the Film Festival.
HA ha ha ha, no, of course, I kid.
Well, demagogues who claim to speak with the voice of authority on highly subjective matters are always good for bringing in the crowd.
More seriously, there's got to be someone of talent on Patreon or Youtube who's work would be better suited to a long-term contract than the fleeting approval of the mob. We still really don't have a substitute for everything LRR brought to bear. At this point, I'd settle for Tales from the Table. Honest Game Trailers is great, but I can see it elsewhere. And Game Theory is... Well, it has its fans. But again, it's possible to catch elsewhere.
If all else fails (he said for the umpteenth time), bring back the Film Festival.
The thing is, I could have sworn I saw a mod (Topaz, I think) saying that low content wasn't being moderated anymore, or had been significantly relaxed and made less-strict.Drathnoxis said:
But now it looks like the pendulum has swung back to the opposite extreme again. (Either that, or Topaz was bullshitting us.)
@omega 616: You raise a good point there. The moderation might be too scary or too difficult to understand for newcomers, and it's driving them away to an extent.
When holding competitions and such where prizes are involved (haven't seen any for a while) maybe let people outside the US be able to enter? I know there are complications to doing that, but digital rewards, like Steam keys or something maybe? I don't know, but the prospect of being from outside the US and still being included in those special events is something that could help.
Something weekly that can get the community involved, or just the odd member each week like an interview about games with a couple of members of the community (different ones each time). Draw names from a hat, PM them and see if they would be keen to skype an interview or do one over some chatting system, as a new piece of content, that could be interesting, and you could change the theme of it to mix it up. Just an idea, something different that may make people see being apart of this community presents some interesting things outside the norm.
Something weekly that can get the community involved, or just the odd member each week like an interview about games with a couple of members of the community (different ones each time). Draw names from a hat, PM them and see if they would be keen to skype an interview or do one over some chatting system, as a new piece of content, that could be interesting, and you could change the theme of it to mix it up. Just an idea, something different that may make people see being apart of this community presents some interesting things outside the norm.
Hold up, I'm fairly certain ZP started on Youtube (and Yahtzee's own blog), and it was this exposure that led to him being signed by the Escapist. That's why he had to stop using copyrighted music in his intro/outro. Also, don't ZP videos debut on the Escapist first and appear on Youtube a few days later? I may be wrong on that last point.Drathnoxis said:
As for the overall cooling effect on the rest of the forum: I think the losses of MovieBob and Jim Sterling have to be factors. Alongside ZP they generated the most controversy and discussion. The new staff writers haven't had nearly the same broad appeal (for example, the cosplay articles).
The Escapist is pretty much on cruise control right now and has been for quite some time. Unless someone writes them a fatass check or they bring someone on-board to seriously shake up the status quo the site's only going to continue shrinking. Yahtzee is literally the only thing bringing people to the site, and not only can his content be accessed on youtube but I'm fairly certain his audience leveled out a long time ago.
Maybe if they made it more obvious when an article or video gets a forum topic?
Just yesterday I wanted to look at the comments on some article, but couldn't find the link to its forum topic for almost two minutes. All I saw was the "COMMENTS ON facebook" section.
Just yesterday I wanted to look at the comments on some article, but couldn't find the link to its forum topic for almost two minutes. All I saw was the "COMMENTS ON facebook" section.
Yes, Yahtzee did do two reviews on Youtube before being picked up by the Escapist, but once he was his reviews were only hosted on the Escapist until July 21, 2011 when his backlog was uploaded to Youtube.Batou667 said:
See:
Yahtzee's first review, The Darkness, Uploaded on Jul 24, 2007
Yahtzee's second review, Fable: The Lost Chapters, Uploaded on Jul 29, 2007
Yahtzee's third review, Heavenly Sword, Uploaded on Jul 21, 2011 (date on the Escapist: 08/15/2007)
He didn't stop using copyrighted music until a good deal into his reviews for the Escapist. Lego Indiana Jones was his first review to use his current theme song and it came out on 07/09/2008, almost a year after he started working for the Escapist.
You are right that they do appear on Youtube a week after they appear on the Escapist, but I don't believe that is enough to cause many people to actually come to the site, not to mention people that would watch through his backlog. And actually, it looks like someone else is uploading the reviews to Youtube as soon as come out.
Assassin's Creed: Syndicate, uploaded by Game Pro on Nov 4, 2015.
Assassin's Creed: Syndicate, uploaded by the Escapist on Nov 11, 2015.
Get content that'll bring people to the site. After losing Jim, Moviebob, MoS, LRR, etc, they've brought in new content but no-one that's really going to bring in lots of new people. It's good supplementary content for people who are already here, but I don't think any of it (particularly stuff that is just old episodes of stuff already on YouTube) is bringing new people.
Oh, and I'd get rid of the Facebook comments section. Keep the ability to share news on Facebook sure, but the Facebook comments aren't particularly insightful anyway and them commenting there means they probably don't bother to comment in the forums.
Oh, and I'd get rid of the Facebook comments section. Keep the ability to share news on Facebook sure, but the Facebook comments aren't particularly insightful anyway and them commenting there means they probably don't bother to comment in the forums.
Yeah, this comes back to what I was saying earlier about social media overtaking traditional forums like this one.Andy Shandy said:
In the last few threads we had about moderation, I've noticed an increasing number of people saying that they don't need to use this forum anymore because they can post their comments in the Facebook section (which appears on the same page as the actual content does, rather than on a separate page). Additionally, the Facebook comments are not moderated in any way, which some people have said is another reason why they prefer it. (In fact, it's not uncommon to see COC-breaking comments appear in the Facebook widget, right there on the same page as the content.)
That's a good question. Sadly, I know what would...but the Escapist would either never do it or never pull it off because of bad blood.
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I hate to say it but staff REALLY needs to do better in terms of completing things and getting out info to the users
Multiple examples but remember the Wicked Halloween Week? Where they would update each picture to link to an article?
Two pictures done out of six and it's been at least two weeks since it's been updated
I've seen this again and again where they say they'll do something but then kind of let it die. It's extremely aggravating to have this happen
Multiple examples but remember the Wicked Halloween Week? Where they would update each picture to link to an article?
Two pictures done out of six and it's been at least two weeks since it's been updated
I've seen this again and again where they say they'll do something but then kind of let it die. It's extremely aggravating to have this happen
Well, there is that. But in that case we clearly need another equally mindless empty label to complement it.thaluikhain said:
So... What is the right-wing equivalent of 'SJW' in terms of being equally annoying and easy to make broad, disparaging generalisations about?
I mean, 'balance' and all that stuff right?
That's, like, important, yeah?
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Yeah... Perfect.
OT: At the end of the day what made this site what it was in the past was unique, interesting content that you just couldn't find anywhere else.
If that isn't there, then the site simply doesn't really have much to offer.
Why go here, if what you can find here is basically the same thing you can find in two dozen other places on the internet?
Yeah.
Exactly.
I was told the article "reverted", though I'm not sure what that means. The author must have tried fixing it at least once, but I think they were away at an event afterwards and nobody else updated it. Let thy voice be heard in the Tech Team chat.PsychicTaco115 said:
Fine. I get the point.
I'll make moreboobie plot threads to attract views. Gonna have to enlist some help though.
I'll make more