Is this demo game dead?

[BigFree]

There are a couple of reasons for the drop off in participation, IMO:

It's Finals/Midterms.

Its Summer.

It's RoN/Gal Civ.

It's ISDG.

It's PTWDG I

It's PTWDG II

Finally:
It's almost hopless that we will win; we may survive, but that is not winning, is it?

[Aro]

I'm a little lazy this days... But I'll be more active in one week or two.

[DAVOUT]

From the start it has been made clear that the pure gamers did not want to be bothered by the democracy, and that they wanted a big challenge. They have the public attracted by this definition.

[Aro]

Originally posted by BigFree
There are a couple of reasons for the drop off in participation, IMO:

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Finally:
It's almost hopless that we will win; we may survive, but that is not winning, is it?

We can win... But only with (almost) permanent war, say our experts.

Perfectly adequate for Vikings...

[jdd2007]

The game has hardly started! Give it a little time.

Most of bigfree's reasons are right on the mark

[Panag]

Originally posted by realpolitic
I want to participate as a poster, but I've been waiting for more info on the game. The PTW games are about who's backstabbing whom, I don't enjoy it as much as this.

We can have a good demo game with fewer participants.

hi ,

it aint the number of people , its the way some people act with others , when some elected people completely ignore a pm or an email , ......

when some people run of to an other site and talk and spread whatever comes to mind , the liitle clans that form , .....

that and a whole bunch of other things that make some people forget in the end what its all about , ... a game , and what you do with a game , you are supposed to have fun , .....

have a nice day

[mrmitchell]

I'm back guys! (as RP guys would already know)

My thought on it is RoN + RL + Diety + Other DGs.

[ruby_maser]

Dead as Dillinger

j/k, I think we can win it... or get a little dignity as we go out. But maybe some do have a point about the difficulty level and the seriousness at such a level dissuading involvement.

But, also, I know my Deity level attempts have rarely been very successful. A win here could be a great learning experience, no matter how dogged it might be.

[kring]

I don't think we are dead, either as the Vikings, or as a DG.

I am hopeful that things will pick up soon,

[Panag]

hi ,

twenty versus ten , ....

what would happen if someone where to ask ' restart ' , ....

have a nice day

[Beta]

I voted for Yeats - one of my favorite poets.

It ain't dead. There is a lot of competition - from both other games and RL stuff. The start was/is very interesting.

Play on!

I will sign up for a position.

[Aidun]

I'm very concerned with the team DG in which I am Pope and thus have a time-eating job.
The ISDG has, thanks to ET, attracted me again and I'm planning to participate more in it.

I have too little lime to participate in three games with an important position in at least one of them.

I'll look from the sideline to this one and perhaps post now and then, but not very often.

Perhaps it also counts for this game: heavy debates between political parties and al lot of roleplay help us to regain participation.

I encourage the existing members to refound the DIA and battle with the warmongers.

Aidun

[Zero]

Two words =

School's over!!!!!!!!!!

Instead of being busy with work to do, I'm swamped with plans for summer (summer jobs, road trips, making sure I hang out with H.S friends at leats once to at least make it seem we're still friends... ) I'm sure other college students are having the same issues too, which is why you probably saw participation dropping. But Im sure it will pick up eventually. Just hang in there.

[Master Zen]

From my experience not in demo games but in real life, as long as you have a small core of dedicated people, that's all that counts. There's a saying, "things are best resolved in a committe of three people, two of which are always absent".

If other people don't participate perhaps they should say precisely why they don't want to. Like Aidun said, it's impossible for most people to have important jobs in every DG. That's why I just lurk here!