Registered Member #787
Joined: 8:48:31 am GMT 05/30/06
Posts: 1761
In my own gaming background, I've run groups as large as a thousand players (EVE Online coalition) to ones that are several hundred in size (in another gaming community), where I am responsible for weekly fun, of upwards of 70-140 people, every weekend. I say this not as 'some guy', but as someone who's 'run and done' these sorts of things for many years now--half-way successfully, too!
As some of you may know, recently, I have been having an absolute-effing-blast on Thain. You know this, because I won't STFU about it. We have some fantastic additions to DM and staff, and while not every choice made is one I think is best, I cannot deny the quality of people. I don't know how many of you have been in a DM Corlupi event, or some of the other things people run off-the-cuff, but they're pretty friggin' fantastic. Dice rolls, dialogue, actual roleplay in an event. DM Falkala ran one a few weeks ago where we were all sleuths and rolling dice--didn't stab a damn thing, and it was awesome.
Have we thought about utilizing Reddit, and perhaps even recording some of these events (the one where Kana'ti got all shadow-infected comes to mind), to not only share with so nerdy a community as we inhabit, but to help ensure people know this kind of stuff exists, and to allow 'new blood' to join? With Thain, it's as simple as owning the game. Just curious if this has been thought and discussed before--savvy as you folks are, I'm sure it has--and what we the player base are encourage, to discouraged, to do?
Registered Member #23932
Joined: 1:14:58 am GMT 05/12/15
Posts: 408
I've definitely run into quite a few former nwn players in the couple of years I've played on Thain. The problem is getting them to actually dig out their copies and CD keys.
I think theoretically a post on a popular RP hub or something might work, but like Xerah said, NWN is not nearly flashy enough to catch new eyes.
There is absolutely nothing to lose if the promotion is done sensibly and is accurate of what Thain represents. Facebook sounds alright. Sometimes you pull one player, they pull their friends, their friends pull theirs ETC. It's a really good initiative, EC.
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