Author Topic: Numbers Numbers And Numbers (Read 2436 times)

Freeza-CII · « **on:** January 24, 2006, 05:08:19 PM »

Ok I know a few of you were in clans and I know a few of you want clans.

Has any one tryed contacting the old clan members to see if they would come back. Because I dont think posting on the Random forums all over the net is cutting it. Plus people are blowing that random post stuff off as spam bot. The rate of people that join up is nice but more numbers would just be good.

So I ask you people. You know any of the clan member you played with in the past see if you can get them on here

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Leviathan · « **Reply #1 on:** January 25, 2006, 01:40:43 AM »

what r u talking about, we havent been posting on random forums yet because were not ready to adtervise ourselves in a hope to get new members.

dm-horus · « **Reply #2 on:** January 25, 2006, 05:55:05 AM »

we want clans? since when? i havent heard anyone saying "dude, i gotta start a clan!" getting involved in getting clans started is just a way of arranging power for yourself before OPU goes hugely public. besides, i dont think now is the time to be thinking about clans. we need everybody focused on OPU, not just their little part of it. lets worry about clans after we've got a few hundred more ppl. a clan of 3 isnt much of a clan

Leviathan · « **Reply #3 on:** January 25, 2006, 06:21:50 AM »

the main reason for clans is to help train ppl but we all help each other in opu

and as for ur post we have had a few old ppl join the forums but like most ppl they r gone after a month

i wish they loved op2 like we do and didnt give up on it

and new members need to get involed, start by posting a introduction, then get on irc wheneva ur online, post new topics and post on forum, start asking questions, get maping, editing, creating content and moding op2

ive tryed to contact all the old op2 ppl i had emails for but never rly got n e where.

TH300 · « **Reply #4 on:** January 25, 2006, 01:11:50 PM »

Forget the "get new members by all means" attitude.
As it is now, we are a small cumminty with devoted members. The alternative - a huge community with members who don't really care about op2 - is something, that I don't want.

Leviathan · « **Reply #5 on:** January 25, 2006, 02:00:39 PM »

i would like to expand our community, but were not realy yet tbh

thablkpanda · « **Reply #6 on:** January 25, 2006, 04:10:48 PM »

I personally agree wholeheartedly with TH300. I'd much rather leave our numbers where they are and have a dedicated community. Kind of makes you think about living out in the country, opposed to in the suburbs, or a huge apartment complex or something. If you live in the middle of nowhere with about 5 neighbors in the near proximity, you know them all, and they essentially will become family. Extremely close friends to boot. But in your condominiums or huge apartment complexes, 300+ residents will live together, half of them tend to be introverted, and remain secluded, another quarter of which might be too busy with their lives in general to have 'friends', and the remaining quarter might get together from time to time and have a drink, or a little party on occasions, and you mix up Becky and Susie, even though they look nothing alike. That's not what I want- a huge community of people that sit around and wait for the next reunion, and casually post on the forums. I love it the way it is, sure, we could use more manpower, but since when will you have enough? Once we meet a certain necessary number of people- then our needs will expand along with the output. Never being able to keep up, we'll just get more people.

Works just like a business. You can tell I like my analogies.

Chris.

BlackBox · « **Reply #7 on:** January 25, 2006, 04:16:59 PM »

Yeah, I can agree with that.

It's a nice thing to expand the community but we don't want people who just come and go, and don't stay active.

However, that might not be noticed so much if we were a community of say, 1000 members.

Freeza-CII · « **Reply #8 on:** January 25, 2006, 05:38:24 PM »

Hmmm yes there have been posts to random forums before. Just Ask leeor and plym.

What is this about DUDE i wanna start a clan. I know there are people that were in clans that miss being in clans. and some one did have the idea of trying to make one but was stopped because of low numbers and there clan tag was OP2 -.-.

zigzagjoe · « **Reply #9 on:** January 25, 2006, 06:14:05 PM »

i've tried to recruit a few old members from a contact lis ti found, only 1 rly showed any interest and he cant work irc. i wouldnt bother.

HaXtOr · « **Reply #10 on:** January 25, 2006, 07:23:01 PM »

IMO

clans = spammy
clans = over raited
clans = bad
clans = anoying
clans = dumb

so to recap

clans = S.O.B.A.D

Mcshay · « **Reply #11 on:** January 25, 2006, 08:49:27 PM »

I think we shouldn't go crazy recruiting (when we are ready). I would also much rather have a single small community with no clans, than a huge community with clans.

I would like to see some recruiting though, just recruiting good people. Avertising on random fourms and attracting immature people and people who will use hacks on multiplayer games is what I don't want.

Freeza-CII · « **Reply #12 on:** January 25, 2006, 09:01:03 PM »

recruiting lol not trying to hunt them down just want to ask if they would give it a shot lol

Leviathan · « **Reply #13 on:** January 26, 2006, 05:08:13 AM »

Ive allways loved a small community. Much rather have it than a comunity of loads where you dont know people.

You get to know people and know who you are playing with. Your not just playing some random person on Battle.net or whatevea.

As for us going out and trying to get more people... the day shall come!

leeor_net · « **Reply #14 on:** January 26, 2006, 06:30:25 PM »

Quote

IMO

clans = spammy
clans = over raited
clans = bad
clans = anoying
clans = dumb

so to recap

clans = S.O.B.A.D

I hate to say it but I agree with haXtor on that one. I started my own clan when I was playing OP2 in the day.

And I've said it a thousand times before and I'll say it again: OP2 is not the only Outpost game available. Yeah, I know that OP1 isn't exactly indicative of multiplayer and OP3 isn't even close to playable yet but I find the attitude of "Outpost Universe is all OP2" to be annoying. Please acknowledge the old game and the new projects as they're very real.

Also, I think if we got more members interested in creating an OUTPOST mod for a popular current game (e.g., WCIII), we'd be able to attract a lot of new users. Even the prospect of DEVELOPING it can attract new users. I'm not the one to lead or head or even work on such a project but I know there are those that would be interested and willing to do it. I know that I personally (and probably stormy) are willing to let some of our currently built models go to a project like that.

lordly_dragon · « **Reply #15 on:** January 26, 2006, 08:22:24 PM »

i personally agreed with the anti-clan guy. we are not enough to be able to do at least two active clan. further clan always end with s*** because of ruling from my MANY experiences.

also the community should stay small for the moment. Because there is a lot of work to do before the mass spamming to attract more people. furthermore op2 is a unique game that 60-70% of the normal guy would say oh s*** this game too complicated f*** that and my final point is how will you keep control on.
this could be done like that :
small community weakness= can fade and disapeir because of innactivity
big communitu weakness= anarchy

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Author Topic: Numbers Numbers And Numbers (Read 2436 times)