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Generals Tourney

Posted: Sun Nov 04, 2012 1:02 am
by deadspace
any idea when the next generals tournament is going to be up?? and one more question ...will we have to re-register??

Re: Generals Tourney

Posted: Sun Nov 04, 2012 4:33 am
by Atauzeromind
One- when Zorg decides it's profitable enough. 2- I have no idea.

Re: Generals Tourney

Posted: Mon Nov 19, 2012 2:24 pm
by Zorg
Our sole purpose is not profit. Let me break it down to pieces.

There are 2 primary concerns for such a universe.

1)The server must be able to pay for its costs. The primary cost involved is advertising.
2)The server should be enjoyable for participants.

If we suppose that development wise we make all the important tweaks/additions/right marketing, then the success will only rely to the number of participants.

For our mechanisms to work at their full extend, there need to always be 2 major alliances with at least 30 players each that will fight to the end. A supplementary force of about 150-200 more players will make it a huge and very interesting battle. About 300 participating players till the last days of the tournament is all we seek.

This sounds like a modest objective but let's examine the facts a bit closer!

Generals Universe was very demanding when it started; If you were absent for more than 10 minutes and your fleet was down, there was a good chance you would find no fleet on your return. There was an incident where someone went absent in the toilet for like 2 minutes and there was no fleet on his return. Myself, I played for a week and I was in top3 at first week. To achieve this, I had to play many many hours. It seemed to me like the first week was the most important effort wise, as you needed a solid base.

All these, point that success in the tournament needs time and dedication in order to keep your pace at the speed the tournament requires. This allures a different type of players than we currently have in Zorg Empire backbone playerbase (If you are part of it, you know what I am saying).

You can also not hope that players who will join through advertising will live up to the challenge. These are usually newcomers who have no idea how to play and that will only play the role of farms. Sure they are needed, sure we will bring them but they won't help none of the 2 primary concerns we have.

It is worth mentioning that less than 100 players have signed up in the priority list for a new generals universe. This proves my claims that the majority of the playerbase is not really interested, mostly because of the time and dedication it requires. However, these few players that want it, want it dearly and this can be told by the numerous questions and requests.

Although the portion is still small, we will consider a relaunch during christmas/new year period, where some of our veterans will be able to afford the time.

If you want to push it forward, make sure you are signed up in the priority list here

Any questions, let me know

Re: Generals Tourney

Posted: Wed Nov 21, 2012 4:07 am
by Crusher
See I agree but I also feel its got monotonous on 1 front if your in top alliances and if your on top No new comer can Match you as he as been playing on the tournament from day 1 or / some one crashed it and left

Can we have a Server which will have a AUTO Reset to zero for after 1 year so people or new comer who comes every one start with 0 and that will be a challenge as new bies have learnt and are ready for a great fight.

It will make the server more interesting and those who have fleets for say about 1 year they are on top have to obivious playing long i agree but to bring them to Equals and in Par with new bies if this reset done this will Have more Fights and new people Might also Stay as they have equal chance.

Just a Thought that Every Server Must have a Reset Time once a Year or Once in 2 Years to make a Fight everyone has to start from scratch.

I have also Found that Recently the Simulator has gone Weird all places what ever u do the Simular and real effect does not match

Some Suggestions and thoughts

Crusher

Re: Generals Tourney

Posted: Wed Nov 21, 2012 3:22 pm
by Atauzeromind
Maybe on another server. But this is my build-up and destroy server.

Re: Generals Tourney

Posted: Wed Nov 21, 2012 4:46 pm
by Desert_Reaper
Crasher wrote:See I agree but I also feel its got monotonous on 1 front if your in top alliances and if your on top No new comer can Match you as he as been playing on the tournament from day 1 or / some one crashed it and left

Can we have a Server which will have a AUTO Reset to zero for after 1 year so people or new comer who comes every one start with 0 and that will be a challenge as new bies have learnt and are ready for a great fight.

It will make the server more interesting and those who have fleets for say about 1 year they are on top have to obivious playing long i agree but to bring them to Equals and in Par with new bies if this reset done this will Have more Fights and new people Might also Stay as they have equal chance.

Just a Thought that Every Server Must have a Reset Time once a Year or Once in 2 Years to make a Fight everyone has to start from scratch.

I have also Found that Recently the Simulator has gone Weird all places what ever u do the Simular and real effect does not match

Some Suggestions and thoughts

Crusher
the simulator is not designed to be an exact calculator, it is a tool that gives you a rough idea of the outcome of a battle.

and making EVERY server reset would shrink the playerbase dramatically because the people who put in the time and effort to build themselves up would just end up losing everything a year later