Pre-Hype

[Rainbow]

Well sometimes when hype can be very affective and can help games/websites greatly. However I think the balance is not there between the two, some people are either relying to much on hyping up there opening, and lets say they do get a good opening because of hype, the thing is they focused so much on hyping the game or board they didn't put much content into the game so after the first week the game is pretty much dead. Or they do not bother to hype at all and just open, and then due to the lack of advertisement, nothing happens.

Also another point for failure is that people do not advertise enough, I mean all they do is submit to 3-4 topsites and advertise here, this community can be poisinous, lets say your game is the talk of the whole network and everyone is waiting for it to open. Other members that envy you or feel jelous will try bringing you down, and also even if they do join, the game will hardly be a massive success as you are limiting yourself to around thrirty CE members and ten members generated from top sites.

Don't concentrate so much on hyping your game up but more on the content and what is inside the game so when members actually do join they want to stay. However remember there isn't anything wrong with hype. And it is just a form of advertisement, just because a game fails, and it had hype, doesn't mean you should associate the hype with the failure and death of games. Sometimes it still is affective, when there is a balance.

In a sense you could say it was not the hypes fault in the least bit for the owner not doing the content side of things. The hype is not to blame for that I guess. The hype did not cause the owner to neglect the content. That is the owner's fault for not getting good content. I know I am contradicting myself, but I am pretty much on the fence and anxious to hear everyones sides to the argument/debate.

I think its simple, you have to strike a balance between the two. Don't hype a game as the best thing ever, if it isn't the best thing ever. That is called over-hyping. But that is not the fault of the hype either. As if you hype appropriately to what you have, then hype as much as you want. Stick to promises you can keep - then you cannot dissapoint.

What are your views on pre-hype and advertisement before opening, surely it wastes times and causes the administrator to neglect the game and its content and focus on advertisement? Or do you feel that hype is what succesful sites use and the owner should do both? Or maybe content doesnt matter when you advertise enough? Share your thoughts... :wink:

- Rainbow -

[Cronus]

Re: Pre-Hype

Hype is always good before the game opens. However, advertising seems very wasteful, UNLESS you maybe make a way for users to pre-emptively register so they can get an early ID account, and then mail them when it opens. Hype is always good, but don't spend your time building it up, game content is everything.