AlaePB1 spoiler:
Maybe I'm being overly sensitive, but I feel like this game has been unpopular on RB and I've been thinking about why that might be.
- This was not billed as a greens game, but it involves a lot of people who have never played on RB before. That inevitably means that the overall skill level is much less than what is normally seen on RB. The one team that is playing at a high skill level, Care Bears of India, is not reporting much at all, so what is left for people to lurk is pretty sub-optimal play. I think this is the biggest reason that this game hasn't been too popular.
- It's a full diplo game. There have been plenty of posts explaining why some people do not enjoy diplo. I think especially with the results of the ISDG and the Demogame, people feel diplo can punish good civ play, which I can't deny. But for all the time it consumes, I have been enjoying chatting with the fellow players about this game, and I think it adds a whole new dimension to the game that I do find enjoyable. I'm not sure if this is turning some people off of this game, but I guess it's not helping.
- The multiple story threads filled with bizarre posts just makes this kind of a weird game. Some non-participants making really weird posts in other games' threads whenever PB14 is mentioned probably perpetuates the view that this game is just odd and maybe even a little creepy, especially to those who aren't reading any of the spoiler threads.
I know I was excited about this game when it started, and I am a little sad that it isn't getting much love.
I don't know if it's possible to start over with a clean slate, but what I was hoping for was for lurker posts in the spoiler threads helping us newbies improve our games and incorporate ourselves into RB. Is there any chance that could still happen?
Maybe I'm being overly sensitive, but I feel like this game has been unpopular on RB and I've been thinking about why that might be.
- This was not billed as a greens game, but it involves a lot of people who have never played on RB before. That inevitably means that the overall skill level is much less than what is normally seen on RB. The one team that is playing at a high skill level, Care Bears of India, is not reporting much at all, so what is left for people to lurk is pretty sub-optimal play. I think this is the biggest reason that this game hasn't been too popular.
- It's a full diplo game. There have been plenty of posts explaining why some people do not enjoy diplo. I think especially with the results of the ISDG and the Demogame, people feel diplo can punish good civ play, which I can't deny. But for all the time it consumes, I have been enjoying chatting with the fellow players about this game, and I think it adds a whole new dimension to the game that I do find enjoyable. I'm not sure if this is turning some people off of this game, but I guess it's not helping.
- The multiple story threads filled with bizarre posts just makes this kind of a weird game. Some non-participants making really weird posts in other games' threads whenever PB14 is mentioned probably perpetuates the view that this game is just odd and maybe even a little creepy, especially to those who aren't reading any of the spoiler threads.
I know I was excited about this game when it started, and I am a little sad that it isn't getting much love.
I don't know if it's possible to start over with a clean slate, but what I was hoping for was for lurker posts in the spoiler threads helping us newbies improve our games and incorporate ourselves into RB. Is there any chance that could still happen?