im pretty sure plarium will go down in history as a text book case of how not to run a gaming community.
I hope you all understand that I own all copyright to that tittle and all media discussing the downfall of Plarium, and how Plarium ruined a great property.
I might as well write a book about this.
IronApex Turok said:
im pretty sure plarium will go down in history as a text book case of how not to run a gaming community.
a meteoric rise to the top and then a crash and burn. "dont pull a plarium" will be the advice techies give new gaming start ups.
'dont pull a Zynga' was around for a very long time .... plarium thought it a good idea to mirror their decline
Mostly due to Avi Shalel's determination to "double revenue EVERY year" (look for multiple quotes on the internet)
Watch out Aristocrat - you will be left holding the ticking time bomb
lol.....ive already noticed former employees removing their time at plarium from the resumes.Snowgoon said:LOL, just imagine your hiring developers, and the person walks in and says "Yes, worked for Plarium."
oh yes...i follow everything i can find of Mr. Shalel. be careful....mentioning his name can get you banned. it seems a lot of what he says is the opposite of the CM cue cards.IronApex Turok said:
im pretty sure plarium will go down in history as a text book case of how not to run a gaming community.
a meteoric rise to the top and then a crash and burn. "dont pull a plarium" will be the advice techies give new gaming start ups.'dont pull a Zynga' was around for a very long time .... plarium thought it a good idea to mirror their decline
Mostly due to Avi Shalel's determination to "double revenue EVERY year" (look for multiple quotes on the internet)
Watch out Aristocrat - you will be left holding the ticking time bomb
http://www.appdata.ru/developers/profile/2239
so according to appdata its not just the beacon game thats dead. Its stormfall as a whole. 538k users still active on facebook. and only 413 players added in the past several months.
the game has been in a flatline with a gradual decline in active players. im guessing the plarium.com numbers look even worse than the facebook numbers as FB seems to be their "flagship" platform.
plarium lags FAR behind in over all users at 4th place.
it'll only happen once. this will be a stain on everyones memories when looking to buy a gaming company.the guys that owned Plarium made $500bn out of this scenario. That is smart and unfortunately may well become the text book of how to run a gaming community and make bucket loads of money.
Well with all the million ACTUAL users of facebook, the numbers playing Stormfall is tiny even there. Also what is considered active? I could spend 5 mins on a game a day but would hardly qualify as active.http://www.appdata.ru/developers/profile/2239
so according to appdata its not just the beacon game thats dead. Its stormfall as a whole. 538k users still active on facebook. and only 413 players added in the past several months.
the game has been in a flatline with a gradual decline in active players. im guessing the plarium.com numbers look even worse than the facebook numbers as FB seems to be their "flagship" platform.
plarium lags FAR behind in over all users at 4th place.
Afaik the new owners was mostly interested in their mobile platform to expand on. Its like when someone buy up a company to aquire certain techs or components then butcher and liquidate the rest short after.IronApex Turok said:
im pretty sure plarium will go down in history as a text book case of how not to run a gaming community.
a meteoric rise to the top and then a crash and burn. "dont pull a plarium" will be the advice techies give new gaming start ups.The advice will be "don't buy a Plarium".
Because no matter how much we as players we hate the short term money grab/exploitation of the games at the expense of their long term future, the guys that owned Plarium made $500bn out of this scenario. That is smart and unfortunately may well become the text book of how to run a gaming community and make bucket loads of money. Horrible for gamers, horrible for anyone has a love and passion for creating great games.
The fools are the ones that bought it, just as the wheels were about to fall off (but as is the case when buying a private company - when would the owners try and sell out other than at the peak of the value - lol)
We of course are stupid for hanging on so long. We should have left, given the writing was on the wall a good 2 years ago.
It's a shame that it is so hard to put down your hobby that you have invested so much time and energy into (and that is ultimately what was exploited - they knew they could run the games into the ground and it would be a while before everyone left)
First of all , its their (Plarium's) own making .............. second, plz dont try to improve the situation as it will mean we have to use credit/debit card .Hi, guys!
We're currently working on improving the situation with the Beacons. I hope that in the nearest time our developers will surprise us with some interesting feature(s).
Let's wait a bit and hope for good! :)
isacescu_bogdan said:
Hi all!
As Paul said before I heard (and there is another post on suggestion thread too) the beacons mechanics will change soon, devs are working at this and it's one of reasons Beacon Massacre didn't happen in the last months and I hope this will change the balance between off and deff too.
Best regards!
Bogdan
Beacon Massacre didnt happened in the last months BECAUSE there are no Beacons to downgrade :)))
The reasons of beacon distruction are:
1. beacon massacre.
2. excesive coining
3. the number of beacons is to big. Devs inserted to many beacons on the map.
I hope that UPDATE from Devs will be soon...beacause are 7 months or more, from when they promise a change
isacescu_bogdan said:
Hi all!
As Paul said before I heard (and there is another post on suggestion thread too) the beacons mechanics will change soon, devs are working at this and it's one of reasons Beacon Massacre didn't happen in the last months and I hope this will change the balance between off and deff too.
Best regards!
BogdanBeacon Massacre didnt happened in the last months BECAUSE there are no Beacons to downgrade :)))
The reasons of beacon distruction are:
1. beacon massacre.
2. excesive coining
3. the number of beacons is to big. Devs inserted to many beacons on the map.
I hope that UPDATE from Devs will be soon...beacause are 7 months or more, from when they promise a change
Alina Phoenix said:
Lord Mark said:
isacescu_bogdan said:
Hi all!
As Paul said before I heard (and there is another post on suggestion thread too) the beacons mechanics will change soon, devs are working at this and it's one of reasons Beacon Massacre didn't happen in the last months and I hope this will change the balance between off and deff too.
Best regards!
BogdanBeacon Massacre didnt happened in the last months BECAUSE there are no Beacons to downgrade :)))
The reasons of beacon distruction are:
1. beacon massacre.
2. excesive coining
3. the number of beacons is to big. Devs inserted to many beacons on the map.
I hope that UPDATE from Devs will be soon...beacause are 7 months or more, from when they promise a change
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