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Alphas invading
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Kitsa
UnHoly C0nF3SSi0ns
#1 - 2016-11-15 08:30:27 UTC
Thats right guys, best day ever.

Collect em tears and pet em nubs!

patch day w00t!!!!!
erg cz
Federal Jegerouns
#2 - 2016-11-15 08:39:13 UTC
Anyone, who thinks, that alphas will be new players is not the smartiest person in the world. Without massisve (and I mean really MASSIVE ) advertising company in mass media no really new players will come. Most alphas in the game will be alts of experienced players, IMHO.

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Kitsa
UnHoly C0nF3SSi0ns
#3 - 2016-11-15 08:52:55 UTC
erg cz wrote:
Anyone, who thinks, that alphas will be new players is not the smartiest person in the world. Without massisve (and I mean really MASSIVE ) advertising company in mass media no really new players will come. Most alphas in the game will be alts of experienced players, IMHO.


you prob right on spot but we can still hope
Shae Tadaruwa
Science and Trade Institute
Caldari State
#4 - 2016-11-15 09:06:14 UTC
CODE. are running an event:

https://forums.eveonline.com/default.aspx?g=posts&t=499769&find=unread

Get in on the ground floor. Straight after downtime.

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Lan Wang
Princess Aiko Hold My Hand
Safety. Net
#5 - 2016-11-15 09:09:19 UTC
erg cz wrote:
Anyone, who thinks, that alphas will be new players is not the smartiest person in the world. Without massisve (and I mean really MASSIVE ) advertising company in mass media no really new players will come. Most alphas in the game will be alts of experienced players, IMHO.


what sort of marketing would you do? ive seen all the major gaming media oulets push this feature for months

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erg cz
Federal Jegerouns
#6 - 2016-11-15 09:27:18 UTC
Lan Wang wrote:
erg cz wrote:
Anyone, who thinks, that alphas will be new players is not the smartiest person in the world. Without massisve (and I mean really MASSIVE ) advertising company in mass media no really new players will come. Most alphas in the game will be alts of experienced players, IMHO.


what sort of marketing would you do? ive seen all the major gaming media oulets push this feature for months


Good if so. Really. Cause I noticed only few banners in youtube side panel (apparently because I do play or follow the EVE tutorials) and couple of articles some time ago. I think that current clone change is the maximum what can be done to get absolutely new people into eve universe. So I would expect CCP to really use that to propagate the game heavely. Now or never.

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Captain Awkward
Republic University
Minmatar Republic
#7 - 2016-11-15 10:12:16 UTC
erg cz wrote:
Anyone, who thinks, that alphas will be new players is not the smartiest person in the world. Without massisve (and I mean really MASSIVE ) advertising company in mass media no really new players will come. Most alphas in the game will be alts of experienced players, IMHO.


I dont get why CCP is not advertising more.

All I see is the occasional flash banner that I probably only see because I am allready playing EvE.

CCP should put the new EvE Trailer as Youtube adds bevore Videos and even considder playing a short trailer in mainstream TV.
Don Pera Saissore
#8 - 2016-11-15 10:21:09 UTC
"Unlock a world of advantages with PLEX"

I never thought id see that
Mark Marconi
Ministry of War
Amarr Empire
#9 - 2016-11-15 10:21:44 UTC
Captain Awkward wrote:
erg cz wrote:
Anyone, who thinks, that alphas will be new players is not the smartiest person in the world. Without massisve (and I mean really MASSIVE ) advertising company in mass media no really new players will come. Most alphas in the game will be alts of experienced players, IMHO.


I dont get why CCP is not advertising more.

All I see is the occasional flash banner that I probably only see because I am allready playing EvE.

CCP should put the new EvE Trailer as Youtube adds bevore Videos and even considder playing a short trailer in mainstream TV.

Does anyone watch TV anymore? The revenues for TV advertising have been falling for the last decade.

The CSM gets in the way of CCP communicating properly with the players of this game.

After all we are not just players, we are customers.

Time for the CSM to be disbanded.
Lan Wang
Princess Aiko Hold My Hand
Safety. Net
#10 - 2016-11-15 10:27:30 UTC
Mark Marconi wrote:
Captain Awkward wrote:
erg cz wrote:
Anyone, who thinks, that alphas will be new players is not the smartiest person in the world. Without massisve (and I mean really MASSIVE ) advertising company in mass media no really new players will come. Most alphas in the game will be alts of experienced players, IMHO.


I dont get why CCP is not advertising more.

All I see is the occasional flash banner that I probably only see because I am allready playing EvE.

CCP should put the new EvE Trailer as Youtube adds bevore Videos and even considder playing a short trailer in mainstream TV.

Does anyone watch TV anymore? The revenues for TV advertising have been falling for the last decade.


the market for pc games like this are so narrow that tv marketing is pointless, pcgamers tend to not bother with tv, console gaming yes because the market is soo large that it works for aaa titles

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u3pog
Ministerstvo na otbranata
Ore No More
#11 - 2016-11-15 10:30:52 UTC
We are the living advertisers, if all of us tell our friends and they tell theirs, you've got informed tens of thousands of people. I've already told everyone I know and I expect some of them to try it out.
Rayit
Eve Academy Corporation
#12 - 2016-11-15 11:09:30 UTC
It's enough to drag some of us on and off players back. We'll be nice easy targets for you guys Lol.
Kolodi Ramal
Sanxing Yi
#13 - 2016-11-15 11:30:10 UTC  |  Edited by: Kolodi Ramal
erg cz wrote:
Anyone, who thinks, that alphas will be new players is not the smartiest person in the world. Without massisve (and I mean really MASSIVE ) advertising company in mass media no really new players will come. Most alphas in the game will be alts of experienced players, IMHO.

My 60-year-old mother saw an EVE commercial while watching online tv. So there is not-insignificant advertising going on. Not "MASSIVE", but it's something. And in any case, the real source of new players will be existing players finally being able to convince friends to play who were put off by the subscription-only model.
Marzom Dread
Doomheim
#14 - 2016-11-15 11:44:09 UTC
It may be high time to bring back the good old "Merlin in a Can" activities. Blink
Oranen
Tax Skippers
#15 - 2016-11-15 12:43:33 UTC
The cost of eve has never been what drives new players from Eve and hopefully CCP knows this. It's the standard stuff, the steep learning curve and complexity. Being "free to play" is not going to erase spreadsheets in space or the infamous eve cliff of learning for new players.
Lulu Lunette
Savage Moon Society
#16 - 2016-11-15 12:57:09 UTC
Yeah ofc old played are coming back but the great big FREE sign on Eve Online in places like steam are gonna reel in some genuine noobies

Cool

@lunettelulu7
Keno Skir
#17 - 2016-11-15 13:10:06 UTC  |  Edited by: Keno Skir
Oranen wrote:
The cost of eve has never been what drives new players from Eve and hopefully CCP knows this. It's the standard stuff, the steep learning curve and complexity. Being "free to play" is not going to erase spreadsheets in space or the infamous eve cliff of learning for new players.


This isn't true. I personally have 4 or 5 friends who don't like to pay monthly for games because they play a lot of different games. They have all noticed EvE going F2P and all plan to try it out. I'd be surprised if this situation is miraculously only happening in my neck of the woods.

It's interesting how you suddenly know everyone who DOESN'T PLAY EVE well enough to tell us why they never picked it up...

Roll

EDIT : Oh and all the THOUSANDS of people who want to play EvE but can't afford it due to geological constraints are coming to play too. You know the ones who are always on the NPQA asking how to make a PLEX in the 2 week trial..

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Kitsa
UnHoly C0nF3SSi0ns
#18 - 2016-11-15 15:08:56 UTC
Lulu Lunette wrote:
Yeah ofc old played are coming back but the great big FREE sign on Eve Online in places like steam are gonna reel in some genuine noobies

Cool


lets hope! =)
March rabbit
Aliastra
Gallente Federation
#19 - 2016-11-15 15:19:36 UTC
Well.... Looking at patch success i guess there will be no big invasion soon Lol

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Lan Wang
Princess Aiko Hold My Hand
Safety. Net
#20 - 2016-11-15 15:43:15 UTC
March rabbit wrote:
Well.... Looking at patch success i guess there will be no big invasion soon Lol


well 24k players online and its not even eu primetime

Domination Nephilim - Angel Cartel

Calm down miner. As you pointed out, people think they can get away with stuff they would not in rl... Like for example illegal mining... - Ima Wreckyou*
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