Are these mass-migrations to 'poly a good thing ?

aneeshm · November 5, 2003, 05:38

I've been here for about three years , and I've been observing these fora for quite a while .

I've noticed that whenever a new civ game or expansion is released , there is this huge influx of newbies to the fora . What I'd like to know is , is this good for poly ? Or is it better with the 'trickle' of registraitons , as in upto 30-50 new members per day . If you check the number of registered members , you'll find that they will go up drastically for the next few months .

DrSpike · November 5, 2003, 06:19

Yes, it's a good thing, as long as the hardware can keep up.

Asmodean · November 5, 2003, 06:25

Why wouldn't they be a good thing?

They bring in more money for Poly, in the form of ads shown. They help raise the general awareness of Civ games, which is always a good thing.

And maybe, just maybe, some of them will at some point contribute something important to Apolyton.

Asmodean

Gangerolf · November 5, 2003, 06:58

It's a good thing, as long as they swear to abide by the rules of this site and join with other posters in protecting its culture and ideals.

Case · November 5, 2003, 07:09

It's definetly good - while the vast majority of members vanish after a few months, most never making more then a few posts, it generally seems that the better quality ones stick around

rah · November 5, 2003, 09:46

It's a good thing. As members leave, new ones must take their place. Besides it would be hard to recycle all the standard arguements if there weren't new people to be trolled.

GhengisFarb™ · November 5, 2003, 13:15

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Originally posted by Gangerolf
It's a good thing, as long as they swear to abide by the rules of this site and join with other posters in protecting its culture and ideals.

Why should we force them to follow guidelines we don't follow?

Case · November 5, 2003, 18:22

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Originally posted by rah
Besides it would be hard to recycle all the standard arguements if there weren't new people to be trolled.

...And what would the mods do if there weren't newbies around requiring the rules to be hammered into them?

Nikolai · November 5, 2003, 18:27

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Originally posted by GhengisFarb

Why should we force them to follow guidelines we don't follow?

Talk for yourself...

rah · November 5, 2003, 18:43

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Originally posted by Case
...And what would the mods do if there weren't newbies around requiring the rules to be hammered into them?

Hmmm, actually I spend more time hammering the vets.

Japher · November 5, 2003, 19:01

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it would be hard to recycle all the standard arguements if there weren't new people to be trolled

My thoughts exactly

Alex · November 5, 2003, 19:03

let them come, let them come... mingapulco and rahlcatraz are always in need of more "tourists".

Space05us · November 5, 2003, 20:35

it seems like very few of them have found the OT, now we must ask ourselves is that good or bad?

Ben Kenobi · November 5, 2003, 21:20

Probably good. The OT is a tough forum to leave.

Kuciwalker · November 6, 2003, 00:24

Without newbies, how would we have the you-know-what competition

Skanky Burns · November 6, 2003, 00:40

Hehe, indeed. Fresh newbies for the grinder is always good.

Even better when they make it to the OT and actually stay.

Tuberski · November 6, 2003, 00:44

Without OT newbies, we'll never be able to do the DL dance.

ACK!

Skanky Burns · November 6, 2003, 00:47

Speaking of which, who is that "Rah" guy posting in this thread?

I guess it would have been more appropriate if I had chosen one of the other posters.

Hueij · November 6, 2003, 02:35

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Originally posted by Space05us
it seems like very few of them have found the OT, now we must ask ourselves is that good or bad?

Don't worry, it'll take some time but eventually they all end up in the OT. It took me about four months of posting in the On Topic forums before I discovered the OT. I still regret that day...

MOBIUS · November 6, 2003, 20:58

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Originally posted by Hueij
Don't worry, it'll take some time but eventually they all end up in the OT. It took me about four months of posting in the On Topic forums before I discovered the OT. I still regret that day...

Hear, hear!

Gatekeeper · November 7, 2003, 02:56

I *vant* newbie BLOOD! (Oh, shucks. Halloween's over with.)

vovan · November 7, 2003, 03:15

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Originally posted by Hueij
Don't worry, it'll take some time but eventually they all end up in the OT. It took me about four months of posting in the On Topic forums before I discovered the OT. I still regret that day...

Well, not all of them.

I also discovered the OT a few months after I first registered... But I still have only around 40 or so posts in the OT altogether. Just didn't suck me in, that forum.

Now, Civ3 stories is the place to be.

If any of you ever get the urge to be creative, stop by and write something.

Bosh · November 7, 2003, 04:29

As long as the purity of OT is maintained so that the majority of the people on it don't actually play Civ

The Mad Monk · November 7, 2003, 06:14

Newbies are future vets.

aneeshm · November 7, 2003, 10:18

My main objectoin is that the exodus may start using leet-speak , and I consider it a point of pride for these fora that the members use proper grammar and spelling , and not that awful leet-speak . Trolls and junk threads can easily be dealt with .