How new players find us.

[RogueGunslinger]

Haha. That's funny. I wonder who it was then.

[Spoon]

Two from Youtube? Most glorious of imms, I believe you know what this means.

Time for a music video?

[Barzalene]

My absolute favorite is still: It came to me in a dream.

[Maybe42or54]

• The Mudconnector.com, I'm a review writer.

NOBODY KILL THIS GUY.

Torture, extort, bribe, kidnap, cheat, and murder this guy.

• ur gay

Kill this guy instead.

I have a better idea. Homosexuality=Legit business practice in Arm.

• fck you

And this one.

Hook this one up with the previous one.

• The Holy Bible, King James Edition.

Whoever wrote that was witty, funny, and smart, and definitely wasn't Rahnevyn making his immortal account.

Hmmmm... Something doesn't smell right.

[Belenos]

For May 2008, 149 entries

• - google
• - google
• - the mud connector
• - saw cowofriend[3~[ playing [.
• - just logged onto mudconnect.com and looked for n interstting mud to play... and excuse my spelling since i'm using telnet, and i can't read my text
• - Must have been through google -> a forum thread
• - topmud site
• - Searching for mud-sites on the web to pass some time I stumbled across Armageddon.
• - I heard about you through an Ubuntu forum community.
• - Google search.
• - Friend
• - No Reason Given
• - in the internet
• - l
• - n
• - http://www.rpimud.net
• - topmudsites
• - on porn site
• - quit
• - web
• - friend
• - RPIMUD.com
• - friends
• - MUWiki
• - a friend at work
• - gays
• - No Reason Given
• - Random browsing.
• - from a friend at work
• - i heard from a frie[C[[C[Cend, her char is [censored]
• - site
• - i found it on the site topmudsite desert theme interest me
• - I used to play years ago.
• - Another MUSH
• - I first heard about Armageddon from a friend at college.
• - co-worker is current player and highly recommended.
• - TOPMUDSITE
• - forum
• - Ubuntu discussion board about MUD clients.
• - player referral.
• - topmudsites.com
• - Word of mouth from players of other muds.
• - TopMudSites . com
• - Local card/hobby shop
• - Mud conector
• - No Reason Given
• - From mudconnector.com
• - Listed on 4chan
• - my friend at school told me to come make an acct.
• - No Reason Given
• - [email given]
• - From a friend
• - Mudmagic
• - Top Mud Sites
• - Found you in the wiki category for roleplay-enforced.
• - A series of YouTube videos by some gal called Cat Burglar.
• - top mud site
• - roommate
• - http://www.topmudsites.com/vote-0cyrus.html
• - No Reason Given
• - Google
• - Google
• - top ten
• - nil
• - rankings
• - No Reason Given
• - mudconnect
• - Mus site
• - Friend
• - Through TopMudSites.com
• - kllkkk
• - I wanted to find a [3~[3~[3~[3~good MUD and this seemed to fit the bill.
• - From a MUD friend
• - From an Iron Relms e-mail.
• - google
• - No Reason Given
• - From a friend.
• - Mudconnector
• - video.google.nl
• - y
• - Another player
• - surfing the net for armageddon
• - Wikipedia
• - Mudconnect
• - I saw you on topmudsites
• - top mud sites
• - I heard about you from Top Mud Sites.
• - Totse
• - friend
• - Yahoo dot com
• - web
• - One of the best Muds
• - I heard from a DnD friend who played before and was impressed.
• - MudConnect
• - google
• - my friend who is [censored]
• - LINK
• - Google search for post apocolyptic mud/mush/mux/moo etc
• - Darkfall Online Message board, forums.darkfallonline.com
• - My boyfriend
• - Current Armageddon player ([censored]).
• - No Reason Given
• - No Reason Given
• - l
• - A friend.
• - No Reason Given
• - Online on topmudsites.com or something likeit
• - From a friend.
• - google
• - word of mouth
• - Mudconnect
• - Top Mud Sites
• - A friend of mine recently started playing. I became int[C[Erm; yeah, one line.
• - found it while testing telnet
• - Mudconnect.com
• - mud connector
• - MudConnector
• - while playing Accursed Lands
• - Mudconnector
• - RPIMUD Network
• - Mudconnect.com
• - Mudconnector.com
• - google
• - internet
• - I heard about it on another MUD server, Accursed Lands.
• - No Reason Given
• - friend
• - wikipedia
• - older brother
• - Girlfriend
• - score
• - Message board.
• - No Reason Given
• - fellow player
• - A friend who plays another mud
• - I heard about it through a friend
• - wikipedia
• - topmudsites.com
• - TopMudSites
• - From a friend.
• - Sanveans, Youtube videos. After searching youtube for mud releated information. After seeing her video on staff, fairness, avatars and the great israeli hack. I was intrested in the mud
• - mudconnector
• - quit
• - Heard it from a friend
• - A friend
• - from a friend
• - it came to me in a dream
• - Escapepod ran a story by Cat Rambo
• - wikipedia

[Nyr]

- on porn site

...?

[X-D]

Cat burgler...snickers,

Whats that, 3 or 4 from Sanveans Youtube blogs?

Not bad.

[Barzalene]

On a porn site.

I'm trying to decide if that's better than "It came to me in a dream," or not.

[X-D]

It is better, the dream one has been used before.

[brytta.leofa]

• - From an Iron Relms e-mail.

[The7DeadlyVenomz]

• - From an Iron Relms e-mail.

Ditto, Brytta. Was the player too frusturated with the level of ah sum RP on an IR mud, and redirected here? What the heck?!?

[Barzalene]

It is better, the dream one has been used before.

Yes, it has. But I meant is it better than the first time it was used?

[Mood]

CAT BURGLAR.

[mansa]

- gays



- Listed on 4chan

[Yam]

Oh shat 4chon.

[touringCompl3t3]

I feel as though some people are raising the idea of boosting the playerbase.  Possibly a good idea, no?

Besides recruitment, I think retention is also a noble goal.

When some players leave, it might be true that they are happier somewhere else.  But what about some people who leave because they are slightly bored?  Or people who leave because of a simple misunderstanding? 

There might be value to luring them back to the game.

I propose that someone clever person create a wall to auto-email people who have not logged in for a while at several increments, maybe 90 days, 6 months, one year....etc.

The email could remind them the game is up and running, new plots are happening....and that helpers are available for contact if there is need of help.

Eh?

-Melvin

[Agent_137]

spam reminder messages suck.

There's not that many, I imagine, better to provide the list to helpers so we could email them personally. We'd have to delete people off the list so that they dont' get 5 emails from different helper.s

[Inix77]

Slightly off topic...finding out how all the New Players are finding out about Arm. I have a question for all you 'old-timers' How did YOU find out about Arm?

[Barzalene]

I saw the title armageddon, and the words post-apocolyptic and thought it was going to be like my favorite movie: A Boy and His Dog.

[a strange shadow]

Six years ago, a friend from another MUD said "Hey, I've been playing this game called Armageddon..."

[The7DeadlyVenomz]

My little brother introduced me to it.

[Aruven]

I had the automatic access because kelviks my old man.

I guess he got started going to school with some certain people that started the game - and playing D&D with some staffers. Which... I still make fun of him for. Even though I spend countless hours on my computer pretending I live on a desert planet.

That aside, I know the mud-voting lists draw players sometimes, but, I think something steadier could be done.

Then again, sometimes I liek the player-base this way. Just because when I'm in a combat room with more than say... five people, it's already confusing. Imagine if we had 200 people. Tavern talk alone would be ridiculous to scroll through.

[Belenos]

Then again, sometimes I liek the player-base this way. Just because when I'm in a combat room with more than say... five people, it's already confusing. Imagine if we had 200 people. Tavern talk alone would be ridiculous to scroll through.

I've thought about that a lot.  I think after a popular location got too popular, you would find people moving to less popular locations for the peace and quiet.  Things like over crowding, or under crowding seem to find their own balance.   One concern I would have if the player base exceeded 150 would be staff coverage and burnout.  It gets very busy upstairs when there are a lot of people on.

[Shoka Windrunner]

Then again, sometimes I liek the player-base this way. Just because when I'm in a combat room with more than say... five people, it's already confusing. Imagine if we had 200 people. Tavern talk alone would be ridiculous to scroll through.

I've thought about that a lot.  I think after a popular location got too popular, you would find people moving to less popular locations for the peace and quiet.  Things like over crowding, or under crowding seem to find their own balance.   One concern I would have if the player base exceeded 150 would be staff coverage and burnout.  It gets very busy upstairs when there are a lot of people on.

You can always get more Storytellers.

[FuSoYa]

I'm  not quite sure how I found Armageddon.  I used to play an IRE mud and had made an account here long ago... wondered around... was like WTF where am I supposed to find shit to do?  Did it again, got hired and ended up falling in love.

Brandon