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Do you fear the worst for this game? It's not like 10 new people join a day. I i see more people leave than i do new people joining. Surely it can't be good for the game.

I know it's ender hobby but i'd like to see more done to attract new players. Or else i feel the game's going no where other than downhill. i think enders happy where it is and like it says i can only fear the worst. (and i haven't played it aslong as what you guys have)

I fear (as I look at the home page) one day Ender will stop getting donations and decide this game is no longer worth his time.

It feels a lot like floR in the bots2 days..

I fear nothing.

I fear the fear of fear, scary shit yo.

I fear (as I look at the home page) one day Ender will stop getting donations and decide this game is no longer worth his time.

He just hit the nail on the head. More needs to be done to attract new players and to prevent old people leaving for other games

and to prevent old people leaving for other games

lets focus on that

Well Ville as gone who is next?

I dont see how you can stop people from leaving this game to play others, they normally do so because they need a break from this game lol and some return some dont.

The worrying thing for me is the amount of new players i see trying the game(pretty much zero) there is surely a huge supply of players for bots4 out there that simply haven't been reached, I find it hard to believe that only 300 or so players out of 7 billion in the world would enjoy bots. But how do you attract them.. well you put your best advertising out there possible and even if only 1 in 50 play the game for a couple of months after trying it, then that is a positive result... all this is down to Ender though and i guess advertising costs a lot.

Well more donations come with more players...

How about a referal system?

I kinda agree. I think the problem shouldn't be about donations, honestly - I feel for a text based game, people have been more generous and giving then I've seen anywhere else; I remember back a year or two ago, the donation page was active nearly every day. Consider the difference between this, and the amount of donations most small software developers/programmers/enthusiasts and hobbyists get.

Also consider the time taken for any update - months in between, and its not as though there's little to add, there's heaps of things this game could use, and heaps of suggestions from an amazing and dedicated player base that would bring the game to a new level.

To be horribly honest - I feel as if there's no drive any more, drive that only new players could bring, and yes, advertisement revenue!
And even with new players, Bots4 requires investment. If you want to level consider this: most bots are either cash cows (extremely low ratios), experimental builds (<300 w/l, bad for farming xp), or built by players who've been round the block (e.g. with the optimal build/high ratio). There's not a lot of space for your balanced katanas, either you're going to get steam rolled, or you are going to steam roll. The point being, is that bots is an addictive game, but it's not the only addictive game, and others have development and a growing community (which includes actual newbs).

what are you talking about? 15 players are online now, thats like 5 off our record!

What ever happened to that lottery system?

/t0r