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jedi42
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Evil Empires Inc.
Joined: February 25, 2002
Posts: 478
From: jedi42
|  Posted: 2008-10-14 08:57
Just curious why there is no 3-day/7-day/"Free Weekend" promotion or something.
Seems like the big release would be a good time to encourage new players (and old *cough) to sign up again. I wouldn't even have known you guys released it (at least send a community-wide e-mail to let all the registered players know it came out) if I didn't browse the forums occasionally still.
Just wondering what's up with that?
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Faustus
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Palestar
Joined: May 29, 2001
Posts: 2748
From: Austin, Texas
| Posted: 2008-10-14 08:58
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On 2008-10-14 08:57, dj42 {C?} wrote:
Just curious why there is no 3-day/7-day/"Free Weekend" promotion or something.
Seems like the big release would be a good time to encourage new players (and old *cough) to sign up again. I wouldn't even have known you guys released it (at least send a community-wide e-mail to let all the registered players know it came out) if I didn't browse the forums occasionally still.
Just wondering what's up with that?
[ This Message was edited by: dj42 {C?} on 2008-10-14 08:57 ]
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We're waiting for all the bugs to get flushed out before we do an announcement...
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Latrodectus
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From: Latrodectus
| Posted: 2008-10-14 11:06
Faustus is wise, He knows what he is doing.  Just trust him.
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jedi42
Grand Admiral
Evil Empires Inc.
Joined: February 25, 2002
Posts: 478
From: jedi42
| Posted: 2008-10-14 15:53
Thanks for the reply Faustus. That makes sense.
It just had this feel like NASA developed a new type of reusable launch vehicle to replace the shuttle, and one day without telling anyone, they send men to the moon.
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$yTHe {C?}
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Sundered Weimeriners
Joined: September 29, 2002
Posts: 1292
From: Arlington, VA
| Posted: 2008-10-14 16:04
You mean send men to a studio in Arizona and fake a moon landing, AMIRITE?
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Jim Starluck
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Joined: October 22, 2001
Posts: 2232
From: Cincinnati, OH
| Posted: 2008-10-14 16:46
No, no, they send men to a studio on the Moon and fake a landing in Arizona.
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Russian Roulette with Muskets
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| Posted: 2008-10-14 16:48
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On 2008-10-14 16:46, Jim Starluck wrote:
No, no, they send men to a studio on the Moon and fake a landing in Arizona.
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nonsense. who would wan't to land in Arizona?
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jedi42
Grand Admiral
Evil Empires Inc.
Joined: February 25, 2002
Posts: 478
From: jedi42
| Posted: 2008-10-14 17:18
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On 2008-10-14 16:48, Russian Roulette with Muskets wrote:
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On 2008-10-14 16:46, Jim Starluck wrote:
No, no, they send men to a studio on the Moon and fake a landing in Arizona.
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nonsense. who would wan't to land in Arizona?
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Normally, I despise the grammar nazi. If that "wan't" isn't a typo, that's one of the strangest apostrophe placements I've seen.
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Coeus
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Sundered Weimeriners
Joined: March 22, 2006
Posts: 2815
From: Philly
| Posted: 2008-10-14 17:23
He's russian. That 'splains it.
And I know a few nukes that wouldn't mind landing in Arizona...
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Ship-Of-Fools
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Angry Mob
Joined: June 10, 2004
Posts: 415
From: USA
| Posted: 2008-10-15 02:26
instead of free time, how about prorated first month, or 3 months or what ever
that way they get the free time, but sub for at least a month , giving them ample time to try out the game and form an opinion
an opinion, that just so happens to put money in coffers to pay for that new server at the same time
just a thought
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XenoZex
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Posts: 22
| Posted: 2008-10-15 03:31
Thats how i got envolved in this game few years back  I had a 14 day trial ... But something went wrong and insteed of playing 14 days, I played over 2 months for free.
That was on an old account, now i`m subbed
But i think it`s a good way to get more people to play Dark Space. Frankly I don`t understand why thers so few of us playing. I think DS should be a good oponent against Eve (i tried it ... sucks).
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Gejaheline
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Joined: March 19, 2005
Posts: 1127
From: UGTO MUNIN HQ, Mars
| Posted: 2008-10-15 09:19
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On 2008-10-15 03:31, XenoZex wrote:
...I think DS should be a good oponent against Eve (i tried it ... sucks).
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Played EvE, played DS, liked both of them. Different games, though. EvE is basically X online (or Elite if you want to go even further back), DS is something altogether different. They don't really compete in the same niches.
Free play's a good idea, in my opinion, but at the moment the random server death and general bugs need fixing so that potential new players can be presented with a shiny, complete product.
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