I remember when I started playing back many years ago that finding an old player was like "oh shit nice" then soon enough he/she was leaving the room or just ignoring me and this was a little frustrating. I stayed in toribash because of joustingfixed, twinswords, judo, and other funny and easy mods to play in which it had booms and blood and very much fun.
Thus I think the community per se has a key role for a mid-term retention but for beginners the FUN is the most important for sure. And aikido or the other "e-sport mods" (oh shit) which require more time to learn how to play do not contribute for them.
We do have 15 "public" rooms and which one of them provides real fun to those who doesn't know toribash yet?
If the goal is to retain beginners, then I think a good strategy to it should be to make less public rooms, for example up to 8, and make 4 or 5 of them of pure fun mods.
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Then use instagram, tiktok and twitter for marketing.
Last edited by iver; Feb 25, 2023 at 02:22 AM.
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