The way it works is it pulls the top 20 games by player count and then puts any featured games in the group at the top. So in our case, we have
SS13 -- 106 (featured)
Dragonball Phoenix-- 232
DBZHU -- 184
Duel Monsters Genesis -- 136
Every game on the front page besides SS13 and RP Unlimited (?) is Anime, which would probably be a turn-off for new users who aren't anime fans.
To be honest, I was introduced to byond because of Naruto and so was my neighbor because I introduced him to Naruto GOA...
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Tom wrote:
The way it works is it pulls the top 20 games by player count and then puts any featured games in the group at the top. So in our case, we have And SS13 is featured... Why? Because it is a original game? Or is there some other reasoning behind that? Sorry for asking so many questions, just trying to get a feel for how things are/will be. It can't hurt anyway. XD | |
Well, start introducing players to non-Anime games already! Really, some of them are actually quite good. Back in the day we used to play Shadowdarke's Tanks game all the time.
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XLR8ED wrote:
To be honest, I was introduced to byond because of Naruto and so was my neighbor because I introduced him to Naruto GOA... I introduced my cousin to Naruto GOA, also it was Naruto as well. | |
Yes, any non-fangame that is reasonably good & complete will be featured. So start making them.
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Tom wrote:
Well, start introducing players to non-Anime games already! Really, some of them are actually quite good. Back in the day we used to play Shadowdarke's Tanks game all the time. Well I tried to convert people into the action section, but everyone I ask is an anime addict who has no life anymore. Like my neighbor never comes outside after he started playing GOA for a year. | |
Tom wrote:
Yes, any non-fangame that is reasonably good & complete will be featured. So start making them. Well, its fun looking for sounds and stuff for original games, while coming up with your own things, however people are looking for Anime Online games, and they bump into BYOND most of the time. | |
Dakumonki wrote:
Tom wrote: Yeah, google lead me here with "Naruto MMORPG" after like page 5 or something haha. | |
Example
Guy:Hey bro, come to BYOND and play decadence with me, its a 3rd person shooter. Guy 2:Nah man, I prefer my call of duty on Ps3 which isn't 2d. Guy: Well they got this Naruto Game thats online full of PvP. Guy 2: SOUNDS GREAT SINCE THERE IS NO OTHER NARUTO ONLINE PVP GAME, BYOND HERE I COME. etc.. etc... etc.... | |
Dakumonki wrote:
Example Yeah that's what I was about to bring up. Like, I think a massive majority of byond's members came for anime games and either grew tired of rips and went into other sections or are interested in playing chess outside of MSN? Like, where are we suppose to go from here? 2D is slowly dying...I mean even Nintendo is starting to get rid of 2D. I can understand that Arcade is still popular, maybe that should be added in too. Along with multi-threading? | |
XLR8ED wrote:
Like, where are we suppose to go from here? 2D is slowly dying...I mean even Nintendo is starting to get rid of 2D. I can understand that Arcade is still popular, maybe that should be added in too. Along with multi-threading? Multi-threading is already implemented behind the scenes. If it wasn't your games would only have one thread and could only execute one command at a time in the order the commands were given. You can also use spawn() to run a statement without ever having to wait for a return. | |
Dakumonki wrote:
Moussiffer wrote: Me too, every hub can be deleted. Then all the inactive hubs are gone, then people can just redo thier hubs if the game is active. Or at least put a timer on hubs so that if they are inactive for a certain period of time, it automatically is removed. | |
Dakumonki wrote:
Guy 2:Nah man, I prefer my call of duty on Ps3 which isn't 2d.XLR8ED wrote: Like, where are we suppose to go from here? 2D is slowly dying.. If anything, 2D games and retro gameplay have made a huge comeback over the past few years. BYOND has a very good sampling of original games that offer something players can't find anywhere else. These discussions always degrade into a debate about BYOND's limitations, which is really just an excuse that lazy, incompetent idiots use to avoid investing time into actually learning DM and making a proper game. XLR8ED wrote: Well I tried to convert people into the action section, but everyone I ask is an anime addict who has no life anymore. Like my neighbor never comes outside after he started playing GOA for a year. The kind of morons who would play one of BYOND's crappy Anime games for an entire year are exactly the type of people that BYOND doesn't need to be attracting. They don't have anything to contribute - apart from what I'm guessing is about a .001% conversion rate for BYOND Membership purchases. The focus of the new site will be on promoting original ideas and creativity. With any luck, BYOND will now start to bring in users who appreciate creativity and who want to take part in the process. | |
SilkWizard wrote:
Dakumonki wrote: Calm down silky, its best to attract some than none. Its not like NEstalgia is out the roof with players, maybe if you we're not blaming fan made games for its fail you would get somewhere. Dans game is life taking as much as WoW, it takes about 3months to get level 100, before this wipe, it took a year. | |
Dakumonki - I don't know who you are, but you are representative of the kind of person that I will be glad to see shoved under the rug tomorrow. You can barely form a complete thought, much less a complete sentence. You have nothing to offer me or anyone else on BYOND, and you never will. Good riddance.
Don't be worried about NEStalgia: come tomorrow my job is going to get a lot easier. | |
Galactic Soldier wrote:
Dakumonki, it's too late to deny it, you know SilkWizard has won. Just a moment ago you were saying "It looks like I win.", just how much more of a confession do we need? For someone who can program, but cannot BEGIN to program, you're talking a bit to much Galactic, the day you decide to grow up, is the day you won't be seen more than just a bag of laughs. | |
Galactic Soldier wrote:
Dakumonki wrote: var lol = "LOLOLOLO" | |
Dakumonki wrote:
I know one thing, I'll always see a "Naruto GOA" rip with more players then NEstalgia Maybe you will, maybe you won't. Beverly Hills Chihuahua opened at #1 at the box office. The Shawshank Redemption bombed in theaters. Which film do you think I'd rather be responsible for making? How unfortunate for you that you'd champion stealing both source code and intellectual property in order to demean hard work and real creativity. In the course of this very one-sided discussion you've proven my point for me. As I said before, BYOND will be much better off with people like you being kept hidden away from sight. | |
What are the top 4 games under players sort?
EDIT: I ask this because when I look at all games now and sort by players the top 4 are Dragon Ball Phoenix, Dragon Ball Z: Heroes United, Dual Monsters Genesis, and SS13, and I wonder if it is the same in the new format.