Author Topic: Soldat is dying, how to revive it? (Read 140982 times)

Z i p p y · « **Reply #120 on:** July 24, 2009, 06:08:59 pm »

I haven't played this game for as long as you, but I personally like Soldat when there aren't so many players. One thing I do notice is that they're really isn't that many new players coming into the game. We need more advertising or something to get a good flow of new players.

miketh2005 · « **Reply #121 on:** July 24, 2009, 07:22:49 pm »

Quote from: Z i p p y on July 24, 2009, 06:08:59 pm

I personally like Soldat when there aren't many players.

Good luck playing by yourself, then, lol.

MetsuriTossavainen · « **Reply #122 on:** July 25, 2009, 03:05:33 am »

Quote from: miketh2005 on July 24, 2009, 07:22:49 pm

Quote from: Z i p p y on July 24, 2009, 06:08:59 pm
I personally like Soldat when there aren't many players.

Good luck playing by yourself, then, lol.

I agree with Zippy. I have played in a server and there was about 15 on both sides and it was just a pure torture.

STM1993 · « **Reply #123 on:** July 25, 2009, 04:32:16 am »

Actually, its better to have more players, but less per server.

Jaedong · « **Reply #124 on:** July 25, 2009, 05:51:17 am »

Well there's a lot of errors prohibiting a lot of players playing 1.5 meaning a lot less players in public servers. However, I think the competitive scene is always growing which is good.

LtKillroy · « **Reply #125 on:** July 25, 2009, 01:34:23 pm »

Anything with U13 in its name will be seriously considered by me.

1 hit k0 · « **Reply #126 on:** July 27, 2009, 05:22:27 am »

I just play :S

demoniac93 · « **Reply #127 on:** July 28, 2009, 07:02:02 pm »

Eh, it's actually said that the fastest way to get skill is playing 32 player DM's. Which I've found to be quite true.

Sauron · « **Reply #128 on:** August 04, 2009, 04:07:54 am »

Yes, Soldat is going to his end, slowly but going. I stopped playing too for some time, maybe forever, I get annoyed from big delays between new releases. For example waiting months for some bug fix for 1.5 and still nothing released. Since 1.5 release nobody can watch his demos properly, DM matches are corrupted etc. but ofc. why release bugfix version soon as possible, it`s better to wait months and add new features like in 1.4.2 - 1.5. ;d With this style you can`t expect that Soldat will be getting more popularity.

R.I.P

Example:
http://www.xfire.com/games/soldat/Soldat/
Xfire Rank
#169 down from #165 yesterday
Highest: #40 on 2004-04-07

And similar on one gaming portal from 100+ players in 2006 now 30-40+.

-Major- · « **Reply #129 on:** August 04, 2009, 05:02:46 am »

they haven't realized that you can have more than up to .2 in a version name, it could even be 1.5.13, it's still a valid version name.

echo_trail · « **Reply #130 on:** August 04, 2009, 05:23:44 am »

Yes, obviously that's the big issue here.

-Major- · « **Reply #131 on:** August 04, 2009, 07:04:59 am »

Quote from: echo_trail on August 04, 2009, 05:23:44 am

Yes, obviously that's the big issue here.

I don't know how it works with the servers, but fixing 1 bug and make an update works very well.
this would give a lot of updates, but just using the auto update feature that soldat has, but is not used.

homerofgods · « **Reply #132 on:** August 04, 2009, 09:49:43 am »

More frequent updates would be cool, but it means more work.

numgun · « **Reply #133 on:** August 06, 2009, 05:54:24 am »

This thread is bullshit.

Soldat is an awesome game and its unique on its own.
I still play soldat from time to time and it never gets old.

...whoa. that just rhymed.

PQ · « **Reply #134 on:** August 06, 2009, 09:01:14 am »

Quote from: Sauron on August 04, 2009, 04:07:54 am

Yes, Soldat is going to his end, slowly but going. I stopped playing too for some time, maybe forever, I get annoyed from big delays between new releases. For example waiting months for some bug fix for 1.5 and still nothing released. Since 1.5 release nobody can watch his demos properly, DM matches are corrupted etc. but ofc. why release bugfix version soon as possible, it`s better to wait months and add new features like in 1.4.2 - 1.5. ;d With this style you can`t expect that Soldat will be getting more popularity.

R.I.P

Example:
http://www.xfire.com/games/soldat/Soldat/
Xfire Rank
#169 down from #165 yesterday
Highest: #40 on 2004-04-07

And similar on one gaming portal from 100+ players in 2006 now 30-40+.

Remember that BE doesn't allow XFire to monitor soldat games anymore

Quote from: numgun on August 06, 2009, 05:54:24 am

This thread is bulls**t.

Soldat is an awesome game and its unique on its own.
I still play soldat from time to time and it never gets old.

...whoa. that just rhymed.

Must be a very diffecult rhyme scheme.. (?)

jg0204 · « **Reply #135 on:** August 07, 2009, 02:13:41 pm »

c'mon,soldat dying? ouch,maybe...sometimes i go play and there is no brazilian servers to enter,and even americans!

AntiHero · « **Reply #136 on:** August 07, 2009, 04:26:07 pm »

Hmm soldat seems pretty good to me not many people are going away from soldat from each passing version well for me at least

miketh2005 · « **Reply #137 on:** August 09, 2009, 04:00:11 pm »

Well, if people would just buy some damn cheap server hosting (49c/player), then they will be supporting soldat and helping it not to die. Click here to buy server hosting / more info.

1ronclaw · « **Reply #138 on:** August 11, 2009, 02:45:42 am »

I started playing soldat about 2 years ago but took a break and just recently started again. I've noticed a large difference in the number of players. I think a big problem is getting new players to stay. I have been having trouble getting back up to my old level of skill, so maybe some sort of "noobs only" server or something to help new players get some practice might help, but I don't know if that would even be possible.

On another note, maybe if people focused more on having fun than winning then they wouldn't feel like the game had so many bugs. Maybe it's just because I'm so rusty, but I haven't noticed anything dramatic besides the sometimes missing data from the score page in DM. Maybe if people focused more on having fun than winning, a few balance issues wouldn't be such a big deal. On the other hand, there will always be people who exploit bugs, even more so in a larger community.

Anyway that's just my two cents, hopefully it made sense.

miketh2005 · « **Reply #139 on:** August 11, 2009, 03:20:37 pm »

Quote from: 1ronclaw on August 11, 2009, 02:45:42 am

I started playing soldat about 2 years ago but took a break and just recently started again. I've noticed a large difference in the number of players. I think a big problem is getting new players to stay. I have been having trouble getting back up to my old level of skill, so maybe some sort of "noobs only" server or something to help new players get some practice might help, but I don't know if that would even be possible.

On another note, maybe if people focused more on having fun than winning then they wouldn't feel like the game had so many bugs. Maybe it's just because I'm so rusty, but I haven't noticed anything dramatic besides the sometimes missing data from the score page in DM. Maybe if people focused more on having fun than winning, a few balance issues wouldn't be such a big deal. On the other hand, there will always be people who exploit bugs, even more so in a larger community.

Anyway that's just my two cents, hopefully it made sense.

Yeah, noobs only server? That's weird. The only way you get better is by playing the game period. Heck, MM built in a newbs only server. Just play with bots.

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