Author Topic: There are 300-400 regular players in MA... (Read 689 times)

Adjuster · « **on:** October 23, 2003, 03:01:33 PM »

So how come only around 90 are prepared to spare a few minutes providing Beta information

Come on guys dont moan about it provide the info to make it work !

Adjuster

mos · « **Reply #1 on:** October 23, 2003, 04:05:05 PM »

Do 100% of those 300-400 read the forums? Probably not.

6389 · « **Reply #2 on:** October 23, 2003, 04:19:55 PM »

i'm not even in ma and i read the forums

daddog · « **Reply #3 on:** October 23, 2003, 04:24:09 PM »

I have often wondered how many of their regular customers read the BB’s every week. Regular meaning flying for 6 months or more. I would guess about 50%.

Westy · « **Reply #4 on:** October 23, 2003, 05:00:03 PM »

"..how many of their regular customers read the BB’s every week."

I bet it's closer to 10%. Maybe 15% on a busy week.

And of that I bet only 10-15% respond or post. I read several web boards (for various interests and hobbies) and many of these web forums will show how many times a post has been read. AGW is liek that - as an example. When I've compared the number of times a post has been read with the number of those readers who reply I figure that the average is agina, 10-15%. So IMO people who post are a small percent of a small percentage who even come here.

Westy

Arlo · « **Reply #5 on:** October 23, 2003, 05:12:23 PM »

And, of course, there's the small percentage of those who've downloaded the beta and given their feedback in the following way:

0 fps offline until I upgrade.

Further feedback probably won't happen until they upgrade.

Flossy · « **Reply #6 on:** October 23, 2003, 05:43:11 PM »

Some of us have just been too busy with other things.... hoping to get around to it soon.

SunKing · « **Reply #7 on:** October 23, 2003, 08:10:22 PM »

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Originally posted by daddog
I have often wondered how many of their regular customers read the BB’s every week. Regular meaning flying for 6 months or more. I would guess about 50%.

Then there are alot us who spend more time on the forum than we do playing.

polka · « **Reply #8 on:** October 23, 2003, 11:14:36 PM »

Then again, perhaps there are a lot of players like me who's machine is just far too slow to even test the new version.

svalan · « **Reply #9 on:** October 24, 2003, 03:23:53 AM »

With my Celeron 800mhz and Nvidia TNT2 M64 32 mb .

I can't do the test got only frame rate off 0 in tower .

I just look now for an good new puter , and looking when ah2 comes out also for an good stick .

Can't wait to wing together with my son

svalan and son The Flying Dutchman

Kaz · « **Reply #10 on:** October 24, 2003, 09:34:08 AM »

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I have often wondered how many of their regular customers read the BB’s every week.

daddog

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I bet it's closer to 10%. Maybe 15% on a busy week.

Westy

That's a good point, maybe there's a way to let others in on the beta 'secret'. Not many people read the boards but I'm thinking that they'd be a little more willing to help with the testing.

Perhaps a way to get the word out oh and quite a few of the players do not speak English fluently. That could also be a factor.
Anyone willing to translate for some folks?

Westy · « **Reply #11 on:** October 24, 2003, 10:16:45 AM »

IMO a newsletter from HTC (even a brief one is better than none) or even a pop-up "message of the day" for players when they log on would work (or have worked).

Replicant · « **Reply #12 on:** October 24, 2003, 10:51:18 AM »

I been buying new PC bits and bobs.... Job interview.... downloaded AH 1.99.1 but not even tried it yet...

daddog · « **Reply #13 on:** October 24, 2003, 05:16:47 PM »

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I bet it's closer to 10%. Maybe 15% on a busy week.

You might be right westy, but I would guess higher. One thing for sure you pointed out is more players read than post.

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Then there are alot us who spend more time on the forum than we do playing.

So true. I spend more time on the BB than I do flying. Never thought about that end of it.

Adjuster · « **Reply #14 on:** October 24, 2003, 05:32:15 PM »

Boy I got all the reasonable posters on this all with valid points and no flames or Hijacks

Just shows how reasonable people can be on the BBS

Adjuster