I keep thinking how to attract more players in the off peak times, i remember there was a price money pool for the top players, that worked at the time, but i think thats a pointless avenue as the same 10 people that rank would win and every month and it would annoy others and cause clashes and name calling.
Advertising in other counties would be the way but it cost money, maybe if HTC targeted Air shows in other countries to market the game that may work and would be cheap, so cheap because i am sure devoted fans of the game could organize to run a simple booth for free, out of the love for the game and knowing it would help it grow.
I thought about the possibility of free moths for signing up other players but its a flawed idea for many reasons, and would not be worth the work as it would be hard to track.
In the end i think the guys i used to play with off peak had a passion for history and the game and thats why our squad would have larger numbers on itself than the number of players that are in all three teams off peak now, not only did they understand and teach each other a lot about history of war but also spent alot of time helping each other with tactics and ACM.
I read a post today about the game with a statement: the game isn't the problem its the type of players now that cause the game to be a arcade game not a sim, i think alot of that is true as the younger players now with any understanding of the past will not learn much from aces high as most of the older players and real life vets have all logged off and don't play much, and when they do play the cheap 200 smack talk is just plain insulting to anyone that is silly enough to have 200 on.
Today i missed play FSO it was so tempting to resign up and play, but then taking the boat out to catch dinner was a lot more fun and productive anyway, back in the day i would have had to have a computer in the boat and play between catches but now maybe my whine is that real life is better than any arcade structured game, but the aces years ago was worth missing out of a good hall of fresh flatheads.
