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Off Topic / Re: The only way to revive Blockland, period
« on: November 28, 2019, 11:53:58 AM »
lack of advertising/public interest is 100% what led to the downfall of the game. i literally cannot remember the last time i saw a Blockland ad online, maybe 2009? i would say 80% of users between 2005 and 2010 joined after seeing adverts. the only publicity this game gets nowadays is the occasional spanish youtuber that makes fun of it and even then we only gain probably 20 reoccuring members from that.

people who attribute its decline to a lack of updates clearly don't remember that 99.9% of the content in this game was created by its community. there have only been less than a dozen actual "big updates" since 2007 and that's fine. this game doesn't need to be ambitious because it's a LEGO sandbox game. it does what it's meant to do almost perfectly. the problem is, with rarely any new players means the community is slowly bleeding out. the reason we don't see phenomenal new ideas or motivation to play the game is because a majority of its creators have left. sure, new people could come around and breathe new life into the game but by then i think most of us will have moved forward. it's a shame

this game could go 20 more years without a single update and still be a fine experience. you can do a million and a half things with blockland and still find ways to make it a new and inventive experience. the reality is with no thriving community, we're getting sick of each other and the game as a whole. blockland isn't coming back from this drought, put your focus on block party and please support ghost

lack of advertising was definitely not the reason for the game's decline. even when the game was on the front page of steam the player count spiked for like a week then went right back down to where it was before, if not lower. the problem is that blockland has horrible player retention because the base game is boring, even in terms of basic quality of life things like the duplicator. even when people find out about the game they don't keep playing it.

it worked in 2007-2009 because there were almost no games like it. minecraft hadn't exploded yet so there wasn't an oversaturation of the market in sandbox games like there is now. blockland was always a small game, but with all the sandbox building games that are out there now it really has to have something that stands out and grabs people. when everything that makes the game actually enjoyable requires you to download mods from a forum that new players don't even know exists, it doesn't stand a chance.

advertising is not the issue. the issue is that the base game is bad.

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Off Topic / Re: day discussion topic i guess [day 1230]
« on: November 28, 2019, 10:59:39 AM »
hap thgnnng

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Drama / Re: Isaccsbricks is spamming and needs to stop posting
« on: November 27, 2019, 06:17:48 PM »
snot

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Drama / Re: Isaccsbricks is spamming and needs to stop posting
« on: November 26, 2019, 08:00:50 PM »
terorist.....

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General Discussion / Re: your favorite/most remembered servers
« on: November 26, 2019, 06:11:39 PM »
zombies in the bluzone
reinforcements' thing he hosted for a month then never released or spoke of again
cyblock
panquake's throwmod
any of the freebuilds that my friends at the time hosted

also it's probably a bit self-centered but ultimate pirate forgetaround honestly lmao

i probably forgot a lot

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Off Topic / Re: I give up for now, Messiah goes into a break
« on: November 24, 2019, 05:37:17 PM »
eletcrk is a cigarette ignore him

shut the forget up squib. Idiot squib

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Off Topic / Re: I give up for now, Messiah goes into a break
« on: November 24, 2019, 01:48:59 PM »
the game sucks

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Off Topic / Re: day discussion topic i guess [day 1226]
« on: November 24, 2019, 01:21:22 PM »
Hey, how are you guys doing? I have a few weeks of treatment left, things are going well for me. Thanks to those who helped me through my recent relapse.

Great news!! I'm glad to hear this

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Drama / Re: tell me some tea
« on: November 23, 2019, 11:57:12 PM »
Hm.

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Drama / Re: tell me some tea
« on: November 23, 2019, 11:07:43 PM »
isaac is the 1 guy who will save bl and your just standing in his way

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General Discussion / Re: Very Far Away Horse
« on: November 23, 2019, 11:00:15 PM »
have you tried all the other letters of the alphabet? what if the horse likes the alphabet. Like just the whole alphabet

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Off Topic / Re: day discussion topic i guess [day 1225]
« on: November 23, 2019, 07:21:18 AM »
day 1225

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Off Topic / Re: The only way to revive Blockland, period
« on: November 23, 2019, 04:47:39 AM »
joel has expressed interest in playing bl before but it seemed like he was being ironic so idk

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