$213,784 Total July Land Sales

[elisa]

2 observations:

* Buyout on a new ultra-mega-land sale in the end of the year would be around $500000 now

* MA will open all Amethera within 1 year time

[kygon]

well done MA, more new player, more worldwide coverage, more profit for them maybe they can hire a few new 'top level' ppl

good job

[HardWrath]

Originally Posted by Sonya Heart

Its a nice bit of press for MA and gratz the game is taking off, However with support tickets going 2 weeks unanswered and bugs such as the bot bug going unfixed spending the time to make a press release on land sales is a little off.

Its good for all of us that MA is doing well but MA gives the impression that the press views are more important than the player views which is not good.

I would love to see a press release like this :

Mindark eliminates all bugs and has the first bug free online universe.

Wouldnt that be nice and would attract far more people!

I agree, bugs and support can be frustrating. However, this press release probably didn’t tie up the ENTIRE MindArk staff. Infact it probably consisted of just a phone call between the press company and a Mind Ark official.

Personally I don’t think Mind Ark does enough to promote this game. If Mind Ark did focus more on getting new players then they would have more revenue which would allow them to hire more staff, implement new servers, which would further empower them to deal with issues as they arise.

More players in the game = More money in the game

More money in the game = More opportunities for you and me

More opportunities for you and me = More players that stay in EU longer.

More players that stay in EU longer = More stable revenue for MA

More stable revenue for MA = More investors

More investors = more wherewithal to develop infrastructure and R&D

More infrastructure and R&D = More features, options, better support, less bugs, etc

More features, options, better support, less bugs, etc = More players in the game

It’s all a big circle but you can’t have the chicken before you have the egg.

This “bash MA” mentality that so many people have is contagious and blown out of proportion and it scares away people who would have otherwise participated in EU which ends up costing ME and YOU money in the game and limits our in-game enjoyment.

[kygon]

Originally Posted by HardWrath

This “bash MA” mentality that so many people have is contagious and blown out of proportion and it scares away people who would have otherwise participated in EU which ends up costing ME and YOU money in the game and limits our in-game enjoyment.

very good post and totally agree

also this bashing makes me and other ppl feel negative about EU when they read all this crap !!

[Lykke]

Originally Posted by HardWrath

This “bash MA” mentality that so many people have is contagious and blown out of proportion and it scares away people who would have otherwise participated in EU which ends up costing ME and YOU money in the game and limits our in-game enjoyment.

Why not just face the fact that if MA had done something that could have prevent people from "bashing" - and it only required fixing the problems there are in game - then THAT would have done something about the in-game enjoyment! You don't have to play for long to see that bugs and other issues are preventing people in having fun - and that might be the biggest reason for people to leave.

I didn't deposit for over a year just to suddenly decide this wasn't the way I wanted to "spend" my money? You can choose to close your eyes towards the truth or you can choose to make the company aware of the problems there are - to make it better because you have been a part of this for so long! After several support cases and other "soft" methods it can be real hard to find other ways to communicate, than to try on the forums.

[HardWrath]

Originally Posted by Lykke

Why not just face the fact that if MA had done something that could have prevent people from "bashing" - and it only required fixing the problems there are in game - then THAT would have done something about the in-game enjoyment! You don't have to play for long to see that bugs and other issues are preventing people in having fun - and that might be the biggest reason for people to leave.

I didn't deposit for over a year just to suddenly decide this wasn't the way I wanted to "spend" my money? You can choose to close your eyes towards the truth or you can choose to make the company aware of the problems there are - to make it better because you have been a part of this for so long! After several support cases and other "soft" methods it can be real hard to find other ways to communicate, than to try on the forums.

I agree, but also there is a time and place for everything. What is going here in this thread is nothing more then "MA Bashing" This is a thread about a success MA had, we should stay on topic and try to discuss and interpret this success.

If someone has a specific instance of an issue then they should make a new thread and in that thread they should list the problem along with their idea of a solution. If MA did them wrong then they should tell how MA could make it right with them.

Like every person, like every company, and like everything else, MA is not perfect.

MA does have problems, this game does have problems but at the same time MA does have good points, and this game does have good points. For some people the bad points outweigh the good points and they leave. For others the good points outweigh the bad points and they stay. But some people who have left the game linger around on the forum to bash MA. Some people who simply walk around in the game and do NOTHING spend much of their time here bashing MA.

I don’t have any respect for the people who look for every opportunity to bash MA and bash this game

I am in no way a "fan boy" of MA but at the same time I like this game and as long as im here I want to make it better. Bashing MA with every opportunity wont help any of us... it will only make our voices smaller to them.

[Etopia]

and so your point hardwrath is lets aplause MA when they come after 2 month silent with som som cheated number for comunication...

I would prefert they spend that time to write something about cash card fee , or say to player they are back from vacantion and will start to do the suport job again ...
I think before braging around how much money you gain with fake cheated number , they should make an anounce on the site or on CL to player about what is going in the compagnie now.

[Sonya Heart]

Originally Posted by HardWrath

If someone has a specific instance of an issue then they should make a new thread and in that thread they should list the problem along with their idea of a solution. If MA did them wrong then they should tell how MA could make it right with them.

MA bashing threads are not allowed here and almost any thread started with the view of improving things degenerates into total bashing, thats why people will take the opertunity to voice concerns in threads such as these when they can.

My only problem with EU is the bugs, I waste alot of time due to them (notice i said time which to me is more important than peds) It can be very frustraiting.

Saying that bugs should be fixed in a thread about land sales is near valid really. Someone at MA had the time to create the LA's, someone had the time to place them on auction. Although this may be a simple procedure call it was done. Now theoretically the money from LA's goes to the loot pool, would explains all the ATH's in 2 days lol.

However time was spent there to create a press release as a goal. Why not have spent the time fixing at least one of the bugs (bot bug for example). I and the 90% of the playerbase that couldnt/wouldnt participate in the land auctions would have appreciated it more.

Like I said before, MA seems to care more about what the press thinks than what we do. This is not a good impression to give your players.

[Lykke]

Originally Posted by HardWrath

I agree, but also there is a time and place for everything. What is going here in this thread is nothing more then "MA Bashing" This is a thread about a success MA had, we should stay on topic and try to discuss and interpret this success.

If someone has a specific instance of an issue then they should make a new thread and in that thread they should list the problem along with their idea of a solution. If MA did them wrong then they should tell how MA could make it right with them.

Like every person, like every company, and like everything else, MA is not perfect.

MA does have problems, this game does have problems but at the same time MA does have good points, and this game does have good points. For some people the bad points outweigh the good points and they leave. For others the good points outweigh the bad points and they stay. But some people who have left the game linger around on the forum to bash MA. Some people who simply walk around in the game and do NOTHING spend much of their time here bashing MA.

I don’t have any respect for the people who look for every opportunity to bash MA and bash this game

I am in no way a "fan boy" of MA but at the same time I like this game and as long as im here I want to make it better. Bashing MA with every opportunity wont help any of us... it will only make our voices smaller to them.

Again, you can ask yourself how it came to this that not even people on this forum can "enjoy" MA's "success" anymore? Personally I am not the type of person who nods and smile if there is nothing to smile at. A forum shows the voice of the community. If a company want's to have some sort of feeling about how their business are going, they should listen to the community - because no matter what, WE are the one making the weels going round. Putting make up on the "face of MA" just make things worse.

And the idea about making threads to point out to MA what to do and not to do - about problems and solvations is getting kind of old. It doesn't work! We are spending our money in a game which company obviously earns a lot on that - but time has shown that they are not spending that money to solve things and make it all better for us, their customers. Dunno - in my world that is frustrating and I think its fair to let MA see that!

I respect people who openly shows what is on their mind and people who are not pushing things underneat the carpet because it "looks better"!

[OgiMini]

Originally Posted by Etopia

So far , we see all time the same that speak.
MA , ND , Deathifier...
Maybe its time to wake up som journalist , and invite them to read this forum ...( they can not read MA forum there is not) ...