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bobert · Mar 14, 2005, 11:36 PM // 23:36

Well, so far I've successfully hooked 3 friends/family on Guild Wars

And will be working on a 4th for this coming BWE

Ellestar · Mar 15, 2005, 08:09 AM // 08:09

Maybe somewhere GW is popular, probably in USA.

Do i see any clans in a ladder from other PvP games? I heard only about LotD.
Do i see any euro clans? No. At least, they don't say that they're euro.
GWEurope site wasn't popular in October when i registered there and it isn't popular now.

There is only one GW fan site in Russia. 8500 hosts (hotlog.ru counter). There are 2 Clans (both with a several years history, they played in other games before GW), they can barely get enough players interested in GW to field a group for GvG (8*2 players lol).
Compare it to WoW in Russia: 4 or 5 portals. worldofwarcraft.ru - 466710 hosts. WoW is already released in Europe, there was 135506 hosts in the last month. So 466710-135506*2=195500 hosts not including last 60 days. That's only one site out of 4 or 5 big ones (i can remember url's of only two sites and only one have hotlog.ru counter on it so guests can see statistics).

"Word of mouth" advertising works fine when someone is interested in the game in the first place. When almost noone is interested, it doesn't work. GW will not outsell WoW, no chances.

Mar 15, 2005, 08:09 AM // 08:09	#22
Ellestar Munchking Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Russian Federation, Moscow Guild: Ladder to Hell (ATM playing with Rus Corp)	Maybe somewhere GW is popular, probably in USA. Do i see any clans in a ladder from other PvP games? I heard only about LotD. Do i see any euro clans? No. At least, they don't say that they're euro. GWEurope site wasn't popular in October when i registered there and it isn't popular now. There is only one GW fan site in Russia. 8500 hosts (hotlog.ru counter). There are 2 Clans (both with a several years history, they played in other games before GW), they can barely get enough players interested in GW to field a group for GvG (82 players lol). Compare it to WoW in Russia: 4 or 5 portals. worldofwarcraft.ru - 466710 hosts. WoW is already released in Europe, there was 135506 hosts in the last month. So 466710-1355062=195500 hosts not including last 60 days. That's only one site out of 4 or 5 big ones (i can remember url's of only two sites and only one have hotlog.ru counter on it so guests can see statistics). "Word of mouth" advertising works fine when someone is interested in the game in the first place. When almost noone is interested, it doesn't work. GW will not outsell WoW, no chances. __________________ Knowledge is Power! Russian Guild Wars fansite staff http://www.guildwars.ru/ Last edited by Ellestar; Mar 15, 2005 at 08:22 AM // 08:22..

Mar 14, 2005, 11:36 PM // 23:36	#21
bobert Core Guru Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: TX Profession: R/Me	Well, so far I've successfully hooked 3 friends/family on Guild Wars And will be working on a 4th for this coming BWE