Invite more Oceanics/Australians

[Thornmisfor]

The only time I've ever seen the games_on_net servers hosting a singular party of more than 20 players was when the majority of the US and EU servers were down.

For my own selfish reasons I'm throwing out the idea of possibly getting a new influx of players to the beta. Too often do I load up M&B and see 0 or at max 2 players sitting in the Australian servers and then cannot be bothered to even join in.

I've a lot of friends that have applied from this continent and not been invited which is causing no small amount of friction as I explain loudly how great the game is on ventrilo.

TLDR; get some more mates in to play the game. It makes the game fun and provides a more varied/diverse perspective on the game features and bugs.

 

[Incaa]

http://forums.taleworlds.com/index.php/topic,77546.0.html

You'll find the majority of oceanic players online between 8pm and 11pm AEST.

 

[HTAPAWASO]

Yeah, we often get up to 20 people for a few hours on weeknights, so try playing then.

Not to say I don't want more to be invited of course. Would be good.

 

[Laszlo]

I don't think I've ever seen 20 Australians on the server at once. I reckon Thorn is right in that it only happened when the US servers went down.

I'm not saying Aussies deserve disproportionately high beta spots, that might be asking too much, but we do only get 10-16 players on weeknights.

*Edit* I'm just so happy to have Aussie servers, I don't mind at all!

 

[HTAPAWASO]

I don't think I've ever seen 20 Australians on the server at once. I reckon Thorn is right in that it only happened when the US servers went down.

I'm not saying Aussies deserve disproportionately high beta spots, that might be asking too much, but we do only get 10-16 players on weeknights.

*Edit* I'm just so happy to have Aussie servers, I don't mind at all!

There were 22 players online at one point on Wednesday.

 

[Mage246]

OP seems pretty oblivious to how few Aussies there are worldwide, let alone on TW, let alone on Warband. I'd say you're getting a pretty good showing, all things considered.

 

[Moss]

We also have the New Zealanders and some of the Singapore/Malaysia guys as well. I know for a fact though that there are quite a few people from NZ and Aus who've applied to the beta but not yet got in though, so it might be worth getting a few more of them in to take advantage of the server space.

 

[Dain]

like me =P

 

[Mage246]

We also have the New Zealanders and some of the Singapore/Malaysia guys as well. I know for a fact though that there are quite a few people from NZ and Aus who've applied to the beta but not yet got in though, so it might be worth getting a few more of them in to take advantage of the server space.

10-20 is still a very respectable amount, and not likely to increase drastically for now.

 

[910473151]

We also have the New Zealanders and some of the Singapore/Malaysia guys as well. I know for a fact though that there are quite a few people from NZ and Aus who've applied to the beta but not yet got in though, so it might be worth getting a few more of them in to take advantage of the server space.

10-20 is still a very respectable amount, and not likely to increase drastically for now.

oh    i'm getting very anxious now, hoping to get in

 

[Thornmisfor]

OP seems pretty oblivious to how few Aussies there are worldwide, let alone on TW, let alone on Warband. I'd say you're getting a pretty good showing, all things considered.

I have friends in the double figures who have applied yet not been accepted. And that is merely my acquaintances, not including all the individual oceanics/australians/nzers/etc that may be awaiting an invite. Fact is, the Australian server hosts were generous enough to supply 5 servers out of their own pocket and perhaps 1 out of those ever see's action.

Must admit your 'oblivious' call nettled me. Just because of a lackluster presence on other games/forums doesn't mean the same stigma applies elsewhere, i.e. here.

 

[Mage246]

And there are likely hundreds of people (maybe more?) from other areas who have applied to join the beta but have not yet gotten in, and even then there are times when we have trouble getting a single full server. Get some perspective.

 

[Scorch!]

Cmon guys, no need to fight, just because we are asking for more Aussies and Oceanic players to be invited doesn't mean that you guys can't have the same thing too.

IMO they need to invite many more applicants from all around the world if we are going to get a decent amount of players on consistantly enough, you can't expect all applicants to ever play at the same time.

 

[Argos]

Cmon guys, no need to fight, just because we are asking for more Aussies and Oceanic players to be invited doesn't mean that you guys can't have the same thing too.

IMO they need to invite many more applicants from all around the world if we are going to get a decent amount of players on consistantly enough, you can't expect all applicants to ever play at the same time.

Exactly. No one should get preferable treatment, and none is needed. It's probably time to let more people in, I would very much like to see more players online.

 

[Mage246]

This has nothing to do with an us vs. them mentality, I'm simply trying to prepare you guys for the reality that for every 1 oceanic that joins, far more of other areas will, simply due to demographics. A strong drive to recruit more from your area would do little to affect those statistics, assuming no preferential treatment for beta apps (and unfortunately, if there is any such treatment, it is probably in favor of areas with more players/servers already). Unless there is a massive influx of beta players from all areas, the number of oceanics is unlikely to increase by much for now, no matter how many you invite.

 

[Scorch!]

My comment still stands Mage, there is nothing wrong with increasing the amount of invites, even if in the long run it doesn't do much.

 

[910473151]

i dont get it, i have never seen more than 36 people on at the same time, though some video said there is at least 2000 people who was approved

 

[Scorch!]

Well recently there was a new wave of acceptees, so we may have quite a few more on now.

 

[Lt. of the tower]

There were a few people on the Oceanic serves tonight.... 20  . Well that is good for us I think, I just regret I didn't get to stay longer and game with such fine chaps.

 

[Thornmisfor]

Thank you very much to Taleworlds for the new wave of invites! The games_on_net battle server had some intense action going on last night.

Cheers to everyone who bumped the topic too with their thoughts/concerns, much appreciated.