TOOO wrote:
Actually, I'm very excited about all this! But worried, too. Is Cyan (or whoever was/is in charge...sound of head exploding) going to promote this properly? From what I've read, apparently the only way anyone found out about DIRT/MUDPIE (hmmm... a Multi-User Dungeon - MUD - called DIRT... ya gotta love their sense of humor) was by following a string of clues, if you were lucky enough to get an e-mail (or was it a post? I really don't know) from Zandi. I'm sorry to say this, but this cryptic approach tended to turn URU into an exclusive club! In other words, you had to be in on the joke to even know about URU!
I hope this Laxman post isn't a repeat of that tactic. Cyan really needs to get word out about Uru's Return (if it's truly coming) to the general public in order to attract enough subscribers.
Early promotion was kind of that way, but that was just a teaser for the fans. Beta testing was by invite, but I suppose it is always done that way. You did have to have an invite from Zandi to be a part of Prologue, but you had to register for Prologue first. Those who did already knew about the game because we had purchased it in boxed form, which was even available at Walmart. It wasn't a secret just for the old timers.