by TonyMontana » Thu May 29, 2014 4:25 pm
yea yea I know, you hate me with every fibre in your body. Put it aside for ONE SECOND...
Milo brought up a very good point, he basically blamed me for the recent decline in dod interest, which is leading to a death of a game we all love. And he has a very valid point. As much as you faggots hate me, when I turned my back on DoD, 12manning stopped almost all together, and almost immediately. I was doing all the work, I had ties to people in DoD that nobody has ever even heard of, because I never say no to a friend request, I was running the servers, advertising, etc....And it's been about a month now since I've been on to do it and DoD is dead as the idea that tenks looks like Ben Affleck.
How many more seasons would you say we have left at this rate? 3? 4? Less? That's FUCKED. I love dod, and so do you. We need to come up with some constructive solutions to re-vamp the league, or it's gonna be over for all of us, and that's just fuckin' sad. I think it's time now, TPG looks into it's bag of tricks on how to make this league more appealing again.
Think of this point. When/if TPG is dead, who will be left to play dod? Pubbers. Because pubbers just play and have fun and they never get enough. That's the type of attitude I think TPG has to turn to, to make the league bigger. I have a few ideas that I think would help.
Custom skins/models/sounds:
In the before time, this was against the rules because it could possibly lead to an advantage of some kind. DoD is like 10 years old......New skins, new sounds, new models, could help make it "feel" like a new game. We could round up a large number of these, have them reviewed by the league, deemed ok/not ok, and upload it to an FTP with a pw. And that's how we advertise it. "Join TPG. it's free, and upon joining a team, you get a free FTP pw to a ton of custom skins/sounds/models." Even if they don't play, it gets them on a team, and makes them at least think about playing on Sunday. Custom skins, models are something I personally used to make dod more interesting to me, and I think at this point TPG needs to open it's doors to this idea, to create the same effect to those who have lost interest in the same thing after 10 years. Tom Hanks yelling "Cease Fire!" is just too fucking cool.
Ghost teams:
This would be a "last resort" type of idea. Lets say, TPG still isn't doing so hot, even with alot of changes. YES, we would all know its "ghost team vs ghost team" with fake scores and they always miss the playoffs and always play each other.....But to the average person who just looked up the TPG site, that makes them think "Damn, look at all these teams." A dirty trick but.......Dirty times men.
Pub Division:
This is our best chance to bring new players in. A pub division needs entirely it's own set of rules. Because the professionalism in TPG is what drives the average pubber away, TPG has to come up with a way to make a pub division that is monitored closely for all sandbaggers who must be removed. Aswell as a person in charge who can deem offenses major/minor. A very difficult job...I would love it if TPG would allow me to dedicate my time / effort / love / skills to being head admin of such a division, but....Maybe one day.
DoD Russia:
Uhmmm.....DoD Russia is twice the size of our 12-man group. There are recent announcements and everything, I think we need to find a way to lead these russian teams to join TPG much like the foreign teams in TPG that, though they take alot of shit from yankee assholes, basically help us hold the league together. Advertising is the only key to this. I believe I can handle it I just uhmm.......LOL anyone speak Russian? I'm looking for help. But there are teams to be made / played.
Nations Cup:
This was a massive success. Can you believe how many countries came out!? Unreal. In a 10-year old game. We have to do more of these, or something similar in format. TPG MUST starting thinking more about "how do we get new players?" It's time for you veterans to step up and lead by example to save the game you love. Invite new players into TPG, be kind and respectful, and they will find a team to play and and add to the rebuild of the league. DoD players are out there, we just have to make the game appealing to them again.
Anyways, I know it wasa long post but....I walked away for a month to become a league of legends pro
(LoaD[G] Legends of a Dead Game --- LoL team coming soon)
And come back and you losers almost let the game die. But whatever, You have my undivided attention and dedication again. Lets save this fucking game! enough of the mud. Let's do what we can, and take our game back
Tony
* I should also add, I'm doing great, and I'm gonna buy that fantastic dod server I promised the DoD community for 12manning. Enjoy ur reg, and thank me later. Coming Soon to a computer near you.
Can't wait to see more of this again!/watch?v=jdSs5607GcE
yea yea I know, you hate me with every fibre in your body. Put it aside for ONE SECOND...
Milo brought up a very good point, he basically blamed me for the recent decline in dod interest, which is leading to a death of a game we all love. And he has a very valid point. As much as you faggots hate me, when I turned my back on DoD, 12manning stopped almost all together, and almost immediately. I was doing all the work, I had ties to people in DoD that nobody has ever even heard of, because I never say no to a friend request, I was running the servers, advertising, etc....And it's been about a month now since I've been on to do it and DoD is dead as the idea that tenks looks like Ben Affleck.
How many more seasons would you say we have left at this rate? 3? 4? Less? That's FUCKED. I love dod, and so do you. We need to come up with some constructive solutions to re-vamp the league, or it's gonna be over for all of us, and that's just fuckin' sad. I think it's time now, TPG looks into it's bag of tricks on how to make this league more appealing again.
Think of this point. When/if TPG is dead, who will be left to play dod? Pubbers. Because pubbers just play and have fun and they never get enough. That's the type of attitude I think TPG has to turn to, to make the league bigger. I have a few ideas that I think would help.
Custom skins/models/sounds:
In the before time, this was against the rules because it could possibly lead to an advantage of some kind. DoD is like 10 years old......New skins, new sounds, new models, could help make it "feel" like a new game. We could round up a large number of these, have them reviewed by the league, deemed ok/not ok, and upload it to an FTP with a pw. And that's how we advertise it. "Join TPG. it's free, and upon joining a team, you get a free FTP pw to a ton of custom skins/sounds/models." Even if they don't play, it gets them on a team, and makes them at least think about playing on Sunday. Custom skins, models are something I personally used to make dod more interesting to me, and I think at this point TPG needs to open it's doors to this idea, to create the same effect to those who have lost interest in the same thing after 10 years. Tom Hanks yelling "Cease Fire!" is just too fucking cool.
Ghost teams:
This would be a "last resort" type of idea. Lets say, TPG still isn't doing so hot, even with alot of changes. YES, we would all know its "ghost team vs ghost team" with fake scores and they always miss the playoffs and always play each other.....But to the average person who just looked up the TPG site, that makes them think "Damn, look at all these teams." A dirty trick but.......Dirty times men.
Pub Division:
This is our best chance to bring new players in. A pub division needs entirely it's own set of rules. Because the professionalism in TPG is what drives the average pubber away, TPG has to come up with a way to make a pub division that is monitored closely for all sandbaggers who must be removed. Aswell as a person in charge who can deem offenses major/minor. A very difficult job...I would love it if TPG would allow me to dedicate my time / effort / love / skills to being head admin of such a division, but....Maybe one day.
DoD Russia:
Uhmmm.....DoD Russia is twice the size of our 12-man group. There are recent announcements and everything, I think we need to find a way to lead these russian teams to join TPG much like the foreign teams in TPG that, though they take alot of shit from yankee assholes, basically help us hold the league together. Advertising is the only key to this. I believe I can handle it I just uhmm.......LOL anyone speak Russian? I'm looking for help. But there are teams to be made / played.
Nations Cup:
This was a massive success. Can you believe how many countries came out!? Unreal. In a 10-year old game. We have to do more of these, or something similar in format. TPG MUST starting thinking more about "how do we get new players?" It's time for you veterans to step up and lead by example to save the game you love. Invite new players into TPG, be kind and respectful, and they will find a team to play and and add to the rebuild of the league. DoD players are out there, we just have to make the game appealing to them again.
Anyways, I know it wasa long post but....I walked away for a month to become a league of legends pro
(LoaD[G] Legends of a Dead Game --- LoL team coming soon)
And come back and you losers almost let the game die. But whatever, You have my undivided attention and dedication again. Lets save this fucking game! enough of the mud. Let's do what we can, and take our game back
Tony
* I should also add, I'm doing great, and I'm gonna buy that fantastic dod server I promised the DoD community for 12manning. Enjoy ur reg, and thank me later. Coming Soon to a computer near you.
Can't wait to see more of this again![youtube]/watch?v=jdSs5607GcE[/youtube]