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BattleMaster => BM General Discussion => Topic started by: House le Drake on January 11, 2016, 08:08:20 AM
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Join me at @DwilightBM! Whether you have a character on that continent or not, let's lead the charge in getting ourselves out there!
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Let's face it: we're hemorrhaging players faster than new players are being infused. It's a slow process, but every realm big or small (especially the small ones) feels the sting of loss when someone decides, "Eh, not going to log in today," and then realizes it's been weeks since they last did.
I propose a Twitter revolution.
I've been to the Battle Master Twitter page, and let me tell you: it hurts my heart how rarely this vital tool (and let me tell you; it IS vital) is utilized. Twitter is not a source for occasional updates, and our page there should cater to a broader audience than its meager 20-30 followers. Its 160-letter limit is the perfect supplemental format for a game in which actions occur over a 12-hour period, and the ability to attach pictures and video should not be taken lightly.
I think I speak for a large part of our audience when I call us geeks. So we should act the part! Holy !@#$, I play a neurotic, reclusive, widowed bureaucrat with 4 children and a country to upkeep with one of my characters! Why don't I have a place where I can slap together a !@#$ty D&D-flavored meme and plaster it up like a picture on Mom's fridge? I can do that here, but scrolling through forums is a lot more time-intensive than the instant gratification of a 160-letter post!
Getting people involved with the Twitter account, getting the page actively posting in the way Twitter is supposed to be used (shootin' the !@#$ with the community), and getting new players involved in an active learning process where they can ask and receive immediate feedback from everyone else following the account is the way to attract more people!
Let's get out there and get geeky! Post to Wizards of the Coast, Wil Wheaton, D&D, parody accounts, who gives a !@#$ who!
#BattleMaster #BMCrusade #BMStrong #BMLives #BMAddict #100ProblemsBMAin'tOne
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LETS DOOO EEEEET
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....BattleMaster has a Twitter account?!?!
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I know, right?!
I already sent OOC messages to the rulers of 2 continents my characters are on. If players are worried about anonymity they can create an account under their favorite character's name, but it's no less anonymous than Facebook. More so, even.
CHAAAARRRRGGEEEEE!
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Unfortunately, Twitter accounts really only work if there's reciprocation from the account host. It does require a lot of activity, but the payoff is a place where we don't seem like a bunch of stick-up-our-asses nerds. Hell, individual realms and continents could have their own Twitter accounts and trash-talk each other.
Nothing gets people more involved than having a common enemy. "What, you think you won that last battle? We LET you win that battle! You wait until you see what's next! #Diversion #WatchYourBack #Astrum"
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I think a similar policy as used to exist for Facebook posts would be fine. There used to be a point person for Social Media/Facebook posts. There isn't anymore. As usual, everything in BM is a volunteer effort.
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I VOLUNTEER AS TRIBUTE!
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Battlemaster itself does not have a twitter account. Your just taking about using hash tags, right?
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Doesn't it?
Because I totally found one with the most recent updates about the game and a link to the website. Maybe it's an overzealous player, but if it were it wouldn't be so banal (I hope).
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@BattleMasterOrg
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First I've heard of it. If it were official, I would think I'd have heard of it before now.
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That's Tom. He's using it to occasionally post news, mostly about his other projects.
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Azerax may have also been using it to post some if the local news that he was also posting to Facebook.
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It's great that they use it for updates, but that's a VERY small part of the app's full potential. If the message boards are formal wear and Facebook is casual, Twitter is the glitzy club where you slam a martini and hit the dance floor. It's fast, shallow, and great for members of the community who usually play on the go.
Imagine you're sitting in the doctor's office waiting to be seen. You could load up the website, but you don't know when you're going to get called back. So you pop onto Twitter and see 4 new notifications from your realm that !@#$ is about to go down. Now who's excited to pop back on when they get home, instead of habitually checking it from time to time?
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I got overexcited and started an unofficial page for Dwilight. @DwilightBM
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Cool. So am I sitting on Twitter with my thumb up my ass waiting for the 100+ views this thread has gotten to yield more than 3-4 followers, or are people going to take the initiative and join me?
Form unofficial accounts for realms and islands. I did it for Dwilight at @DwilightBM; use that as a reference. Let's get out there and get engaged!
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I don't have a twitter account. I only know it is like facebook... Yes yes I don't even have a cell phone.
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Bummer. But that's a perfectly good reason not to have one.
The reason I suggest Twitter over Facebook is that it's like if Instant Messaging, Pintrest and Facebook had a baby. Its 160-letter format for posts means you must be succinct and to the point with anything you say. And because whatever you post shows up immediately to any followers it's --as I said-- the perfect opposite number for Battle Master.
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I don't have a twitter account. I don't need another thing on which to spend my precious little free time.
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I've never used twitter before, but for gaming purposes, I'll try it. Now, how to do I make this crazy new generation young people's technology work?
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It's easy! Once you have an account, you'll always be @(Whateverusernameyouchoose). Other people form accounts the same way for either themselves, groups, products, etc. (I.e. @CocaCola or something). You look for things you like (example: if you like the voice actor/Luke from Star Wars Mark Hamill) and Follow them (the blue icon on their page). From then on your main hub is not your personal page like it is on Facebook, but the most recent things the pages and people you 'very followed have said, to within a few seconds of posting it.
Think of it as a compact forum where, instead of selecting topics and reading everything that they've posted (which is entirely possible) you are instead getting a window into that forum by seeing the latest posting, and joining the conversation below it (the arrow icon on the left under each posting). If you like something enough that at you want to share it you hit the square recycling symbol (retweet) where it is then linked to your page. The heart is self-explanatory.
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Ahem: http://twitter.com/_BattleMaster_
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