Shima Posted May 12, 2012 Share Posted May 12, 2012 With the stretch goals poll up, I think it's time to get another bit of public interest. Reddit, specifically r/gaming is great way to let people know about Xenonauts kickstarter, but it's kinda hard to get noticed there, especially if your post is not zelda/pokémon/mario/EA bashing related. I've seen few attempts to get Xenonauts noticed there, but only succes was in r/games, which is more Xenonauts target demographic, but it has much much smaller population. So I propose we get a few (the more the merrier) people together to upvote a post quickly so it can get the much needed inital impulse to get noticed. Favoured reddit posts are funny or informative, so if anyone has some cool videos from the game or pictures of a mission going horribly and hilariously wrong, it might do well. Other than that, the kickstarter stretch goals are ideal topic, so we could set up a post titled Xenonauts Kickstarter successful in 3 days! Try out free demo & vote for stretch goals like Mac/Linux port, Female soldiers and Reaper/Chryssalid hive tileset or something along these lines (suggestions welcome, I'm not much of a reporter). So, umm.. who's with me? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shima Posted May 13, 2012 Author Share Posted May 13, 2012 All right, here is my post in r/gaming. Please upvote it there so we can get more people to know about this wonderful game! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Posted May 13, 2012 Share Posted May 13, 2012 Upvoted it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shima Posted May 13, 2012 Author Share Posted May 13, 2012 Thanks, I was worried it might even go unnoticed here too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iamkyon Posted May 13, 2012 Share Posted May 13, 2012 Done and done! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XenoMask Posted May 13, 2012 Share Posted May 13, 2012 Huh somehow it has now 2 up votes and two against it .-. Weird Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kaguya Posted May 13, 2012 Share Posted May 13, 2012 I guess it's the 6 other topics on it that have been created on the subject last 3 days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shima Posted May 13, 2012 Author Share Posted May 13, 2012 Yeah, that is kinda weird, I know reddit obfuscates up/downvotes to certain degree, but it should happen only after the post has multiple digits of upvotes.. Be sure to upvote the post itself, not just my comment with links to the demo etc please. I guess it's the 6 other topics on it that have been created on the subject last 3 days. Yep, that could be it. But none of these topics ever got any real popularity, so just few people saw it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
udm Posted May 14, 2012 Share Posted May 14, 2012 Upped. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean-Luc Posted May 14, 2012 Share Posted May 14, 2012 Why not pump the activity into this one: http://www.reddit.com/r/Games/comments/te1ke/the_kickstarter_for_xenonauts_an_xcomlike_is_live/ It's the only one that's seen any real activity out of the 7 topics started. The Xenonauts topic is getting kinda spammy so it's no wonder there's little to no activity in the "tributary" threads. Concentrate on the live one. Or are Reddit threads unsuitable for followups/updates (due to comments being drowned out)? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
udm Posted May 14, 2012 Share Posted May 14, 2012 I just 'Liked' all of them lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shima Posted May 14, 2012 Author Share Posted May 14, 2012 Why not pump the activity into this one: http://www.reddit.com/r/Games/comments/te1ke/the_kickstarter_for_xenonauts_an_xcomlike_is_live/ It's the only one that's seen any real activity out of the 7 topics started. The Xenonauts topic is getting kinda spammy so it's no wonder there's little to no activity in the "tributary" threads. Concentrate on the live one. Or are Reddit threads unsuitable for followups/updates (due to comments being drowned out)? Links older than 15 hours will not show up on the main page of the subreddit, so majority of people will not see them. I guess main problem is with it being the same link, although updated. Redditors generally hate reposts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zeromanicus Posted May 14, 2012 Share Posted May 14, 2012 I wonder if anything, we can do to shake the press a little. I mean, PC Gamer used to cover Xenonauts quite faithfully, a press playable demo should allow for a article at some point over the next month you'd think. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hellstormer Posted May 14, 2012 Share Posted May 14, 2012 It would be (I am pretty sure) online article only otherwise it'd never make it in time. Though maybe they will do a small write up on the game too I don't know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karthink Posted May 14, 2012 Share Posted May 14, 2012 RockPaperShotgun should be doing a Xenonauts Kickstarter update in the coming weeks. While their audience is a perfect fit for Xenonauts, it appears most interested readers have preordered or backed the game already. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kaguya Posted May 14, 2012 Share Posted May 14, 2012 RockPaperShotgun should be doing a Xenonauts Kickstarter update in the coming weeks. RPS already did a newsbit on the kickstarter campaign when it started. Unless they post about it again with the stretch goals and whatnots. I'd guess they will make another article day or two before the kickstarter closes atleast, that's how they've handled most of the other KS projects. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shima Posted May 14, 2012 Author Share Posted May 14, 2012 Ok, I found this video which nicely explains what Xenonauts is and shows basic gameplay. [video=youtube_share;cT8KFfaQcnM] It could be of more interest to some people. So he're is my attempt #2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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