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info banner on home page for people that don't habitually look at forums/participate in global chat (now with tiny stoot response)

This, to me, is important.

After reading over the last few days how many, many people were surprised at the changes brought in this week, it would be useful to have a banner on home pages--with links--that tells people about where to find info about what's coming up. This would look like the "closed" banner info that was shown on people's home pages during the changeover when the game was down on Thursday, May 3rd; i.e., not the closed sign, but the red banner that directed people to the forum post.

Given that there's no guarantee that people will read the forums or participate in global chat, I think it's important that individual players be directed to official information about upcoming shifts. The one thing everyone has in common is their home page, from which they enter the world. Let's use this as the medium through which info is communicated, even if it directs them to a forum thread.

This way, everyone has the opportunity to be on the same page. If it's in their face and they don't click the link, their bad. But in this way, TS can disseminate info to all players, easily. And we'll all have the opportunity to have the same info about what's coming next.

ETA: This is extra-important, given that for some people, this is the first MMO they've ever played. They might not even realise that forums or global exist. This is a special game with an unconventional player base. Let's do our best to welcome the new MMO players among us, yeh? :)

Posted 7 months ago by Voluptua Sneezelips Subscriber! | Permalink

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  • +1: very nice.
    Posted 7 months ago by CrashTestPilot Subscriber! | Permalink
  • +1- Excellent idea!
    Posted 7 months ago by Djabriil Subscriber! | Permalink
  • "This way, everyone has the opportunity to be on the same page." HAH. So to speak. I love it. Great idea!
    Posted 7 months ago by Sirentist Subscriber! | Permalink
  • This is a fantastic idea.
    Posted 7 months ago by Addi Bee~♥ Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Excellent idea!
    Posted 7 months ago by MoM4.6 Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Like :)
    Posted 7 months ago by Juvia Subscriber! | Permalink
  • +1
    Posted 7 months ago by natsumi Subscriber! | Permalink
  • +1
    Posted 7 months ago by MsKelseyClaire Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Nothing against it. +1

    It could be on the side like the sign that notified us about how we could possibly vote for the next animal? 
    Posted 7 months ago by Rook Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Wonderful idea, Voluptua.  The guides & staff were valiantly posting the link in global and in live help the day the imagination conversion was implemented, and this would have been a huge help to them as well as to the players. +1
    Posted 7 months ago by Katee Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Yes.
    Posted 7 months ago by Pascale Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I get the impression that many people rarely if ever go to the home page even -- if it's not in-game, those folks will miss it.
    Posted 7 months ago by Fnibbit Subscriber! | Permalink
  • :D

    Kronos Rats Approved
    Posted 7 months ago by NO DELETIN BACON>:O Subscriber! | Permalink
  • +1, excellent idea
    Posted 7 months ago by Kross, the Empress Subscriber! | Permalink
  • From my experience in other games, they will ignore it in game as well.  

    But I do think it would increase the percentage who feel that they should have read it, and therefore don't hold it against TS.  

    so +1 to both ideas from me.  
    Posted 7 months ago by Red Sauce Subscriber! | Permalink
  • +1, great idea
    Posted 7 months ago by kastlin Subscriber! | Permalink
  • The way I see it, we all have to enter the game from somewhere. We all have to click the "enter the world" button, and on that page, a bright red banner, linking people to the latest info.
    Posted 7 months ago by Voluptua Sneezelips Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Yes please!  This would be incredibly helpful.
    Posted 7 months ago by Everybody Subscriber! | Permalink
  • +1 ditto
    Posted 7 months ago by Misty Power Subscriber! | Permalink
  • +1 :)
    Posted 7 months ago by Varaeth Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Good plan. +1
    Posted 7 months ago by Kouki Sangoma Subscriber! | Permalink
  • +1
    Posted 7 months ago by Carl Projectorinski Subscriber! | Permalink
  • +1! This would be infinitely helpful to non-forum people. Although, not everyone has to enter the game from the homepage. You can type www.glitch.com/game in the URL bar. I often do that.
    Posted 7 months ago by Fernstream Subscriber! | Permalink
  • It would certainly reduce the chatter in global and help.  "how do I get out of my house" etc, etc. 
    Posted 7 months ago by WalruZ Subscriber! | Permalink
  • +Eleventy
    Posted 7 months ago by Wynella Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Fantabulous idea. Like it greatly.
    Posted 7 months ago by Flowerry Pott Subscriber! | Permalink
  • +1000
    Posted 7 months ago by sgjo Subscriber! | Permalink
  • This will happen!
    Posted 7 months ago by stoot barfield Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Thanky, sir. :)

    ETA: If I might be so bold, I'd also suggest that, when stickied forum threads are given about updates, a link be provided in the OP to additional info on the subject (if it exists); for example, in the thread Mayor Quimby posted last week to notify us that The Changes (tm) were happening, it would have been helpful to include a link in that post to one of the Q&A threads from January, or to a source that spoke about this shift as upcoming, so that people who hadn't seen it could bring themselves as close to up to speed as the rest of us.
    Posted 7 months ago by Voluptua Sneezelips Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Regards to above ^^, that would be awesome Voluptua! :D
    Posted 7 months ago by Kaepora Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Word.
    Posted 7 months ago by Volkov Subscriber! | Permalink