My name’s Quinns, and I work for a YouTube channel called People Make Games. We make short little documentaries about games and the people behind them.
We’re currently working on a video exploring the history and culture of Entropia Universe, which has involved interviewing a lot of people. We’ve chatted to casual players, some investors, a streamer (thanks Bonnie!), and even some of MindArk’s employees have offered their help.
The whole process has been a lot of fun and we’ve gained so much respect for the community you have here. But there’s just one kind of player who we haven’t been able to arrange interviews with- people who used to play a lot of Entropia, but don’t anymore.
That’s what I’m posting this thread about. If any you have friends who you think would be interested in talking about why they left Entropia, we’d love to arrange an interview with them.
If you think you might be able to help, please shoot me a DM and we can get this ball rolling.
"I spent around 15 years playing the game, after so much time, it's not difficult to build an attachment to the universe and community. Due to the RCE element, it will provide a rollercoaster of emotions the more immersed you become involved with play style and possible investing opportunities.
I think being part of EU for so many years is actually a success, given most games might not hold a player for a year. So it’s not a failure to find yourself feeling less attached. Plus time moves on, other real life priorities become more important.
I think even when much less active with the game, that long relationship formed part of your real life, so the experiences is often viewed with a smile, rather than focus on when things went wrong"
…would be shame to spoil what could be a good video for the game, with a ton of negativity. Even if MA did deserve it at times. Haha.
This is a good way to get real info about EU. Anyone doing anything significant ingame ( considerable assets ) will not say any truth as they will not risk the game developers ire. Start with Deathifer, the reason the game even survived to today. Without his publicity from purchase / subsequent new accounts, the game would never had existed this long. The best guy to talk to in the future will be Neverdie, but sadly he’s still at the mercy of MindArk due to investments. The real reason none of the new planets will ever flourish, is because they will always be at the mercy of what Mind Ark decides.
Why would you think all the old players still look at PCF? Do you go looking at forums of old games you used to play? If so, you would have no time to game.
Perhaps you should look at interviewing the old timers that are still around, and ask them why they are still here compared to their friends/soc mates that left. They most likely know why many of them have left.
He is still very much active. I think he’s spending a few hours every day. Not the way that you’d expect thou but he is probably the most addicted players of all times. He just took it to a very high toxic level that the air is not breathable He took the stalker approach, literally, he stalks online everyone that is, or ever was, connected to EU at a management level. He should put some money down, buy some shares and sit his ass on the investor table and make some decisions if he really wants EU to get back to pre alpha
Some people that would be very interesting to find for an interview (because I think these were on the successful side f players): Skalman, Patrick Stormer deluxe, Starman, Lady Trisha & Lonewolf, neomaven.
If I would want to interview someone I would want to make sure he is knowledgeable about the basic elements in that particular game in this case : Hunting/Crafting/Mining, others can follow such as knowledge about shops/land areas/deeds.
You want your interviewer to be able to express his knowledge about the game in a positive way, to be emotionally attached about the game in a positive way,to acknowledge this is a real cash game before anything else, to be able to put the game as the main attraction before his personal experience, to talk more about the game rather than yourself or others, to be able to inspire potential new players to get hooked in playing the game just by hearing him talking about the game etc.
It is extremely important to find a balance in a player that can satisfy all that.Most who are willing to talk about the game barely played the game actively and who did play a lot and did relatively good and have a lot of things to share to attract others might not be willing to discuss it in an interview.
You missed a part where you have to read what people write and think about what they want to say before trigger your feeling you should reply.
If you have trouble understanding English please let me know.
I havn’t played EU for years and im still reading PCF almost every day.
I still love EU but only as a buissnes. For gaming and fun i picked a different poison but that dosnt mean i dislike EU.
So some ex players are still lurking around
If you pick Mc Cormick and use him in your Article im afraid most people will run away from the Idea to check out EU! It would still be a good read tough :smoke:
Good luck with your video.
He took the stalker approach, literally, he stalks online everyone that is, or ever was, connected to EU at a management level. He should put some money down, buy some shares and sit his ass on the investor table and make some decisions if he really wants EU to get back to pre alpha