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Feb-9-2007 12:31

Was wondering why everything was moving at a snail's pace, then checked and saw how many detectives were logged on.

Hmmmm....so I guess these are all subscribers, since Ben hired a Bouncer for Sleuthville when things got a bit too crowded.

Wow!

Feb-10-2007 10:45

The 70 user threshold for blocking unsubbed players only applies to detectives who are more than 7 days old. We try not to interfere with true newbies who are still trying out the game.

Sorry about the slowness, we've been trying out different advertising campaigns for bringing in new users. We've found a couple options that work really well, but the problem is they tend to bring in lots of new users all at once, which as you notice makes the game less fun for everybody.

We'll try to adjust how we advertise to bring in those new users in more manageable chunks, and at times when we have less traffic.

Feb-10-2007 11:35

Hopefully some of these new players will stay and subscribe and join agencies. I just hate it when they subscribe, join an agency, and then never log in again.

Ben, that little survey you did must've helped out a lot with learning what brings in new users. :)

Feb-10-2007 23:10

Wonder if sleuth got some new users as a result of the Sleuth booth at the Left Coast Crime convention. Hope it went well for Sunny and Ben.

Mar-14-2007 15:57

It wasn't 132, but last night is the first time I can recall seeing 94 people on sleuth at 4am. (even with DLS taken into consideration)

However you're doing it, it's a great advertising campaign!

Mar-21-2007 22:27

Perhaps it's just my imagination or wishful thinking, but the Sleuth server seems to be running faster now. Thanks for the speed - I can enjoy playing Sleuth once again!

Mar-21-2007 22:44

Sindy...I think it is puttering along again. Your imagination seems to be running wild tonight.

Mar-22-2007 01:40

Hmmm - well, maybe it's just my computer - but my imagination does have some pretty wild flights of fancy. :)

Mar-22-2007 10:44

We did make some changes last night that should be helping some. I'll have to compare today's logs to yesterday's to see how big of a difference.

I'm still working on a few other things that may help.

Mar-22-2007 13:01

Actually, I DO notice the difference.

Thanks Ben!

Mar-23-2007 10:22

I have noticed things moving faster today!! Many thanks Ben!!