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Jun-20-2007 12:56

***This is my opinion. Strictly my opinion.***


I've looked at the community, and anyone who's been here longer than 100 days is able to see that Sleuth activity has gone down the tubes. Dead. And what is to blame? The agencies.

Now, agencies aren't the root cause. Let's get that straight. But the way they have been operating is. The problems with agencies are (1) the quantity, (2) the purpose, (3) and the role they play.

Okay, first, the quantity of agencies. Not too long ago, there were about 20-30 agencies. All full at 12 persons each, coming to a total of roughly 240-360 people. That was a good amount. But now, we have almost 120 agencies. That's right. 600% of the amount we had about a year ago. Sure, some may argue that the community has grown, and it certainly has. But 600% growth? I don't think so.

Mar-21-2009 01:02

gone for another three months.

So, any of this sound like a worthwhile person to be listening to? No, I didn't think so either. Flit, flit, Nephi. Off you go.

Several people have mentioned that Sleuth's big problem is the lack of advertising that we have. While I've been here, Admin's conducted two advertising campaigns that I can remember. Both netted a huge intake of temporary people, eager to try out Sleuth. The servers went bonkers, the community went in an uproar because of said server problems, and Drewbies galore infested the boards. How much help did the campaigns help overall in recruiting long-term, seriously-interested Subbed people? Not much.

Sleuth's problems are numerous and multi-dimensional. Some have been around a great deal longer than many realise. It will take more than just an ad campaign or (another) server parsing to fix Sleuth. While both may help a little, these are both symptoms of much bigger, underlying issues that need to be addressed by Admin and the community, and dealt with before they grow unsolveable.

Admin tends to view Noir from a programming perspective. Admittedly, I'm much more of a creative person (Programming means nothing to me.). If things are going to be fixed in Sleuth, we must find a way to meet in the middle, and be able to communicate with everyone.

*Steps down off the soapbox, and hands it to the next person....* ;-)

Mar-21-2009 12:32

Thanks for the shout-out Breit! I'm going to speak for Jojo in the hopes that he gets upset with me and comes back to Sleuth. But I would think the Sleuth community is very happy for all of your accomplishments. You started a great agency from scratch and have done extrememly well with it. I think at the time, there were a lot of new detectives starting agencies who had very little experience. As a newbie, I think it's best to join an already established agency to see how they work for a few months before trying it out on your own. (I'm under the assumption that Breit did this)

As for me leaving, it wasn't personal, since I really enjoy the community on this site. But I feel there aren't enough new challenges within the game to keep me interested. And, although I'm happy to stay active within the community (bar chat, message boards, etc.), I don't think I'll renew my subscription when it comes up again. Do I blame Ben for none of the new challenges and game play? Nope (although I understand the frustration of long-time players), it's his game and he can do whatever he likes. Just like it's up to me if I want to pay for it or not.

*passes soap to someone else* :)

Mar-27-2009 19:54

No one speaks for Jojo, happy. NO ONE!

*gets upset and comes back to Sleuth... to yell at her!* :D



In all seriousness, very interesting to see this thread back. I find it very intriguing that thoughts from 2 years ago are back and relevant. Maybe when I actually have the time, I'll come back and comment about my thoughts as of now... maybe.