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  • andrewdoull
    Unangband maintainer
    • Apr 2007
    • 872

    Ascii Dreams slashdotted

    Hi,

    Just thought I'd mention - my development blog ASCII dreams got Slashdotted yesterday. I submitted a story to the firehose, got picked up and Google analytics logged 16,000 unique visitors over a two day period. [Edit: I guessed 6,000 based on the adsense stats for today - it was actually 16,000].

    Having said that, only about 1% bothered looking beyond the article...

    Ah well... I was hoping for some Angband recruits.

    The story has dropped off of the main page but is still visible on the game category. Original link is http://games.slashdot.org/article.pl.../11/21/1858240 if you want to have a look/spend some mod points.

    Andrew
    Last edited by andrewdoull; November 23, 2007, 09:56.
    The Roflwtfzomgbbq Quylthulg summons L33t Paladins -more-
    In UnAngband, the level dives you.
    ASCII Dreams: http://roguelikedeveloper.blogspot.com
    Unangband: http://unangband.blogspot.com
  • Nick
    Vanilla maintainer
    • Apr 2007
    • 9634

    #2
    Originally posted by andrewdoull
    Having said that, only about 1% bothered looking beyond the article...
    That's very charitable of you - I would have said less than 1% read more than half the summary... Still, there's no such thing as bad publicity.
    One for the Dark Lord on his dark throne
    In the Land of Mordor where the Shadows lie.

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    • andrewdoull
      Unangband maintainer
      • Apr 2007
      • 872

      #3
      Originally posted by Nick
      That's very charitable of you - I would have said less than 1% read more than half the summary... Still, there's no such thing as bad publicity.
      You're talking about the Slashdot comments I take it - yeah... talk about replying to a rhetorical question.
      The Roflwtfzomgbbq Quylthulg summons L33t Paladins -more-
      In UnAngband, the level dives you.
      ASCII Dreams: http://roguelikedeveloper.blogspot.com
      Unangband: http://unangband.blogspot.com

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      • Bandobras
        Knight
        • Apr 2007
        • 726

        #4
        You should have put in some ASCII-art nakyd babe and say it's from a load screen shown whenever Angband changes levels.

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        • andrewdoull
          Unangband maintainer
          • Apr 2007
          • 872

          #5
          Originally posted by Bandobras
          You should have put in some ASCII-art nakyd babe and say it's from a load screen shown whenever Angband changes levels.
          Good idea... ah well...
          The Roflwtfzomgbbq Quylthulg summons L33t Paladins -more-
          In UnAngband, the level dives you.
          ASCII Dreams: http://roguelikedeveloper.blogspot.com
          Unangband: http://unangband.blogspot.com

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          • pav
            Administrator
            • Apr 2007
            • 793

            #6


            Looks like Slashdot is seriously stagnating, it was able to route 16,000 readers five years ago
            See the elves and everything! http://angband.oook.cz

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            • andrewdoull
              Unangband maintainer
              • Apr 2007
              • 872

              #7
              Originally posted by pav
              http://angband.oook.cz/article.php?id=2

              Looks like Slashdot is seriously stagnating, it was able to route 16,000 readers five years ago
              I suspect digg.com has taken over that space. For instance, the firehose submission system only referred 11 people to my site before it went 'red hot'. The equivalent on digg would be a hundred diggs or so.
              The Roflwtfzomgbbq Quylthulg summons L33t Paladins -more-
              In UnAngband, the level dives you.
              ASCII Dreams: http://roguelikedeveloper.blogspot.com
              Unangband: http://unangband.blogspot.com

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              • pav
                Administrator
                • Apr 2007
                • 793

                #8
                I mean, in past six years, the numbers of internet users grew massively, but Slashdot seems to be still read by the same bunch of freaks.
                See the elves and everything! http://angband.oook.cz

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                • andrewdoull
                  Unangband maintainer
                  • Apr 2007
                  • 872

                  #9
                  Originally posted by pav
                  I mean, in past six years, the numbers of internet users grew massively, but Slashdot seems to be still read by the same bunch of freaks.
                  Yeah - realised that as soon as I sent it. That's why I straight away edited my post to sound like I was saying something intelligent instead

                  Didn't realise you'd be quite so fast in response.

                  The Games section on Slashdot is arguably one of the weakest - the editor (Zonk) comes under a lot of criticism and the majority of games related stuff gets very little comment. Sites like Eurogamer, Kotaku and Gamasutra do a lot better content aggregation of game related news.

                  Andrew
                  The Roflwtfzomgbbq Quylthulg summons L33t Paladins -more-
                  In UnAngband, the level dives you.
                  ASCII Dreams: http://roguelikedeveloper.blogspot.com
                  Unangband: http://unangband.blogspot.com

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                  • pav
                    Administrator
                    • Apr 2007
                    • 793

                    #10
                    Originally posted by andrewdoull
                    Didn't realise you'd be quite so fast in response.
                    Email notifies on replies. Wicked.
                    See the elves and everything! http://angband.oook.cz

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