Subject: »[info]Dev Diary #82: Automatic release of NT-players from

You're doing a great job, Raul!
@littlefish: You have to see the devs work as rebuilding a car!
You're complaining about the engine, but first they need to rebuild the frame in which the engine has to fit. Now, the engine is a poor 1.1 diesel. Not enough power and really bad for the environment (the power representing the ME and his flaws and the environment issue representing the fact dozens of people cannot watch 3D because of an older device)
So to place a much stronger 5.8 V12 hybrid engine, they need to adjust the frame, cause the original frame for the 1.1 diesel is way too small to make the stronger engine fit...
Then they need to adjust the wheels (training) to be able to widstand the amount of power the engine delivers.
And finally they need to adjust the interior (navigation and lay-out) because a design from 2006 isn't what people, who want to buy a NEW car, wants!

Ok, this is a metaphore, but it shows WHY they need to work with the priorities they do now...

i cant swip screen to right for confirm friendly game. i see friendly offers but cant accept. Pls fix .

Try desktopversion on your phone, should work
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As @Osci_oscbourne said, rotate your phone horizontal, should work.
Anyway problem is reported and will be fixed soon.

No news today?

Done. Ty.

Hi Raul,

Sorry, i did not see which conditions we must have with our computers to be able to see 2D or 3D matchs ?
With Firefox, i can see 2D games after having desactivated acceleration materials but the screen show spasmodic video. Nothing happened with 3D even after long minutes awaiting.

use chrome for matches

+1 Firefox has some problems with the viewer, the matches run slow, with low fps, chrome works like a charm
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Thx both :-)

Indeed, 2D is OK with Chrome. But 3D is still bloked with Chrome too.

On mac Firefox is better for me for both

Try Opera for 3D...

most of potential players leave game before even creating a team (it looks like a crap for new users, no motivation to complete registration), or they are leaving short after first login (even without waiting for first game) - for that group main problems are no guidelines what to do, poor interface, lack of events (one serious game per week).

This isn't a good reason why people are leaving/not joining. We are in 2021, and Sokker was still somewhere in 2010. Most of the people are playing nowadays games on their phones. So it's easier to play a game via an app, rather than via a web browser.
I think browser based games era is long gone, and if you think investing in some random things will bring new players in, good luck with that, but take care to don't lose the users that are already here. :)
Honestly, I hope I'm wrong, but we'll see what the future reserve us. :)

PS. If you'll not create a mobile app due to lack or founds or other things, at least try to create a WebView App. I think this will help a lot for bringing new users in the game :)

You are right, to reach the New generation we need to focus on mobile app and interface.
Next to that the game has to be faster, all youngsters don't like slow games.

Of course we have to focus on the current users also.
But the problem is there are less than 10.000 current users....,
So if we don't change to a faster game we will stay at max 10.000 users...and they will not live forever.
Please think about that, we need a faster game to grow.
Believe me, I love this game more than any other game, but I know we will not grow without making the game faster.

So we need more matches a week, some trading to get to the top faster, high focus on mobile, training needs some more speed etc.

Edit: I asked my children to look at the game for a few minutes.

Questions and comments :
- weird colours in the lay out
- nice 3d match, but like to see the behaviour of the players
- how many matches a week, 1 real match only??? I will not play this game.
- what is the fastest way to get to the top? My answer: trading but thats not allowed, you have to train the players for al long time. Their answer: we will not play this game, way too slow.
- no good game for mobile and we are on mobile only.
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Make 2 versions. One slow one fast :-P.

Just please dont allow to get faster to the top by trading. Its like pay to win, where payment currency is time (or programming skills :D).