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Yes, but for how long? They are complaining because the obviously DO care about the game, and are voicing their opinion of why it's not as

Posted by: BSmurf on Mar 07, 07:52 in response to ßionicℳoron™'s post People here complaining are people still here

fun for them anymore.

If it was just one or two people, HSX could easily ignore them with a "you can't please everyone" attitude (and rightfully so).

But there is more than a vocal minoirity that feels a key element of the game is now missing, and to be honest, this game does not have too many key elements that make it particularly risky or difficult. Investing strategies are easily avaialble, and all it really takes is spending time on the site watching news and movements to succeed. There's very little risk for dedicated players.

For casual players, there is even less incentive to come back. They can't / don't want to follow the daily reset or monitor forums and other sites for relevant news. The weekend halt/adjust was their main gamble of the week, and their best chance for making some bonus cash quickly. The allure is the feeling of "winning" something (accurately investing before the halt/adjust), vs the slow trickle of whatever has been going on lately.

Basically, people are no longer getting their gambling fix anymore, so what's teh point of playing at all? So, they give their feedback in the forums, which is interpreted as "complaining" by some.

Perhaps it is. Doesn't mean they don't have very valid points. Does Cantor want good data? Not gonna get it from a smaller pool of players. Ad revenue will continue to drop as well.

The ball is in their court to do something that will actually attract and interest the current as well as new players.

I used to visit daily and maybe do a variety of trades. Now, I can be barely bothered to come back on Tuesdays to do Starbonds.

Ruined ajneale Mar 07, 06:33

AGREED!!! St Blink Mar 07, 06:36

Agreed. pennystocks2 Mar 07, 07:08

If you all are going to continue... click999 Mar 07, 07:23

+1 {nm} billy Mar 07, 07:32

People here complaining are people still here {nm} ßionicℳoron™ Mar 07, 07:35

Yes, but for how long? They are complaining because the obviously DO care about the game, and are voicing their opinion of why it's not as BSmurf Mar 07, 07:52

Spot on BSmurf. You have summed up the situation so accurately. I agree totally. {nm} EarthMotherYTD2015 Mar 07, 08:04

Though is it a gambling fix they want or easy money? Saying this as someone who has basically stopped playing the game since the end of RogerMore Mar 07, 08:27

You've hit the nail on the head: it's now WORK. Not a game that someone can casually play in their spare time. Good gaming design involves BSmurf Mar 07, 08:39

Well said. diamondman56 Mar 07, 08:41

I think it was work before, but it was work that players wanted to do. Research movies, make predictions etc. RogerMore Mar 07, 08:54

I agree about "easy money" - which was mostly the result of the Saturday halts. Go back to Friday, and it's not so certain. {nm} BSmurf Mar 07, 08:59

The other easy money I'm talking about is the post-adjust short. {nm} RogerMore Mar 07, 09:37

Also, once you've reached the cash level (billionaire +) that we have, it's hard to remember what it was like not having any money BSmurf Mar 07, 09:04

I think they want it to be the kind of game that provides data that they can sell. Adjusts were preventing that Moviesnob Mar 07, 09:22

Then they should get rid of stocks altogether and IPO OW derivatives as soon as a project is announced. diamondman56 Mar 07, 09:51

I think you're half right. total domestic box is still more important than opening weekend but studio decay curves starting working based on Moviesnob Mar 07, 10:01

Good points Roger, but the bottom line is that HSX is trying to attract as many users as possible. So it doesn't really... tomcat90 Mar 07, 12:42