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Read August 13, 2006, 03:52:48 am #40
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It's EXTREMELY common for something fresh/new to happen, expectations are high, the site gets busy, lots of visitors, etc, etc. Then reality sits in, jeesh, I just spent a crap load of time on this thing and I could have made more money working at McDonalds. wait...that's my story not Matts. (I hope!)

Slow growth is the key, fast growth, quick peaks, etc, can kill a site very quickly. Things get overwhelming, etc. I still think the whole competition thing is a winner, but just not so often, instead go for bigger and better prizes, etc, perhaps an annual big event, etc, etc.

My advice to Matt, slow down, take a deep breath, don't worry about what anyone says. Think long term, not so much short term. Think where you want the site to be in 3-5 years, not 3-6 months. Wink
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Read August 13, 2006, 12:58:45 pm #41
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well I'll be over at the2bears web site reading the dragon shmup competition entries review and catching up with the latest shmup releases, while shmup-dev takes it's time preparing the results. send me an email (sometime this year, hopefully) when it's ready. *chuckle*

just kidding. Smiley

Anyway here are the reviews:
Fleur de Luce, Dragon Dancer, Born of Fire, Hiryu, Dragon Forever
Draginstein, Dragon's Ride, Visible Entity, Smark's Lair, Sovereign's Slave

Send some money to this guy immediately.

Honestly, I don't see why it's taking so long to review seven entries. be fair to the entrants, at least let them know who won instead of keeping them waiting, 'cause then they may not want to enter the next competition.

what's the point of having a competition deadline if the judges can't keep to their own schedules, eh...  Wink

come back matt, we need you now! don't pull a dakurv and set your status to busy! (hehe)

hmm, no response at all...

(the results had better be out on tuesday, i know matt keeps his promise!)
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Read August 13, 2006, 05:11:07 pm #42
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Offtopic...

You should have seen the traffic this weekend after getting linked to by Joystiq  Shocked

I think I made $0.25 from Google ads too  Tongue

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Read August 14, 2006, 03:55:28 am #43
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Hello everyone!

I'm finished!  http://www.shmup-dev.com/dcontest

Thank you for your patience!  I promise that the next contest results will be posted much sooner than this.  I am sorry that this one took so long, it was not intentional.  I am thinking a co-site admin would be great, and I'd be willing to share all ad revenue with them, pm me if interested.

I will be posting an official announcement along with a press release tomorrow.  Until then, enjoy!

Matthew A McFarland
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Read August 14, 2006, 03:45:09 pm #44
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**first post after the thing actually finished** Whoot!

I will live forever, or die trying >_<;;
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Read August 14, 2006, 06:08:31 pm #45
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im confused? why are there only 7 games? i thought there were 10.

Life is good!
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Read August 14, 2006, 06:23:19 pm #46
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Quote from: magicman on August 14, 2006, 06:08:31 pm
im confused? why are there only 7 games? i thought there were 10.

3 were disqualified due to technical difficulties Sad

Woohoo... Dragon Forever tied for most innovative  Grin

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Read August 15, 2006, 02:17:04 am #47
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Cool.  I'm surprised by the results.  I felt for sure that other games would come in ahead of mine.  I'm also sorry to see that Dragon's Ride, Draginstein and Fleur de Luce were disqualified.  All three worked on my computer and they were all great games.
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Read August 15, 2006, 02:53:09 am #48
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Me too.. I really was hoping the other games worked.  It was sad to see the second contest go to 10 games instead of 20, and then disqualifying 3 was even worse!  But, I am very enthuisiastic about our next contest scheduled for September 1st.  I am aiming for something more dev-friendly and I think it will do by far better than the first two combined!  All and all, I still think that this competition was great, and I love the games that came out because of it!

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Read August 15, 2006, 03:49:11 am #49
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Awesome, another contest!  Maybe I can find the time to actually enter a submission into this one.  Grin

The crows seemed to be calling his name, thought Caw.
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Read August 15, 2006, 02:57:28 pm #50
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September 1st, eh?  Well, I hope I can finish up my work by then.  I also hope the competition's a little late to come.  Why? "Well, I hope I can finish up my work by then". ^_^;;

I will live forever, or die trying >_<;;
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Read August 15, 2006, 11:57:50 pm #51
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I just wanted to note that a Japanese shooting game site mentioned the dragon competition. Well, no big feature on their site, but it would definitely be very nice to see some Asian shmup developers on here. Wink

Here's the news on Danmaku Gata: http://samidare35810101.jog.buttobi.net/
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Read August 16, 2006, 12:02:15 am #52
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Quote from: Edge on August 15, 2006, 11:57:50 pm
I just wanted to note that a Japanese shooting game site mentioned the dragon competition. Well, no big feature on their site, but it would definitely be very nice to see some Asian shmup developers on here. Wink

Here's the news on Danmaku Gata: http://samidare35810101.jog.buttobi.net/

Yes, Danmaku Gata (whom I often get stories from and are a great resource) will sometimes post on stuff from my site too.

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Read August 16, 2006, 12:57:11 pm #53
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Thanks.
I enjoyed this competition very much. Grin
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