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IMO, their "A downward spiral of traffic" is due to the lack of promoting the site and not the actual look of the site.

Posted by James Bond (aka Igor) (aka Igor) Oct 28 '08, 22:35

If noone knows about the site, it doesn't matter how it looks.

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People talk about the game, it gets mentioned in movie press. - zeitgeist Oct 28, 22:57 8
- They also had a running ticker on the top of their building in West Hollywood. But is the look of the site that BAD that it is a turn off? - James Bond (aka Igor) Oct 28, 23:00 7
  - Well, it had the look of a late 90s site. But the new one was an aesthetic and browsing nightmare, so... -- nm - celedhrymandias Oct 28, 23:07
  - Personally, I think it is the gameplay that is a turnoff. - psilotum Oct 28, 23:07 5
    - Nah, I think buying and holding is viable to have a little fun. I would not have lasted 8 years otherwise. - celedhrymandias Oct 28, 23:11 4
      - But what if there were a real reward for buying an holding? - psilotum Oct 28, 23:15 3
        
        They already tried something like that. Even destroyed another online movie game just for the site's name and URL. Didn't work for shit -- nm - Mr. Havens Oct 28, 23:23 2
        
        I might be describing this poorly. I don't mean that there is a cash reward. I just want to have daytrading cease to be profitable. - psilotum Oct 28, 23:27 1
        
        Thought that was one of the reasons they got rid of the daily change, the market lab, to kill off short term and artificial price point trading. -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 28, 23:56
They run static ads in NYC theaters. I have seen them on occasion. -- nm - celedhrymandias Oct 28, 22:41 5
- Interesting. Never seen one in LA. -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Oct 28, 22:42 4
  - I see them every day... since, you know, I work at a theatre -- nm - Mr. Havens Oct 28, 22:51 3
    - They have them? Hmm. -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Oct 28, 22:53 2
      - They have at my chain for the past two years. It makes me chuckle every time I see one - Mr. Havens Oct 28, 23:22 1
        
        For the most part I only watch movies at the Arclight in the valley (no commercials) and the AMC in the Century City mall. - James Bond (aka Igor) Oct 28, 23:41
They could have (and likely will) add things like blogs, polls, fan clubs, etc without a) making the site hard to use b) killing the game structure. - Qale Oct 28, 22:37 8
- I posted something similar. -- (link) - psilotum Oct 28, 22:56
- I hope they do. - Jelly Oct 28, 22:39 6
  - Exactly. Bling has got to go (not that it ever existed), HSX Minute has got to go (not that it really ever existed). The new forums were really - Qale Oct 28, 22:43 5
    - I think the HSX Minute is fine. People can easily ignore it if they don't like it. -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Oct 28, 22:45 3
      - If they are going to keep the HSX Minute, they need to take it out of the hands of the marketing department and get people who actually know... - Mr. Havens Oct 28, 22:49 2
        
        It would be a perfect opportunity for fan/player participation. - psilotum Oct 28, 22:50 1
        
        I'm not just trying to get a gig myself, but there are a lot of knowledgeable HSX players in the greater Los Angeles area who could participate -- nm - Mr. Havens Oct 28, 22:53
    - Profiles (with appropriate ability to mask your identity) are fine. Friend lists can be meshed with leagues. -- nm - Qale Oct 28, 22:43
well, the look of the site un-promotes the site once they get there. -- nm - loosilu Oct 28, 22:37

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IMO, their "A downward spiral of traffic" is due to the lack of promoting the site and not the actual look of the site.

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