This site for gamers is blowing up :o

ltsune · **Joined:** Mar 2008 **Posts:** 5751 **Location:**

So yeah... I've been beta-testing a new social network'ish platform for gamers called Player.me for a few months now. Really like it there.

They officially launched yesterday (out of beta), and the place has just been blowing up! 8Gaming shared the website on his Facebook page yesterday. It went crazy to say the least! Yesterday it had 38k users, only 12 hours later, it is nearly at 48k. At its peak, 200 users signed up every 10 minutes!

Thought some of you folks might be interested? I've been adding a few images from Silkroad to the Silkroad Online game-page on there. We could also create a group for all of us SRF / old-school Silkroad folks if anyone is interested?

Anyway, to celebrate the launch, they have created a competition where you can win a lot of nice prizes depending on how many users signup before the end of June. My chances of winning will be super tiny, but if you signup using this link, you'll automatically follow me on Player.me, and I can follow you all back:
https://player.me/?invite=ltsune

Oh, and also. We can vote for new features we'd like to see on the platform here: https://player.me/p/vote

UPDATE: Over 50k users now :sohappy:

Update 2: Just reached 55k users. Shit's about to get real!

jyushinshuu · **Joined:** May 2008 **Posts:** 1235 **Location:**

followed you. Crocodile =)

Quyxz · **Posted:** Wed May 27, 2015 7:56 pm

I made an account today via your link (name = Activator), but I have no idea what I am gonna do with it.

[SD]Master_Wong · **Posted:** Wed May 27, 2015 9:49 pm

looks interesting

Vaya · **Joined:** May 2009 **Posts:** 1848 **Location:**

*sees LoL background*
*proceeds to sign up*

Love · **Joined:** Nov 2007 **Posts:** 5336 **Location:**

Signed up, ill check it out when i have time later. Securing dat name ftw.

ltsune · **Joined:** Mar 2008 **Posts:** 5751 **Location:**

Okay, so it turns out that because of the recent activity boost on the site, I can't follow up with who you guys are (there are other people following me on there too (for some weird reason)).

So it would be great if you post your names here

I'll then follow back. We should really create a group too. I might make one soon.

By the way, the site is still exploding in terms of popularity. There are over 63k users now :o

[SD]Master_Wong · **Posted:** Thu May 28, 2015 3:01 pm

quickstream

*BlackFox · **Joined:** Sep 2008 **Posts:** 7923 **Location:**

Sounds cool!
But It's a shame... I'm not interested. lulz

Gaigemasta · **Joined:** Dec 2006 **Posts:** 4474 **Location:**

joined, I'll check it out more when I get home

ltsune · **Joined:** Mar 2008 **Posts:** 5751 **Location:**

Sweet. I've added you folks too!
By the way, I created an SRF group for us all: https://player.me/srf

BuDo · **Joined:** Dec 2008 **Posts:** 4714 **Location:**

Not sure what to make of this site yet but it does seems nice....I went ahead and created an account....I also sent a request to join the SRF group...

dom · **Posted:** Fri Jun 19, 2015 1:12 am

Let's go dowgs

https://player.me/dom

ltsune · **Joined:** Mar 2008 **Posts:** 5751 **Location:**

dom wrote:

Let's go dowgs

https://player.me/dom

Followed you back. Some interesting discussions coming up in there from time to time.
I check back a couple of times per day

omier · **Joined:** Aug 2006 **Posts:** 5985 **Location:** ...

http://player.me/omier44
I deed it.

Quyxz · **Posted:** Thu Sep 17, 2015 8:06 am

So how is this site going? I understand that starting a new social media network is kind of a challenge, so I'm quite curious.

I haven't done anything with my account yet, but maybe that will change. Convince me with fantastic features! What does this site offer?

ltsune · **Joined:** Mar 2008 **Posts:** 5751 **Location:**

Quyxz wrote:

So how is this site going? I understand that starting a new social media network is kind of a challenge, so I'm quite curious.

I haven't done anything with my account yet, but maybe that will change. Convince me with fantastic features! What does this site offer?

Hey man.

Well, yeah, it takes a long time to get a social media running for sure.
But Player.me is doing great. Right now, the Android app is being beta tested, and it has brought the activity up a lot lately, as people can now constantly keep the conversation going - even when leaving their desktop.

There are some very interesting features coming soon that sadly can't be revealed just yet, but that will hopefully be ready before Christmas.

Until then, focus will be on going mobile. Hopefully, the Android app is soon our of beta and will then be able to be found on Google Play (right now it's downloaded via a direct link and through a beta-testing app).

Generally, the Player.me community is just super friendly. Another aspect I really like is that there are quite often give-aways, and the community welcomes indie developers very much. There'll be even more features available for game developers in the future too, allowing them to form their own communities on Player.me.

And generally, that's the direction the platform will go moving forward. That is, towards creating smaller communities around each game, while still - of course - having an open feed for everyone. But as activity grows, there'll be a need for splitting some discussions up into smaller communities too. Centered around each individual game. But, as you said, all of that takes thousands of lines of code, which in turn takes many many hours to code :wink:

If you've got any question, feel free to fire away. I've gotten more involved with Player.me since last, so I will most likely be able to answer most questions.

XMoshe · **Posted:** Fri Sep 18, 2015 5:49 pm

Just made an account, XMoshe.

ltsune · **Joined:** Mar 2008 **Posts:** 5751 **Location:**

XMoshe wrote:

Just made an account, XMoshe.

Added you now

Quyxz · **Posted:** Mon Sep 28, 2015 12:27 pm

ltsune wrote:

Hey man.

Well, yeah, it takes a long time to get a social media running for sure.
But Player.me is doing great. Right now, the Android app is being beta tested, and it has brought the activity up a lot lately, as people can now constantly keep the conversation going - even when leaving their desktop.

There are some very interesting features coming soon that sadly can't be revealed just yet, but that will hopefully be ready before Christmas.

Until then, focus will be on going mobile. Hopefully, the Android app is soon our of beta and will then be able to be found on Google Play (right now it's downloaded via a direct link and through a beta-testing app).

Generally, the Player.me community is just super friendly. Another aspect I really like is that there are quite often give-aways, and the community welcomes indie developers very much. There'll be even more features available for game developers in the future too, allowing them to form their own communities on Player.me.

And generally, that's the direction the platform will go moving forward. That is, towards creating smaller communities around each game, while still - of course - having an open feed for everyone. But as activity grows, there'll be a need for splitting some discussions up into smaller communities too. Centered around each individual game. But, as you said, all of that takes thousands of lines of code, which in turn takes many many hours to code :wink:

If you've got any question, feel free to fire away. I've gotten more involved with Player.me since last, so I will most likely be able to answer most questions.

That's an extensive post! It's noticeable that you're getting more involved, hehe.

However, I still don't really know what I should do on that site. Where do I start? Is it like a small forum around any game? Also old games? Because those are usually of most interest to me.

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