Twitter add campaign for Stellaris

[Cynical Dreamer]

Hi,

I was thinking : those of us on twitter should try to coordinate to live-tweet or something the Stellaris Blorg live-stream. When it goes online, when can use some sort of # (#Stellaristream, or #Blorgstream) to both interact with each other while watching, and raising the masses awareness of the coming of beloved game. It seems to me that Stellaris isn't a very discussed game at the moment, and such a campaign would help with that.

Opinions ?

 

[DàbiànLājīdàrén]

You want random people on the internet to do free marketing for Paradox? Are you insane? Give me the game already and I'll stream it 24/7.

 

[Cynical Dreamer]

You want random people on the internet to do free marketing for Paradox? Are you insane? Give me the game already and I'll stream it 24/7.

Actually, you'd be surprised by what people are ready to do on Twitter. I'm in politics, and I get data on say unemployement early. So when it's good news, I tell my "team" of like minded twitterers through a private conversation so they have a few hours to prepare. After the data is released, they use already prepared # to mass communicate a given message. They don't know me, I have no way of forcing them to do what I tell them - but they do because through me, they get access and get the feeling that they are part of something.

On a smaller scale, Paradox and paradoxians should do the same : organise to get the message out. The game ain't gonna sell itself. In practical terms, just twitting stuff like "Oh yeah my favourite mushroom space empire is on twitch again #Stellaris" is a good first step. A better strategy would be to get community members who have a high following (which I don't have) to share a private conversation (or organise it through the Beta-tester's forum, which I'm sure exists) where they can prepare for stuff like trailers or announcements, be there when they are released and sharing them simultaneously.

Just my two cents.

 

[Poodlestrike]

You want random people on the internet to do free marketing for Paradox? Are you insane? Give me the game already and I'll stream it 24/7.

What this guy said. Gimme the game and (otherwise) free advertising will follow.

 

[Mordaith]

Hi,

I was thinking : those of us on twitter should try to coordinate to live-tweet or something the Stellaris Blorg live-stream. When it goes online, when can use some sort of # (#Stellaristream, or #Blorgstream) to both interact with each other while watching, and raising the masses awareness of the coming of beloved game. It seems to me that Stellaris isn't a very discussed game at the moment, and such a campaign would help with that.

Opinions ?

Give me a flag.
I shall wave it.

I am about a step away from going door to door saying "Have you heard the word of friendship and galactic conquest?"

I am a big believer in helping support things I am passionate about. I love video games. And I love Paradox. If there is an effort, I'll be there to help.

 

[Tareeq]

"I'm in politics, and I get data on say unemployement early. So when it's good news, I tell my "team" of like minded twitterers through a private conversation so they have a few hours to prepare."

I'm in law, and I should advise you that confessing to felonies on a public gaming forum isn't generally considered a good idea.

 

[Cynical Dreamer]

"I'm in politics, and I get data on say unemployement early. So when it's good news, I tell my "team" of like minded twitterers through a private conversation so they have a few hours to prepare."

I'm in law, and I should advise you that confessing to felonies on a public gaming forum isn't generally considered a good idea.

Which law ? All major journos have the intel 24 hours in advance, the data always leaks (I mean it's the job-finding agency, not the CIA). Now it is illegal for someone working for the state agency to give the data out early - it isn't for me to repeat something I heard, as I am not in fact working for said company. How do you think newspapers manage to produce news articles just minutes after a data officially breaks ?

 

[Tareeq]

Forgive me. By "in politics," I assumed you meant you're a government official, rather than a mere recipient of information that could be used for insider trading.

Still, not the sort of thing to boast about online, on a gaming forum of all places. Since you're in politics, I'm sure you know lawyers personally. Ask some of them. I'm confident they'll tell you the same.

 

[Cynical Dreamer]

Forgive me. By "in politics," I assumed you meant you're a government official, rather than a mere recipient of information that could be used for insider trading.

Still, not the sort of thing to boast about online, on a gaming forum of all places. Since you're in politics, I'm sure you know lawyers personally. Ask some of them. I'm confident they'll tell you the same.

I'm sorry if I came across as boastful, but I was simply trying to convey something I experienced that can translate into something of practical use for Stellaris. I'm a mere student, and politics is after all but a part-time activity, like sports or drawing. If I could draw, I would design a banner for the Blorg stream contest. Being crap at anything artisty, I thought that one area that could be improved at a small cost is twitter communication : the Paradox team in general and Martin in particular in incredibly reactive and polite. I'd like to find a way to translate that, and their product, into a greater awareness of what Stellaris is. Of course, all of this is selfish : in the end, we all want the game to succeed so it can get more money and be even better.

 

[Tareeq]

Oh I agree Pdx is great at player communications, and more rare in the industry, actually listening to players. Best way to help the game on Twitter is positive word of mouth when it releases and we've had time to enjoy it. (I'm going out on a limb there, but I've already paid my forty bucks and am pretty confident I'll enjoy it.)

Apologies for the derailment.