User talk:Cage The Elephant

Welcome to the wiki

Hi, Cage The Elephant (nice name BTW). I notice you've recently made your first edits to the Urban Dead wiki site. Let me be the first to welcome you. If you have any trouble getting going, you may want to visit the wiki's help section; or if you need anything in particular, feel free to ask me on my talk page. Also check out our admin pages if you find yourself needing any of the admin services such as deletions or page moves.

Also I noticed your were having some trouble with placing you signature. When signing post and updating building status reports, use the button that looks like this or just use four tildes (~~~~) and when you click save your sig and timestamp will automatically be added. Cheers. ~ 23:39, 14 December 2010 (UTC)

Questions

Cage The Elephant said:

Thanks for the welcome. I appreciated it. I also have a few questions for you, if you don't mind. 1. Is it smart to put your character's name into your user page? 2. Is Urban Dead active anymore, or is it slowly dying out? 3. Any news from Kevan about his status? Thanks again. Cage The Elephant 21:46, 15 December 2010 (UTC)

Hey Cage,

1. A lot of people do place their character profile on their wiki user page. Many more create character pages for their in-game character as sub-pages to their wiki page (Mine is User:Vapor/characters). Having a link to your profile can help people add you to their contact list so they can find you in-game. If you don't particularly want to be found in-game, then adding it is probably not for you. It's entirely up to you.
2. UD seems to still be going pretty strong although it is not as active as it was in its heyday. I've only started playing about a year and a half ago so I missed the good ol days. People are constantly discovering the game, though and so there is a pretty steady influx of new players.
3. Kevan is still kickin it. His blog can be found at kevan.org. He isn't really involved in the UD community much but he hasn't forgotten about the game. He still updates it every few months, especially around the holidays.

Hope that answered everything.

~ 22:31, 15 December 2010 (UTC)

They're all very debatable questions. You're a perceptive one to have already understood those with clear answers. Here's my spin:

1. That depends on what your character does. If he secretly GKs when no one's looking, than revealing his name would decrease his lifespan. But if you're trying to get any publicity, or maybe just make some friends, feel free to put it up.
2. As you can see here, we've pretty much been in steady decline since the start. We currently have 18757 active characters, as can be see on the official stats page But, like Kevan said, "general game fatigue and player-base plateauing is something that's to be expected and accepted, rather than regarded as a problem that can be overcome entirely and indefinitely." I personally think the game will be shut down between 2015 and 2020.
3. How active Kevan is is uncertain. I think of him as the game's most obsessive lurker, constantly reading forums and refreshing Recent changes, keeping silent in order to not ruin his image. Some think of him as perpetually lazy and/or not caring. He changes the game once in a while, mostly for the holidays (you might see snow soon). But if a game can't be enjoyed without constant updates, it wouldn't be a very good game in the first place, now would it.

tl;dr: 1. If you want people to know. 2. We're losing people but haven't run out. 3. He's semi-active. --VVV ^RPMBG 22:47, 15 December 2010 (UTC)

Thank you both for your answers. Cage The Elephant 00:29, 16 December 2010 (UTC)