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about 2-3 years ago? i preferred when every kd landed on fant and the other worlds opened once enough time whad passed

I hated that. go back even further when there was walls. then we can talk

i have autojoin on in shoalin for that reason, we havent received anyone this era so can only assume ppl arent joining the game atm. or maybe theyre joining other maps

also everyone who autojoined last era who wasnt already a vet has quit before the second era started

take from that what you will, but i think theres more than one problem to this game

There are great walls on Zetamania.

People still use the kingdom chat and forums, and you can still send people pms.

Do you guys want to make a new more pemanent skype conversation?

Right now we have things like 'Evil Skype Conversation' 'VU Fantasia Conversation' 'Gim Fantasia KD Conversation' etc but as far as I am aware there is no skype that persists from era to era which would make things a lot easier.

....?Can't someone just make a VU General Skype and just start adding VU people to it...? Why hasn't someone done that?

I actually agree with you that the Chat system in the game could be a lot better, but I feel like the work required to improve it could be better spent doing other things so it isn't even worth presenting ideas to the Admin.

Maybe at some point down the line if/when the admin shows a greater activity level and is looking for things to work on the Chat will come up. The Chat has been pretty bad for a while but a lot of it is basic stuff like 'If you are logged into the chat people know you are online because there isn't an invisible mode' that could be easily improved, and some of it is a bit more complex like 'The mobile version for VU is really good, but can there be a mobile chat that has the permanence of skype/irc yet still be integrated into the game in a functional way'?

I agree, while the olden days were pretty good we can never go back in time so it's not worth abandoning the present and future just to reminisce when the game could actually be better than it ever has been.

There are a couple people in the community like Chade with relevant skills who could add value to a development team, the way I see it is that WORST CASE SCENARIO for VU is the Admin never wakes up and then the community just takes the good idea and makes a better version/game and the people putting in the work monetize it.

Few people actually have the ability to put in work without immediate returns, I have a couple side projects going on IRL but I've committed to helping new players this era on GvE's Evil KD and getting a wiki off the ground.

I don't have relevant technical skills to add to a development team (yet, but I could learn) but in the meantime it would probably be worth reaching out to Zeta with your friend.

This game and concept could be executed better than it ever was in the olden days.

There's a whole lot that can be said about monetization but that's for another time, you could make the game much more profitable without actually ruining the game or making it pay2win. Back when VU was launched it was an era of browser games, google adsense, and pay2win which aren't even the best ways to collect $$$ if you are in it for the $$$.

If you had the people to build the game then you could even fund development via crowdsourcing if you do it right.

Go Barney save Visual Utopia !!!

pretty cool godsend..... you can use whatsapp or vusapp!

i have tried using the chat on mobile, everytime i do so, you cant see what your writing.

  Getting a bonus turn if you waited more than 12 ticks between login's. If I remember correctly it was due to the load of too many players on the server at once that this was instituted. In theory this would keep people from logging in and out all day long every tick.  Sounds funny now.

the extra bt after 12h was also a way to somewhat offset the difference between avid and casual gamers. bring it back id say ;)

I cringe at the population now. Actually, its weird but the game I am currently playing, not saying what it is, has at least 10k players and platforms across countries. I mean, each major country has its own domain. But regardless, I just spawned on Fant even though its over but one kingdom prevailed? Only after just five pages of talks on the board? Usually it takes 10 pages for an era to end. I know the newer players are leaving but is it the older players that find no reason to play? I know the reason I never fully committed to it was because of school and work. Just did not have time to jump on every hour. I do not know of anyone who could help with software or anything but I would not mind throwing ideas around instead. If things need to be tested as well, I dont mind that at all. I am sure I can handle that much.

I think they are on YouTube already but I'm too lazy to find them for ya.

Hey Guys, its been so long that i played this game.. i wonder if there are still people from the old Kingdom Legacy that are still playing.

more like being nubebashed by shoalin monks!

Lol, really was a long time since you played. Most that old LGC players aren't playing - some of them can be found here: http://visual-utopia.com/kingdomInfo.asp?kd=4204