Is Microsoft aware of our increasing community?

Jaeger · Post by **Jaeger** » 18 Jun 2015, 01:15

We've got quite a community now, large and united, even 900 viewers for the finals of the last tournament. Microsoft should know about our increasing community.

Mimsy for President · Post by **Mimsy for President** » 18 Jun 2015, 01:28

Microsoft be like

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benj89 · Post by **benj89** » 18 Jun 2015, 01:30

shaolinstar wrote:Microsoft be like

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gibson · Post by **gibson** » 18 Jun 2015, 02:44

ovi12 wrote:We''ve got quite a community now, large and united, even 900 viewers for the finals of the last tournament. Microsoft should know about our increasing community.

Lol. Microsoft doesn''t care about a game where the biggest tourney draws 900 viewers. Maybe if it was 100x they would notice.

divine_moon · Post by **divine_moon** » 18 Jun 2015, 04:18

microsoft's not interested in small change, they want to see the big money!!

Marco1698 · Post by **Marco1698** » 18 Jun 2015, 08:37

Probably Microsoft forgot age of empires series. He thinks a lot more at starcraft2 and league of legends I am sure.

bart331 · Post by **bart331** » 18 Jun 2015, 09:03

marco1698 wrote:Probably Microsoft forgot age of empires series. He thinks a lot more at starcraft2 and league of legends I am sure.

Their strategy has been for years to do as little as possible and squeeze the most possible money out of it. The concept / businesscase for a successor in the series is still not decided upon.

iNcog · Post by **iNcog** » 18 Jun 2015, 11:26

at very least they're keeping ESO up

zoom · Post by **zoom** » 18 Jun 2015, 20:32

Unity!? Fuck that...

divine_moon · Post by **divine_moon** » 19 Jun 2015, 05:22

incog wrote:at very least they''re keeping ESO up

valid point... we should all shut up &' hope they don''t shut it down... :happy:

Jaeger · Post by **Jaeger** » 19 Jun 2015, 14:01

Sure 900 is not a lot, but what's important is that it shows potential

momuuu · Post by **momuuu** » 19 Jun 2015, 14:24

neuron wrote:The fact that they quickly made a new forum for their AOE franchise shows not only they''re aware of our forum, but they''re already panicked and acting out of desperation.

Why''d this make them panick?

Maybe they are aware of it and hoped people that post here would also post on their new forums. That is after all the first forum new players are going to find.

iNcog · Post by **iNcog** » 19 Jun 2015, 15:45

panic?

lol.

aoefan4life · Post by **aoefan4life** » 19 Jun 2015, 16:00

neuron wrote:The fact that they quickly made a new forum for their AOE franchise shows not only they''re aware of our forum, but they''re already panicked and acting out of desperation.

Their new forum is awful and they even know it.

zoom · Post by **zoom** » 19 Jun 2015, 18:56

neuron wrote:The fact that they quickly made a new forum for their AOE franchise shows not only they''re aware of our forum, but they''re already panicked and acting out of desperation.

Either that or it shows that the launch of their forum coincided with that of yours.

musketjr · Post by **musketjr** » 19 Jun 2015, 20:16

thread raises a good question

_venox_ · Post by **_venox_** » 19 Jun 2015, 20:54

what about asking them and btw a business won't care if they can't make money off of something or if they can't polish their image.

iNcog · Post by **iNcog** » 19 Jun 2015, 20:55

zoom wrote:
neuron wrote:The fact that they quickly made a new forum for their AOE franchise shows not only theyre aware of our forum, but theyre already panicked and acting out of desperation.
Either that or it shows that the launch of their forum coincided with that of yours.

mind = blown

momuuu · Post by **momuuu** » 19 Jun 2015, 21:43

aoefan4life wrote:
neuron wrote:The fact that they quickly made a new forum for their AOE franchise shows not only theyre aware of our forum, but theyre already panicked and acting out of desperation.
Their new forum is awful and they even know it.

It really is, its just really ugly. I like this one much and much better. Also, dont really like the fact that aoe:m, aoe2 and aoe3 communities are supposed to be merged there.

divine_moon · Post by **divine_moon** » 20 Jun 2015, 02:33

jerom wrote:
aoefan4life wrote:Their new forum is awful and they even know it.
It really is, its just really ugly. I like this one much and much better. Also, dont really like the fact that aoe:m, aoe2 and aoe3 communities are supposed to be merged there.

^ that shuld be a horrible idea, cuz aoe2 &' aoe3 have a few similar civs, tho completely different in gameplay.... it would be a nightmare discussing strats.. :surprised:

feeling lazy someone link me to their new forums?

Good ol Ivan · Post by **Good ol Ivan** » 20 Jun 2015, 02:53

benj89 wrote:
shaolinstar wrote:Microsoft be like

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gibson · Post by **gibson** » 20 Jun 2015, 04:35

neuron wrote:The fact that they quickly made a new forum for their AOE franchise shows not only they''re aware of our forum, but they''re already panicked and acting out of desperation.

I can see it now. Satya Nadella, ceo of microsoft, doing what all ceo normally do, that is talking on the phone in a luxury office on the 50th floor of a Microsoft complex in silicone valley. Suddenly, things start to go haywire. Lights are flashing from every screen in his office, and several security guards burst through the door.

"Sir, theres a situation."

Amy Hood, cfo of microsoft walks through the door.

" Sir, I''m afraid the worst has happened. The few faithful followers of aoe3 have banded together on their own private forum. I''m sure you know what this means."

A bead of sweat runs down his furrowed brow.

"I had hoped it wouldn''t come to this. You know what we must do."

Quickly, Amy and Satya run over to a computer. Bending over it, Satya begins clicking furiously while Amy watches.

"We don''t have much time. We must create our own forum before they get to powerful. Our own forum will draw traffic away from their website and to ours."

"Sir, pardon me, but that forum looks kind of....uh.....shitty."

Satya shoots her a frown.

"Like I said, we don''t have much time. This will have to do for now."

Satisfied, he looks over his work.

"It''s ready." he proclaimed proudly.

The crisis averted, the ceo and cfo return to their respective jobs, but in the back of their minds they plot the next course of action that must be taken when the cult following of aoe3 begins to rise again.

musketeer925 · Post by **musketeer925** » 20 Jun 2015, 04:59

zoom wrote:
neuron wrote:The fact that they quickly made a new forum for their AOE franchise shows not only theyre aware of our forum, but theyre already panicked and acting out of desperation.
Either that or it shows that the launch of their forum coincided with that of yours.

Agreed. There is no way they, with their minuscule AoE team, began working on that after ESO community became a significant pressure. That new forum has surely been in the works for a long time.

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