[karajorma]

and I dont think they even have a catagory for freespace on that site.

Eh?

[Rodo]

Well diaspora made it to the top 100 Indies, congrats!

Update:  Diaspora made it into the top 50 Indie.   

We're all pushing for ya!

[Spoon]

and I dont think they even have a catagory for freespace on that site.

Eh?

There
is
not
a
single
freespace
mod
in the top 100 of that site, ever.
Yet nexus and freelancer both have a few.

[Rodo]

Then we need to get better campaigns done for the next year, right?

[General Battuta]

Then we need to get better campaigns done for the next year, right?

ha

Except for Diaspora, we simply don't attract enough of a fanbase to outvote the Source and UE3 stuff.

[karajorma]

Yep, the problem is that we don't have a big enough fan base. Remember FS2 didn't sell that well, that's why we didn't get FS3.

[MatthTheGeek]

Yeah, but I prefer OUR fanbase to theirs anytime.

[TrashMan]

Hear, hear...At least we have good taste.

[Spoon]

Hear, hear...At least we have good taste.

We do?
When did That happen? 

[Pred the Penguin]

Since most FPS mods never seem to satisfy the mind anymore...
There are few exceptions.

[FUBAR-BDHR]

Well from leaving the scoreboard up and glancing at it occasionally by my count it seem that something called miner wars is beating us in the futuristic sim category.  We need to get the vote out.  Remember if you voted before the 1st you need to go vote again for the finals. 

[Aurora Paradox]

I've already put in my vote for Diaspora in the top 100.  I was really hoping WIH Part 1 would make it in but alas it didn't.  I knew the odds weren't great but I still held out a small sliver of hope.  There is always next year I guess. 

[newman]

Then we need to get better campaigns done for the next year, right?

Blue Planet alone is demonstration enough quality isn't the issue. Good luck beating that.. it deserves to be up there. The problem, I suspect, is the relative obscurity of the fs universe and modern player's lack of familiarity to it.
Dunno, maybe if BP went completely standalone it might circumvent that issue a bit. It's certainly brilliant enough to stand on it's own and attract new blood..
Yea. Once all the episodes are out, maybe try for standalone, pimp with a few CGI cutscenes.. hey, one can dream, right?

[Mobius]

This may be the second or third time I post this, but heh...

A while ago, a guy posted a comment about FreeSpace mods on ModDB. He claimed they're far better than any other sci-fi mod there, yet still the FS community doesn't do enough to promote its work on that site. That results in other games attracting all the attention.


Guess what, I wholeheartedly agree with that statement. We could literally fill that site with released and WIP mods and look like a living community, but don't. Any non-HLPer looking at the list of FS2 mods on ModDB would think the community is nearly dead. Look at a) the number of mods, b) the release dates and c) the released-to-unreleased ratio:

http://www.moddb.com/games/freespace-2/mods

What kind of impression do they give to visitors? I'm 150% sure we can do a lot better than that.

[MatthTheGeek]

ModDB sucks anyway, why bother.

[The E]

Look at a) the number of mods, b) the release dates and c) the released-to-unreleased ratio:

http://www.moddb.com/games/freespace-2/mods

What kind of impression do they give to visitors? I'm 150% sure we can do a lot better than that.

And what are we, as a community, supposed to do about that? It's not like we can force campaign creators to post updates, create moddb profiles, or other stuff.

[Mobius]

We should still give it a try. Take a look at Vassago's Dirge - it's not a super-uber mods with hundreds of new ships, but its awesome FREDding ensured it a comfortable position there.

The E: Can't we promote ModDB pimping? Ask community veterans to post their campaigns there, and do similar things?

[General Battuta]

Are you arguing about mod quality or ModDB page quality?

[The E]

If you wish to create a moddb page for the FSCRP, go ahead. If you wish to ask people to create moddb pages for their stuff, go ahead.

[Mobius]

There's an FSCRP page there, but it's not linked to the main FS2 profile.

About asking other people to create mod profiles - I have been doing that for a while, but I can't do it alone.