Why?

All the time people complain about not enough game shows being made...
So I make one. A majority's favorite: Acronyms.

There were about 11 people in chat. I decided that the weather was boring, so I was going to make a gameshow. People suggested acronyms, so I did that.

/game
I waif for as many people to come, do
/game every 2-3 mins or so. But when I've done it about 5 times I decided that I announced there is a gameshow enough.

I go to he host tab, type in 'type chiggens if you wanna play!!!'
I help people who don't know where to type that in.
At the end, I got about 3/4 playing, and that was all.

tl;dr this kind of community sucks. People want more gameshows? They got more gameshows. What do they do? Nothing. They just ignore the opportunity and just complain about it the next day.

My question is: Why?


-on a side note, this is a forum. A Place to discuss, and a place to debate. Start your arguments.

Today, I am become Death, destroyer of the worlds.

One thing: Don't go to the chatrooms XD Problem solved. Most people on here don't even know what they're doing and they barely know the rules so if you expect them to play a gameshow without something yelling or getting mad than goodluck I hope you can do that

That's not what I meant.
People complain there isn't enough gameshows but when they get one, they don't ern join it.

Today, I am become Death, destroyer of the worlds.

Who? What? Why? Where? When?

That's an excellent example of "Why".

Hate is such a weak emotion

Who? The community.
What? People don't go into a gameshow then complain about none being made.
Where? This site's chat rooms.
When? Every time.

All I need to know is why.

Today, I am become Death, destroyer of the worlds.

Do an experiment, ask them why it happens, when it happens again. o,o

I've tried. They don't even try to join when I personally ask them.

Today, I am become Death, destroyer of the worlds.

Ergh, there are a lot of possibilities. They could be trolls, like to ignore, or they're suddenly busy at the moment. o-o

They're too busy complimenting themselves saying they're e awesome and stuff.

Today, I am become Death, destroyer of the worlds.

Oh, see? That's the why. o.o'

Not quite the why I'm looking for.

Today, I am become Death, destroyer of the worlds.

/shrug
When I talk in the chatrooms, the same thing happens to me. so, dunno.

The gameshow dynamic might be more complicated than it appears.

Gameshows aren't what people want. What people want are good gameshows, something fun to divert from chatroom boredom and that happens to be in the form of friendly competition. Interest in the gameshow subject and how well the game is conducted are just the surface. Gameshows flop because 1) well it is still after all 10-15 people in a chatroom on the average good day, 2) larger chats are more entertaining due to attention required while small chats have more potential for boredom but without raw numbers for a game, and 3) it should be recognised that communities of this demographic tend to be fickle. The latter won't change and neither will varying displeasure and declining popularity of any feature designed to be fun on a social site like this one. Sure, the way gameshows work right now could be improved--but that is another discussion entirely.

Catch my drift.

The distinguished Limxzero spake:

Gameshows aren't what people want. What people want are good gameshows, something fun to divert from chatroom boredom and that happens to be in the form of friendly competition.

That.

They didn't even click on the invitation. Just went on with their boring chat, saying how awesome they are, bla bla bla.

Today, I am become Death, destroyer of the worlds.

ya but the thing is, none joined. That's why I posted it 5 times. It wasn't in a row, it was each 2-3 mins.

Today, I am become Death, destroyer of the worlds.

My guess would be people want gameshows, but they only want them whenever they feel like playing them.

I dream of a better tomorrow, where chickens can cross the road and not be questioned about their motives.

So the community sucks because nobody went to your gameshow?

I don't have anything intelligent to say.

No.
Think of it as a figure of speech.
It's not only about game shows.

Today, I am become Death, destroyer of the worlds.

The distinguished Biphenyl spake:

No.
Think of it as a figure of speech.
It's not only about game shows.

Sup