09-23-2016, 12:28 PM
(09-23-2016, 04:19 AM)Rick McDowell Wrote: Maybe a good start for a Consortium agenda would be to retain a spokesperson of some notoriety and good voice to do a Youtube to introduce what PBM is. Somewhat awkward, since its not PBM anymore. But the idea being to explain in a couple minutes the multi player (not massive player) strategy, turn based, text based genre is like and why you should try it. Maybe the companies offer a free game that participate? If we had ten companies each contributing $1000 and having their links there shown, with maybe production values like graphics and sound behind it, and link with Facebook, other social media.
I have no idea what celebrities cost, but I'm pretty sure that there is no way to get somebody of worth in on that budget - even for just a voice over. The exception might be one of the game-loving celebrities who might do it for the good of gaming.
That being said, I think this is a major step in the right direction and something I'd be happy to participate in.
I think there are a number of challenges to be overcome to make this happen, not the least of which is trying to adequately describe PBM gaming (a rose by any other name would smell as sweet) inside of a 3 minute window. I have trouble explaining it to people in a 30 minute window! LOL
It might be worthwhile to create a PBM portal site too. A launching pad to the various games that the video can direct viewers toward. Trying to hit them with a list of URLs might be challenging for the viewer.