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I think the first thing that needs to be set into action, which BB Marin has already addressed he is looking into, is a BB App. I think this should help not only keep managers staying longer but also bring some more advertisement and money to BB. More money for BB equals more advertisement options available to them. People are always making small suggestions to "make BB better" but I feel like it doesnt matter how much we make BB better, if we can not advertise for more users and make enough money in order to do that. BB App top priority and after that, things could open up a bit.

I agree with the app idea 100%. A BB app is long past overdue, and an app has to be created before anything else is to be done regarding this game. If BB doesn't make an app soon than I'm afraid the amount of users currently registered on the site will continue to decrease. It may sound like people are just lazy but I think we can all agree that some people just don't have enough time to flip open their laptops and log on to the site, especially as people get older and have jobs, school, relationships, etc.

The world's reliance on mobile devices is increasing, and BB has to supply its consumers what they demand. We all know (well, at least the Americans) what happened to Blockbuster once Netflix came around and Blockbuster didn't get in on the deliveries or streaming that Netflix provided. Sadly, Blockbuster is no more. BB is undoubtedly the best online game I've ever played, and I don't want to see it come to a screeching halt just because an app was never created. There's probably more to it then I know, but I really cannot see any consequences that could come from creating an app, other than having to sacrifice time and a little bit of money.

Last edited by SREZ at 07/13/2014 22:52:40

Agreed. Keep it short and simple an app for Buzzerbeater will do wonders in many ways!

I'm going to agree about the app. It'll help keep older members from leaving as well as provide a new avenue for essentially free advertising. I imagine the first week the app is out, thousands of users will be downloading it and that will, in turn, put the app on "Trending this week" lists, which will then rally in new players. Furthermore, very few really goes out of their way to tell their friends about BB as is. With an app, the mere fact that you downloaded it or rated it can alert your friends of the app and draw more "free advertising" that way as time goes by.

On a different note, there are two ways to increase the userbase: by maintaining old users and by acquiring new ones. I think the BB's should analyze whether the amount of users leaving have been increasing over time - a fix in maintaining users would be much cheaper and easier to accomplish than to acquire new users.

For everyone talking about the App, this is something that is being looked into quite a lot.

Backstory if you have not seen it:
(http://www.buzzerbeater.com/community/forum/read.aspx?thr...)

Marin seems like he very much wants to make one as well it is just a matter of who can help with it and how to do it, because it is kind of a sticky situation if you read his posts and why one hasn't been made yet.

Currently BBs are allocating resources to development. Once they will be satisfied with the product, they will channel more money into advertising. At least that's how I interpret what BB Patrick had to say on the topic many months ago.

Hopefully they become satisfied with their product sooner rather than later. It won't matter how many awesome changes they make to the game if there is no one left to play it.

Well Patrick said the game is self-sustainable even with 25k people playing, and I'd think even less now with new cash coming from second teams. However I think a lot of people who left will be not coming back because of lack of competition. We had 1.300 users during the peak and 700-800 regularly. Now we have less than 300. I agree with sooner rather than later.

When I was a GM, I also held a "forum day" where I was online all day to anwser questions from the danish users. It worked well and we gave 3 months supporter to question of the day. That, with the "mentor" feature is something I was proud of as I think both made a difference.

So there are many things that can be done, someone just has to do them.

+1 for the app idea.

Make a app and this game will earn millions!

Make a app and this game will earn millions!

Yeah, simple as that. App won't do itself. It will cost a lot of money to deliver high quality services and put technologies as a tool to bring remarkable result.