Despite all the votes to the contrary, I have unpublished the arc. It had 172 plays at the time and was still firmly at 4 stars. The reasons why I finally made this choice are numerous.
First off, and this to me is the most important, it's just not the same arc anymore. I have over doubled the amount of text in the arc, changed 3 of 4 maps, rewrote every bosses bio, added many new mechanics, many new clues, added new characters, added a new group and changed several key elements from the original story.
Secondly, it became very clear that an arc as old as the original one was not going to get the level of attention or plays of a new one. Just watching the threads created for the new arcs quickly double the number of views my old arc was getting showed me that.
Third, a very old arc even at 5 stars gets far fewer views than a newer arc with a decent number of plays. So even with if by some miracle the old arc got to 5 stars again, it would be mostly ignored especially by people who think they already played it.
Last, my arc from the last Dr. Aeon Challenge has done very well despite not winning. So well in fact that it exceeded the arc I just unpublished in number of plays despite having been published ten months after it.
I know it's a risk, but I put all this work into the arc because I want it to get played and I felt unpublishing the old arc gave the new one the best chance of accomplishing that.
WN
Check out one of my most recent arcs: 457506 - A Very Special Episode - An abandoned TV, a missing kid's TV show host and more
416951 - The Ms. Manners Task Force - More wacky villains, Wannabes. things in poor taste
or one of my other arcs including two 2010 Player's Choice Winners and an2009 Official AE Awards Nominee for Best Original Story
Despite all the votes to the contrary, I have unpublished the arc. It had 172 plays at the time and was still firmly at 4 stars. The reasons why I finally made this choice are numerous.
First off, and this to me is the most important, it's just not the same arc anymore. I have over doubled the amount of text in the arc, changed 3 of 4 maps, rewrote every bosses bio, added many new mechanics, many new clues, added new characters, added a new group and changed several key elements from the original story.
Secondly, it became very clear that an arc as old as the original one was not going to get the level of attention or plays of a new one. Just watching the threads created for the new arcs quickly double the number of views my old arc was getting showed me that.
Third, a very old arc even at 5 stars gets far fewer views than a newer arc with a decent number of plays. So even with if by some miracle the old arc got to 5 stars again, it would be mostly ignored especially by people who think they already played it.
Last, my arc from the last Dr. Aeon Challenge has done very well despite not winning. So well in fact that it exceeded the arc I just unpublished in number of plays despite having been published ten months after it.
I know it's a risk, but I put all this work into the arc because I want it to get played and I felt unpublishing the old arc gave the new one the best chance of accomplishing that.
WN
Check out one of my most recent arcs:
457506 - A Very Special Episode - An abandoned TV, a missing kid's TV show host and more
416951 - The Ms. Manners Task Force - More wacky villains, Wannabes. things in poor taste
or one of my other arcs including two 2010 Player's Choice Winners and an2009 Official AE Awards Nominee for Best Original Story