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[Poltifar]

Wow. They really do only open the shop for a few seconds at a time. Somehow I managed to buy it in the most recent opening.

[Neonivek]

Well I look here, it isn't entirely accurate

http://direct.cyberkitsune.net/canibuycubeworld/

The store and sign up is only up for about 2% of the day... so about an average of about a half hour.

[LoSboccacc]

Cannot understand how the site is up and shop is down if the problem truly is a ddos

[Neonivek]

Cannot understand how the site is up and shop is down if the problem truly is a ddos

Ok here is an alternate conspiracy theory

Nothing is wrong with the site, the store, or the sign up. It is all a trick to make people think this game is hard to buy and to make people do reaction purchases.

In a similar way to limiting stock on Christmas (No really, this is a thing)

[ductape]

An old trick from when I used to work in the restaurant world was, on opening night and a few weeks after, we would invite EVERYONE to come in that we knew.  Our hope was to create a line out the door for seating. The idea is that if people see it all crowded, it must be good, right?

therefore, this is all a stunt. Yup, thats the story I am going with.

[ductape]

double post

[PrimusRibbus]

An old trick from when I used to work in the restaurant world was, on opening night and a few weeks after, we would invite EVERYONE to come in that we knew.  Our hope was to create a line out the door for seating. The idea is that if people see it all crowded, it must be good, right?

therefore, this is all a stunt. Yup, thats the story I am going with.

I hate to say it, but I'm starting to agree with you. The lack of communication on Twitter and Picroma's main page strikes me as bizarre... if you're getting hit by a massive DDoS, wouldn't you want to assure your customers/potential customers that you're making progress on the situation? I'm not suggesting they write a novel about the situation, but 140 character tweets are a pretty reasonable way of saying "DDoS still in progress, looking for solutions."

Like you said, artificially constricting supply is an old marketing trick to make a product feel more elite and exclusive.

[Sirian]

A dangerous stunt- I know more than a few personality types that would just check the nearest torrent if they couldn't buy it. Only being open half an hour a day would be terrible for this kind of business.

*Cough*

The game is decent, that said, but I'd imagine that it's more interesting in multiplayer. Overall it's not very deep though, it's just a procedural world with monsters/dungeons of various levels and according gear drops, with a dash of crafting and a couple gimmicks like pets and hang gliders. It's not very different in essence from "3079" (but more polished, and with a different setting - fantasy).

(Ok maybe i'm too hard on it, it certainly has potential for more and IS fun even now)

[LoSboccacc]

anyway seems fishy at least. the website has images, links, dynamic content and renders extremely quickly.

they can just move the store to that host. just saying.

[Linenoise]

I think this is a hustle too. Maybe it'll work for them but I was very interested in buying this game but it was impossible to buy it so I gave up. I spent my money on the Civ 5 expansion and no longer have any desire to pay $30 for this game.

[Ygdrad]

A dangerous stunt- I know more than a few personality types that would just check the nearest torrent if they couldn't buy it. Only being open half an hour a day would be terrible for this kind of business.

Thanks for mentioning torrents, hadn't look because I didn't expect there to be one. Been having loads of fun with this and will buy as soon as the website allows me to. I usually torrent most things before I buy them anyways since I strongly believe in a "try before you buy" approach, I don't want to buy blindly.

[Neonivek]

I need to stop buying games because I feel sorry for giving it such a hard time.

Mind you Cube World can still pay off, but it REALLY isn't a single player game and the only other person I was going to play with... isn't getting the game (It was the reason I got this game)

I love that I make these rules and then I never follow them.

Rule #1 Never EVER buy a game because someone else is getting it... Dang it Neonivek!

[Alkhemia]

A dangerous stunt- I know more than a few personality types that would just check the nearest torrent if they couldn't buy it. Only being open half an hour a day would be terrible for this kind of business.

Thanks for mentioning torrents, hadn't look because I didn't expect there to be one. Been having loads of fun with this and will buy as soon as the website allows me to. I usually torrent most things before I buy them anyways since I strongly believe in a "try before you buy" approach, I don't want to buy blindly.

One was up the day it came out it was how I found out I get like 3 fps in it so I have to pass on this one, It seems to have lot of potential.

[Alkhemia]

A dangerous stunt- I know more than a few personality types that would just check the nearest torrent if they couldn't buy it. Only being open half an hour a day would be terrible for this kind of business.

Thanks for mentioning torrents, hadn't look because I didn't expect there to be one. Been having loads of fun with this and will buy as soon as the website allows me to. I usually torrent most things before I buy them anyways since I strongly believe in a "try before you buy" approach, I don't want to buy blindly.

Which is why most companies should make demos.

Amen

[Neonivek]

And good honest Demos

I still remember the Constructor Demo... which was honestly more fun then the actual game.

Also I am going to have to make a "Get together for Cube World: Lets play together" thing set up where people can find others for Cube World antics.

Good idea?