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The community forum activity has really dropped off...

Just seems like there's only like one new post a week... thoughts?
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Fair points. I also get the impression that SMG is a small team. Only so many resources to go around. If I see more maps added, while all these lingering issues and bugs still exist, then my empathy for their limited resources is going to evaporate quickly. It’s fine to not have the ability to fix all these issues immediately. But if you are spending your time coding new maps instead of fixing the pressing issues that paying customers have asked for.... well then your priorities are in the wrong place.
I agree with you, hopefully SMG will as well...
Tyler what you are talking about is what I have been trying to set up for months. I’m down to play whenever others and I have time. Check out http://smgstudio.freshdesk.com/support/discussions/topics/11000012564 and read the more recent comments to see where we are at right now.
Great minds think alike Secta! I like where your head is at. I am actually only ranked expert and ranked in the 17,000 range. Not sure if I qualify, but it’s only becuase I just recently found this version of the game in App Store and haven’t been playing long. Would I still qualify to participate? I started playing Risk 25 years ago with my father on his board from the 70’s with all the original wooden pieces. He still owns the board and is the only thing I asked that he leave to me in his will LOL. I’m in Florida so I am eastern time zone. I would be up for a Tues, Wed, or Thurs evening game. Count me in. Add me as a friend Game Name: Big Bad Wolfe. User ID: 5651162
Yeah you’re good especially since you can only get better with more playing and right now we’ve never been able to get more than two forum people in a a game at the same time. It seems the forums are still too small to get a six high ranks together at one time so we have to play global domination and let in others. I have many risk accounts but the one that I am using for progressive right now is Reiner Agincourt 8. I’ll add you.
It needs to be a risk profile for me to add you so how about you send it thanks.
Sent you a friend request. Big Bad Wolfe
I literally have 2 ppm on my risk friends list, sectaone, and some random that played a great game, I used to add every expert and up I could find until I realized just how difficult it is to set up friend games...
We know SMG keeps basic data about games like who was in them and what place they finished in. They just need a script to analyze the data either for top accounts only or randomly for everyone. It would check to see if they often/always play with one or more accounts on the same IP address, always win, or often/always play the same opponent(s) then cheaters would be caught and action taken against them automatically. That should cause most every cheater to give up. Yes SMG could check the top players manually and I’ve suggested that as a start since it is easy but they won’t spend time on that.
Chris & Tyler (and anyone else) either of you guys down for a game of progressive this Thursday or maybe Wednesday night? If we are going to get six people playing regularly we will have to start somewhere. I could definitely play fixed also but that does take hours.
Well somebody's not shy about putting their personal info out there lol. I work 3rd shift EST and sectaone is in PST I'm pretty sure, I could probably do 7pm EST but will only have a 2hr window to play... I almost always play in the mornings after work; at least one game every other day, minimum.
I'm beginning to get the impression that there's only like 5 - 7 ppl that use the forums now... even SMG hasn't posted anything in a lil while (as far as I can tell). Where yall at SMG? *Unrelated* if it's 1pm on a monday in Washington D.C., what day/time is where yall (SMG) are at? Just curious what the best time to converse with yall is....
My Facebook is set to private and I don’t have any sensitive info on there anyhow, so I’m not shy about sharing my FB profile. I think people are way to scared about online shit personally. It’s not like I have my home address, social security number, date of birth, and passport number stored in FB. It’s just some pictures. Not really hiding any secrets. Shoot me a note on messenger and let me know who you are and I will accept. I can do mornings too. (Between 6:30am-8am est)

I agree - the blame lays squarely on the shoulders of Hasbro... why on Earth did they give the franchise to a small, unknown company based out in the wilderness of Australia which is run by Crocodile Dundee lol!


No doubt SMG does have great graphic designers - but their coders are mediocre and have little if any work ethic... nor does the management have much commercial sense or ambition!


However, I could be wrong - as we speak, maybe they are working on an AWESOME new update which fixes all the problems and adds all the features people have been requesting... which is why they are too busy to even reply to people on the forum here!


Then again, maybe they really are just mediocre lol - in which case all we can hope is that SMG either go bust and Risk is sold off to another (far better!) developer... or Hasbro realises the error of their ways and revokes the licence from them!


What say you Phil?!

@Aitch Unless SMG has lost a few key employees, I don't think mediocrity is the reason. I've been playing since Hasbro released the game, long before SMG was in charge of tech support. If you had an issue then you had to email Hasbro directly - which was not an easy task. Personally, I believe that SMG has brought this game a long way, even with the few coding errors that's accompanied their progress. The biggest problem people have now is cheaters, but that's a harder problem to solve than most people might think - since no software is being tampered with by people using alternate accounts. Short of banning IP adresses, I can't really think of a solid solution....
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