the splinter wrote:they could easily market this great game to the next generation.
Increase their profile by taking advantage of "celebrity" involvement. As we know many broadcaster and players embrace STRAT and sprinkle it into game action. Why not have a roving Strat reporter with their own YouTube channel? How about live coverage of a game and announce it in Strat terms? Acuna leads off for ATL. Swings at the first pitch and its a GBA to SS. Albies up next and he hits one off the handle for a popup off of the pitchers card. Etc.. etc.
I too think think there are many opportunities to build the user base here. but if the underlying service is weak - those new people will not stay long. Its clear they are a small company and dealing with constraints. So this one will feel like a chicken and egg thing - new user could increase rev to help with investment or build it and they will come approach (love that movie) are both avenue but hard to say, from an outsider perspective, what SOM is dealing with on a day-to-day basis. So its hard to place criticism or judgement here.
If you scroll back to the 1st posts in this forum (2012), its funny seeing some of the same issues raised then as of today. They have not cracked the nut in how to deliver the service - let alone scale. My hunch, and it's just a guess, is that they are too stretched in the multiple avenues that budgets are in full maintenance mode vs growth efforts where redirecting funds or alerting the business model risks losing revenue further compounding the budget issue. Again, been in small business before and this dynamic is real - but it's only my guess.
In the mean time.... will keep buying credits and try to support this community!