We don't have the exact date of course, but as far as any of us can remember we started the Disconnected Band sometime in September, one year ago. So, Happy Birthday to Us!
The band was started by a small group of noob players who were just trying to get by in this big, big game. We met each other, that would be me and RedCross and goodgrrrl, just by camping bosses. I think the Tiger King, and Wolf King, and the Insane Axe were afraid of us. They didn't show up very often. We used to help each other and split the drops, and that started a friendship that is still going on today. Even though goodgrrrl and RedCross may not sign into the game with those characters every day, we still talk to each other almost every day on the #9Dragons IRC channel.
Back then it was a smaller game and a couple of the maps we have now didn't even exist back then. We didn't have Crimson Snake or Golden Lotus level players to help us with dungeon runs and epithets either. These days we even have players at the Humble Master level, and we can call on Little Master players for help when we need it too. Quite frankly, you noobs don't know how easy you've got it.
The game has gotten an awful lot easier for new players, at least when it comes to leveling up. It's probably not so easy to find items to sell, or make enough money to buy the really good equipment that you might want. I was able to farm gunpowder for a really long time, and that helped me to buy all of my collectible items so that I got my +5 all attributes jade relic really early in the game. I still have it, and I still use it too.
On the other hand, when we started playing we all would have killed for 4 pocket clothing, and now that stuff is normal. Weapons with slots were really rare then too, and ornaments to go on them were pretty pathetic compared to the HP return ornaments we can get now. Even with all the problems that we deal with in this game, I'm still enjoying it and I plan to be here for our 2nd birthday too. It will be interesting to see what new things Indy/Acclaim can come up with in the next year.
One thing that is new for our blog is a Google Analytics account. I have this system running on my personal blog, not that I need it, but it's there. About a month ago I set up the same thing for this blog, just to see how many people are reading what we have to say, and how often they show up. The numbers aren't big, but it's not just league members who are reading this blog. The best part, those readers come back often! This blog is turning into a handy source of information for those who know it exists.
Over the last few weeks 365 unique visitors came to this blog, just to see what we have to say. On average those people showed up 4 or 5 times each and they usually read 2 pages each time they showed up.
The most common page is the home page and most people land there directly, like they've got our blog in their bookmarks. Almost nobody comes here because of Google, or any other search engine, and when they do they are usually searching the term "dc9d dot blogspot dot com". I think that's kind of funny, but that is how we have to give the URL with the in-game chat system.
The most popular topics on the blog are "bosses", "builds" and then "books", and I guess that makes sense. I would like to attract more Search Engine results and in order to do that I'm thinking to add a new FAQ, all about the quests. Frequently Asked Quest Questions should get us a lot more traffic. After all, "where is Yan Kezheng"?
Feel free to help me out with this FAQQ, and hopefully this blog will be even more popular over time. In the mean time, Happy Birthday to Us!
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September 12, 2009 at 12:07 PM
happy birthday to us. ^^) :P <3
September 12, 2009 at 12:30 PM
Happy Bday to us and to you too dear(Arai)
September 12, 2009 at 1:21 PM
happy birthday toooo uuuus and arai's char :)
September 12, 2009 at 2:09 PM
happy happy birthday! ^^
September 12, 2009 at 3:07 PM
happy birthday dc!
and i although i haven't been active for the last 2 months, chief, i am still a member of our league^^
(damn, there are a lot of patches to download...)
September 12, 2009 at 7:30 PM
yup happy birthday to you:)
September 12, 2009 at 8:39 PM
wow Happy B-Day guys!!! nice to see that after a year you are still around
September 16, 2009 at 3:40 AM
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