However, I don't agree with how you mentioned about COD and website. COD became extremely famous on consoles then they did on PC, and naturely people on PC started to play COD on PC because of the influence made by the gaming consoles. Also, COD had done a lot of advertisement, far beyond what dpb2 community can do, and since COD never really needed a website, only for forums so players can give feedback and etc., they really did not need to make it look new gen, but recently they had to make the website more effiencent and better, because of COD elite. As for games that started and are exlusive for PC(which are the biggest games in the world), they are extremely depended on there website. Anyways, digital paintball 2, dp is dependent on this website, because of the updates; if this website was looking more new gen, new players would appreicate this game more. (Presentation=representation)
I think you may have your history a little mixed up:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Call_of_Duty_media - COD started out as a PC title (Exclusive for some time).
You make a valid point about Elite, though, and a lot of games (Battlefield 3 & 4, QuakeLive, etc.) force you to go through their website. I'm not sure that really benefits the community, though.
In any case, I was just throwing out an example. I don't think most players regularly visit a game's website unless they're required to.
Payl: I'm just pointing out the potential that, even if this game was "perfect", with next-gen graphics, no bugs, great tutorial, all (good) feature requests implemented, etc., it may still be difficult to make it popular simply because of the style of the gameplay.
A video could certainly help. I think Shk was trying to gather a bunch of demos for a community video.
I know how you feel about using the server browser over quick match, but after using that feature a lot in Tribes Ascend, I kinda like it. You just start the game, click on "CTF" or whatever other game mode you want to play, and you're on a server playing it.
The competitive mode is actually more for newer players than older ones. Older players can already organize matches and pickup games through IRC and the forums. This is for people who play pubs for a bit, think it's just a simple instagib game, and that they're better than everybody... then they can try playing an organized game and see how challenging it actually is, and hopefully give them something to strive for.
As for the tutorial map, seeking feedback here:
http://dplogin.com/forums/index.php?topic=24135.msg241432#msg241432