Comments on: Building Social MMOs for Facebook: Q&A with Max Skibinsky, CEO of Hive7 http://www.insidesocialgames.com/2009/08/10/building-social-mmos-for-facebook-qa-with-max-skibinsky-ceo-of-hive7/ Tracking Innovation at the Convergence of Games and Social Platforms Fri, 10 Feb 2012 21:17:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Hive7 Releases New Facebook Soccer RPG: Kick Off http://www.insidesocialgames.com/2009/08/10/building-social-mmos-for-facebook-qa-with-max-skibinsky-ceo-of-hive7/comment-page-1/#comment-9348 Hive7 Releases New Facebook Soccer RPG: Kick Off Tue, 10 Nov 2009 15:01:44 +0000 http://www.insidesocialgames.com/?p=5740#comment-9348 [...] few months ago we got the chance to sit down and talk with Hive7 CEO Max Skibinsky about the inner workings of the company and his perspectives on the development of social massive [...] [...] few months ago we got the chance to sit down and talk with Hive7 CEO Max Skibinsky about the inner workings of the company and his perspectives on the development of social massive [...]

]]> By: Vince Vatter http://www.insidesocialgames.com/2009/08/10/building-social-mmos-for-facebook-qa-with-max-skibinsky-ceo-of-hive7/comment-page-1/#comment-6776 Vince Vatter Sun, 16 Aug 2009 20:44:48 +0000 http://www.insidesocialgames.com/?p=5740#comment-6776 I love this comment "Just redoing last year’s hit with new skins and better assets." At least Max is honest about rehashing Knighthood year after year (calling it Mob Ties, then Sindicate and now Turf Wars) What he fails to mention is the corruption rife at Hive7 and how it is has effectively killed his golden goose. Knighthood had more than 1.5million monthly active users a mere 90 days ago. Now? Under 700k. If my company lost more than half of its customers I would be very worried. I love this comment “Just redoing last year’s hit with new skins and better assets.”

At least Max is honest about rehashing Knighthood year after year (calling it Mob Ties, then Sindicate and now Turf Wars)

What he fails to mention is the corruption rife at Hive7 and how it is has effectively killed his golden goose. Knighthood had more than 1.5million monthly active users a mere 90 days ago. Now? Under 700k.

If my company lost more than half of its customers I would be very worried.

]]> By: This Week’s Top Headlines from Inside Social Games http://www.insidesocialgames.com/2009/08/10/building-social-mmos-for-facebook-qa-with-max-skibinsky-ceo-of-hive7/comment-page-1/#comment-6773 This Week’s Top Headlines from Inside Social Games Sun, 16 Aug 2009 16:01:37 +0000 http://www.insidesocialgames.com/?p=5740#comment-6773 [...] Building Social MMOs for Facebook: Q&A with Max Skibinsky, CEO of Hive7 [...] [...] Building Social MMOs for Facebook: Q&A with Max Skibinsky, CEO of Hive7 [...]

]]> By: Þorsteinn Kristinsson http://www.insidesocialgames.com/2009/08/10/building-social-mmos-for-facebook-qa-with-max-skibinsky-ceo-of-hive7/comment-page-1/#comment-6735 Þorsteinn Kristinsson Fri, 14 Aug 2009 13:24:52 +0000 http://www.insidesocialgames.com/?p=5740#comment-6735 The developers of Knighthood have destroyed the game and made it unplayable, they dont listen to the player this game was very nice, many have left the game cause of this Hive7 should listen more to the players The developers of Knighthood have destroyed the game and made it unplayable, they dont listen to the player
this game was very nice, many have left the game cause of this
Hive7 should listen more to the players

]]> By: blah http://www.insidesocialgames.com/2009/08/10/building-social-mmos-for-facebook-qa-with-max-skibinsky-ceo-of-hive7/comment-page-1/#comment-6723 blah Thu, 13 Aug 2009 20:03:34 +0000 http://www.insidesocialgames.com/?p=5740#comment-6723 they don't even care for the blind... they leave no alternative text for images. they don’t even care for the blind… they leave no alternative text for images.

]]> By: Andrew Park http://www.insidesocialgames.com/2009/08/10/building-social-mmos-for-facebook-qa-with-max-skibinsky-ceo-of-hive7/comment-page-1/#comment-6722 Andrew Park Thu, 13 Aug 2009 19:46:14 +0000 http://www.insidesocialgames.com/?p=5740#comment-6722 I've been playing Knighthood, Mobties, sindicate and sindicate turfwars for over a year and a half now. Sorry Max but you've never listened to your players... only the whiners :) Could be amazing games with a few small adjustments but you keep adding drivel that we don't want or need really. I’ve been playing Knighthood, Mobties, sindicate and sindicate turfwars for over a year and a half now.

Sorry Max but you’ve never listened to your players… only the whiners :)

Could be amazing games with a few small adjustments but you keep adding drivel that we don’t want or need really.

]]> By: Lynn Tusek http://www.insidesocialgames.com/2009/08/10/building-social-mmos-for-facebook-qa-with-max-skibinsky-ceo-of-hive7/comment-page-1/#comment-6686 Lynn Tusek Wed, 12 Aug 2009 01:11:33 +0000 http://www.insidesocialgames.com/?p=5740#comment-6686 What a joke. Max neglects to mention that most of the 6M installs are clones and that less than 2% of "players" actually play Knighthood. Max neglects to mention that Knighthood has been rendered nearly unplayable for several months because the developers don't listen to the customers - - the players. Every update to the game results in several days of bugs, and rather than fix the bugs, they install new "features" - half of which don't even work. Every update to the game also results in the basic frameset of the game being messed up for days. These developers can't even do HTML! Hive 7 has made such a blundering mess of Knighthood that I refuse to play any other Hive 7 games. Ever. What a joke. Max neglects to mention that most of the 6M installs are clones and that less than 2% of “players” actually play Knighthood. Max neglects to mention that Knighthood has been rendered nearly unplayable for several months because the developers don’t listen to the customers – - the players. Every update to the game results in several days of bugs, and rather than fix the bugs, they install new “features” – half of which don’t even work. Every update to the game also results in the basic frameset of the game being messed up for days. These developers can’t even do HTML! Hive 7 has made such a blundering mess of Knighthood that I refuse to play any other Hive 7 games. Ever.

]]> By: Justin Lonas http://www.insidesocialgames.com/2009/08/10/building-social-mmos-for-facebook-qa-with-max-skibinsky-ceo-of-hive7/comment-page-1/#comment-6683 Justin Lonas Tue, 11 Aug 2009 20:00:59 +0000 http://www.insidesocialgames.com/?p=5740#comment-6683 Awesome article! Have always been interested in building my own small facebook game. Awesome article! Have always been interested in building my own small facebook game.

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