DR TEAMCAST wrote:mazonemayu wrote:DR TEAMCAST wrote:
There's not many people on because not many people know about this. It's a matter of getting a clan of people together to campaign around other corners of the internet
you make a very good point, maybe we should try advertising the DC to the younger generation
The reason i'm on here is because I was really bored one day and googled "dreamcast servers". Got my DC off a shelf in my garage and began setting up a PC-DC. I had an account when this was still call dctalk.com, but that was before PC-DC was documented and at 14 I couldn't afford a BBA
Another idea that doesn't involve posting on other boards is setting up servers for Counter-Strike 1.6 & Source, Team Fortress 2, DayZ ETC with the servername something like*SEGA DREAMCAST SERVERS* 24/7 de_dust2 No AWP/Auto
The MOTD menu in Source games is a mini web browser too, so an HTML page can be made linking here, a list of current operational games and a link to DreamPi setup tutorial. If the server title sparks their interest enough to connect, it's more likely than not they'll become interested enough to at least register here
There's probably many more people with a Dreamcast sitting on a shelf in their garage
Before I even knew of Dreamcast-talk existence I visited online consoles for my information (mostly cause I thought that was the only DC online community). I believe there are other DC sites like The Dreamcast Junkyard, Dreamcast Scene, and some others we could spread the word. I'm also contribute to Sega Retro, wonder if maybe I should make a wiki entry there.
We probably should consider including http://dreamcast.onlineconsoles.com/phpBB2/index.php and maybe even saturnleague.com - (Bet there are Dreamcast owners there too) in our Game Nights I could start a thread in Online Consoles about game nights and see if we can get more people from there.
Also A BIG Problem I've noticed is people are afraid that DreamPI is too hard to setup. I'd love to start "Manufacturing Kits" and sale them on Ebay, or whatever other sources we have to encourage more people to get on. I'd even consider giving them away lol. Unfortunately I can't begin creating a stock of DreamPi kits until around March.