Mac Gaming Mods

Hi everyone!

I bet I don't have to tell you that us Mac Age of Empires players are a niche within a niche. I have looked long and hard for a supportive site/forum for us. While this site is good for general Mac gaming, it is not dedicated (nor should it) to AoK or its series.

Sure we can go to sites dedicated to the series but Mac specific knowledge is virtually nonexistent. So this leaves us longing for more as Von Mixer's earlier thread can attest.

So to help the cause I have created a thread within the forums on the most popular Age of Empires series website. Heavengames (the main website) has a different website for each Age game. So I chose the AoK (AoEII) site that can be found here...
www.aok.heavengames.com

The thread can be found here...
http://aok.heavengames.com/cgi-bin/aokc ... 37047,0,10

If you wish you can register there, post your hopefully positive thoughts on getting a Mac forum, or at least a Mac FAQ, started.

Hey N8mac, I want an AoE II forum for macs too, the one I use ismy forums but I bet that if there was a non-clan AoE II Mac site, I would support it entirely

This site can function as a dedicated area for the AOE games. The Halo Demo section is an example of just such a thing. Now the reason AOE section here isn't that big is because the community hasn't come and used this area. Alot of Mac AOE knowledge seems to be spread between various clan sites. Some of the AOE 3 players have kind of taken over the GameRanger forums for AOE 3 strategies. That works out fine until more posts show up on that forum and the strategies disappear.

This site is probably the most neutral site for AOE since I'm not active in that community or with any of the clans. I don't know who I'm suppose to hate.

If you guys want this area or this site to expand the AOE section, I am open to ideas. The Halo Demo section is a perfect example of expansion as the community grew.

@Von Mixer
Have you registered on heavens site yet or do you feel it's a waste of time?

@Monoman
Thanks for your response. This site is setup fine for the AoE series, but it's missing one thing: traffic. I know there are other Mac AoE non-clan users out there. How to get their attention?

So far the best response at heavens site is to get a sticky with FAQs. Great Until more Mac users start voicing their opinion over there, then it will be 1 vs 100.

The main way to get traffic coming here would be to just start filling the board with information, recorded games, or strategies and then direct people to the site when they ask you about them. It mostly comes down to people active in the AOE community to be active here. If both of you want this place to become the main area, I would suggest focusing on maybe recorded games or strategies and just start filling this place up with them. The idea behind this is if this place, for example, became the go to place for strategies then people would come here first looking for them. As the site gained returning members they would expand on this area and start adding recorded games, maps, or other information here.

Ok Monoman, that seems like a good idea, I will try and get all my clan members to register here aswell as on my forums.

@N8man: I dont consider AOK heaven to be a waste of time, I just think that a site shared with PC gamers isn't going to be as effective as a site dedicated to mac gamers unless the PC and the mac players can connect somehow, such as in halo, they can play each others mods and play against each other, with AOE II you can only play against mac users

I finally was able to log in because I looked in my keychain at my username. And yes, that would be a very good idea. I really like AOE III.

Update: They are not adding a Mac forum @aok.heavengames.com rather adding a FAQ found here

I also added a thread called 'Official AoK Mac thread' found here

So if you know anyone with questions, it's the best I got.

...thats me (n8mac) up there called guest. Don't know why it didn't recognize me.

aoe 3 is ok but you canget better games.

Personally i would stick with MGM because everything is in the one spot and i don't need to go anywhere else!
You need to find a way to attract users to your site. Everything under one roof is perfect for me. Anyone else?

Lol. The only forums that are popular and Halo, Spam, and General Discussion.

there isnt enough people still playing age of empires 2... Whatever happened? Age of empires 3 is just a big blob of jizz.