Subject: SOKKER REVOLUTION! JOIN THE MOVEMENT & SIGN UP

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Hello to everyone,

When a leader looses his vision, hi looses motivation, dedication, and a long-term plan! Its clear that the development of Sokker has stopped, and that our community of users are not the focus anymore for the owners.

That is our reality today, our voices are not being heard. If you want to make a change and be part of something new and fresh, then visit this link to sign up:
http://sokkerrev.weebly.com

Our goal is to check the volume of interest first, it will take you 1 minute to sign up to the interest list. With a bigger support, we will be able to gather an amazing & dedicated team, to develop a first "Alpha" version of a game inspired by this old version of Sokker.

Its time for something new, and if you are tired of this situation, finally we give the option to do something about it! Otherwise, don't wine and be happy as it is =)

Lets start a revolution together!
Im a co-owner of a design studio based in Sweden working as product developer & designer. I run the studio with my colleague, he is an animator and looking forward to this project. Our core focus is to "Simplify ideas and concept by design and animated graphic movies". We have helped many entrepreneurs to realise their ideas & visions whether it has been a physical or digital product.
So we have some great plans for this game! (Smallest example: Tutorials or help section should be in animated videos, not a long bunch of text), and much more.

I love this game, and back in 2008 i won the Sokker design contest with 10 years PLUS (that is still there) with my design concept. That design was never implemented by the dev team.
Check my old fan site for Sokker to read more and see the design concept that was a winner back in the days:
http://sokker.onsugar.com

I know that we have a great group of coders in here, just check the thread:
"[New Game] How many coders are here?", i tried last year to start a development of a game, and searched the forums for coders. (See examples below).

Here is example of the last concept, this one is already outdated, we are sketching on a even better version of a first game. I showcase this to you, so you can see a little of my dedication over the past years! And now, i want to develop a game with the community in the centre.

Outdated concept:


Developed version of player stats overview:


Today, it feels like my destiny to create the new Sokker, so i hope for a big list of interested people,

- Please share this in your country forums -

Be part of this revolution, be awesome!

My best regards
/ila-a
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awesome! :)

I have signed the survey

So, basically, You want to create a new game and capture users from Sokker? That's not really helping this game.

Don't get me wrong, I totally agree with all your ideas and wish You best of luck. It's just this: "If you want to make a change and be part of something new and fresh" - I'd love to see changes, but not in something 'new and fresh'. Right here. How about contacting owners in order to try and buy the game? And THEN be the cool developer we'd love to have.

Otherwise, this really just is an advertisment to quit sokker and go play another game. Imho.

The owner won't sell nor listen to anyone, hence this movement.

I totally disagree. Finally something is happening.. it's clearly the owners dosen't care anything about the users of this game, so thumbs up to who ever can make a better game or atleast someone who cares.

Something may be happening, but it is not happening here. There is no "Sokker Revolution". It's a suggestion that will make more people leave this game and play another game. How will that change Sokker.org in a positive way? How is it a revolution? We would just be moving, right? And starting over after - what - 13 years?

Of course, this is my opinion because I am not shopping for new games. No way I'm starting over. I'm too old :)

Yes, there is a total lack of development, but on the other hand: it's not broken. And that "revolution" is an advertisment for something interesting that may or may not happen somewhere else - like if there is a new feature in Hattrick that could persuade You to go and play that in stead.

Agreed. This is just a poorly disguised advertisement. Personally, I see no reason whatsoever to quit Sokker, as I think it is still full of fun as is. Also, I absolutely love the (old) design without all the fancy nonsense you see in so many other games.

Others will disagree, and so be it. To each their own.

+1

Sorry, I didn't see that he asked us to quit sokker, or maybe he didn't
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Hello guys, thank you for the support, and also thank you for writing here.

Kongbuur, i have written some background on the international freestyle forums, and other country forums.
As i explained in the first post, the devs have been in ignorance mode for a long while now. I think that you are an awesome and loyal user, and me too, i have been developing fan site for this game, a lot of logos during the years for the users and offered my design even this latest one that you see to greg for FREE.

Some users that are in contact with him wrote that they liked my idea, and that they would come back to me later.. this is more than 6 months ago.

But my history goes back to when the community made a rise and asked for change. Sokker made a design contest, and promised that the winner design would be implemented, or some ideas of it. But nothing happened back then either.

If you love sokker, you have to understand that its development has stopped. The platform is old, Flash is old, the design is not attracting users. The bugs are not being solved... the youth system is destroyed and much more. Its not user friendly anymore, and the list goes on.

But in this game, there is an awesome community that loves this kind of nerdy game, a tactical game that everyone thinks should be better and more realistic. My goal is to keep the heart of it beating.

I noticed during the years that no one did anything, i offered as you mention to greg to buy his game twice if i remember it right. But i got no answer! At the beginning, years ago... he could answer with a short answer.. but the communication now is non-existing.

As a community, we need a plan B if they pull out the plug. No one else will do it if i don't, i loved tech, design, sports, creativity since young age. So why not give it a try?

I fell in love with Sokker and left hattrick that was getting developed here in Sweden. Therefore, i will try to create Sokker inspired game, a game that reminds me and you of this game and how everything got started. Its not important if greg or someone else is behind it right? We just need to keep it alive and grow..

When i started this revolution campaign, i was hoping for a reaction from the devs, that they would get affected by it. And start to make something to change sokker. It would still make me happy.

So I'm trying to create another option if nothing happens here, and its gonna be more tactical, analytical, more economics and deeper youth system. A more realistic game with no focus on graphics.

if you like the idea, then i ask you to give it a chance. i will do this on my free time, if i manage to create a game that i can work with and make my job in the future, enjoy a community, why not?

You don't live far away either, you could come and work with us =)

I hope that something of my long post makes sense to you. But I'm not the first or the last who tried to reach the owners bro.

Its not going to be just another game, its going to be a sokker inspired game. And its up for you how you choose to see it, a commercial or revolution to make a change!


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Hello again =)

We forgot to add Country field to the form at the homepage, http://sokkerrev.weebly.com

I'm trying to gather info about how many people signed from different countries for stats.

Please, if you have, just write:
signed: 0(add +1 to the number) here in this thread:

Thank you
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Kongbuur, i have written some background on the international freestyle forum

Ok, so I replied there.