Misticpets was doomed from the start
Were you guys checking out Misticpets when it was supposed to open up its doors on July 19, 2007 at 4 pm EST? Well if you were, then you know Misticpets was doomed from the start. Not only did they build hype for their site, they also couldn’t handle their server load.
Misticpets isn’t growing and its hype is gone now. Can Misticpets still open up with a bang? We don’t believe so because all of its hype is gone - and users aren’t checking for them anymore. You can’t even register on their off-site forums. If that’s the case, then when will we see Misticpets? Never, because it might be sold off in the near future. The owner is currently making new sites and isn’t focusing on Misticpets anymore - and with the thought of becoming a big virtual pet site it was still doomed. First of all, Misticpets you don’t plan to become a large pet site without being able to handle your server load, have features & content all finished. You need to be a working site before you start to build hype.
I’m sure some people are still checking for Misticpets, but once it opens - it’ll be a bust and won’t become a large pet site. Its art is wonderful and very attractive, however; the features are next to none just like “Zetapets” and will only grow because it’ll become a social networking site for friends (like Myspace).
If Misticpets wants to get out of this “doomed” age, they should start introducing new items, art updates, and features to the public to try and build up its hype again. Will Misticpets ever have hype again? How can you go from the talk of the town - to not being talked about at all anymore? We’re clueless just like you are, but we believe Misticpets should be sold off to someone - and re-started (recoded) and then the new owner should be up the hype again.
Moral: Misticpets is a failure.
I agree with you 100%
I felt the art was nice, but art isn’t going to make your site amazing you need to have a focused mind and have everything organized. Plus it is never good to set a date if you aren’t sure you will open by then; as it will get loads of people mad.
Comment by Owner of Rekkia — October 30, 2007 @ 7:50 pm
Well Misticpets has been sold. SuperT announced it last night. I other staff members I have been able to get ahold of so far can not even log into the forums. We had no warning. None of us knew SuperT planned on selling the site. We were completely blindsided.
Yesterday the forums split into two seperate forums with two different DNS addresses. No one knew what was going on. We thought we had been hacked/hyjacked. It was not untill after an entire day of trying to get ahold of SuperT that he finally posted. The site has been sold. No word of who the new owner is.
We were already struggling. Users stopped coming to the forums. It was a ghost town. SuperT and Zarabear have been gone for weeks at a time it seems. All the staff kept trying to move forward and get stuff done even the admins.
Where they will go from here? I am >< close to not caring anymore. SuperT showed absolutely no respect for his admin department, department heads and staff in general.
So I suppose that is the in thing to do now adays? Set up a new pet website, get coders, artists, writers to work for you for free.. then sell the site before it opens for a profit.
Comment by Jen — November 10, 2007 @ 9:51 am