Shenmue Dojo

Just a quick reminder to any new or returning dojo members to make sure to sign up to the thunderclap for the impending #SaveShenmue tweetathon, and in particular the IFTTT recipe.

Both can be signed up for here:
http://teamyu.net/SaveShenmue/

I posed this in another thread. But it seems more appropriate in this topic.

I think the #saveshenmue needs to be directed aggressively towards Sony (shu, and gio corsi). Sony have said straight up, the games that are requested the most on #buildingthelist are the ones they will focus on. While Shenmue is up there, it has a ton of potential to destroy that list completely, and dominate it, much like the recent facebook poll for the playstation magazine.

When I view the #saveshenmue page, hardly any tweets are directed at shu and giocori. Hardly, any of them include #buildingthelist. Messages usually mention something about Shenmue, followed by the save shenmue hashtag. At the very most, it will include SEGA's twitter name.

Microsoft have stated they have no interest in the ip. Nintendo have no interest in their own ips, let alone Shenmue. I think the campaign needs to go after Sony. Every tweet needs to include @yosp and @giocorsi, along with the #saveshenmue, #buildingthelist. This may reduce the message length, but it will put Shenmue on Sony's radar to a much greater extent. #buildingthelist has shenmue requests on there, but not enough. Considering how active #saveshenmue is, if all of those tweets are directed to #buildingthelist then sony will have no choice but to act. (one would hope anyway)

This is all my opinion however. What do you guys think?

Tweeting Shuhei will get you nowhere. Gio Corsi and #buildingthelist is a good idea.

I'd say you should do that until you get some negative news regarding Shenmue III from Sony; if you target ATLUS, I'd think you may have a chance, too, since they're a part of Sega now.

Although Sega seemingly doesn't care about Shenmue anymore, so that may be just a silly notion on my part.

So yeah, target Sony for now, and if that doesn't work, I'd say Atlus should be next.

Wow I visit the thunderclap everyday and I've never seen it blow up like this month .I think this will be a bigger one than January maybe not December.

The #SaveShenmue Tweetathon lasts ALL DAY Thursday, as Shenmue fans and likeminded gamers worldwide unite around the campaign hashtag. Join in whenever you like!

By the time you read this there'll have already been a simultaneous auto-blast of tweets via the IFTTT service, and another is due tonight via Thunderclap. Sign up now to add your voice to the resounding BOOM before the trigger is pulled:
https://www.thunderclap.it/projects/9422-saveshenmue-april-3rd

Shenmue fans have PLENTY to talk about after a busy March, including:

- Yu Suzuki hunting for publishers at GDC (http://tinyurl.com/gdcshenmue)
- And unveiling a new Virtua Fighter spinoff (http://tinyurl.com/yugamelab)
- Magazine printing Shenmue 3 as most wanted (http://tinyurl.com/x1shenmue3)
- Phil Spencer remarking on Shenmue demand (http://tinyurl.com/xboxfindsailors)
- Previous Tweetathon reaching audience of 10m (http://tinyurl.com/march3rd2014)

So get tweeting and retweeting all you can today at http://TeamYu.net/SaveShenmue/Twitter

Team Yu needs YOU to #SaveShenmue!

PS: Here are some usernames you may wish to include in your tweets...

@Xbox
@XboxP3

@PlayStation
@giocorsi
@amboyes
@yosp

@SEGA
@SEGA_OFFICIAL

@Nintendo
@NintendoAmerica

doing my part!

Guys save shenmue!!!! 1 day left https://www.thunderclap.it/projects/103 ... ue-may-3rd
Don't forget to be heard on the 3rd!

I'm locked in.

Its that time of the month again. GET TWEETING.

TOM's WATCH *HOT* DOGS!!!

Made this image for this competition:

Upper Dave wrote:The funniest #SaveShenmue tweet tomorrow (3rd) will be given 9 games. Include @Mooncalfian in your tweet. (See pic) pic.twitter.com/m8aFVjayCJ

Source: https://twitter.com/Mooncalfian/status/ ... 2411375616

You can take part, too!

Haha that picture is just so great!
Take controll over Tom Johnson and manipulate an entire city with your hot dogs in this epic Shenmue spin-off!

From Team Yu:



"So. This happened.

Just when we think the ‪#‎SaveShenmue‬ Tweetathon is settling into a steady climb of reaching one million extra followers every 3rd of the month, yesterday's social media frenzy goes and doubles the audience of the previous event.

How on earth do you do it? How do you keep amazing us time after time? The messages you tweeted and retweeted in just a 24-hour period this Tuesday landed in the newsfeeds of 22.11 MILLION people. That is just crazy!

But that's what they say - Shenmue fans are crazy. Crazy for a sequel that was promised to us 13 years ago. And we continue to make it abundantly clear to Sega that this "problem" (if people aching to spend money on your IP is a problem) is not going away.

The scary success of this month's Tweetathon only makes us happier to share two very special announcements about the next event, scheduled of course for July 3rd. We'll discuss each of them in future posts but you can get the early scoop at this Thunderclap link:

https://www.thunderclap.it/projects/123 ... n-july-3rd

Thank you to everyone who has continued to push the campaign far and wide, from month to incredible month. We are in awe, and deeply proud to be associated with a fanbase capable of such inspiring feats of Yunity in the face of all cynicism. You totally rock, and if we could buy you all a Jet Cola we would."

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid ... 353&type=1

This is incredible! It's unbelievable how much this has spread! I'm in awe to see how far this has gone and just happy what this great community has been able to achieve!