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		<title>Enthusiasm vs. Hype. True offline virality of Travian</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Mar 2009 09:28:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Teemu Kurppa</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Have you ever heard of Travian? No? That&#8217;s what I thought. Have you heard of Second Life? Probably. Travian is a browser based free strategy game, a phenomenon that almost nobody has heard of. But look the graph below. That &#8230; <a href="http://dirtyaura.org/blog/2009/03/04/true-virality-case-travian/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Have you ever heard of <a href="http://travian.com/">Travian</a>? No? That&#8217;s what I thought. Have you heard of <a href="http://secondlife.com/">Second Life</a>? Probably.</p>
<p>Travian is a browser based free strategy game, a phenomenon that almost nobody has heard of.</p>
<p>But look the graph below. That is what we call true virality: almost zero news about Travian anywhere, but it&#8217;s growing steadily and it&#8217;s big. People join Travian because they heard about it from other people, who are so enthusiastic about it to recommend it to a friend.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.google.com/trends?q=travian%2C+second+life&amp;ctab=0&amp;geo=all&amp;date=all&amp;sort=0"></a><a href="http://www.google.com/trends?q=travian%2C+second+life"></a><a href="http://www.google.com/trends?q=travian%2C+second+life"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-154" title="Travian vs. Second Life. Enthusiasm vs. Hype" src="http://dirtyaura.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/travian_vs_secondlife3.png" alt="Travian vs. Second Life. Enthusiasm vs. Hype" width="580" height="260" /></a></p>
<p>Check out also these:</p>
<p>Despite the hype everywhere,<a href="http://www.google.com/trends?q=travian%2C+twitter&amp;ctab=0&amp;geo=all&amp;date=all&amp;sort=0"> Twitter is just catching up Travian </a></p>
<p>And let&#8217;s put things to a perspective, <a href="http://www.google.com/trends?q=travian%2C+jesus&amp;ctab=0&amp;geo=all&amp;date=all&amp;sort=0">Travian vs. Jesus</a>.</p>
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