There was a good mix of people that were aware of SF3 generally and those who weren't familiar with it at all. Then there were the few obvious in the target audience.
You know the ones that walk up with their mouth open and say "Nooo Waaaayyyy!" or "Oh my god!". Those were the most fun obviously since the conversation could go right into specifics of what all the patch does, where it's at in development and those types of things. At that point I'm preaching to the choir. There were probably around 10 of those.
For the folks who were familiar with SF3, a few also knew there was a translation in progress, some even had used the patch at an earlier version. I'd say around 15% of the crowd fell into this group (including the "No way!" crowd.)
Some were familiar with SF3, but either didn't know there were other scenarios or didn't know the translation patch existed. I'd say around 25% of the crowd fell into this group.
There were a good number that were familiar with the genesis games (including Shining in the Darkness), but were not familiar with SF3 at all. This was probably around 40% of the people I met.
There were a surprising number of folks who weren't familiar with the series at all and not just younger folks. I might estimate 20%.
For these last 3 groups, that is to say most everyone that visited, I spent the first part of the conversation educating them about the 3 scenarios and the need for a translation.
I probably gave away 200-300 business cards to interested people. I didn't just hand them out to everyone walking by, so that is a healthy number of people who were interested enough to stop and talk.
knight0fdragon wrote:We will have to keep an eye and see if any new members join
That would be good. Not only so we get an idea of the impact, but also so our new members don't have to wait too long to be approved.