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qzjul:
1) FB App: This has been around the corner for a while; technically we could release it now, but the closer we get to release, the more we realize needs polish for new people to join; this recent spotlight on our community really made us realize how we need to present ourselves and the community better. The game now is great for ex-earthers, imho; but for a n00b in this fb-era of the web (even being online in the 90's meant you could figure a few things out at least, compared to now), it's still a few steps to go from "ooh shiny new game" to "playing the game"; the registration + country creation is a little more complicated because we have an actual account rather than just creating countries, and our help is less filled out (which we keep asking for help on but only a few people step up to the plate and then disappear). These are the sorts of things we want to address now before we open the floodgates. Plus things like the email reminders, and some furthering of the game-forum integration.
If it would be easier/quicker to launch the FB app...point the FB users to the Express server only at first while reminding them that there is a 'bigger' world/community just outside it's gates. The Express GDI rules are such that a new user would not be immediately land raped unless they went and did something foolish.