Press

ZergID in the News:

"Have you ever found yourself wishing specifically to have a social network meant to support you as an MMO player while also delivering piping-hot pastrami sandwiches right to your front door?"
http://www.engadget.com/2014/11/11/zergid-an-mmo-social-network-enters-public-beta-today/

"ZergID is now entering public beta and will provide MMORPG players with their very own social network."
http://www.biogamergirl.com/2014/11/zergid-enters-public-beta-and-provides.html

"The social network is set up fairly simply, allowing players to quickly set up profiles for their characters in various MMOs, allowing friends, old and new, to quickly find each other."
http://www.gameskinny.com/1sumv/zergid-a-social-network-for-mmos-not-starcraft

"It's no secret MMO players generally feel their needs are unmet - because of this, Alex Albrecht (former G4 host) and Scott Katz (former co-founder of Maker Studios) have created ZergID"
http://www.mmorpg.com/newsroom.cfm/loadNews/33030

Albrecht and Katz personally are known for their experiences with iconic MMO titles such as Star Wars Galaxies and Ultima Online. “We both have played MMORPGs for years — and suffered all the frustrations associated with trying to find and communicate with our gamer friends – especially after we had shifted to a new game,” explains social network co-creator Alex Albrecht. "Our goal is to create a social network that targets the specific needs of MMORPG players, like us."
http://b-ten.com/2014/11/11/zergid-social-network-mmorpg-gamers/

"ZergID, a fast-growing social network for MMORPG gamers, recently alpha tested a public event system, enabling users to organize group play sessions joinable by everyone enrolled in the social network. In alpha testing a popular Twitch streamer used the system to create a fan-based League of Legends team and over 9,000 people signed in to join the event."
http://www.gametactics.com/2015/03/9000-gamers-try-to-join-party-with-zergid/
http://www.biogamergirl.com/2015/03/over-9000-players-join-recent-zergid.html

Interviews with the team

How did ZergID get started?

After years of playing MMORPGS and running into the same frustrations, we discussed this concept over coffee one day, of creating a website and accompanying app that would allow users to connect with their gaming friends without having to give them personal information.
http://nerdragenews.com/zergid-a-social-network-for-gamers/

Which MMORPG is showing the most popularity so far? If the answer is World of Warcraft, what's the next most popular after WoW? What about MOBAs and other online-but-not-massive games?

As far as MMORPG's go, WoW is, of course the largest, especially with the renewed interest due to the successful release of Warlords of Draenor. The second most popular is a tie between Guild Wars 2 and ArcheAge. We have also seen a large interest in MOBA games, such as League of Legends. Not so surprisingly, Hearthstone is also highly represented with numbers similar to Guild Wars 2 and ArcheAge.
http://www.engadget.com/2014/12/07/wow-guild-wars-2-and-archeage-are-zergid-users-top-games/

Appearances:

Alex Albrecht, ZergID Co-Founder appeared at the Tavern Talk panel at Pax South

"Alex began by talking about sitting in his garrison in World of Warcraft: Warlords of Draenor, asking himself, "Where is everyone?" Why would he need other players to help him out? Players can literally do everything that they would like to do without ever leaving their garrisons."
http://www.engadget.com/2015/01/26/pax-south-2015-why-arent-mmos-more-social/

Alex Albrecht, ZergID Co-Founder appeared at the Tavern Talk panel at Pax East

http://east.paxsite.com/schedule/panel/tavern-talk-or-where-did-multiplayer-in-mmos-go