My first reaction was, for a game company, the home page wasn't very much about games. You have a lot of space to use, so you should. The home page is your marketing tool, use it to promote your games. What about them is exciting? Why would people want to play? Saying you had an update is not as important as putting the games front and center. Get some bright graphics, add some promotional copy, and use your space appropriately. You have very little time to grab attention, and the current home page doesn't do it very well.
One of the quirks I see is that when I click a game I learn more about how to play it but finding the actual links to play it are a lot harder. Yes, I eventually find them but I have no idea what to do when I click to the game page. Some (ok, most) people just wanna PLAY. They don't want to read anything, and will figure it out as they go.<p>So basically, make it easier to actually play games .. and spruce up your front page, but I'm sure someone else will give a more detailed feedback on that :)
I strongly recommend finding a good layout designer. The site really comes across as something a programmer did for fun, rather than a site for people to have fun. It's all about "I made these" instead of being about your players or the games.<p>I'm also a little skeptical about the name Vying and the TLD (.org)... neither strike me as fun. They both seem very hackish.<p>Is this a solo project?
I like it a lot. Nice game-geeky features, oddball games, don't have to load up a blob of Java to play. The bots could be better.<p>I agree the initial presentation doesn't have a lot of punch. To me this is pleasing. Nice to not be pestered. But perhaps a bit more salesmanship is in order. Are you running analytics tools?<p>I think you're going to have a real tough time making money in this niche. A few days ago Game Table Online gave up on paid subscriptions, I assume because no one would buy one. Good luck to you anyway.
I just pushed out a major update (see: <a href="http://vying.org/blog/2008/07/the-big-release" rel="nofollow">http://vying.org/blog/2008/07/the-big-release</a>), and I'd greatly appreciate any advice or thoughts.