Great question...
Well, If I can't get You to even acknowledge that I've been Marketing My Sci-Fi on HIVE for about a year, why would I think Marketing has any Impact? Many new HIVE ideas are old STEEM ideas. I think you wrangled in a great (Possible) Influencer with that Gaming Group... I think working with them the right way would elicit great results for onboarding and Marketing.
... frankly.
I remember back in the early days of Steem there were a few sci-fi authors posting regularly. They all left when the price took a dip. It would be good to get that re-established, maybe to get a writing group onboarded. It's along the lines of groups like @mazergaming recognizing the value of Hive and finding a good home here since it's basically the introduction of Hive to valuable content creators who engage instead of just post and milk.
now yer thinking