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BrownBear
Profile Joined March 2010
United States6894 Posts
October 08 2010 03:32 GMT
#21
Meh, if it helps keep TL running, I'm okay with it :D
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GreEny K
Profile Joined February 2008
Germany7312 Posts
October 08 2010 04:17 GMT
#22
Cool, Im sure the companies will get paid big time. So many people with so many advertisements relating to gamers. Good idea.
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Quasimoto3000
Profile Blog Joined December 2009
United States471 Posts
October 08 2010 04:43 GMT
#23
Although this is largely unintrusive and extremely reasonable right now. Please be careful. With increasing the commercial aspects of running a website, there runs the risk of alienating parts of the community, generally leading to the ever feared "sellout" threads and posts which will be inevitable.

So far though, I am largely happy with the changes, as I do find blatant advertising in threads to be quite annoying.

as the stalker would say
i serve... for now
Every sunday a nun lays from my gunplay
SonuvBob
Profile Blog Joined October 2006
Aiur21550 Posts
October 08 2010 06:06 GMT
#24
On October 08 2010 13:43 Tha_Docta wrote:
Although this is largely unintrusive and extremely reasonable right now. Please be careful. With increasing the commercial aspects of running a website, there runs the risk of alienating parts of the community, generally leading to the ever feared "sellout" threads and posts which will be inevitable.

So far though, I am largely happy with the changes, as I do find blatant advertising in threads to be quite annoying.

as the stalker would say
i serve... for now

Don't worry, I whine more about that stuff than anyone in the community possibly could. Just ask Hot_Bid.
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Hot_Bid
Profile Blog Joined October 2003
Braavos36390 Posts
October 08 2010 06:07 GMT
#25
Coming in October: first page in each thread is free, but every page after that is $1 to view.
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SonuvBob
Profile Blog Joined October 2006
Aiur21550 Posts
October 08 2010 06:34 GMT
#26
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DAMN YOU HOT_BID!!!!!!!!
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Badjas
Profile Blog Joined October 2008
Netherlands2038 Posts
October 08 2010 07:32 GMT
#27
On October 08 2010 07:46 Senx wrote:
hmm this is very interesting, I gotta say I miss the "category icons" next to the news titles you used to have on the frontpage. It looks a bit more bland now with just pure text.

Its smart in a way that you won't get a bunch of banners and images cluttering the site, but on the other hand it might be difficult to attract sponsors when they get a thread title in like 8px large text font as their way of bringing in users to their actual advertisement thread.
Surely not as easily spotted as an actual banner.

The category icons! That's what it was that's gone.. I did notice that the front page looks slightly more tight, less cluttered.

About the sponsored threads not being attractive, I don't entirely agree. The sponsored threads sounds quite unique to me in that there is the interaction aspect. The amount of attention for a thread can easily be assessed by looking at post and viewer count of a thread. Potential sponsors can look through that forum section's history. The sponsor information page could serve statistics on the specifically purchased threads on viewer and post counts (aggregated). Sponsors who have ventured into this path of advertisements could leave testimonials. The small advertisement space can initially be seen as an issue but good statistics can make up for that. I like the unobtrusiveness, and I give kudos to TL.
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2Pacalypse-
Profile Joined October 2006
Croatia9530 Posts
October 08 2010 07:43 GMT
#28
On October 08 2010 15:07 Hot_Bid wrote:
Coming in October: first page in each thread is free, but every page after that is $1 to view.

Well, most people only read first page when they decide to post their highly educated, unique opinions so I believe your business plan has a flaw.
Moderator"We're a community of geniuses because we've found how to extract 95% of the feeling of doing something amazing without actually doing anything." - Chill
Half
Profile Joined March 2010
United States2554 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-10-08 07:59:37
October 08 2010 07:59 GMT
#29
OMG TL IS SELLING OUT

D:
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gm.tOSS
Profile Joined September 2005
Germany898 Posts
October 08 2010 08:16 GMT
#30
Looks neat, all the best of luck with this - Liquid fighting!
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RebirthOfLeGenD
Profile Blog Joined November 2008
USA5860 Posts
October 08 2010 09:43 GMT
#31
On October 08 2010 15:07 Hot_Bid wrote:
Coming in October: first page in each thread is free, but every page after that is $1 to view.

Imagine if 5 cents went to each poster per page.

Konadora would be rich, and live report threads would cost too much to view.
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LosingID8
Profile Blog Joined December 2006
CA10829 Posts
October 08 2010 11:40 GMT
#32
TL.net premium accounts: coming soon!
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Profile Joined February 2010
Germany454 Posts
October 08 2010 11:58 GMT
#33
On October 08 2010 20:40 LosingID8 wrote:
TL.net premium accounts: coming soon!

20 Dollars per Broodwar Season! (Or soon SC2 Season)

No but seriously, I've had adblock disabled on TL for almost all the time I'm here, and I have never found the ads to be annoying or intrusive. So if it stays this way, I'm glad that you find some new ways of financing the whole site
"Language is Freeware, in that it's free to use, but it's not Open Source, so you can't just change things how you like."
tofucake
Profile Blog Joined October 2009
Hyrule19199 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-10-08 14:33:10
October 08 2010 14:32 GMT
#34
On October 08 2010 20:40 LosingID8 wrote:
TL.net premium accounts: coming soon!

Will those include LP access?

Depending on the cost, I'm tempted to just buy a sponsored thread with the content of "first"....
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QuanticHawk
Profile Blog Joined May 2007
United States32130 Posts
October 08 2010 15:13 GMT
#35
On October 08 2010 16:43 2Pacalypse- wrote:
Show nested quote +
On October 08 2010 15:07 Hot_Bid wrote:
Coming in October: first page in each thread is free, but every page after that is $1 to view.

Well, most people only read first page when they decide to post their highly educated, unique opinions so I believe your business plan has a flaw.


damn, i was just gonna say, suckers aint gettin my money!!!

big news guys, hope it generates additional cash moneys for the site!

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Chill
Profile Blog Joined January 2005
Calgary25996 Posts
October 08 2010 15:25 GMT
#36
$5.00 - Reveal user's alternate accounts.
$10.00 - Access user's post history.
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$100.00 - Access user's gmail and facebook accounts.
$250.00 - Picture with Chill.

Act now folks.
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DivinO
Profile Blog Joined July 2009
United States4796 Posts
October 08 2010 16:34 GMT
#37
Definitely reasonable.
LiquipediaBrain in my filth.
DivinO
Profile Blog Joined July 2009
United States4796 Posts
October 08 2010 16:35 GMT
#38
On October 09 2010 00:25 Chill wrote:
$5.00 - Reveal user's alternate accounts.
$10.00 - Access user's post history.
$25.00 - Access user's IP address.
$100.00 - Access user's gmail and facebook accounts.
$250.00 - Picture with Chill.

Act now folks.


How much for naked pictures...?
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tofucake
Profile Blog Joined October 2009
Hyrule19199 Posts
October 08 2010 16:46 GMT
#39
On October 09 2010 01:35 DivinO wrote:
Show nested quote +
On October 09 2010 00:25 Chill wrote:
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$10.00 - Access user's post history.
$25.00 - Access user's IP address.
$100.00 - Access user's gmail and facebook accounts.
$250.00 - Picture with Chill.

Act now folks.


How much for naked pictures...?

At least $250 each. He never stated he'd be dressed.
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semantics
Profile Blog Joined November 2009
10040 Posts
October 08 2010 17:05 GMT
#40
On October 09 2010 00:25 Chill wrote:
$5.00 - Reveal user's alternate accounts.
$10.00 - Access user's post history.
$25.00 - Access user's IP address.
$100.00 - Access user's gmail and facebook accounts.
$250.00 - Picture with Chill.

Act now folks.

Is there some sort of bulk deal we can work out?
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