Increasing server population proposal

sox7d · #1 02-24-2011, 04:11 PM

So I run this site, macromeme.com, and it's pretty much the worst site in the world, I knew about as much css/html as a 13 year old girl on myspace when I made it, ffs, I don't even have a stylesheet. However, it's getting about 30-40k views a day, and I was thinking of putting up a banner link in place of one of my google ads on my next batch of images into the rotation.

What do you think, devs? or will advertising be too provocative to "the company?"

Btw, I'm no artist, if anyone of you guys would want to make a gif/static banner advertising the site (if devs allow it) I'd like to put it up.

Among the dimensions of 728x90/120x600 or so.

lemme know what you guys think of the idea.

SwordNboard · #2 02-24-2011, 04:39 PM

I say we stay as we are at a somewhat exclusive state. P99 ads just seem.. degrading. The only people who want to play P99 are the people who enjoyed true classic; Not just random L0lzTehInturWebZ junkies. Those classic-seekers will find us eventually. Now putting of up leads in an EverQuest niche location or website would seem more feasible. Not on random website 23,376,876.

No offense.

Sparkin · #3 02-24-2011, 04:47 PM

Server population probably near doubles in a month anyways. You have to realize its been in classic mode for like.. 16 months? A lot of people that have played on it a lot in the past don't do so now because they're waiting for Kunark.

DevGrousis · #4 02-24-2011, 05:32 PM

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Originally Posted by SwordNboard [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I say we stay as we are at a somewhat exclusive state. P99 ads just seem.. degrading. The only people who want to play P99 are the people who enjoyed true classic; Not just random L0lzTehInturWebZ junkies. Those classic-seekers will find us eventually. Now putting of up leads in an EverQuest niche location or website would seem more feasible. Not on random website 23,376,876.

No offense.

"find us eventually" means they happened upon some sort of literature. I think putting up an add will only help to serve those out there who arent SEARCHING for classic eq, because perhaps they dont even know there is anything like that out there.. as long as the add doesnt say FREE EVERQUEST CLICK HERE or something stupid like that and says rather Everquest Classic Server it should attract the right people

i think if the devs are ok with it, it would be more than awesome for you to put something up on your site!

I am more concerned as to if our server is going to be able to handle the influx that is going to come with Kunarks release, without adds :P but i'm more than sure they have already thought this through.

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Humerox · #5 02-24-2011, 05:39 PM

a lot of people have shown up from fippy, lol. most of the new players i've run into leveling my alt have come from there.

Baa · #6 02-24-2011, 07:44 PM

Fippy is probably one of the best things that has happened for P99, really the only people who are going to play here (99% of the time) are people who played classic or had friends who played classic.

sox7d · #7 02-24-2011, 08:28 PM

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I say we stay as we are at a somewhat exclusive state. P99 ads just seem.. degrading. The only people who want to play P99 are the people who enjoyed true classic; Not just random L0lzTehInturWebZ junkies. Those classic-seekers will find us eventually. Now putting of up leads in an EverQuest niche location or website would seem more feasible. Not on random website 23,376,876.

No offense.

Wow... Way to insist that people will just write EQ off as just some out-dated game while simultaneously writing off anyone that looks at funny pictures on the internet as a preteen on counterstrike. EQ's the greatest game I've ever played in my life and I think people that never got a chance to experience it should be exposed. I have encountered many people who have reached max level when they had only played WoW and found out about the game through a friend or reading about it on a forum. I'm not saying it will attract 30k people, but some people might be interested that are sick of the saturation of easy MMORPGs, those that don't will be swiftly weeded out as they don't want to spend more than an hour per level.

Also, if we want the full classic experiences, we need some newbies to go along with it.

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SwordNboard · #8 02-25-2011, 12:27 AM

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Wow... Way to insist that people will just write EQ off as just some out-dated game while simultaneously writing off anyone that looks at funny pictures on the internet as a preteen on counterstrike. EQ's the greatest game I've ever played in my life and I think people that never got a chance to experience it should be exposed. I have encountered many people who have reached max level when they had only played WoW and found out about the game through a friend or reading about it on a forum. I'm not saying it will attract 30k people, but some people might be interested that are sick of the saturation of easy MMORPGs, those that don't will be swiftly weeded out as they don't want to spend more than an hour per level.

Also, if we want the full classic experiences, we need some newbies to go along with it.

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Not at all. All I'm saying is that if just everyone were to come and try this game/server, we would probably get a nice chunk of good dedicated players and a LOT more players who are crude and out to run the place into the ground just because they can, whether they enjoy the game or not.

I'm thinking about the preservation of the server.

Think of the nice and the nasties on this server. Only multiplied (and maybe not, maybe so, proportionally).

I'm not bashing your site or anything, so don't get upset.

Think: Virgin vs 4chan

sox7d · #9 02-25-2011, 04:06 AM

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Not at all. All I'm saying is that if just everyone were to come and try this game/server, we would probably get a nice chunk of good dedicated players and a LOT more players who are crude and out to run the place into the ground just because they can, whether they enjoy the game or not.

I'm thinking about the preservation of the server.

Think of the nice and the nasties on this server. Only multiplied (and maybe not, maybe so, proportionally).

I'm not bashing your site or anything, so don't get upset.

Think: Virgin vs 4chan

I welcome the crude as I welcome the civil, because this game has always been known for its community interaction which derives it's immersion, and with that interaction comes both close, brotherly bonds and bitter rivalries. (everyone on this server has both, I'm sure) which give this game a level of depth and has really succeeded more than any game in the dimension of "make your own story."

I'd also like to note that people will often focus on bad experiences and omit how great things and the people actually are. (I.E. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8r1CZTLk-Gk)

EQ is too great of a game to squander, and I think we should expose it to anyone that is willing to try it. IMO, the pure-bloods that have been playing for 10 years are mitigating the classic feel since ever quest/mob is being systematically farmed rather than them being rare and little known to most players.

DevGrousis · #10 02-25-2011, 08:14 PM

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Originally Posted by sox7d [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I welcome the crude as I welcome the civil, because this game has always been known for its community interaction which derives it's immersion, and with that interaction comes both close, brotherly bonds and bitter rivalries. (everyone on this server has both, I'm sure) which give this game a level of depth and has really succeeded more than any game in the dimension of "make your own story."

I'd also like to note that people will often focus on bad experiences and omit how great things and the people actually are. (I.E. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8r1CZTLk-Gk)

EQ is too great of a game to squander, and I think we should expose it to anyone that is willing to try it. IMO, the pure-bloods that have been playing for 10 years are mitigating the classic feel since ever quest/mob is being systematically farmed rather than them being rare and little known to most players.

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