Actually, I believe they do, although the amount per ad is pitifully small. There is still an advertising market out there, but it's only sites with massive hits that are making anything out of it.
----- Original Message ----- From: "_Phantom_" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, December 28, 2001 5:14 PM Subject: Re: [hlcoders] what a bloody n00b > You've still got to click it for them to get money, as it's VERY unlikey > they have a display and pay system giving them cash. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Miguel Aleman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Friday, December 28, 2001 5:05 PM > Subject: Re: [hlcoders] what a bloody n00b > > > > How much money do they (FilePlanet) make off of advertisement, they > usually > > have a banner, a column, a pop under, and this flash thing which flies > > across the screen for 15 seconds not letting you close it. > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "omega" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Friday, December 28, 2001 9:37 AM > > Subject: Re: [hlcoders] what a bloody n00b > > > > > > > oh they dropped the price down? amazing. > > > last time i looked it was $30 a month US or something outrageous like > that > > > :P > > > > > > but still, gamespy is just greedy. they started out small, now they're > > huge > > > and have swallowed a number of companies. you cant tell me that they > cant > > > afford the servers without charging money to download the free hosted > > things > > > :P > > > plus, its not worth it. every mirror sucks. i had access to a personal > > > server at one point and it was no better. i *have* gotten over 300k/sec > on > > a > > > public mirror in the middle of the night. (and even during the day, when > > > holy wars came out i grabbed it around 360). but still. i agree with > > > whatever whoever said, if they ARE making money off the free stuff. > theres > > > no way you can deny that, even if its $6.95 a month. the services they > > offer > > > (which honestly from my standpoint arent that great) can be covered > montly > > > by say, 50 people paying that. (i used to admin stuff that was faster;p) > > > look how many people there are on the planet ;p > > > -omega > > > Blackened Interactive > > > http://www.nofadz.com/blackened > > > IRC: irc.gamesnet.net channel: #blackened-interactive > > > Assistant Coder, Underhive (http://www.underhive.com) > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: "_Phantom_" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > Sent: Friday, December 28, 2001 10:29 AM > > > Subject: Re: [hlcoders] what a bloody n00b > > > > > > > > > > The point is, you aint paying for the patches or the mods, you are > > paying > > > > for the upkeep of the servers they are hosted on and the bandwidth the > > > > servers use, and in doing so yo get a 'thank you' with a personal > > server. > > > > For $6.95 USD (�5 UKP) per month or $59.99 USD (�43 UKP) a year that's > > not > > > > really a bad deal, granted it's probably better for us CM users than > > > dialup > > > > however. > > > > > > > > It's time to face the fact that the time of the 'free internet' is all > > but > > > > gone, because of the costs and the lack of advert money now around, if > > you > > > > want fast service, ya gonna have to pay for things. > > > > > > > > Incerdently, I belive all the files (part from maybe 2 unpopular ones) > > > I've > > > > download have had 3 main servers and a couple of mirrors for them, > thus > > > I've > > > > never seen that problem. > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > > From: "omega" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > Sent: Friday, December 28, 2001 3:17 PM > > > > Subject: Re: [hlcoders] what a bloody n00b > > > > > > > > > > > > > the problem is, most of the time there are only the personal servers > > and > > > > > *ONE* mirror for most of the files. > > > > > > > > > > im not paying $30 or so to download free things. > > > > > add that ti $30 for ISP, $60 on average per game, plus hardware. > > > > somewhere, > > > > > somebodies getting seriously ripped off. > > > > > paying the cash for a game to me is fine, but as if im going to pay > to > > > > > download *FREE* patches, and *FREE* mods.its just completely wrong. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -omega > > > > > Blackened Interactive > > > > > http://www.nofadz.com/blackened > > > > > IRC: irc.gamesnet.net channel: #blackened-interactive > > > > > Assistant Coder, Underhive (http://www.underhive.com) > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > > > From: "_Phantom_" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > Sent: Friday, December 28, 2001 10:10 AM > > > > > Subject: Re: [hlcoders] what a bloody n00b > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I download at all kinds of times, mostly when the US are up as > well, > > > > I've > > > > > > never had to wait longer than 40mins for a file off one of the > main > > > > > servers > > > > > > (last one was RtCW multiplayer demo) > > > > > > I dont have the money to pay atm so I dont and use the free system > > > > > > > > > > > > As for charging, tech the are charging u so they can maintain the > > > > system, > > > > > > revnues (sp?) from adverts and the like which companys like this > > used > > > to > > > > > use > > > > > > to maintain the opertations have all but vanished, if they dont > > charge > > > > > they > > > > > > will have to close down (hosting + bandwidth charges for something > > > like > > > > > > fileplanet are gonna be huge!!! so after everyone pays their $x, I > > > > forget > > > > > > how much, but I know it's not much, I doubt they are turning a > huge > > > > profit > > > > > > as they dont charge per download, just per month/year) > > > > > > > > > > > > If you dont like them hosting your files, email them and tell 'em > to > > > > stop, > > > > > > as you are the copyright holder of the work then they have no > choice > > > (as > > > > I > > > > > > understand it), however, imho that's just petty.. if I produce > > > something > > > > I > > > > > > want it to reach as wider audiance as I can, if some ppl chose to > > > spend > > > > > some > > > > > > $$$$ to download files quicker, all power to 'em I say. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list > archives, > > > > please visit: > > > > > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlcoders > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > > > please visit: > > > > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlcoders > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > > please visit: > > > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlcoders > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > please visit: > > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlcoders > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlcoders > > _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlcoders
