That's my general feeling too. The problem with motd ads is when you add them long after you started running the server. It's a similar problem to adding donor perks. Regulars might not respond well to suddenly being advertised to, or to being kicked when a donor claims his reserved slot. It's unwelcoming.
On Fri, Aug 10, 2012 at 8:32 PM, Russell Smith <[email protected]>wrote: > The difference is Red Bull is going out and promoting themselves. You're > not promoting yourself when you show an ad in your motd. Instead you're > promoting someone else and diluting your community brand. > > I feel like this crosses a line where you're no longer trying to run a > community, but rather run a business. At that point it seems like the > players are being used to feed the business instead of persuaded to stay by > running a place that is welcoming and fun. > > This is my gut feeling as a player. I also feel like this reflects poorly > on not only the server, but on Valve as the developer for allowing this in > the game. I can't imagine that was their intention when they put in the > web browser for the motd. > > > On 8/10/2012 6:58 PM, Todd Pettit wrote: > >> I am? You think pinion is getting bigger and bigger sponsors every week >> because its a failed idea? >> >> You think Red Bull are idiots for having plane races, modifiying mini >> coopers, hiring models, buying a arena football team, hiring a man to jump >> a ramp on a motorcycle on New Years Eve and running thousands of ads until >> every single one of us cannot possibly forget the phrase "Red Bull Gives >> You Wings"?!? >> >> Well sir you need an education in Economics 101 or you better start >> thinking about what trade school you want to attend. >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "DontWannaName!" <[email protected]> >> To: "Half-Life dedicated Win32 server mailing list" < >> [email protected]> >> Sent: Friday, August 10, 2012 9:41:21 PM >> Subject: Re: [hlds] Server Delisting, does it need some changes? >> >> You are naive... >> >> >> > > ______________________________**_________________ > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > please visit: > https://list.valvesoftware.**com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/**hlds<https://list.valvesoftware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/hlds> >
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