I would like to note that ads could possibly result in bad rep and less
intent to donate, resulting in a vicious circle where people think "why
should I donate to crappy servers? they have ads and p2w".
I believe that there is simply a lack of transparency. You join a server
and don't know what awaits you. You don't know if there are any ads. You
don't know if servers will force you to enable motds in order to join a
team.
Do me a favor. Use a script and join every non-valve server. Keep the
sound on and have that running in the background. Takes about 24 hours.
You'd be surprised how quickly you will get upset by the amount of loud
ads bursting through your speakers. How do I know this? Because that's
what I did.
On 19.12.2015 01:33, Andrew T. wrote:
I agree with Rowaldhelicon.
For me, as a serverop that runs ads(on a server in the top 30), it is
extremely hard to be unbiased about the thing.
From one point, yes, the ads annoy a few people, and some have
expressed concern - for whom I have disabled them.
From the other side, however, there's the finite wallet issue, and
only ads are capable of supporting a disorganised community like mine
without making me run a loss, even though getting people entertained
and having a community is rewarding.
Back in the day(say, 2012), there were tons of regulars and donators.
Now, people just don't.
That's what makes me very biased towards this specific question of
advertisments on servers.
I think Matthias is also biased from his point of view, being on the
receiving end of the advertisements.
I would love to support the idea of polls - if anyone actually decides
to spread it massively, I will follow suit with my community, and see
what the people decide.
Суббота, 19 декабря 2015, 1:29 +01:00 от "Matthias
\"InstantMuffin\" Kollek" <[email protected]>:
A non server op also wouldn't care about servers. Simple as that.
Yes, you should pick multiple people, and the right ones. But yes,
you should at least pick someone who represents your party. Not
only in terms of having an actual representative, but someone who
shares the expertise and point of view. Come on guys.
On 19.12.2015 01:17, Rowedahelicon wrote:
I think a non serverop would be great.
The personal investments are what drives everyone the way it does
I imagine, but a non server op wouldn't need to care about a
particular server, just the game itself. I think finding a
candidate though would be difficult, unless we put together some
input polls and gave it to our respective communities?
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*Matthew (Rowedahelicon) Robinson*
Web Designer / Artist / Writer
Website - http://www.rowedahelicon.com/
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