Wow, Sierra, that is genius. One backslash, I do not know how to make a website. Can you send me to some tutorials or what tools do you recommend me?
I wont be selling the map with ads, but I will be selling walls on a map. Its a very dodgy thing. I am at uni currently, but as soon as I get home, I will take a deeper look at your recomendation. Thanks for the email On Wed, Sep 21, 2011 at 2:34 PM, Adam Sierra <[email protected]> wrote: > Release your map exclusively on your own website instead of l4dmaps.com > Make sure to have the download hosted by another service such as megaupload > so you don't have to pay for the bandwidth. > (Or at least make the VPK direct people who don't own the campaign to your > website, which can then send them to l4dmaps.com for the download if they > click a 'download' link on your site, in case you enjoy the feedback and > other features of l4dmaps.com) > Add google ads on your website. > Include references to your website in a few places on your campaign in a > way > that doesn't degrade your campaign. (I had my website address spray painted > on the safehouse wall at the end) > > You now make some profit when you release the map in a way that isn't > against the EULA. > > The EULA states that you can't sell the map, but there is nothing against > you making profit off of increased page views. > This is how L4Dmaps.com has been legally making money hand over fist off > all > of our hard work for years, and the reason why I switched it up when I > released Silent Fear for L4D 2. Now I recieve ad revenue off my map, so I > don't feel like I am being used by l4dmaps anymore. > _______________________________________________ > L4Dmapper mailing list > [email protected] > http://list.valvesoftware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/l4dmapper > -- Eugenio "Motanum" Roman [email protected] http://twitter.com/#!/MotanumR http://steamcommunity.com/id/Motanum http://www.youtube.com/user/motanium _______________________________________________ L4Dmapper mailing list [email protected] http://list.valvesoftware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/l4dmapper
