I just got SoD completely working with the new Live patcher. It is also summer.
This means it is time for an account drive! I am hoping to have a quick discussion and start the drive next week utilizing whatever comes from this thread.
Previously we have done two kinds of account drives. One was to offer fame and entrance into a lottery for anyone who posted about SoD on another site or brought in friends. Last year we did one where we gave one fame per person who looked at the SoD site utilizing a "reference" URL each participant created.
The best way to truly get more people to check out SoD other than word of mouth is to buy advertisements. In the last account drive tons of people bought advertisements and translated that into fame by directing people to their reference URLs. This was quite efficacious to the cause but made some people uncomfortable with the money -> fame transaction that came out of it.
That being said I would like this year to have two options. The first one would be the same as previous years - get 50 people to check out SoD using your referral URL and you are put in the lotto for cool stuff, fame and a charm of power. Further, if people actually try us out utilizing your referral you get 10 fame per person.
Alternatively, I would like to allow people to buy their way in through advertisements. Donate 25 dollars for advertisements during the account drive and get into the special lotto. Finally (and this is the possibly controversial part), allow people during the account drive to give advertisement money directly for fame. Maybe a little more than a 1 dollar = 1 fame ratio. It would only be during the account drive and all money donated during this time would go directly into Facebook and Google advertisements and would be all spent down by the time the drive was over.
I do not want to make this jump to money account drives lightly. Server funds have been pretty spot on the last few months so any money gathered would go directly to promoting the server.
What do you guys think? Horrible idea? Gives too much advantage to those with lots of money? I would like to start the drive by Tuesday or Wed. Talk away!
This means it is time for an account drive! I am hoping to have a quick discussion and start the drive next week utilizing whatever comes from this thread.
Previously we have done two kinds of account drives. One was to offer fame and entrance into a lottery for anyone who posted about SoD on another site or brought in friends. Last year we did one where we gave one fame per person who looked at the SoD site utilizing a "reference" URL each participant created.
The best way to truly get more people to check out SoD other than word of mouth is to buy advertisements. In the last account drive tons of people bought advertisements and translated that into fame by directing people to their reference URLs. This was quite efficacious to the cause but made some people uncomfortable with the money -> fame transaction that came out of it.
That being said I would like this year to have two options. The first one would be the same as previous years - get 50 people to check out SoD using your referral URL and you are put in the lotto for cool stuff, fame and a charm of power. Further, if people actually try us out utilizing your referral you get 10 fame per person.
Alternatively, I would like to allow people to buy their way in through advertisements. Donate 25 dollars for advertisements during the account drive and get into the special lotto. Finally (and this is the possibly controversial part), allow people during the account drive to give advertisement money directly for fame. Maybe a little more than a 1 dollar = 1 fame ratio. It would only be during the account drive and all money donated during this time would go directly into Facebook and Google advertisements and would be all spent down by the time the drive was over.
I do not want to make this jump to money account drives lightly. Server funds have been pretty spot on the last few months so any money gathered would go directly to promoting the server.
What do you guys think? Horrible idea? Gives too much advantage to those with lots of money? I would like to start the drive by Tuesday or Wed. Talk away!