Zhall Posted March 27, 2014 Posted March 27, 2014 I was thinking today... CnCnet can support quite a few people, and it's growing rapidly... But couldn't we make it go even faster? I propose we do a kickstarter to raise around a grand (maybe less?) to pay for Youtube advertising. I could create some decent tutorial to rush people through the n00b stages to create better competition. Here's an example of the quality of tutorial I can create... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7N1Elwil1jE How do I get this to preview? I'm also part of a company that has access to a 3D printer, so we could offer 3D prints of red alert models as rewards for donating to the kickstarter, (as long as someone cads them out) www.artforcestudios.com I think it's worth a shot.
Nyerguds Posted March 28, 2014 Posted March 28, 2014 Ehh... kickstarters are for starting projects. CnCNet already exists. What would the money go to specifically? Just an advertizing campaign? I honestly don't see much point. This isn't what Kickstarter is for. O_o
Zjorz Posted March 28, 2014 Posted March 28, 2014 I dont think we should use kickstarten to raise money for advertisement. What we can do is use free means of advertisement. Youtube already includes a lot of ra1 vids so no need to upload more. A nice way to bring red alert 1 to attention could be hosting a tournament. The trick is to post it on larger gaming websites and invite all oldschool ra players to join. During the tournament we can release video's starcraft style with commentaries. Im sure this would interest a lot of oldschool players.
Myg Posted March 28, 2014 Posted March 28, 2014 Joking aside, why don't you provide 3d printing to cncnet and we will pay for items out of donation money? Kickstarter is intended for commcercial products.
Zhall Posted March 29, 2014 Author Posted March 29, 2014 Kickstarter aside, I have some extra money laying around and would be willing to run some ads or contribute to a tournament fund as a donation. Still, I think if we get some decent tutorial for people to watch, and train up a bunch of people to play, then it will be more interesting. I'm not that good of a painter, but I could definitely print one of these bad boys as a reward. http://www.hiveworkshop.com/forums/models-530/ra2-yr-mastermind-tank-191501/?prev=search%3Dred%2520alert%26r%3D20%26d%3Dlist I know there's someone who has modeled like everything on MODDB.. Perhabs they could share their models?
Retired Posted April 1, 2014 Posted April 1, 2014 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TLxJkl-NHXo derp 22 views
Tore Posted April 4, 2014 Posted April 4, 2014 The best way to promote CnCNet is through word of mouth. Post about it on forums, tell your friends etc. At this point an advertising campaign is far too grandiose.
TQdragon Posted April 4, 2014 Posted April 4, 2014 Zhall has a point though, if the game's audience isn't growing people might eventually stop playing and the communinity would grow smaller. Ads on youtube might be usefull but probably costy so I'm not sure how we can organize this but as Tore said we should promote CNCNet by attracting our friends to the serever.
Iran Posted April 4, 2014 Posted April 4, 2014 We hit a new player record of 364 players online on a Sunday in late March this year. 15 months ago our record was about 180 players online.
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