Popups on GB?

Nightmare · Post by **Nightmare** » Tue Mar 04, 2003 5:44 pm

Originally posted by Minerva
I totally agree. I rather pay to the full membership directly to GameBanshee than a third party who will take a part of the membership fee.

Thats a good idea, but what of those that cannot pay for a membership?

Minerva · Post by **Minerva** » Tue Mar 04, 2003 6:07 pm

Originally posted by Nightmare
Thats a good idea, but what of those that cannot pay for a membership?

Don't look at me.

I just said my feeling. Buck will come up with an idea or two... I hope.

Post by **BuckGB** » Tue Mar 04, 2003 8:33 pm

Just to let you all know, I am currently contracting a team of people to write an in-house subscription service for GameBanshee. Subscription will not be required to view the site, but subscribers will get perks such as no advertisements, popups, etc and other things such as being able to give themselves custom titles here in the forums. I have some other ideas for incentives as well, but it will be a few weeks until the coding is done, so I'll have to see how everything turns out first.

The Z · Post by **The Z** » Tue Mar 04, 2003 8:38 pm

Ah. Kind of like IGN then. That's cool

Scayde · Post by **Scayde** » Tue Mar 04, 2003 8:44 pm

Originally posted by Buck Satan
Just to let you all know, I am currently contracting a team of people to write an in-house subscription service for GameBanshee. Subscription will not be required to view the site, but subscribers will get perks such as no advertisements, popups, etc and other things such as being able to give themselves custom titles here in the forums. I have some other ideas for incentives as well, but it will be a few weeks until the coding is done, so I'll have to see how everything turns out first.

Wow..I am impressed..but I guess I should have known you would find a way for us to have our cake and eat it too

..Bravo Buck

Aegis · Post by **Aegis** » Tue Mar 04, 2003 8:47 pm

I like that idea of for the subscription. Any ideas on the cost?

Chanak · Post by **Chanak** » Tue Mar 04, 2003 11:28 pm

Originally posted by Buck Satan
Just to let you all know, I am currently contracting a team of people to write an in-house subscription service for GameBanshee. Subscription will not be required to view the site, but subscribers will get perks such as no advertisements, popups, etc and other things such as being able to give themselves custom titles here in the forums. I have some other ideas for incentives as well, but it will be a few weeks until the coding is done, so I'll have to see how everything turns out first.

Awesome, Buck. This sounds promising.

Xandax · Post by **Xandax** » Wed Mar 05, 2003 12:28 am

Don't mind you leaving flashlight, thoese sites connected to it sucked anyway (well -except GB) and would there for much rather pay a subscription to GB then to Flashlight.

garazdawi · Post by **garazdawi** » Wed Mar 05, 2003 10:00 am

@Buck That's a really good idea.... I would join for sure as soon as I can get a steady income besides allowance...which should be about this summer sometime...

@Xandax..... you mean flashlink, right? not flashlight...

Nippy · Post by **Nippy** » Wed Mar 05, 2003 12:30 pm

w00t! I like custom titles.

Can I also recommend a little logo or line of code saying Subscribed Member or something like that? It would give an advertisment to the subscriptions service...

Bloodmist · Post by **Bloodmist** » Wed Mar 05, 2003 12:44 pm

Originally posted by Nippy
w00t! I like custom titles. Can I also recommend a little logo or line of code saying Subscribed Member or something like that? It would give an advertisment to the subscriptions service...

Wouldn't the fact that they've got a custom title say the same thing?

Nippy · Post by **Nippy** » Wed Mar 05, 2003 12:53 pm

Yeah, but it's not as cool as a flashy little button.

Aegis · Post by **Aegis** » Wed Mar 05, 2003 1:46 pm

You should be happy with just the title, Nips

Rob-hin · Post by **Rob-hin** » Wed Mar 05, 2003 2:39 pm

Some people are just hard to please.

Aegis · Post by **Aegis** » Wed Mar 05, 2003 2:46 pm

Originally posted by Rob-hin
Some people are just hard to please.

Thats what I told my creditors... I said, "Can't I pay you with a smile?" And they broke my knees...

Xandax · Post by **Xandax** » Thu Mar 06, 2003 12:44 am

Originally posted by garazdawi
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@Xandax..... you mean flashlink, right? not flashlight...

Flashlink or flashlight

it is the principle of the matter

Yeah - meaning Flashlink of course.

garazdawi · Post by **garazdawi** » Thu Mar 06, 2003 2:02 pm

Originally posted by Xandax
Flashlink or flashlight it is the principle of the matter

lol, if I'd believed Frueds gibberish I would say that that statement brought forward your true feelings towards flashlink (it being a flashlight

)....... you uncounciuos is playing tricks on you.....

VoodooDali · Post by **VoodooDali** » Thu Mar 06, 2003 2:07 pm

I don't mind the pop-ups too much - they're pretty infrequent.

Has Buck ever thought of having a sort of a telethon? Set a goal of what he needs for the year for the website to operate, and let people know how close their donations are getting to the goal. I guess that one of the frustrating aspects of donations is that you have no idea whether it's helping much.

Xandax · Post by **Xandax** » Fri Mar 07, 2003 12:10 am

Originally posted by garazdawi
lol, if I'd believed Frueds gibberish I would say that that statement brought forward your true feelings towards flashlink (it being a flashlight )....... you uncounciuos is playing tricks on you.....

Actually - it is just my to fast typing that is playing tricks on me, but hey.... what ever "tickles your fancy" (now there should be something for freud to analyze

)

HighLordDave · Post by **HighLordDave** » Fri Mar 07, 2003 6:56 am

Originally posted by VoodooDali
Has Buck ever thought of having a sort of a telethon? Set a goal of what he needs for the year for the website to operate, and let people know how close their donations are getting to the goal. I guess that one of the frustrating aspects of donations is that you have no idea whether it's helping much.

Right before GameBanshee went to Flashlink, I mentioned the idea of a "Spamathon" to a couple of people, but then the subscription thing went live and never pursued the idea. I think an active fundraiser once or twice a year would be a good way to generate some income without having to rely on monthly (an inconsistent) donations or ad revenue. Hey, it works for PBS.

One other thing, has anyone noticed one of the ads running a script that wants to install a program on your computer? I don't mind the popups, but I just wonder what sorts of things this program is installing.