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Lasareth
Lasareth
Aquarius
• #101
I'd like to also add that the majority of the staff of this site makes absolutely no money off of helping to run it. That includes me. The money goes straight to the site and into its upkeep and support. Hence its term "fansite." Those of us who keep things going are here for love of the community and the game, not the money.
Guardian of the Light
Guardian of the Light
Forge Runner
• #102
^ LIES!!!

j/k j/k


Anyways ya the ads are annoying getting rid of them would be nice.
Neo Nugget
Neo Nugget
Site Contributor
• #103
Im not seeing them anymore
Grasping Darkness
Grasping Darkness
Banned
• #104
as long as it isnt a pop up and it helps pay for this cool site then i dont mind the ads at all
Terra Xin
Terra Xin
Furnace Stoker
• #105
Quote: Originally Posted by Narutoscryed .. gw is loosing interest.. as a result all sites will be loosing everyday vewiers. Source your information before you say this.

Quote: your member numbers are very high indeed.. they keep climbing..but the active member number is declining. its the same with gw.. Wrong, the active participant number is increasing in this site, I know this because I have been watching member registrations on this site and... well lets just say I keep a very close eye on member activity (shhh). I can't provide my own sources because they aren't official, but I can point you to this press release, which has numbers that point in my general direction:

Quote: Originally Posted by GuildWars This weekend's numbers shattered the previous attendance record of three million hours set during the Guild Wars FactionsTM You also have to consider the "Long time reader - have never posted" users on this site, the number of 'guests' that are online at any time actually increases over time.

Quote: Originally Posted by Narutoscryed with nightfall we will see a spike in user activity.. this spike will be larger than factions.. but will fade out much faster. Factions recieved alot of negative feedback from before the release and still recieve alot of negative feedback well after its release. With Nightfall, they have had more positive feedback, and while that chapter has recieved negative applause, the amount was not as high as Factions was. Making a prediction of this about Nightfall is pure speculation. What you can say is that Nightfall has recieved much more feedback than Factions, alot more feedback.

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you as the good buisness men you are have predicted this and have started preperations for the next guru site of the next new mmorpg to be released. Correct. Now ask yourself, would there have been a reason 'not' to open up a site for a new game?

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every good thread needs a conspiricy, i guess i will play the part. My name is Terra Xin, I will play the part of post-dismantling. Nice to meet you.

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this site will have moved on to the next mmorpg. They don't just close entire sites when a new game comes unless the game has completely died out, that wont happen for a very long time.

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I am a realist.. and this is the inevitable result of any mmorpg.. at least in my opinion it is. Anet has stated, or better yet, a few people from Anet have stated that GW is not an MMORPG, but this game does share the player-base that an MMORPG would have. Albeit GW will share the same fate and may die away slowly like other RPG games, but they aren't facing financial issues and they have looked well into the future. We as the playing community can expect to see many more things to come out of this game before any more people will claim that GW will soon be a dead game. I am a realist, I have looked and read into GuildWars, the only way they could die out in January is if some... kind of natural disaster hit them and destroyed all of their work, otherwise, they are very very strong.
arcanemacabre
arcanemacabre
Grotto Attendant
• #106
Quote: Originally Posted by Akhilleus
another extention of my former idea, to post what it costs/donations, is to enter people who donate into weekly or monthly drawings for different items in-game...
this would provide a special means of thanking those who go that extra mile to contribute to the site.

while i may not be able to afford to contribute much monetarily, i would be more than willing to offer up items for drawings for such an activity. i'm sure you'd also get others willing to donate some things here and there, in the absence of not being able to afford cash donations.
Sounds great! You came up with this idea? Was it in another thread I didn't catch? Ya know, because I don't see your posts before mine in this thread where I came up with the idea. If you did, then, sweet, we're on the same wavelength!
Akhilleus
Akhilleus
Forge Runner
• #107
Quote: Originally Posted by arcanemacabre
Sounds great! You came up with this idea? Was it in another thread I didn't catch? Ya know, because I don't see your posts before mine in this thread where I came up with the idea. If you did, then, sweet, we're on the same wavelength! ive been proposing this particular method in fansites ive been a part of since 1998/9.

you suggested special titles on the site (which works fine too). i suggested posting a page that actually lists the monthly bill for GWG, as well as monthly donations, so people see what is still needed at any given time, then extended it further with in-game item drawings; as this is something members who are unable to contribute financially, may be able to endorse.
Doomlord_Slayermann
Doomlord_Slayermann
Jungle Guide
• #108
Quote: Originally Posted by Terra Xin
[Complete dismantling of argument] Thank you. Can we please return to the topic at hand here? Please? Well, I guess I'll start.

The first issue I can see with placing ads to the sides of the main contents of a page is that this will create an inordinate amount of "white space" around the sides of the page. Since the advertisers probably wouldn't be open ads at the bottom of the page (since they get less viewing) the only option is to find another place at the top of the page or in the middle of the page's content.
baz777
baz777
Jungle Guide
• #109
Quote: Originally Posted by Grasping Darkness
as long as it isnt a pop up and it helps pay for this cool site then i dont mind the ads at all /fully agree

Although more obvious when I have this site open at work all day
Terra Xin
Terra Xin
Furnace Stoker
• #110
My apologies.

Another area that gets alot of viewing is around the sides of the quick reply box. Since you'll be looking at them for the entire time you post, and I can't see them as being too intrusive I think that could be a good alternative. I agree with the majority of people who dislike looking at an ad right in the way of what is being read. At least when you're typing, it's not so obvious.

Of course only members will be able to see it, and although we have a population of read-only people, most of us have joined...
kzap
kzap
Site Contributor
• #111
Ok I have been reading a lot of the posts, thank you for all your feedback

Incase you're wondering the Intellitxt inline text ads are still there if you're not logged in, but thats ok since you guys are all loggedin It is also now color black, we can agree green was just ugly, also we make sure there are no gold ads but if u see any, a screenshot to [email protected] will help remove it.

So a lot have people have stressed that they dont like the rectangle ad because it intrudes on their personal space/ post, I understand this so we will be testing other methods so that this does not happen. For one we will remove it from the inside of your post and put it outside the post and clearly label it as an advertisement.

As for the donations, thank you for all who wish to donate, such an opportunity will become available shortly and you will all see why we are testing such changes. We are all working here at Guild Wars Guru to bring you better features for you the fans who play this fantastic game.

Once again thanks for all your patronage and keep giving us feedback, if possible in constructive and helpful ways so we can keep on improving Guild Wars Guru.
Savio
Savio
Teenager with attitude
• #112
Intellitxt is the far worse one of the two imo; it's too intrusive, and it likes to link to gold-selling sites.
Arduin
Arduin
Grotto Attendant
• #113
Weird add... Ain't complaining though.

fenix
fenix
Major-General Awesome
• #114
eep, I prefer the Horizontal one in the OP, rather than the HUGE one below it
MirkoTeran
MirkoTeran
Forge Runner
• #115
So.. can we get rid of the adds or do we have to stop coming here?
kzap
kzap
Site Contributor
• #116
ok 2 choices now for testing
Style 1B - Rectangle ad on right of first post.
Style 1A - Rectangle ad as 2nd Post.

They are both labeled and separated as Advertisements.
arcanemacabre
arcanemacabre
Grotto Attendant
• #117
Please.... no seperate box for the ads.

I've seen some forums stick an ad inbetween posts after 10 posts. So, in other words, you have the OP, then 9 replies, then an ad that appears after the 9th reply (10th post), then 10 more replies to fill up the page. Each following page gets the same treatment of an ad every 10 posts, effectively.

This way, only the more popular threads will have ads, which will generally be the most visited as well. Plus, you only see the ad if you scroll through, reading the thread. It should catch enough attention, and not be too much of a hinderance on the posters or readers.

Re-formatting someone's post for whatever reason, be it squishing for ad-space or the hot-links, is what I consider unacceptable. I'd say leave the content of posts alone, except for moderation purposes only.

Otherwise, I still say this site will make much more money with donations than advertisements, any day. It's simpler, less trashy, and in the end would make everyone happy, I think. That I think is the way to go.
Kidney Licker
Kidney Licker
Wilds Pathfinder
• #118
How about creating a thread with links to online retailers? If guru became affiliated with some, forum members could click on the links when they wanted to buy something and guru would receive royalites.

I'm intending to buy something from www.choicesuk.com in the future and would be more than happy to click on a link from guru when buying something from them.
DJJD2006
DJJD2006
Academy Page
• #119
Yeh, I suggest the add being another banner along the bottom of the page just above the

"All times are GMT -8. The time now is 01:53 AM."
ran93r
ran93r
Ascalonian Squire
• #120
The in-thread ads are annoying as is the ask.com text, ads can be a necessary evil but the links are just pointless and completely unrelated to anything GW.

I would like to see however a "donation" option to remove all ads/search links (including the main banner), I for one would happily pony up an annual fee for this feature because I want to support the site but at the moment, firefox ad blocker is an easy way to kill everything you are looking at implementing.