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ValguarneraMon 05-Jul-04 08:33 AM
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#5107, "RE: re voting"


          

1) Several other MUDs use a combination of:
- In-game pestering. Everything from timed global echoes, to having their vote link record IPs so they can "remind" people who aren't voting. This is legal by TMS.
- In-game incentives. These are not legal by TMS, but difficult to police. An example would be "If we get 100 votes in the next hour, we'll hand out free kewl eq!"
- Flat-out cheating. One of the MUDs in the top 10 was recently investigated because they had several hundred votes/week, and a playerbase of roughly 2.

We don't do any of that.

2) While the top two spots consistently have a huge number of votes, CF would consistently finish much higher with even 50% more voting. Given that voting consists of clicking two buttons, and new players frequently tell us they found us on TMS, I still think it's worth it.

valguarnera@carrionfields.com

  
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HOT TopicRe: Building the Playerbase: [View all] , Valguarnera, Sat 14-May-05 01:09 PM
Reply On helping newbies, jachyra, 18-Jul-04 03:58 AM, #21
Reply RE: On helping newbies, Scrimbul, 18-Jul-04 06:29 AM, #22
     Reply RE: On helping newbies, jachyra, 18-Jul-04 07:04 AM, #23
Reply Idea!, zod, 13-Jul-04 03:32 AM, #19
Reply There are plenty of games..., Valguarnera, 13-Jul-04 06:56 AM, #20
Reply What about an icon, Valkenar, 08-Jul-04 03:44 PM, #13
Reply RE: What about an icon, Qaledus, 08-Jul-04 08:16 PM, #14
     Reply How much we talking about? n/t, Phaistus, 11-Jul-04 04:52 AM, #15
          Reply It's $5 per month, so not too much, Yanoreth, 11-Jul-04 10:43 AM, #16
               Reply Would you let someone else, Xaannix, 11-Jul-04 07:56 PM, #18
Reply Edit: #7 and climbing on TMS. Har. (n/t), Valguarnera, 07-Jul-04 09:14 AM, #7
Reply Maybe you should anchor this post n/t, Phaistus, 06-Jul-04 02:43 PM, #9
     Reply Agreed s/txt, Gnome, 07-Jul-04 02:49 AM, #10
          Reply RE: Newbie channel, etc:, Valguarnera, 07-Jul-04 07:14 AM, #11
          Reply RE: Agreed s/txt, Circuits Edge (Anonymous), 07-Jul-04 09:52 AM, #12
          Reply About the newbie channel, Xaannix, 11-Jul-04 05:03 PM, #17
          Reply RE: Advertising:, Valguarnera, 07-Jul-04 07:02 AM, #24
Reply re voting, incognito, 05-Jul-04 02:39 AM, #1
     Reply RE: re voting, Valguarnera, 05-Jul-04 08:33 AM #2
          Reply Other reasons., Shadowmaster, 05-Jul-04 09:35 AM, #3
          Reply but what I wouldn't mind seeing is this, incognito, 05-Jul-04 10:39 AM, #4
               Reply I've got the perfect solution!, Grurk Muouk, 05-Jul-04 01:02 PM, #5
                    Reply RE: I've got the perfect solution!, Nhiala, 05-Jul-04 05:08 PM, #6
          Reply Here's an idea, Rogue, 06-Jul-04 12:35 PM, #8
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