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rdsrds, could you please state your definition of what constitutes a text ad vs a graphic ad?rdsrds2120 wrote:Business is business, and part of business for CC now is to add small Text Ads (NO graphic or flash) to Game Pages of Free Members only. They're not too outlandish (I promise!) and will help things to come. Now that the bad news is out of the way, let's get to something good:
Robespierre__ wrote:I'm sorry ... am I reading Freemium players voicing an opinion on how this site should be run? Players who are not even willing to support the site with what is an insanely small amount of money for anyone not living in poverty?
Enjoy snacking off of what others are paying for and for the most part, keep your opinion to yourself.
As always, thank you so very much to all the programmers and volunteers who make this site what it is.
Robes
aage wrote: Maybe you're right, but since we receive no handlebars from the mod I think we should get some ourselves.
aage wrote: Maybe you're right, but since we receive no handlebars from the mod I think we should get some ourselves.
hulmey wrote:Thank God I have google AD block
Vlasov wrote:Why should Platinum be the highest, rarest metal -- beyond gold?
The choices for color of the metal/medal are limited, but why not Uranium? It is certainly connected with warfare in the 20th-21st century.
Make it purple or deep blue -- a la Cerenkov radiation.
rdsrds2120 wrote:Also, why is everyone calling it platinum?
BMO
Robespierre__ wrote:I'm sorry ... am I reading Freemium players voicing an opinion on how this site should be run? Players who are not even willing to support the site with what is an insanely small amount of money for anyone not living in poverty?
Enjoy snacking off of what others are paying for and for the most part, keep your opinion to yourself.
As always, thank you so very much to all the programmers and volunteers who make this site what it is.
Robes
Gillipig wrote:QuikSilver wrote:betiko wrote:1500?? why set it at an almost impossible mark.. so 20-100-400-1500... I thought that more logically it would be 1000 or 1200.. and is it 200 for crossmap?
Lol i'm already at 2300...
It's not almost impossible, and it's platinum for a reason!
Actually, for some reason they've decided to call it "Diamond". It sure looks more like a medal for platinum.
b00060 wrote:1000 Seems more realistic since it requires unique defeats.
hulmey wrote:Thank God I have google AD block
Metsfanmax wrote:hulmey wrote:Thank God I have google AD block
Just a note to those free players out there: please consider disabling Ad Block for this domain. We make a pretty fun community and gaming experience available for free to many thousands of people, and allowing the (relatively unobtrusive) ads to be displayed allows you to give back to your community without paying your own money for it.
Metsfanmax wrote:hulmey wrote:Thank God I have google AD block
Just a note to those free players out there: please consider disabling Ad Block for this domain. We make a pretty fun community and gaming experience available for free to many thousands of people, and allowing the (relatively unobtrusive) ads to be displayed allows you to give back to your community without paying your own money for it.
rdsrds2120 wrote:
+1
BMO
lostatlimbo wrote:Robespierre__ wrote:I'm sorry ... am I reading Freemium players voicing an opinion on how this site should be run? Players who are not even willing to support the site with what is an insanely small amount of money for anyone not living in poverty?
Enjoy snacking off of what others are paying for and for the most part, keep your opinion to yourself.
As always, thank you so very much to all the programmers and volunteers who make this site what it is.
Robes
All Freemiums are not created equal. I've been a paying member of this site for over 5 years. Only recently did my premium expire and as I am extremely busy with work lately and unable to take more than a few turns right now, I have little incentive to re-up at the moment.
Does that mean my opinion is invalid? No matter that I've contributed a map and several tournaments to this site? I only get to share my thoughts with money?
Its extremely shortsighted to dismiss the opinions of freemiums regardless of their reasons. Many of these people could be providing important feedback to the site as to a) why they don't pay and b) what would encourage them to do so. Understanding your audience and what they want is Business 101.
But instead of doing that and trying to improve, CC just slaps some poorly thought-out ads on the game - which makes the site look even cheaper and out of touch than it already does (seriously - will this site ever get a decent makeover? It has looked out-dated for a long time).
As someone who works in search & display marketing, there is a right way and a wrong way. This falls squarely on the latter. Just another in a series of bad decisions in what is a tragically mis-managed business.
Gillipig wrote:Metsfanmax wrote:hulmey wrote:Thank God I have google AD block
Just a note to those free players out there: please consider disabling Ad Block for this domain. We make a pretty fun community and gaming experience available for free to many thousands of people, and allowing the (relatively unobtrusive) ads to be displayed allows you to give back to your community without paying your own money for it.
I always run adblock, and if I were freemium, I definitely wouldn't change it. I'd probably get adblock just to not see the advertisement. I care more about my own computer than I care about this site, and so should everyone. I didn't know lojalty to this site meant exposing yourself to the risk of getting malware.
The ad is probably made to look confusing, so that players won't know if it's an ad or part of a site function.
I don't think you'll see many experienced freemiums care about this ad, they know it's an ad and won't click it, if they're annoyed by it they get adblock. New players probably will click it however, and there's a big chance they'll dismiss the site as a cheap and dangerous. Like somebody pointed out, they don't necessarily know this goes away if they buy premium. And if they're just trying the site out, a thing like that might turn them away from visiting again.rdsrds2120 wrote:
+1
BMO
That is ridiculous!! Very short sighted and narrow minded to think that the ads a site puts up won't affect the site. Obviously it's in the site's best interest not to have confusing ads that players click on without even knowing it's an ad.
*Sigh*, the things you have to tell some people.
Gillipig wrote:Metsfanmax wrote:hulmey wrote:Thank God I have google AD block
Just a note to those free players out there: please consider disabling Ad Block for this domain. We make a pretty fun community and gaming experience available for free to many thousands of people, and allowing the (relatively unobtrusive) ads to be displayed allows you to give back to your community without paying your own money for it.
I always run adblock, and if I were freemium, I definitely wouldn't change it. I'd probably get adblock just to not see the advertisement. I care more about my own computer than I care about this site, and so should everyone. I didn't know lojalty to this site meant exposing yourself to the risk of getting malware.
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