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Warcraft II => Server.War2.ru => Topic started by: ~ToRa~ on September 11, 2015, 03:58:38 AM

Title: Ad Space
Post by: ~ToRa~ on September 11, 2015, 03:58:38 AM
Hey guys currently,

I am looking to purchase some banners and ad space to advertise War2ru. I found a couple websites like
https://buysellads.com/buy/gaming (https://buysellads.com/buy/gaming)
and
http://www.adsharemarket.com/category/gaming (http://www.adsharemarket.com/category/gaming)

But I would like to hear some input before I go buying up ad space.
Title: Re: Ad Space
Post by: Winchester on September 11, 2015, 04:04:40 AM
When would you plan on buying it? If you would plan on buying it in a few days, i'd hold off. Maybe until the antihack is with a more wider range of players, and maybe if they can fix some of the display issues for  windows 10 (which the server will get at least a couple from an advertisement like this)

Title: Re: Ad Space
Post by: ~ToRa~ on September 11, 2015, 04:09:33 AM
When would you plan on buying it? If you would plan on buying it in a few days, i'd hold off. Maybe until the antihack is with a more wider range of players, and maybe if they can fix some of the display issues for  windows 10 (which the server will get at least a couple from an advertisement like this)



I was planning to buy it in couple days.
But I don't mind holding off a bit. Until all the bugs on war2 are fixed.

However when the time comes be it tomorrow or next month or 3 months from now.
What type of ad space would you say we should purchase?
Title: Re: Ad Space
Post by: Winchester on September 11, 2015, 07:56:35 AM
What type of ad space would you say we should purchase?

I'm not too sure on the types that there are. Maybe discuss this with someone like tk whos done paid advertisements in the past
Title: Re: Ad Space
Post by: mousEtopher on September 11, 2015, 08:08:43 AM
http://www.projectwonderful.com/ (http://www.projectwonderful.com/) is another one I've heard that's supposed to be cheap, but haven't looked into it much.


Advertising is hard to get right. Unless you're lucky and hit on the exact right combination of appearance/wording/platform on the first try then you'll probably end up pissing away a bunch of money with little return. It takes a lot of experimentation and split testing to figure out what works. Facebook ads are nice because you can choose specific demographics to target which makes it a little less scattershot. We did get some tangible results from tk's & burnt's ad campaigns, but nothing that appears to have lasted.
Title: Re: Ad Space
Post by: GaNzTheLegend on September 11, 2015, 10:04:21 AM
Just try to contact other pvpgn sites from here and ask them if they want to do a banner or link exchange.

http://track.pvpgn.org/ (http://track.pvpgn.org/)
Title: Re: Ad Space
Post by: EviL~Ryu on September 11, 2015, 10:08:58 AM

Just try to contact other pvpgn sites from here and ask them if they want to do a banner or link exchange.

[url]http://track.pvpgn.org/[/url] ([url]http://track.pvpgn.org/[/url])


Isn't Ru already listed on there?


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Title: Re: Ad Space
Post by: GaNzTheLegend on September 11, 2015, 10:10:33 AM

Just try to contact other pvpgn sites from here and ask them if they want to do a banner or link exchange.

[url]http://track.pvpgn.org/[/url] ([url]http://track.pvpgn.org/[/url])


Isn't Ru already listed on there?


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Yes but I mean to individually contact the other sites listed in their and ask if they want to trade links or banners on their sites.
Title: Ad Space
Post by: EviL~Ryu on September 11, 2015, 10:11:47 AM

Just try to contact other pvpgn sites from here and ask them if they want to do a banner or link exchange.

[url]http://track.pvpgn.org/[/url] ([url]http://track.pvpgn.org/[/url])


Isn't Ru already listed on there?


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Yes but I mean to individually contact the other sites listed in their and ask if they want to trade links or banners on their sites.





Is that site even maintained?


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Title: Re: Ad Space
Post by: GaNzTheLegend on September 11, 2015, 10:14:28 AM
trade links or banners on their sites.


Is that site even maintained?

Its a self maintained script, it auto ranks the servers based on players online in real time.
Title: Re: Ad Space
Post by: Certified MENSA Genius Brain (smart) on September 11, 2015, 10:39:21 AM
What if on one of those "unknown" Chinese servers there's like 100 people playing War2 right now :D
Title: Re: Ad Space
Post by: EviL~Ryu on September 11, 2015, 11:21:04 AM

What if on one of those "unknown" Chinese servers there's like 100 people playing War2 right now :D

Are you saying it's like the lost island of Atlantis [emoji54]?


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Title: Re: Ad Space
Post by: I hate naggers on September 11, 2015, 11:40:22 AM
What if on one of those "unknown" Chinese servers there's like 100 people playing War2 right now :D
that would be interesting to see how gameplay evolved there
Title: Re: Ad Space
Post by: ~ToRa~ on September 11, 2015, 12:05:29 PM
[url]http://www.projectwonderful.com/[/url] ([url]http://www.projectwonderful.com/[/url]) is another one I've heard that's supposed to be cheap, but haven't looked into it much.


Advertising is hard to get right. Unless you're lucky and hit on the exact right combination of appearance/wording/platform on the first try then you'll probably end up pissing away a bunch of money with little return. It takes a lot of experimentation and split testing to figure out what works. Facebook ads are nice because you can choose specific demographics to target which makes it a little less scattershot. We did get some tangible results from tk's & burnt's ad campaigns, but nothing that appears to have lasted.


Facebook ads are good. But I just don't really see the results.
Or maybe I am just using it wrong who knows.

I am debating purchasing about 3-6 months worth on the two websites I posted and the website mouse posted.
If I blow some cash so be it.
Trial and error is what I am going to call it.

The question now is when do you guys think I should begin?
Title: Re: Ad Space
Post by: Certified MENSA Genius Brain (smart) on September 11, 2015, 12:08:33 PM
I don't really know if we have any resolution to the Win8/Win10 lobby display situations in sight, so I'm not sure if you should wait for that.

What we should do is figure out the best measures we have to help with that, and then maybe just put a notice on the download page, even if we have no measures to fix it, still put a notice.  Like

NOTE WIN8/WIN10 USERS: THERE ARE DISPLAY ISSUES IN THE SERVER LOBBY, BUT GAMEPLAY FUNCTIONS FINE.

or no?
Title: Re: Ad Space
Post by: xXxSmeagolxXx on September 11, 2015, 01:25:21 PM
I think this is a great idea, Burnt has advertised a lot in the past, and I'd say he got some lasting players. He advertised on forums and with real ads and shit for many years, so who knows how many people he brought probably quite a few. I think Blid is right there should some kind of message with the download that says the lobby will mess up with win 8 and 10 explain it a bit and say the game works fine though. As far as the anti hack, I really don't think hacking is something most new players will understand or much care about. There is only a few regular hackers like Dellam on the server, and the new people will suck anyway they probably won't even understand what hacking consists of or that they are being hacked. Good job ~Tora~ another great thing for the server you are going to do! Advertising definitely can't hurt and I'd say it will help to get people on for sure, how many will stick around is the question but I'm sure some will.
Title: Re: Ad Space
Post by: ~ToRa~ on September 11, 2015, 02:16:31 PM
How exactly can the window 8 and 10 get fixed? Or better yet how long will it take?
Because I don't really think it's a good idea to start blitzing ads and then at the download page there a big disclaimer. Probably better just to leave it be

Also does anyone know why burnt stopped advertising?
Title: Re: Ad Space
Post by: xXxSmeagolxXx on September 11, 2015, 02:25:07 PM
Maybe it shouldn't be on the download, but the information about Windows 8 and 10 should be somewhere on the site. If they log on and their screen is messed up and they can't find info on it they might just quit there as well. Burnt quit advertising on a lot of sites because they mark him as spam now. A lot of his advertising was going on various gaming websites or forums and linking the server. That used to be allowed more but it's way harder now to do that I guess. As far as paid advertisements I think he did some in the past, I'm not sure about more recently. He advertised this last tournament as his final one I think because he wanted to focus more on playing.
Title: Re: Ad Space
Post by: Delete mine too on September 11, 2015, 02:30:26 PM
There is a fix out I heard but it breaks SS.
Title: Re: Ad Space
Post by: xXxSmeagolxXx on September 11, 2015, 02:31:58 PM
It breaks the screen shot in the lobby? I have Windows 7 and I already can't screen shot in the lobby without it looking messed up. Screen shot in the lobby is only used to capture chat and such not really needed.
Title: Re: Ad Space
Post by: Certified MENSA Genius Brain (smart) on September 11, 2015, 02:36:04 PM
There is a fix out I heard but it breaks SS.
Is there really a fix out?  Where?
Title: Re: Ad Space
Post by: Delete mine too on September 11, 2015, 02:36:41 PM
I heard il or lance talking about it. Let me see if I can find that thread.

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Title: Re: Ad Space
Post by: Delete mine too on September 11, 2015, 05:38:54 PM
What if on one of those "unknown" Chinese servers there's like 100 people playing War2 right now :D
I though that way too that's why I get pissed when /con is reserved for admin s ahahahaha
Title: Re: Ad Space
Post by: xboi209 on September 12, 2015, 03:58:11 PM
At least no one in the StarCraft community has come up with a way to fix the graphical issues in the chat lobby, other than the famous W-Mode plugin.
Title: Re: Ad Space
Post by: Certified MENSA Genius Brain (smart) on September 12, 2015, 05:47:14 PM
how does w-mode work?  is it something Lance could replicate for War2?
Title: Re: Ad Space
Post by: xboi209 on September 12, 2015, 05:58:46 PM
how does w-mode work?  is it something Lance could replicate for War2?
I don't really know the specifics since the source code isn't available. I do know that some Windows and DirectDraw functions are hooked at least.

There is an open source implementation of W-Mode though but I haven't tried it myself: https://github.com/bwapi/bwapi/blob/master/bwapi/BWAPI/Source/WMode.cpp
Title: Re: Ad Space
Post by: ~ToRa~ on September 13, 2015, 10:30:16 AM
Well after speaking with different people on the forums I am starting to think it might be better just to hold a second tournament each month.
With a different map of course. I would keep the Gow tourney as the last Saturday of each month. And maybe do a second one on the 3rd Saturday of each month. And smeagol could keep his pball tourney on the 1st Saturday of each month.

Let me hear your thought guys should I do this or just try buying some ads.
Title: Re: Ad Space
Post by: Certified MENSA Genius Brain (smart) on September 13, 2015, 10:51:21 AM
I disagree about hosting a second cash tourney in the same month. One money tourney every month is already an active scene... you don't want people to not care about missing them because another one is coming up so soon.  If you want to host a second tournament I don't think it needs to have cash involved.  I also think the best approach if you're spending money would be multi-pronged, one part having a monthly event, and one part bringing players in to the game?  Just having tournaments without bringing anyone out of touch or new into the game can only help so much
Title: Re: Ad Space
Post by: Certified MENSA Genius Brain (smart) on September 13, 2015, 11:06:31 AM
There just needs to be a net in place to catch the newbs who roll in.  In the past Mousetopher had the site hit and download stats and the ads were bringing in pretty many people but I don't know of any now regular users who are people that got brought in that way
Title: Re: Ad Space
Post by: ~ToRa~ on September 13, 2015, 11:07:22 AM
I disagree about hosting a second cash tourney in the same month. One money tourney every month is already an active scene... you don't want people to not care about missing them because another one is coming up so soon.  If you want to host a second tournament I don't think it needs to have cash involved.  I also think the best approach if you're spending money would be multi-pronged, one part having a monthly event, and one part bringing players in to the game?  Just having tournaments without bringing anyone out of touch or new into the game can only help so much
Good point,
The whole purpose is to bring more players in. I suppose holding more tourney would only help existing ones.
Any other thoughts?
Title: Re: Ad Space
Post by: ~ToRa~ on September 13, 2015, 11:09:22 AM
There just needs to be a net in place to catch the newbs who roll in.  In the past Mousetopher had the site hit and download stats and the ads were bringing in pretty many people but I don't know of any now regular users who are people that got brought in that way
Is there a way we can make ads like this? If so I don't mind sponsering it.
This would be a great way to bring in new players
Title: Re: Ad Space
Post by: GaNzTheLegend on September 13, 2015, 11:17:23 AM
cash tournies are kind of pointless as only the players who are already dedicated to the game have any chance of winning. New players just get destroyed in the first round.
Title: Re: Ad Space
Post by: GaNzTheLegend on September 13, 2015, 11:17:44 AM
Just try to contact other pvpgn sites from here and ask them if they want to do a banner or link exchange.

[url]http://track.pvpgn.org/[/url] ([url]http://track.pvpgn.org/[/url])

Title: Re: Ad Space
Post by: ~ToRa~ on September 13, 2015, 11:28:25 AM
I suppose I'll just drop some cash on some ads either today or tomorrow and see where it goes,
I'll let you guys know what I bought.
Title: Re: Ad Space
Post by: ~ToRa~ on September 13, 2015, 11:29:18 AM
cash tournies are kind of pointless as only the players who are already dedicated to the game have any chance of winning. New players just get destroyed in the first round.
We still need them to keep existing players or bring back people who used to play.
Title: Re: Ad Space
Post by: tk[as] on September 13, 2015, 11:34:07 AM
Me and Burnt had a lot of success with our Facebook advertisements. We probably threw 400-500 dollars at it all together and probably saw 200 new users over the course of our advertisements.

The problem isn't getting new users. The problem is keeping them. The community basically tells them "Get the fuck out of here we don't want you" The first hour they log on the server. They are ignored, banned, with absolutely zero assistance and no admins logged on to even ask for assistance from.

Would you spend any time or money in a home depot or wal mart (Assuming it was your first time ever) if you walked in and there was absolutely no customer service or cashiers to help you check out?

Welcome to server.war2.ru.

I'm not trying to be a dickhead here ToRa.. but you're wasting your money advertising for the server. Even if there are active admins, The rest of the community is going to eat new users up and shit them out within a couple hours.
Title: Re: Ad Space
Post by: tk[as] on September 13, 2015, 11:40:35 AM
Unless thousands of dollars are thrown at advertisements at the same time to get hundreds of new users on at the exact same time, It's a lost cause.

There needs to be more brand new players on the server. They need to outnumber the experienced players... That's the only way they will stick around. If they outnumber the veterans in the community. Where they can easily find more beginners/new users and they build eachother up... Because I saw it with my own eyes after I wasted my own money... The existing community will tear them down quicker than you can say "s9 mother fucker?!"
Title: Re: Ad Space
Post by: Certified MENSA Genius Brain (smart) on September 13, 2015, 11:45:47 AM
Burnt is aligning the newbs with DW.
Title: Re: Ad Space
Post by: tk[as] on September 13, 2015, 11:58:33 AM
Still think it's a lost cause unless you get 200-300 new users within a couple days of eachother. That means throwing literally thousands of dollars at advertising at the same time... So that all Ad's are shown within the same day or two.

I don't know how much you plan on spending Tora, but if it's a substantial amount or if you have other people willing to contribute that would create a substantial amount (over $500) let me know and I will contribute a couple hundred as well.

im not contributing unless it's a solid plan with solid forms of advertisement and specific dates when the advertisements will be displayed


It might not be a bad idea to ask swift to donate a couple thousand. If he is as wealthy as he claims to be ($30K a month) ... It's literally like pocket change for him to donate $1000, $2000 ... right?  It'd be a good time for him to really convince everyone he's wealthy and put his money (or lack of money) where is mouth is ... no?  =/
Title: Re: Ad Space
Post by: Nox on September 13, 2015, 12:58:21 PM
I told it 280 times, untill this server gonna be call War2RU(SSIAN) nobody gonna sign.
Title: Re: Ad Space
Post by: Nox on September 13, 2015, 12:59:01 PM
Still think it's a lost cause unless you get 200-300 new users within a couple days of eachother. That means throwing literally thousands of dollars at advertising at the same time... So that all Ad's are shown within the same day or two.

I don't know how much you plan on spending Tora, but if it's a substantial amount or if you have other people willing to contribute that would create a substantial amount (over $500) let me know and I will contribute a couple hundred as well.

im not contributing unless it's a solid plan with solid forms of advertisement and specific dates when the advertisements will be displayed


It might not be a bad idea to ask swift to donate a couple thousand. If he is as wealthy as he claims to be ($30K a month) ... It's literally like pocket change for him to donate $1000, $2000 ... right?  It'd be a good time for him to really convince everyone he's wealthy and put his money (or lack of money) where is mouth is ... no?  =/

You should be retard to believe this dude is rich.
Title: Re: Ad Space
Post by: tk[as] on September 13, 2015, 01:06:34 PM
i dont believe it. i know he's not.. i just like poking at his insecurity.
Title: Re: Ad Space
Post by: ~ToRa~ on September 13, 2015, 01:39:40 PM
Me and Burnt had a lot of success with our Facebook advertisements. We probably threw 400-500 dollars at it all together and probably saw 200 new users over the course of our advertisements.

The problem isn't getting new users. The problem is keeping them. The community basically tells them "Get the fuck out of here we don't want you" The first hour they log on the server. They are ignored, banned, with absolutely zero assistance and no admins logged on to even ask for assistance from.

Would you spend any time or money in a home depot or wal mart (Assuming it was your first time ever) if you walked in and there was absolutely no customer service or cashiers to help you check out?

Welcome to server.war2.ru.

I'm not trying to be a dickhead here ToRa.. but you're wasting your money advertising for the server. Even if there are active admins, The rest of the community is going to eat new users up and shit them out within a couple hours.
I do gotta agree with a lot of what you said.
New players are always banned and booted from games.
So I suppose even if i do spend some cash in ads it wount do much good.
Title: Re: Ad Space
Post by: ~ToRa~ on September 13, 2015, 01:41:15 PM
On another note I don't mind throwing a $1000 in ads if somebody is interested in matching me.
Its like TK said if we throw several thousand dollars in this we might get more players.
Then we might be able to do a big blitz and make our goal of 200-300 new players in a couple of days.
Title: Re: Ad Space
Post by: tk[as] on September 13, 2015, 01:44:49 PM
ill put $200 down .. thats all ill go for just cus i dont play the game any more
Title: Re: Ad Space
Post by: Nox on September 13, 2015, 01:45:15 PM
On another note I don't mind throwing a $1000 in ads if somebody is interested in matching me.
Its like TK said if we throw several thousand dollars in this we might get more players.
Then we might be able to do a big blitz and make our goal of 200-300 new players in a couple of days.

It's been ten years we can't get over 30 regulary players, i doubt your money will change something, there other probleme to resolve before trying what everyone else try and fail before you.
Title: Re: Ad Space
Post by: I hate naggers on September 13, 2015, 01:54:57 PM
I believe if theres at least some newbies and the compstomp game hosted, they'll enjoy it here.
worst thing they could experice is the empty 'join' list followed by 'youre not able to host' followed by an insta ban from some public gow game
Title: Re: Ad Space
Post by: ~ToRa~ on September 13, 2015, 02:15:28 PM
I believe if theres at least some newbies and the compstomp game hosted, they'll enjoy it here.
worst thing they could experice is the empty 'join' list followed by 'youre not able to host' followed by an insta ban from some public gow game
That actually is a pretty big turn off for new players,
But if we can keep say 30 out of a 300 player sign up I would say it was worth it.
Title: Re: Ad Space
Post by: Swift on September 13, 2015, 03:32:41 PM
ill put $200 down .. thats all ill go for just cus i dont play the game any more

$200? Jesus Christ, we got a high roller over here. I made that much money in the time it took me to read your shitty post.
Title: Re: Ad Space
Post by: tk[as] on September 13, 2015, 03:55:45 PM
Disability pays better than I thought.
Title: Re: Ad Space
Post by: xXxSmeagolxXx on September 13, 2015, 06:37:23 PM
Ganz you are right that new players tend to lose tournaments. You are wrong though that cash tournaments won't attract new players just because they suck. Tora has also expressed interest in possibly having lower level / new player tournaments. A lot of people just like to play in a normal tournament or especially a cash tournament just for the fun of it or because it is cash. Cash tournaments also give new players the incentive to get good or aspire to so they can then maybe win the cash. Since late 2014 when I first started having PBall tournaments the PBall community has gained new players and the old players started to play a lot more because of the activity. My past tournaments I'm talking about weren't even cash tournaments and the PBall community got a lot more active because of them. I think GOW tournaments will help the same way it'll give new players an incentive to get good and get some existing players on more often. Tora as far as the ads it's up to you, maybe do some experimenting and see the results before making a bigger investment, or invest with several people maybe, up to you though.
Title: Re: Ad Space
Post by: ~ToRa~ on September 13, 2015, 08:41:57 PM
Ganz you are right that new players tend to lose tournaments. You are wrong though that cash tournaments won't attract new players just because they suck. Tora has also expressed interest in possibly having lower level / new player tournaments. A lot of people just like to play in a normal tournament or especially a cash tournament just for the fun of it or because it is cash. Cash tournaments also give new players the incentive to get good or aspire to so they can then maybe win the cash. Since late 2014 when I first started having PBall tournaments the PBall community has gained new players and the old players started to play a lot more because of the activity. My past tournaments I'm talking about weren't even cash tournaments and the PBall community got a lot more active because of them. I think GOW tournaments will help the same way it'll give new players an incentive to get good and get some existing players on more often. Tora as far as the ads it's up to you, maybe do some experimenting and see the results before making a bigger investment, or invest with several people maybe, up to you though.

You are right I do need to just do some experimentations with a few different websites. Then based on results we can work from there.
Title: Re: Ad Space
Post by: Delete mine too on September 13, 2015, 08:44:45 PM
Ganz had a good idea. Why not contact the bigger pvpgn servers and see if we can banner or link exchange.
Title: Re: Ad Space
Post by: ~ToRa~ on September 13, 2015, 11:04:07 PM
Ganz had a good idea. Why not contact the bigger pvpgn servers and see if we can banner or link exchange.
ill give it a try why not.
Title: Re: Ad Space
Post by: ~ToRa~ on September 20, 2015, 09:45:30 AM
I figured I should give everyone an update on my whole ad space inquiries.
For the last week I've been trying to get a few gaming platforms to add war2 to their website without much luck I might add.
Main reason for this is as everyone is already aware War2combat is copyrighted blizzard material.
Which is why most gaming platforms are unwilling to touch it.

Now I am simply trying to get a basic ad on some major sites like
  http://www.addictinggames.com/support/contact-us.jsp (http://www.addictinggames.com/support/contact-us.jsp)

http://www.freeonlinegames.com/contact (http://www.freeonlinegames.com/contact)

http://www.freearcade.com/ContactUs.php (http://www.freearcade.com/ContactUs.php)

Just to name a few.
So lets see how this coming week will play out.
Title: Re: Ad Space
Post by: tk[as] on September 20, 2015, 11:18:49 AM
Facebook advertising is our best bet IMO. Its just gonna take more than a couple hundred dollars.. setting up an eye catching, well put together, professional looking post/ad will go a long way as well.
Title: Re: Ad Space
Post by: ~ToRa~ on September 20, 2015, 11:51:56 AM
Facebook advertising is our best bet IMO. Its just gonna take more than a couple hundred dollars.. setting up an eye catching, well put together, professional looking post/ad will go a long way as well.
I got the funds,
Just tell me how exactly would I go about making a "professional looking ad" on facebook.
Title: Re: Ad Space
Post by: shesycompany on September 20, 2015, 12:17:48 PM
why not just pay people to play :/ the more you play more u earn cash in war2 tokens for prizes.then bait them with subscribing  to earn even more tokens as a silver gold plat,,ahh cases ladder days playing bux trnies was fun.
server wins/ people win
Title: Re: Ad Space
Post by: tk[as] on September 20, 2015, 12:18:17 PM
I would just make some sort of introduction inviting people to come visit our server.. make sure you include the fact that it's FREE download & gameplay.

The way i've been doing it is I set up a facebook business type page I guess for War2. Once you make a post you can "Boost" the post (basically advertise it so others see it) .. you can basically customize how long the ad runs for, how much you spend on the ad, what age group/countries/gender/language the advertisement targets...

This is the page I set up for it.  https://www.facebook.com/War2TidesOfDarkness (https://www.facebook.com/War2TidesOfDarkness)    .. if you want to use that for your advertisement you're more than welcome to. i can make you admin of the page and you can make a post and boost it with your own personal private information. if you want to set your own up that's fine.

if you have any more questions about how it works feel free to PM me

Also this is a pretty good image to include on the boosted post if that's the path you end up going.. it's pretty eye catching.. or you can make your own and modify it how you want

(https://scontent-ord1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xtp1/v/t1.0-9/s720x720/11219254_847316315363459_3613001060559184594_n.png?oh=64de62a63b7c1c68768b4469817d0158&oe=565D34FD)
Title: Re: Ad Space
Post by: GaNzTheLegend on September 20, 2015, 01:57:47 PM
I said this like a year ago but I will say it again. Adervtise on ICCUP, one of the larger broodwar/war3 servers. It gives you the most bang for your buck and gives you RTS players. For $150/month you can get 140,000 hits per day, way better than facebook.

http://iccup.com/en/ads.html (http://iccup.com/en/ads.html)

Our advertising areas:

 Advertising Area   Price   Advertise
 Side Banner 240х400 px

 Dynamic displays, over 80,000 hits per day!

 1000 Hits — 19 Rubles

 30 Days — 9999 Rubles


 Center Banner 468х60 px

 Dynamic displays, over 140,000 hits per day!

 1000 Hits — 14 Rubles

 30 Days — 6999 Rubles


 Top Banner 468х60 px

 Highly clickable, dynamic displays, and over 140,000 hits per day!

 30 Days — 9999 Rubles


 Top Banner 240х400 px

 Highly clickable, dynamic displays, and over 140,000 hits per day!

 30 Days — 14999 Rubles
Title: Re: Ad Space
Post by: ~ToRa~ on September 20, 2015, 02:14:51 PM
Ok I don't mind advertising here but the problem is it's pretty much all russian so I would need somebody like claw or Il to buy the advertising for me since I don't understand anything on the site.
Title: Re: Ad Space
Post by: GaNzTheLegend on September 20, 2015, 02:21:59 PM
Ok I don't mind advertising here but the problem is it's pretty much all russian so I would need somebody like claw or Il to buy the advertising for me since I don't understand anything on the site.


Claw is polish, iL could do it tho he is russian.
Title: Re: Ad Space
Post by: EviL~Ryu on September 20, 2015, 07:30:10 PM

Ok I don't mind advertising here but the problem is it's pretty much all russian so I would need somebody like claw or Il to buy the advertising for me since I don't understand anything on the site.


Claw is polish, iL could do it tho he is russian.

I am sure Claw would be willing to become Russian to help you out.


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Title: Re: Ad Space
Post by: GaNzTheLegend on September 22, 2015, 01:13:54 PM
I was just checking thru and the prices for advertising are cheaper when you actually click the links to buy them. The most expensive one is actually 9999 rubles instead of 14999.
Title: Re: Ad Space
Post by: Certified MENSA Genius Brain (smart) on September 22, 2015, 02:33:49 PM
I can tell you what it says, it says:
Site not found
The site on which you want to advertise, is not found or is blocked.
Title: Re: Ad Space
Post by: GaNzTheLegend on September 22, 2015, 02:34:40 PM
I can tell you what it says, it says:
Site not found
The site on which you want to advertise, is not found or is blocked.
That's only for the 1st package. The others work.

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Title: Re: Ad Space
Post by: Certified MENSA Genius Brain (smart) on September 22, 2015, 02:40:47 PM
Oh, well that was the first option (side banner)

The second option (center banner) worked, http://oyy.ru/13152 (http://oyy.ru/13152)

So go there, then click the green button to upload the ad. 
Banner must be 468x60 and GIF, JPG, PNG, or SWF. File size should not exceed 70 kb

The next three boxes are obvious
"WarCraft II free server" or whatever
en.war2.ru
email@email.com

Below that the two options are 30 days or 1000 impressions

Below that is a drop-down menu with different payment options
You can pick NextPay to pay with a credit card.

done~
Title: Re: Ad Space
Post by: GaNzTheLegend on September 22, 2015, 02:47:50 PM
(http://darkpoint.at.ua/_ld/0/01676738.png)
(http://www.odnoklassniki.ufapress.com/_/rsrc/1249385240190/config/app/images/240%D1%85400green.png)

Just for reference these are the 2 sizes of ads.
Title: Re: Ad Space
Post by: ~ToRa~ on September 23, 2015, 11:58:45 AM
I don't mind trying this out but since its not in my language i'd rather have somebody else post it.
If Ganz or Blid, or someone else would like to put up the ad i'll send you the cash to post it and we could work from there.
Title: Re: Ad Space
Post by: GaNzTheLegend on September 23, 2015, 12:06:35 PM
We would need a good banner first.

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Title: Re: Ad Space
Post by: tk[as] on September 23, 2015, 12:42:28 PM
Wanna know where most of these people from Brazil came from? .. I targeted Brazil on a Facebook ad and they just showed up
Title: Re: Ad Space
Post by: GaNzTheLegend on September 23, 2015, 01:29:55 PM
Facebook ad and they just showed up


facebook is way overpriced tho, for $38 you got 21,000 impressions. On ICCUP, you can get 140,000 impressions per day which is 4.2 million per month for only ~$100.
Title: Re: Ad Space
Post by: shesycompany on September 24, 2015, 08:37:16 PM
brazil <3's war2 fact
Title: Re: Ad Space
Post by: EviL~Ryu on September 24, 2015, 10:08:21 PM

brazil <3's war2 fact

Should have the next war2 convention in Brazil.


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Title: Re: Ad Space
Post by: Delete mine too on September 25, 2015, 03:23:55 PM
Well idk if it's been helping but I'm loading over 1500 bots on east on d2, d2lod, sc / bw, w2, w3, w3xp. The bots are not harming or spamming. So anyone trying to use the keys see key used by server.war2.ru

Kinda funny lol I need to hit west too.
Title: Re: Ad Space
Post by: Certified MENSA Genius Brain (smart) on September 25, 2015, 03:27:55 PM
I don't get it.  You're putting thousands of bots that don't do anything onto blizzard servers?
Title: Re: Ad Space
Post by: Delete mine too on September 25, 2015, 03:36:48 PM
Yes I harvest all of the public keys for all game clients. I check over 100,000 keys on east on my vps. 10k valid keys all different clients. With my public proxy scraper I can hit roughly 2k 3k roughly.
Title: Re: Ad Space
Post by: EviL~Ryu on September 25, 2015, 04:21:38 PM

I don't get it.  You're putting thousands of bots that don't do anything onto blizzard servers?


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Title: Re: Ad Space
Post by: Delete mine too on September 25, 2015, 05:39:03 PM
They are in the void but idling on the cdkeys. You should check out the internet traffic on bnet cdkeys how many hits from a pastebin page, etc.

Me doing this is potentially advertising for RU in front of thousands. I'm thinking of making a shorter url and more attractive to users. I spent years compiling cdkeys over time. Either given or found in public sites or bought.

Im hitting every client besides Diablo 1.

So either a bot return server.war2.ru when someone tries one of the keys or they see server.war2.ru from client lol. So actually all people who used serials and found keys get hit with our war2.ru url lol. We could also load the war3 host bot, war2, sc, URL for game name also on every client I'll eventually set that up real easy.

I would like a hand if someone wants I will provide massive list of cdkeys and a bot that can mass load all clients with http and socks 4 and 5. I would like someone to load on west.

Now if we can get everyone who cares about this game to share a link or add. We need to hit everywhere possible. Iccup, facebooks, bnet servers, other gaming sites, dosbox lot of war2 players, we can have this bitch popping. If we work together the possibility is endless.

I'm tired of seeing people saying war2 is dead. The other night when  I was checking old warcraft 2 sites for development information. People have been saying war2 is dying since 1999.

Also if someone is wanting to spend some cash I can send you to a forum with tons of SEO and marketing really cheap.
Title: Re: Ad Space
Post by: Certified MENSA Genius Brain (smart) on September 25, 2015, 05:43:15 PM
I don't understand where anyone is seeing "server.war2.ru."  But I don't think anyone trying to use a public Diablo key, if they do see that url somewhere, is really going to care...
Title: Re: Ad Space
Post by: EviL~Ryu on September 25, 2015, 05:52:41 PM

I don't understand where anyone is seeing "server.war2.ru."  But I don't think anyone trying to use a public Diablo key, if they do see that url somewhere, is really going to care...

When a person logs onto battle.net under one of the keys that his bot is using, it will give them a message: "Your cdkey is in use by Server.War2.Ru"


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Title: Re: Ad Space
Post by: EviL~Ryu on September 25, 2015, 05:53:58 PM

I don't understand where anyone is seeing "server.war2.ru."  But I don't think anyone trying to use a public Diablo key, if they do see that url somewhere, is really going to care...
When they login it will say key in use by server.War2.ru

I think this could get a lot of players

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Title: Re: Ad Space
Post by: GaNzTheLegend on September 25, 2015, 05:54:34 PM

I don't understand where anyone is seeing "server.war2.ru."  But I don't think anyone trying to use a public Diablo key, if they do see that url somewhere, is really going to care...
When they login it will say key in use by server.War2.ru

I think this could get a lot of players

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Or a lot of pissed off loaders/ flooders [emoji6]


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I will take any players we can get.
Title: Re: Ad Space
Post by: Delete mine too on September 25, 2015, 05:54:42 PM
Only one person per cdkey at a time. If you tired to use mine it would say tupac is using the key..... So URL instead of tupac....

Here is another idea
http://www.icyhell.net/random-starcraft-cd-keys/ (http://www.icyhell.net/random-starcraft-cd-keys/)   free jailed cdkey for sc these are all public. If i loaded the jailed, muted keys. This website would be advertising for us hahaha. People would grab a key try it and get a msg cdkeys is used by server.war2.ru... lol
Title: Re: Ad Space
Post by: Delete mine too on September 25, 2015, 05:55:49 PM

I don't understand where anyone is seeing "server.war2.ru."  But I don't think anyone trying to use a public Diablo key, if they do see that url somewhere, is really going to care...
When they login it will say key in use by server.War2.ru

I think this could get a lot of players

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I will take any players we can get.


Dude iL will own all bots if a problem. If he cant i will or lance.
Title: Re: Ad Space
Post by: EviL~Ryu on September 25, 2015, 05:57:11 PM


I don't understand where anyone is seeing "server.war2.ru."  But I don't think anyone trying to use a public Diablo key, if they do see that url somewhere, is really going to care...
When they login it will say key in use by server.War2.ru

I think this could get a lot of players

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Or a lot of pissed off loaders/ flooders [emoji6]


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I will take any players we can get.

Not worth the risk IMO, he's already using keys that are known to belong to pretty skilled loaders on East. Would even make Riley pee in his pants. Well, I think Lance may have already done that [emoji46]


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Title: Re: Ad Space
Post by: Delete mine too on September 25, 2015, 06:00:31 PM


I don't understand where anyone is seeing "server.war2.ru."  But I don't think anyone trying to use a public Diablo key, if they do see that url somewhere, is really going to care...
When they login it will say key in use by server.War2.ru

I think this could get a lot of players

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Or a lot of pissed off loaders/ flooders [emoji6]


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I will take any players we can get.

Not worth the risk IMO, he's already using keys that are known to belong to pretty skilled loaders on East. Would even make Riley pee in his pants. Well, I think Lance may have already done that [emoji46]


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They don't own the keys and i left out a few people for respect. This is not an issue bots are not an issue on pvpgn servers if setup correctly.
Title: Re: Ad Space
Post by: EviL~Ryu on September 25, 2015, 06:01:44 PM



I don't understand where anyone is seeing "server.war2.ru."  But I don't think anyone trying to use a public Diablo key, if they do see that url somewhere, is really going to care...
When they login it will say key in use by server.War2.ru

I think this could get a lot of players

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Or a lot of pissed off loaders/ flooders [emoji6]


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I will take any players we can get.

Not worth the risk IMO, he's already using keys that are known to belong to pretty skilled loaders on East. Would even make Riley pee in his pants. Well, I think Lance may have already done that [emoji46]


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They don't own the keys and i left out a few people for respect. This is not an issue bots are not an issue on pvpgn servers if setup correctly.

Huh?


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Title: Re: Ad Space
Post by: ~ToRa~ on September 26, 2015, 02:53:45 PM
Sorry for the late response guys I actually do think I like Ganz's idea.

Anybody interested in making some cash designing me a banner in Russian?
Title: Re: Ad Space
Post by: GaNzTheLegend on September 26, 2015, 02:56:28 PM
You can get an animated banner off fiver for $5

https://www.fiverr.com/mclabzsolutions/create-an-amazing-animated-gif-banner?context=advanced_search&context_type=rating&pos=1&funnel=41a4aa7e-674d-4240-9b30-863bc0088b08 (https://www.fiverr.com/mclabzsolutions/create-an-amazing-animated-gif-banner?context=advanced_search&context_type=rating&pos=1&funnel=41a4aa7e-674d-4240-9b30-863bc0088b08)
Title: Re: Ad Space
Post by: Delete mine too on September 29, 2015, 04:23:39 PM
So any pissed people yet lol. I'm loaded on all clients rofl.
Title: Re: Ad Space
Post by: EviL~Ryu on September 29, 2015, 04:58:59 PM

So any pissed people yet lol. I'm loaded on all clients rofl.

Probably, someone has been dosing my vpn address for about a month now on east. [emoji16] Who else but Riley?


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Title: Re: Ad Space
Post by: Delete mine too on September 29, 2015, 05:37:55 PM
wtf ! lol what a cunt!
Title: Re: Ad Space
Post by: {Lance} on September 29, 2015, 11:12:46 PM
Considering there are over 300 million cd keys across SC/Diablo/War2,  you're not going to be able to load enough bots to cover a substantial amount of the CD Key base.  Not to mention that not every key has been used/bought even if it's valid.  It's a valiant effort, but you'd have better luck hitting the moon with spitballs.
Title: Re: Ad Space
Post by: Delete mine too on September 30, 2015, 12:04:03 AM
true but i hit the most popular working keys. It has alot of potential and has lots hits.
Title: Re: Ad Space
Post by: EviL~Ryu on September 30, 2015, 01:03:06 AM

Considering there are over 300 million cd keys across SC/Diablo/War2,  you're not going to be able to load enough bots to cover a substantial amount of the CD Key base.  Not to mention that not every key has been used/bought even if it's valid.  It's a valiant effort, but you'd have better luck hitting the moon with spitballs.

True...but most people nowadays usually just do a google search to find playable keys. Most of those keys have been compromised.


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