Forum Advertisements + Bot Expansion

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Forum Advertisements + Bot Expansion

#1 Post by Luftwaffles »

I think bots should advertise forums more actively and encourage people to come on. Writing down websites is hard in games though, so perhaps putting up a message in addition to the site link as "Google EotA forums!" or something might help get more people on here. I'm not expecting droves to come flock here, but perhaps more active advertising will get a few more people coming here quicker and posting more.

I realize getting more people hosting bots is a priority right now, and if I could I would (running a laptop with unstable internet so not a great idea for me atm.) However, I wanna make a request that perhaps we try out putting a bot or one of Perhaps' bots on Kalimdor for a few days. Kalimdor is filled with lovely Asians that we should reach out to! Yay.
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#2 Post by Dark_Nemesis »

Awesome idea, Ion. :wink:
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#3 Post by Cokemonkey11 »

eota.co.nr isn't exactly hard to remember lol.

You could put it in the HostEm join message perhaps?
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#4 Post by Luftwaffles »

I was hoping it could somehow just be integrated into a bot message when you join a game or sth.
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#5 Post by DiscombobuIator »

How about making the advertisement a riddle, which only smart people could solve?

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#6 Post by Perhaps »

I would have to shut down the bots for it. But it sure would be a nice excuse to be able to restart my comp.
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#7 Post by GeneralFunk »

This is what I got so far for the bot greeting

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This game is ran by a bot. This GHost++ bot is HostEm.
      To follow this bot, join channel GHost++
          or use /whois HostEm
This game is hosted on all servers!

EotA's homepage is http://eota.emufarmers.com/
Thoughts?
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#8 Post by Cokemonkey11 »

just 'eota.co.nr' is much easier to remember.
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#9 Post by Dark_Nemesis »

Look's pretty good to me.

[Edit] or just say: google eota twilight

Seems pretty easy to remember.
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#10 Post by GeneralFunk »

I have a line limit with the bot greeting so I don't want to get too wordy... And just to say "Google "eota twilight"" seems a bit precarious.
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#11 Post by GeneralFunk »

Yo, before I go about restarting, I'd like to know if anyone thinks I should use this feature...
Perhaps@Scrap the loading bars already! wrote:Somewhat relevant, version 13.3 of GHost++ has an option to make it so people who've loaded see the game with a lag box up for those who haven't loaded yet. No, players won't be dropped because of it (at least I don't think), it's allegedly keeps resetting the countdown of lag box every 30 seconds.
Hell with it, I'll just go about doing it without waiting for a reply, like I usually do.
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#12 Post by Cokemonkey11 »

On DBAS it resets every 10 seconds, which leads me to believe there will be an option for that somewhere.

Why not enable it?
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