Advertising the server
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Just saw this post and hmm'd about it a bit. We could fire up a post on Imgur to advertise the server. There's quite a bit of interest in D&D on there, though mostly PnP.
e.g. So you want to play Dungeons & Dragons.
Not sure what the best way to do it would be though. Ridiculous PnP stories (or how I wrestled a dragon to death mid-flight with a natural 20) have done well. I'm not sure that blatent advertisment would necessarily get far, but perhaps sharing some cool stories with suitable screenshots or pictures might. Like if I did one, I'd probably do one about Raghat and say how I went from getting the shit kicked out of me in an alley to illegal cage fighting and then leading an orc army, before being defeated spectacularly.
Gromfia, Thayan shenhanighans, no end of Eclestian Order controversy.
Not sure entirely how it works but I think once a post gets more than so many points (7? 30?) it goes to the "front-page". There's also reddit which is quite similar, though I'm less familiar with it and I think it's better suited to discussion than image sharing. Stick a few of Thune's MFW in there and I think it could do well.
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In my experience, going to directly to gaming groups would be the most effective. Any FB groups you are part of, Imgur, meetup, etc. gaming stores in your area. Offer to have a night to introduce players to the server, even if it means an hour of OOC to help folk roll up characters and warm up to being IC for extended periods of time. This is not WoW. You don't plug it in and grind for a week then hit 75 and you are an expert. A personal touch is needed. Most of the players I've enticed are afraid this is a LARP setting lol. Gotta let them know how to get past themselves and have fun. RP is next level gaming, especially in the age of shooter MMOs and epic solo-games.
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I did a quick search on youtube and found these videos about the server:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7KTb1UwLoxg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=io-j6ZeUQy0Although they aren't really advertisements they gave me an idea. One similar to the first video could be made, With brief descriptions of the sate of the server and some prominent PC's and NPC's along with their exploits, taking from the second video a tour of the server could be shown or at least a few location. Concluding with info on how to get started in the server.
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That is great. I could post those videos in my groups.
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Anyone with sick editing skillz?
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Bump, it's nice the DM team is making a lot of cool changes to the server and I bet that will get the numbers up but it is also necessary to get some new blood in here by advertising. I am going to start working on a YouTube video over the next few weeks for promotional purposes. Although I am not the best video editor I think it will be a good start, it will be nice if someone could see Lavish's idea come to fruition as I believe reading a small , well written blurb about the server could be helpful in attraction attention. So long my as otnisnposted in the right places
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I would love to have this all on an updated website to share a link in such advertising.
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Bump, it's nice the DM team is making a lot of cool changes to the server and I bet that will get the numbers up but it is also necessary to get some new blood in here by advertising. I am going to start working on a YouTube video over the next few weeks for promotional purposes. Although I am not the best video editor I think it will be a good start, it will be nice if someone could see Lavish's idea come to fruition as I believe reading a small , well written blurb about the server could be helpful in attraction attention. So long my as otnisnposted in the right places
AWESOME
Nice one.
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If anyone is able to put together an advert I would be happy to share it on Facebook. I have a number of friends I used to play d&d with, as well as nwn on other servers a number of years ago.