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  • I think I pitched this idea before, but we have quite a few talented writers here, who pretty much all like to game. What if we became a game review website?

    We'd probably need a new site or blog to do that, and then we'd still have our forums where everyone just sort of hangs out. If we could gain enough viewers for such articles, we might even be able to attract advertisers or something, and in addition to covering the costs you've been handling alone, we could make an actual buck or two for reviews, opinion pieces and whatever.

    Over time, we could like even make podcasts on a wide range of topics and shit.

    We'd really become an international cyber-community that does a bunch of different things.

    I'm probably getting carried away, because I have no idea how that would work.
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    « Last Edit: September 10, 2016, 12:27:02 AM by Laurentus »
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  • Damn, Laurentus, ambitious much? :P

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    Laurentus
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  • My ideas usually are. :P

    It's a shame my personal ambition leaves so much to be desired.

    EDIT: I can only speak to what I've seen, but I'd much rather read one of Seroim's reviews than any other site on the internet, for instance. A part of that is because it's done in such a unique manner. He's himself, in all his douchey splendour. :P

    Our debates are also much more lively than many another site. We each bring so much of our personalities to the table.

    It stands to reason that if I like it, a good number of other people on the net could, too, doesn't it?

    EDIT 2: I'm already doing some research on the idea. Here, for instance, is some interesting info on how a blog might gain advertisers. Scroll down to point number 4. I don't suggest this to turn us into a business, but our community could grow so much larger if we don't have to worry about money to maintain the site, and we offer tiny incentives to contribute by writing reviews, which in turn generates traffic, which in turn draws advertisers, and so forth.

    Even if we just get a good portion of NationStates to take notice, that's thousands of people who could already read our reviews, fulfilling that requirement listed in that article I've just linked to. And if we maintain it, it could only grow.

    EDIT 3: This is even better.
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    Laurentus
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  • @Wintermoot, I've noticed we sometimes have a lot of guests online. Do you know how much traffic this site gets per month from individual viewers? I reckon it might already be a fair number.
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  • The idea of doing game reviews is interesting, and I think we should explore it. Perhaps we can start with a dedicated subforum for game reviews, and if we get more than one or two people doing it and we get some activity, we can make a website for it...dedicated area for reviews, links to reviews each member has done, etc. What do you think there? It's your baby. :P

    I'll have to look at your research when I get home...we're working on a Patreon page that should be out this month, but to answer your question, according to Google Analytics, we've had 367 users and 49,569 page views in the last month.


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  • I have no idea how site designs work, so I am not sure I'm the best person to be running that aspect of it.
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  • Alright, so let me mention people I believe might be interested first.

    @Wuufu, @Weissreich, @HannahB, @Gerrick, @Aragonn, BraveSirRobin, @taulover, @North, @Pengu, @Seroim, @Sapphiron, @Reux.

    I don't think we should shy away from doing reviews for things like anime, TV series, movies or music either.
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  • Funny you mention reviews, I was just working on a series of videos where I play old games I'm nostalgic about an explaining a lot about them while also talking about odd facts... yeah I know it's not reviews but it ~almost~ a review. :))

    Either way I do actually have a few games I can write proper reviews for if that's what your looking for Laurentus? :)
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  • That's exactly what I'm looking for. :)

    I don't think we'll have much to offer if we do the same old boring reviews literally ever other site is doing. We'd have to carve out our own niche through a different style. Something much more honest. Something much more personal.
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  • Ooh this is a quite interesting idea!  I'm not sure what it'll look like in the end, but so far it appears like a good plan!  :)
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  • Another tidbit of info, on monetising Youtube videos.
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  • Perhaps a dedicated thread to brainstorm since this seems to have quite a bit of interest?
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  • True.

    @Wintermoot, could all the Riksråd members gain mod powers over this subforum?

    Then I wouldn't have to bother you with requests to move discussions to new topics and so forth.
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  • I appreciate the concern, but since this is outside of the government I think I'll keep mod to myself for now. :P

    In any case, don't worry about the website stuff...if/when things get to that point I'll take care of that. :)


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