Recruiting Players

Juniper Onyx · Post by **Juniper Onyx** » Thu May 31, 2007 5:51 am

I have not seen an active 'campaign' to recruit players.

I would like to see some Banners/Flyers made, Notices printed or 'advertisement' that we, the players could use.

Maybe something could be developed by the staff to be posted on the Internet or even printed on paper to hand out telling people about Illa?

It would have to come from the staff because of legal issues of copyright. But why not use the players to try to recruit others?

Can we get some advertisements printed that we could hand out or post?

Djironnyma · Post by **Djironnyma** » Thu May 31, 2007 6:04 am

sure, if you pay it

Korm Kormsen · Post by **Korm Kormsen** » Thu May 31, 2007 6:26 am

hmmm...

i am for more players.

but i am afraid, that advertising will bring us a lot of the wrong types of players.
for my feelings we got allready enough ctrl-click players, who are too dumb for anything above cybering or fighting.

AlexRose · Post by **AlexRose** » Thu May 31, 2007 9:23 am

@Korm: Exactly how I feel.

@Dusty: You really want these pr()n bots back on the off topic board? They came from advertising.

And yes, we don't want to get more runescapers to come to illa frankly.

Ziel Oden · Post by **Ziel Oden** » Thu May 31, 2007 9:31 am

Korm Kormsen wrote:cybering or fighting.

Don't insults me pls.

And I liked it with 20 people on during an event.

Post by **Estralis Seborian** » Thu May 31, 2007 9:35 am

Wait a moment - advertising does not mean necessarily that only "omfg lolz i pwn liek uber"-players get attracted. Illarion needs more players and you know, the more, the merrier. The key to success is to promote Illa where roleplayers meet and also, players of other games like Tibia might search for a true RPG. Always remember the history of this game and why it was created in the first place.

If you really want to help promoting Illa, contact Alatar. He can supply you with informations.

AlexRose · Post by **AlexRose** » Thu May 31, 2007 9:36 am

Estralis Seborian wrote:Wait a moment - advertising does not mean necessarily that only "omfg lolz i pwn liek uber"-players get attracted. Illarion needs more players and you know, the more, the merrier. The key to success is to promote Illa where roleplayers meet and also, players of other games like Tibia might search for a true RPG. Always remember the history of this game and why it was created in the first place.

If you really want to help promoting Illa, contact Alatar. He can supply you with informations.

On roleplay forums.

Pellandria · Post by **Pellandria** » Thu May 31, 2007 11:57 am

I fear..the bad thing is that Illarion is not quiete "ready" yet, we still got alot of bugs to fix annd things to change, if we advertise now, we maybe never get a second chance later.

Post by **Estralis Seborian** » Thu May 31, 2007 12:23 pm

The funny thing is that I read the same argument two years ago. Illarion will never be finished - since we have a good fighting and crafting system now and at least 1/4 of the magic systems is working (even though some parts are not satisfying), I'd say Illarion has reached quite a mature level.

One cannot reach all candidates with one email and millions of gamers won't check out the game at once. Constant promoting is better than no promotion and waiting for a day that will never come.

Theon · Post by **Theon** » Thu May 31, 2007 1:29 pm

I'm in tight with the boys at Runescape, want any?

Salhari · Post by **Salhari** » Thu May 31, 2007 2:19 pm

There are alot of book stores and hobby places that would be happy to promote a game such as this. I can think of 2 and I live in a very... weird place. Why not have players simply call these places, tell them about the game, and have them make poster or such to hang up at the store. Or make the posters and hang them up yourself. It would only, really, attract players that WANT roleplay, like dnd and cyberpunk 2020 and such, to play the game. What do you think?

might work.

Cassandra Fjurin · Post by **Cassandra Fjurin** » Thu May 31, 2007 2:29 pm

it depends on the right advertisement. If you hand out such flyers on a Diablo 2 contest you know what players we get. But some flyers in a fantasy/RPG shop can bring us more "right" players

Taliss Kazzxs · Post by **Taliss Kazzxs** » Thu May 31, 2007 4:29 pm

theres a great roleplaying community at santharia.com I use to hang around. I'm sure if we told them about illa at least some would be interested and checking it out.

Garen · Post by **Garen** » Thu May 31, 2007 7:53 pm

heh, i still have an account tibia and i can make one easy on runescape. i think i'll go around sometime this weekend when i get to a better comeputer and talk to people, lol

and when school starts back up, ill tell people about it. *sighs* if only i had a better computer,

lol

AlexRose · Post by **AlexRose** » Thu May 31, 2007 8:10 pm

Garen wrote:heh, i still have an account tibia and i can make one easy on runescape. i think i'll go around sometime this weekend when i get to a better comeputer and talk to people, lol

and when school starts back up, ill tell people about it. *sighs* if only i had a better computer, lol

DON'T DARE BRING PEOPLE FROM RUNESCAPE

Garen · Post by **Garen** » Thu May 31, 2007 8:24 pm

rofl, i realy didnt want to, but i thought, hell, i should probaly ask just in case.

*shrugs*

ok, just tibia then. i can check the guilds for one that role-plays.

Garen · Post by **Garen** » Thu May 31, 2007 8:30 pm

the thing wiont let me editmy post...

well, i will if it doesnt take me a long time to download the new crap they've got

Taeryon Silverlight · Thu May 31, 2007 11:49 pm

Is it allowed to design banners of illarion and post them in your signature in other forums? That would be some kind of advertisement for free.

Post by **Nitram** » Fri Jun 01, 2007 12:53 am

In case those banners are looking good, feel free to share them

Hermie · Post by **Hermie** » Fri Jun 01, 2007 1:03 am

Perhaps people with myspace should try looking for or creating roleplaying communities (or whatever they have, i dont really know) and then just mention Illarion to these people. I mean, myspace has a shed load of people and I know people on here have myspace so that could be utilised. This way you're not really advertising, your seeking out like minded people to be friends with and telling them about this game you like that they might too. Plus more friends means more influence in Illarion.

*hint hint*

Achae Eanstray · Post by **Achae Eanstray** » Fri Jun 01, 2007 1:07 am

Nitram wrote:In case those banners are looking good, feel free to share them

Is it alright to use some pictures on-site if want to make banners then?

Ziel Oden · Post by **Ziel Oden** » Fri Jun 01, 2007 1:20 am

I have a comic book store near-by. I could send in a poster. LOTS of DnD nerds down there.

Azuros · Post by **Azuros** » Fri Jun 01, 2007 1:30 am

If we are allowed to use the pictures from the Illarion website and game, I would be more than willing to work on making some banners and such over the summer. Lucky that vacations start tomorrow, eh?

Taeryon Silverlight · Post by **Taeryon Silverlight** » Fri Jun 01, 2007 2:00 am

Azuros wrote:If we are allowed to use the pictures from the Illarion website and game, I would be more than willing to work on making some banners and such over the summer

same here

Korm Kormsen · Post by **Korm Kormsen** » Fri Jun 01, 2007 2:43 am

why need a whole summer?

here it is:
(somebody needs to add the code for a picture link for PHP based forums)

<a href="http://illarion.org/general/de ... .JPG"></a>

Ziel Oden · Post by **Ziel Oden** » Fri Jun 01, 2007 2:55 am

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[url=http://illarion.org][img]http://kormsen.ko.funpic.de/bilder/illarion1.JPG[/img][/url]

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Wont let me type the HTML code.

Theon · Post by **Theon** » Fri Jun 01, 2007 3:00 am

I wouldn't click that.

Taeryon Silverlight · Post by **Taeryon Silverlight** » Fri Jun 01, 2007 3:02 am

Same here. I think it makes the game somehow look unreputable.

Ziel Oden · Post by **Ziel Oden** » Fri Jun 01, 2007 3:12 am

Loelz, I ownzor teh internets.

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[url=http://illarion.org][img]http://img84.imageshack.us/img84/6484/lolzielownshn7.png[/img][/url]

Korm Kormsen · Post by **Korm Kormsen** » Fri Jun 01, 2007 3:42 am

fine, you two, just make something better (in five minutes).