Player count - Suggestion

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08-26-2019
Divine

Player count - Suggestion

Hi all,

I hope you are all well.

INB4 you flame on this thread! I know a thread was posted about this already, apologies but my suggestion is kind of different.

McSic/Dave - Could you e-mail all registered users on forums with all recent updates/patches and releases? This won't get them back on straight away but this will simply suggest that FGunZ has had changes for the good.

People who already play the game, it could be in our hands to get more players online by spreading word through Skype/Discord or any other social media/messaging service. I'm not saying this is a must but I'm pretty sure if you play the game regularly you will enjoy if there was more players and more rooms?

Staff team - They have been incredible by making events, making tournaments and all sorts, one suggestion I will have is A LITTLE more professionalism will definitely help. (This is not targeted to anyone but in general)

I for sure will tell all friends who I played with years ago to come and re-try the server.

Kind regards,
Divine :)
08-26-2019
StephanM

This.
I mentioned it somewhere before but was rather lazy to make a specific thread.
08-26-2019
Divine

Quote:

Originally Posted by StephanM

This.
I mentioned it somewhere before but was rather lazy to make a specific thread.

Credits to you too Steph, sorry.
08-26-2019
Minato

Quote:

Originally Posted by StephanM

This.
I mentioned it somewhere before but was rather lazy to make a specific thread.

Yeah. You mentioned it. It was cardbored's thread, I think.
08-26-2019
Ganggbangg

Yeah I mentioned sending a mail like a year ago and gave some idea's on how to do it. They were going to do it but idk what came off of it
08-26-2019
StephanM

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Originally Posted by Ganggbangg

Yeah I mentioned sending a mail like a year ago and gave some idea's on how to do it. They were going to do it but idk what came off of it

It is really super easy to do yeah.
And you can grab the e-mails from the fgunz.net accounts for it.
08-26-2019
Dave

Using GMail or a (shared) host to send emails would get us blocked in no-time so we'd have to use a dedicated email delivery service. Sending an email to all of our FGunZ and forum users would cost us a few hundred dollars, probably between $200 and $300.
08-26-2019
Divine

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dave

Using GMail or a (shared) host to send emails would get us blocked in no-time so we'd have to use a dedicated email delivery service. Sending an email to all of our FGunZ and forum users would cost us a few hundred dollars, probably between $200 and $300.

Do you reckon it would be worth it?

I mean out of the 22,000 members if 100 decided to give it a try and 50 stay. I would still think that would be worth it?
08-26-2019
Mike

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Originally Posted by Dave

Using GMail or a (shared) host to send emails would get us blocked in no-time so we'd have to use a dedicated email delivery service. Sending an email to all of our FGunZ and forum users would cost us a few hundred dollars, probably between $200 and $300.

Pretty sure some people wouldnt mind pitching in for the money? Worth a shot right?
08-26-2019
Ganggbangg

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dave

Using GMail or a (shared) host to send emails would get us blocked in no-time so we'd have to use a dedicated email delivery service. Sending an email to all of our FGunZ and forum users would cost us a few hundred dollars, probably between $200 and $300.

https://kb.wsu.edu/page.php?id=79444

you can use a trial version of office 365 for a month: https://products.office.com/nl-NL/co...SAAEgLC_PD_BwE

thats 300k recipients you could potentially send a mail to for free

iirc i have linked this before

EDIT: you also have a monthly subscription for 10 euro a month, so 10 euro and some effort for 600k recipients
08-26-2019
Dave

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ganggbangg

https://kb.wsu.edu/page.php?id=79444

you can use a trial version of office 365 for a month: https://products.office.com/nl-NL/co...SAAEgLC_PD_BwE

thats 300k recipients you could potentially send a mail to for free

iirc i have linked this before

EDIT: you also have a monthly subscription for 10 euro a month, so 10 euro and some effort for 600k recipients

That's for regular usage, not sending bulk mail. We'd get blocked really fast.
08-26-2019
Ganggbangg

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Originally Posted by Dave

That's for regular usage, not sending bulk mail. We'd get blocked really fast.

True, the business variant which is 10,60 a month you should be able to send the mails to.

Even if you get blocked (which should not happen) you can contact microsoft to get unblocked. The mails you send have business purposes and its not a scam. You might have to follow some conditions with the mail format though.
08-26-2019
Divine

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ganggbangg

True, the business variant which is 10,60 a month you should be able to send the mails to.

Even if you get blocked (which should not happen) you can contact microsoft to get unblocked. The mails you send have business purposes and its not a scam. You might have to follow some conditions with the mail format though.

There are a few e-mailing servers out there which do bulk mails but as mentioned they do cost alot.
08-28-2019
Pigglet

I agree with this 100% but the thing is what if those player who registered with the email no longer has the same email? I mean most of the people who would get sent any updates etc would be missing out. Just being honest but I like the idea. Maybe it will bring players back. I don’t mind pitching in if it’s actually going to happen/help.
08-29-2019
Minato

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Originally Posted by Pigglet

I agree with this 100% but the thing is what if those player who registered with the email no longer has the same email? I mean most of the people who would get sent any updates etc would be missing out. Just being honest but I like the idea. Maybe it will bring players back. I don’t mind pitching in if it’s actually going to happen/help.

Yes. Some people lost their emails, some are no longer access to their emails.
and I would like to help FGunZ, invite players using social medias.
(Please respect. hh) :3
08-29-2019
Eddie

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Originally Posted by Divine

Do you reckon it would be worth it?

I mean out of the 22,000 members if 100 decided to give it a try and 50 stay. I would still think that would be worth it?

I hate to be the only pessimist out of the bunch, but I personally don't think it'd be worth it. Gotta keep in mind the majority of the people receiving these emails are older and roughly in the same age gap. Years ago people were younger, in school and too young to work/just started working, basically had more free time. Now most people are in college and/or working full-time (maybe even overtime) hours. Even if it reels in a fair amount of people, most players are at the point where life's too busy and there's little free time, so I don't see the activity maintaining for very long.

On a more positive note, I think what we should do is take the word of mouth approach like you said, and we try to reach out to a different group of people. Maybe for example if you play CS:GO, "hey guys I'm out, I'm gonna go play FreestyleGunZ now." Or if you're in some sort of gaming discord channel or anything you could see FG being related to, could possibly spread the word there also. As long as everyone does their part as a community to make the newer players feel welcomed, are willing to teach them things and help the players get close to our level of experience, then I see it working out fine.
08-29-2019
Mike

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Originally Posted by Eddie

I hate to be the only pessimist out of the bunch, but I personally don't think it'd be worth it. Gotta keep in mind the majority of the people receiving these emails are older and roughly in the same age gap. Years ago people were younger, in school and too young to work/just started working, basically had more free time. Now most people are in college and/or working full-time (maybe even overtime) hours. Even if it reels in a fair amount of people, most players are at the point where life's too busy and there's little free time, so I don't see the activity maintaining for very long.

On a more positive note, I think what we should do is take the word of mouth approach like you said, and we try to reach out to a different group of people. Maybe for example if you play CS:GO, "hey guys I'm out, I'm gonna go play FreestyleGunZ now." Or if you're in some sort of gaming discord channel or anything you could see FG being related to, could possibly spread the word there also. As long as everyone does their part as a community to make the newer players feel welcomed, are willing to teach them things and help the players get close to our level of experience, then I see it working out fine.

With the current options available, the bulk email is by far the best. I got back after 2 years of not playing and I’m still here. Even if lets say 50% don’t have access to their email we are still talking mad reach. Only bump in the road is finding a good and affordable service that sends out the e-mails
08-29-2019
Divine

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Originally Posted by FatGayMyWay

With the current options available, the bulk email is by far the best. I got back after 2 years of not playing and I’m still here. Even if lets say 50% don’t have access to their email we are still talking mad reach. Only bump in the road is finding a good and affordable service that sends out the e-mails

This.