Silverfox, a Bridge Investor - Page 14

Etopia · 08-20-2005, 23:26

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Originally Posted by The Mighty

I think the reason they all joined so quickly was after Deathifier bought TI, there was a big amount of publicity around that. This publicity pretty much stated that you could make money playing PE. When those people who were purely playing PE to make money realized that making money in PE is hard work, they left....

you think with investor and advertising it will be something else?
for shure not ... thats the main PE argument.
but if you got good game , people stay , at least more people stay.
a good business make money with customer that com often , and come back again because they are happy with the service.
when a business live on the chance a new stupid moron will come maybe tomorow and spend tons buck , its a weak business.

HunterZ · 08-20-2005, 23:27

hmm

in general its normal money investment plan. nothing more. and its logical - investors wanna see their capital growing. scam or not scam - its ur own choise to join or not to join.

its a litle bit paradoxsialy - some pplz call pplz who try to make some RL money investments - scamers, but in PE pplz, who run around and try to buy itemz from less informed pplz cheap and then try to sell them for much higher prices - traders

and finaly - as he said - this plan doesnt inflict MA and noone force u to join if u dont like it

Redoaks · 08-20-2005, 23:27

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Originally Posted by Etopia

you think with investor and advertising it will be something else?
for shure not ... thats the main PE argument.
but if you got good game , people stay , at least more people stay.
a good business make money with customer that com often , and come back again because they are happy with the service.
when a business live on the chance a new stupid moron will come maybe tomorow and spend tons buck , its a weak business.

A new customer is more expensive than a returning customer.

or at least thats what I got drummed into my head over and over again at college

The Mighty · 08-20-2005, 23:30

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Originally Posted by Etopia

you think with investor and advertising it will be something else?
for shure not ... thats the main PE argument.
but if you got good game , people stay , at least more people stay.

I agree with the "make a good game and people will stay" bit.

As for what sort of people the advertising will bring... I do not know. I think a good advert could be made, but it should not give the false impression that its easy to make money in PE. If it says that PE is a virtual economy using real life currency, with hours of fun for everyone, and a great community of players.... then maybe it would entice people for the right reasons.

The thing is, it must not promise abundant wealth to everyone that joins, because thats plain lying!

wanda · 08-20-2005, 23:36

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Originally Posted by The Mighty

I have to say this....Please grow up (and I mean it in the nicest way possible). The world IS getting smaller, and this narrow minded thinking is what brought about Apartheid in South Africa. Learn to live with other people even though they are different to you!!!!! Next you'll be saying you want to refuse anyone from a different country, entry in to your country because their culture is just too different from your own... and you can't get over that "issue."

Pah !

Edit: Excuse the outburst, but I get quite passionate about "issues" like this.

Please do not accuse me of racism - you have completely misunderstood what i have written.

The Mighty · 08-20-2005, 23:48

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Originally Posted by wanda

Please do not accuse me of racism - you have completely misunderstood what i have written.

I didn't say racism. I said narrow mindedness. I do believe there is a difference. Sure there are differences between cultures, but you made it sound like you were not happy about having Asians playing because we all may have difficulty getting along.

Envictus · 08-21-2005, 01:37

Read the whole thread and holy crap....

I just saved a ton of money on my car insurance by switching
to gecko.

Eps · 08-21-2005, 02:07

w00t everyone has gone to bed now and im the only noob still awake, i cant wait to read this in the morning XD

KapokWu · 08-21-2005, 02:08

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Originally Posted by wanda

I spent many hours on asian battlenet and found not only language to be an issue but also culture - what people found amusing in europe was greeted with hostility in asia.

Hey, tell us more! Some examples...

Wanna know!