Where would you advertise?

[Lugzan]

google!


J.

[Zapforker]

http://www.pcgames.de/
German magazine ...

or

A game cd and a paysafe card (5$) in every Physics card retail box ..


and plz try to update www.mmorpg.com

[Moser]

Kygon has a great idea.

[Moser]

My suggestion would be to hire some hacking group and make them CNN, youtube, google and other huge webplaces.
Simply overwrite the whole page with :"EU RULES!!! www.entropiauniverse.com"

[Lighterthief]

as mentioned earlier maybe MA should try to use Aegis and the physX thing

i am sure thier site must have some links for "physX compatible games"
could be a cool place to start

what can i say, i am tight and dont like to spend the cash lol, so anything you can do with companies you already have a relationship with can only work out well, granted it might not give you the coverage you seek tho

[Johned]

www.youtube.com There are several EU videos posted there already, you could have your add come up when any of them are brought up and randomly for other video's.

I quick search for "entropia" brought up 85 hits

http://youtube.com/results?search_query=entropia

[Erasmus]

Considering the target audience and the fact that EU is "more than a game", I would reach outside of the gaming scope and target audiences that are a bit adventurous and look outside the box.

Nerve.com comes to mind!

But where does EU gets the best results: The news! Rather than banner ads, I would spend my money on a good PR firm with a track record of getting news headlines for their clients. Saatchi & Saatchi is not cheap, but they are famous for the message across for unusual businesses.

I would also look into the real world. We need members with disposable income, thus people who work and commute. I like public transportation ads!

And we want members who are not afraid to spend their disposable income for fun. Night spot promotion? I bet Neverdie would have a long list just for Miami. LOL

Banner ads ... the more I think about it, it's just too traditional and boring for our audience.

[Sal]

Originally Posted by yokto

google ad, as it can appear everywhere on websites that gamers browse

PLEASE NO NO NO - ADD WORDS in text on websites like this so MA pay to put add on Entropia Forum ! Yeh GREAT WASTE OF MONEY ! ! ! with no one clicking ! !

Originally Posted by Erasmus

members who are not afraid to spend their disposable income for fun.
Banner ads ... the more I think about it, it's just too traditional and boring for our audience.

Yes Compleatly Agree - Alot of people block them and the view / convert rate is poor -

look at Magazine / Newspaper free CD's with the client for Europe / Americas have some female interest ones as well to get the female gamer involved.

Look at Public Transport / busy places - ( Give away at train station ) Easy Internet Cafe's ( ISP GAME PAGES / FREE LINKS )

Competition to win a alienware laptop and 10,000 peds

Give people something for recomending a friend and when they hit X deposit person get X ped

Create an Energy Drink Or Vodka ! ! !

Sponser a Gay pride event

Advertise in the club / pub toilets around the UK ( male & female )

Advertise on CABS / TUBES / BUSES ( Colour a cab in Entropia universe ) have it wizzing around london ;P have a code word - enter this on website and your avatar gets tt armour and weapon + 100 rounds when you sign up

UKASH Terminal sponsership / poster for the shop that has these terminals advertising EU and get peds hear.

CD Giveaway from GAME - computer shop - WHSMITH news / cd/s games / VIRGIN MEGASTORE / HMV music shops

METRO - Free Morning Paper on Routes accross the UK

DELL / COMPAQ / HP / IBM - get the Pe client PRE installed and run a seporate competition for these users who bought there shiney new computer

90% of people go back to the same websites - try and do something MA like and out the box ;P

[kalanen]

It aint 90's anymore

Gaming is socially accepted activity and rising among business ppl, so I say
go for http://www.ft.com/companies/media to get wave of chip-up-ubers!

When does banner contest start?

[nvcK]

Definitely the sites with strong online FPS gaming community around them.
www.esreality.com (i have been doing some spam there myself =)
www.ggl.com
www.gotfrag.com
www.sogamed.com
www.cyberfight.org
Not sure if you know this but recently, tons of Quake3/Unreal Tournament/Counter Strike clans fell apart due to the increasing popularity of W*W. If you can get the message that EU = Q3/UT/CS + W*W through, you will hit the 1 mil within a year. Best way of doing this would probably be talking one of the worlds biggest multigaming teams (see www.g7teams.com) into starting an EU division, however, this would require increased concentration on the competitive aspects of the game like providing areas dedicated to 1v1 fight (lol @ hexagons).