No one plays this mod anymore? - Page 8

CDRW · 06-16-2010, 04:21 AM

Hi,

I don't really play all that often, so I guess you could consider me new. All I can really think of when I play this game is that it feels perfect. I don't mean that to flatter or to otherwise overly praise this mod. But afters years of being a TFC player, all I can really think is that this is exactly what was needed to fix the entire concept of Team Fortress (Use to play TF2 all the time until it utterly bored me to near-death). I can't really think of ways to make it more popular. Best thing I can think of is to inquire on purchasing a source indie license, and then just sell it on steam for a few dollars. The theory being that people will pay much more attention to it if it's extremely cheap and accessible because people on steam pay more attention to what is cheap than what is being given away for free.

Not exactly sure what the devs standpoint is on that. It would require a ton of tweaking and replacing to the various objects and effects that were left over from HL2.

zE · 06-16-2010, 02:16 PM

and who pays for the licence

bet isnt cheap

Don · 06-16-2010, 05:08 PM

I think its a swell idea.

Skanky Butterpuss · 06-16-2010, 09:05 PM

and who gets the profits from it? there have probably been well over 100 people who have contributed to the development of this mod from its idea stage until now.

CDRW · 06-17-2010, 01:59 AM

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Originally Posted by zE

and who pays for the licence

bet isnt cheap

It would eventually pay for itself, a tournament game on Steam for a few dollars would be picked up by damn near everybody.

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Originally Posted by Skanky Butterpuss

and who gets the profits from it? there have probably been well over 100 people who have contributed to the development of this mod from its idea stage until now.

I think this is the bigger problem, there really is no one you can give the money to. You can't pay all the beta testers or all the people who contributed code or all the people who made textures and sounds.

the only way I could possibly see that working is using the money for tournament prizes (and even then, who could we trust enough to hold all the money and use it specifically for tournament purposes?). As I doubt anyone on the FF team even wants to consider letting anyone at Valve lay a single finger on FF lest we spend hours every day farming hats and different skins for the grenades.

CHURCHMOUTH · 06-17-2010, 03:00 AM

i think you are onto something here make the game like 1.99 :P

MarthKoopa · 07-08-2010, 07:28 AM

Put the money towards charity! Everyone loves boobs, so put it all into breast cancer research.

Play Fortress Forever, Save Boobs

Iggy · 07-08-2010, 09:41 PM

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Originally Posted by MarthKoopa

Put the money towards charity! Everyone loves boobs, so put it all into breast cancer research.

Play Fortress Forever, Save Boobs

THIS!!

Propezz · 07-08-2010, 10:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Skanky Butterpuss

and who gets the profits from it? there have probably been well over 100 people who have contributed to the development of this mod from its idea stage until now.

Profits could pay from a server or 2 save Ze and any other people who have servers some money.....

zE · 07-08-2010, 10:33 PM

if someone want to paypal me 1000 dollars ill acept :P but tbh i did those servers cuse i hated snt servers rules and always same 5 maps :P so i made my own to have a proper place to play, but isnt too expensive I spend + money in a night out then a montly server payment .x but back to topic, unfortenely euro pickup is a bit dead .< last pickup was 13 days ago .x

Lynus · 07-09-2010, 04:14 AM

Make it $9.99 and then have it be free weekend trials from time to time... or 50% off... also give us current players 'gift a friend code' so we can give to people we know irl who wanna play

i guarantee if some of this money went towards breast cancer, we'd see an influx in players fasho!

excellent

Hammock · 07-14-2010, 09:58 PM

Saving boobs aside....

How's the website being funded right now, part of the money can go to pay for the website and improvements and stuff.

Could also use the money to to hire a freelance animator.

Soo many ideas seem to come to an end when a Dev replys to a thread stating "We need an animator for that".

It's not like you'd have to hire him full time, just comprise a small list of things you need done once every 4-5 months, and get him to do it.

It's not like you'd be rebuilding the game or anything, but a few minor tweaks and changes here and there could really improve on the game.

**mervaka** · 07-15-2010, 12:22 AM

so why should one guy get paid and the rest not? it's not as simple as that.

Hammock · 07-15-2010, 02:10 PM

It, would be like running some charity event. Everyone on the staff that organises it is usually a volunteer. But then if you wanted to hold a dance, and needed music? You're usually gonna pay the band or dj.

**mervaka** · 07-15-2010, 03:01 PM

that's a shit analogy. a better analogy would be to take the band, who did the gig for free, then hired in a session musician.

Hammock · 07-15-2010, 05:14 PM

However you wanna phrase the analogy is up to you, the point is the same though. "Why does one person get payed when nobody else does?" Because you need a specific service from that person, and if you can't get it for free you'll need to pay for it.

Otherwise you're always going to be limited in the changes you want to do, until you maybe come across someone who'll work for free.

chilledsanity · 07-15-2010, 10:57 PM

It's a slippery slope though, because then it makes people working on coding, mapping, textures, etc. feel more like they're second class citizens since they're not paid to do this.

**mervaka** · 07-16-2010, 12:22 PM

quite right, and that's why it just doesn't happen.

Lynus · 07-24-2010, 01:52 PM

everyone go buy a lottery ticket, if you win, donate it to squeek. i trust him.

CHURCHMOUTH · 07-24-2010, 02:10 PM

its funny how when the subject of $$ comes up these "fortress forever staff" people start gettin a little ragey

06-16-2010, 09:05 PM	#144
Skanky Butterpuss Beware the Hammer D&A Member Fortress Forever Staff Join Date: Mar 2007 Class/Position: Sabotaging your shit. Affiliations: :}\|, mimic, /KBN/ Posts Rated Helpful 0 Times	and who gets the profits from it? there have probably been well over 100 people who have contributed to the development of this mod from its idea stage until now. __________________ Support FF: Etzell: Skanky Etzell: The Wings are fucking fantastic Etzell: They really are Etzell: But even SAYING that makes me want to vomit

06-17-2010, 03:00 AM	#146
CHURCHMOUTH crystaLcity D&A Member Beta Tester Join Date: May 2009 Location: Pittsburgh, PA Class/Position: Soldier D Gametype: Capture the Flag Affiliations: Goodfellas Posts Rated Helpful 7 Times	i think you are onto something here make the game like 1.99 :P __________________ 83745 L0LZ ff_nyx_b2 ff_schrape_b3 ff_security_b1 ff_baked_b2 ff_reloaded_b1 ff_mulch_dm_b2 ff_oppose_b1

07-24-2010, 02:10 PM	#160
CHURCHMOUTH crystaLcity D&A Member Beta Tester Join Date: May 2009 Location: Pittsburgh, PA Class/Position: Soldier D Gametype: Capture the Flag Affiliations: Goodfellas Posts Rated Helpful 7 Times	its funny how when the subject of $$ comes up these "fortress forever staff" people start gettin a little ragey __________________ 83745 L0LZ ff_nyx_b2 ff_schrape_b3 ff_security_b1 ff_baked_b2 ff_reloaded_b1 ff_mulch_dm_b2 ff_oppose_b1

06-16-2010, 04:21 AM	#141
CDRW Join Date: Jun 2010 Gametype: Capture the Flag Posts Rated Helpful 0 Times	Hi, I don't really play all that often, so I guess you could consider me new. All I can really think of when I play this game is that it feels perfect. I don't mean that to flatter or to otherwise overly praise this mod. But afters years of being a TFC player, all I can really think is that this is exactly what was needed to fix the entire concept of Team Fortress (Use to play TF2 all the time until it utterly bored me to near-death). I can't really think of ways to make it more popular. Best thing I can think of is to inquire on purchasing a source indie license, and then just sell it on steam for a few dollars. The theory being that people will pay much more attention to it if it's extremely cheap and accessible because people on steam pay more attention to what is cheap than what is being given away for free. Not exactly sure what the devs standpoint is on that. It would require a ton of tweaking and replacing to the various objects and effects that were left over from HL2.

06-16-2010, 02:16 PM	#142
zE Pew pew ze beams Join Date: Jan 2008 Gametype: Gathers Affiliations: pew pew Posts Rated Helpful 11 Times	and who pays for the licence bet isnt cheap

07-08-2010, 07:28 AM	#147
MarthKoopa Join Date: Jul 2010 Gametype: Capture the Flag Posts Rated Helpful 0 Times	Put the money towards charity! Everyone loves boobs, so put it all into breast cancer research. Play Fortress Forever, Save Boobs

07-08-2010, 10:33 PM	#150
zE Pew pew ze beams Join Date: Jan 2008 Gametype: Gathers Affiliations: pew pew Posts Rated Helpful 11 Times	if someone want to paypal me 1000 dollars ill acept :P but tbh i did those servers cuse i hated snt servers rules and always same 5 maps :P so i made my own to have a proper place to play, but isnt too expensive I spend + money in a night out then a montly server payment .x but back to topic, unfortenely euro pickup is a bit dead .< last pickup was 13 days ago .x

07-09-2010, 04:14 AM	#151
Lynus I like Ceyx Beta Tester Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: MI Posts Rated Helpful 11 Times	Make it $9.99 and then have it be free weekend trials from time to time... or 50% off... also give us current players 'gift a friend code' so we can give to people we know irl who wanna play i guarantee if some of this money went towards breast cancer, we'd see an influx in players fasho! excellent

07-14-2010, 09:58 PM	#152
Hammock D&A Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts Rated Helpful 13 Times	Saving boobs aside.... How's the website being funded right now, part of the money can go to pay for the website and improvements and stuff. Could also use the money to to hire a freelance animator. Soo many ideas seem to come to an end when a Dev replys to a thread stating "We need an animator for that". It's not like you'd have to hire him full time, just comprise a small list of things you need done once every 4-5 months, and get him to do it. It's not like you'd be rebuilding the game or anything, but a few minor tweaks and changes here and there could really improve on the game.

07-15-2010, 12:22 AM	#153
mervaka A Very Sound Guy! Fortress Forever Staff Join Date: May 2005 Location: UK Posts Rated Helpful 15 Times	so why should one guy get paid and the rest not? it's not as simple as that.

07-15-2010, 02:10 PM	#154
Hammock D&A Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts Rated Helpful 13 Times	It, would be like running some charity event. Everyone on the staff that organises it is usually a volunteer. But then if you wanted to hold a dance, and needed music? You're usually gonna pay the band or dj.

07-15-2010, 03:01 PM	#155
mervaka A Very Sound Guy! Fortress Forever Staff Join Date: May 2005 Location: UK Posts Rated Helpful 15 Times	that's a shit analogy. a better analogy would be to take the band, who did the gig for free, then hired in a session musician.

07-15-2010, 05:14 PM	#156
Hammock D&A Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts Rated Helpful 13 Times	However you wanna phrase the analogy is up to you, the point is the same though. "Why does one person get payed when nobody else does?" Because you need a specific service from that person, and if you can't get it for free you'll need to pay for it. Otherwise you're always going to be limited in the changes you want to do, until you maybe come across someone who'll work for free.

07-15-2010, 10:57 PM	#157
chilledsanity D&A Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Gametype: AvD, I/D, waterpolo, hunted Posts Rated Helpful 6 Times	It's a slippery slope though, because then it makes people working on coding, mapping, textures, etc. feel more like they're second class citizens since they're not paid to do this.

07-16-2010, 12:22 PM	#158
mervaka A Very Sound Guy! Fortress Forever Staff Join Date: May 2005 Location: UK Posts Rated Helpful 15 Times	quite right, and that's why it just doesn't happen.

07-24-2010, 01:52 PM	#159
Lynus I like Ceyx Beta Tester Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: MI Posts Rated Helpful 11 Times	everyone go buy a lottery ticket, if you win, donate it to squeek. i trust him.

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