(04-02-2015, 09:14 PM)Warren Castille Wrote:(04-02-2015, 09:12 PM)Val Wrote:(04-02-2015, 08:50 PM)Kellach Woods Wrote: It depends on what's your priority, really.
If your priority is getting a house fast, then yeah. Date auction, con get a few people well-known on the server who has good connections who don't give a hoot about spending gil, and offer them like pieces of meat.
You'll rake in some huge donations, around 100k gil per for the bigger names, and the rest of the chaff are just excesses.
If your priority is making an entertaining event, then you know, don't fucking do that and instead concentrate on making a good event first, then wondering about monetization after.
'cause let's be real here - what we are talking about is monetizing RP.
For the record, no one came to me about the event in question that I had signed up for. I simply had nothing to do that day and decided I'd go. They literally RPed with me an hour or so before to get the information and it was really just last minute stuff. I didn't expect to make that much, nor did I really go out of my way to tell people I was going or anything. I just.. kind of showed up for the gathering before in order to meet some people (which I did, and it was a lot of fun). Everything that happened after was a.. pleasant surprise.
I didn't mean to imply anything negative if that's how it sounded: You're the most recent big-ticket person I can think of.
I think that's exactly the draw, though. Hold event for gil, hope someone popular shows up.
...not that I'm trying to make it sound like the folks running only have money on the brain. It just makes the most business sense to "go viral" and make a shit ton of cash from the folks who'll bring it. Cast your net out and hope you get some huge fish.
No, that's okay =) And I totally understand the draw of it. It's not hard to see someone wanting to make a quick buck (or gil in this instance). In fact, it's pretty obvious.Â
I'd personally like to see a lot more events that aren't based on getting rich quick and instead just to RP/hang with others, like what Erik is doing with his ball (though I'll unfortunately be missing it due to having an out-of-town competition to go to). But yeah, Warren, you have a good point =) I just wish it wasn't so prevalent lately.
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