From: "-EraserX-" To: Reply-To: ml@qoole.com Date: Mon, 2 Feb 1998 19:10:25 +0100 Subject: Re: Level Contest quick note on that emailadress, but you should find it in the From: in my emails, i don't know what program you use, but you should see it there -----Original Message----- From: Charles Boardman To: ml@qoole.com Date: Monday, February 02, 1998 4:38 PM Subject: Re: Level Contest >Hi all, Eraser in particular, > >Eraser, what is your e-mail address? I would like to have replied to you >privately. > >> sorry, but i do take offense: > >Fair enough. > >> read: The Winner Gets A Server That Will Run Their Map For 2 Weeks, News >> Clips on Blues News and Quake2.com, > >That's what I read too. > >> okay, do you always run your levels on servers, and get mentioned on blues >> and quake2.com? nope, thought so, i think this is a cool contest with a > >Uh, actually. I do get my levels a run on servers, 'cos I go onto IRC >and ask, "who has their own quakeworld server?". Anyone who responds that >they do I ask to look at my level, and if they like it to put on it on >their server. It works for me. My latest level is being run on QW >servers as I type. > >As far as I know, I am not mentioned on Blues News, and I'm certainly not >mentioned on Quake2.com because I haven't done any quake 2 levels ... yet. >However, I am mentioned on other sites, which have the sort of audience >that I am aiming at, so that's pretty cool as far as I am concerned. > >> cool price. You can always upload your level to ftp.cdrom.com. I upload my >> levs there so other people can play 'em, And i know some companies are >> making money out of it. If you don't like that, don't buy there CDs and >> don't upload your level. I think most people who make levels want other >> people to play em, so they upload them and they get on CDs. > >I don't upload my levels to ftp.cdrom.com for the very reason that I do >not want ppl making profit out of my stuff, when they do jack-all of the >work. I want ppl to enjoy my level for free. Of course everybody wants >their level played, I whole-heartedly agree with you. However, have you >seen the number of levels there are at ftp.cdrom.com? Of course you have. >There are loads, with no way of knowing if any of them are any good before >you download them. Most of the readme files that ppl provide (if they >provide one) with their levels contain very little information about their >level. With a modem connection and hundreds of levels to look through, >you are just looking at an impossible task. I tried going through the levels >at the site when I had a connection through Janet (a connection many many >times faster than a modem for ppl who are not sure what I am on about) and >I still only managed about 10% of the levels there if that. So, I'm not >so sure that uploading a level to ftp.cdrom.com is worth anything whatsoever >unless you have the publicity to go with it, and then you would be able to >get your level on far better sites based on who/what your target audience >is. (BTW, I do realise that a mention on Blues News/ Quake2.com will >get good publicity, but then, getting a mention on a popular web-site >is something that ppl can do for themselves without needing to win a c >competition. > >> So, what i wanna say is: you're wrong, being sure that A LOT of people will >> play your level is a good prize. > >I don't think what were quoted as prizes for the competition are anything >more than ppl could get done for themselves. That's why I say no big deal. > >> Back to the QOOLEproblems now. > >I quite agree. Next time give your e-mail address so I can make a private >reply and not spam the rest of the group. I couldn't leave some of the >things you said unanswered. > >Regards (and no insults intended) > >MoonGlum. > ---------------------------------------- > Charles Boardman :: chb96r@ecs.soton.ac.uk > http://www.dsse.ecs.soton.ac.uk/~chb96r/moonglum.html > -------------------Here endeth the email.------------------- >