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tgn|baz · Joined: 29 Dec 2007 Posts: 5 Country:

I've been working on a site for a while, which lets you run your own leagues and cups etc. Anyway, I've been wanting to get a quick cup (or cups) going to give it a test run, and since hl2dm is pretty much the only game I play online at the moment, I thought I'd try it with that. I'm having a bit of trouble getting the word out though, so I thought I'd come on here and see if anyone was interested in taking part?

The site's here: http://www.teamgamingnetwork.com

Biffjab · Posted: Sat Dec 29, 2007 20:51 Post subject:

Cant help but feel , something is not right here...

Diet H2O_TSGK · Posted: Sat Dec 29, 2007 20:52 Post subject:

Might be left?

Tricky D · Posted: Sat Dec 29, 2007 21:01 Post subject:

tgn|baz · Joined: 29 Dec 2007 Posts: 5 Country:

well it was a copy 'n' paste of a previous thread I'd made on a different forum, but other than that there's nothing iffy about it Smile

I don't usually post about my sites on other people's, plus I did check if it'd be ok first.

Controllerboy_TSGK · Posted: Sun Dec 30, 2007 00:26 Post subject:

The site feels good and looks nice but fact is that the half life community isn't as big as for example the CSS community so you'll have a hard time getting lots of players and teams and keep the thing active.

tgn|baz · Joined: 29 Dec 2007 Posts: 5 Country:

The site can run leagues and cups for any game, it's not just limited to half life 2, which can be run by anyone, not just me Smile

I'm just after giving it a bit of a test run with real people and clans instead of the fake ones I tested it with, and since I've only really played hl2dm recently, and as it's a pretty simple DM type gameplay, I decided to use that.

Freelancer · Posted: Sun Dec 30, 2007 00:54 Post subject:

The same thing is on www[dot]GotGame[dot]lv and its mostly cs there :S I tryed to push the idea of 1v1 Matches for hl2dm there,thorught my Friend hes one of the admins of the site and all the cups,but ...thay replyed," Not enought players in Baltics " Confused

There are atleast 1000 players from all overt the Baltic! @.@ and Thay just coverd that its a cs 1.6 Site with 3 more cups,TF2 and WArcraft 3 :Dota and W3:Frozen throne Laughing

ALL The vids are cs1.6 in lenght not bigger than 1 minute..its FLOODED with those ! xD
Hope this iwll be better.
If ths will be Okay,than maybe we should try to run a cup ? Smile

WOuld be fun. Or we need to Shake FFL A wee bit its pretty frozen,Couple of games in past 3 weeks Wink

tgn|baz · Joined: 29 Dec 2007 Posts: 5 Country:

Sure, you can run your own cup on there if you like, that's what the site's for after all Smile

Biffjab · Posted: Sun Dec 30, 2007 18:53 Post subject:

Sorry for saying something was wierd but quite honestly.
WHO ARE YOU XD XD XD
This is like your first post anywhere related to hl2dm I'm sure , and do you even play the game? XD
Anyway this is none of my buisness but i thought i would point this out. Very Happy

StonedCabbage · Posted: Sun Dec 30, 2007 19:15 Post subject:

site looks great mate and works well but to generate alot of interest you gonna have to branch out the word a bit more Wink

Id start with CS:S and Call of Duty 4, that is wat alot of people are playing at the moment.

I'd also start yourself an Offical TGN cup/league or something like that, not just user/clan created cups/leagues.

You can then have like an Offical League/Cup, then the clan run leagues/Cups, if that makes sense.

You can definately do it mate as its a nice easy to use site that runs fast, unlike some of the other sites (ESL urgh!) out there.

One problem though, your gonna have to throw money at it Shocked

to make it really take off. Spend money renting a couple of servers just so players can have a server to use. It'll generate interest and get people playing. Start one of them Steam groups and get anyone and everyone to join it! Free advertising within Steam friends aint bad, specially if you can get over 1000 people to join. Offer incentives for joining, like an Extra Games stats section if a member gets Five referrals or something (Bit like ESL again). Without alotta word of mouth and a bit of money mate, you will struggle to make it popular, but you never know Wink

tgn|baz · Joined: 29 Dec 2007 Posts: 5 Country:

thanks for the comments Smile

I do intend to get it going with more popular (and recent) games, but the hl2dm ones were originally to give the site a proper test run, and make sure everything works as it should.

I've got a server 'sponsor' sorted, but unfortunately he's away until the new year, but hopefully that'll bring more people in. I don't mind spending money to get the word out, I tried adwords for a while, but although it brought visitors, it didn't bring members. Maybe that's not the right place to advertise it Smile

So in the meantime I've been confusing forum members by turning up and advertising on their sites Razz