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Article #66217Re: What would YOU want to see in a website that is made specifically for gamers? (NOT an ad)
From: Jonathan
Date: Tue, 03 Dec 2002 16:42
Date: Tue, 03 Dec 2002 16:42
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I run a gaming site (www.game3.co.uk) for the gamecube so I hope that I know what people want. I think that most people want a site that has good reviews of every game, in depth reviews as well as a quick summary at the bottom, scoring the game is also important to know if it is worth reading in depth. Up to date news is also important, but for people to trust it you need to have a good reputation for accuracy, rumours are fine as long as they turn out to be accurate otherwise you won't be trusted. If you are a multiplatform site it is also important to have different reviews for each platform, but not to flame the other platform. Free is also a big factor for most people, I know that it means ads but most people don't mind really (when compared to subscribing). Personally I would like to see sites provide all content with ads (possible exception of large media files) for free with a cheap sunscription available to remove al ads. By cheap I mean <$5 per year which is farf more than an advertising would generate anyway. Jonathan www.game3.co.uk "Doktersteve" <real_dok...@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:p74H9.29198$Qr.550373@news3.calgary.shaw.ca... > So, last night IGN banned me for using a four letter word in thier forums. > In all fiariness, they will UN-ban me tonight at the same time i was banned > last night, but regardless, this ban over something as trivial as a curse > word got me thinking... > > What do most gamers want in a website? > What if someone made a site explicitly for gamers, cutting out the idea of > paid reviews (which some people suspect a site like ign actually does. > > What if someone made a community that was for gamers to speak their minds > and discuss reviews that were written like thier friends would review a game > (namely truthfully and with more passion than ign.)... > > What sort of features would the best site have, in your opinion. > just curious to see how close the all mightly ign actually comes to getting > what we all want :-) > > > > > --- > > Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). > Version: 6.0.423 / Virus Database: 238 - Release Date: 11/25/2002 > >
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Path: mbox-mo1.pugleaf.net!archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!newsfeed.icl.net!newsfeed.fjserv.net!mango.news.easynet.net!easynet.net!proxad.net!proxad.net!news-hub.cableinet.net!blueyonder!btnet-peer!btnet-peer0!btnet-feed5!btnet!news.btopenworld.com!not-for-mail From: "Jonathan" <softwareti...@hotmail.com> Newsgroups: alt.games.video.nintendo.gamecube,alt.games.video.sony-playstation2,alt.games.video.xbox,comp.sys.ibm.pc.games,comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action Subject: Re: What would YOU want to see in a website that is made specifically for gamers? (NOT an ad) Date: Tue, 3 Dec 2002 16:42:33 +0000 (UTC) Organization: BT Openworld Lines: 55 Message-ID: <asimtp$u0$1@knossos.btinternet.com> References: <p74H9.29198$Qr.550373@news3.calgary.shaw.ca> NNTP-Posting-Host: host213-122-28-175.in-addr.btopenworld.com X-Trace: knossos.btinternet.com 1038933753 960 213.122.28.175 (3 Dec 2002 16:42:34 GMT) X-Complaints-To: news-co...@lists.btinternet.com NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 3 Dec 2002 16:42:33 +0000 (UTC) X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1106 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Priority: 3 X-MIMEOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1106 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit