Let's act

[Murrandii]

You're retarded.

Hey player, I'm a player and I want to talk to you, from a non-business way. From a player that loves challenges, that love this and that.

We, as players, decided to invest in this ads cause we care for our game and we actually lack is people like you.

We're a dedicated community (throw some examples).

Et cetera.

There's lot of good writers ingame too. I find my approach wise, in fact, as the said ad would be different from the usual we see (and ignore).

[Taernath]

I don't support a lot of things that Simutronics does, but not advertising is something I do support. The people who matter already know about the product.

To add on to this, the MUD community is very small and insular. People already know about GS, and from what I've seen, every time GS is brought up on other boards or reddit the reaction is negative due to the monetization and subscriptions.

[Amerek]

Just put a $5 monthly subcription on Steam.

We need young blood, people who do NOT know about Gemstone and dont know what they are missing. Not old players.

[Drew]

We should raise a lot of money for a famous Star Trek actor to tweet about Gemstone (for charity) and then have him not do it.

[MusicalBox]

The market is the same as any other pen and paper RPG group. The jump from PnP to a mud isn't a far one. Advertisements pointing out the live GM storylines, GM interaction during events, and persistent world would be great ways to bring people who play tabletop games in. Low technical overhead, only limiting factor is the current subscription/free to play model.

Even with that limitation, it would probably be the best place to start advertising - PnP/tabletop message boards, gaming stores/events, stuff like that.

[Mobius1]

If you asked me, the best avenue to advertise would be Youtube (Videos, not adds.). Even someone not interested in MUDs might show interest, if they saw some Youtube personality explaining its virtues and why it's worth trying out.

[Murrandii]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=61hqsldVvRk

That ad need to be advertised (it's a bit slow though… and I'd put a sexy woman to play feminine roles)

[Stumplicker]

We should raise a lot of money for a famous Star Trek actor to tweet about Gemstone (for charity) and then have him not do it.

Or just brand Gemstone as "This game stands against Trump!" and George Takei will share it on facebook for free.

[Mobius1]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=61hqsldVvRk

That ad need to be advertised (it's a bit slow though… and I'd put a sexy woman to play feminine roles)

Shouldn't it be a sexy guy, to bring in more ladies?

Like those romance novels. You know the ladies can't get enough of that good old text.

[Astray]

Like those romance novels.

Those are porn.