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Worfeh

A monthly news letter would be a possibility as well. Not all will sign up for that, but being able to read it here is a option.
We would need a “news” team, people who have the experience to write in clean english in a interesting way.

I agree that we need to get up higher in the google search listings.

Mass emailing, once, i have no issues with that.

Lately a LOT of nice new mods with completely renewed textures came out, its like FL completely new, maybe some old hardcore players are interested in comming back to check those out.

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I offer my help also, I’m very good at writing.

Maybe we could ask the admins, kind and generous as they are, for a forum where we can bash out ideas:).

oops, forgot to add, I have a very well written letter to Ubisoft, which I did tell you guys I spammed them with. But I’m thinking, if I am a contact for Ubisoft, I’m not going to open half my emails. So, I think if we can get a few of us together from all over the world, we may be able to snail mail this letter, or others like it to the contacts in your country of origin. For me, I find snail mail in a business matter a better way to contact people. Email is so impersonal. We would also leave our correct address/names and email addys with the company we solicit. We want Starport to look well established.

We also have a very nice logo/letterhead made by FF, which I will be sending off shortly, and we can see what happens.

FriendlyFire

If at all possible, I’d send a mail to the Ubisoft quarters here in Montreal. It’s the biggest site they have and maybe they’d listen more to a bilingual letter…

Bas

However, I am going to e-mail 4players.de to add the GLS-Workaround to the Freelancer-download and ask them if they could write a news.

I would like declare the GLS Workaround as “Multiplayer Patch” because it is the easiest description.

Does anyone have something agianst this plan?
(I also need the permission fromthe GLS autor - W0dk4.)

Freelancer at 4players:
http://www.4players.de/4players.php/spielinfo/PC-CDROM/1235/Freelancer.html

(unfortunaly german)

I am also going to mail some other game communites which wrote an article about Freelancer to add the “Multiplayer Patch” in the description.
(I would like to ask for a general permission to spread the GLS - Workaround around everywhere I want to - I dont think autors would be against it, but I prefer clear permissions.)

w0dk4

Please spread the GLS Workaround v1.0, download at
http://stats.freelancerserver.de/

It includes a redirect of FL.exe to Crazy’s new GLS server, so its more secure as regards downtimes of crazys GLS or freelancerserver.de.

Bas

4Players accepted the patch and uploaded it to their server
http://www.4players.de/4players.php/download_info/PC-CDROM/Download/49418.html
(Took more time because some ppl there were on vocation ;))

Datum [Date]: 18.08.08
Anzahl Downloads [Number of Downloads]: 23

Thats incredible how it got spread around - One day and 20 downloads

Roo Avery

Good work Bas. Nicely done. ;D ;D

Bas

bump tha whol thing
(sent a mail to Gamestar magazine hope they may took it at CD - Yeah, then I guess we would reach very much ppl :P)

cheeseontoast

good work Bas

Bas

However, didnt got a reply from GS magazine till yet.

BUT I started a [email protected], and it really seems that the most newbies found their way to FL MP through google. So our aim should… - NO, IT MUST BE SEO.

Roo Avery

Nicely done BAS.

I am kinda free from committments right now. So if I can help, please email me [email protected].

R

Bas

my personal idea is too increase the SEO by using very directly domain names and meta tags like freelancer-patch.de.vu, freelancer-multiplayer.info, freelancer-server-online.blabla etc. and redirect them to a GLS Workaround download-page

Hm - and it even wouldnt be that hard ^^

(afaik domain names are a very important searching creteria for search-engines.

NOTE: I am a noob at that, so dont rely on my guessing ^^)

Worfeh

hmm, we could do that on a few domains as well… but the real domain name is the most important part of it.

Bas

Rooiiieeee, added ya to MSN, mate.

Bas

Have talked directly to xfb4it (via IM) and she will redirect my e-mail to a other staff member who is responsible for hosting patches @ http://www.xfire.com (Yeah I know that ya can connect via xfire to the servers but many newbies dont know, I got whispered then and then how I was able to play at a server)

Roo Avery

@Bas:

Rooiiieeee, added ya to MSN, mate.

Who me?

Chips

Wonder if it’d be easy for MS to add FL to Steam’s online shop?

I imagine, at a couple of quid, it’d be possible for it to draw in a new crowd of players? Anyone know any contacts?

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No, but it’s a jolly fine idea

Roo Avery

I know someone…

I will ask and see if she can put the idea into the right peoples head.

Vesko

I can email a few Serbian and Croatian PC magazines (I send them enough emails anyway, they practically know me lol :D), I was actually planning to do a similar thing recently.

If we could all put our efforts together, with this community from all over the world, we have the means to start a Freelancer revolution!