Hows it feel?

[ChaoofNee]

Nick, you could charge people for accounts. I've seen this work well on other forums, it brings in a lot of revenue and people are more civil because they have reason to fear a ban.

Hey, it worked before, right?

[NeoZeedeater]

I'm guessing 90% of TNL posters would leave if they started charging.

[Mzo]

We'd flock to morningmayo by the dozens.

[Gymkata]

There's still the Ninja Five-O score thing. I haven't played it in a while, so no score from me.

However, If you don't own that game, you suck. And yes, that overrules the general pwnage of simply being Gymkata -- which makes it quite a force to be reckoned with.

Ill level with you ol chum. There is a force out there that seems to conspire with the malevolent force of Shaq Fu itself. That my friend is the evil force of poverty. Forged in the fires of Mount Doom. Aged in a cellar constructed from the bones of angels felled in battle. Poverty wraps its influence around much of my life. Only by the hand of the Almighty Himself does my fight against poverty tip ever so slightly in my favor. Fear not fellow members of TNL. My gaming lifestyle may be impared; but I sacrafice it so that future generations may have a peacefull life of their own.

Damn im smooth.....

[Lhadatt]

Then ask Santa for it.

There is no excuse for not owning Ninja Five-O. Aquire it by any means.

[Jeremy]

Ninja Five-O @ EB's site -
http://ebgames.com/ebx/product/233236.asp
Ninja Five-O @GS' site (back-ordered) - http://www.gamestop.com/product.asp?product%5Fid=914432

[Gymkata]

Then ask Santa for it.

There is no excuse for not owning Ninja Five-O. Aquire it by any means.

You were supposed to be so moved by my words that you gimme your copy. Heartless S.O.B.!

[Lhadatt]

What? Never. Buy your own.

[Shapermc]

Nick, you could charge people for accounts. I've seen this work well on other forums, it brings in a lot of revenue and people are more civil because they have reason to fear a ban.

A premium membership may be an option. SRK.com's forum has this. Premium members get extra options ... like ummm.. bigger inboxes. And, oh yea!, it says PREMIUM MEMBER under their screen name. I think that it would be a nice way to support an excelent site (I am sure that the forum takes up more bandwidth than the main site stuff).

-Regards

[Fe 26]

I will start running ads eventually, but they won't be the kind that make you want to paint your screen black, nor will they be ads for Viagra or cheap airline tickets or other unrelated products. I just don't have a very corporate mindset about this kind of thing, and I'd rather lose money on a project, even a lot of money, than host ads that I think are stupid or obnoxious. That said, it is an expensive undertaking, so I might look into some revenue-raising methods I can easily stomach, but maybe in a month or two. In the meantime, make sure to read the content as well as the message boards. Outside of donations, the best thing you can do for TNL right now is to read it.

You could talk to online stores about doing refrence banners, where you get a cut of the profit for everyone who goes to them from the banner. Then put up related banners at the top or bottom of certain threads that have to deal with it. Like a music site in music, and a dvd store in cineama.