Author Topic: Who thinks There should be a Commercial For Blockland? (Read 4839 times)

Kolozenski · June 14, 2008, 01:00:30 AM

Im not sure if it should be, Alot more people would join and there would be alot of noobs. What do you Guys Think?

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Nimbus · June 14, 2008, 01:01:51 AM

Its a great idea, but I don't think Badspot would be willing to pay and I don't think it would get rid of the n00b problem

Kicken Wing · June 14, 2008, 01:59:08 AM

Quote from: Nimbus on June 14, 2008, 01:01:51 AM

Its a great idea, but I don't think Badspot would be willing to pay and I don't think it would get rid of the n00b problem

I don't think there will ever be a solution to the noob problem. It's just a fact of online gaming, there will always be some douche bag who gets their jollys from ruining other peoples good time. Actually I think that goes for life in general.

laremere · June 14, 2008, 02:11:31 AM

The cost of making an average commercial is more then badspot has made off of blockland, and running it once would throw him into bankruptcy.

tails · June 14, 2008, 02:55:56 AM

tv comercials cost alot of money.

mocheeze · June 14, 2008, 03:14:51 AM

He could get one made pretty cheaply if he knows the right people. A commercial for a game like Blockland doesn't really need to have more than one person working on it for it to be good.

Poent · June 14, 2008, 03:20:52 AM

I just want to point out that the majority of people who play blockland aren't noobs. There only seem to be so many because they stick out like soar thumbs when they do come along. Advertising and spreading word about blockland is an amazing idea. More modders, developers, and players will help the world of blockland grow and evolve; which is required if blockland is to survive. Right now we have a great community with active modders developers and veteran players to help people go in the right direction and its worked out so far for the size of the community.

I do however feel that if blockland is to maintain the correct environment as it's population grows in size, the forum and community needs to change accordingly. Blockland does have a learning curve, especially if you want to get into the homebrew parts of the community and when it isn't blatantly obvious, it encourages 'nooby' behavior and gives fuel to those that are completely nooby. Granted the exact specifics of this transformation will have to be thought out in more time that it takes to write this post, just adding a general "beginner" section with the very basics covering each subsection of the forum would be of great value.

Also providing moderators for each section or allowing some of the more adept/responsible members of blockland become admins of the sort for the community would help keep noobs in check.

One other thing that I feel to be important is the kind of advertizing that would need to be done. Renting out space on websites and getting banner ad's costs money when there are free solutions. And while posting on forums will attract more noobs than we really want, presenting blockland to other communities such as that of the independent game festival or even PC gamer magazine would attract a huge number of people for free.

Blockland is a cool game and people see that, show it to the right groups and i'de be willing to bet that they would dedicate their resources to helping us grow.

Hopefully badspot will see this, I'd like to hear his direct response to it and to increasing the popularity of blockland in any way.

Hopefully the community will see and reply to this thread, i'm curious to see their opinions on the matter.

Nimbus · June 14, 2008, 03:35:52 AM

Quote from: Nimbus on June 14, 2008, 01:01:51 AM

Its a great idea, but I don't think Badspot would be willing to pay and I don't think it would get rid of the n00b problem

IcyGamma · June 14, 2008, 04:17:27 AM

Quote from: Nimbus on June 14, 2008, 03:35:52 AM

Quote from: Nimbus on June 14, 2008, 01:01:51 AM
Its a great idea, but I don't think Badspot would be willing to pay and I don't think it would get rid of the n00b problem

Badspot · June 14, 2008, 08:26:21 AM

Paying for air time isn't a barrier. If you guys knew how much I spend on banner ads each month you'd probably stuff yourselves.

The issue is creating the commercial itself. Even if I paid a marketing firm to make it for me, I'd still have to provide raw footage for them to use and a concept. It's not like they're going to become pro Blockland players and record themselves doing awesome stuff.

Game master pro · June 14, 2008, 08:30:56 AM

Quote from: Badspot on June 14, 2008, 08:26:21 AM

The issue is creating the commercial itself. Even if I paid a marketing firm to make it for me, I'd still have to provide raw footage for them to use and a concept. It's not like they're going to become pro Blockland players and record themselves doing awesome stuff.

I'm sure that there's more than enough people in this community willing to do cool in-game action shots for the commercial.

LoserHero · June 14, 2008, 08:43:05 AM

I think the concept of Blockland is creativity.

I see so many builds, add-ons, maps, mods, etc.

The game is based on how creative you can be, getting raw footage of creative things wouldn't be
too difficult as many things going on in blockland even now are very creative.

The commercial would show blocklands strong points, building with friends or group projects. Maybe even
DM clips with vehicles about. Could show a very short clip of two castles and people on horses charging eachother.

Everyone is looking for a way to express themselves and I think creativity would be the best way to
capture the hearts of the audience.

I would love to see Blockland become bigger, and better.

I encourage Badspot to make a commercial, but only when the game is free from some glitches.

It's an A+ idea.

DarkStar · June 14, 2008, 09:48:03 AM

well i have some experience editing and adding text effects or other things with after effects so i could help with that =D

edit:ok well for a commercial you would have to hire a professional but for a little video for the site... :D

http://www.mediafire.com/?wiejjdytdtd

Nimbus · June 14, 2008, 12:01:38 PM

Quote from: Badspot on June 14, 2008, 08:26:21 AM

Paying for air time isn't a barrier.� If you guys knew how much I spend on banner ads each month you'd probably stuff yourselves.

The issue is creating the commercial itself.� Even if I paid a marketing firm to make it for me, I'd still have to provide raw footage for them to use and a concept.� It's not like they're going to become pro Blockland players and record themselves doing awesome stuff.�

Hmmm, well I'm sure the Blockland community would be willing to help. Although some aren't as creative as others >_>
Another concern would be profit compare to cost, unless your not worried about that either.
As a raw concept though I think its a great idea.

Poent · June 14, 2008, 01:20:07 PM

i guess my post was too long for all of you too bother reading.

PAYING FOR AIR TIME IS NOT REQUIRED.

Spreading the word by forums and other communities would work just as well if not better and would also prevent you from having to come up with something awesome for a game that really advertises itself to a huge generation of people.

Have you tried entering this game into the independent games festival Badspot? I think PC Gamer is how i first heard about this game in one of their sub columns, I'm sure they'd be interested it seeing how its grown.