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  • 2009-01-07 19:53:59
    Re: start of race notifications
    Board » General Discussion
    Sure, I know that. Just an idea, and as I said - a bit of a stretch. I'll just back off and try to get on track in the race instead. Was in the green for five hours... :-)
  • 2009-01-07 19:20:42
    Re: start of race notifications
    Board » General Discussion
    ...another idea that goes the other way would be to let users SMS a course change if we hit the green. The SMS cost could be ≈2-3 SEK of which Sailport would get 1-2 kr income per manouver... a bit of a stretch maybe - but things like that could extend to revenue streams for Sailport that goes back into developing the game further. Extremely important to keep the players equal, though, so handle with care...
  • 2009-01-07 18:56:16
    Re: start of race notifications
    Board » General Discussion
    I am well aware that there are costs involved, but a great way of getting more people to ultimately pay for the game (ie being SYC members) would be to provide more value for the money (other than this great game itself, obviously). If game reminders is on the hotlist for the participants it would be a great feature to develop to get more than the ≈500 SYC members we are today?

    I'm also pretty sure Sailport could negotiate a better deal than 1 SEK per SMS - perhaps by letting an operator in on the banners. It can be done.

    Just my 2 cents...

    --- Last Edited by pipes at 2009-01-07 18:57:10 ---
  • 2009-01-07 18:28:54
    Re: start of race notifications
    Board » General Discussion
    A great thing would be to have SMS reminders sent out. A good way to do it would be to have SYC members get SMS reminders while mail reminders can go to all.

    This is the way it's done in Hattrick and it works like charm there.

    Thanks for a great game!

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