Wesnoth on signatures and how to spread it

[Fosprey]

I surf a lot of forums, and i want to help wesnoth to become more popular, i usually don't use signature, but i think is better for the porpouse, what do you think would be the best ways to help wesnoth spreads? A link to the page? a link to a trailer? what should i put in my signature? having a WEsnoth avatar would be ok, or would be overwhelming and i would look like a stupid fanboy and thus make people not intersted?
Any other way to use my forum surfer quality to spread wesnoth?

(right now i have a message in my MSN that announce the release of 1.4)

[Baufo]

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[Thrawn]

well, I always use the elf sprite I made for TRoW when I can on other sites, and if people ask about it I can tell them. I personally dislike linking it in my sig, because feels lame, but yeah. Try to bring it up in the OT section, or if they have a "pc/video game chat" thread/ sub setion

[cool evil]

If you have a blog or a website, paste the following html code onto your page

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<a href="http://www.wesnoth.org/" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.wesnoth.org/images/sshots/wesnoth-1.1.2_trailer-175.jpg" style="border:1px solid #000000></a>

This will show a image of wesnoth and when you click it you will be directed to the wesnoth main site, this works with anything, you can put another address, such as microsoft.com and another image such as the microsoft logo, and then you'd have a microsoft banner that when you click will direct to the home page.

I think i've said this in the forums here, but i think a proper wesnoth logo should be made in order for this to look perfect. But so far no artist dared to stand up to the challenge.

[CarpeGuitarrem]

Hmm...if I get some free time, I can probably cook up a logo and suitable banner. I do dabble in graphic design and such.

[theotherhiveking]

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Best method, ever.

[cool evil]

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Best method, ever.

I like the idea, thanks but no thanks. Firstly i know how to get free porn, and secondly we all its fake. But wouldn't it be weird if this is open sourced? Imagine a bunch of volunteers providing totally free racy videos to the mass public, and you are free to join and submit your own work and distribute the works of others and modify them. You must think i'm sick to come up with this idea lol

On a serious sidenote, if wesnoth becomes a commercial game, there'd be several easy ways for it to be widely-known, starting off with ads and promotional offers such as referral programs(refer 5 people to wesnoth and get 1 free copy of the game!). I argued it previously on this forum and the devs said no. And i guess its for a good reason, if you don't even bother searching for this game, then you're better off not playing it anyways.

[Dveman115]

Best method, ever.

I like the idea, thanks but no thanks. Firstly i know how to get free porn, and secondly we all its fake. But wouldn't it be weird if this is open sourced? Imagine a bunch of volunteers providing totally free racy videos to the mass public, and you are free to join and submit your own work and distribute the works of others and modify them. You must think i'm sick to come up with this idea lol

On a serious sidenote, if wesnoth becomes a commercial game, there'd be several easy ways for it to be widely-known, starting off with ads and promotional offers such as referral programs(refer 5 people to wesnoth and get 1 free copy of the game!). I argued it previously on this forum and the devs said no. And i guess its for a good reason, if you don't even bother searching for this game, then you're better off not playing it anyways.

What....the....hell....

[Wesnothphile]

I think having a Wesnoth banner for (email, forum, etc) signatures and banners for websites is a useful idea. Advertising -- especially Word-of-Mouth (I think the vogue term is "viral") advertising -- can be very effective, if only to raise awareness for those who wouldn't otherwise even hear of a game.

And the usage and benefits of such a viral campaign are not limited to commercial software. If I recall correctly, Mozilla put out a massive push for Firefox with website banners that supporters could use to to promote awareness and drive traffic.

Larger userbase = larger potential contributors and volunteers for the project. And viral word of mouth advertising is free for the most part, though it helps to be coordinated with tools, a la Mozilla's "Get Firefox" web banners push.

[thorongil]

i made a sig you could use to advertise Wesnoth...it's not the best but should work


to use paste the following code into your sig section on whatever you're using:
url="http://wesnoth.org/"]img]ttp://inlinethumb25.webshots.com/30616/2529328180102697780S425x425Q85.jpg[/img][/url]
to use add [ before the first url and H right after img] and of course add a [ before the first img

[thespaceinvader]

I reckon a take on the famous Uncle Sam war poster would be a good ad =D

Wesnoth needs YOU!

[VS]

Wesnoth needs YOU!

Erm, how about (Russian) reversal - "you need WESNOTH!"

[cool evil]

Wesnoth needs YOU!

Erm, how about (Russian) reversal - "you need WESNOTH!"

The reverse communism slogans are one of my favorites too!

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In Russia, cars drive you!