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So, if some1 else posts a link to a website, Its alright?

But, when I post a Link to my Website, Which ive worked so hard on..

Its counted as advertising?

Just coz you guys have got a decent amount of money (I know the exact amount) from Reliance for that Banner up to. Doesnt mean I can afford that same, without getting some kinda backing, and traffic onto the Website.

If you are interested in Advertising on TE then please click this link else feel free to PM the Admins for details on the same.
Also we would request you to not post or carry links to your site either in your posts or your siggy as it would be deemed as an Advertisement.
Hope you would understand. Thanks.
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TE Staff
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You guys have stated in rules, that 1 offsite URL is allowed. So, IGL is my site..

Why shouldnt I use it? Also, Its not like its a Competitor of TE....

Please mods, I want some light shed on the Situation.

Regards,

Ad1tya.
 
Just coz you guys have got a decent amount of money (I know the exact amount) from Reliance for that Banner up to. Doesnt mean I can afford that same, without getting some kinda backing, and traffic onto the Website
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maybe you could have talked to the admins first before posting the thread.

too lazy to check the rules but i dont think posting threads to advertise is allowed , only links in siggy etc
 
Sounds kinda silly... TE is not, and never will be, a gaming-centric forum/community, so I'm not sure what the fuss is about. Classic case of a forum switching from being community focused/friendly to focusing on other things. Does it mean I will have to pay for advertising if I add a link to ESR in my sig?
 
leaving competing sites aside , the issue here is i personally dont like to see threads just single link advertising your blog , pet project etc.. at least work it in a way that benefits te a bit like posting a review,some content and then link to your site and not something one sided

anyways i m not the dept of advertising so wait till one of the admins come along

RiO said:
Does it mean I will have to pay for advertising if I add a link to ESR in my sig?
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if you own the site yes.. te isnt here to give free publicity :bleh:
 
I wanted to bring this to every1's notice, thus I posted it here.

I dont need an TE Admin/Mods permission to make a New Post now do I? Or did I miss that in the rules?

TE is becoming more money based rather than community eh?

Everything starts out nicely with passion, then the greed comes in.

Nice job.

After being here since August 2005, this is the first time im utterly disgusted with the TE Admins/Mods. Long time coming I guess.

Its a new site bottle, How can it already be filled with content? Its not been around for a few years likes TE.

I thought you guys would support it. But seems like your greed took over ur senses. (Referring to the TE Staff who took the decision)
 
bottle said:
if you own the site yes.. te isnt here to give free publicity :bleh:
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Dude, that's no argument... so I pay TE if I link to my guitar site which is non-profit???? What about if someone links to their blog infested with google ads? A blog is just a personal journal, so does it qualify for advertising too? I'm confused!
 
Aditya said:
Its a new site bottle, How can it already be filled with content? Its not been around for a few years likes TE.
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actually had someone else in mind while i posted that..

I dont need an TE Admin/Mods permission to make a New Post now do I? Or did I miss that in the rules?
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no you dont but since posting a thread advertising a diff site isnt within rules it was obviously going to get deleted by someone , so you could have cleared it up first by offering a link back or something. chat up with admins na

RiO said:
Dude, that's no argument... so I pay TE if I link to my guitar site which is non-profit???? What about if someone links to their blog infested with google ads? That's just a personal journal - does it qualify for advertising too? I'm confused!
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links to personal sites in siggy alone is OK .. creating threads - i guess no.

anyways post queries here and it should be addressed
 
Whats the use chatting with em?

They arent going to go back on their words, coz it'll hurt thier huge ego.

The are TE ADMINS after all.

I hope this thread hurts that ego a bit though. A lot would be better too.

Anyways,

You guys dont want to support a New site, its more than fine.

Anyways, I expected it.

Since the TE Admins, told Me and Karan (KiD0M4N) to PAY for advertising, or remove the link to our Clan website from Sig.

Why did I even expect something better from the same people.

Friendly Advice :

Just because TE is a bit famous. Dont let it go to your heads.

Just because Reliance can afford paying for those Ad's, doesnt mean everyone can.
 
RiO said:
Dude, that's no argument... so I pay TE if I link to my guitar site which is non-profit???? What about if someone links to their blog infested with google ads? A blog is just a personal journal, so does it qualify for advertising too? I'm confused!
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dont be, link to profit based site is not allowed, meaning publicity of the site will bring buisness to the site. Links to personal blogs and journals are allowed, dunno why its so hard to understand and argue about it over and over again.
 
Atleast something could have been mentioned of What you did above.

But I have to say, my Clan Website, wasnt exactly a money making venture was it.

The IGL, wont be making money. Itll infact loose it.

First of all, it costs me more money to host the Server, the Rentals, wont even cut about 15% of it.

Its mainly a Community. Event coverage, and Replay etc, downloads, forums, news, blah blah, thats its mainly.

I cant see why you guys wouldnt wanna support it.

Anyways, its hopeless.

I have a few friends reading this thread, and even they tell me, that yall are wrong at this part, and ofcourse, you wont go back on ur earlier word, since itll hurt ur big ego's too much.
 
Aditya said:
I wanted to bring this to every1's notice, thus I posted it here.

I dont need an TE Admin/Mods permission to make a New Post now do I? Or did I miss that in the rules?

TE is becoming more money based rather than community eh?

Everything starts out nicely with passion, then the greed comes in.

Nice job.

After being here since August 2005, this is the first time im utterly disgusted with the TE Admins/Mods. Long time coming I guess.

Its a new site bottle, How can it already be filled with content? Its not been around for a few years likes TE.

I thought you guys would support it. But seems like your greed took over ur senses. (Referring to the TE Staff who took the decision)
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I see so washing your dirty linen in public is now called "bringing it to everyones notice". Great. If the mods wanted they could have admonished you in public but i guess you want publicity so discretion went out of the window. Now you don't need anyone permission to post, heck you don't even need permission to start so many controversies.

Next thing you start passing judgement on people who run this site without even knowing what goes in running a place like this or without even knowing them. But yeaaah ! you have this little nugget of info of how much TE was paid to run the RWW ads so that justifies that we've all turned into whores and are ready to sell ourselves to the devil. Right ?

And FYI this isn't the first time you are creating a controversy or have been disgusted with someone from the team, actually i forgot count so let's leave at that.

About your new site not having content and not getting support. Duh ! Do you think we were supported by tens of thousands of communities ? We started solo as well mate........

About the original issue well it's a site with commercial intent and frankly we cannot afford to allow people to get away with such tricks. It'll encourage others. Now if you were mature enough you'd understand the dilemma but someone's given you this school of thought that the whole of TE staff is against Aditya.
 
Rave said:
dont be, link to profit based site is not allowed, meaning publicity of the site will bring buisness to the site. Links to personal blogs and journals are allowed, dunno why its so hard to understand and argue about it over and over again.
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Adi links to a non-profit gaming site he started - you say he has to pay. I like to my non-profit guitar site - I don't have to pay. Someone links to their personal blog with google ads - he doesn't have to pay. Sounds fruity to me lol.
 
^^Thanks, but I'm familiar with the rules and that's why I'm arguing that the rules aren't clear - rules have to be black or white, no gray areas. Check the major forums out there - they spell out exactly what's allowed and what's not. At no point do they say things like "personal blogs will be dealt with on a case-by-case basis". If you guys have the time and want to review/moderate all links that go up on TE, say so.... at least it will be understood that nobody can link off TE without getting prior approval from all admins/mods.
 
Aditya said:
Atleast something could have been mentioned of What you did above.

But I have to say, my Clan Website, wasnt exactly a money making venture was it.

The IGL, wont be making money. Itll infact loose it.

First of all, it costs me more money to host the Server, the Rentals, wont even cut about 15% of it.

Its mainly a Community. Event coverage, and Replay etc, downloads, forums, news, blah blah, thats its mainly.

I cant see why you guys wouldnt wanna support it.

Anyways, its hopeless.

I have a few friends reading this thread, and even they tell me, that yall are wrong at this part, and ofcourse, you wont go back on ur earlier word, since itll hurt ur big ego's too much.
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what u think ppl at TE are fortune tellers and know it all sadhus, to know that someone is taking initiative and promoting something?

AFAIK all we asked for in return to the old tmg link in the sig was an affiliation with the site, which was done and hence the link in ur sig was allowed, so i dont know what you are referring to here

of course if you wanted our help in promoting the website IGL and had contacted us with the details, also mentioning that at the moment its not a profit based website, we would have surely helped, instead of that creating threads like these is something i can never understand.
 
RiO said:
Adi links to a non-profit gaming site he started - you say he has to pay. I like to my non-profit guitar site - I don't have to pay. Someone links to their personal blog with google ads - he doesn't have to pay. Sounds fruity to me lol. Over and out!
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Easy to nitpick isn't it ;). How about we don't allow any sort of links to anywhere ? So tomorrow we'll start seeing threads with members saying who TE is unfair that it doesn't allow links to personal blogs and such. Or let's say we keep Adi's thread and allow him to put a link to his place in his siggy, then there'll be some more members complaining about the same. Bottomline is in a community of over 10k members it's hard to satisfy everyone and keep them happy. Despite knowing this and rather than supporting us, there are controversies and threads about trivial matters.And surprisingly its the same people time and again. Sounds fruity to me lol......
 
RiO said:
Adi links to a non-profit gaming site he started - you say he has to pay. I like to my non-profit guitar site - I don't have to pay. Someone links to their personal blog with google ads - he doesn't have to pay. Sounds fruity to me lol.
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no profit website? wonder why it has server rentals and online store then..
 
Rave said:
no profit website? wonder why it has server rentals and online store then..
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I'm not aware of anyone in India who has made real money from doing this... it's not a successful business model, but perhaps they're doing it to improve the quality of gaming in India? You guys have been running TE for years, you should know better. Besides, I'm sure TE members can use IGL services in parallel - I don't see conflict of interest unless TE is providing server rentals and selling hardware.

I'm sorry guys, I don't know why I'm fighting a battle that can't be won... it's just that I've built many successful communities online for businesses and I see TE going down the wrong path. I could be wrong however, because you guys seem to know what you're doing.
 
RiO said:
I'm not aware of anyone in India who has made real money from doing this... it's not a successful business model, but perhaps they're doing it to improve the quality of gaming in India? You guys have been running TE for years, you should know better. Besides, I'm sure TE members can use IGL services in parallel - I don't see conflict of interest unless TE is providing server rentals and selling hardware.

I'm sorry guys, I don't know why I'm fighting a battle that can't be won... it's just that I've built many successful communities online for businesses and I see TE going down the wrong path. I could be wrong however, because you guys seem to know what you're doing.
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its not a questing of making real money, but plain and simply making money, if running online store isint a good buisness model right now, i dunno what is, so i dont think its wrong to ask for some cash for a fair deal of advertising is it

am sure you made many successful communities, but am sure not one Indian community..
 
Blade_Runner said:
Easy to nitpick isn't it ;). How about we don't allow any sort of links to anywhere ? So tomorrow we'll start seeing threads with members saying who TE is unfair that it doesn't allow links to personal blogs and such. Or let's say we keep Adi's thread and allow him to put a link to his place in his siggy, then there'll be some more members complaining about the same. Bottomline is in a community of over 10k members it's hard to satisfy everyone and keep them happy. Despite knowing this and rather than supporting us, there are controversies and threads about trivial matters.And surprisingly its the same people time and again. Sounds fruity to me lol......
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You consider that nitpicking? Just great! Don't throw irrelevant numbers like 10k members out to me dude, what's relevant is how many are active (defined by those who logged in at least once in the last 30 days)? Anyway, it's clear no "member" has and will complain about links in signatures unless they're striving to become a mod or admin. TE gets my support most of the time, but I'm sorry I stand for what's right and when something wrong happens, I will not stand for it.

Either way, this is your site/forum - no more nitpicking and nonsense from the inspector!
 
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