So I'm not positive, but this may have already been suggested. I was thinking it would be cool if there was a pvp server, that could earn you real life money. Each player starts out with no in-game money (I'll call them coins). Players can earn money by PvPing or selling items. For every 1,000 coins a player receives, they could trade in for one real dollar. There could also be ads on the server (The ads would appear in the chat every so often). When a player clicks on an ad, they get like 50 coins. The ads would also be making money for the server, to help pay the players even more money.
How players would earn money PvPing
Players can earn money by PvPing other players in the PvP area. When one player kills another player, a portion of the money goes to the person who killed the other player, depending on how many hitpoints that player dealt. For an example, if player one has 1,000 coins, and player two takes away three hearts, killing player one, then player two would get around 71 coins. Half of the remaining coins would go to the lottery, and the rest of the coins would go back to player one.
How money would get into the game
When the server first starts, all of the admins would start out with at least 5,000 coins or so, and the lottery would start out with quite a bit of money. Also, more money would come into the game when players click on ads. Players can also purchase coins with real money, as well as in-game advantages. Money of course leaves the game by players redeeming their coins for real cash.
How players can earn even more money
Players can win more money by selling items they sell in the survival area, and by trying to win the lottery.
How the server earns it's money
The server would focus mainly on ads, and donations to pay their players. Free players would have to earn even more coins before getting payed, wouldn't have access to the safe zone, ect. Players could also donate to get in-game items such as swords and armor.
So what are everyones thoughts on this? Could this earn money? Would anyone actually be willing to give this a try? (I'd be more than happy to help staff (I've had several servers myself)) Would it cost too much money to invest in? Post your thoughts, or questions below.
There are two problems I've found with this so far. I don't think google adsence allows people to give rewards for clicking ads, we we'd probably have to get our own advertisers. Second, I'm not sure if enough people would go on the server, and donate, for the server to actually make money. In my opinion, I don't care if I'm not making money running the server, as long as I'm not loosing money (not counting the money it costs for server hosting).
Eh, I don't know how well this would play over. I think you'd end up sinking more money than anything. I just don't think it'd turn out like you'd want. It's a good idea though!
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Eh, I don't know how well this would play over. I think you'd end up sinking more money than anything. I just don't think it'd turn out like you'd want. It's a good idea though!
Yup. That's one of the only problems I had with this idea. I think it would be possible, but to actually make if work, it would take lots of time and investment. I'm talking months, maybe even years, and several hundred dollars. We'd need 100's of players.
Spend some time on a spread sheet, and you could probably figure out if this would be possible pretty easily. Advertising isn't a great method of monetisation anyway, if you can avoid it then do (IMO). Traditionally in order to make profit you have to create a product, that product has to be something people will buy. Think to yourself "Would I pay to have people who are payed to click on adverts click on my advert?" - I know I wouldn't. As soon as someone is clicking on hundreds of adverts in a row, they wont be taking in the adverts at all. No-one will donate to click on adverts, and the PvP would have to be very (and I mean exceptionally) good for people to consider donating towards it when there is so much negative advertisement going on around them.
There are ways similar to this which would potentially work a lot better (requiring ONLY donations) and no advertisement - but these would only allow a few people to get a small payment.
Good point - And I was thinking for your second part, perhaps a membership type thing?
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The only thing with donations is, I'm not sure if people would donate if they're trying to earn money. Pay to play would be the best option imo, but I don't think people would want to pay to earn money. Doesn't really make sense.
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I really like the idea of this actually and I have some possible ideas on how it could work. Lets take this as an example..
Check out www.entriopiauniverse.com. This is a real cash economy mmorpg game that you can deposit/withdraw money whenever you want. I like how this works because it is insanely hard to maintain a profit, that people just end up depositing. This makes the program money, but also, people that make a profit can take out their share. Entropia has a 15% transfer fee of whatever you put in, or put out, so you end up making money in the start of it all.
If anyone would like to adopt these features, it would make a great server.
How players would earn money PvPing
Players can earn money by PvPing other players in the PvP area. When one player kills another player, a portion of the money goes to the person who killed the other player, depending on how many hitpoints that player dealt. For an example, if player one has 1,000 coins, and player two takes away three hearts, killing player one, then player two would get around 71 coins. Half of the remaining coins would go to the lottery, and the rest of the coins would go back to player one.
How money would get into the game
When the server first starts, all of the admins would start out with at least 5,000 coins or so, and the lottery would start out with quite a bit of money. Also, more money would come into the game when players click on ads. Players can also purchase coins with real money, as well as in-game advantages. Money of course leaves the game by players redeeming their coins for real cash.
How players can earn even more money
Players can win more money by selling items they sell in the survival area, and by trying to win the lottery.
How the server earns it's money
The server would focus mainly on ads, and donations to pay their players. Free players would have to earn even more coins before getting payed, wouldn't have access to the safe zone, ect. Players could also donate to get in-game items such as swords and armor.
So what are everyones thoughts on this? Could this earn money? Would anyone actually be willing to give this a try? (I'd be more than happy to help staff (I've had several servers myself)) Would it cost too much money to invest in? Post your thoughts, or questions below.
There are two problems I've found with this so far. I don't think google adsence allows people to give rewards for clicking ads, we we'd probably have to get our own advertisers. Second, I'm not sure if enough people would go on the server, and donate, for the server to actually make money. In my opinion, I don't care if I'm not making money running the server, as long as I'm not loosing money (not counting the money it costs for server hosting).
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Good point - And I was thinking for your second part, perhaps a membership type thing?
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Check out www.entriopiauniverse.com. This is a real cash economy mmorpg game that you can deposit/withdraw money whenever you want. I like how this works because it is insanely hard to maintain a profit, that people just end up depositing. This makes the program money, but also, people that make a profit can take out their share. Entropia has a 15% transfer fee of whatever you put in, or put out, so you end up making money in the start of it all.
If anyone would like to adopt these features, it would make a great server.