Death of Zelaron?
 

Sounds almost blasphemous saying it, but it looks like it's approaching that point. We need to either somehow recapture the heart of out old members, or we need to start advertising again in an attempt to draw more members via WC3. D2 is now dead. We won't get many members from there anymore. Anyone have ideas?

We could get a new crowd from WoW, but that sort of goes without saying I think.

We don't need new members, we need new staff.

WoW is pretty active.

Yeah, I was noticing that before I left, and now that I've visited for the second time in almost a month, the amount of new posts and threads and next to embarassing.. WoW gets good activity, but something definitely needs to be done to get more Google hits or something that will get more members the same way Diablo did in the past. I don't play WoW, so I have no idea, but something. :(

I guess whenever you meet someone on WoW, try to sell them into coming to Zelaron.. Don't know what else to say.

We can convert to a unique religion and government movement that sweeps the nation.

D2 isn't dead.

The only way I see this forum getting more active is advertising. Zelaron is a VERY awkward name. People usually wont find it off of google or something. Or so I think.

broaden your scopes and make forums about other games like ut2k4, doom 3, star wars galaxies, and other titles

change the name?

Don't change the name. It's classic.

sorry i sugested it

quite frankly.... WoW could be the death of zelaron, there isnt much activity in there now that the game is out and it also split us into 2 groups lol... I havent posted in forever because all i do is play that when i do get on the computer.

I doubt that Zelaron is truly "dying" as some of you are fearful for. Remember, we're right in the middle of the most hectic portion of the year. Kids in school are dealing with finals, and in their social lives they're dealing with the impending crush of Christmas. It's maybe slightly less active here than it was last year at this time. It'll pick back up once we break for the holidays and nobody has to worry about their studies.

And even if Zelaron is dying, I'll be here until it goes.

However, I do think that MJ is right about advertising. WoW would seem like our best bet for bringing in new members. And Timmay, WoW wouldn't divide the userbase any more severely than D2 did. I think it's a good idea.

I suggest getting some payd advertisements.
With that I don't mean pay for them , but get paid.
Google offers a very good service (adsense) , gets you 0.50$ a 1000 webhits.
That money then can be spend in paying for ads.
Also , if you get ads like google , you will be able to fill in a list of keywords for your site , which will then be displayed above normal non-advertising sites.

So , basicly , you gain money and activity.

And , what many people sayd already : install some sort of shophack (no , not uShop , I tried it myself aswell , it sucks).
Maybe if everyone here could ask friends that own a copy of vB , to look for that old shophack , I'm sure someone will find it....
Installing that would increase activity a lot.

I say we do what Pengiun suggested in that thread.

Which is...?

Death, don't encourage him. It's just going to be a paragraph of disgusting sexual pontification.

Hehe, "pontification."

You guys split into two groups. Let's make no mistake here.

Heh , its even worse than I thought!