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Money has been wasted on http://www.milliondollarscreenshot.com/. The Million Dollar Screenshot site has a click-through-rate of couple of cents per click. Compared to $1 per click for standard deals on professional gaming sites. Cheap! Let’s lure some people on the site!
On another note, clicks on Google Ads have generated $63.84 since the last 12 months. That’s about $5 per month. Last month (October) was $7.06.
Reporting the first paying customer after 2.5 weeks! Thanks for the support.
It’s time for some stats. I was actually hoping to gain some momentum with 2.5.0, but I am not so sure about that anymore. We’ll see …
Registered Players: 7314
Total Number of Logins: 99292
Total Active Users (5L): 993 (>= 5 logins)
Total Active Users (100L): 227 (>= 100 logins)
Total Active Users (500L): 39 (>= 500 logins)
Current Active Users (14d): 148 (active last 7 days / registration 14 days or earlier)
Current Active Users (6M): 26 (active last 7 days / registration 6 months or earlier)
Current Number of Active Games: 251
Paying Members: 0 (since 2.5.0)
Monthly Costs (Hosting + Other): $90
Other stats of interest? I got others, but I do not want to give out private player data.
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XCalibur has been declared the first tournament Champion! Congratulations. XCalibur has gracefully surrendered his prize which will go into a new tournament: “XCalibur Tournament”. The new tournament will start on December 19! It’s free to enter. The tournament prize is $50 – winner takes all and includes a certificate. The Europe Tournament 16 map will be used for game play.
The final standing (Players alive):
XCalibur 151
Vladimir 143
Azzab 137
HenriqueB 90
Hwiccee 84
Alopezme 40
I finally managed to upload version 2.5.0! I did a major graphics update (I hope I am not the only one seeing it as major?). You might also want to check the web site which has been completely redesigned:
http://www.aevumobscurum.com
I hope the new look is cool with everyone? I have to admit, I am little bit worried about players complaining about it as well as the whole payment feature that’s new. I have to say to my defense, that all current players have a full membership account already! Nobody signed up so far will have to pay a dime. There is a campain now although it’s only single-player and the AI is still pretty weak.
From my business-perspective, I hope somebody is willing to put down some money? I wonder how many weeks it takes until someone finally steps down and is willing to pay the full membership fee? After all, it’s not mandatory and it does not give much of an advantage compared to regular members. You can create single-and multiplayer games, that’s about it. If I get 5 players a month willing to pay the 1-year fee, it covers the hosting/monthly fees I am paying now! That would be cool! Also, no, I am not planning to add any more restrictions – I want to keep the basics free for everyone!
Another concern might be the security of that whole payment system. Not sure what to say, but I would be glad to open the code to interested parties, however, it’s rather large. And yes, it’s safe! Credit card information are sent encrypted all the way from client, to the AO server, to ProPay for settlement (RSA + triple-DES). Also, I am not logging/storing any credit card numbers, so whatever happens to the server, the data is just safe because I don’t have it (except the billing statement). And I even used two of my credit cards to test the system. Going through smooth 
