If we donate money to send teams to other countries to play tf2, and we pay for team merch, and we pay for players to stream, why has there not been an annual fundraiser for tf.TV production?
I listen to a local radio that rejects all advertising and instead does annual fundraisers. They have perks such as you're request hour, entered in draws, public thankyou etc. But ultimately it is just an opportunity to listen to aweosme music not in top 40 without commercials.
Is a tf.TV fundraiser that farfetched? An annual 2 day event, where there are B ball games, ultiduo, play with the stars, YouTube games, raffles, surfing, all our favorite things and we donate to keep production going.
If we donate money to send teams to other countries to play tf2, and we pay for team merch, and we pay for players to stream, why has there not been an annual fundraiser for tf.TV production?
I listen to a local radio that rejects all advertising and instead does annual fundraisers. They have perks such as you're request hour, entered in draws, public thankyou etc. But ultimately it is just an opportunity to listen to aweosme music not in top 40 without commercials.
Is a tf.TV fundraiser that farfetched? An annual 2 day event, where there are B ball games, ultiduo, play with the stars, YouTube games, raffles, surfing, all our favorite things and we donate to keep production going.
the difference is the money would go towards all the production value and is a nice way to reward casters, producers, managers, camera runners, and misc. production crew for their time and effort throughout the year, especially with ESEA LAN not paying tftv anymore (due to no more ESEA LAN)
the difference is the money would go towards all the production value and is a nice way to reward casters, producers, managers, camera runners, and misc. production crew for their time and effort throughout the year, especially with ESEA LAN not paying tftv anymore (due to no more ESEA LAN)
While an event sounds cool, the general idea of an all-encompassing event is already served quite well by charity events like Tip of the Hats and TF2can. Many staff members here already serve in helping to produce one or more of these events, and with the amount of shared effort, time, and dedication required to pull even one of the events off, adding another event to manage on their workload might not be for the best.
As a result, I personally feel like we would be better served with offering a year-round premium subscription program (a revival of tftv+, perhaps). That way, we could focus on letting the broadcasts and other services that we provide be the primary incentive to donate. With such a program supplemented by production sponsorships such as the one we received for i55, that should greatly support efforts across the board.
While an event sounds cool, the general idea of an all-encompassing event is already served quite well by charity events like Tip of the Hats and TF2can. Many staff members here already serve in helping to produce one or more of these events, and with the amount of shared effort, time, and dedication required to pull even one of the events off, adding another event to manage on their workload might not be for the best.
As a result, I personally feel like we would be better served with offering a year-round premium subscription program (a revival of tftv+, perhaps). That way, we could focus on letting the broadcasts and other services that we provide be the primary incentive to donate. With such a program supplemented by production sponsorships such as the one we received for i55, that should greatly support efforts across the board.
Production is also a really sticky one to decide where the money goes too imo. Would be fantastic to see it happen but it's a labour of love at the moment.
Production is also a really sticky one to decide where the money goes too imo. Would be fantastic to see it happen but it's a labour of love at the moment.
http://www.teamfortress.tv/plus
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Promote this, look into bulk email capabilities and plug it to this site's userbase, send weekly/montlhy updates on event scheduling and mention this or any other means of generating income in every message. Bear in mind for altruism people need to be told something ~3 times for it to sink in and for them to take action. Reading the thread on the froyo perk issues it seems you have the means of making money go further via the community but it's not sustainable to have the initial funds come from your own staff/volunteers. I'll sign up to this thing now because I'd forgotten about it since it was first announced. Start talking to each other about the most productive ways you can use any surplus once day to day expenses are covered.
[quote=Nicholaus]http://www.teamfortress.tv/plus[/quote]
Promote this, look into bulk email capabilities and plug it to this site's userbase, send weekly/montlhy updates on event scheduling and mention this or any other means of generating income in every message. Bear in mind for altruism people need to be told something ~3 times for it to sink in and for them to take action. Reading the thread on the froyo perk issues it seems you have the means of making money go further via the community but it's not sustainable to have the initial funds come from your own staff/volunteers. I'll sign up to this thing now because I'd forgotten about it since it was first announced. Start talking to each other about the most productive ways you can use any surplus once day to day expenses are covered.
That's what I was referring to in my post. tftv+ isn't being promoted right now because it's being revamped, as far as I know.
That's what I was referring to in my post. tftv+ isn't being promoted right now because it's being revamped, as far as I know.
Oh yeah, I'd just skimmed through the thread but glad to hear that's being worked on. Just giving you the end user's perspective and letting you know the support is definitely there.
Oh yeah, I'd just skimmed through the thread but glad to hear that's being worked on. Just giving you the end user's perspective and letting you know the support is definitely there.