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Is the community sponsorship program working a little too well?

This is somewhat in line with earlier questions of the type "Gaming.SE more like StarCraftII.SE am I right?": Is gaming.stackexchange.com a “Minecraft and some other games” site? Are there too many ...
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The Leaguecraft ggClassic presented by Gaming.StackExchange (League of Legends tournament)

Note: The tournament has ended, but you can still watch the VODs. Look back for videos from the competition dates. Stack Exchange is sponsoring a pro-level League of Legends tournament ...
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Would you like Gaming.SE merch with "classic" questions on them?

One thing the Gaming.SE has that other SE's don't seem to is an abundance of eye-catching, peculiar questions that, when taken out of context, are hilarious. These questions get a ton of views and get ...
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Community Promotion Ads - 2011 [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: Community Promotion Ads - 1H 2012 What in the Wide, Wide World of Sports is Going On Here? TL;DR -- put images and links in the answers. If they get voted up enough, they ...
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Community Promotion Ads - Explanation and Feedback

This is an associated discussion thread for Community Promotion Ads - 2011, which is otherwise relegated towards posts actually for the ads. Stack Overflow runs a Free Vote-Based Advertising for Open ...
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Mists of Pandaria Beta - play, ask, answer, win!

And the winners are... dlanod wins 30 days of free WoW Game Time Adanion wins the WoW Hoodie Koviko wins a video card worth up to $250! Congrats to our winners, and thanks to everyone who ...
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Community promotion sponsorship -- new game releases for community members

It's experiment time! We'd like to try the following -- with help from the moderators and community leaders. When a new "big" game is released, provide (x) copies of it gratis to gaming.se community ...
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Diablo 3 Prize Winners!

Update: Most of the prizes have been shipped by now. The t-shirts are taking a little longer because we had to wait to have them made until we got everyone's sizes. Just talked to our warehouse and ...
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Can I see public data about visits and page views for Gaming?

Is there a way we can publicly follow the growth of the site? Moderators have access to some data, but aren't allowed to share it with the rest of the community. Are there public resources to this ...
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Promotion opportunity - participate in closed game betas

I've been thinking about this: Community promotion sponsorship -- new game releases for community members And an important part there is that the community member will get the game fast and will ask ...
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Community Promotional Grant Movement - Closed Beta System

For organizational efforts, we're opening a new question to follow up on the plans for sponsoring Beta participation. To note the point of the motion, I'll quote Oak's statements on it. [...] ...
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How do we promote our site?

When we reach public beta of course. Most gaming forums have strict rules for posting links to other sites, so it won't be possible to make the site known there, which would be ideal to bring ...
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Are you interested in beta testing games?

Yesterday, Alex Miller posted over on Meta.SO about a potential match-making service between our developer and user communities (namely Android, Apple and gaming enthusiasts). You can check out his ...
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Basic User Poll of Upcoming Game Interests - Iteration the First [closed]

Yes, this is in relation to our Community Promotion Grant. If you have not read about it, please consult that link before you return here. ♪ Poll is closed now. The game has been selected: ...
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Gamescom 2011 Sponsorship Proposal

Gamescom 2011 is coming up from August 18th (17th for trade visitors) to August 21st. I was thinking about sponsoring the Gaming community there, if possible. It's located in Cologne, Germany and will ...
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A new call to arms for the Gaming blog!

Jin recently gave us a proper theme that looks the same as the Gaming site itself and visitors to our site that aren't logged in even get a link to the blog in their header! But the past week has ...
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Should Arqade participate in Mario Marathon?

Mario Marathon starts on June 22nd. For those of you unfamiliar with Mario Marathon, it is an event hosted at http://www.mariomarathon.com. Their goal is to raise as much money for Child's Play ...
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June is here. Who's ready for another Mario Marathon? [closed]

As some of you may recall, last year Arqade took part in the annual Mario Marathon! Personally, I feel it was a huge success! It (hopefully) brought traffic to the site, and put us in the spotlight ...
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Why is our conversion rate so low?

Site Visits/day Users 200+ users Questions ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── gaming.stackexchange.com 15,004 ...
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Are duplicate questions a bad thing?

Its occured to me that duplicate questions usually (obviously) ask a question in a different way, and are not deleted to provide googability. This being said, isn't it in our best interest to ...
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Diablo 3 is coming - train with us! [closed]

Diablo III is here! Therefore the training period has ended, and it's time to do battle for real. Winners for this contest have been selected. Congratulations to: fredley for asking What is a ladder ...
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Would you be interested in a Tribes: Ascend play night or SMITE beta giveaway from Hi-Rez Studios?

I was recently contacted by some folks at Hi-Rez Studios, and they'd like to hold a Tribes: Ascend play night for the Arqade community and possibly follow it with a SMITE closed beta key giveaway. I ...
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Nuclear Dawn Giveaway [closed]

Update: We are at 15 people! psychonic says: I'm still awaiting contact from a few of them. If you still have interest, feel free to reply, although I cannot guarantee you a key. Regardless, everyone ...
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GamingSE media blitz for public beta launch

I was thinking that we should try to get this site covered by the gaming media when the public beta goes live. I'm collecting links to the "send us tips" pages for several gaming sites. I'm making ...
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Twitter account for gaming.blogoverflow.com

I've been seeing the statistics for gaming blog this evening. It seems that all visitors come from chat rooms. (And some blogoverflow.com today since Rebecca has been announcing it all day :D) Would ...
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Gaming.SE StarCraft 2 tournament plan

In continuation to the great idea proposed previously, I believe that we should actively work towards running - or at least sponsoring - a StarCraft 2 tournament. I have already discussed this with ...
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Gaming promotional posters

As addressed in this question I have made some posters for anyone to print out and advertise the site. Please feel free to use them as you please. Please don't post suggestions here, ask me ...
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We have a YouTube channel

You can find it here: http://www.youtube.com/user/GamingSE At the moment it's a bit sparse, but that will be changing soon. If you have any videos you would like to put on it, Speak to us in the ...
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Kingdoms of Amalur: A Contest [closed]

This contest has ended. Congratulations to Raven Dreamer for asking the most viewed question: What is the max level in Kingdoms of Amalur? Sterno for giving the answer with the highest score. If ...
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A Blog for Gaming.SE

I noticed the other day that Server Fault has a blog. Obviously this is a bit of a unique case as the main SO blog is about the engine in general, but there is no reason we could not organize a ...
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Stack Gaming at PAX (the Penny Arcade Expo)

PAX East is coming up soon (April 6th-8th, Boston, MA), and while getting passes is difficult for the average plebian, there's still a little section... Exhibitors Interested in exhibiting at PAX ...
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League of Legends Contest - Round 3 (Final Round) [closed]

Edit: This contest officially ended last night. Winners are as follows: The most viewed question, What do I do against the infamous “gank squad”?, was asked by Resorath. The most viewed question from ...
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Can we do an event for Starcraft 2

Starcraft 2 Heart of the Swarm is coming out sooner than later, and I feel this game has enough reputation and prestige to easily compete with Diablo 3 or Mass Effect 3, of which both games had ...
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Next Leaguecraft ggClassic presented by Arqade - play, ask, answer and win prizes! [closed]

This contest has officially ended. Congratulations to our winners! They are as follows (drumroll...): The 5 winners of the $25 League of Legends game cards are: ponsfonze monocledsardine Fluttershy ...
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Stack Gaming sponsoring gaming personalities live-streaming new games

Food for promotional thought: Yesterday several prominent E-sports people/gaming personalities live-streamed Kingdoms of Amalur which as far as I can tell was some sponsored thing by the devs/...
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We've got a few Game Developers who have used our site - how 'bout we show them some love?

For some of the smaller, Indie titles, we've actually had the developers themselves come to post answers to questions on their games. This answer is only the most recent instance, and I know that ...
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Twitter list of Gaming.SE users

I'm planning to assemble a Twitter list of Gaming.SE users from @StackGaming, and just wanted to give a little information about the purpose and process. Purpose of the list: The purpose of the list ...
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Mists of Pandaria Streaming [closed]

Just wanted to let you all know that we're sponsoring Midwinter Guild as they participate in 10-man and 25-man beta raiding for Mists of Pandaria. They'll be raiding at 1:30pm and 7:00pm EST today at ...
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Sponsorship opportunities for site?

So the SEO team has come out with some specifics for how they could help promote. I think the sponsorship opportunity makes the most sense for gaming. What are the lan parties, tournaments, and ...
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Idea: "Make Me A Sammich Video" Contest

Monthly, one of us first-page users asks (in a CW question) the community to make and upload on YouTube a video of something (not excessively) challenging and entertaining to watch (e.g., "finish Go ...
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Has the blog been effective?

Has the blog for Gaming.SE (original post) been effective at all at garnering users or interest? Has it even gotten many views? I ask because we're considering something similar over at rpg.se.
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Promotion Events: Not Just for New Games?

Gaming.SE has had several recent promotion events for various games. Skyrim, Mass Effect 3, and Diablo 3. These have been rather successful. It gets site membership up, while also drawing attention to ...
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