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TurkeySub · #10 10-26-2009, 05:31 AM

Hey Guys,

I will add to this, as I have the first hand experience in trying to launch into the gaming world and like everyone else has noted, its living hell. I have been running www.gamerslifeline.com for a while now and so far it is a up hill battle that is like trying to climb a vertical cliff.

I do ok because we moved out of the technology realm and directly into file hosting, however as I found out the hard way, there is little advertising money in gaming and therefore covering the bandwidth bills is enough to turn your hair grey.

The main problem is, find staff who wish to really participate. As there is no money to be had from advertising, paying for a staff is obviously not an option and therefore almost impossible to have.

I am more or less a one man band and even with me working from home, I never have enough time to get anything done. If I am not adding files, I am fixing something, if not that trying to answer posts.

Its tiring...

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