I remember when I was a little noob who had problems configuring my config files, never heard of mysql and didnt know world of warcraft private servers existed.
Evolution of WoW Mafia
10 Months Ago:
Used Shadow Hunter's Repack, used only for myself since I couldn't configure my files for Hamachi
9 Months Ago:
Finally discover how to use Hamachi for my server, I start spamming Youtube for some average of 20 people online.
5 Months Ago:
Was a while since I gave up on Private servers for WoW, although picked it up for 2 seconds when I saw Julianx's repack V4, tried for the final last time and got it working without Hamachi!
2 Months Ago:
Gave up on private server since 2 months, nothing was in it for me. Although it was fun to play around with mysql and get compliments from people.
My friend got a job at Mcdonald's, I got jealous of the money he made and starting to look for a business. I started another WoW server, spammed youtube and put up Gm level 3 for sale.
I had made 120$ that week, I was selling Gm level 3 for 14 dollars. Averaged around 30 people online. This continued for 2 weeks, I also put an ad on xtremetop100.com
1 Month Ago:
!!!!!!!6):ZOMFG , I go crazy with power and money:yuck:!!!!!!:
-sign up for a 90$ 1 year hosting plan with hostmonster.com for wowmafia.org
-Get a 5 month Gold Membership Plan with xtremetop100.com( now ranked in high 60's )
-spam every youtube video concerning world of warcraft
-encourage players to vote in-game and even bribe them with gold.
-I raise Gm Price to 20$. 40 people online on average.
- Advertise on MMowned, Ragezone, AC-Web.org
- Site is listed on google,yahoo and msn within 3 days and averages over 1k visitors per day
- Get 1 gig extra of RAM
- Spam Myspace and Facebook groups
This Week:
- I Average 3-5 people buying gm per day, 20$ each( 60-100$/day)
- 50-70 players online on average
- Still can't believe the easy money
- Bought myself an Ipod Video and A Ps3
- Will start another server in 3 days to double this money
- Shoveled snow to make 60$ today( 15$ per driveway)
- Will try to make more then 150-200$/day
( Didn't I tell you I went crazy with Power?[/COLOR]
Point of This ? No Point, Got bored and wanted to write something. Maybe this can inspire some people ....whatever. For a 15 year old this is godlike money!
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UPDATE 28/11/07
- Moded My xbox 360 myself, and do it for others for 50$
- Buy xbox 360's with the 3 red lights problem, fix them and sell them for 100$ profit
- My goal next week is to make as much as my mother, she makes about 55-60 k per year
- I have begun to be more generous, it's common now for me to buy chocolates for my friends, I also know this priest who knowns many people in africa in need of school funding, I have taken up funding for 5 people for the whole year of university.
( for 10$ a person in africa does a whole term in university, our currency is much higher)